Discover the delights of lively Saigon with a friendly private guide from ToursByLocals. Get a local's perspective on this evocative Vietnamese metropolis as you explore Ho Chi Minh City at your own pace.

Vietnam's largest city boasts an energy travelers can feel the moment they step out onto the street. Recent economic growth means trendy restaurants and world class shopping jostle for space alongside centuries old temples and open air cafes. Enjoy a walk through the streets and a trip to the market in preparation for a Vietnamese cooking class. You may want to learn more about Vietnam War history on a tour of the War Remnants Museum and Cu Chi Tunnels. Or escape the urban scene entirely with a Mekong Delta Tour to visit sleepy villages, lush rice paddies and colourful floating fruit markets.

Your personal guide from ToursByLocals invites you to choose from the private Saigon tours offered, or to suggest alternatives to customize your private tour of the Ho Chi Minh City area.

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Saigon

If you are a Baby Boomer, what you know about Saigon might just be a film by Coppola and Helicoptor roar.

If you are a Millenial, you might have heard of Ho Chi Minh as one of the most busy and affordable city to live in South East Asia.

Regardless of your ages and nationalities, I will try my very best to make sure you are going to have a blast and some good memories to take home from my birth city.

Sisters getting flowers at a local market

Saigon Highlights

Private Sai gon City Tour - Half Day

Explore Saigon in comfort with a personally tailored and guided tour of this
fascinating city by private airconditioned car/van in all weather conditions.

As a professional English-speaking guide, I would love to show you around as a local in my
city. You will feel the vibes and culture of Saigon.

Saigon City Sightseeing

Private Saigon City Tour Half day by Car

Visit the Cu Chi Tunnels on a personally guided 6-hour tour.

Located 70 kilometers northwest of the Saigon city center, the Cu Chi Tunnels network was built during the French time. And the tunnels system was extended over an area of 250 kilometers during the Vietnam War.

Like stepping through history, you will learn how the local re-creation of life in and around the tunnels. Hidden tunnel entrances, food preparation and through ingenuity making shoes from tyres, and ammunition reclamation. Learn about smokeless cooking or the use of long bamboo poles to hide smoke amongst the early morning mist.

Explore Cu chi tunnels

Private Cu Chi tunnels Half Day Tour

Cu Chi Tunnels were formed in 1940s, in the struggle for Independence of Vietnamese people. It took over 20 years to create such a massive system with the Cu Chi locals' great effort. At first, the tunnels were individually formed. It was not until the climax of the war, those tunnels were linked together to create a continuous and great tunnels. This is not only a safe haven but also a place for living, health caring, weapons manufacturing of VC soldiers and Cu Chi locals as well

Visiting Cu Chi Tunnels once in your life to understand more about the strong will, tenacity, intelligence, creation, and the pride of inhabitants over there and see clearly a symbol of Vietnamese revolutionary heroism.

Underground system Vietnam War Time

Half Day Cu Chi Tunnels Tour

In Southern Vietnam, the Mekong Delta is home to myriad attractive destinations and unique ecosystems that deserve more than a day trip from Ho Chi Minh City.

The River Mekong unravels into nine rivers, creating the fertile Delta as nowadays. Daily life in the delta flows with the ever-changing waters, rice fields are dug as the waters recede and fisheries thrive throughout the annual flood. Considered as the "Rice bowl" of Vietnam, Mekong Delta River brings the magic inside that appeals to all those who have come to this immense land.

The Mekong Delta is completely focused around the water, which explains why the only way to navigate this region is by boat. You will see rice paddies, fruit orchards, and floating markets, Buddhist temples and family houses clinging to the river's banks.

Mekong delta boat tour and enjoy local family !

Classic Mekong Delta Tour 1 Day

Private Cu chi tunnels and Mekong delta 1 day

Visit the Cu chi tunnels and Mekong Delta - the two principal and must-see attractions in the Southern Vietnam. While Cu chi tunnels is famous for historical beauties, Mekong delta is well-known for its peaceful and natural countryside life. Within a day, you can visit both of them. Yes, it is absolutely possible.

Cu chi tunnels and Mekong delta combination tour

Shore Excursion Saigon city tour from Phu My port

Explore Saigon in comfort with a personally tailored and guided tour of this
fascinating city by private airconditioned car/van in all weather conditions.

As a Vietnam-local and a travel guide with over 5 years of professional experience, I would love to show you the country's beauty through the eyes of a passionate local. I will share the hidden secrets of Saigon and its surrounding areas so that you may experience the city at its most authentic self by arranging a private tour that is flexible to suit your requirements/length of visit.

Reunification palace and War remnant museum

Full day city tour that you will explore the old and new Saigon

Shore Excursion: Mekong Delta 1 day from Phu My Port

Escape from the bustle of the city or cruise ship to join Classic Mekong Delta 1 Day Tour in well-known as "the Kingdom of the fruits'' of Vietnam escorted by your English-speaking experienced tour guide.

2-hours driving from Saigon, you will step aboard a tour boat to relax on a cruise on the Mekong River
and a rowing boat through the maze of shady creeks. The Mekong River itself covers six Asian
countries and provides livelihood for millions of people with its rich biodiversity, particularly in fish
biodiversity -second only to the Amazon river- like the Mekong giant catfish. The area we tour is
the Delta at the mouth of this magnificent river system.

Saigon tours

Explore with 8 tours and 3 guides.

Nhu N.

$ 170 (USD)

Helen N.

$ 170 (USD)

Helen N.

$ 210 (USD)

Pham L.

$ 130 (USD)

Pham L.

$ 225 (USD)

Helen N.

$ 290 (USD)

Helen N.

$ 350 (USD)

Helen N.

$ 465 (USD)

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