Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by your guide, who will assist you with your luggage and accompany you on a private transfer to your hotel. Check in and enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.
(Private vehicle & driver, English-speaking guide, cold water and towels)
* Please share your arrival flight so that we can arrange the transfer. If you arrive early in the morning we may need early check in so that guests can relax and rest after a long flight.
*E-Visa & Fast-Track Arrival: If preferred, we can arrange the Vietnam e-visa in advance, together with a fast-track arrival service at the airport. This allows guests to enjoy a smooth and hassle-free arrival, with assistance through the immigration process so they do not need to worry about the paperwork upon arrival. (Service provided by Tai Pham)
Cost: $110 per person
Your Saigon adventure begins with a journey into one of Vietnam's most extraordinary wartime secrets. This morning, your guide leads your group northwest from the city to the Cu Chi Tunnels — a vast subterranean network stretching over 250 kilometres, where an entire community once lived, fought and endured beneath the red laterite earth. You will descend into the tunnels
themselves, feeling the cool stillness underground and gaining a profound sense of the resilience and ingenuity that defined this chapter of Vietnamese history.
Back in Saigon as the afternoon light shifts golden, your convoy of scooters awaits — one dedicated driver per guest, weaving through lanes too narrow for any car, ducking under washing lines and past open doorways where the city's everyday life unfolds without ceremony. The evening becomes a moving feast: crisp bánh mì from a hole-in-the-wall that has been feeding the neighborhood for decades, steaming bowls of phở soup rich with slow-simmered broth, a lively stop for fresh, sizzling seafood, and a sweet finish of chè — a refreshing local dessert soup — as Saigon's night settles warmly around you.
Saigon in the morning carries a different character entirely — streets still cool, coffee shops already humming with the gentle rhythm of the day. Your guide leads the group on a half-day city tour touching the landmarks that give Saigon its layered, living soul: the ornate facade of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the colonial grandeur of the Central Post Office, and the quiet lanes of Chinatown where incense drifts from century-old temples. There is time for a final Vietnamese iced coffee beneath the shade of a tamarind tree before gathering your memories. A light farewell lunch (included) brings the group together one last time over conversation and laughter, before your private fleet transfers everyone comfortably to Tan Son Nhat International Airport
— carrying two days of Saigon firmly in your bones.
55m
Afternoon flight to Da Lat.
1h 5m