SOUTHERN VIETNAM

Day 1: Hochiminh arrival
Arrival in Tan Son Nhat airport. You will be welcomed by your guide and then transferred to the hotel in the city center. Free time to explore the city or relax.
Lunch and dinner excluded
Overnight in your hotel.

Day 02 Hochiminh – City tour
With the area of 2,095 km2, Hochiminh is the largest city of Vietnam. Hundreds of rivers running across the city, connecting with Mekong Delta and also with Cambodia, make this city become the traffic knot of the South, and one of the most important economic zones of the country. Despite its quite recent past, Hochiminh city possesses numerous interesting buildings, a combination of Vietnamese, Chinese and European culture and quite attractive with the hustle and bustle of life visible everywhere. There are street markets, sidewalk cafes and sleek new bars. 
Today, you will make an orientation tour on foot: 
Around the Paris Commune Square area, the center of the city, located the Cathedral Church, designed in France and built by Mr. Bourard – a French engineer; the post office in an old colonial style building with a part of its iron structure was designed by Gustave Eiffel’s student.
The Reunification Palace, former Independence Palace, where were stormed by the tanks on 30th Apr. 1975, signifying the fall of the South Regime.
The History museum.
The War Remnants museum, where the collections of weapons and photographs from two Indochina wars are exhibited.
Have lunch at local restaurant
Cholon - the Chinese quarter, with Binhtay market, strolling on the always-crowded streets. 
Have free time to explore, by your own, the downtown or for shopping at Dongkhoi Street (formal Catinat str.), Benthanh market and at the center of the city.
Have dinner at local restaurant
Return to the hotel.
Overnight in your hotel.

Day 03: Hochiminh - Cuchi- Hochiminh
Cuchi is a well-known revolutionary historical site, 75km at the northwest of Hochiminh city. This is the unique architectural structure with the system of hundreds kilometre tunnel lying deeply in the earth, with different stages and branches, which connected together to create the tangled net of the tunnels. These tunnels have been dug by Cuchi guerrillas during the American war, right under the feet of the American, and became hidden home of the guerrillas. Here has been called the homeland of “The Tunnel War”, which contributes the important role in the final victory of Vietnam over America. 
You’ll departure to Cuchi.
 
On the way, you’ll stopover for photography and visit some villages where people manufacture the crispy rice cake. 
You'll arrive to Cuchi after 1 ½ hour driving; visit the tunnel. 
Have lunch at local restaurant
Return to Hochiminh city, transfer to the hotel.
Dinner excluded
Overnight in your hotel.

Day 04: Hochiminh – My Tho - Cantho
Mytho is the capital of Tiengiang province, located on Mekong Delta, which is formed by the sedimentation of the Mekong River. With fertile soil and 32km coastline, the inhabitants here live on fishing, rice and fruits cultivation; here has been being Vietnam’s granary, supply rice for the whole country. 
Have breakfast at the hotel.
Then at 07:30, you'll departure to Mytho, which is about 75 km south of Hochiminh city. You’ll arrive after one and half hours driving, take the riverboat cruising on Tiengiang, one branch of Mekong River to visit the fishing harbor . 
Then continue to Bentre, passing the Dragon and Tortoise isles, to visit the coconut candy mill. 
From here you’ll take the smaller boat cruising on Tanthanh Channel; visit the farm of Mr. Muoi Nho, where he grows many different kind of fruit trees and raises the bees for honey, here if you wish, you can drink tea with natural honey. 
Return to the main river continue with the big riverboat cruising to the Unicorn Island, here you’ll take the small riverboat rowing on a narrow channel and then strolling along the island, to visit the Longan fruit gardens and the mill, where people manufacture the fine art handicraft from the coconut trees. You’ll have the opportunity to enjoy the folk music and song of this region, taste the excellent fruit of Mekong Delta. 
Continue cruising across the river to Mytho, visit Vinhtrang pagoda: a beautiful and well-maintained sanctuary, this is the oldest pagoda in the delta. The charitable monks here provide a home to orphans, disabled and other needy children.
Have lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, Transfer to Cantho. 
Have lunch at local restaurant or at hotel.
Overnight in your hotel.

Day 05: Cantho - Hochiminh
We will rise in the early morning to take a boat trip through the winding waterways of Cai Rang floating market, the biggest and busiest floating market in the Mekong Delta. Then we visit the Binh Thuy Ancient House, a well-preserved 149-year-old house in Can Tho, is one of the city's most popular attractions.
 
Have lunch at local restaurant.
Then we drive back to Hochiminh city, transfer to the hotel.
Dinner excluded.
Overnight in your hotel.