Travel to Vietnam

 Flying to Vietnam

The national airline is Vietnam Airlines (VN) (www.vietnamairlines.com) who run direct flights from London Gatwick to Hanoi. It is served by many airlines via nearby hubs, including Cathay Pacific (www.cathaypacific.com) and Thai International (www.thaiairways.com). Flights to Vietnam are at their most expensive around Christmas, New Year and Tet (January/February).

Air notes:

A new international terminal was opened at Ho Chi Minh City in 2007 but plans have already been approved for an out-of-town airport which will relegate Tan Son Nhat to domestic flights only.

Flight times:

From London to Hanoi takes approximately 17 hours and from Los Angeles 20 hours.

Departure tax:

Included in the price of the ticket.

Airport guides

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport

Airport Code: SGN. Location: The airport is located within the Hồ Chí Minh city limits, about 8km (5 miles) north of the…Money: ATM service and bureaux de change are available.Read more

Other airports in Vietnam

Noi Bai International Airport

Airport Code: HAN. Location: The airport is around 35km (21 miles) north of the city. Website: N/A.Public transport description: Vietnam Airlines operates a bus service into the city and its office on Quang Trung Street and there is a public bus to Kim Ma Bus Station. Metered taxis are also available.

 Travel by rail

It is possible to cross into Vietnam from China by rail from Beijing- Dong Dang-Hanoi and back. Contact Vietnam Railways (tel: (04) 3942 3949; www.vr.com.vn) for details.

A very useful number in Vietnam is 1080 where English-speaking operators can give information on timetables.

Driving to Vietnam

There are routes to China through Lang Son, Mong Cai and Lao Cai, to Cambodia through Moc Bai and Xaxia and also to Laosthrough Lao Bao, Nam Can, Na Meo, Tay Trang and Cau Trieu.

There is a regular bus service from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, operated by the Saigon Passenger Transport Company (tel: (08) 3920 3623; www.saigonbus.com.vn). There are bus services from Vientiane, Laos to Hanoi and Savannakhet, Laos to Hue and tickets for these must be bought in person from the bus station and neither journey is the most comfortable of rides. There are no buses travelling from China that cross into Vietnam. Passengers have to change buses at the border.

Getting to Vietnam by boat

The only international arrival point into Vietnam with a regular ferry service is Chau Doc in the Mekong Delta. There are daily speedboat ferries from Phnom Penh along the Mekong River taking 4.5 – 5 hours. Cruise ships call at Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Danang and Haiphong.

Blue Cruiser (tel: (08) 3926 0253; www.bluecruiser.com) operate a daily speedboat service between Chau Doc in the Mekong Delta and Phnom Penh. Guests of the Victoria Hotel in Chau Doc can use their daily service to Phnom Penh (tel: (076) 386 5010; www.victoriahotels-asia.com).

Cruise ships:

Cruise ships call at Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Danang and Haiphong.

Ferry operators:

Blue Cruiser (tel: (08) 3926 0253; www.bluecruiser.com) operate a daily speedboat service between Chau Doc in the Mekong Delta and Phnom Penh. Guests of the Victoria Hotel in Chau Doc can use their daily service to Phnom Penh (tel: (076) 386 5010; www.victoriahotels-asia.com).

River routes:

Travelling along the mighty Mekong River from Phnom Penh to Chau Doc is a very special way to arrive.

Introduction Of Mekong River Delta In Southern Vietnam

Don’t leave without seeing the Mekong Delta, one of Vietnam’s most interesting and scenic regions. An organized tour, even the most low-budget version, offers action-packed days with bus and boat trips to small craft villages, mangrove swamps, island orchards, and spectacular floating markets. A 1-day trip isn’t quite enough to fully delve into the delta, so plan on an overnight — best in the delta’s urban centers of Can Tho or Chau Doc near Cambodia (try to stay at the Victoria in either location).

The delta is a web of Mekong River waterways covering an area of about 60,000km (37,200 miles) across three provinces. The region is densely populated with 18 million souls, most engaged in farming and fishing. Called the “rice basket” of Vietnam, the Mekong Delta accounts for more than 50% of all rice and produce in the country, exporting between 4 million and 5 million tons of rice per year. The land is tessellated with bright green rice paddies, fruit orchards, sugar-cane fields, and vegetable gardens, and its waters stay busy with boats and fish farms. Rice production and harvest still involves water buffaloes instead of tractors, as well as backbreaking hand planting of rice shoots, weeding, and hand harvesting.

Impoverished under socialist agricultural programs, the region benefited greatly from the 1980s Doi Moi reforms, and rice paddies that once yielded just one crop now produce three crops per year, an important part of Vietnamese economic self-sufficiency.

The Mekong delta was a hotbed for Viet Cong guerillas during the war with the U.S., and some tours will take you to the vestiges of old Viet Cong hide-outs, complete with hideaway ambush holes and a ride among the mangrove swamp where stealth forces disappeared after raids in Saigon.

Original Mekong Eco tour 2 days overnight at homestay

Tour infomation

• Price From:$ 79
• Tour Length:Tour 2 days / 1 night
• Tour Type:Day trips
• Start From:Ho Chi Minh City
• Tour route:Ho Chi Minh – Ben Tre – Ham Luong – Cai Be

Daily Travel Company sincerely introduce you the Original Mekong Eco tour 2 days overnight at homestay as follows:

Trying a new experience at homestay with famer house in the original Mekong Deltal. Seeing the floating market. Sight-seeing  lively activities along river as fishing, water transferring. Wandering into the village for seeing local people make sleep mats, make bricks in handy, tasting a delicious coconut in orchard garden. Trying a new experience on “ tuk tuk” or “ xe loi” on shady paths, pass by green rice fields and vegetable plains to be able to touch on really life and find out about tropical culture from Peasants.

Itinerary details:

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh – Ben Tre – Ham Luong (L/D)

• At 08.00am, pick up at your hotel and leave Ho Chi Minh city for visiting Mekong Delta. On arrival in Hàm Luông Pier (Bến Tre town). Take a boat on Bến Tre river – one of tributaries of Mekong river, sight-seeing  lively activities along river as fishing, water transfering… Stop at brickwork to see how to make bricks in handy traditional style by printing and baking. Visit one of plenty of coconut processing workshops located along canal. Turn on natural scissors creeks where they look smaller and smaller to go to village. Take a walk to family workshop making sleepmats and enjoying some fruits and tea.
• Take a motor cart (xe lôi) or cycle riding under tree shades, pass by green rice fields and vegetable plains to be able to touch on realy life and find out  about tropical culture from Peasants.
• Lunch at Hai Hồ family.  Check in  accommodation.
• Time for taking a rest.
• In the afternoon – riding to Mr. Sau khanh’s house – seeing ancient porcelains collecting set. Help peasents planting, harvesting in the field.
• Joining cooking together with family, have dinner.
• Overnight in farmer house.

Day 2: Ham Luong – Cai Be floating market – Ho Chi Minh (B/L/_)

• Having breakfast at farmer house. Going to local market and seeing local temple on the way. Check out take a rowing – boat along water palm creek and boating along Cái Cối creek. Back to Pier. Meeting your driver and proceed to Cai Be.
• On arrival to Cai Be, set off by motor boat to visit the Cai Be floating market and watch the locals trading fruit and many other commodities on board their vessels. Visit a small family business to see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Then wander into the small villages to visit the orchard and fruit plantation, accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music.
• Keep cruising to a series of small canals to experience the charms of the Upper Mekong Delta. Arrive in Tan Phong island. Trekking around the village path with fruit orchards and bonsai garden. Meet the local islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong delta.
• 14h00. Return to Ho Chi Minh city.
• The tour ends at your hotel around 16.30.

Group size	2 pax	3 – 5  pax	6 – 8 pax	9 – 11 pax	12 – 15 pax
Cost in US$ per person	183	147	104	89	79

Tour price includes: 

• Private van for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program
• Cold mineral water on van (2 bottles/ pax/ day)
• English speaking tour guide
• Private boat trips in the Mekong Delta
• All entrance fees
• Tuk tuk or xe loi
• Home stay arrangement
• Meals as indicated in the tour program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)

Tour price excludes:

• Travel insurance
• Personal expenses.
• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program

Thank you for visiting our Original Mekong Eco tour 2 days overnight at homestay. We are looking forward to serving you.

Mekong Delta tour from Ho Chi Minh

Tour infomation

• Price From:$ 12
• Tour Length:Tour 1 day
• Tour Type:Day trips
• Start From:Ho Chi Minh City
• Tour route:Ho Chi Minh – My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho – Phnom Penh

Tour Packages in Vietnam sincerely introduce you the Mekong Delta tour from Ho Chi Minh as follows:

Take a handed paddles boat along the canals under the water coconut palm trees, taste seasonal fresh fruit in the orchards, see the lively floating markets in Can Tho, experience the “Monkey Bridge” in the Delta, Spend the night in the village with the local farmers. Visit the Bird Sanctuary in Tra Su, Visit the Sam Mountain and the caved pagoda, Contemplate the sunset over the Vietnamese – Cambodian Frontier, cruise up the Tonle Sap river through Vinh Xuong newly – opened border

Day 1:  Ho Chi Minh – My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho (L) 

• At 08.00am, depart for Mekong Delta.  Enjoy the scenic journey along the National Highway bordered by green rice fields. On arrival at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank. Proceed to Tortoise islet
• Have lunch in the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to An Khanh – a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shade of water coconut trees along natural canals. Have a short cycling tour (applied for private tour/if time permitted) then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, performed by the locals. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantations and villages. Proceed to Can Tho.
• Dinner on guest’s account.
• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho.

Day 2:  Cai Rang  Floating market – Chau Doc – Tra Su Sanctuary (B)

• Take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river (Bassac River), then proceed to Cai Rang floating markets (& Phong Dien is optional), which are the liveliest in the whole religion.
• Have you ever tasted Vietnamese vermicelli soup? Well, now go and see how it is made. Then wander around the village and meet the friendly local people and experience how to pass a “Monkey bridge” which is built by only one stem of bamboo. Visit the orchard garden.
• Stop for lunch. Proceed to Chau Doc, continue the tour to visit Tra Su, getting to the wild birds Sanctuary, cruising smoothly with small boats to discover the arrays of splendid canals deep into the forest, watching storks, cranes and other tropical birds, back to the Town, hotel check in.
• Dinner on guest’s account.
• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Chau Doc.

Day 3: Chau Doc – Phnom Penh (B) 

• After breakfast. Transfer to the ferry for boarding the speed boat to PhnomPenh.
• Arrive in Phnom Penh around 2.00 pm at the Sisowath tourist dock.
• End of your Mekong Delta Tour from Ho Chi Minh.

Include:

• A/c bus for transfer & sightseeing as per program.
• Boat trip in the Mekong delta.
• Express boat ticket Chaudoc – Phnompenh
• English speaking tour guide
• All entrance fees, fresh fruit and honey tea
• Meals as indicated in the program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
• Accommodation based on Twin/Double room share basis

Exclude:

• Travel insurance
• Cambodia entry visa (US$22/person)
• Other meals not mentioned in the program
• Personal expenses.

Note:

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

Thank you for visiting our Mekong Delta Tour from Ho Chi Minh. We are looking forward to serving you.

See more:

Mekong Delta 1 day tour My Tho – Ben Tre: price 12$

Mekong Delta Tour 2 days – Cai Rang floating market: price 24$

Mekong Delta 3 days tour and exit to Phnom Penh: price 69$

Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc Island 3 days tour

Tour infomation

• Price From:$ 130
• Tour Length:Tour 3 days / 2 nights
• Tour Type:Tour Packages
• Start From:Ho Chi Minh City
• Tour route:Ho Chi Minh – Ben Tre – Chau Doc, An Giang – Tra Su – Can Tho – Phu Quoc Island

Tour Packages in Vietnam sincerely introduce Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc Island 3 days tour as follows:

Take a motor cart (xe lôi) or bike on shady paths, pass by green rice fields and vegetable plains to be able to touch on really life and find out about tropical culture from Peasants. Visit Tra Su, getting to the wild birds Sanctuary, cruising smoothly with small boats to discover the arrays of splendid canals deep into the forest ,watching storks, cranes and other tropical birds. Visit Binh Thuy historic village, the floating market and wandering along Ninh Kieu port and go shopping at the night market.

Itinerary

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh – Ham Luong – Ben Tre –   Chau Doc (L)

• At 8.00 am, Leave Ho Chi Minh city for visiting Mekong Delta. On arrival in Hàm Luông Pier (Bến Tre town). Take a boat on Bến Tre river – one of tributaries of Mekong river, sight-seeing  lively activities along river as fishing, water transfering…Stop at brickwork to see how to make bricks in handy traditional style by printing and baking. Visit one of plenty of coconut processing workshops located along canal. Turn on natural scissors creeks where they look smaller and smaller to go to village. Take a walk to family workshop making sleepmats and enjoying some fruits and tea.
• Take a motor cart (xe lôi) or bike on shady paths, pass by green rice fields and vegetable plains to be able to touch on really life and find out about tropical culture from Peasants.
• Lunch at restaurant riverside.
• Afternoon –  Take rowing-boat along water palm creek. Then boat back to Hùng Vương Pier.
• Proceed to Chau Doc. Check in on arrival. Visit the Sam Mountain and the caved pagoda, enjoy the sunset over the Vietnamese-Cambodian Frontier.
• Dinner on guest’s account.
• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Chau Doc.

Day 2: Chau Doc – Tra Su Sanctuary bird – Can Tho (B/L/_)

• Breakfast at your hotel. Take a motor boat trip to see the floating fish farm and the floating village. Visit the local Cham minority village in their traditional weaving village.
• Continue the tour to visit Tra Su, getting to the wild birds Sanctuary, cruising smoothly with small boats to discover the arrays of splendid canals deep into the forest, watching storks, cranes and other tropical birds.
• Back to Chau Doc for Lunch.
• Depart for Can Tho, on the way visit Binh Thuy historic village. Leisure in the evening for wandering along Ninh Kieu port and go shopping at the night market.
• Dinner on guest’s account.
• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho.

Day 3: Can Tho – Cai Rang floating market (B/L/_)

• After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the Phong Dien floating market which is at its liveliest at this time of day. Keep cruising through the small channels system, stopping off to visit a rice noodle making village. Experience the “Monkey Bridge” in the Delta and the orchard garden.

Option 1:

• Return to Ho Chi Minh city.
• Stop for rest in Vinh Long and My Tho town.

Hotel grade	Cost in US$ per person
	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 8 pax	9 – 11pax	Single supplement
Two stars	490	273	228	168	130	27
Three stars	501	284	239	179	141	38
Four stars	582	365	320	260	222	118

Option 2:

• Proceed to Rach Gia for boarding the express boat to Phu Quoc Island (13.00 – 15.00).
• End service.

Hotel grade	Cost in US$ per person
	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 8 pax	9 – 11pax	Single supplement
Two stars	551	313	272	201	157	27
Three stars	562	324	282	212	168	38
Four stars	643	405	363	293	249	118

Tour price includes: 

• Private car /van for transfer & sightseeing as per program
• Boat ticket: Rach Gia – Phu Quoc (option 2)
• Cold mineral water on car (2 bottles/ pax/day)
• English speaking tour guide
• Private boat trips in the Mekong Delta
• All entrance fees
• Hotel accommodation based on two adults share a double / twin room
• Meals as indicated in the tour program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)

Tour price excludes:

• International flight to/from Vietnam
• International airport tax
• Vietnamese entry visa
• Travel insurance
• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program
• Personal expenses.

Thank you for visiting our Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc Island 3 days tour. We are looking forward to serving you.

Mekong Delta Vietnam – Ha Tien – Phu Quoc Island tour 3 days

Daily Travel Company sincerely introduce you the Mekong Delta Vietnam – Ha Tien – Phu Quoc Island tour 3 days as follows:

The trip starts from Ho Chi Minh city to Phu Quoc Island through the Mekong Delta, passing many rice fields, beautiful landscape along the river. Taking a hand rowed sampan under the shade of water coconut trees along natural canals and in Tra Su Sanctuary bird. Visit the stilt house and fish villages. Driven along the Vietnamese – Cambodian border to get to Ha Tien. Enjoy a nice express boat to Phu Quoc Island.

 

Itinerary:

 

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh  – My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho (L)

• At 08.00am, Leave Ho Chi Minh city, enjoy the scenic journey along the National Highway bordered by green rice fields. On arrival at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank.
• Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to An Khanh – a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shade of water coconut trees along natural canals. Have a short cycling tour (applied for private tour/if  time permitted) then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, performed by the locals. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantations and villages.
• Proceed to Can Tho.
• Dinner on guest’s account.
• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho

Day 2: Can Tho – Chau Doc – Tra Su Sanctuary (B/L/_)

• Take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river (Bassac River), then proceed to Cai Rang floating markets which are the liveliest in the whole religion.
• Have you ever tasted Vietnamese vermicelli soup? Well, now go and see how it is made. Then wander around the village and meet the friendly local people and experience how to pass a “Monkey bridge” which is built by only one stem of bamboo. Visit the orchard garden. Stop for lunch.
• Proceed to Chau Doc, continue the tour to visit Tra Su, getting to the wild birds Sanctuary, cruising smoothly with small boats to discover the arrays of splendid canals deep into the forest, watching storks, cranes and other tropical birds
• Back to the Town, hotel check in.
• Dinner on guest’s account.
• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Chau Doc (Standard room at Trung Nguyen hotel)

Day 3: Chau Doc – Ha Tien – Phu Quoc (B )

• After breakfast, visit the Sam Mountain,the Caved pagoda then take a nice boat trip through the floating village to visit a fish farm to see how the Mekong Delta people raise fish in their floating houses. Visit the Cham minority with their traditional weaving village, followed by a local Islamic Mosque.
• At 09.30 am, transfer to Ha Tien for boarding the express boat to Phu Quoc (13.00 – 15.00).
• End service.

Price: US$163/person

Tour price includes:

• A/c bus for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program
• Private car transfer Chau Doc – Ha Tien
• Express boat ticket: Ha Tien – Phu Quoc
• Escorted English speaking tour guide
• Entrance fees, boat trips in Mekong Delta
• Meals as indicated in the program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch)
• Hotel accommodation based on two people share a double/ twin room

Tour Price Excludes:

• Travel insurance
• Other meals not mentioned in the program
• Personal costs & tips

 Thank you for visiting our Mekong Delta Vietnam – Ha Tien – Phu Quoc Island tour 3 days. We are looking forward to serving you.