BLISSFUL SOUTHERN VIETNAM TOUR 4D3N

DAY 01 : HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL (D)

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City – the largest city in Vietnam. Our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check-in. The room is at your disposal from 02:00 PM onwards.

The balance of the day will be free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 02 : HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR (B,L,D)

08:00 – 08:30 AM: Pick up at your hotel and start the city tour included:

• Independence Palace (the Reunification Palace) was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace.
• War Remnants Museum has a vast display of both the Indochina wars.
• Notre Dame Cathedral & Central Post Office the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times
• Jade Emperor Pagoda with the peaceful atmosphere and many stories behind each detail of the pagoda.
• Relax and have lunch at a local restaurant.

02:00 PM: Depart around 1,5 hours through the pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi Tunnels – the historic site where Vietnamese soldiers used as a shelter during wartime. This fantastic network stretches over 250 km and is the shelter of Vietnamese soldiers during the wars.

06:00 – 07:00 PM: Be dropped off at your hotel. Dinner on your own account. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 03 : MEKONG DELTA DAY TRIP (B,L,D)

Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, and drive 1,5 hours to My Tho. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilet.

• Upon arrival, we board a motor-boat and cruise along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of the Mekong River, including four famous islands “Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle, and Phoenix”.
• Stop at one of the floating fish houses, in nets and wire baskets under their house, the villagers cultivate freshwater fish and shrimp – a major export product of the region.
• Cross the River to the other side, you will stop at a traditional workshop to witness a step-by-step process on how to make coconut candy, honey farming… while trying some yourself and listening to traditional music.
• Enjoy what local people offer by hand rowing a sampan along the shady, breezy canal. We will transfer to local transportation called Xe Loi to travel throughout the villages.
• Lunch will be served at a riverside restaurant with a Vietnamese 5-course set menu. Please request in advance if you have a food allergy, you are a vegetarian, or you observe Halal.
• Take a rest after lunch before boarding the motor-boat back to My Tho. We drive to Vinh Trang pagoda, an ancient southern architectural gem built in the middle of the 19th century. There are many Buddha statues including some that are over a hundred years old.

We drive another 1,5 hours back to Ho Chi Minh City and drop you at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 04 : HO CHI MINH CITY DEPARTURE (B)

On this day, you are free at leisure until being picked up (three hours prior to the departure flight) and transfer without the guide to the airport to make the way back home. End of the tours.