Southern Vietnam Highlights for Family in 9 Days

Upon your arrival at Tan Son Nhat – Sai Gon International Airport, our tour guide will be holding a welcome signboard with Paradise Travel & your name outside the baggage claim area and escort you to Saigon downtown with a brief introduction en route. Check in hotel.

The rest of the day is at your leisure to explore the young and beautiful city in Vietnam.

Overnight at hotel in Saigon.

At 08:00 am morning, our driver and tour guide pick you up from your hotel then start to Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh – a province 95 kilometers South East of HCMC, close to Cambodia border. The Cao Dai Temple is like a Walt Disney fantasia of the East. Its exterior is decorated with multi-colored dragons of all shapes and sizes competing for space with a number of swastikas. Above the main entrance is the all-seeing holy eye, the symbol of the Cao Dai sect. The interior is just as engaging as statues of Jesus Christ, Buddha and the Hindu god, Brahma, stand side by side. Having lunch at a nice restaurant.

At 01:00 pm, after having a lunch, we will leave Tay Ninh and travel to Cu Chi Tunnel. Just one part of an extensive network of tunnels that underlie Ho Chi Minh City, the Cu Chi Tunnels are famous for their role during the Vietnam War. Learn of their importance as hiding spots, communication and supply routes, and living quarters during the war. After exploring the narrow, subterranean routes and listening to stories from your guide, end your tour by returning to your hotel. Our driver and guide will transfer you to your hotel in Saigon, arrive Saigon at around 06:00 pm.

08.00 am: our guide and driver will pick travelers up from your hotel to depart for My Tho, it takes around 1.5 hours to arrive there. On arrive in My Tho, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, then take a wooden motor boat (20 minutes) to Unicorn Island. On this boat along the river’s bank, travelers will be passing through natural creeks, interesting fisherman’s port; stilt houses (half on land, half on water). From there, we will take you to a bee farm where you have a chance to taste a tasteful cup of authentic honey tea.

After that, we walk around quiet villages and watch the life of rural people in Mekong Delta. You will also witness all kind of interesting transportation modes that local people use to move around while enjoying the fresh air along the canal and beautiful water coconut tree scenery.

Then, we will get to a village which has many small shops that make coconut candy and handcrafted items from coconut trees of Mekong Delta.  In addition, you can have a chance to learn that those people can amazingly make dozens of useful products out of coconut trees.

One of the boat’s stops during this trip is at a seasonable orchard that has many different types of tasty tropical fruits for your enjoyments. You can enjoy the fruits for free while checking out the folk music that is typical to only the people in Southern Vietnam.

Then take a car to Can Tho. Arrive in Can Tho, check in hotel and free time

After breakfast, around 6:45 am, we board a boat and travel for about 40 minutes to get to our first spectacular landscape – Cai Rang floating market. This is the largest of its type in the whole Mekong delta. During this visit, you’ll have a chance to board a merchant boat that sells pineapples which come from Can Tho City.

After that, we continue on our river route for 5-7 minutes and then on foot for about 5 minutes to reach a noodle and a rice paper factories. The next stop is a rice processing factory where you’ll learn the many steps that transform “rice with a brown cover” to the delicious and beautiful rice grain that we consume daily. The time now should be around 12 noon. We will go back Can Tho for lunch. Recheck in hotel in Can Tho and free time.

After having a breakfast at hotel, travelers will be free to enjoy the final time in Can Tho.

At the appropriate time, our driver will transfer travelers to Can Tho airport for the flight to Phu Quoc. When you arrive Phu Quoc relaxing, our driver will pick you up there and take you to hotel for check in.

A resort in Phu Quoc

Overnight in Phu Quoc.

Breakfast at your hotel, free time for relaxing on beach.

Long beach, Phu Quoc

Breakfast at your hotel, free time for relaxing on beach.

Phu Quoc Night Market

Breakfast at your hotel, free time for relaxing on beach.

Sunrise on Phu Quoc Beach

You will have breakfast at the hotel and some morning free time, then we will pick you up and take you to the airport for a flight back to Ho Chi Minh City and take your are seen back home there.

Finish an unforgettable trip with us.

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