Day trips from Ho Chi Minh City, including the Mekong Delta and Cu Chi.
A compact introduction to Ho Chi Minh City in a small group: choose a morning of history at the Independence Palace and War Remnants Museum, or an afternoon in Chinatown finished with a ride on the Saigon River water bus.
View Itinerary →The best of Ho Chi Minh City in one day: the Independence Palace, French colonial landmarks and the War Remnants Museum in the morning, Chinatown's temples and markets after lunch, and a sunset ride on the river water bus.
View Itinerary →Crawl through the legendary Cu Chi Tunnels, a 200 km underground network from the war years, see the hidden kitchens, field hospitals and trapdoors, and taste the cassava and tea that sustained the fighters.
View Itinerary →Two essentials in one day: Saigon's Independence Palace, colonial landmarks and War Remnants Museum in the morning, then the Cu Chi Tunnels in the afternoon.
View Itinerary →A classic Mekong day: Vinh Trang Pagoda, a boat ride past the four river islands, tropical fruit with southern folk music, a honey farm, a coconut candy workshop and a hand-rowed sampan through palm-lined canals.
View Itinerary →A quieter side of the Mekong Delta: a country market, a rice mill and rice-wine workshop, a private boat through coconut-lined waterways, an organic fruit garden and a hands-on cooking class with lunch.
View Itinerary →Live like a local in Ben Luc, an hour from Saigon: shop at the market, try traditional canal fishing from a boat, help in a coconut garden, herd ducks, cook southern dishes and relax in a hammock.
View Itinerary →History and countryside in one day: the Cu Chi Tunnels in the morning, then a tuk tuk ride through coconut groves, a rowboat on a small canal and a farm lunch by the river in Ben Luc.
View Itinerary →Great value in one long day: the Cu Chi Tunnels in the morning, then My Tho for a boat ride on the Tien River, a sampan through canals, a honey farm, coconut candy and southern folk music.
View Itinerary →Speed down the river to Can Gio, Vietnam's UNESCO mangrove biosphere reserve: row through the mangroves, meet macaques, visit a crocodile reserve and climb a 26 m tower for views over the forest.
View Itinerary →Swap the city for the sea: swim at Back Beach, climb the giant Christ statue, visit the Whale Temple and the colonial White Palace, and finish at the Nghinh Phong cape viewpoint.
View Itinerary →A long day on the south-central coast: the 8th-century Po Shanu Cham towers, Mui Ne beach, the white sand dunes, the Fairy Stream and the Whale God temple.
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