Ho Chi Minh City Tour: Historical Highlights

Discover the captivating blend of history and modernity in Ho Chi Minh City on this half-day tour. Explore iconic landmarks, learn fascinating facts, and immerse yourself in Vietnam’s distinct historical eras.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City is the largest, busiest and most exciting city in Vietnam. It is also filled with intrigue and culture. Ho Chi Minh City is considered as a “blending mixture of culture” city in Vietnam. You can discover a lot of interesting things through people’s daily life. Founded and developed over 300 years, today, Ho Chi…
What's Included
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off in Ho Chi Minh City Center
  • Comfortable air-conditioned transportation
  • All entrance fees included
  • Complimentary travel insurance for peace of mind
  • Refreshments with bottled drinking water provided
  • Guidance from knowledgeable English-speaking guides (additional languages available)
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.
  • Tipping for local guides
Additional Information

As Vietnam’s largest and most bustling city, Ho Chi Minh City presents a mesmerizing fusion of contemporary life and historical richness. It is filled with historical gems from the era of the Chinese invasion to French colonial Indochina, and the infamous Vietnam War era. This tour not only introduces you to these historical places but also reveals…

Location
Ho Chi Minh City
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Filomena_w
Apr 9, 2024
Good Tour to see the City for the first time - This is a really good tour for getting an overview of the city. The visit to the Presidential estate was very informative and they've done a great job of keeping it as it was in the late 60's early 70's. We had plenty of time to explore the War Remnants museum. Our guide Bau was also very informative and provided his insight as to the situation leading up to and after the Vietnam war. The other short stops at the Post office and Temple in Chinatown were also interesting. I could have by passed the trip to the lacquer factory interesting but I’m sure there are more interesting sights in Saigon.
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Kyle_m
Jan 3, 2024
Great company everything went perfectly - Awesome tour! Guide and driver were both fantastic and extremely accommodating to my wife and year old! Seen a lot in a little amount of time!
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Tina_b
Oct 11, 2023
Totally worth it! - It was a great experience for both my mom & I. It was very informative. I really liked that our guide really explained a lot about the history of Việt Nam, the culture and it’s people. We only had a very limited time in HCMC. One day was a visit to the tunnels and the next day we booked this tour as you are able to see all the city highlights. Got picked up by a guide with driver on a private car at 8am and got driven around learning, seeing & experiencing everything. We were back at the hotel at 12:30ish as we had an early afternoon flight. We opted out of the lacquer part of the tour as we had seen that the previous day as part of the tunnel tour.
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Lido_beach_family
Aug 5, 2023
Wonderful tour of the city of Hanoi - This was a wonderful tour of Hanoi. Our guide, Travis, was very knowledgeable and friendly. His English is excellent and he connected very well with the group. The tour consisted of 4 main sites: the National Defense Temple, the Literature Temple, St. Joseph’s Cathedral and the Opera House. At the end we got a complimentary drink at a well-known egg coffee café. Overall a wonderful tour, well worth your time.
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Rebecca_t
Apr 21, 2023
Worth doing - Amazing tour guide, really interesting day, I learned a lot about the Vietnamese history- some of it was hard to see in the museum but well worth the visit
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Kaveri_m
Jan 11, 2023
An amazing tour by Mr. Bau - If you are looking for a quick city tour, this is an excellent tour to choose. Our tour guide Mr. Bau was spoke clear and fluent English. He was very helpful in understanding the Vietnamese culture and people. The city tour however short, was still quite a highlight during our visit.
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Justin
Mar 9, 2018
great tour - We went on a half day tour of Cu Chi tunnels with Hoi An Express tour group and liked then so much we used them on city tour the next day, good English speaking tour guilds more then happy to explain the places you are visiting, prompt with times ensuring your day goes well.
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Bunchie71
Feb 19, 2018
Our tour guide was excellent - We were picked up from our hotel and (lucky for us) we were the only passengers so it felt like a private tour. Our tour guide was excellent and pointed out a lot of points of interest along the way and provided some really great tips for us (as first time travellers to Vietnam). We visited the War remnants museum, Independence Palace, Notre Dame church, Saigon post office and a disability art workshop before heading back to our hotel via a Chinese temple/pagoda. He did not rush us, gave us time to explore by ourselves, provided excellent commentary and was only too happy to take our photo. Would recommend for anyone wanting to explore the key tourist sites and get to know some of the history and culture from a local guide. All in air conditioned comfort with an experienced driver.
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Sarahmckenzie507
Jan 18, 2018
Seeing the local sights - Jang was an excellent tour guide with very good knowledge of the history of her country. She made the day very enjoyable. I would highly recommend Jang and the city excursion trip.
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Sandywalvisch
Oct 27, 2017
Excellent tour in this chaotic city - We took the afternoon tour as just arrived late am. We were picked up at our hotel by our guide Sang and taken to the minivan to meet our driver and 3 other Aussies with us. In the chaotic streets our driver was excellent. We saw 4 different sites and Sang was knowledgeable and informative about all of them and gave us some insights into life in Vietnam. Thoroughly enjoyed this 4 hour tour
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