Ho Chi Minh City Highlights & Cu Chi 3 Days
- 3 Days
Adult
Description
This 3-day itinerary provides a concise yet enriching introduction to Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam. The program combines the city’s colonial landmarks with a full-day exploration of the Cu Chi Tunnels and the Mekong Delta, offering insight into Vietnam’s history, rural life, and local culture. Ideal for travelers with limited time who wish to experience both urban and countryside highlights before departure.
Duration
3 Days
Tour Type
Cultural & Heritage Tours
Group Size
7
Language
English
Popular Features
- Authentic Local Cuisine
- Customer Support
- Family & Honeymoon Friendly
- Professional Local Tour Guides
- Sustainable & Responsible Travel
Highlights
- Ho Chi Minh City – Arrival, leisure time, and half-day city tour
- Cu Chi Tunnels – Discover the historic underground network from the Vietnam War
- Mekong Delta – Boat cruise, sampan ride, local villages, tropical fruits, and folk music
- City Landmarks – Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, and Reunification Palace
Included
- Accommodation in twin/double room with daily breakfast
- Services of a driver and private air-conditioned vehicle during all tours and transfers
- Experienced English-speaking guide during day tour
- Entrance fees for all visits as mentioned in the itinerary
- Private boat trip in Mekong Delta
- Meals: 2 Breakfast & 1 Lunch
- 01 bottles of mineral water per person per day on days of sightseeing
Excluded
- Early check-in or late check-out
- International flight tickets
- Meals (other than mentioned in the program)
- Additional transfer required due to any emergency situation
- Visa; Tips and expressing gratitude for drivers; Travel insurance
Travel Itinerary
DAY 1 - HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL
Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, you will be warmly welcomed by our tour guide and transferred to your hotel in the city center. After check-in (subject to room availability), the rest of the day is at leisure for you to relax after the long flight or begin discovering the vibrant atmosphere of the city on your own.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 2 - CU CHI TUNNEL - MEKONG DELTA [B/L]
After breakfast, depart Ho Chi Minh City for a full-day excursion to the Cu Chi Tunnels, an impressive underground network used during the Vietnam War. Explore the tunnels, learn about the ingenious survival strategies, and gain insight into this significant chapter of Vietnamese history.
Have lunch at restaurant.
On arrival in My Tho city, you’ll take a local motor boat, cross Mekong River (the biggest River in Asia, through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, its length about 4.800km long). You enjoy fresh coconut juice on the boat. Your first visit at Unicorn island where you taste the natural pure honey bee, bee pollen and Royal jelly bee. Your second visit by boat is Ben tre where you can see how the local people make coconut candy. This is the special product in the Ben Tre province. Walking on the village, then you take the local vehicles (Xe Lam) about 1,5km around the village. Upon arrival at the Garden, you can eat the tropical fruits as pine-apple, water melon, longan, royal bananas. You listen to the traditional folk music, called “Cai Luong”. Next, you take a sampan, rowing boat by hand, about 2km, you can discover the rural daily life of local people inside the water coconut tree jungle. Back to habor. Pick up and transfer back Ho Chi Minh.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 4 - HO CHI MINH HALF DAY CITY TOUR – DEPARTURE [B]
Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel at around 08:00 AM to begin the city tour.
You will first visit Notre Dame Cathedral, constructed between 1877 and 1883, with most building materials imported from Marseille, France. Located nearby, you will continue on foot to the Central Post Office, an elegant colonial building designed by Gustave Eiffel and completed between 1886 and 1891.
The next highlight is the Reunification Palace, originally built in 1868 and formerly known as the Norodom Palace, officially inaugurated in 1873. The palace suffered heavy damage during bombings in 1963. On April 30, 1975, tanks of the liberation army entered the palace, marking a historic moment in Vietnam’s history. After reunification, the palace became the headquarters of the city’s Military Administration Committee.
After the visits, you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight. End of services.
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