South Vietnam holiday
| country: | Vietnam |
| location: | Mekong Delta, South Vietnam |
| departures: | This trip can be arranged at a time to suit you, and adapted to your requirements as necessary. |
| price: | From £399 (8 days) excluding flights |
the amazing things you'll be doing
Saigon – Tay Ninh and Cu Chi Tunnels – Mekong Delta – Mui ne Phan Thiet
This trip in South Vietnam combines the essential highlights: Saigon, Cu Chi Tunnels, the fertile Mekong Delta, and Mui Ne Beach.
Discover the country's tragic sites of the Vietnam War and the friendly people, fantastic landscapes, bustling city of Saigon and the floating market on the Mekong Delta.
All this plus delicious Vietnamese cuisine and time to chill out on the beach in Mui Ne Phan Thiet!
This trip in South Vietnam combines the essential highlights: Saigon, Cu Chi Tunnels, the fertile Mekong Delta, and Mui Ne Beach.
Discover the country's tragic sites of the Vietnam War and the friendly people, fantastic landscapes, bustling city of Saigon and the floating market on the Mekong Delta.
All this plus delicious Vietnamese cuisine and time to chill out on the beach in Mui Ne Phan Thiet!
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Ho Chi Min - city tour. You will be welcomed by our driver who will take you to your hotel for a rest before our city tour starts. We will visit sites of Reunification Hall, City hall, Notre Dame Cathedral, War crimes Museum, Chinatown and Ben Thanh Market. Overnight in town of Sai Gon. |
| Day 2: | Tay Ninh and Cu Chi tunnels. We have our breakfast before taking the van at 8 a.m. to Tay Ninh with the Great Cao Dai temple (a mixture of Buddhism, Confucius, Taoism, Hinduism and Christian). We see the noon mass (approx. 1 hour). Lunch in Tay Ninh. Afternoon we visit Cu Chi - a fabulous tunnel. You will have an opportunity to get the unique experience of guerrillas living and fighting underground during the war (a crawl through 50 -100 meters of the 200km tunnel system is unforgettable). Local rice paper workshops, nice paddy fields are pleasant sights on the way. Overnight in Hotel in Saigon. |
| Day 3: | Saigon to the fertile Mekong Delta. Departing Saigon at 0800, head south to Cai Be. On arrival we walk through the village streets and watch locals making manioc chips before boarding a boat for a journey through the town of the floating market. Cruise through the secluded canals to an island where we stop to enjoy seasonal fruits before our boat takes us to Vinh Long where we get back on the bus for our trip to Can Tho for the night |
| Day 4: | Can Tho - Saigon. An early start for a boat trip to Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets. We stop for a walk on a quiet country road to take in the magnificent scenery and get close to the locals as they go about their daily routine. We try a xe loi, the local colonial-era cab pulled by motorbike, on a country road. In the afternoon we head back to Saigon, with a visit to a My Tho bonsai garden. Back in Saigon at 18:00. |
| Day 5: | Sai Gon - Mui Ne. Breakfast at hotel then we are off to Phan Thiet town, and onto Mui Ne beach, check in one of the resorts there and free to relax on this wonderful beach. Overnight at this beach resort. |
| Day 6: | Mui Ne. This is a day for you to chill out or to do beach activities of swimming, wind surfing or to visit the Sand dunes and Cham towers. Overnight in Mui Ne . |
| Day 7: | Mui Ne - Saigon. A whole morning and early afternoon to relax on the beach. We will have a 4 hour ride (car/van) back to Saigon. Check in at hotel and free time to explore and do some shopping. |
| Day 8: | Depart Saigon. Breakfast at hotel, andwe will transfer you to the airport for your flight home. |
how this holiday makes a difference
 The accommodation used by us are all small hotels which are important employers providing jobs for local people. All fruits served in Mekong delta is bought locally, to help the surrounding communities benefit economically from tourists. We organize spice tours and transfers for guests. These use local taxi drivers and tour guides and we request that you pay for these locally so that the money goes directly to the drivers and guides. We also use all transport by train and bus. Our local guides and drivers ask tourists to always keep environmental e.g. put all rubbishes on dustbin, economize on using water, save on electricity. On the day visiting Mekong Delta local farmers can get profit from tourist by selling their products such as fruits, food and water. They also get profit by performing their traditional music on Mekong Delta. In addition, the trip minimizes its environmental impacts by using small boat on Mekong Delta and walking on Mui Ne Beach. Our guides are trained to ask tourist always keep environment do not throw rubbish to the Mekong river or Mui ne Beach when they are visiting. |
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