Saigon, Cu Chi And Mekong Delta Discovery In 5 Days

Being named as the “Pearl of the Far East”, Ho Chi Minh City has long been an important cultural, economic and political center of Vietnam.

When choosing to travel to Ho Chi Minh City, or also known as Saigon, a city with more than 300 years of age, you can meet the high-rise buildings, the interesting entertainment areas, the busy shopping centers, as well as many more tourism attractions. You won’t get a single boring moment in a bustling city like Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City has always been a popular place to visit

In Ho Chi Minh City, the weather is almost hot all year round though it is not as hot and bitter as other areas of Vietnam. The rainy season is from May to November, please note that if you come here at this time, never forget to bring umbrellas with you because the rains of this time are always visited without warning. The dry season usually lasts from December to April.

About Cu Chi Tunnels, the place was previously known as a resistance base, a solid defensive system deep in the ground of our nation during the Indochina War and Vietnam War. Cu Chi Tunnels may be considered as a system of the underground city because the place does not only has a tunnel system like a maze but also a lot of rooms, clinics, kitchens, warehouses, working rooms, etc.ư

Cu Chi Tunnels - a famous tourism site for domestic and international tourists

Cu Chi Tunnels are in the top 7 strange tourist destinations in Southeast Asia and in 6 man-made structures of the world. Located on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, with a tunnel stretching 200 kilometers. This relic is being used as a war museum, a destination for domestic and foreign tourists to visit and explore.

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The Mekong Delta is the southernmost region of Vietnam, also known as the Mekong Delta, the Southern Delta, the Southwest, and the Mekong, or in short the Vietnamese people call it the West. The Mekong Delta religion consists of 12 provinces, all of them are beautiful with their own characteristics and charms.

Mekong Delta has impressive attractions and beauty

Mekong Delta has always been famous for its simple and warming beauty. The Mekong Delta is also famous for more than 500 kilometers of coastline as well as cultural potential with the bustling floating markets in the early morning. The long-lived coexistence of the four ethnic groups of Kinh, Khmer, Chinese and Cham contains a rich cultural diversity, richness of identities, plus the hundreds of festivals, big and small in the year, thousands of long-standing architectural values.

So how can CuChiTunnels.vn help you discover all of these three amazing places in 5 days? Joining us, you can be assured that you won’t miss a single charm of Southern Vietnam.

On the first day, at 5:30 PM, we depart by cycle to go around the city, and then going to Water Puppet Theater - part of Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage, where you watch the Vietnamese Water Puppetry - also the best way to discover the history and traditional cultural life of Vietnamese people.

Sitting on a luxurious cruise to enjoy the night in Saigon

Aftershow, you will take a cycle or car to Bach Dang port, have a look before boarding the cruise. After boarding, we take off as ship leaves Bach Dang port and enjoy leisurely cruises around Saigon River. Dinner will be served on board while tourists are being stunned by the colorful view of Saigon riverside by night. We can also experience Southern Vietnamese fork music or dance with fire by the dancer or sing together show or live music.

On the second day, at 08:30 AM, we depart for the Ho Chi Minh City Full Day Tour with the visit to the following landmarks inside Ho Chi Minh City such as the War Remnant Museum – the most popular museum in Ho Chi Minh City, afterward go ahead to China town to see the Binh Tay market, visit Thien Hau temple. Back to the center to have lunch at the local restaurant.

After lunch, we start visiting the Reunification Palace which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until the end of the war in April 1975, The Notre Dame Cathedral, the Central Post Office - French colonial structures. After the tour is finished, we will drop you back at the hotel.

The Central Post Office in Saigon

On the 3^rd day, we start the Mekong Delta Full Day Tour and ride to the waterfront to board your private boat for the day. Listen as your guide shares a bit about the Mekong Delta's rich heritage as you push off from the bank and cruise toward the charming stilted houses of My Tho City. Stop along the way to check out the delicate branches at a nearby bonsai garden.

Enjoy the little strolling on the river of Mekong Delta

In My Tho, you snap photos of bobbing boats tied up at riverfront houses and then explore one of the Mekong's tributaries, scoping out the sights on the Tien River and Tortoise Island. Take the Bao Dinh Canal to reach the nearby village of Ben Tre, where you can meet coconut artisans and check out the deluged groves where these robust trees lay their roots down.

On the 4^th day, at 07.00 AM, our tour guide welcomes you to your place and transfer you to beach city. The bus takes 2 and a half hours to get into Vung Tau. You will have a good time on the nice beach with many activities.

The bus take you and drive along the coastal road, you will have chance to enjoy a very spectacular scene of Vũng Tau city, one side is blue sea with a fishing boat and commercial ships in the distance, the other side is the Big and the Small mounts, they create a lovely scene.

The famous Jesus statue

We claim up the Big mount to visit Jesus status, this is the biggest Jesus status in Vietnam, from Jesus' arm you can have a panorama view of Vung Tau in your eye. We take you to the “White Palace” and you can visit the former Bao Dai emperor’s palace when he still has power in Vietnam.

On the last day, the pick-up time ranging from 07:30 to 08:30 as we depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi Tunnels for 60 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh city.

Visiting the underground tunnels system at Cu Chi

The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers along the side of the road. You will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines when Cu Chi was "A Free Target Zone". The remnants you will see that Cu Chi still has her evidence to prove the fierce battleground that took place there.

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