After cruise Saigon tour 4 days
Duration: 4 days 3nights
Tour Type: Private Tour
Destinations: Saigon, Cu Chi, Cao Dai
Explore the historic monuments of Ho Chi Minh City on a 4-day package tour. Go to the underground labyrinth of the Cu Chi Tunnels to learn about life during the Vietnam War. Learn to cook healthy Vietnamese cuisine on a fun and healthy cookery class in Ho Chi Minh City. Pick herbs and vegetables in the medicine garden, learn about the cultivation of rice, and discover the different varieties of native mushrooms.
Highlights
- Explore Ho Chi Min City at leisure
- See the ornate Jade Emperor Temple
- Understand more about Vietnamese cuisine and culture
- Head to the garden to pick the ingredients for your cooking class
- Learn how to prepare healthy dishes
- See the French colonial buildings of old Saigon
- Tour the underground passages of the Cu Chi Tunnels near the Cambodian border
- Learn more about the Vietnam War at Ho Chi Minh City's War Museum and Reunification Palace
Itinerary in brief:
Day 1: Cruise Disembarkation
Day 2: HCMC Tour & Cooking Class (B, L)
Day 3: Cao Dai Temple & Cu Chi Tunnels (B, L)
Day 4: Saigon Depart (B)
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Bustling Ho Chi Minh City, following breakfast aboard ship, we’ll disembark and transfer to our final destination in Ho Chi Minh City, the colorful heart of Vietnam. The former capital of the French colony of Cochinchina, in 1976 the city was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh City after Hồ Chí Minh, although the name Sài Gòn is still commonly used, especially in reference to the old, colonial heart of the city.
Meals: N/A
Accommodation: A local hotel in HCMC
In the morning take part in Saigon Cooking Class: A cooking class can teach you in a matter of hours some of the most popular Vietnamese dishes. Take a guided trip to a colorful food market and learn about the local ingredients, including 'nuoc mam' (fish sauce) which is ubiquitous to Vietnamese cooking. Partake in a hands-on cooking class where you will learn and practice traditional techniques for creating delicious Vietnamese food before feasting on a delicious lunch of your creations. Our chef will take you to a local market in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Here you will be given a tour and explanation on Vietnamese food products; this is your chance to learn the secrets of preparing some of Vietnam's best-loved dishes. Following continue on to the cooking center where a chef will demonstrate the preparation of typical Vietnamese dishes before you 'become the chef' as you prepare and sample the dishes you and your fellow classmates create.
In the afternoon begin your urban experience in bustling Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), the country's commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops. The first destination is the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975, followed by some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral. Apart from the religious meaning, the even more special captivating point of this Cathedral is its special neo-Romanesque style of architecture. Next, it is on to the Old Saigon Post Office. We continue our trip to the bustling Ben Thanh Market, which is firstly well-known as the place for real Vietnamese food if time permits. There are a number of vendors and food stalls in the market food section that offers guests many freshly delicious dishes. You also can find any goods for daily use as well as variety of eye-catching local handicrafts, souvenirs here. Overnight in Saigon
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: A local hotel in HCMC
This morning we drive to Cao Dai Temples in Tay Ninh to observe the midday service. Following lunch we will drive to the Cu Chi Tunnels and then return to HCMC at around 6 pm. Tay Ninh , near the Cambodian border, is home to the unique Cao Dai sect, whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name a few. The religion is a hybrid of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity. The Cao Dai Temple at Tay Ninh has been described as a Walt Disney fantasia of the East. The temple's exterior is decorated with multi-colored dragons of all shapes and sizes competing for space with a number of religious symbols. Above the main entrance is the all-seeing holy eye, the symbol of the Cao Dai sect. The interior is just as engaging as statues of Jesus Christ, Buddha and the Hindu god, Brahma, stand side by side.
The trip to Tay Ninh is combined with a visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels. At its height, the tunnel system stretched over 250km. from Saigon to the Cambodian border and was three levels deep. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the U.S.-Vietnam War must have been like. Overnight stayed in HCMC.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Accommodation: A local hotel in HCMC
Have breakfast at your hotel; transfer you to the airport for your flight home.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: N/A.
Tour price includes
- All private car with air-condition
- Sharing double room with daily breakfast
- Private English Speaking Guides and driver.
- Meals as mentioned
- Seat in coach cooking class
- All sightseeing tickets.
- Tissues and water on car.
- Services charges and government tax.
Tour price excludes
- Other meals
- Tips
- Drinks
- Single room
- Personal expenses
- Insurance
Remarks:
- We reserve the right to deviate from this itinerary for any reasons, including road and weather conditions, frequency of visits to a village, or for any other factor which may influence client safety.
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