Highlights:
– Order the superb dishes from seafood with affordable price
– Spend time in top attraction in Ho Chi Minh city and learn more about historic and cultural life
– Stop off at Ben Thanh market and try some bargain like a local
– Join the local crowd in Cai Rang floating market in the very early morning
– Find out how the locals make coconut candy, rice paper, popcorn when in Mekong Delta
– Unwind in Phu Quoc Island - an idyllic beach destination with white sand, warm sea, and green palm trees
Full Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to Vietnam - Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City
On arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to your hotel.
After doing the check-in, you will be free on your own to walk around the city center to get acquainted with the liveliness of this young city.
In the evening, you will be transferred to a local restaurant to have welcome dinner in a local restaurant. After that, back to your hotel by car. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City full-day tour (B, L, D)
08.30 am: After breakfast at the hotel, your private guide will meet you at your hotel lobby. A one and half hour drive take you to Cu Chi Tunnels where human knowledge has been enriched by experiencing a web-like tunnels system of more than 200km in length which used to be the shelters of guerrillas during the war against American troops.
After lunch in the local restaurant, you will have a city tour including the Reunification Hall, formerly known as the Presidential Palace. It was towards this modern building that Communist tanks rolled on the morning of April 30, 1975, as Saigon fell. This fascinating building is filled with history still fresh in the minds of many.
The tour also includes the War Remnants Museum, the Old Post Office, Chinatown, and Ben Thanh Market – the central market for the city and one of the liveliest areas.
04.30 pm: The tour finishes and you will be dropped off at your hotel and then you are free to relax. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh – Mekong – Can Tho (B, L, D)
The program will start with a visit to Cai Be floating market. Then, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Back to our boat to go across one of the longest rivers in the world, Mekong River, to come to An Binh Island. Travel on a handmade canal to Ut Trinh home & have an optional lunch. After lunch, we can walk around this orchard & enjoy some cups of tea when listening to traditional music in the ancient house.
Walk in the local village to visit the local workshop to see how to make rice paper, coconut candy, pop-rice... Enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea. Optional biking can be made for leisure! It will be so amazing to bike on village paths to see the local daily life: orchard, school, church, pagoda, traditional houses and maybe the ancestral ways to pick up fruits in Mekong Delta... Visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay. The cruise will end at Vinh Long city!
Meet the car for a trip to Can Tho. Overnight in Can Tho.
Day 4: Mekong Delta – Phu Quoc (B, L, D)
05.30 am: In the very early morning, our guide will accompany you to depart for Cai Rang floating market where locals go to buy and sell a variety of fruits vegetables from boats of all sizes and which are the most original ones and bustling places of the region. If you have experienced many exciting days when traveling to Vietnam, surely you get out of bed early one day to witness this lovely local market to fulfill your Vietnam Holiday.
The boat trip will give you a valuable chance to observe the unique "advertisement" of local business - "Cây Bẹo": Sellers tie their goods to a tall pole so that buyers can see from a distance what they are selling. The seat on the local trading boat, witness boasting activities in the market, find out local life in a stilt house along the river.
After the trip, we will get back to the hotel for breakfast and relax. Lunch on your own.
About a scheduled time, your guide will take you to Can Tho Airport and get a flight to Phu Quoc. When arriving in Phu Quoc, you will be welcomed by our driver and transferred to the hotel in Phu Quoc. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
Day 5: Phu Quoc full-day tour
Today, you are totally free at leisure to relax at your resort or on the charming beach. Enjoy delicious seafood and other cuisine. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
Day 6: Phu Quoc – Ho Chi Minh (B, L)
Have breakfast and free at leisure until transfer to the airport for the flight back to Ho Chi Minh City to connect your departure flight.
Meals on your own. End of services.
Inclusion
– Accommodations with daily breakfast as mentioned
– Private transport in air-conditioned vehicles
– Local English speaking guide
– Water on coach per tour days
– Entrance fees, performances, boat trips & excursions
Exclusion
– International in/out flights
– Travel insurance
– Beverage
– Personal expenses, tips, and gratuities for guides and drivers
– Other services not mentioned above