Southern Vietnam Culinary Tour

 SAIGON CITY – CAO DAI – CU CHI TUNNEL – MEKONG DELTA ( 5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS )

Code tour: Vietnam Culinary Tour 03
Start City: Saigon City / End City: Saigon City
Highlight of trip: Saigon cooking class, Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, Remnant War Museum, China Town and Thien Hau pagoda, Cao Dai Temple, Cu Chi Tunnels, Mekong Delta tour in My Tho

Tour Itinerary:

Day 1 : Arrive in Saigon ( D )
Welcome at Tan Son Nhat airport, transfer to hotel for check-in. Rest of the day is free at your leisure or you walk around for shopping. Enjoy dinner and stay overnight in Saigon.

Day 2: Saigon Cooking Class – City Tour ( B,L )
After breakfast, we join a cooking class to learn how to make Vietnamese cuisine. After lunch, you will take a half day tour of Saigon including Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, Remnant War Museum, China Town and Thien Hau pagoda. Overnight in Saigon.
  
Day 3: Saigon – Cao Dai Temple – Cu Chi Tunnels ( B,L )
Depart to Cao Dai Temple to see the ornate temple of Caodaism and join the fantastic mid-day service when the followers fill the hall wearing colored robes, a symbol of the extra combination of the Confucianism, Christianity, Taoism and Buddhism. After lunch, you will visit Cu Chi Tunnels and then return to Saigon for an overnight stay.

Day 4: Saigon – Mekong Delta ( B,L )
Today, we drive to the delta town of Ben Tre, the closest one from Saigon and one of the most highlighted Vietnam Tours that impresses visitors. You will board a small boat to start touring a region known as Vietnam’s rice bowl. Your boat arrives at an artisan factory where workers process coconuts by separating their oil, flesh and husks to be used in products like matting and candy. Learn how it all works. Continue your cruise along the Mekong River. After lunch take in the river scenery as you return to Ben Tre and then back to Saigon in late afternoon. Overnight in Saigon.

Day 5: Saigon Departure ( B )
Free at leisure until transfer to airport for your flight home and trip ends here