Ho Chi Minh City Exploration: Iconic Landmarks and Local Cuisine by Scooter
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249 Ratings
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Experience the best of Ho Chi Minh City with a scooter tour that takes you to iconic landmarks and introduces you to the local cuisine. Don't miss the top attractions and hidden gems, from historic sites to street arts and unique lifestyle. Book now!
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Scooter Saigon Tours - Our talented guide with the motorbike picks you up at your hotel (or any location requested by you). After a short talk about the tour program and making sure you are ok on the motorbike, we weave around the main streets and narrow alleyways to see a lots of must-see attractions, local markets, and many interesting things of the city.

Firstly, we stop at tourist attractions in District 1 including Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral and Saigon Central Post Office.
Head to Thich Quang Duc Memorial where you listen to the mysterious story about the unburned heart.
Then we drive to Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment building since the 1960s to learn more about the real local life which is totally different from what you see in the city center.

After that, we drive to Ho Thi Ky - the biggest wholesale flower market and Cambodian market hidden in alleyways to see thousands of colorful flowers and many strange things.

We stop at an 80-year coffee shop hidden in an alley to learn how to make “Vot” coffee, interact with the nice owner, enjoy a drink and chat leisurely with your guides as friends.
Arriving in China Town in District 5, we visit Binh Tay Market, Thien Hau Temple and have a drive around brilliant gems including fashion street, painting street, medicine street, electronic market, fabric market, lantern market, fruit market, bird market.
On the way, we have 3 food stops. At the first stop, we visit one of Saigon’s best Banh mi shops, see how they make a great Vietnamese sandwich, buy one and eat it while sipping a drink at the coffee shop like locals. At the second food stop which is an over 30-year-old food stall selling Grilled banana in sticky rice and banana leaf. We eat crispy Vietnamese pancake and Rice noodles with grilled pork/fried roll at a 30-year-old restaurant. The guide not only tells you how to eat but also shows you how skillful chefs cook the foods.
The guide returns you to the hotel. It is time to say goodbye, tour ends but memories last forever.

What's Included
  • Authentic Vietnamese culinary experience with local foods like banana in sticky rice, Vietnamese pancake, noodles with fried roll, and Banh mi
  • Visit to a renowned coffee shop over 80 years old to savor traditional Vietnamese coffee
  • Comprehensive motorbike tour with fuel, high-quality helmet, water, and rain poncho included
  • Convenient hotel pick-up and drop off service in specific districts
  • Personalized guidance with a private English-speaking tour guide
  • Memories of your trip with pictures emailed to you after the tour
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities
  • 5 USD/person paid directly to the guide if pick up out of District 1, 3, 5, 10
Additional Information

Saigon Sightseeing Tour and Street Food is the unique way to maximize your time in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Any tourist shouldn’t miss top attractions such as Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon Central Post Office, Book Street, China Town, Binh Tay Market, Thien Hau Temple…where you have chance to admire the beauty of the city, learn more about history and culture. But it is true of the city’s numerous alleyways and back streets where there are many many things to do: street arts, street foods, drink stalls, coffee shops and unique lifestyle…This tour also shows you the second Saigon with hidden places and amazing specialty foods.

  • You can customize this tour to your group’s interests
Location
Scooter Saigon Tours
Ward
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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164melindar
Apr 8, 2024
The BEST way to see Saigon! - We had an amazing time seeing Saigon by motorbike. Tom, Long, Lily and Tien were amazing guides for our family, taking us through neighborhoods that we otherwise would not have seen. Loved talking to them and learning about Saigon. We had delicious bahn mi, spring rolls, and Vietnamese crispy pancakes (yum). Felt completely safe and could not have asked for a better tour!
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Mary_m
Apr 3, 2024
Coriander convert! - Thank you Castle! You are the future of the tour industry and that is amazing because you are so knowledgeable and respectful of history and maintain traditions and make sure to know the detail so that travellers like me are so well informed. This is the first tour I’ve taken on my own and it will be etched on my mind as a core memory. The food, the lessons, the conversations, thank you Castle. I think I even like coriander now! Good luck with everything. The one tip I can give - put sunscreen on 😊
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Jocelyn_w
Apr 1, 2024
Great tour! - What a great tour! Yudan tailored the tour to include stops for more food for us and showed us all around the city. Such a fun and memorable to see Ho Chi Minh.
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124777777777
Mar 24, 2024
Riding on the back of a scooter to enjoy some wonderful food! - Wow, what an adventure. We are in our 60s and had a wonderful experience with Heidi and Tony. Both, excellent ambassadors for Saigon! We laughed a lot, ate some wonderful food, saw some fantastic sights, oh did we mention, we closed our eyes numerous times, as our drivers weaved their way through the night time traffic mayhem. What a wonderful experience! Do it, its an adventure you will not soon forget.
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Natasa_m
Mar 14, 2024
Amazing - Enjoyed my tour with Thanh! Got to see the city and try the local food and the best Vietnamese coffee 🥰 Thanh gave me a history lesson which I loved. Also, he is very careful and skilled driver and his English is perfect!
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Kiwi2050
Mar 9, 2024
Excelllent tour - The tour guide was very good and prompt in arrival. We scootered around Saigon. We didn’t get to go many restaurants but covered a lot on the history of saigon.
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Idink2019
Mar 9, 2024
Excellent Street food tour , Ho Chi Minh City - Had a wonderful time . Was my first trip to Ho Chi Minh City , so the tour was a great introduction. My guide Lilly was wonderful , gave me a thorough introduction to riding on the scooter 🛵 and showed me around most of the city areas , alley ways . Street food was delicious I’d definitely recommend as you will get a one on one with the guide around the city .
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Z3870xmalfonsog
Feb 23, 2024
First-hand interaction with local eating culture - The private sightseen and food tour by scooter that we did with Yu and Lily was a pleasant surprise in our trip. Although the food diversity was appreciated the greatest highlight was the interaction with the local culture. This tour gave us access to authentic places which might have been out of our reach on our own. We highly recommend this tour to newcomers into Saigon (HCMC) who want to experience and interact on a first-hand with the local eating culture.
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954lynettez
Jan 23, 2024
A day in a life of a Saigon tourist in scooter bike - I’ve been to Saigon a couple of times in the past 6yrs for work and this is the first time i tried to see Saigon on a scooter. It was fun and interesting! I get to experience a day in a life of a tourist guide named Kimmy who is very knowledgeable about Saigon and it’s history. I definitely love the local banhmi and coffee with condensed milk. I bought a pack of coffee for my husband! Iced coffee and banhmi surely goes well together. I also love the dried pho with meat and shrimp. Simply delicious! Overall, It was a great sight seeing and food tour in Saigon. Highly recommended!
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370rachelg
Jan 18, 2024
Good fun & food in traffic chaos - Navi and Heidi gave us an excellent tour of Saigon's street food on the back of their scooters. Lots of delicious food!
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