Quick & Slow Ho Chi Minh City & Can Tho City

Upon arrival at Tan Sơn Nhat Airport, you will be welcomed by Vietmountain Travel’s guide & car driver then drive to the hotel in the city center for check-in. Spend the rest of the day at your own leisure. You can choose an option to visit some city’s beauty spots as War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, Center Postoffice, Independence Palace…Our guide will take you out for a welcoming dinner.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Notes: The itinerary can be flexible base on the arrival flight schedule; some sites can be visited today to have more time at sites or add some other sites the next day (with a small surcharge).

Have breakfast and check out your hotel then take 1.5 hour drive from the city center to Ben Tre province, located in the Mekong River Delta, you will see the big difference between Ho Chi Minh city and the countryside with lush rice paddies and tropical fruit farms.

At the pier, get on a fascinating motorboat excursion past stilt houses, fish farms and scenes of the countryside. Arrive at an island, sample some local fresh fruits and coconut milk which is prepared by local farmers and interact with them to learn more about their daily lives. Then you will be explained about Ben Tre’s famous speciality – coconut candy right at a local workshop. Later on, explore more of the Delta’s many canals from a rowing sampan and enjoy country hospitality as you sip a cup of honey tea while taking in a traditional folk song performance (Don Ca Tai Tu). At noon, you will have lunch in the town of My Tho before continuing on another 2-hour drive to your Can Tho city to check in at your hotel where you will have free time at your leisure.

Overnight in Can Tho City.

This morning, Vietmountain Travel’s guide will wake you up early and you all board a boat to explore the famed Cai Rang floating market where dozens of boats laden with fruits, vegetables and fish from all over the Delta come for trade. Notice the long poles with sample products for sale tied to the top so as to be seen from afar as well as the many small boats providing boat-to-boat service of meals and refreshments. You should have your cameras ready as this vibrant wholesale market on the water makes for excellent photo opportunities, especially from the unique vantage point of your boat. Relax and enjoy some of the tropical fruits or a cup of coffee while cruising back to the hotel where we will freshen up before having breakfast and checking out. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant on the way back to Ho Chi Minh city. Arrive in the afternoon, check-in and be free at your own leisure.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

With over 11 million citizens and five million motorbikes, Ho Chi Minh city is a bustling city that never sleeps. Despite its modernity, it maintains a strong link to the past and our walking tour takes in some of the city’s most historic landmarks. Transfer to Dong Khoi Street downtown to visit some of the beautiful French colonial-era buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Appreciate the splendidly restored exteriors of the Saigon Opera House and the Notre Dame Cathedral, a red brick edifice with twin spires constructed from materials imported from France (entrance is only permitted when no services are being performed). Then head across the square to the Central Post Office, completed in 1891. A short drive away is the former Presidential Palace, the headquarters of the Saigon Government during the American War. Continue to the elegant City Hall (the former Hotel de Ville) which is one of the city’s most stunning colonial monuments especially when at night.

Experience Ho Chi Minh’s famed street coffee culture while your guide provides insights into daily life in Saigon.

Afternoon, visit The War Remnants Museum for a vivid perspective of the American War through the eyes of the Vietnamese. (Please note that the displays may upset you). Afterwards, our guide and driver will bring you to Chinatown to visit the beautiful Thien Hau Pagoda, built by the Cantonese community in the early 19th century to honour the Goddess of the Sea. Take time to make a wish, write it on a small card and attach it to one of the incense coils according to local custom. Continue your visit to FITO, the first museum of traditional medicine in Vietnam, offering an insightful look into the history and application of traditional medicine in everyday life before driving to the airport for your next flight. Trip ends. Vietmountain Travel goodbye and see you again.