SAI GON STOPOVER
Vietnam Tours - Vietnam Classic
| Trip code: VET.CL-08 Type of trip: Private Trip Duration: 4 Days Starting: Saigon city, Vietnam Finishing: Saigon city, Vietnam Destinations: Saigon - Cu Chi tunnel - Mekong delta |
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Description: With limited time, Saigon Stopover package will leave you to explore the city by your own will and then bring you to the famous Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta. All the Southern Highlights is just in 4 days travel in Saigon!
BRIEF ITINERARY:
Day 1: Saigon Arrival
Day 2: Saigon - Half day Cu Chi - Half day City tour
Day 3: Saigon - Mekong Delta Boat Trip
Day 4: Saigon Departure
ITINERARY:
DAY 1: SAIGON ARRIVAL - WELCOME DINNER
Being personal welcome by Vietnam Explorient Travel tour expert and transferred to hotel for check in. You can use the next few hours to rest or explore the surroundings on your own or take a Cyclo ride through the down town of Saigon. Welcome dinner in a fine restaurant hosted by Explorient Travel.
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon
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DAY 2: SAIGON – HALF DAY CU CHI – HALF DAY CITY TOUR (Breakfast, Lunch)
This morning, we leave Saigon for driving through pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi. We then spend the next hours exploring the maze of underground tunnels where the Viet Cong stayed and mount surprise attacks. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by B52 bombers. Cu Chi was really a former battlefield. After that, we drive back to Saigon city.
Today we have scheduled a special lunch for your taste of Saigon cuisines at a popular local restaurant in Saigon.
After lunch, you enjoy a half day city tour of Saigon highlights. This half day tour features the Notre Dame Cathedral church that was built between 1877 and 1883. This church is one of the best examples of classical French colonial architecture.
The nearby Old Saigon Post Office is another example of French colonial architecture and is also the country’s largest post office. Then, we move on to see the Reunification Palace. This was one of the most important buildings in the city. Here on April 30th 1975 the ‘American War’ officially ended when tank number 843 of the North Vietnamese Army crashed through the gates of what was, at the time the residence of the President of the Republic of Vietnam. After that, we continue to visit War Remnants Museum - Formerly known as the Museum of American War Crimes, this is a poignant display of the futility of war.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon
DAY 3: SAIGON – MEKONG DELTA BOAT TRIP (Breakfast, Lunch)
Today, escaping from the high-rise hotels, shopping malls and chic restaurants of Saigon City, we drive to My Tho with paddy fields, thick orchards and canals. Upon arriving, we board a private boat start exploring the vast Mekong River. We will pass by the floating market, Fish Quay along the water way to Turtle Island, a beautiful island with many orchards. Here we can enjoy a variety of fresh tropical fruits while listening to traditional South Vietnamese folk songs performed by local artists.
We then visit a coconut candy workshop before taking a short horse cart ride to visit a Bee Farm where we try some honey tea, tastes local confectionery. After that, we will have a short rowing sampan boat ride along the water coconut shady canal to our main boat then go to Phoenix Island that was the lonely bastion of Coconut Monk. Here we enjoy lunch of local cuisines with delicious Elephant Ear fish, before go back to the harbor. Drive back to Saigon city by late afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon
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Day 4: SAIGON DEPARTURE (Breakfast)
Breakfast is at the hotel. Our tour expert will pick you up at your hotel and transfer back to Saigon airport for boarding your flight back to home.
End of trip.
Meals: breakfast
PRICE & INCLUSION
This rate is quoted in USD per person, based on Double/Twin occupancy with 3-star hotel standard.Valid until 31.December - 2013
| Group Size | 2 persons | 4 persons | 6 persons | Single Supp* |
| Price / pp | 369 | 275 | 235 | 99 |
Price Inclusions:
• All land transportation by private air conditioned vehicles
• Tour arrival and departure airport transfers
• Hotel accommodation on a twin-share basic
• Meals as mention in the program
• Local English speaking guides
• All entrance and sightseeing fees
• Mineral water
• Travel insurance
• Visa approval fee
Price Exclusions:
• International airfare and airport tax in & out Vietnam
• Drinks and other meals do not indicate in the program
• Visa stamping fee
• Early check-in and late check-out at all hotels
• Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping...)
• Tipping/ Gratuities
• Additional expenses in case of force majeure
Notes:
• All the points of interest are open for visit based on current updating. In case of closing for construction or any reason, we will replace with similar point of interest.
• This Private Journey will depart on your desired date.
