Tunnels by morning, canals by noon, dinner on a plastic stool.
Ben Dinh or Ben Duoc for Cu Chi. A sampan day in Ben Tre or a night in Can Tho for the market boats. Which motorbike food tour actually feeds you. Reviews of the tours you can book from Saigon.
The Mekong Delta: a sampan day, or a dawn on the Can Tho market boats.
Two hours south the city gives way to canals. Most day trips land in My Tho and Ben Tre among the coconut palms. The wholesale boats at Cai Rang trade at first light, so the floating market only works if you sleep in Can Tho.
1★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · Mekong Delta Tour with Sampan Journey · from $16
Floating marketsCai Rang before breakfast, each boat hanging what it sells from a pole.
from $35
Coconut countryRowed under the water palms, then coconut candy pulled by hand.
from $16
My Tho and the river islandsThe classic day: orchards, honey tea and folk songs on an island.
from $16
Two days or moreA homestay or a Can Tho hotel, and the market boats at dawn.
from $47
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Cu Chi: Ben Dinh for the classic visit, Ben Duoc for fewer people.
North-west of the city a network of tunnels ran for more than two hundred kilometres during the war. Two sites are open to visitors. Ben Dinh is nearer and busier; Ben Duoc sits further out, quieter, beside a memorial temple. Go early, before the forest heat sets in.
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Saigon eats on the pavement. The good tours pull up a stool beside it.
Broken rice at breakfast, banh mi from a cart, snails and grilled seafood in District 4 after dark. The motorbike tours cover more ground; the walking ones get further into the alleys.
3The days out of Saigon that fill up first.
Every Saigon tour we have reviewed →The tours more travellers book than any other from the city, and what puts each one there.
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Cu Chi Tunnels Tour from HCM City – Morning or Afternoon
From central Ho Chi Minh City, ride about 1.5 to 2 hours to the Cu Chi Tunnels with an English-speaking guide. Explore hidden entrances, underground rooms, kitchens, and narrow passages, with the option to crawl through a section or try the AK-47 range for an extra fee. Morning and afternoon departures are available.
From · $15
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Mekong Delta Tour with Sampan Journey
from $16
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Ho Chi Minh City Street Food Tour & Sightseeing By Motorbike
from $28
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Cu Chi Tunnels-Tapioca Small Group Tour Morning or Afternoon
from $14
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Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta Signature Tour
from $33
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Mekong Delta Guided Tour from Ho Chi Minh City
from $18
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Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta Full Day Tour – Max 12
from $43
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Saigon By Night and Street Food By Motorbike | Opt: Ao Dai Riders
from $37
What a day out of Saigon really costs.
Every tour on the site, grouped by price. A good share of the best Saigon days cost less than the taxi to the airport.
Half-day tunnel runs, big-group delta days, puppet tickets and coffee workshops.
Small-group delta days, motorbike food tours, cooking classes, Cu Chi and the Mekong in one go.
Private guides, the speedboat up the river to Cu Chi, overnight trips to the floating market.
Saigon in the wet season: sun until lunch, then the sky opens.
From about May to November the south gets a heavy downpour most afternoons, usually gone within an hour or two. Put the tunnels and the delta in the morning, then get under a roof: a cooking class, a coffee workshop, the water puppets.
By place: the city and the day-trip belt
By kind of day: tunnel, sampan, stool or saddle
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Authetic Mekong Delta Private Tour From Ho Chi Minh City
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