Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City also known as Saigon in the early days is very much a cosmopolitan City of the present day. It is the largest populated City in the whole of Vietnam and is filled with businesses from all over the world giving it a pulsating energy. The Saigon River flows through the centre of Ho Chi Minh City and gives it a unique charm and wonderful views from the many skyscrapers that now makes up the Saigon skyline. There are many. Saigon day tours to see the very best this city has to offer.
The mix of high rise buildings, old houses and underground passages, along with the many villages running along the river gives Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City a unique look to many other Cities in the world.
There are many different areas to discover whilst you are in Ho Chi Minh City and a selection of the day trips from Saigon are shown below.
Saigon Day Tours
Half Day Ho Chi Minh City Tour
A great way to efficiently see all the major landmarks in half a day tour of Saigon without the trouble of catching local taxis.
| ✅Notre Dame Cathedral ✅ Saigon Post Office ✅ Reunification Palace | ✅ War Remnants Museum ✅ Jade Emperor Pagoda ✅ Local Market |
Duration: Half Day
Half Day Cu Chi Tunnels Tour
Probe the maze like Cu Chi tunnels on a half day tour from Saigon with your family. This is a great premier small group tour for all the family. Especially exciting for the kids to check out all the little tunnels and hideaways used during the Vietnam war.
| ✅Small group ✅Underground City ✅Lunch | ✅ Transport ✅ English speaking guide ✅ Gun shooting optional |
Duration: Half Day
Ho Chi Minh City & Cu Chi Tunnels Day Tour
If you only have a few days to explore as much as possible in Ho Chi Minh City, this premier small group tour is just for you. With this group tour from Saigon, you will explore the maze like network at the famous Cu Chi Tunnels in the morning. After a local lunch on the way, you will see the delightful lush jungle canals of the Mekong Delta. A combined day tour of Ho Chi Minh City & the Cu Chi Tunnels with English speaking guide, all entrance fees & lunch.
| ✅Notre Dame Cathedral ✅ Saigon Post Office ✅ Reunification Palace ✅ War Remnants Museum | ✅ Jade Emperor Pagoda ✅ Local Market ✅Cu Chi Tunnels ✅Gun shooting optional! |
Duration: 1 Day
Unseen Mekong Delta Day Tour
Explore the unseen Mekong Delta without the tourists and shopping annoyances of other group tours to the Mekong. Enjoy an exciting boat ride and visit true Vietnamese locals busy in their daily lives.
| ✅Tan Thanh island ✅ Boat ride ✅ Cycling ✅ Sampan Rowing | ✅ Local villages ✅ Local people ✅Traditional Vietnamese lunch ✅Dragon Fruit & Water Coconuts |
Duration: 1 Day
Cu Chi Tunnels by Speedboat Day Tour
The fastest way to see Cu Chi Tunnels on a day trip from Ho Chi Minh City, by speedboat. This will get you past the crowds taking the bus and sat having lunch when they arrive.
| ✅Cu Chi Tunnels ✅Speedboat transfer | ✅Light breakfast & lunch ✅Gun shooting optional! |
Duration: Half Day (7am - 2pm)
Saigon River Sunset Cruise
Enjoy a 2 hour romantic river cruise on the Saigon river to take in the sunset over the beautiful skyline of Ho Chi Minh City.
✅Light Dinner | ✅English speaking guide |
Duration: 2 Hours
Cu Chi Tunnels & Mekong Delta Day Tour
This premier day tour from Saigon is designed for travellers with limited time in Ho Chi Minh City. A one day trip to see both the Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta with all transfers & lunch included. This combined day tour will give you an excellent mix of history and landscapes with fantastic photo opportunities in the lush jungle canals & network of tunnels.
| ✅Visit the underground City ✅Making of Rice paper ✅Lunch at local restaurant ✅Folk Songs ✅Palm tree rowing boat ride | ✅Small group ✅Jungle Canals ✅Island visit ✅Bee Farm ✅Honey Tea |
Duration: 1 Day
Saigon City Military Jeep Tour
The Saigon City Military Jeep tour will take you back in time to the Vietnam War. Ride around Ho Chi Minh City like a GI and visit some of the most important locations in Vietnam's history. Starting with a ride to the reunification palace (aka Independence Palace) for a look back in history at the previous home and workplace of the president of South Vietnam during the Vietnam war. You will then head to the FITO museums, a couple of museums dedicated to showing traditional Vietnamese medicine, documents & instruments dating back to the Stone Age. Enjoy a ride to Tao Dan Park (one of the worlds most spooky haunted places according to some) before heading back to your hotel.
| ✅Tao Dan Park ✅FITO museums ✅Private Military Jeep ✅English speaking tour guide | ✅District 5 ✅Entrance fees ✅Snack & Water ✅8.30am or 2pm start (4 hour Saigon City Tour) |
Duration: 4 Hours
Good Morning Saigon Military Jeep Tour
An exciting ride around Saigon by military jeep is one of the most talked about tours in Vietnam. Why not witness an early morning tour of Saigon City and see how the locals start their day. Enjoy a ride to Tao Dan Park (one of the worlds most spooky haunted places according to some) where you. will see the local Vietnamese taking their morning exercises. Out to District 5, one of the oldest and most interesting parts of Saigon to check out Binh Tay market before the locals arrive to buy stock for their days work. With a tasty breakfast and cup of coffee to finish up before the local Saigonese head out for work.
| ✅Tao Dan Park ✅Early morning street drive ✅Private Military Jeep ✅English speaking tour guide | ✅Visit locals exercising ✅Binh Tay Market ✅Breakfast & coffee ✅Bird Watching locals ✅5.30am - 9am (3.5 hour Saigon City Tour) |
Duration: 3.5 Hours
Rural Ho Chi Minh City by Luxury Speedboat
Take a scenic speedboat day trip from Ho Chi Minh City and get in amongst the maze like rivers and canals of Long An, a glimpse in to the Mekong Delta. Discover the idyllic scenes as you ride past the local villages filled with lush palm trees embanked on the river. Very few tourists get chance to see this area from the river directly starting from Saigon, therefore an ultimate day trip experience for you and your family.
River life, as you glide on past slowly, allows you to see a glimpse into rural Vietnam. With a visit to a Buddhist Pagoda, Cao Dai Temple included along with a local family’s homestead, where you’ll be invited to enjoy a traditional Mekong Delta lunch & fresh coconuts and fiery Mekong Delta Wine.
| ✅Luxury Speedboat ✅Narrow canals ✅Light breakfast ✅Tuong Van Pagoda ✅Visit riverside market | ✅Delta of Nine Dragons ✅Coconut palm trees ✅Traditional farmhouse ✅Cao Dai Temple ✅8am - 4pm |
Duration: 1 Day
Mekong Delta by Luxury Speedboat
Go deeper in to the Mekong Delta with this luxury speedboat tour from Saigon. A visit to Ben Tre brings a true Mekong Delta tour by river cruise to see traditional life as seen by the river. This luxury speedboat tour to the real Mekong Delta will bring you the ultimate experience unknown to most tourists travelling to Vietnam. Starting from Saigon, you will enjoy a light breakfast before arriving at Long An local market to sample some locally grown fruit. Finally heading inside the real Mekong Delta at Ben Tre where you will enjoy a rowing boat ride with conical hat, special wines, unique teas and folk singing by the local people of the Mekong Delta. A brief ride around in a tuk tuk to see the local villages and countryside before heading for lunch and returned to Saigon.
| ✅Luxury Speedboat ✅Light breakfast ✅Rowing boat ride ✅English speaking tour guide ✅7 course traditional Vietnamese lunch | ✅Visit local villagers ✅Honey tea ✅Long An local market ✅Folk singing ✅Tuk Tuk ride |
Duration: 3.5 Hours
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*Due to the current lack of visitors to Vietnam by foreign travellers. Some day tours may only be running as private tours, please ask on enquiry!
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