This is the best way to visit Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Cao Dai Temple, Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong delta - the most interesting destinations around Saigon in 5 days.
Tour program:
Day 1: Welcome to Vietnam and Saigon city tour (/L/)
Our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport with your name sign, then transfer to hotel for check in.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - My Tho - Can Tho - Homestay (B/L/D)
AM: Our car will pick up at your hotel in early morning. Upon arrival at My Tho, cruising along small creek to Mekong River estuary, to Con Phung (Phoenix Island) and stop over a garden restaurant at a local house for Vietnamese lunch. The motorized boat cruise more along natural creeks and quiet village in Ben Tre Province. Visit orchards, bee - keeping farm, taste natural honey and honey wine, enjoy tropical fruit, traditional music, see round a distillery, explore the local coconut candy production process, taste candy & coconut pulp.
PM: Then transferring to Can Tho. Dinner and Homestay. Homestay in Can Tho.
Day 3: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
AM: Starts from Ninh Kieu boat quay, we cruise along the small and picturesque tributaries, we will see the Cai Rang floating market (the nicest one with heaps of rowing boats). Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily activities of the locals who lives along the Mekong canals and you will roam through the village to visit rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop.
PM: A chance to discover the daily life of Vietnamese people in Mekong Delta. Have lunch at local restaurant before coming back to Ho Chi Minh City. Arrival Ho Chi Minh City at evening. Finish the trip at the hotel. Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh city
Day 4: Saigon – Cao Dai temple – Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
AM: Getting started at 08 am from your hotel, transferring to Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, is home to the unique Cao Dai sect, whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name a few. The religion is an odd mix of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity.
PM: After lunch, we transfer to Cu Chi tunnels for visiting the Cu Chi outdoor museum to learn about the infamous tunnel systems of the Viet Cong. Take this opportunity to get a unique understanding of the guerillas underground fight strategies during the Vietnam war and crawl through 50 - 100 meters of the 200 km tunnel system. On the way back to Saigon, local rice paper workshops, and views of Vietnam countryside and paddy fields are pleasant sights. We'll drop you off at your hotel around 5:30 pm. Overnight in hotel in Saigon city.
Day 5: Saigon Departure (B/)
Free at leasure for shopping and relax until transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for the departure flight. End of tour services.
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