Saigon Night Motorbike Tour with Local Food Tasting

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Duration4h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

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

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.

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.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availableNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Saigon On Motorbike

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.