The highlight of South & Central Coast of Vietnam 7 days

Right after arriving at Tan Son Nhat Airport, you are picked up and driven to your hotel for check-in. Just relax and have a good night’s rest in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

After morning pickup at your Ho Chi Minh City hotel, travel about 20 miles (30 km) to reach Cu Chi, a district of the city most famous for the 75-mile (121-km) network of underground passages built by the Viet Cong army. 

Follow your guide through this historic military site, now a war memorial park, which was once a key position for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War (known as the American War in Vietnam). Learn how the tunnels provided shelter, supply and communication routes, medical treatment sites, and food and weapons storage. See booby traps that were built to capture intruders and dioramas that illustrate daily life in the tunnels. If you like, you can even crawl through parts of the narrow passageways. 

After your time in Cu Chi, return to the city for a traditional Vietnamese lunch served at a riverside restaurant. Then spend the afternoon visiting Ho Chi Minh City's top sights. Start your city tour at Reunification Palace, where in 1975, Viet Cong troops broke through the main gates and the party took control of the government, ending the long war. Inside the 1960s-style building, check out the official living quarters, meeting rooms and a military command center complete with old radio equipment and tactical maps from the war. 

A short walk from the palace, your guide shows you fine examples of French Colonial architecture, including Notre Dame Cathedral, the Central Post Office, Ho Chi Minh City Hall and Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater, also known as the Saigon Opera House. Stroll toward the Saigon River along Dong Khoi Street and Nguyen Hue Boulevard to admire historic buildings and the ultra-modern Bitexco Tower, until recently the tallest skyscraper in Vietnam.

Wrap up your afternoon at Ben Thanh Market — the city’s central market and one of its most colorful areas. Marvel at mounds of goods, and practice your bargaining skills if you wish to purchase any items. 

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

 8.00 am departure for Cai Be (2.5 hrs). On arrival, we board a boat to visit the floating market, then cruise across the mighty Mekong River (~ 1.5 km wide) to Dong Phu Island. We start cycling here under the green canopy exploring the orchards and daily life of local farmers. Lunch break on the island then a cruise to Vinh Long.

In the afternoon we'll have 2 hours to check out the immense rice 

fields on our bikes. Cycle through numerous rural riverside villages before our bus picks us up. Evening is free time for a promenade along city's quay. Overnight in Can Tho.

 Morning boat trip to the interesting and chaotic Cai Rang Floating Market, then up a quiet canal for more cruising. Back on the bikes (~ 2 hrs) to enjoy the beautiful Mekong Delta scenery meeting the locals (many on bicycle too). 

After lunch, we head back to Saigon. Arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport at aroun 17:30pm. Then take the flight to Nha Trang at 18:30pm. On arrival Cam Ranh airport, pick up and transfer to hotel for check in and overnight in Nha Trang.

Morning pick up from hotel and transfer to the boat station (45 minutes). Hop on the shared boat and begin a day on the water. 

9:00-10:00: 1st Dive at Mun Island - Marine Protected Area, part of the Nha Trang Bay, which is recognized as One of the Most Beautiful 29-Bays in the World.

10:00-11:00: Take a break and enjoy the assorted tropical fruits, coffee, tea, water on board. 

11:00 – 12:00: 2nd dive where you will experience the richest coral biodiversity identified in Vietnam with over 350 species of corals & many kinds of big, beautiful fish.

13:00: Have lunch then more time for cruising back to your hotel. Check in and overnight in Nha Trang

Have breakfast at your hotel and more time to relax on the beach until we transfer to the airport for afternoon flight back Saigon. Airport pick up to your hotel for check in. O/n in Saigon.

Our driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for your flight home, your luggage full of a lifetime's worth of memories. We wish you a pleasant journey.