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Sai Gon River in Ho Chi Minh City: Tours, Photo & Map

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Saigon River Guide

Overview

The Saigon River is a tributary of the Dong Nai River, the Saigon River originates from the low hills, with a relative altitude of about 150m, located in Loc Ninh district, Binh Phuoc province, and then flows through the middle of the natural boundary. between Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh provinces, passing Dau Tieng lake, continuing through Binh Duong province, is the boundary between Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh city, merging with Dong Nai river into Dong Nai river system, flowing into the sea. The upstream of the river flows north-south, the middle and downstream of the river flow in the northwest-southeast direction .. Saigon River is 256 km long, and flows along with the territory of Ho Chi Minh City about 80 km, with river flow. the average volume is about 54 m³ / s, the width in the city is about 225 to 370 m, the depth is up to 20 m, and the catchment area is over 5,000 km².

Dau Tieng Lake was built to regulate the flow, limit floods, and saline intrusion downstream, and provide water to Tay Ninh, the northwest area of Ho Chi Minh City, and Long An. Dau Tieng Lake blocked the flow from June 24, 1984, affecting the natural flow of the Saigon River.

Flow:

  • Binh Phuoc (Loc Ninh, Hon Quan) in the east and Tay Ninh (Tan Chau, Duong Minh Chau) in the west;
  • Binh Duong (Dau Tieng, Ben Cat, Thu Dau Mot, Thuan An) in the east and Tay Ninh (Trang Bang), Ho Chi Minh City (Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, District 12) in the west;
  • Thu Duc, District 9, District 2 in the east and District 12, Go, Vap, Binh Thanh, District 1, District 4, and District 7 in the west.

The Saigon River meets the Dong Nai River at the junction between District 2, District 7, and Nhon Trach (Dong Nai).

Tributary

  • Thi Tin River (also called Thi Tinh): originating from Lai Uyen, Bau Bang, flowing north-south through Ben Cat town to Binh Duong city. Thi Tin confluence with the Saigon River in Tan An, Thu Dau Mot.
  • Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe canal
Saigon River Tours;
  •  Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi Tunnels tour by Speed Boat: 1/2 day;
  • Ho Chi Minh City to Mekong River tour by speed boat: 1 day;
  • Ho Chi Minh City tour to Mekong Delta: 2,3 days and stay on cruises;
  • Saigon River Cruise for lunch, dinner, and party on cruises

Saigon River & Ho Chi Minh City tours

Day 01

Welcome to Vietnam & Ho Chi Minh city arrival

  • Arrival Ho Chi Minh city
  • Our guide and driver – Impress Travel Team will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.
  • Free leisure time

What is included today: Transfer, tour guide, hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Day 02

Ho Chi Minh City tour & Cu Chi Tunnels (B,L)

  • Visit the most attractive places in Ho Chi Minh City: The Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, The Reunification Palace, The War Remnants Museum, Ben Thanh market.
  • Have lunch, then transfer to visit Cu Chi Tunnels. First, we watch a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also, on display are various mantraps, the remains of an American tank and numerous bomb craters made by 500-pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers. For those interested, there’s even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range
 
What is included today: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fees, hotel in Ho Chi Minh City 

Day 03

Ho Chi Minh city – Mekong delta – Can Tho (B, L)

  • A two hour’s drive from Ho Chi Minh city to My Tho
  • Taking a sampan cruise along the tributaries of the Mekong River for a close-up view of local life.
  • Wandering through Islands and orchards where you can taste some of the huge variety of tropical fruits and listening to traditional music.
  • Having a local lunch then riding a bicycle around the local village. Taking a sampan back to the harbor for the 2 hour drive to Can Tho city
  • Checking in to our hotel and then the evening is free to enjoy at your leisure.

What is included today: Transfer, tour guide, hotel in Can Tho, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee (s), boat trip in My Tho,

Day 04

Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh city (B, L)

  • We start the boat trip before 08:00 am otherwise we may not see the busiest and most exciting time on the floating market. We will take a boat trip and explore the vibrant floating market of Cai Rang, where the way of trading is unique; each boat usually sells one particular item, whether it be pumpkins, pineapples or sugar canes, etc.
  • We lunch at a local restaurant on the way back to Saigon via My Tho

What is included: Transfer, tour guide, hotel in Ho Chi Minh, hotel breakfast, lunch, entrance fee(s), boat trip in Can Tho

Day 05

HO CHI MINH– FAREWELL ( B )

  • Enjoy your time at leisure.
  • You will be transferred to the Ho Chi Minh city airport via your scheduled flight back home or continue seeing other cities in Vietnam.
  • We hope you enjoyed your trip and see you again!
What is included: hotel breakfast, English speaking tour guide, private A/C transfer, hotel accommodation – check out before 12:00 mid-day

What’s included in this trip:

  • Accommodation based on Twin/Double sharing room, ( notice: a single room is surcharged following single supplement policy/ all room night including daily hotel breakfast.
  • All the meals as mentioned in the detailed itinerary
  • Entrance Fee to visit attractive places are mentioned as itinerary
  • Private Car/Van/Bus with air-conditioned and good experienced driver.
  • Boat trip in My Tho
  • Experienced English speaking tour guides as specified ( French-speaking guide/ Chinese speaking guide are available on request )
  • Complimentary drink water and Tissue on Van/Bus/Van as mentioned on itinerary

  • International Ticket Fare with insurance surcharge and Fuel surcharge
  • Arport tax.
  • Visa Fees & Travels insurance
  • Porter Charges & Camera Fees.
  • Meals (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner) do not mentioned as in this itinerary
  • Tipping for Tour guides, Bus driver, Crew
  • Members in Halong Bay, Boat/ Cruise drivers and if other attendants.
  • Other personal expenses such as beverages, telephone calls, laundry services, Minibar, etc….
  • Other services are not specifically mentioned in the tour Itinerary and the above Inclusion

Vietnam Travel Map: 15 Days

Ranana

You feel like organized tour, but you are in a privet tour. Impress Travel make the different.

We went on a private trip to Vietnam and Cambodia, the whole trip plan was organized for us by the Impress Travel Company from Vietnam, the company did an amazing job, the whole trip was organized in a wonderful way with an amazing match between the various parties, their choices were correct and the quality of the hotels chosen were very high quality and it is important to note that the price was low in comparison To other agencies, thanks to Impress Travel and especially to Daniel who was tolerant and open to changes and organized the route for us.

Ebrahim

Tour of Vietnam

Impress travel were amazing. Did my bookings with Daniel for our tour of Vietnam and I must say Daniel was very professional and prompt with his services. All the arrangement, plans, pick-up & drop-off services, hotels, vehicles, sightseeing tours and guides were spot on and excellent. Did 4 nights Hanoi, 1 night Hà Long Bay cruise, 3 nights Hoian, 4 nights Saigon and 1 night in Can Tho. It was totally awesome. Every part of the journey was superbly arranged and planned. I will highly recommend Impress Travel for anyone interested in visiting Vietnam. Very organized and reliable!

Solly Pochee

The tour was fantastic

I booked with Impress Travel in July. My contact person was Tommy Thang. He is an amazing person. He was very helpful. He changed my program twice for me. Very accommodating!
We started our holiday in the north (Sapa)of Vietnam and travelled down to HCMC.
The tour was fantastic, Tommy's arrangements were to the"T".
I will always use them if I have to visit the area again and recommend them to one and all.
Thank you once again Mr.Tommy and the Impress Team.
Sulaiman Pochee

Bernard Lim

Great value for money with 4 stars hotel

Great value for money with 4 stars hotel accommodation for 4 couples. The tour guide has been very helpful and brought us to amazing places in Sapa. We want to thanks Thuy the tour guide and especially Mark from Impress Travel for his great service and assurance throughout our trip. We’ll definitely use his service for other tour packages in other parts of Vietnam.

Derek.Schooling

We enjoyed our holiday with Impress travel

This is the second time we travel to Vietnam with IMPRESS Travel. First time, we booked our holiday to Hanoi, Halong Bay & Sapa during Dec 2018 with Impress.
Second time, we travel to Hoi An, Hue & Danang (Central Vietnam) during Jan 2019.

My friends & I are very glad & happy with all the hotels stay in Central Vietnam, the meals provided are delicious. We are greatly appreciated with all the tour arrangement by Tommy & his team (tour guide).
Especially, Mr. NHAT C.V. He is helpful, cheerful, knowledgeable and very professional. He always volunteer to take a nice pictures for six of us (group) .

We enjoyed our holiday with Impress travel. We will definitely come back to Vietnam again with Impress

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