Amazing Shore Excursion: Ho Chi Minh City Tour from PHU MY Port
Description
7:30-8:00Am Our tour guide will welcome you with a sign (your name) at Main Gate of cruise port (2 to 5 minutes by shuttle bus from the ship to the gate) and depart to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) around 1. 5 hours by private mini-van. Then we will do this tour by seeing with many special places in Saigon as follows: • Saigon Eco Village: This place is very famous with local people for picnic and fishing at weekend. I will introduce to you how they grow the rice, how they catch a fish but in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (This is an unseen part of Saigon). We will enjoy a cup of coffee or local beer with Vietnamese style here. We will continue to Saigon city highlight with stop: • City Hall • Opera House • Central Post Office • Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral • The CIA building in Saigon: Saigon Helicopter Photo On the way back the ship we will stop for you enjoy Amazing View of this city from Saigon River + Our itinerary are flexible and changeable to make you have a great local experiences.
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Itinerary
This is a special shore excursion tour to Saigon for exploration local areas that perpetuate the daily lives of ordinary Vietnamese living in Saigon. You will find yourselves drowned in the charming beauty of countryside, with gigs, a blue canal, dinghies, a rough monkey bridge.... 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).
We will continue to Saigon city highlight with stop: • City Hall • Opera House • Central Post Office • Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral • The CIA building in Saigon: Saigon Helicopter Photo 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.
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.
You will find this pagoda in District 1 one of the oldest pagoda in Saigon, which is roughly a ten minute drive from the city centre.
Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 is a great place to buy local handicrafts, branded goods, Vietnamese art and other souvenirs. Here, you’ll find eating stalls inside the market where you can get a taste of hawker-style Vietnamese cuisine or simply cool off with a cold drink when the bargaining becomes too much. The market is big, difficult to navigate at times and certainly best avoided during the hottest part of the day but all the same its well worth a look.
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.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Our guide will welcome you and your group at the Main Gate port entrance with signboard name around 7 to 10 minute walk or take shuttle bus from the ship.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(29)
I booked this tour months before our cruise and was very satisfied with our tour. We had a driver and a tour guide, which I thought was great. The company understood that we needed an English speaking person and when they didn’t have an English speaking driver, they made sure to find us an English speaking guide. Mae was an outstanding guide and led us on walking tours throughout the city and really gave us a taste of life in Vietnam. Again, we did not feel rushed at all, even though we were over two hours away from our cruise ship, they made sure that we were back in plenty of time to board all the while, making sure we saw all of the highlights of Ho Chi Minh City.
We were delighted to have Khang as our guide for this personal tour of HCMC - the pickup at the port was seamless, he was at all times professional, well-informed, thoughtful & kind. As it was a Sunday our drive into central HCMC was relatively easy, crowds not too bad even though it was quite hot out & about. We really enjoyed our visit to the pagoda, gardens & site seeing around the city. Lunch at a local Vietnamese restaurant was very tasty & we enjoyed the vibrancy of the markets. The visit to the War Remnants was very sobering but well done. Our driver was excellent & the vehicle very comfortable. Thanks again Khang for a memorable visit to Saigon.
We visited Ho Chi Minh City from our cruise port on a private tour and it was a fantastic introduction to Vietnam. Our guide, May, was absolutely lovely – warm, knowledgeable and very enthusiastic about sharing her country with us. Our driver was also excellent, navigating the famously busy streets with ease. During the tour we visited the Tourist Village, the War Remnants Museum, the old post office and Notre Dame Cathedral. Each stop gave a different perspective on the city and its history, and the War Remnants Museum in particular was very powerful and thought-provoking. We also had a lovely and tasty traditional meal in a local restaurant. Ho Chi Minh City itself is fascinating – energetic, colourful and incredibly lively. The sheer number of motorbikes on the roads is something you have to see to believe! Despite the traffic, everything seemed to move in an organised chaos that was amazing to watch. Overall it was a really enjoyable and insightful day and Vietnam left a strong impression on us.
Our guide JP was a good and considerate guide. He treated us like family and gave us the flexibility to adjust our itinerary based on our taste and time constraint. Such is the advantage of being on an independent tour instead of being on the cruise ship’s excursion. Our lunch was included at a local restaurant which included fried spring rolls. When I mentioned that I avoid fried food, JP managed to have the restaurant substitute fresh mango salad instead. Delicious. Our driver took us back to the port on time and even bought us to fresh coconut from a roadside vendor on d way to the port. It was a treat. Thanks to JP and our driver.
Had an amazing time exploring Saigon with our charismatic guide Binh and driver Minh. The drive felt like mister toads wild ride but we felt safe the whole time. Something about Saigon traffic patterns that confounds me! The private tour was for just the two of us so we liked not being rushed by anyone and getting an accurate historical portrait of what we were looking at. The war museum felt like partial propaganda the commies would throw at their people for the atrocities they commit, but it was easy to see through that. More than anything the architecture of the city was the most compelling part. We recommend this tour to anyone passing through on a cruise or otherwise!
Our private short excursion from Port Phu My to Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon), gave us an excellent introduction to this dynamic city, teaming with life. Our guide, Titus, prepared an excellent customized tour based on our input. We got a sense of a Mekong Delta village/farming environment, and then different sections of the city, focusing on our priorities for understanding the cultural background, some of the main areas and sites in the city, together with visiting an important Buddhist temple and discussing Buddhism in Vietnam, and how it affected outlooks on nature and life. Titus’ knowledge and experience with Buddhist philosophy and practices made this an exceptionally valuable discussion. The car was clean and the driver was very simpatico. Titus and this tour are highly recommended.
Excellent service rendered went to different places of interest tour is very fun service well sine
You see a little bit of everything. A very interesting tour and a piece of history. Of all my southeast Asian countries this was by far my favorite. May our tour guide made this trip so memorable and helped us to enjoy every moment. The driver was very safe, the food was delicious, and May gears the tour toward your interests. The Vietnamese people are very kind and gentle you will not be disappointed with this tour. Ps the shopping is off the hook.
Linh is the best! Her professionalism, language, friendliness is second to none. We really enjoyed our time here in Saigon.
An Khang and his driver partner, made our visit to Ho Chi Minh a nice experience, they were waiting for us at the port and taught us the best of the city. Thank you.
Dear Ms. Dunnia, With many thanks for your choosing in our local shore tour services in Saigon. We are appreciate for your nice feedback and share your own experience travel with our company. Please, introduce for some your friends who is going to Vietnam. Keep in this touch! See you in the next trip! Have a nice day. Khang @ Your tour guide!
