Private Tour
Ho Chi Minh Shore Excursion: Wonderful City Tour with Local Guide
Overview
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Enjoy a private full-day tour in bustling Ho Chi Minh City, where your guide will take you to some of the best highlights that this shore excursion has to offer. Lunch and attraction entrance fees are included in this tour.
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
Private, Customized and Flexible Tour
Vietnamese Traditional Lunch
Cruise Port pickup and drop-off with private vehicle
Bottled Water and Tissues
All Fees and Taxes
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
Private Ho Chi Minh City Tour
Pickup included
Reviews
29 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Vibrant Viet Nam!
Mary G,
May 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Hi Chi Minh City is a vibrant, high energy city that can’t be missed when visiting Southeast Asia, and this tour showcases it perfectly. Combining culture, history, architecture and cuisine, our guide Jasmine enthusiastically introduced us to this interesting city, and taught us to safely cross streets crowded with thousands (really!) of scooters. We highly recommend this tour and Jasmine!
Helen was wonderful ,...
Paul P,
Feb 9, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Helen was wonderful , very informative and friendly! Loved trying coffee and lunch was really good. The flower market was beautiful . What a great tour!
Liam is a Star
Neil R,
Jan 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Liam provided an outstanding experience. Liam has a great enthusiasm for his county and culture and was a joy to be with. Liam is also an incredible photographer. My wife and I really enjoyed our day with Liam. This was a great experience and highly recommended.
The experience was great....
Morris J,
Jan 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The experience was great. Kasey was great at her job, customer came first. Always explaining the history of the area.
Excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable and personable, great tour
debbie m,
Dec 19, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide, Bao was very nice, knowledgeable, personable. He showed us the main sites and took us for some very good Vietnamese iced coffee. Our lunch was in a restaurant and we had the choice of chicken or beef soup or Pho. He also got us some spring rolls. He did a very nice job and I would recommend him. We had free time in the market
Stop looking--this is the best tour ever!
Kathleen B,
Oct 24, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00What an amazing tour! We fell in love with Vietnam. We learned so much. We kidded Kahn (spelling?) that he is Google Vietnam. Driving was difficult but it was like a dance--our driver was amazing. We are so glad we took this tour. They accommodated a late pickup at the port and a wheelchair. We are grateful to Kahn and our driver. Highly recommend this tour.
What out--you'll fall in love with Vietnam (take this tour!)
KathleenB656,
Oct 24, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an amazing tour! We fell in love with Vietnam. We learned so much. We kidded Kahn (spelling?) that he is Google Vietnam. Driving was difficult but it was like a dance--our driver was amazing. We are so glad we took this tour. They accommodated a late pickup at the port and a wheelchair. We are grateful to Kahn and our driver. Highly recommend this tour.
Amazing city tour of Saigon
debralY4846IT,
Apr 22, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Thank you Captain Bruno! We had a wonderful visit with you and enjoyed visiting your wonderful city. We loved seeing the historic post office and the fun book shops. The visit to the museum was informative and gave us great insight into difficult and heartbreaking events. Thank you for sharing that with us. Lunch was amazing and it was great to see (and purchase) beautiful lacquer pieces. The process of making them is so much more involved than I had imagined. Bruno is an amazing guide. We had no difficulty at all understanding him. The day with Bruno was simply fantastic!
Captain Bruno is the best!
Dreamsfulfilled,
Feb 21, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Bruno was a charming, engaging, knowledgeable, happy and positive tour guide. He was very enthusiastic about, showing us his beautiful city of Ho Chi Minh He was engaging to talk to and knowledgeable about the history and development of his country. I highly recommend him as a tour guide.
Great Experience - thoroughly recommended
deepakk 11,
Feb 12, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great trip ! Well organised and executed. Kay was a very personable guide and spoke really good English and was very knowledgeable. Nothing was too much trouble
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