Detail Itinerary for Vietnam Discovery Tour - Temple, Tunnel - Mekong Delta 5 Days
Vietnam Discovery Tour is one of the most fascinating tours to explore unique culture in Vietnam. You will visit many famous destinations in Ho Chi Minh City such as War Crime Museum, Thien Hau Temple, China Town, Binh Tay Market, City Hall… and Cao Dai Temple, Cu Chi Tunnels. It’s appropriate for all tourists who get deeply knowledge about cultural and religion values in Vietnam. Moreover, you can visit Cai Be floating market and traditional villages in Mekong Delta. Let’s contact Viet Fun Travel to get surprising information from this trip.
Highlights:
Explore Ho Chi Minh City.
Visit Cao Dai Temple + Cu Chi Tunnels.
Experience Cai Be floating market + An Binh Island.
DAY 1: ARRIVAL ON HO CHI MINH CITY - SAIGON
Start vietnam discovery tour. Our driver will pick you up from International airport and transfer to hotel.
Stay overnight in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City.
Included: Airport transfer and accommodation in SaiGon.
Excluded: Meals, a tour guide, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 2: ONE DAY DISCOVERY HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
08.30am - 09.00am this morning we visit War Crime Museum, Thien Hau Temple, China town, Binh Tay market.
Then we have a lunch at restaurant.
Afternoon: We visit Reunification Hall, Notre Dame Cathedral, General Post Office, City Hall.
Finish Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City discovery Tour at 04.30 pm.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide, breakfast at hotel, one lunch, entrance fees, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City.
Excluded: Dinner, a tour guide at night, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 3: ONE DAY CAO DAI TEMPLE - CU CHI TUNNEL TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
08.45am - 09.00am our guide will pick you up from hotel. You then will start this trip to learn more about Cao Dai, take our tour to Tay Ninh - a province 95 kms South East of HCMC, close to Cambodia border. The Cao Dai Temple is like a Walt Disney fantasia of the East. Its exterior is decorated with multi-colored dragons of all shapes and sizes competing for space with a number of swastikas. Above the main entrance is the all-seeing holy eye, the symbol of the Cao Dai sect. The interior is just as engaging as statues of Jesus Christ, Buddha and the Hindu god, Brahm, stand side by side.
At about 13.00 pm, after lunch, will leave Tay Ninh and travel to Cu Chi. Once in Vietnam discovery, you must visit this spot. This is where guerilla warfare optimized and exemplified. You’ll learn the clever design of the tunnels and the strategic use of trap doors. Even with B-52 bombers dropping 30-ton loads of explosive, turning the jungle into a pockmarked moonscape, 30 thousand American troops failed to conquered the area! You’ll have a chance to crawl around a portion of the 121 km long, multiple-layered tunnel. You’ll learn how thousands of guerillas managed to stay underground many days at a time, also their great technique to conceal smoke from their cooking. There’re a lot more to enjoy, even a chance to fire real AK bullets…
Arriving Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City at 06.00pm - 07.00pm.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide, breakfast at hotel, 01 lunch, entrance fee, 01 Aquafina water bottle/pax and accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City.
Excluded: Dinner, a tour guide at night, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 4: MEKONG DELTA DISCOVERY TOUR: CAI BE - VINH LONG (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
At 7.300am, Transport and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel; discovery Mekong Delta Touraround 3 hrs driving. On our dedicated transport you can see the green paddy fields stretching towards the horizontal.
10.30am: Arrive in Cai Be, you’ll board a motorized boat that takes you to the floating market and spend time there for an interaction that you’ll see no where else in the world.
Next, then on foot to reach a coconut candy, a crispy rice cake factories (served free with premium hot tea) and you might buy coconut candy and handcrafted items from coconut trees of Mekong Delta for souvenir.
When you feel it's enough for the serenity, let's get back to the large motor boat for something different in An Binh Island. It is well-known fresh fruits whole year. On the way , we have a chance to look the sightseeing 2 long sides river and find out the life of rural people in Mekong Delta.
The time now should be around 12 noon. Time for lunch! Let's go to the local people's house for that (in the seasonable fruits garden).
After lunch, we are divided into many groups and get on small row boats. During this 20 minutes trip, your boat will zigzag thru a maze of shadow canals to enjoy the fresh air along the canal and beautiful water coconut tree scenery. Then we will roaming through a village about 20 minutes to check out our natural landscape with quite and peace villages or we can relax on a hammock for a short rest in Mekong Delta.
The next stop is Vinh Long City from An Binh Island (35 minutes by boat), we will land on a marketplace and walk around to see how and what the poor rural people of Vietnam sell in Vinh Long City. You are encouraged to interact with the vendors and see how friendly and respectful they are. You might also buy many interesting things for very little amount of money. We spend about ½ hr here and then board our air con tourist bus or private transport to travel to Can Tho. Overnight in Can Tho.
The stop will be brief, ensuring that we come back to SG before 7 PM, finishing Mekong Delta Discovery Tour: Cai Be - Vinh Long.
Included:Transport, boat trips, English speaking tour guide in tour, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel, lunch, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Sai Gon/Ho Chi Minh City.
Excluded: Dinner, a tour guide at night, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.