All Vietnam day tours and short breaks tours, perfect to fill the gaps in any Vietnamese travel itinerary, showcase the best experiences to be had in this vibrant modernizing but charming nation.
Swap the frantic activity of bustling Ho Chi Minh City for a bicycle in the countryside. This Cu Chi Tunnels by Bicycle and Boat Full Day tour shows you the often-overlooked beauty of Cu Chi along with its very prominent history for its pivotal role during the American War. We arrive at Cu Chi District via a sleek, modern speedboat along the winding Saigon River, at which point we jump onto our bikes and head around an area that was once littered with bombs, just about 55km to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. Our well-versed and friendly guide will show us interesting facets of the local area, as well as translate the stories of locals who grew up in this once-ravaged land. After lunch, we spend the early afternoon in the historically vital and architecturally genius Cu Chi Tunnels before heading back to Ho Chi Minh City via bike and boat. Click the itinerary to read more detailed information at Incredible Asia Journeys!
On the Cu Chi Tunnels by Speedboat Tour, you will arrive at one of South Vietnam’s premier tourist attractions in style, on a glistening speedboat down the Saigon River. Take in the sights of the metropolis fading into the background as we snake our way across the wide expanses of the historic river, enjoying a very comfortable transit as we do so.The underground network at Cu Chi awaits. This is maybe Vietnam’s greatest feat of engineering in modern history; a 200km-long tunnel running under the jungle where troops could rest, heal, and scheme for the eventual demise of the Americans and South Vietnamese. We will have a thorough tour of the tunnels to get a feel for the hardships and dogged determination that governed the mammoth feats accomplished by the Viet Cong in the defence of their homeland.The Cu Chi Tunnels by Speedboat Tour combines elegance with a fascinating history in the south of Vietnam, contact Incredible Asia Journeys now to book this tour!
The food and history of southern Vietnam come together in this Cu Chi Tunnels & Cooking Class full-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City. You will get a great feel for the agricultural life in the south of Vietnam, picking your fruit and vegetables from the expansive garden and being guided through the process of cooking with them by a talented chef. We step into the rich tapestry of Vietnam’s war history at the Cu Chi Tunnels, learning of how 60,000 people and 1,000 bombs coexisted for 20 years together underground. You will experience warm hospitality and witness the Vietnamese fighting spirit on this Cu Chi Tunnels & Cooking Class full-day tour. Reach out to Incredible Asia Journeys now to get the best deals!
Experience life on the legendary Mekong River on the Cai Be Floating Market Day Trip, a tour run by Incredible Asia Journeys from the hub of Ho Chi Minh City. The Mekong is an ancient river full of much activity and a huge diversity of life across its shores. At the delta where it exits into the South China Sea, Cai Be Floating Market has remained for about 300 years, changing little about its operations and keeping the attractive old way of life alive. This tour heads to the heart of the Cai Be Floating Market and the frenzy of shopping that ensues here every day. We also head to the two islands of Tan Phong and An Binh, both of which contribute to Tien Giang Province’s huge output of fruit via the orchards that make up a lot of the islands. We will see many examples of traditional handicrafts across the two islands, allowing time for you to purchase any genuine articles you might want to bring back as a souvenir. Join the Cai Be Floating Market Day Trip for the perfect glimpse of life in the breathtaking Mekong Delta.
Get lost in the hubbub of Cai Be Floating Market, where vendors and buyers meet on the Mekong River every day to do business in the emerging sunlight. Local rowing boats stocked to the brim with attractive produce descend on Cai Be at about 3 am every morning, setting up shop for a day of frantic activity, creating a wonderful scene with unlimited photo opportunities. Almost 300 years of history in Cai Be Floating Market remains unchanged and the Cai Be – Tan Phong Island Full Day tour, offered by Incredible Asia Journeys, will show you the wonders of this ancient market from the comfort of a private boat.This day trip from Ho Chi Minh City also shows you the natural and architectural wonders of a small part of the Mekong Delta. Cai Be lies in Tien Giang Province, a region packed with fruit orchards that constitute the most productive fruit-producing province in Vietnam. We will meander around these orchards, marveling at the sight of exotic fruits in their growing stages. A local host family will provide us with lunch as well as an insight into traditional Mekong Delta life.
Known as the ‘Gateway to the Mekong’, Ben Tre Province showcases the beauty of the famous Mekong Delta in the first 90km south of Ho Chi Minh City. The Ben Tre Mekong Delta Full Day Tour takes you to the languid backwaters of this stunning province, where verdant greenery fans out from the shores of the Mekong River and its tributaries. Relax on a local rowing boat as we drift serenely through placid waters lying beneath high-rising coconut trees; truly a picture of paradise.We will also visit the various handicraft villages around Ben Tre and witness the graft of workers and they make hundreds of objects out of the province’s iconic symbol, the coconut, as well as various other crafts like pottery and weaving. We see some of the fruit orchards for which the region gets its luxuriant affiliation with tropical fruit, as well as the thick jungle where many battles were fought during the American War. Contact Incredible Asia Journeys to see more information!
The resistance put up by the Vietnamese to the American troops and its allies during the Vietnam War was nothing short of remarkable, but it was the Battle of Long Tan where this fighting spirit was displayed by a small, but very brave regiment of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). The Long Tan – Nui Dat Battlefield One Day Tour takes you from Ho Chi Minh City to the site where 18 Australians and New Zealanders lost their lives in the claiming of well over 250 casualties from the Vietnamese side when ANZAC forces were outnumbered 20 to 1 in a blistering monsoon.We visit many historically important sites on the Long Tan – Nui Dat Battlefield One Day tour, including the Nui Dat Task Force Base, Horseshoe Hill, the Long Phuoc Tunnels, and the Discourtesy Rubber Plantation with its single, solemn cross commemorating the loss of all 18 ANZAC soldiers. Though this was Australia and New Zealand’s most successful battle during the war, where 108 soldiers fought off an onslaught by somewhere between 1,500 and 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers, it was also their most costly.This conclusive day tour from Ho Chi Minh City operated by Incredible Asia Journeys provides you with return transport from Saigon to Long Tan, including a tour of several of its sites and lunch in the town of Ba Ria.
Surrounded on three sides by the Cau River, Tho Ha Village is about 52km from Hanoi and is a dreamy destination with a proud trade at its heart. On the Tho Ha Village Half-Day Tour, a private guide from Incredible Asia Journeys will take you around the narrow alleys, open squares, and beautiful waterways of Tho Ha Village.Once a bustling trade town for gom sanh pottery fired with dry grass, a gradual decline of the trade saw Tho Ha reborn as a hub for the creation of rice paper, a staple ingredient used in quintessential Vietnamese dishes like spring rolls, crispy shrimp pancakes and lemongrass and pork rolls. Besides the trade, the ambiance of Tho Ha is reason enough to explore this quiet village in Bac Giang Province. Lacking any sort of bridge, Tho Ha is a local ferry ride away from the opposite banks of the Cau River, which gives wonderful views of the stacks of colorful plaster and terracotta brick houses. This half-day tour from Hanoi gives you the perfect morning in a serene village outside the chaos of the capital.
As fast as Hanoi’s urbanization is growing, the old, traditional way of life can still be seen in its outer suburbs and the artisan villages dotted around the Red River Delta. The Bat Trang Ceramic & Dong Ho Painting Villages Tour, offered by Incredible Asia Journeys, takes you to two of these traditional villages to see the age-old art of pottery-making and folk art painting. This day trip from Hanoi starts with a trip to Bat Trang, a village famous for its world-class ceramics that have been exported to East Asian countries since the village’s inception in the 15th century. We skirt the Duong River to the colorful commune of Dong Ho Folk Painting Village, where woodblocks print bright depictions of Vietnamese life onto durable paper in the same way they have been doing since the 16th century. We finish with an idyllic Vietnamese scene of banyan trees and ancient architecture at But Thap Pagoda.
The Van Long – Kenh Ga Floating Village tour takes you to the wonderful northern Ninh Binh Province, home of outstanding limestone mountains separated by rows of rice paddies and winding waterways. Incredible Asia Journeys are proud to take you on this day tour from Hanoi focusing on the beautiful sites of Van Long Nature Reserve and Kenh Ga Floating Village. We will take two boat trips along the calm waters of Ninh Binh, the first across a section of the 3,500 hectares of unblemished Van Long marshland, followed by the second along the Kenh Ga canal, passing boat houses and bobbing fishing vessels to a mineral-rich hot spring.
