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Ho Chi Minh City’s best days out.
The 15 most popular guided tours in Saigon. The ones worth building a day around, with prices, run times and who to book each one through.
Mekong Delta day trip: motor boat and row boat canals, Vinh Trang Temple, island home tastings, and lunch from Ho Chi Minh City.
Most Popular“Our tour guide, Son, did a great job explaining the sites! It was so fun to visit all the major highlights with this group!”
Small-group Mekong Delta day from HCMC: Vinh Trang Temple, boat rides, lunch, entrance fees, and food tastings with live music.
“it was a great tour. small group and very professional. Lunch was pretty good with variety of local dishes. learn local life style and try a few local food.”
Half-day Cu Chi Tunnels tour from Ho Chi Minh City with hotel pickup, English guide, command center visits, and included tapioca and tea.
“A great half day trip! We set off on time and the van was very comfortable. Service was excellent from Quyen. Thang was very welcoming and so knowledgeable! We really enjoyed seeing the Cu Chi Tunnels and learning all about the history. Would definitely recommend!”
4-hour Ho Chi Minh City tour with hotel pickup: Ben Thanh, Independence Palace, War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame, Post Office, Jade Pagoda.
“This tour is a good way to see the landmarks of the city if you don't feel like doing it yourself. I think the value of the guide was especially noticeable at the former presidential palace, which is the longest stop and where she offered a lot of information. The other stops were mostly self-guided…”
Half-day Cu Chi Tunnels guided tour from Ho Chi Minh City with pickup, small group, war stories, tea and tapioca, and optional shooting.
“The tunnels were amazing & well worth the 4 hour round trip to see them! Only 10 on the tour which was perfect. Our guide Andrew from Papa Holidays was fantastic. Very knowledgeable. We were limited by time & Andrew kept things moving so we were back on time. Highly recommend this tour especially if…”
Saigon Opera House walking tour plus a 45-minute Saigon River cruise. Sunset or neon skyline, small group, English guide, great value.
“Loved the live music and short descriptions of what we were seeing without being continuous. The free ice cream was also a perk!”
Cu Chi Tunnels half-day guided tour from Ho Chi Minh City with hotel pickup, small group up to 12, water, cassava, and AK-47 try.
“Our tour was made especially amazing due to our guide Tri. He was exceptional and made us all laugh throughout the day. Was hard to believe how small these spaces were, given the ones we entered had been enlarged for tourists! Well worth a visit if you are physically able.”
Open-air private jeep tour of Ho Chi Minh City: Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Ben Thanh Market.
“Alison and Myself had an amazing afternoon with Kent, and the driver (sorry we did not get your name) From the introduction we were made to feel very welcome and Kent was certainly knowledgeable. I would recommend this trip to anyone visiting Ho Chi Minh City as this gives you a great insight into the…”
Crawl Cu Chi Tunnels from HCMC with an English guide, learn guerrilla tactics, and optionally try AK-47 shooting; pickup included.
“A very well-organized tour with fascinating insights into the life of the Viet Cong fighters. The Cu Chi Tunnels were extremely impressive, and Theo did an excellent job as a guide he is very knowledgeable and great at explaining everything.”
A one-day guided Mekong Delta trip from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho: sampan rides, honey and coconut candy, riverside lunch, and Vinh Trang Pagoda.
“First to say, we booked the private tour version. We don't normally post reviews, and we do loads of tours. Said that, it was a very unsatisfactory tour due to many reasons: -we wanted to spend most of the time in the Mekong delta on the Read more”
Half-day Cu Chi Tunnels tour from Ho Chi Minh City with A/C transport, an English-speaking guide, traps and bunkers, plus an optional crawl.
“We thoroughly enjoyed the tour, our guide Khoa provided us with so much information and history relevant to the Vietnam war! He went above and beyond and dropped us off closer to the War Remnants Museum after the tour so we could continue our exploration. We enjoyed the time frame of the morning tour as…”
3-hour Saigon walk through the War Remnants Museum, French colonial sights, City Book Street, and coffee, with an English guide.
“I had a tour with Peter, and he was very smart and knowledgeable about the history and culture of Vietnam. Peter also answered all the questions I asked. I learned a lot about how the country was shaped and evolved throughout the centuries. Excellent tour!”
Private full-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City: Cu Chi Tunnels, My Tho Mekong cruise, rowboats, orchards, bee farms, honey tea.
“No stopping at souvenir shops, visited a lot of things. Trip very well planned!”
Private Ho Chi Minh City full-day tour: pickup, English guide, Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum, Chinatown walk, Binh Tay market and lunch.
“The prior Place. The post office and the market place which our tour guide emphatically did not want us to visit. But we insisted.”
Private Ben Tre day trip with Ham Luong river boat, hand-made bricks & sleepmats, coconut-path village walks, and delta lunch.
“The food the scenery and my guide Huong. Every part of this tour was a memorable adventure. I highly recommend this tour for anyone who wants to see the real Vietnam”
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