Southern Vietnam Family Tour 5 Days

Tour duration:5 Days/ 4 Nights

Please note that: Prices will depend on travel date, hotel choice, room categories, numbers of people traveling and all our itineraries are flexible and can be altered to suit your requirements.

		
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			Ho Chi Minh City            
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			Cu Chi Tunnels            
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			Tay Ninh            
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			Mekong Delta            
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			My Tho            
               
            
Day 1: Arrival in Ho Chi Minh
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City tour
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh – Cu Chi and Cao Dai Temple
Day 4: Mekong – Day trip
Day 5: Departure
Summary highlights:
 Ho Chi Minh City:  Still called Saigon, the dynamic heart of Vietnam, the city of crowding, business and also history.
 Cu Chi Tunnels: A legendary maze during the war
 Tay Ninh : Famous with the Cao Dai Great temple is the cathedral of the Cao Dai religion and is the main attraction in Tay Ninh

            Day 1 : Arrival in Ho Chi Minh (D)     


	
Notre Dame Cathedral - Saigon
Upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh City you will be greeted and transferred to our hotel. Then be free and at our own leisure until dinner time. We will meet our guide again and go to a local restaurant for our welcome dinner.

            Day 2 : Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) tour (B, L)     


	
Giac Lam pagoda - Saigon
We depart from our hotel for the Reunification Palace, the former Presidential Palace for the president of the South of Vietnam. Afterwards visit the War Remnants Museum, where we can see countless artifacts, photographs and pictures documenting the second Indochina war. Before lunch we will stop at Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post office where we can get some good shots of the biggest city in Vietnam. A delicious lunch will be served at a nice restaurant in the central city.
 In the afternoon we will visit Ben Thanh market and China town, which has its own unique Binh Tay market. Here we can experience our Southern Vietnamese daily life. Return to our hotel after visiting Giac Lam pagoda, one of the oldest and finest pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City. It is very relaxing here. After that we will be back to our hotel.

            Day 3 : Ho Chi Minh - Cu Chi & Cao Dai Temple (B, L)     


	
Cao Dai Temple - Tay Ninh
In the morning, we will leave Saigon for the Cu Chi tunnels. On the way there, we will drive through pleasant countryside, rubber plantations and rice paddies. Before entering the tunnels, see a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, followed by an exploration of the maze of tunnels, some of which have been widened to allow tourist access. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by B52 bombers.
 Next we drive to Tay Ninh town near the Cambodian border to visit the Cao Dai temple and join Cao Dai worshippers for their daily noontide ceremony where hundreds of worshipers attired in lively red, yellow blue and white, chant religious hymns. This is followed by lunch on our way return to Ho Chi Minh City.

            Day 4 : Mekong - Day trip – Ho Chi Minh (B, L)     


	
Vinh Trang Pagoda - Tien Giang
We leave Saigon behind and head to Vietnam’s rice basket, the Mekong Delta. Passing through idyllic, rural scenery until we arrive at My Tho, a peaceful town on the bank of the Mekong River, we will have a boat ride on the Mekong, visit local homes and orchards, a coconut candy workshop, a honeybee farm, take a sampan ride on palm-shaded creeks, try a taste of seasonal fruit and honey tea and enjoy a performance of traditional Southern singing. Our lunch will be severed on an orchard garden. After lunch we will visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda going back to Ho Chi Minh City

            Day 5 : Departure (B)     


	
Binh Tay market - Saigon
We will transfer to the airport to take the flight home. Trip concludes.
What’s included? 
 English speaking guide (Other languages upon requested)
 Accommodations based on family room (triple room)
 All meals indicated in the itinerary as
 A/C transfers & transport by private van, with a reasonable supply of drinking water
 Boat trip in Mekong Delta
 Entrance fees to the sightseeing indicated