Ho Chi Minh City Shore Excursions
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No place in Viet Nam can be crazier, more crowded and more dynamic than Ho Chi Minh City, which has long been crowned for its many Bests. From the unending traffic, vibrant shops to dazzling city lights, it is a city that never sleeps.
The city has a typical tropical climate with two distinct seasons: the rain season usually lasts from June to November, while the dry one from December to May. Nevertheless, the best time to visit Ho Chi Minh is always now, tomorrow or next week, except for the Tet holiday period (which coincides with the Chinese New Year time). Locals are friendly, generous and always welcoming.
Whether it’s a historical site, a bustling market or an ancient pagoda and relics, Ho Chi Minh offers varied options for travelers with different interests. Some must-see landmarks in Ho Chi Minh City include the Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum, Fine Art Museum, History Museum, Jade Emperor Pagoda, Phuoc An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Xa Loi pagoda, Notre Dame Cathedral, Cha Tam Church, Central Post Office, Binh Tay Market, and many more.
Asia Shore Excursions provides the best shore excursions in Ho Chi Minh City for cruise passengers at Sai Gon and Phu My port. If you do not find any suitable tours, please contact us to customize your own vacation in Ho Chi Minh City.
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This full-day Ho Chi Minh City shore excursion can be arranged from both Phu My Port in Vung Tau or Saigon/Nha Rong Port in Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit all must-see attractions and have some free time for shopping in one of the largest markets in the city…
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Mai Home- The Saigon Culinary Art Center is not only a class where you can learn to cook traditional cuisine of Southern part of Vietnam, but also a place where you can fall in line with local people. Making dishes and visiting the local market to choose fresh ingredients before cooking…
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Explore the old and the new of Sai Gon through this 2-day shore excursion for insights into its tumultuous past. Experience the city’s dynamics and vitality in the present days as you pass by dizzying traffic and sleek skyscrapers…
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Are you looking for an adventurous motorbike tour around the hustle and bustle of Saigon? Do you want to experience this vibrant city like a true local? Offered by the Cruise and other booking office, our one-day tour is an exciting…
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Located 70km away from the center of Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi Tunnel is one of the must-see spots in the Southern Vietnam for almost everyone. It boasts an immense network of connecting underground…
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This one-day excursion from Saigon Port will give you an insight into the daily life of local people in the Mekong Delta. We suggest you visiting My Tho, the nearest destination in the Mekong River…
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Attractions for Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City Shore Excursions
Every Saigon shore excursion starting in Phu My Port will bring various wonderful experiences from exploring the French architecture style in the old cathedral, post office, and buildings, to tasting the daily lifestyle and traditional cuisine in the city with the name of the Old Father of Vietnam. Asia Shore Excursions is pleased to recommend some featured attractions that you can take a visit.
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral
Right in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the iconic architectural landmarks and cannot be miss in any Saigon shore excursion. For centuries, the ancient Cathedral provides a splendor beauty that is considered as a masterpiece of this city. Was built by French colonists many years ago, it is not surprising that Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral follows the unique style of neo-Romanesque from the 19th century.
Luckily avoid being destroyed by war, the structure still maintains nearly perfect. Various materials as bricks, tiles, steel, cement, and metal accessories were carefully transferred from France. The two bell towers are the highlight with 57.6 meters height holding six giant-style bronze bells. Gather around to capture beautiful photos or take a seat on the street nearby, sample an interesting cup of Vietnam coffee.
War Remnant Museum
Served as the museum exhibiting proof of American War Crimes, The War Remnants Museum - one of the most popular attractions to Western tourists from Phu My Port - tells a lively story that you haven’t ever heard about Vietnam war.
War Remnants Museum exhibits some artifacts and images of the Vietnam War inside the building following the theme: American soldiers massacred, tortured, imprisoned Vietnamese people, or spread toxic chemical to destroy the North of Vietnam. Outside the building is the showcase of various objects including aircraft, artillery, tanks, guillotine and “tiger cages”. Get a glimpse of witnessing the cruel torture by tiger’s cage with extremely narrow size for even anyone. Moreover, the museum will provide the chance to admire the old weapons served as military secrets in the war.
Ben Thanh Market
In all shore trips in Vietnam, you can’t find any place more bustling than Ben Thanh Market. It is absolutely a must-visiting spot even you are a shopaholic or not. Right from the location in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Ben Thanh market - the symbol of the city - will give you many exotic experiences.
The market has four entrances and four sections with each one have an animal statue as the guardian of the gate. On the top, a clock tower looks at four main streets of District 1 – the most bustling district in Saigon. The market is full of local vendors selling everything from clothes, accessories, jewelry, hardware, pet shops, crafts to flowers, spices, nuts, food, or even secondhand things.
Cu Chi Tunnels
There is no Saigon shore trip from Phu My port can miss a visit to Cu Chi Tunnels. Just about 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi Tunnel is an astonishing complex of about 200 kilometers underground tunnels homing to various constructed living areas, sleeping places, weapon factories, hospitals for wounded soldiers, and even kitchens operating by civil. And yes, all of the tunnels are man-made without any help of modern facility or machine. They are all dug by human’s hands.
During the war, the Tunnel served as communication and coordination hub for the Viet Cong soldiers in their stand-up fight against American army. Nowadays, Cu Chi Tunnel is a popular attraction for both Vietnamese and foreigners to get hands-on experience the old hard life underground. Have a chance to fire off some shooting range with machine gun models such as the AK47 and M16.
Reunification Palace
Located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, the Reunification Palace has stayed in the mind of various generations for stamps of time and history. It served as the presidential home and workplace, also the witness of history through the two Vietnam wars by the French and American colonists.
With the typical architecture in the 60s, the Palace is a combination of traditional ritual and modern style. The first floor has some meeting rooms, while the second one includes a huge reception room, a cinema, and a rooftop nightclub. Pick this attraction to be one spot in your Ho Chi Minh City shore trip and recall the tough time during the war.
Saigon Old Post Office
Be listed as one of the most iconic highlights in Saigon shore trips from Phu My port, the Saigon Central Post Office is considered as a priceless masterpiece. Due to be built by a skillful French architect, the Post Office is a perfect combination of Gothic, Renaissance and French styles.
Inside the building, the high arched ceiling, wooden counters, two large eighteenth-century map and telegraph lines bring you the feeling of a post office from the old time in the 90s. Nowadays, the Central Post Office still takes its duty of sending and receiving mail, selling idyllic stamps, interesting souvenirs and lovely postcards. Get an old feeling of using the phone bank to make an international call.
Cholon District
Cho Lon - the Chinatown of Vietnam – is a cannot-miss spot in Saigon or Phu My shore excursions and tours. Dating back to the late 18th century, Cholon is not only a place which witnessed the great history and cultural transformation of the city, but also is an attractive place that is a featured portrait revealing the traditional and distinctive lifestyle of ethnic communities in Southern Vietnam.
The market here is always busy, crowded and messy with hundreds of vendors lining along the streets that you feel it is difficult to get through. Get a chance to admire the typical Chinese architecture for many years ago with a plenty of Chinese restaurants, clothes shops, and household stores. Tasting the vibrant life of a trading community in the most bustling area in the whole country of Vietnam.
at 12:43
We are group 10 pax, spanish people
We tavel in cruise….Sapphire Princess
we want excursions in:
– Nha Trang> 4 march (arrival 7 am, departure 4pm)
– Ho Chi Minh (Phu My)> 5 march (arrival 7am, departure 6pm)
Questions:
– Excursions
– Price
– is possible Spanish language guide??
at 09:16
Hi Gabriel,
Thank you for contacting us. We provide Spanish-speaking guides for your requested tour. Please check your email for the detailed quotation of Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh shore excursion, and let us know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Jeanny
at 22:11
Arriving Phu My Sun Princess Dec. 8
Please provide costings for 2, 4 and 6 pax
Regards
Bruce Stevens
Your Holiday Your Way
at 22:27
Hi Bruce,
The price per pax is cheaper if there are more people joining the tour. Please check your email for detailed quotation of this Ho Chi Minh shore excursion. Kindly let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
at 13:43
we arrive 9 februari 2016 with the Ms Volendam in Phu My at 09.00 am and depart at 23.00 pm. As far as I can see we will dock in Vung Tau. We would like to know the price of you tour VSS01 The must see sights of Saigon. As we are a party of two we are willen to join a small group of people. Thank you in advance for your response
at 14:16
Dear Sjanne,
Thank you for your request on Ho Chi Minh/Sai Gon shore excursion. Please check your email for detailed quotation and let me know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
at 04:53
We will be on a cruise ship docking at Phu My and would like to do a half day tour to Long Tan and then have a local style lunch and for the rest of the day we would like to visit local market/village or cooking class. We have been to Saigon previously so would like to have a tour that is more rural.
Many thanks
Also we will be visiting Koh Samui for the second time, can you suggest something other than highlights tour, is there a cooking class we could attend?
Your suggestions and prices would be appreciated.
Regards
at 05:58
Hi Pam,
Thank you for reaching to us. Please check your email for detailed quotations of Saigon and Koh Samui shore excursions. Feel free to ask us any question you may have.
Best,
at 11:44
We are travelling on Cruise in November and would like a quote for 4 persons for 1) Site of Saigon and 2) Day in Bangkok. Thankyou for your assistance. Regards
at 12:31
Hi Judy,
Thank you for contacting us. The detailed quotation on Saigon and Bangkok shore excursions has been sent to your email. Kindly have a look at it and let me know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
at 14:42
We will arrive to Phu My port on Dawn Princess in August the 29th and would like a quote for 5 persons for 1 day tour of Saigon . Thankyou . We are also looking for a tour in Sihanoukille , Cambodia , and Ko Mui Thailand .
at 15:38
Hi Ho,
Thank you for contacting us. The detailed quotation on Saigon/Ho Chi Minh shore excursions has been sent to your email. Kindly have a look at it and let me know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
at 09:33
We are a group of four arriving in Vietnam on cruise ship dawn princess, arriving on 29th August at 7 am leaving at 6 pm, we would like a trip into Ho Chi Min, could you give me aproximate cost.
at 12:49
Hi Miranda,
The price per pax is cheaper if there are more people joining the tour. Please check your email for detailed quotation of this Ho Chi Minh shore excursion. Kindly let me know if you need more information.
Best,
at 13:22
We arrive by cruise ship at phu my port on 21st december. We are interested in the must see sites of saigon. Could you tell us the cost, there are only 2 of us. Regards Joan
at 14:17
Hi Joan,
Warmest greetings from Asia Shore Excursions.
Thanks for your request, we have dropped you the detailed quotation of Saigon/Ho Chi Minh shore excursions as you request, please check your email.
Best Regards,
at 15:59
Hello we arrive nov 14 2017 at 7:00am to Phu My port on Celebrity Millenium we are a party of 5, we also arrive to Chan May nov 16 in the same cruiseship at 7:00am we would like information about tours in spanish in both ports, Regards Evelyn
at 16:37
Dear Evelyn,
Thank you for contacting us. We provide Spanish-speaking guides for your requested tour. Please check your email for the detailed quotation of Ho Chi Minh shore excursion.
Regards,
at 19:31
Hi, We have group of 4, and would like to do this one day tour. We will arrive at Ho Chi Minh city at 7:00am and depart at 6:00pm. Please let know the cost. I would like to know if you have tours in Chinese.
thanks!
at 20:21
Hi Lynn,
Thank you for your request. You can have a look at our available tours on the website, or tailor-make a private tour. Please check your email for more details on Saigon/Ho Chi Minh shore excursions and let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
at 00:12
We are cruising from Hong Kong to Singapore in Celebrity
Millenium, departing Jan 7th, 2018. We are looking for an independent tour company that will pick up at cruise terminals in Bangkok and in Viet Nam .It is just my husband and myself.
Thanks for letting me know. We are ok with a small group tour.
at 01:16
Hi Gladys,
Warmest greetings from Asia Shore Excursions.
Thanks for your request, we have dropped you the detailed quotation of Bangkok and Vietnam shore excursions as you request, please check your email.
Best Regards,
at 03:59
My husband and I are arriving at Phu My dock on the Diamond Princess on April 4, 2018. We are looking to book a tour of Ho Chi Minh city from the dock. We dock at 7.00 am and depart at6.00 pm. Perhaps you already have a tour which we could join or perhaps we could start a tour and get some other guests to join us once we get on the ship. Your thoughts and approximate costings please.
at 05:16
Hi Anne,
Thank you for letting us know your travel plan. You can have a look at our available tours on the website, or tailor-make a private tour. Please check your email for more information and detailed quotation.
Regards,