Top Ho Chi Minh City Day Trips - page 25

It an experience not to be missed, there is a lot of traveling between locations but well worth it. The knowledge of our guide Mr handsome was outstanding with a little humour add too. Cannot find any fault with this trip 10/ 10. Mr handsome went above and beyond to get us a taxi back to our hotel from the our drop off point for which we are extremely grateful, thank you so much mr handsome and mr D our driver for a really memorable day.

After a 1.5-2 hours drive, it was a nice travelling by riverboat down the Mekong river before a lovely time at a farming community - listening to folk songs, tasting honey and various candied goods, as well as paddling us on a sampan ride which was special to experience. Lunch was a good spread and delicious on an islet. Our small group tour guide, Khoa/Mr Fa, did a great job looking after us and made us laugh with his stories.

Anna was wonderful. We had a great time eating, laughing and talking about some history of Ho Chi Minh. We had some great dishes that we would not have had the opportunity to try if we didn’t do the food tour. Highly recommended doing this while you are here.

We booked this trip last night and travelled this afternoon leaving our hotel at 1pm. Going in the afternoon worked well and left time for a museum visit this morning before we left Ho Chi Minh City. My, our lovely young guide, met us at our hotel and with the assistance of her driver we travelled comfortably to the site. On the way My spoke with us about the history of the site and Vietnam in general. My guided us well around the site and her explanations and general conversation added greatly to our enjoyment and understanding of what we were looking at. The site was fairly quiet and we had the feeling that more visitors go in the morning. If you want to visit the tunnels and your time is limited this is a good way to go with comfortable transport and doing things at your own pace and potentially avoiding crowds. We were back at our hotel at around 6.30pm in time for a shower before heading out for a meal. Our guide, My, was great and ensured we had a good trip. This trip and our guide, My, gets five stars from us. Well done!

Great cultural experience. Binh, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable and shared historical tidbits that really helped us understand the Vietnamese mindset during the war. Interesting to learn all the tactics used and going through the tunnels was quite the adventure.

Bring flip flops or water shoes for the stream. Hat and sunblock for the dunes. You will have sand in your shoes at the end. Restaurant for lunch was very good. Your guide was great. Informative and shared little bits of information about the area. ATV or Jeep is worth the money!!!! Sleeper bus is nice.

Our Motorbike drivers were amazing. My Driver, Ruby, was a delight. She made me (age 77) feel at ease as she maneuvered the streets of the city with bikes, cars, vans, busses, etc going this way and that with ease. She never once made me feel unsafe. The stops that we made as a group were perfect. The Burning Monk monument was something we would have missed on our trip without these guides. Our treats in the market were delicious. Anthony, who was my husband's driver, was a perfect city guide as well as driver. He answered all questions. All of the guides spoke excellent English which made us feel at ease. The traffic in Ho Chi Minh city is truly organized chaos, but even though we were right in the middle of it, our experience was spectacular and truly a highlight of our Southeast Asia trip. Thank you Ruby, Anthony, and our other two drivers for this amazing and fun way to see the city.

Its a very long day, but if you are short on travel days, its the best way to experience a slice of life in the Mekong Delta and support the local community. Our guide shared alot of history and culture and we all enjoyed the jon boat ride in one of the canals after lunch