On arrival you will be met by your local guide, with welcome flowers with ladies in traditional Ao Dai Traditional Dress and then transferred to your hotel where you will spend the following 3 nights. Your hotel is strategically located in the heart of the city, and is close to shopping, sightseeing and entertainment areas. From the hotel, you are overlooking the Saigon River and its surrounding historical sites. Ho Chi Minh City is the bustling and vibrating economic centre of the South and is the heart and soul of Vietnam.
The streets, where much of the city's life takes place, is a jumble of street markets, shops, pavement cafes, stands-on-wheels and vendors selling wares spread out on sidewalks. This evening your local guide and your Tour Escort will take you to enjoy a Welcome Dinner at the Indochine Restaurant.
Drinks excluded. Here you can enjoy Northern Vietnamese dishes in a stylish setting. Vinh Long is the largest city in the Mekong Delta. At Cai Be take a boat to the floating market to practice the age-old art of bartering. Visitors will be supplied with sweets, sugar, milk, etc. Continue by river to see family-run businesses producing a local version of popcorn and rice paper. Lunch is in a local house on Binh Hoa Phuoc islet set amongst fruit orchards and bonsai trees. Return to the Vinh Long Landing pick up and drive back to Saigon.
Your tour will conclude at approximately 5. There is a great selection of restaurants in this vibrant city. Your Tour Escort will assist with any reservations required. The tunnels contained hospitals, accommodation and schools and a visit gives the tourist a feel of underground life during the war.
The network stretches over kms and extends to three levels underground providing a remarkable insight into the method and determination of the communist forces. Following the tour you will return to your hotel at approximately When the boat returns to the dock, walk or drive back to your hotel. In the afternoon, your local guide and Tour Escort will take you on a walking tour of the ancient town including the former merchant's houses, the year-old Japanese Bridge, the colourful market, the Phuc Kien Pagoda.
