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Tour code: VTT-ST3
Duration: 1 Days
Start point: Ho Chi Minh city
End point: Ho Chi Minh city
Type: Day tour

Ho Chi Minh City Full-Day Tour

Overview:

Discover the highlights of Ho Chi Minh City on a full-day tour combining history, culture and modern city life. Visit the Independence Palace, War Remnants Museum, French colonial landmarks and Chinatown, then enjoy a scenic Saigon River Water Bus ride.

07:30 – 08:00 | Hotel Pick-up – Ho Chi Minh City Highlights

Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in central District 1 or the designated meeting point and begin your full-day discovery of Ho Chi Minh City.

Visit the Independence Palace, the former presidential residence and one of the city’s most important modern historical landmarks.

Continue to Notre Dame Cathedral for an exterior visit and explore the nearby Saigon Central Post Office, two prominent examples of the city’s French colonial architecture.

Historical & Cultural Discovery

Visit the War Remnants Museum to learn more about Vietnam’s wartime history through photographs, documents, military equipment and historical exhibitions.

Continue to Chinatown (Cho Lon) and visit Thien Hau Pagoda, an atmospheric Chinese temple dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea.

Explore a traditional market in the Chinatown area and experience the busy commercial life of this historic district.

Lunch

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with Vietnamese cuisine.

Saigon River Water Bus Experience

Later in the day, enjoy a Saigon River Water Bus ride for a different view of Ho Chi Minh City.

Relax on the river while seeing the contrast between the historic city center and the modern skyline along the Saigon River.

17:30 – 18:00 | Return to Hotel / Meeting Point

Return to central Ho Chi Minh City and transfer to your hotel or designated meeting point.

The order of attractions may be adjusted depending on traffic, opening hours, Water Bus schedules and the operating route on the day. The War Remnants Museum and Chinatown may be visited in a different sequence. The Chinatown market visited may also vary according to local operating conditions while the main experiences of the program remain unchanged.

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Children’s pricing may vary depending on the individual services included on each day of the tour. Some services calculate the child rate based on age, while others may apply pricing according to height.

Please enter your child’s correct age and height when calculating the tour price so that the system can provide the most accurate rate.
Please note that we do not apply a general child charge based on the total tour price. A child is only charged for the specific services or attractions where a child fee is required. This helps ensure that the cost for children is calculated accurately and as efficiently as possible, without charging for services that are free for them.

The quoted price is based on the services you select for each day, such as transportation, tour guide, meals, tickets, accommodation and extra services.

Yes. Depending on the tour setup, you can choose private services or shared services for each day.

You can generate a PDF quotation or submit a quote request. Our team will review your request and contact you with the details.

The tour price is not generated, estimated, or predicted by AI. It is calculated using a rule-based mathematical pricing system that we have developed to calculate the cost of each attraction, service, and selected option accurately.

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What Our Travelers Say

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★★★★★

Great trip

It is a long ride to get to city center, but very interesting lots to see and do we had a great time together our guide Duc was lovely and very knowledgeable

Nicky
Swedish · July 20, 2026
★★★★★

Excellent tour of Ho Chi Minh City

Qui was an excellent guide, it was very knowledgeable about everything that we saw throughout the day and was very flexible to adjust the tour to our interest and request. His English was very, very good and he was very easy to understand. This was a great tour with a great guide.

Nicholas
UK · August 6, 2026
★★★★☆

Ho Chi Minh City highlights.

My husband and I (70’s) enjoyed our tour with Laren. He was friendly, informative and accommodating. We had seen some of the stops on the tour already so he substituted different attractions and took us to shop for specialty items like coffee and lacquered gifts. Laren is a nice young man. We are from the US and we enjoyed exchanging information about different customs and culture. We recommend Laren to hit the top sites and get familiar with Ho Chi Minh City.

Gwen
US · April 2, 2026
★★★★★

Ho Chi Minh Experience

Professional and punctual, good lunch and time control, sightseeing places are nice , would recommend to friends in future

Jackie
Danish · July 25, 2026
★★★★★

Great tour around the city in one day

Great tour that was really enjoyable and very interesting! Seeing all the main sights in a very relaxed way! Tour guide Duk was very friendly and patient. Our driver Hue was also great. The war museum is definitely a must! I’d recommend if you haven’t got long in the city and want to see all the main sights!

Jackie
German · August 20, 2026
★★★★★

Great trip around Saigon

This trip was excellent, we visited all of the sites mentioned. Our guide, Laren, was great, very knowledgeable and kept the journey flowing at a good pace. Highly recommended trip Thank you

David
Italian · February 13, 2026
★★★★★

Outstanding service and fantastic staff

Tony our guide was so amazing and informative he made sure we knew the history behind the places we visited and that we never had a dull environment, he made sure to memorise all our names and even got the child we had with us involved in the whole experience.

Alison
Dutch · June 28, 2026
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