Saigon Modern Life (Incentive)

Welcome to Vietnam!!!
Upon your arrival, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the city center to enjoy a light tour visiting the Reunification Palace, the witness of the fierce Vietnam War ended in 1975. The grand building today is a Museum and Hall of official receptions. Nearby the Palace are the colonial-styled Post Office and the Notre Dame Cathedral, built between 1877 and 1883 and one of the city’s major landmarks. Then move to visit Ngoc Hoang (the “Jade Emperor”) pagoda and Ben Thanh night market. Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Saigon.

Please note: Standard check in time is 14:00

After breakfast, heading out of town, we travel by road to Mytho, a capital of Tien Giang Province, is an island port in the Mekong River Delta which is 2hours drive from HCM city. Stopping off along the way to see the beautiful Ving Trang Pagoda. On arrival, embark on a cruise navigating along Tien River , sightseeing 4 beautiful islands, Long , Lan Qui, Phuong. Wander through Thoi San Island, stop by to visit local coconut candy workshop, take a boat to orchard at Qui Islet and taste five seasonal fruits, listen to : Don Ca Tai Tu Nam Bo' one of Vietnamese folk music. Stop by Mr Nam Ngo's house enjoy honey tea and row sampan through narrow water coconut creek. Late afternoon transfer to home-stay at Vinh Long. Lunch and dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Vinh Long.

In the morning, our tour guide will pick you up at your home-stay and transfer you to Cai Be to take a boat trip along the floating market to enjoy trading activities of the peasants of the Mekong Delta, who travel to the market in the boats full of fruits and farming products. Visit family factories and orchards and tastesome juicy tropical fruits. Lunch in a charming old-styled house or in a garden house on an island with local food between visits. Back to our car and return to Saigon late afternoon. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Saigon.

Our day will begin with a visit to Tayninh, the centre of Caodaism, a local sect of Buddhism founded by a Vietnamese countryman in early 20th century. Arriving at noontime, we will have the chance to join the daily solemn ceremony at the temple of Cao Dai called Tayninh Holysee. On the way back to Saigon, we can stop to visit Cu Chi Tunnels, one of the few remaining monuments to the fierce Vietnam War. We can even crawl a part of the tunnel to experience the real life ofthe Vietnamese guerrillas, who used to use and live inside this system during the wartime. Return to Saigon late afternoon. Lunch in Tayninh or en route at local restaurant. Dinner at local restaurant in Saigon. Overnight in Saigon.

Enjoy your free time today to relax or walk around the city to buy some souvenirs for your family and friends until our tour guide comes to pick you up at your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your departure flight back to your country. Tour ends!
Goodbye Saigon! Goodbye Vietnam!

Please note: Standard check out time is 12:00