7 Days | Vietnam Adventure: Mekong Delta Experience with Flights (from Melbourne)

Ho Chi Minh

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. You will have a free morning to relax or enjoy the sights of Ho Chi Minh city. At around 2PM your motorbike tour guide will pick you up at the hotel for the 4 hour motorbike tour of Ho Chi Minh including dinner at local eateries.

After a short riding instruction and program introduction, you will hop on the motorbike. The first stop is at the tourist attractions in District 1 including Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon Central Post Office where you can admire the beauty of the old French architectural works, learn more about history and culture, as well as taking the most beautiful photos in the city. A lovely book street next to the post office is worth wandering. You will visit Venerable Thich Quang Duc Monument. We will tell you some less-known history and stories about the monk and his unburned heart. Head to District 3 and a Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment buildings which were built in the 1960s and have been home to lots of Saigon people. There you can see the real Saigon local life. Before reaching the coffee shop, we stop at one of Saigon’s Top 3 Banh mi shops, see how they make a great Vietnamese sandwich with crispy crust and amazing fillings. Drive to a small street food stall which is over 20 years old to learn how they wrap and grill one of top Saigon street foods – Grilled banana & sticky rice in banana leaves. It is a big chance to stop at Cheo Leo cafe – an 80-year coffee shop hidden in an alley and famous for its distinct “Vot” coffee. There you sit around a table, take a rest, enjoy the drink, eat Vietnamese bread, Grilled banana in sticky rice, and chat leisurely with the guide as a friend like locals. You also learn how to make a cup of “Vot” coffee and interact with the nice owner of the coffee shop. Then we head to District 10 and stop at Ho Thi Ky flower market – a huge wholesale flower market where you have a chance to see thousands of colorful flowers, fresh vegetables, live animals, and many strange things. After that, we drive around hidden parts including fashion street, painting street, medicine street, electronic market, fabric market, lantern market, fruit market, bird market gives you an insider view of the hidden city which is missed on normal city tours by car/bus. Escaping from the noisy and busy streets, we head to Thien Hau Temple to listen to mysterious stories, learn more about the unique architecture and religious life. On the way to District 1, we stop to eat again at an over 20-year-old restaurant known as Top 5 Places to eat Vietnamese pancake in Saigon. The guide shows you how the cook makes thin, large, and crispy pancakes skillfully, how to wrap the cake in vegetables and eat. There we also enjoy Rice noodles with grilled pork/fried roll – a specialty food of the city. Guide drive back to your hotel after passing by Ben Thanh Market. It is time to say goodbye, the Private Saigon Sightseeing & Food Tour by Motorbike ends but memories last forever.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Accommodation: California hotel (Premier Deluxe)

Ho Chi Minh

Breakfast is at your hotel. Today you have the whole day for your leisure. If you would like to book or get recommendations for day tours and activities, please contact our Customer Service team.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: California hotel (Premier Deluxe)

Ho Chi Minh

After breakfast at your hotel, we will visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels. Located 60km from HCMC. Cu Chi is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists. The network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their day, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens.

Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone". You will start the tour in the morning, before entering the tunnels visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. You will spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war). You will then return to Ho Chi Minh.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: California hotel (Premier Deluxe)

Ho Chi Minh  Mekong Delta

After breakfast, we head to the city of My Tho. On the way, we will visit Vinh Trang pagoda, the biggest pagoda in the Mekong delta. Upon arrival in My Tho, we will take a boat trip along the Mekong River, where you can see fish cages and floating houses on the river. The boat takes you to a small canal, where you can totally escape from the busy town. The boat cruise in the coconut trees canal takes you to a coconut island in Ben Tre. We disembark and have a walk around the village. Stop at a local family home to enjoy tropical fruit, taste the honey tea, honey wine and listen to Vietnamese traditional music, performed by the villagers.

Stop by the village coconut candy shop, learn how to make candy, and see some handicraft made out of coconut trees. Take a walk through the village and admire the fruits, flowers, trees, local houses, children and people. Then, we enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. After that, we go for a walk around the area and transfer back Saigon.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: California hotel (Premier Deluxe)

Ho Chi Minh

Breakfast is at your hotel. Today you have the whole day for your leisure. If you would like to book or get recommendations for day tours and activities, please contact our Customer Service team.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: California hotel (Premier Deluxe)

Ho Chi Minh Melbourne

This morning enjoy breakfast at the hotel. You check out will be at noon. You will have the day at leisure until your transfer time to the airport for your flight back home.

Meals: Breakfast and Inflight Menu