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Vietnam Family Southern Classic 5 Days

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Via Ho Chi minh city to extend to travel out of city, so this is special design tour to help visitors see to understand history and culture of pass and now through the best hightlights of southern region such as majors sites around city, the tunnel of Cu Chi, Cao Dai temple, Mekong delta.

Day 1: Arrival in Saigon
Upon arrival in Saigon we will be greet and transferred to our hotel. We will then be free and at our own leisure until dinner time. We will meet our guide again and go to a local restaurant for our Welcome dinner.
Today Welcome Dinner included

Day 2: Saigon – City tour
We depart from our hotel for the Reunification Palace, the former Presidential Palace for the president of the South of Vietnam. Afterwards we will visit the War Remnants Museum, where you can see countless artifacts, photographs and pictures documenting the second Indochina war. Before lunch we will stop at Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post office where you can get some good shots of the biggest city in Vietnam. A delicious lunch will be served at a “Pho 2000” restaurant in the central city.

In the afternoon we will visit Ben Thanh market and China town, which has its own unique Binh Tay market. Here you can experience our Southern Vietnamese daily life. We will return to our hotel after visiting Giac Lam pagoda, one of the oldest and finest pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City. It is very relaxing here.
Today Breakfast & Lunch included

Day 3: Saigon – Cu Chi and Cao Dai Great Temple
In the morning, we will leave Saigon for the Cu Chi tunnels, otherwise known as the "Iron Triangle" or "Iron Land". On our way there we will drive through pleasant countryside, rubber plantations and rice paddies. Before entering the tunnels, we will see a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, followed by an exploration of the maze of tunnels, some of which have been widened to allow tourist access. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by B52 bombers.
Next we drive to Tay Ninh town near the Cambodian border. This is home to the unique Cao Dai sect whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name but a few. This religion is an odd mix of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucianism and Christianity. Join Cao Dai worshippers for their daily noontide ceremony where hundreds of worshipers attired in lively red, yellow blue and white, chant religious hymns. This is followed by lunch on our way return to Ho Chi Minh City.
Today Breakfast & Lunch included

Day 4: Mekong - Day trip
We leave Saigon behind and head to Vietnam's rice basket, the Mekong Delta. We will pass through idyllic, rural scenery until we arrive at My Tho, a peaceful town on the bank of the Mekong River, where we will visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda. Next, we will have a boat ride on the Mekong, visit local homes and orchards, a coconut candy workshop, a honeybee farm, take a sampan ride on palm-shaded creeks, try a taste of seasonal fruit and honey tea and enjoy a performance of traditional Southern singing.
Today Breakfast & Lunch included

Day 5: Departure
We will transfer to the airport to take the flight home. Trip concludes.
Today Breakfast & Lunch included

For more information, please visit:
Webiste: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

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