Saigon port - Reunification Palace - War Remnants - Central Post Office - Notre Dame Cathedral - Ben Thanh market - Saigon port
Travelers may be shocked at the first visit in Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon) because of its traffic chaos. The crowds or traffics may disappoint many travelers. However, it will obviously be a mistake if this city is not explored carefully. Travelers can explore the city's own unique characters with beautiful buildings mixed by Asian and European architectures or tasty street foods or historical sites...all of which will be discovered during the Ho Chi Minh Shore Excursion & Day Tour
Pick-up and Drop-off site: Port in Vung Tau or Ho Chi Minh
7:30 am to 8:30 am: be welcomed and picked up by our guide and driver, then transfer to center for your tour. Start your tour at this exciting city by strolling along Dong Khoi street which was known as the Rue Catinat and heart of old colonial Saigon.
09.30 -10.30: Visit Reunification Palace (formerly known as Independence palace) which was the home and workplace of Governor-General of French Indochina during Vietnam war and most beautiful official palace in Asia.
11: 00 – 12.00 am: Visit War Remnants Museum which keeps thousands of documentaries, items and films made in the Vietnam wars.
12h00 - 13h00: Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with crispy pancake which one of the tastiest specialties of Vietnam
13:00 – 14.00: Visit Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Office Post Office all of which were built under the French colony and are the “must-visit” places in Saigon.
14.00 – 15.00.: Visit Ben Thanh market which is the biggest wholesale one in the South with a wide range of products from Saigon, nearby areas and Mekong Delta.
15h00-16h00: Return to the port of Saigon. End of services.
Found this trip organiser on forums/websites and thank to some very good reviews, my friend and I were looking to discover the Vietnamese's
I was referred by a friend to Mr. Ha Nguyen at Vietnam Original Travel - Hanoi Branch and I’m so very very pleased that I was
We pre-booked a short trip around Northern Vietnam with Vietnam Original tours. They responded very quickly to email and were very helpful