Saigon City Tour: Explore Historic and Unseen Parts of Saigon
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Ho Chi Minh City
Discover the historic and unseen parts of Saigon on a city tour. Explore traditional lifestyle, visit iconic landmarks, and enjoy local cuisine. Flexible itinerary and private tours available.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • War Remnants Museum - War Museum - one of the must stop for every tourist when visiting Ho Chi Minh City. A big collection of photos, items… about the fighting history in Saigon before 1975.

  • The Independence Palace - The palace is like a time capsule frozen in 1975. You can see two of the original tanks used in the capture of the palace parked in the grounds. Independence Palace was the home and workplace of the French Governor of Cochin-China. It has lush gardens, secret rooms, antique furniture, and a command bunker. It’s still in use to host important occasions in Ho Chi Minh, including APEC summits.

  • Central Post Office - A must see in Saigon: The building was designed by Alfred Foulhoux and features arched windows and wooden shutters, just as it would have in its heyday in the late 19th Century.

  • Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral - A must see in Saigon: Located in Paris Square, the name Notre Dame was given after the installation of the statue \’Peaceful Notre Dame’ in 1959. In 1962, the Vatican conferred the Cathedral status as a basilica and gave it the official name of Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica.

  • XQ Sai Gon - A must stop over to see the creative artwork produced by talented people.

  • Saigon Opera House (Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) - A must see in Saigon

  • Emperor Jade Pagoda - You will find this pagoda in District 1, which is roughly a ten minute drive from the city centre.

  • People’s Committee Building - A must see in Saigon: Originally constructed as a hotel in 1898 by French architect Gardes, it now serves as a city hall and one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

  • Binh Quoi Village - This is one of Real Local Area for tourist who want to see local life.
    This place is very famous with local people for picnic and fishing at weekend. You will see how they grow the rice, how they catch a fish but in Saigon city (This is an unseen part of Saigon).

What's Included
  • Private, Customized and Flexible Tour
  • Bottled drinking water on the car/bus and All entrance fees
  • Local English speaking tour guide
  • Lunch
  • Cruise Port Pickup and Drop-off with Private Transportation
What's Not Included
  • -Personal expenses.
  • -Travel insurance.
  • -Drinks are not included with any meal
Additional Information

We will take you on a tour of the city that will touch on some of the historical antecedents to modern Saigon as well as delving into some of the more everyday traditional lifestyle of the Saigonese. Our guide will introduce to you how they grow the rice, how they catch a fish but in Saigon city (This is unseen part of Saigon).
Enjoy lunch at local restaurant with local specialty. After that we’ll head to center and discover history and culture of Saigon with:

  • Local Wet Market
  • The Jade Emperor temple
  • City Hall
  • Opera House
  • Central Post Office
  • Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral
  • War Museum or Reunification Palace (Presidential Palace).
  • The CIA building in Saigon: Saigon Helicopter Photo
  • Our tour itinerary is flexible and changeable to make you have local most experiences.
  • All private tours are approximately 9-10 hours or longer depending on your time. At the end of the private tour, we will ensure that you return on-time to board the cruise ship
Location
Ho Chi Minh City
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Karenrw6667nm
Feb 24, 2024
Fantastic trip with enthusiastic guide - We would thoroughly recommend this trip. It was the highlight of our holiday. Harry our guide, was friendly and enthusiastic. He gave us a very varied trip, with a ride on a bicycle and a canoe. We even had a swim. The trip was scenic with outstanding views. We were given an amazing lunch with many different courses. It was excellent value for money.
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Cynthia_m
Nov 4, 2023
Highlight of our vacation! - Outstanding tour! Khang was the perfect guide - knowledgeable, professional, flexible and passionate about his city. He allowed us to customize our itinerary. We enjoyed all the places he took us to, but our favorites were the Bing Quoi Village, FITO Museum of Vietnamese Medicine, and the War Remnants Museum.
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Carolhe4835ch
Jun 9, 2023
Great tour with Lee - Lee is the best! His extensive knowledge, coupled with his quick wit and awareness of the world outside Vietnam, gave us a thorough tour. He worked with us to determine what we wanted to see, worked with our flight and train schedules to make it happen, and knows where to take you for the best food. We had a delightful time and highly recommend him! He also takes really great pics for you!
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Siouxc89
Feb 12, 2020
Saigon tour..... - Cruised on Marella Discovery. Picked up just outside port, Mr Lee, our guide was very welcoming and informative. Beautiful, clean minibus, 4 of us in party. Driver, sorry can’t remember his name, very pleasant and drove well, even in central Saigon......... Water provided, tour tailored to our needs, wonderful meal included. Mr Lee bought some fruits at local market for us to try after our meal Fantastic day, would recommend these to anyone........even given a present sent from Mr Lees wife at end of tour
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732mariaednam
Feb 11, 2020
Day Tour from a cruise ship - We are a group of 7 which did a day tour of Saigon with Lee Minh - a very satisfied group with Lee for his professionalism, knowledge of the country's history, local life and culture. He has a great sense of humor and a passion for his country that kept us interested in learning about Vietnam throughout the tour. We appreciate his good command of English for a non-native English speaker. He was very attentive to our needs (we are in our late 60's and 70's) and kept the pace of the tour mindful of the limited mobility of some in our group. Lee’s flexibility, thoughtfulness, consideration and high touristic fervor has made our short stay in Saigon truly memorable.
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Greg
Dec 10, 2019
Saigon - This was a very informative tour. The war museum was very emotional as this was my era. It brought tears to my eyes reading and looking at the pictures. I highly recommend this tour.
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