HO CHI MINH – VIETNAM BEST OF VIETNAM SOUTHERN TRIP (Duration: 4 Days 3 Nights)

In the afternoon, ViTravel’s driver and tour guide will pick you up at Tan Son Nhat airport then drive you to the city center to check in your hotel. (If you arrive in the morning, early check in is upon request). Free at own leisure.
Around 18:30, we will pick you up for dinner. We will drive shortly to Saigon Harbour to board a traditional cruise to have a Vietnamese dinner and you will have a chance to see the sparkling city at night while slowly cruising in the river. (If you require an Indian dinner – we will have the dinner at a restaurant in the city center).
21:00: End of the cruise trip. Back to your hotel.
Note: If you arrive in the evening, you can swap to a suitable schedule.

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: Dinner

Breakfast at your hotel.
Pick up at your hotels in Ho Chi Minh City. The trip to Cu Chi tunnels will take you an approximately one and a half-hour bus drive. Before exploring the tunnels, you will watch an introductory video about how the tunnels were made and how Vietnamese people survived in the harsh conditions of the wartime. Then, spend your time exploring the remaining areas and tunnel system which include special living areas
with kitchens and bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for the security purpose during the war. Afterwards, special tea and cassava (guerrillas’ food during the war) will be served. Break time.
Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City for lunch then start to visit the highlights of the most vibrant metropolitan of Vietnam.
First, let’s start with the Notre Dame Cathedral, a red brick edifice with twin spires constructed from materials imported from France (entrance is only permitted when no services are being performed).
Then head across the square to the Central Post Office, completed in 1891. A short drive away is the former Presidential Palace, the headquarters of the Saigon Government during the American War. Continue to the elegant City Hall (the former Hotel de Ville) which is one of Saigon’s most stunning colonial monuments especially when it changes after sunset. Experience Saigon’s famed coffee cultural street while our guide provides insights into the local daily life and culture of Saigoneses.
With over 11 million inhabitants and six million motorbikes, Ho Chi Minh is truly a city that never sleeps. Despite its modernity, HCMC maintains a strong link to the past and our guide will walk you on a tour to some of the most historic sites.
Return to your hotel.
Dinner is served at a local Indian restaurant then free to explore the city your way.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast is served at your hotel then check out and be transferred to Mekong delta – The rice cradle of Vietnam.
08:00 AM: our guide and driver pick you up from your hotel and bring you to the “Capital” of Coconut – Ben Tre. It takes about 2-2.5 hours to transfer on the way to Ben Tre.
On arrival in Hung Vuong Pier (Ben Tre town). Take a boat on the Ben Tre river – one of the tributaries of the Mekong river, Sightseeing lively activities along the river as fishing, and water transferring… Stop at brickwork to see how to make bricks in handy traditional style by printing and baking. Visit one of plenty of coconut processing workshops located along the Cái Sơn canal. Turn on natural scissors creeks where they look smaller and smaller to go to Nhon Thanh village. Take a walk to the family workshop making sleep mats and enjoy some fruits.
Take a tuk-tuk or ride on shady paths, pass by green rice fields and vegetable plains to be able to touch on real life and find out about tropical culture from Peasants. Lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon – Take a rowing boat along water palm creek and a boat along Cai Coi creek back to Hung Vuong Pier where our driver awaits for you to transfer back to Ho Chi Minh.
Enjoying dinner at a local restaurant. You are free in the evening and overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast is served at your hotel.

Today, we do not have any activities, let’s finish your last own exploration and souvenir till our guide and driver come to you hotel to pick you up and drive back to Tan Son Nhat Airport airport to catch your flight home.

Trip ends.