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The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
As a non-profit club, we charge no service fee, you are only paying for the booking system and in need of covering the transportation fees, attraction entrance fees and meals.
Founded in 2006, Saigon Hotpot is a non-profit organization and voluntary student club committing to promote the beauty of Ho Chi Minh city by taking visitors on private walking street tours. We have accompanied friends from all around the world - from the US, the UK, Greece,... to Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong,...
At busy times, we can conduct more than 200 tours per month with top-notch quality service as all our guides spend at least 3 months in training. We peaked at TripAdvisor top 5 and remains one of the top choices for visitors ever since.
The tour is totally customizable to give you the most personalized experience. For further information as well as free booking, please visit our website.
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135 Đ. Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - City Option, including: The Independence Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon, Central Post Office, and many more.
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is the important economic, political, cultural and educational center of Vietnam. This city is a combination of modern and classic, skyscrapers and ancient architectures in the Western style which is associated with interesting stories of Vietnamese history.
What can be more interesting than having a tour around the city center in a fresh morning? With young and dynamic locals, fun facts and fantastic untold stories, we will unveil the history and the culture of Saigon through some of the most symbolic places of this 300-year-old city. 180 minutes
Chinatown (Cho Lon) - District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Chinatown Option, including: Ba Thien Hau Temple, Ong Bon Pagoda, Father tam Church, and many more.
“Chinese culture always has its own uniquely ancient vibe”
There is an existing downtown area in Saigon where Cantonese people predominantly resides. Taking a long ride from early morning or enjoying sunlight during the afternoon, Saigon Hotpot will blow your mind with many interesting facts, mysterious religious stories and legendary anecdotes among top destinations in Chinatown.
Also known as Cholon, China town covers a broad area, including District 5, part of District 11 and District 6 in Ho Chi Minh City. This place is now a significant commercial center of the Chinese in Ho Chi Minh City which still preserves the precious values of culture, religion and architecture dating back thousands of years. The pipe-shaped tiled roofs in Chinatown streets combining with typical Chinese architectures feature a unique classic beauty. 180 minutes
District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Inside Out Option, including: Cheo Leo / Do Phu Cafes, The Secret Weapon Cellar, Tan Dinh (pink) Church, and many more.
Is this the first, the second or the x time you have been to Ho Chi Minh city, or as many people intimately call “Saigon”? It does not matter how many times you have visited this city, because it still has a lot more to offer. From the perspective of local student, we would like to be your partners from little alleys to corners of the streets to discover the hidden historic building and unique cuisine that creates the “true” Saigon. 180 minutes
District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Night Food Option, including: Ho Thi Ky Flower Market, Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment buildings, with special local dishes.
Saigon is most definitely a magical place for your taste buds. The street food here is diverse with specialties from the North to the South of Vietnam. Various dishes come from the flexible combination of fresh ingredients, delicious spices and processing methods, which varies between different regions. Join us on a tour and you will have the chance to dive into local life in bustling alleys packed with food vendors who have spent decades perfecting their special dishes, see the whole process of preparing a dish and experience Saigon’s history and culture through its foods. 180 minutes
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Mark D
13 Apr 2023
We did our half-day tour which covered the Presidential Palace, Notre Dame basilica (which was unfortunately covered over with renovations), and the old post office building. Linh, our guide, was a delight, knowledgable and helpful and spoke excellent English. She is an excellent representative for the organization. (She also had a terrific recommendation for a Saigon coconut milk coffee!)
We were very pleased to be able to help Linh with her already strong English language skills and find and support this not-for-profit organization with a donation.
W2916LVnancyc
10 Apr 2023
My husband and I enjoyed our city walking tour with Tuyet on 29th March in HCMC. Tuyet speaks good English so we had no issue understanding her. She answered our questions with her best ability and if she didn't know the answer she would say she doesn't know. It was good to see that the student guides are keen to continuous improve the guide material for any additional information they learn herself during the tour. For example, as my husband is an electrical engineer, he was able to explain thoroughly how the telecommunication machines work in the bunker at the Independence Place. Tuyet immediately said she would add this info to the guide material so all other student guides would be able to use for future tours. We learned a few things about Vietnamese culture and Saigon. Thank you.
leonardil292
07 Apr 2023
Ho chi minh city, private walk, specially district 1
Stay around backpacker area, pham ngu lao ward, there are, huge park (many sport activities since morning and afternoon), cafes, restoes, stalls, travel agents, massages, also night walking street, walk distance interesting places in ho chi minh city, such as, ben thanh market, local wet market, independence palace, reunion palace, notre dame cathedral, vietnam history museum, ho chi minh statue, etc ....
This tour in
Ho Chi Minh City
is organized by
Saigon Hotpot
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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