Cu Chi, Mekong Delta & Ho Chi Minh City Private Tour from Port
Choose your own route: tunnels, waterways or city streets, all in one private day
Private tour from any Ho Chi Minh City cruise port where you pick one destination (Cu Chi Tunnels, Mekong Delta, or downtown Ho Chi Minh City) with an English-speaking guide, lunch, and 10 hours of transport and access included. The Cu Chi option walks the underground network where Viet Cong fighters lived during the war; the Mekong option cruises narrow canals through rice-growing villages; the city option covers the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office.
Options for this experience
3 optionsStep-by-step itinerary
Private tour from cruise port
- Pick up from cruise port
- Travel in private vehicle
- Visit Ho Chi Minh City sites
- Explore Cu Chi Tunnels
- Enjoy Mekong Delta boat ride
- Cu Chi Tunnels Entry included 3h
- Mekong Delta 3h
What’s included
- Pickup and drop-off from your cruise port.
- English-speaking tour guide for the full day.
- bottled water.
- Vietnamese lunch with a vegetarian option available.
- private vehicle transport to and from your chosen destination.
Times
- Every day 08:00
Before you book
Operated by Viet Nam Adventure Tours JSC
Prices and times updated 12 days ago
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The experience
You choose which destination suits your interests when you book. The Cu Chi Tunnels tour takes you underground through the vast network that served as living quarters, storage and field hospitals during the Vietnam War: a physical reminder of the conflict's scale and the resilience required to survive it. The Mekong Delta option moves by private vehicle west of the city, then by sampan through narrow canals lined with coconut palms, passing through villages where daily life still centers on the water and the rice paddies that feed much of Vietnam. The Ho Chi Minh City option stays in the capital, visiting the Reunification Palace with its preserved rooms and the North Vietnamese tanks that broke through in 1975, then stopping at Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office, both built during the French colonial period.
Pickup happens at your cruise port in the morning, and you travel in a private vehicle with an English-speaking guide for the full 10 hours. Lunch is Vietnamese and included. A vegetarian option is available if you request it when booking. The guide handles the route and the stops, so you move at a set pace rather than setting your own. Water is provided throughout the day, and you return to the port by late afternoon.
Is this one for you?You choose which destination appeals to you (history and wartime sites, rural waterways and village life, or colonial architecture in the city center), so the tour fits your interests rather than a fixed itinerary. The private vehicle and guide mean you travel as your own group, not mixed with strangers, and the 10-hour commitment works for a full port day when your ship is docked overnight or departs late.
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Top questions
What is inside the Cu Chi Tunnels and what do visitors actually do there?
The Cu Chi Tunnels are an underground network that stretches for miles beneath the countryside northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong used them as communication routes, weapon and food storage, living quarters, and field hospitals. Visitors walk through the preserved tunnels to see how fighters lived and worked underground, and a shooting range is available on-site if you want to try it.
How does the Mekong Delta tour work if most of it is by water?
The Mekong Delta tour begins with a private vehicle ride west from Ho Chi Minh City to the Delta region. Once there, you transfer to a sampan, a traditional narrow boat, and cruise through canals lined with coconut palms, passing through rural villages where people live on the water. The region produces over a third of Vietnam's food and the landscape is a maze of rivers and lush fields.
Which tour option works best if I only have a few hours before my ship departs?
All three options take the full 10 hours from pickup to drop-off, so none fits a short window. If your port time is limited, you may want to check whether shorter tours are available separately, or plan this tour for a port day with a late evening departure.
Does the guide stay with the group the whole time, or do I explore on my own?
The English-speaking guide leads the tour throughout the day, controlling the route and the stops. This is a guided experience, not a self-guided one, so the pace and the itinerary are set rather than flexible.
Cu Chi, Mekong Delta & Ho Chi Minh City Private Tour from Port
10h · EN · at your hotel
from US$ 229 per person
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