Explore Saigon Unseen, Hidden Gems, & Adventurous Sightseeing By Scooter
Great to meet you, I am Ben. I founded the local guide team in Ho Chi Minh city with knowledgeable and passionate co-hosts Daniel, Bob, Emmie, Den, Lily, Urri, Hani, and others who are well-trained. We are university students who are from rural areas Vietnam and come to Ho Chi Minh City to study at the university. Our interest is that we like to show people around our city and share our perspectives and stories. We know the hidden gems and have a very deep passion and love for our city, which we like to share. Each local guide comes from a different rural area Vietnam with a different background. With difficult life in rural areas, we all embrace big dreams and are ambitious when we come to Ho Chi Minh City to find opportunities to change our life. We are so grateful to our guests who have chosen us and given us opportunities to be your local guide to show you the best things about our country's life, food, culture, and history. This amazing job gives us a lot of opportunities to learn English, get money to pay for school fees, and meet a lot of people around the world to share and exchange our culture, and learn from our guests as well. We keep up the excellent service and appreciation for our guests! That’s why we are very proud of receiving the reward, “Certificate Of Excellence 2023” issued by Trip Advisor, and Guruwalk. Absolutely! Maintaining that sense of authenticity is key to ensuring that our guests have a memorable and enjoyable experience. It’s clear that you value the personal connection and the feeling of spending time with friends rather than just going on a typical organized tour. Great experiences for our guests are never accomplished by one person but by a team. Thanks for our team’s dedication to providing exceptional hospitality. Why choose us? 1. Our slogan is "SATISFACTION - WE LIVE IT. YOU'LL LOVE IT" 2. We are local guides with knowledge, passion, and personal perspectives 3. Connect: Warmly welcome guests, turning strangers into friends
Pickup
Because the tour is by SCOOTER, so we can pick you up at your hotel address as long as it is in a central area like districts 1, 3, or 4. Otherwise, we will meet at the meeting place, Saigon Opera House. After you book, please send us your hotel address to pick you up.
Description
If Saigon is known for one thing, it's swarms of buzzing motorbikes. Riding a scooter in Saigon can be a thrilling and immersive experience, allowing you to navigate the bustling streets and uniquely discover the city. It's an adventure that allows you to fully immerse yourself in the vibrant life of this dynamic city.
Here is the highlight of what you will do with me.
We will explore many local districts in 3,5 hours.
1. The Pink Church ( Best Nice Spot For stunning photos)
2. Thich Quang Duc Monument
3. The oldest apartments of communists
4. Drinking coffee at one of the oldest coffee shops ( cost 1$) - Optional
5. The Biggest Flower Market
6. The Wet and street food market ( cambodia market )
7. Trying a delicacy dish. ( cost 1,5$) - Optinal
8. Visiting Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
9. Saigon River Views
This is Itinerary
1. After picking you up at your hotel address, we'll hit the road and drive to the first stop the Pink Church for the most stunning pictures, and then we will drive you you to district 3, learning untold stories about the burning monk. You will be blessed with one of the most fascinating Thich Quang Duc monk monuments.
2. Then you might get slightly thirsty right, we catch our breath by drinking coffee at one of the oldest coffee shops opening for 80-year-old family businesses, and you will see the most traditional way to make coffee.
3. Next thing we hop on the bike again to drive along Hoang Sa River and go to the D10, to visit the most significant flower and outdoor street food markets, sample some snacks, and local drinks - a shot of local rice wine or sugar cane juice.
4. Next stop, explore the communists of old apartments in the past. We drive you through Ghettos Buildings and small alleyways to feel closer to local life in Saigon before arriving at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery.
5. Last stop, we drive you along Saigon River, we drive you to the other of the urban area so you will have an overlook of an amazing view of the whole city.
NOTE: I want to confirm that the tour is by SCOOTER, not walking. The tour lasts 4 hours, not including food and coffee as stated in my description. I can pick you up at your hotel address in central districts 1,3, or 4. Other local districts, you will meet us at the meeting place, Saigon Opera House.
Because this tour is by SCOOTER , so we will have 2 options for you:
First option: The rented scooter fee is 7$ USD = 180,000 VND per scooter, you drive it by yourself, you need to get scooter international license, you will be responsible for accidents, broken scooters, or anything happens on the tour, I don't cover insurance for this. This option is group tour, we need 5 guests to start. You must know how to drive the scooter well and confident with driving in this traffic. After the tour 4 hours, if you don't want to return the scooter, you can keep it as long as in 24 hours, it is a price you rent the scooter in a day.
Second option: We will be your drivers & tour guides, you will sit behind our scooters, each tour guide drives each guest, including insurance for your accidents. This option is a private tour, so I can even conduct the tour with 1 guest. I will be your driver and tour guide who are spoken English very well, at each stop, we will visit and tell you the history and untold stories.
(if you can not do the first option, you can consider choosing second option or choose other walking tours if you feel it inconvenient)