Saigon Travel Services - Local Travel Company in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Discover the South of Vietnam 6 Days/5 Nights

This package tour is designed for travelers to explore Southern Vietnam in 6 days - 5 nights. Bustling Ho Chi Minh city tour, visiting Cao Dai Temple, discover amazing Cu Chi Tunnels used by Vietnamese Communists during Vietnam War, floating market in Mekong River Delta and Da Lat - a beautiful highland,...are all of this travel package.

Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (/D)
You are welcomed by our tour guide and driver at Tan Son Nhat airport and then be transferred to your hotel in the center of city. Half day city tour, you will visit Thien Hau pagoda, War Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral with the passing Ben Thanh market. Dinner & Over night in a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh - Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
After breakfast at the hotel, drive a long way on the country side of Vietnam to Tay Ninh, 100 km from Ho Chi Minh city. On arrival to the head quarter of Cao Dai religious, you will have a chance to witness the daily ceremony at Cao Dai Holy See, and meet followers come to attend the ceremony wearing colored robes, a symbol of the curious combination of the Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Buddhism. Having lunch at a local restaurant then continue the trip to Cu Chi, visit the incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence. Overnight at Ho Chi Minh City.

 Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (L/)
8:00 AM Pick up at your hotel in HCMC. Depart for My tho. Take the boat ride through the Bao Dinh natural canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river sides. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island. Lunch served in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruise under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the family where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorized boat. Proceed to Can Tho. Dinner on guests' account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho. (Family home stay will be arranged on request ).

Option 1: Stay in a hotel in Can Tho
Check into your hotel on arrival at Can Tho. Free to explore the city on your own in the afternoon. You can also visit a village, meet the local people, have dinner with them and enjoy their music. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Cantho.
Option 2: Homestay (D)
Transfer by motor boat to a small village in Cai Rang district. Check into your riverside cottage. In the afternoon, go cycling or trekking around the village to experience the rural lifestyle of the Mekong Delta people. Join a family as they prepare dinner, then share the meal with them. Enjoy an evening of traditional folk music with your neighbors. Overnight in your riverside cottage.

Day 4: Can Tho - Phong Dien - Cai Rang Floating Market - Saigon (B/L/)
07:00 AM After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the Phong Dien floating market with the busy sence right at the time. Keep cruising through the small channels system, visit the rice noodles making viallge. Experience the " monkey Bridge " in the Delta. Visit the second floating market of Cai Rang. Break time for lunch.  If time permits we can stop to visit Dong Tam snake farm or Vinh Trang pagoda on the way back. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh at approximately 05:00 pm

Day 05: Saigon - Da Lat (B/L/D)
Leave Saigon after breakfast for a drive through scenic rubber and tea plantation farms en route to the cooler climes of Dalat, 300km from Saigon. Established as a hill station at the beginning of 20th century, Dalat is reminiscent of an Alpine town with its French chalets and pine forests. An afternoon of sightseeing in Dalat takes in the art deco former Summer Palace of Emperor Bao Dai, Xuan Huong Lake and Lam Ty Ni Pagoda. Dinner and overnight in Dalat.

Day 06: Da Lat – Saigon – Departure (B/L/)
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive back to Saigon. Free at leisure for shopping until transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for the departure flight. End of tour services.

Tour Includes:
- Private tour
- English or French speaking guide. Other language speaking tour guides can be arranged upon request
- Hotel accommodation as specific or similar, base on twin sharing
- Private car/mini van
- Boat trip in Mekong River
- All entrance fees
- All meals as per program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Diner)

Tour Excludes:
- Drinks, other not mentioned in the tour program
- International flight and international airport tax on departure
- Insurance, Personal expenses such as telephone, laundry,... & Tips