Ho Chi Minh City Trip Overview
The Mekong River Delta is known as Vietnam’s “Rice Basket” and you’ll be amazed by its breathtaking valley. Today, take a day trip from Saigon to the Mekong Delta and gain a deeper appreciation for this fertile land.Spend a day along the glorious Mekong River Delta by bus and boat. Discover a world of beauty at Unicorn Island, travel past stilted houses, and spend some time at a bee farm relaxing with a honey tea.
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Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours >> Day Cruises
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What to Expect When Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vietnam
The Mekong River Delta is known as Vietnam’s “Rice Basket” and you’ll be amazed by its breathtaking valley. Today, take a day trip from Saigon to the Mekong Delta and gain a deeper appreciation for this fertile land.Spend a day along the glorious Mekong River Delta by bus and boat. Discover a world of beauty at Unicorn Island, travel past stilted houses, and spend some time at a bee farm relaxing with a honey tea.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Cu Chi Tunnels, Phu Hiep TL15 Phu Hiep, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
7:30 – 8:20 am: Your guide ‘ll pick you up at your hotel and departing to Cu Chi Tunnels, just 70 km in the north west of Ho Chi Minh city. On the way, your tour guide will supply and explain about the overview of Cu Chi tunnels – The Steel Land. After 1 hour and a half for driving to reach Cu Chi village, you know more details how Viet Cong build it, how we could win the war when we lacked everything even food, medicine and exactly what happened in that area during the war time. The Cu Chi Tunnels provided safe haven for soldiers and thousands of Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. It is almost an underground town with houses, kitchens, dining bunkers, meeting bunkers, hospitals and weapons workshops.
11:30 pm: Finishing the CuChi Tunnels tour and keep moving to Mekong delta.
12:30 pm: Enjoy a Vietnamese lunch
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Mekong Delta, Mekong Delta
14:30 pm: Getting on a boat and moving on the Mekong river to head the bee farm. You have chance to enjoy the honey tee and taking photo with the python and finger banana – the typical things in Mekong Delta. Relaxing your mind by rowing boat on small, peaceful canal to get into local house of culture for enjoying “Đờn Ca Tài Tử” – A specific characteristic of Southern culture then visiting the coconut candy factory to see how the farmer makes coconut sweets
16:00 pm: On the way back your bus, you pass the fishing village with lots of floating houses to take a look the fisherman’s life.
16:30 pm: Returning back to Ho Chi Minh city. End of the tour at your hotel
Tour includes:
Private transport HCMC – CuChi – Mekong Delta – HCMC
Cruise
Small bottle of mineral
English Guide
Enjoy a lunch great dish
All entrance fees
Hand – rowed sampan
Free internet center
Travel insurance
Excluding:
All other services not mentioned in the above program
Tips for tour guide and driver
Duration: 3 hours
