Xin Chao and welcome to evocative Saigon, known officially as Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, a Topas representative will welcome you before heading to the heart of the city to your cozy accommodation for the next few days.

Enjoy the day at leisure exploring Ho Chi Minh City on your own.

Included meals: N/A
Distance and activities: 45’ drive

Start your discovery of Ho Chi Minh City with a morning sightseeing tour, starting at the Reunification Palace and pausing at the old Post Office and Notre Dame Cathedral, two still-working colonial masterpieces.  Then, browse the exhibits at the War Remnants Museum, paying respect to the sobering recent tragedies and the fighting spirit of the Vietnamese to rebuild their society.

Lunch at Bloom Saigon, a vocational training restaurant working to empower disadvantaged youth in Ho Chi Minh City by providing culinary training. The food is a mix of traditional Vietnamese and Asian fusion, served in a big French Colonial Villa.

The afternoon is at leisure for you to discover Ho Chi Minh City on your own until sunset, when it’s time to discover the city the way the locals do, on the back of a scooter! Your trusty driver will zip you down tiny alleys and wide boulevards flanked by skyscrapers to show you the Saigon few travelers get to see. Sample delicious street food dishes as you pass major tourist attractions, getting to know Vietnam in style.

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Distance and activities: 3h sightseeing tour – 4h motorbike food tour

Board your speedboat this morning and jet out of Ho Chi Minh City into the jungles and stilted houses of the surrounding region. After a 60’ ride, grab a bicycle and cycle through small communities on quiet back roads, trails, and paths. Along the way to lunch, you’ll see rice paper makers and farmers tilling the land.

After a local lunch, arrive to the Cu Chi tunnels, a vital network of 200km of underground passages, chambers, and living quarters from the Second Indochinese War set outside of the city. This fascinating piece of Vietnam’s history helps visitors to understand the conditions of the war and the incredible odds the Vietnamese were against.

Return to Ho Chi Minh City by van, free to discover the city on your own.

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch 
Distance and activities: 1h speedboat transfer – 27km cycling – 1.5h transfer

After breakfast, transfer by private car to Nam Cat Tien National Park, 180km north of Ho Chi Minh City and one of eight UNESCO biosphere reserves in the country. Arrive to Nam Cat Tien just in time for lunch served at your lodge, a longhouse made out of bamboo in the traditional style of the S’Tieng and Ma People, local minority groups in the area.

Stretch your legs with an afternoon mountain biking tour through the jungles of Nam Cat Tien, keeping your eyes open for gibbons and crocodiles. Then, head back to the lodge for dinner and a traditional dance and music performance by the local ethnic minorities, the Ma and Tay.

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Distance and activities: 3h transfer – 26km mountain biking 

Wake up to the sounds of the jungle and fill up on breakfast before joining a 4-hour challenging trek to Green Hill. After enjoying a packed lunch, return to Ta Lai Village for an afternoon at leisure to enjoy the surroundings of the lodge.

Option activities include kayaking by the hour or visiting the Animal Rescue Center within the park to see the rehabilitation process for monkeys and bears. If you’re feeling especially brave, travel by jeep to Crocodile Lake, home to 200 crocodiles!

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 
Distance and Activities: 10km trek

Leave Nam Cat Tien behind and head back to Ho Chi Minh City for your transfer to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for onward booked travel.

Included meals: Breakfast 
Distance and Activities: 3h drive