Saigon Night Motorbike Tour with Local Food Tasting
Four hours riding through Saigon's working neighborhoods and markets, eating what locals eat
A four-hour evening motorbike tour of Saigon departing at 5:30pm, where you ride behind an English-speaking guide through District 1, District 7 and District 4, stopping to eat fish noodle soup at a local restaurant, visit the flower market, see the Thuan Kieu Plaza apartments, drink tropical fruit smoothies at a floating market, and walk the food street in District 4. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included for guests in Districts 1, 3, 4, 5 and 10. The meeting point is Saigon Opera House for all others. Dinner, helmet, rain poncho and accident insurance are included.
Step-by-step itinerary
Evening Saigon motorbike tour
- Pick up from hotel at 5:30pm
- Visit Thich Quang Duc statue
- Try Hue noodle soup at local restaurant
- Explore historical 1986 working-class building
- Visit Saigon's largest flower market
- Admire Thuan Kieu Plaza ghost apartment
- Observe city views in District 2
- Visit floating market in District 4, drink coconut juice
- Walk food street in District 4, try Banh mi
- Return to hotel
What’s included
- Dinner (fish noodle soup, tropical fruit smoothies, and street food).
- high-quality open-faced helmet.
- rain poncho if needed.
- accident insurance.
- English-speaking guide.
- free hotel pickup and drop-off for guests in Districts 1, 3, 4, 5 and 10.
Times
- Every day 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30
Before you book
Operated by Saigon On Motorbike
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The experience
The tour starts at 5:30pm with pickup from your hotel (or the Opera House if you're staying outside the free pickup zones). Your guide rides ahead on a motorbike while you ride behind on a second bike, both equipped with high-quality open-faced helmets and rain ponchos if the weather turns. The first stop is a local restaurant where you eat fish noodle soup, a dish famous among residents and visitors alike. From there you move through a historical building from 1986 to see how working-class families live in these older neighborhoods.
Next comes the flower market: Saigon's largest, where blooms from the Mekong Delta fill the stalls. You'll walk through the trading hub and see the scale of what moves through here daily. Then you head to Thuan Kieu Plaza, an abandoned apartment complex with vacant rooms and a strange, creepy atmosphere that feels like stepping into a different world. The architecture and emptiness create something you won't find in the polished districts.
District 7 shows you the modern, wealthy side of the city. Then you cross into District 4, which sits like a small island surrounded by the Saigon River. At the floating market, you drink tropical fruit smoothies and talk with the boat vendors who sell products from the Mekong Delta. This is how they make their living. On the way back, you walk through the food street in District 4, where residents from across Vietnam have settled and opened stalls. You'll eat banh mi, the Vietnamese sandwich that's everywhere and nowhere quite the same. Your guide takes you back to your hotel.
Is this one for you?You ride as a passenger behind your guide, not on your own bike, so this works for anyone who wants to see the city's neighborhoods and markets without navigating the traffic themselves. The four-hour evening timing means you start after the heat of the day and finish with dinner, which suits travelers who want to eat where locals do rather than in a tourist restaurant.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (5 to 9 years); Infant (under 5).
What's the Thuan Kieu Plaza that's on this tour?
Thuan Kieu Plaza is an abandoned apartment complex in Saigon with vacant rooms and a creepy, mysterious atmosphere. Visitors walk through the empty blocks to see the unique architecture and get a sense of a world that feels frozen and strange.
Do I ride my own motorbike or ride behind the guide?
You ride behind your English-speaking guide on a separate motorbike. The guide leads the route and handles the navigation while you sit as a passenger on your own bike.
What food do I actually eat on this tour?
You eat fish noodle soup at a local restaurant early in the tour, drink tropical fruit smoothies at the floating market in District 4, and walk through the food street where you can buy and eat banh mi and other Vietnamese dishes from local vendors.
Does the tour include pickup from my hotel?
Free hotel pickup and drop-off are included if you're staying in Districts 1, 3, 4, 5 or 10. If you're in other districts, you arrange your own transport to the meeting point at Saigon Opera House and arrive 15 minutes early.
What happens if it rains during the tour?
Rain ponchos are provided if needed, so you stay dry while riding. The tour runs in the evening, so weather can change, but you're equipped for it.
Saigon Night Motorbike Tour with Local Food Tasting
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