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Day 1: HO CHI MINH CITY - ARRIVAL (Dinner)
Pick up at Tan Son Nhat airport and transfer for a half day city tour of dynamic Ho Chi Minh city, still called Sai Gon by many locals.
Visit War museum which primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam War and is a major tourist attraction, Reunification Palace which was the workplace of the President of South Vietnam & was then known as Independence Palace. Visit Notre Dame Cathedral, the spiritual and cultural crucible of the French presence in the Orient & the General Post Office, the ancient & with French colonial architecture style. Stop at Ben Thanh market which is always loaded with varieties of goods, such as consumer goods, cakes and candies, food and foodstuff, and particularly high-quality fruit and vegetables. Have dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
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Day 2: HO CHI MINH CITY – MY THO – HO CHI MINH CITY (Breakfast, Lunch)
07:30-08:15: Pick up and send to the meeting point to join with other tourists.
08:15: Depart for My Tho, then take the boat ride through the Bao Dinh natural canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river sides. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island.
Lunch served in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the family where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorized boat. Transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city via My Tho. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh city at 19:00. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
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Day 3: HO CHI MINH - CU CHI TUNNELS - VUNG TAU BEACH CITY (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
07:30- 08:15: Pick up and send to the meeting point to join with other tourists. Transfer to visit Cu Chi tunnels which were known as the fatherland's iron bulwark, during the struggle for independence. Explore the tunnel complex and see the secret entrance hole, health bunker, dining bunker, resting room, American tank, meeting bunker, Hoang Cam kitchen (smokeless kitchen), and fighting bunker. Here you will also have chance to witness how rice paper is made. Back to Ho Chi Minh city & have lunch at local restaurant. Proceed to Vung Tau, a well-known coastal resort 125 km southeast of Ho Chi Minh city. Enjoy dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Vung Tau.
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Day 4: VUNG TAU - HO CHI MINH CITY (Breakfast, Lunch)
Visit to the Summer Palace of the Emperor Bao Dai, the Jesus Monument which overlooks the peninsula and the Pacific Ocean. Visit Thien Hau temple of Five Races and the Whale temple. After lunch at local restaurant, transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city. Proceed to hotel for check-in, then free at leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
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Day 5: HO CHI MINH CITY - DEPARTURE (Breakfast)
Free at leisure. Check out (before 12:00). Our driver will transfer you to Tan Son Nhat airport for departure flight. End of services.
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