Ho Chi Minh Stopover 3 days

Ho Chi Minh Stopover 3 days

Known as a hide-out for the infamous Viet Cong, the Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) is now a thriving mix of people, color and activity. This city has amazing bustling streets, fantastic restaurants and whitewashed trees. This fascinating city is perfect for days of sightseeing, afternoons shopping and evenings spent enjoying a sunset drink on a roof-top bar.

ITINERARY IN SHORT
DAY 1: HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL – HALF DAY CITY TOUR (D)
DAY 2: HO CHI MINH FULL DAY CU CHI TUNNELS – CITY TOUR (B/l/D)
DAY 3: HO CHI MINH DEPARTURE (B)

ITINERARY IN DETAILS
DAY 1 HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL – HALF DAY CITY TOUR (D)

Meet our driver on arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport and transfer to hotel for check in. The transfer distance is approximately 30 minutes

Ho Chi Minh City formerly named Saigon is the largest city and economic center of Vietnam always bustled with activities of modern life. It is where businesses converge and shoppers indulge themselves into unlimited choices. However the city also carries with it a rich historical legacy in contrast with its dazzling glamor.

Meet our guide at your hotel and take a city tour to visit the War Remnants Museum which features a comprehensive collection of the machinery, weapons, photos, and documentation of Vietnam War with the both the French and Americans and the Reunification Palace which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975. Last, stop for shopping at the French-built Ben Thanh Market which dates back to 1870 and whose main entrance clock tower has become a city’s symbol.
Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh .

DAY 2: HO CHI MINH FULL DAY CU CHI TUNNEL – CITY TOUR (B/L/D)

Morning, meet our guide at your hotel and transfer about 75 km North- west of downtown Ho Chi Minh City to visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, which were once a major underground hideout and resistance base of Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and the Americans. The tunnels, entirely hand-dug, formed a highly intricate network of interlinked multilevel passageways at times stretched as far as the Cambodian border and totaling over 120 km in length. Its complexity was beyond imagination  containing meeting rooms, kitchens, wells, clinics, schools, depots, trenches and emergency exits all aimed for guerrilla warfare. The tunnels were deep and strong enough to withstand destructive bombings and self-contained enough to outlast prolonged sieges.

In the afternoon, take a city tour to visit the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica a neo-Roman cathedral built by the colonial French with materials entirely imported from Marseilles, the Saigon Central Post Office, which was designed and constructed in the early 20th Century by the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel, Cho Lon area or the city’s China Town and the Jade Emperor Temple (Phuoc Hai), a rare Taoist structure in Vietnam built by the Cantonese community in the area in 1909.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

DAY 3: HO CHI MINH DEPARTURE (B)

Meet our guide & driver at the hotel lobby then transfer to Saigon airport for flight… Good bye Vietnam & see you again.