Discover Saigon Main Sights by Walking

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

From $32.22

Price varies by group size

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

3 to 4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Between street vendors, zooming motorbikes, and the scent of food stalls, Saigon is a city meant to be explored in the open air. You’ll see its most beloved highlights on this walking tour, following your guide from the War Remnants Museum—you’ll actually go inside—to the Reunification Palace, Notre-Dame Cathedral, and more. You’ll also stop to experience authentic Vietnamese coffee, an integral part of the Saigon experience.

Easy meetup with your guide at the Saigon Opera House
See Independence Palace, Book Street, and beyond
Your English-speaking guide provides tips, insight, and recommendations for your visit
Limited to 10 travelers, you'll get a fun, small-group experience

What's Included

All Fees and Taxes
Private transportation

Coffee and/or Tea

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

War Remnants Museum
Phường 6, Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
Please meet us at the main gate - Vo Van Tan gate.

Pickup point

War Remnants Museum
Phường 6, Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
Our first stop is the War Remnants Museum. We'll meet here and guests will have their time to experience the story of Vietnam War before walking around the center area of the city

End point

Ho Chi Minh City Book Street
Đường Nguyễn Văn Bình, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
The ending point is right at the city centre.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

4.5

62 reviews

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A memorable day

Mandy_P, Jan 2024

Fabulous tour with Justin who was extremely knowledgeable, professional, helpful and friendly. He explained the history of his country and the significance of the buildings we visited and also the aspirations for the future of his country. He also helped us to cross the roads safely! Wonderful thank you.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you for your great review! Justin is one of our excellent tour guides and he definitely gave you the best time of your life. Hope to see you guys again real soon in Vietnam :)

HCMC Walking Tour

John_R, Jan 2024

I had a one on one tour with Kevin the guide. Kevin was knowledgeable and also listened to my questions and comments and provided keen on the War Remnants Museum, the Norte Dame Cathedral, and the Post Office. I highly recommend this tour to anyone and you will be lucky if Kevin is your guide.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you John! Hope to see you again real soon! Cheers mate ^^

Great experience

Chris_L, Nov 2023

Kevin did a great job teaching us about Ho Cho Minh’s past, present and future, and I really learned a lot! It was the perfect start to my time in the city.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you Chris! Really appreciate your time walking with Kevin and hope to see you again real soon!

Could have done this tour by myself.

Scott_S, Jun 2023

One of the ways I evaluate guided tours was how well I could have done it by myself. For this tour, I feel like I could have gotten most of the same experience if I did it myself and read the summary of each place we stopped from Wikipedia. We were to the War Remnants museum and were told we could go inside at our own place because all exhibits were in English. It is a big museum and it would have helped to have the guide show us the highlights. Other places we stopped were primarily facts recited about what we were seeing. We did have coffee at the end and had a good discussion of what it was like to live in Vietnam. This was the best part of the tour.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Dear Scott, thank you for your feedback! I would like to explain with the parts that did not meet your satisfaction about the tour as below: 1. The War Remnants Museum: Guests will have free time walking around inside the museum to experience the whole Vietnam War story by themselves. Then, of course, our tour guides always explain and provide the additional info that are not told inside the museum. We believe that by going through this process, guests will have more perspectives about the biggest war of our people in the past. 2. Most of the highlights we walk through, our tour guide will always provide both basic information and local story, which only locals know about the place. And yes, the local story gives guests more impression about the attraction. We thank you for your joining and walking with us. This review will help us improve much in the future about guests' experiences.

Nice morning tour of HCMC

Joseph_S, Mar 2023

This was a nice way to spend a morning seeing the highlights of Ho Chi Minh City. The tour guide was very friendly and personable, and gave good insight into the culture of Vietnam and the sights we saw (post office, Notre Dame, Presidential Palace).

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you Joseph for your positive review! We hope you had a great time in Vietnam and see you again real soon! Cheers ^^

Great way to know about the city's past and presence, with a wonderful guide

Abhirup_M, Mar 2023

It was a small group tour (only 4 people, including 3 from our family from India, and one lady from El Salvador), with a very amicable and knowledgeable guide Kevin. We started at the War Remnant museum, got to spend more than an hour. Within museum, it was self-guided, with Kevin adding his context at the end of the tour. The museum is very well curated, wasn’t crowded, and it was really a very absorbing experience. There was a special exhibition at ground floor also we could avail. As Kevin put it, the nation has chosen “to forgive, but not to forget”. Salute to the spirit! Next two stops - Reunification Palace and Notre-Dame Cathedral – didn’t take much time. Kevin told the Palace is a museum and very similar to the War Remnant museum. And the Cathedral seems to be under renovation for years now. It was a nice, leisurely walk through the core districts and the 23rd September park on a bright day in February, listening to the fascinating stories of Vietnam’s yesterday and today. Our next stop was at the world famous SaiGon post office. We got to spend about half an hour there, appreciating the architecture, watching the staff going about their work, also picking up a few beautiful souvenirs. Finally, Kevin got us to the book street, and treated us with complimentary coffee at the “Bookstore” café. After the group dispersed, we spent an hour at the book street, lapping up the nice ambience, and picking up a few books on Vietnam as well (there aren’t many English language books though). Overall, it was a well-organized and very balanced tour, not too hectic – doesn’t make you tired with too many stops or overwhelm with too many things to see. It was our last day in Vietnam, and the tour suited us well. Definitely recommend it!

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Dear Abhirup Mukherjee, this is a huge support from writing an awesome review for our unique experience where we gave our beloved guests an introduction about Ho Chi Minh city! Thank you so much and we hope to have another chance to be your local tour guide in the near future! Cheers ^^

History tour but felt short

CydyDiannel_P, Jan 2023

It was a great tour. Love that he gave me his own opinion about the history, and he shared his family personal experience during the war. It felt short, and we didn't go in the palace, though.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Dear Cydy, thank you for your honest review about our tour and its experience! In explaining the Palace stop, which the tour guide already told the group that we will come back to let you guys come visit inside so that guests will have more free time but there were no one requested after that. Again, we did let the guests come inside the Palace. However, thank you for your feedback and I will inform other future guests this notice clearer. Wish you everything best in life! Cheers

Amazing Experience

Drew_R, Jan 2023

My mom and I traveled from the USA to Vietnam and ended up booking a walking tour of Saigon with Kevin! He is trustworthy, knowledgeable and fun to talk to about life in Vietnam. We liked him so much we booked a street food tour with him as well. I will be giving his number to any friends who plan on seeing Saigon!

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Dear Drew, thank you so much for your beautiful review about the experience! Sharing the story about Saigon is my true happiness. I wish you and your mom everything best and hope to see you guys again real soon! Cheers girl ^^

Excellent Overview and Thoughtful Conversation

Paul_G, Dec 2022

Nice overview of historical center Saigon (aka Ho Chi Minh City) including a MUST SEE visit to War of Remembrance to set the perspective (albeit, slightly one-sided) for later conversation with the guide and further understanding of both Vietnam and Saigon. My guide, Dickies, was a very thoughtful, intelligent companion who conversed on many topics which culminated in our last stop - a coffee house in the well-known "book street".

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Thank you for your kind review! We wish you everything best in life and hope to see you real soon in the near future! Cheers ^^

Great experience

Xiao_Q, Nov 2022

It’s great fun to walk around HCMC and know the history behind it. Kevin is a great local host and very happy that I chose this tour.

Response from Host, Nov 2022

Thank you so much for your kind review! Wish you everything best in life and hope to see you travel back to Vietnam real soon! Cheers ^^

Excellent afternoon

Ben_L, Nov 2022

I can highly recommend this tour! Kevin was a very likeable, polite and well informed person! As I was on the tour on my own, he offered excellent customer service by picking me up from my hotel and taking us to the first stop, the War Remnants Museum, here kevin allowed to walk round the museum at my own leisure which was good as there was no rush! He then talk me on a walking trip through some other parts of the city to the Norte dame cathedral and the post office also, finally ending up for a coffee at the Ho Chi Minh Book street! He was very well informed about the city and also the Vietnam war! I highly recommend going on this tour of you are ever in Ho Chi Minh City and get a perspective from a local person! Top job, Kevin 👍🏻👍🏻

Response from Host, Nov 2022

Dear Ben, Thank you so much for your positive review! All I want is to bring you guys the background information about this city and show all of the perspectives of the Vietnam War story. I am really happy when you enjoyed it with me. I wish you everything best in life! Cheers ^^

Fascinating!

Vyoma_K, Sep 2022

Kevin is highly knowledgeable and super friendly. He gave interesting insights and continued to give recommendations for Saigon even after the tour. Would highly recommend!!

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Thank you Vyoma! Hope to see you again real soon in the near future ^^

Private guided Saigon walking tour

Richard_M, Feb 2020

Excellent walking / taxi tour.Very informative knowledgeable on time polite guide.Good pre tour communication and follow up.

Response from Host, Feb 2020

Dear Richard, Thank you so much for choosing our tour on your to-do-list while traveling in Ho Chi Minh city. Wish you guys all the best and hope to see you back here real soon. Cheers!