Southern Vietnam Highlights 4 Days

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Tour

Your guide will meet you at your hotel around 8am and driven to the city’s Central Post Office, which was designed by the renowned French architect Gustav Eiffel, and Notre Dame Cathedral, the iconic landmark built between 1863 and 1880.  Admired for its neo-Romanesque architecture, the cathedral is a popular backdrop for local wedding photographers.

Next, stroll toward the Saigon River along Dong Khoi Street, which figured prominently in Graham Greene’s famous Vietnam novel, The Quiet American, to the Saigon Opera House, a commanding building completed in 1901. Shelled during World War II, it was used to shelter French citizens fleeing North Vietnam in 1954, the year Vietnam earned its independence from France.

The tour continues with a stop at the Reunification Palace, where a North Vietnamese tank crashed through the gates in 1975 to end a war that killed an estimated 58,000 Americans and three million Vietnamese. You will also visit the War Remnants Museum, where Vietnam’s government has assembled presentations – some of them graphic – of wartime hardships and atrocities.

You will then visit Chinatown and the ThienHau Pagoda before hopping on a cyclo and whizzing through the narrow streets  toBinhTay Market. Wander through stalls selling everything from dried squid to party hats.

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Meals: None

Cao Dai Temple – Asia Unique Travel

Day 2: – Cao Dai Temple  -Cu Chi Tunnels

Depart in the early morning for Cao Dai Temple. The complex, which houses both administrative buildings and the Great Temple, features astoundingly elaborate architecture colored in a vibrant, eye-catching palette. Both the interior and exterior of the temple are detailed with religious iconography, which you can admire as you explore the place. Step into the vaulted halls of the Great Temple to witness one of 4 daily monk prayer sessions. As you watch the procession, learn about the practices of Caodaism, a uniquely Vietnamese religion.

Enjoy the lunch at local restaurant with TayNinh’s special food.

After lunch, head to Cu Chi Tunnels, which once sheltered thousands of Viet Cong soldiers and included living quarters, supply routes and even hospitals. Many died there from malaria and other diseases, and a few were alsomarriedand children were born there.The cramped tunnels were central to a few of the war’s strategic operations, including the famous 1968 Tet Offensive, and they didn’t escape damage: Note the craters left by American B52 bombers. The tunnels also have “mantraps” – large pits that ensnared enemy soldiers by sharpened bamboo stakes.  You can try to get in the tunnel and don’t worry— you won’t fall in.

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Mekong Delta Cruise

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at around 8.00AM for a relaxing cruise in the Mekong Delta, a swampy landscape of rivers and farms that produces the bulk of Vietnam’s huge annual rice export. In the small delta town of Ben Tre, hop  aboard a small boat to cruise the canals and visit a small homemade coconut processing factory that produces oils, candy and matting. Back on land, take a short walking tour in a riverside village and observe traditional mat weaving in a local farmer’s house. Enjoy lunch at a nice local restaurant.  Arriving back in Ben Tre, you will make the return trip to Ho Chi Minh City.

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Meals: None

Ben Tre – Mekong Delta Escape – Asia Unique Travel

Day 4: Saigon Departure

Your guide will meet you at your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your flight.

Accommodation: N/A

Meals: Breakfast

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