6 days - Private Viet Nam 6 Days 5 nights - A Taste of South Vietnam

Arrive at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Look for our guide/driver with your name sign.

Private transfer to your central HCMC hotel.

Check in and enjoy free time to relax or explore.

Hotel breakfast.

8:00 AM: Depart for My Tho.

9:30 AM: Arrive in My Tho, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda (beautiful architecture, Buddha statues).

Mekong River boat trip to Unicorn Islet.

Enjoy honey tea with kumquat at a bee farm.

Walk through tropical fruit gardens.

Listen to "Don Ca Tai Tu" music and taste tropical fruits.

Rowboat through small canals with water palm trees.

Cross the river to Ben Tre.

Visit a coconut candy workshop (learn the process and taste).

Lunch at a local restaurant with specialties (travel by Lambro or horse cart to the restaurant).

Relax on hammocks or cycle around the village.

3:00 PM: Return to the pier by motorboat and transfer to Can Tho.

5:00 - 5:30 PM: Check in to your Can Tho hotel for the night.

7:00 AM: Hotel breakfast and visit to Cai Rang Floating Market (observe local life, houses, orchards, shipyards, markets).

Visit traditional workshops: learn how to make "Hu Tieu" (rice vermicelli).

Enjoy fresh pineapple on the boat.

10:00 AM: Check out and explore Son Islet (alluvial orchids, friendly locals).

Visit a floating fish farm (check out "Foot massage with Koi fish").

Walk around Son Islet (fruit picking, monkey bridge).

Opportunity to make traditional cakes/pop rice or watch snakehead fish performances.

12:00 PM: Lunch with local specialties on Son Islet ("flying menu" community dining).

Coach transfer to Chau Doc, stopping at Long Xuyen Crocodile Farm (if time permits).

Visit Tra Su Forest: long boat ride through lily-covered water, see stilt houses.

Enjoy panoramic views from the 23.5m watchtower.

Overnight stay in Chau Doc.

7:00 - 7:30 AM: Breakfast and visits to three sites:

Approximately 6:00 - 7:00 PM: Return to Saigon.

Hotel breakfast.

8:00 AM: Meet your guide and driver for a morning city tour.

Visit Independence Palace (Reunification Palace).

See French Colonial landmarks: Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office.

Explore the War Remnants Museum.

Approximately 12:00 PM: Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

Depart for Cu Chi Tunnels (approx. 1.5-hour drive).

Watch an introductory video about the tunnels.

Explore the tunnel system with a guide (living areas, kitchens, weapon factories, hospitals, command centers, traps).

Taste special tea and cassava (guerilla food).

Optional: Relax or try shooting a real gun.

Transfer back to your hotel after visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels.

Hotel breakfast.

Enjoy free time until your scheduled airport transfer.

Your driver will pick you up from your hotel to transfer you to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for your onward flight.