Private Tour
Best Options for Private Ho Chi Minh City Shore Excursions
Overview
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By booking this tour you have many options for your shore excursion when your ship is docking in Ho Chi Minh City.
Depending on your ship' schedule, you can choose for your own tour: Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon) City Tour only or Combining Cu Chi Tunnels and Ho Chi Minh City Tour or Combining Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City Tour.
We will make a day for you.
Moreover you can easily customize your tour. We can arrange all the services accordingly with effective supporting from your tour guide.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Private Professional Tour Guide
Bottled Water
Private, Customized and Flexible Tour
Vietnamese Traditional Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Cruise Port Pick-up and Drop-off by a Private Comfortable Vehicle
Personal expenses
What To Expect
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, built in the late 1880s by French colonists, is one of the few remaining strongholds of Catholicism in the largely Buddhist Vietnam. Located in Paris Square, the name Notre Dame was given after the installation of the statue ‘Peaceful Notre Dame’ in 1959. In 1962, the Vatican conferred the Cathedral status as a basilica and gave it the official name of Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica. Measuring almost 60 metres in height, the cathedral’s distinctive neo-Romanesque features include the all-red brick façade (which were imported from Marseille), stained glass windows, two bell towers containing six bronze bells that still ring to this day, and a peaceful garden setting in the middle of downtown Ho Chi Minh City District 1.
Central Post Office
The Central Post Office in Ho Chi Minh is a beautifully preserved remnant of French colonial times and perhaps the grandest post office in all of Southeast Asia. Located next door to Notre Dame Cathedral, the two cultural sites can be visited together and offers visitors a chance to imagine life in Vietnam during the times of the Indochinese Empire. The building was designed by Alfred Foulhoux and features arched windows and wooden shutters, just as it would have in its heyday in the late 19th Century.
Options
Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) City Tour
Pickup included
Vung Tau City Tour
Pickup included
Mekong Delta & Saigon City
Pickup included
Cu Chi Tunnels & Saigon City
Pickup included
Reviews
6 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Saigon
Michael G,
Mar 23, 2025
- Viator
5.00Barney is a great tour guide. Took us to wonderful restaurant and family coffee shop. Assisted by a safe driver so we were dropped off and picked up throughout tour.
Saigon private tour
Lyle H,
Jan 13, 2025
- Viator
3.00Our guide, Mr Bao, and driver were waiting for us at the port gate just as we had planned. He said we were going to a Mekong River tour but I thought we booked a different tour. He switched the plan within a minute and we were on our way. Initially he gave us lots of good information about Vietnam on our way to the first stop. We stopped for lunch, but it would have been helpful if he helped us with our food order and maybe joined us. On our 90 minute trip back to Saigon he barely spoke to us. He did accommodate my request to stop at the war museum and drive by other sites on the way back to the ship. Overall we saw what we had hoped to see and we were back to the ship on time. It was ok, but not as good as previous Viatour experiences.
Great tour & guide
Annette P,
Apr 22, 2024
- Viator
5.00We had a great time with Dorothy. She provided us great options for our tour. She gave us some great surprises and made sure we stayed on schedule since we had to be back to the cruise ship. If we come back to Saigon we definitely want to have Dorothy take us to more places.
Sunny day with Sunny
Merry W,
Apr 4, 2024
- Viator
5.00Sunny was an excellent guide. She was professional, intelligent, friendly and knowledgeable. She tailored our trip to our requests and packed a lot into our very enjoyable day. We were very fortunate to have been able to spend the day with her.
Tour with Sunny in Saigon
Donna Y,
Dec 23, 2023
- Viator
5.00Six of us took a private tour of Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) with Sunny as our tour guide. Communication from the tour company and the tour guide were excellent. Sunny contacted us the day prior to our tour to confirm the time and meeting place. She even sent a picture of herself which made it a lot easier to identify her amongst the throng of people outside the port gate. Sunny was open and flexible to what we wanted to see and planned our excursion around some special requests. On the 2 hour ride to the city, Sunny gave us lots of good information about the history of Saigon, the Vietnam War, the culture, the people, and other details. We found her to be very knowledgeable and she speaks great English. Although we did visit the usual popular sites of interest, Sunny also took us to other places less frequented by tourists. She took us to an indoor market for locals, a cafe (with an underground bunker used during the Vietnam War) that served delicious Vietnamese coffee, and a temple with interesting architectural details. Since Sunny also does food tours, she fed us throughout the tour. She spoiled us with a traditional Vietnamese meat and noodle dish for lunch, local and unique fruits, Vietnamese donuts, and bahn mi sandwiches. We all thoroughly enjoyed the tour .
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