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Southern Classic of Vietnam
5 Days / 4 Nights
This trip will help visitors see to understand history and culture of pass and now through the best hightlights of southern
region such as majors sites around Saigon city, the tunnel of Cu Chi, Cao Dai temple, Mekong delta.
BRIEF ITINERARY:
Day 1: Arrival in Saigon
Day 2: Saigon – City tour
Day 3: Saigon – Cu Chi and Cao Dai Temple
Day 4: Mekong - Day trip
Day 5: Departure
Accomodation categories :
Hotel Details
Destination
3star 4star 5star
Majestic
Elios Rex
Saigon or Saigon Riverside hotel or Grand hotel
or Renaissance Riverside
hotel
DETAIL ITINERARY:
Day 1: Arrival in Saigon
Upon arrival in Saigon we will be greet and transferred to our hotel. We will then be free
and at our own leisure until dinner time. We will meet our guide again and go to a local
restaurant for our Welcome dinner.
Stay overnight at hotel in Saigon
Include : private car, tour guide, dinner,hotel in Saigon
Day 2: Saigon – City tour
We depart from our hotel for the Reunification Palace, the former Presidential Palace for the president of the South of
Vietnam. Afterwards we will visit the War Remnants Museum, where you can see countless artifacts, photographs and
pictures documenting the second Indochina war. Before lunch we will stop at Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post
office where you can get some good shots of the biggest city in Vietnam. A delicious lunch will be served at a “Pho 2000”
restaurant in the central city.
In the afternoon we will visit Ben Thanh market and China town, which has its own unique Binh Tay market. Here you can
experience our Southern Vietnamese daily life. We will return to our hotel after visiting Giac Lam pagoda, one of the oldest
and finest pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City. It is very relaxing here.
Include : private car, hotel in Saigon, tour guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch
2. Day 3: Saigon – Cu Chi and Cao Dai Great Temple
In the morning, we will leave Saigon for the Cu Chi tunnels, otherwise known as the 'Iron
Triangle' or 'Iron Land'. On our way there we will drive through pleasant countryside,
rubber plantations and rice paddies. Before entering the tunnels, we will see a short
introductory video showing how they were constructed, followed by an exploration of the
maze of tunnels, some of which have been widened to allow tourist access. Also on
display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous
bomb craters made by B52 bombers.
Next we drive to Tay Ninh town near the Cambodian border. This is home to the unique
Cao Dai sect whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name but a few. This religion
is an odd mix of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucianism and Christianity. Join Cao Dai worshippers for their daily noontide
ceremony where hundreds of worshipers attired in lively red, yellow blue and white, chant religious hymns. This is followed
by lunch on our way return to Ho Chi Minh City.
Include : private car, hotel in Saigon, tour guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch
Day 4: Mekong - Day trip
We leave Saigon behind and head to Vietnam's rice basket, the Mekong Delta. We will
pass through idyllic, rural scenery until we arrive at My Tho, a peaceful town on the bank
of the Mekong River, where we will visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda. Next, we will have a boat
ride on the Mekong, visit local homes and orchards, a coconut candy workshop, a
honeybee farm, take a sampan ride on palm-shaded creeks, try a taste of seasonal fruit
and honey tea and enjoy a performance of traditional Southern singing.
Include : private car, hotel in Saigon, tour guide, private boat, entrance fee, breakfast,
lunch
Day 5: Departure
We will transfer to the airport to take the flight home. Trip concludes.
Include : private car, breakfast
Trip Price Included:
- English speaking guide (Other languages upon requests)
- Accommodations based on family room
- All meals indicated in the itinerary: 4 breakfasts; 3 lunches; 1 dinner
- A/C transfers & transport by private van, with a reasonable supply of drinking water
- Boat trip in Mekong Delta
- Entrance fees to the sightseeing indicated
Trip Price Excluded:
- International airfares
- International departure tax
- Meals and beverage not mentioned in the itinerary
- Personal expenses such as: bar, telephone and laundry bill
- Personal travel insurance (Compulsory)
- Tips and gratuities
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