Cat Tien National park trekking 2 days tour

Saigon Tours in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Cat Tien National park trekking 2 days tour as follows

Cat Tien National Park  is an important national park located in the south of Vietnam. It was protected initially in 1978 as two sectors, Nam Cat Tien and Tay Cat Tien. Another sector, Cat Loc, was gazetted as a Rhinoceros Reserve in 1992 upon the discovery of a population of the Vietnamese Javan Rhinoceros, an occasion that brought the park into the world's eye. The three areas were combined to form one park in 1998.

The park also has impressive bird species including:

• Red Junglefowl


• Green peafowl


• Siamese firebacks (although found elsewhere, these are especially easy to see in the park)


• Germain's peacock-pheasant


• Orange-necked partridge


• The great, oriental pied and the wreathed hornbills


• Bar-bellied, blue rumped, blue winged and other pittas


• Broadbills: including the black & red, dusky and banded species


• An endemic sub-species of the red-vented barbet


• Grey-faced tit babbler


• Woodpeckers: including pale-headed, white-bellied, black-and-buff, heart-spotted and the great slaty woodpecker


• Lesser adjutant birds, various herons and egret species


• Milky stork and the woolly-necked stork has also been reported in recent years


• A wide variety of resident and migratory waterfowl; although recorded, white-winged ducks may no longer be present in the park


• Birds of prey including osprey, lesser fish eagle, grey-headed fish eagle, crested serpent eagle, collared and other falconets.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh city – Cat Tien National park (Meal: Lunch & dinner)

• At 08.00an, leaving the busy city of Ho Chi Minh City (former named Sai Gon), turning off the National Highway 20 leads visitors to a mountainous area full of roadside plantations of rubber and green coffee. A short, smooth 150 km  car rides  takes visitors to a former volcanic crater, known as Lava tubes. Crossing the Dong Nai River to enter the Cat Tien National Park enables visitors begin their wildlife experience.


• After having lunch, meeting your local tour guide, we do a three hour trekking to through the Reserved Core Area. We will see many kinds of hundreds of years old trees. Then return to the center for dinner.


• Highlight: Two-hour night cruise in to the jungle, in a jeep, allows visitor to enjoy the feelings of watching wild animals drinking and hearing the calls of rhinoceros.


• Return to the center area of the park.


• Overnight in Cat Tien park.

 Day 2: Cat Tien National park – Ho Chi Minh city (Meal: Breakfast & Lunch)

• Visitors wake up to the nice songs of native birds. Breakfast prepares them for another four-hour trekking to see the Crocodiles swamp and back to the head quarter for lunch, transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City.


• The tour ends at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city around 16.00.

Hotel grade	Cost in US$ per person
	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 8 pax	9 – 11 pax	12 – 15 pax	Single supplement
Two stars	180	143	121	96	86	17
Three stars	195	157	132	111	100	29

Tour price includes: 

• Air conditioner private transfer Ho Chi Minh city – Cat Tien park – Ho Chi Minh city


• Private jeep transfer for sightseeing in Cat Tien park


• Local English speaking tour guide


• Boat trip


• All entrance fees


• Hotel accommodation based on two persons share a double/twin room 


• Meals as indicated in the tour program: 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner


• Travel permission

Tour price excludes:

• Travel insurance


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program


• Personal expenses.

 Thank you for visiting our Cat Tien National park trekking 2 days tour. We are looking forward to serving you.

Restaurant cruises on Sai Gon river

Saigon Tours in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Restaurant cruises on Sai Gon river as follows

•  At 19.00, meeting our tour guide and driver at your hotel. Transfer to the ferry for getting on cruise. Enjoying traditional music, traditional dance and many interested performances while having dinner.


• At 20.30, cruising along the river bank for enjoy the city lights & panoramic views of  Sai Gon city.


• At 21.30, cruise returns the dock. Meeting your tour guide and driver.


• Transfer back to your hotel.


• End off your tour

Option 1: Dinner on Sai Gon cruise or Indochine cruise (Depart at 19.20 – Finish at 21.30)

Group size	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 7 pax	8 – 11 pax	12 – 15 pax
Cost in US$ per person	44	30	25	22	19	18

Option 2: Dinner on Bonsai cruise (Depart at 18.40 – Finish at 21.30)

Group size	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 7 pax	8 – 11 pax	12 – 15 pax
Cost in US$ per person	64	52	47	46	43	38

Inclusion

• Hotel pick up and drop off service


• English speaking tour guide


• Dinner on cruise (Set menu for option 1; buffet for option 2)

Exclusion

• Travel insurance


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.

Cu Chi tunnels half day tour

Saigon Tours in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Cu Chi tunnels half day tour as follows

The Relics of Cu Chi Tunnel are being preserved at Ben Duoc and Ben Dinh, about 70 km in the North - West of Ho Chi Minh city centre. Arriving at Cu Chi Tunnel, in addition to finding facts about the  Tunnel which well-known victories, tourists also visit those structures which simulate the former Liberated Area of Cu Chi during 1960 - 1975. They can also visit Ben Duoc Temple of Martyr Memorial to show gratitude to the heroes and martyrs who already sacrificed themselves to the cause of national liberation; visit the Temple's basement wherein there are displayed 9 spaces under the topic" The persistent and unconquerable people of Sai Gon- Cho Lon - Gia Dinh", visit the Forest of precious timber trees collected from the three regions of Vietnam; and other characteristic symbols such as: One-Pillar Pagoda (Ha Noi), Gate of Noon (Hue), Nha Rong Harbor (Southern Vietnam). Beside, visitors can take part in entertainment, recreation, and buy souvenir items in the cool, airy and fresh atmosphere; can submerge in the clear and blue water of the swimming pool designed separately and suitably to natural style; and enjoy the countryside specialties.

Cu Chi is an attractive place for sightseeing, and for gathering to review traditions, as well as an ideal place of picnic and camping for different groups, bodies, pupils and students.

Each year, there are more than one million tourists, domestic and overseas, who come to visit the tunnel, Ben Duoc Temple of Marty Memorial, as well as activities of traditional review and entertainment and recreation. Its growth rate is 12% to 15% per year. Cu Chi Tunnel becomes more and more perfect in its service style to meet the needs of visitors.

Cu Chi tunnels half day tour

• Morning: Depart at 08.15am – Finish at 14.30


• Afternoon: Depart at 13.00pm – Finish at 18.00

• Depart for Cu Chi to visit the tunnels, an underground network of tunnels constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, accommodation, etc. and were used as a military base for the Viet Cong during the American war.


• Return to Ho Chi Minh city.


• End of Cu Chi tunnels half day tour
  

Joining tour : US$13/person

Includes

• A/c bus for pick up and transfer as per program


• Escorted English speaking tour guide


• Entrance fee


• Mineral water on bus (1 bottle/ pax)

Excludes:

• Travel insurance


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program


• Hotel pick up & drop off

Note:

• Private tour is available on request. We highly recommend you do private tour for more privacy as well as more convenience.

Cao Dai Temple and Cu Chi tunnels tour 1 day

Saigon Tours in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Cao Dai Temple & Cu Chi tunnels tour 1 day as follows 

• At 8.15am -  Drive west to Tay Ninh, the centre of Caodaism. O­n arrival we attend the fantastic mid-day temple service when the followers fill the hall wearing colored robes, a symbol of the curious combination of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.


• O­n the way back, stop to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground network of tunnels constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, accommodation, etc. and were used as a military base for the Vietcong during the American war.


• Drive back to HCMC around 6.00pm.


• End of Cao Dai Temple & Cu Chi tunnels full day tour.

Joining tour: US$19/person

Includes:

• A/c bus for transfer & sightseeing as per program.


• English speaking tour guide


• All entrance fee


• Mineral water on bus (1 bottle/ pax)


• Lunch

Excludes:

• Travel insurance


• Hotel pick up & drop off


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.

Note:

• Private tour is available on request. We highly recommend you do private tour for more privacy as well as more convenience.

Cu Chi tunnels half day tour by express boat

Saigon Tours in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Cu Chi tunnels half day tour by express boat as follows 

• At 8.00am, Start by BlueRiver Yacht in the morning from Bach Dang Pier (No.10B Ton Duc Thang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1, HCM.C), you will go on a scenic 40 minutes boat trip to LAI THIEU. Our English tour guide will introduce to you the beauty of nature and Vietnamese lifestyle along the river bank in your journey.


• The boat will continues 40 minutes to Cu Chi. After two hours visiting The Cu Chi Tunnels you get the boat back to Saigon with another stop at Ben Dinh floating restaurant for your traditional Vietnamese lunch.


• Tourists are brought back to the Bach Dang Pier around 13.00.


• The trip is finished.

Tour price includes:

• Hotel pick up and drop off  at your hotel locate in District 1


• Boat trip


• English speaking guide


• All entrance fees


• Sampan at local areas


• Lunch


• Mineral water on boat

Tour price excludes

• Travel insurance


• Other meals not mentioned in the program


• Personal expenses


• Tip is at customer’s discretion.

Ho Chi Minh city cooking class tour

Saigon Tours in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Ho Chi Minh city cooking class tour as follows

Every day, we have to eat. If you take great pleasure in cuisine, you have had lots of amazing Vietnamese foods. When you want to do something new, that’s where we are. We don’t try to serve you the best meal of your life at Cyclo Resto. But day by day, we try the best to bring full feeling of cuisine. Coming to us and self-cook with chef’s direction is the best way to get real experience.

• At 9.00 am: Meeting your chef at your hotel (locates in District 1). Transfer to a local market. Here you will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later. So make sure your camera is handy.


• 10.00: Continue to Cyclo resto cooking center. Welcome drink for a rest


• 10.15: Working together with the chef. Learn the traditional ways of preparing  and cooking Vietnamese food. The chef shows you how to cook.

• After the lesson, enjoy your self-prepared lunch.


• End of Ho Chi Minh city cooking class tour.

Include:

• Air conditioner car for pick up at your hotel and transfer as per program


• Chef guide for the cooking lesson


• Ingredients for dishes

Exclude:

• Travel insurance


• Hotel  drop off service


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.

Note:

• The cooking class taken 3 hours.


• Morning from 9.00am to 11.00am


• Afternoon from 15.00 to 18.00

Ho Chi Minh City Cyclo Tour

Saigon Tours in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Ho Chi Minh City Cyclo Tour as follows

The Ho Chi Minh City excursion will take travelers around the biggest city of Vietnam, from downtown city center to Chinatown. You will discover its history and culture with visits at the War Remnant Museum or History Museum and Thien Hau Temple. You will learn about the past as well as get a glimpse of the daily life of stall and street vendors at the Binh Tay Market in the Chinatown and learn the French colonial building of Notre Dame Cathedral, the Municipal Post Office.

Option 1: Saigon central cyclo trip

• We will pick you up at your hotel within hotels in district 1or district 3.


• Visit History Museum, City Post Office, Notre Dame Cathedral for photos, Dong Khoi street (first street in Saigon), Old Market (first market in Saigon), Opera House. We continue to Giac Lam pagoda (Vietnamese style), Jade pagoda (Chinese style).


• Return to hotels, and end of  Ho Chi Minh City excursion.

Option 2:  Cyclo trip outside Saigon center

•  We will pick you up at  your hotel within hotels in district 1or district 3. Cyclo takes you to China Town to Thien Hau temple and Binh Tay Market. On the way you understand more about daily life of Saigonese. Along small street, we continue to Tan Thanh Market (only selling part of motorbike). It is the best way to see real activities of local people.


• Return to hotels


• End of  your Ho Chi Minh Cyclo Tour.

Include:

• Cyclo or rickshaw driven for two hours (day time or evening)


• Mineral water (1 bottle/pax)


• Hotel pick up & drop off (District 1 & District 3)

Exclude:

• Travel insurance


• Entrance fee


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.