Ho Chi Minh City & the Mekong — 4 days
The southern megacity and the sacred delta. Day-by-day itinerary: Ho Chi Minh City; Củ Chi Tunnels; Mekong Delta; Cao Dai & Departure.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Ho Chi Minh City
- 09:00 — Arrival at HCMC SGN
- 11:00 — Grab to the hotel — Tân Sơn Nhất Airport SGN → District 1
- 12:00 — Hotel in District 1
- 14:00 — Reunification Palace + Notre-Dame Cathedral — District 1
- 16:30 — Ben Thanh Market — District 1
- 19:30 — Grab to Cholon — District 1 → District 5
- 20:00 — Nguyen Trai Street — street food — District 5
Day 2 — Củ Chi Tunnels
- 07:30 — Củ Chi tunnels tour
- 08:00 — Drive to Củ Chi — Ho Chi Minh City → Củ Chi
- 10:00 — Crawl through the tunnels — Củ Chi
- 13:00 — Cassava lunch (wartime rations)
- 14:30 — Drive back to Cholon — Củ Chi → District 5
- 16:00 — Bình Tây district — Chinatown — District 5
- 19:30 — Grab to Bui Vien — District 5 → District 1
- 20:30 — Bui Vien Walking Street at night — District 1
Day 3 — Mekong Delta
- 07:00 — Mekong tour: My Tho + Ben Tre
- 10:00 — Rowing boat through the Mekong mangrove canals — Ben Tre
- 12:00 — Farm lunch — elephant ear fish — Ben Tre
- 14:30 — Coconut candy workshop
- 16:30 — Back to Ho Chi Minh City — Ben Tre → District 1
- 20:00 — Last dinner in HCMC — District 1
Day 4 — Cao Dai & Departure
- 09:00 — Cao Dai Temple, Tây Ninh (ceremony) — Tây Ninh
- 12:00 — Back to Ho Chi Minh City — Tây Ninh → Ho Chi Minh City
- 13:30 — Lunch back in HCMC
- 16:00 — Taxi to Tân Sơn Nhất airport SGN
- 20:00 — Return flight