Vietnam Tour - Good Morning Saigon

Good Morning Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City

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OVERVIEW

Wake up to the sounds of Asia with our Good Morning Saigon tour. This guided insider's Vietnam day trip takes you around Ho Chi Minh City in the morning hours when it is buzzing with local activity: watch the graceful movements of Tai Chi in the park, jostle with traders at the morning market and slurp down a bowl of pho, the country's favorite breakfast soup. Finish at a local coffee shop, the perfect place to people watch.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Your guide and driver will pick you up early at 0700 to catch the first rays of the sun and a chance to see Saigon waking up. The traffic is light at this hour and your local form of transport (an open style van with no air-con) will allow you to be fully immersed in the atmosphere of the city.

The first stop is 'Tao Dan Park' where locals practice their morning exercises - Tai Chi, aerobics and badminton. Stroll around the park to a small pagoda where you are likely to see locals performing daily prayers. Buddhism in Vietnam has had a symbiotic relationship with Taoism, Chinese spirituality as well as aspects of indigenous Vietnamese religion.

Continue to a local wet market where shoppers haggle over the fresh produce on offer. Wander through the stalls where vendors are selling everything from live seafood to dried meats, fresh seasonal vegetables and homeware goods.

Take a break for breakfast. Alongside the locals at Pho 24 Restaurant you will sample of bowl of Vietnam's national dish - pho noodle soup.

Finish up the morning with a café sua da in one of the city's busiest coffee houses. A legacy of the French, coffee houses are a poplar meeting spot for local students, the business set, artists and the trendsetters of the city - a great place to people watch!

Around 1000, transfer back to your hotel.

PRICING: in US Dollars per person
Rates are valid until 30 September 2012

NUMBER OF PEOPLE	1	2	3-6	7-10	11-14	15+
PRICE PER PERSON	81	43	31	24	23	22

Our services include:

Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
Tours and transfers by private local vehicle.
English or French speaking local guide
Entrance fees for all visits as mentioned in the itinerary

Our services do not include:

Vietnam visa arrangements (a visa to Vietnam is compulsory for most nationalities)
International and Domestic Flights (quoted separately )
Meals other than mentioned above.
Camera/video entrance fees
Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, drinks, tips, etc.)
Travel insurance (*)
Any service not mentioned above.