Booking fee
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
We will meet you at your accommodation with warm greeting, put on helmet, instruct you on safety notice and start our adventure:
1. LOCAL WET MARKET: walk around the market to see how people sell and buy their groceries and fresh ingredients for their meals.
2. OLD APARTMENT AREA: we will walk deep to the alleys and places that people live and make money for their life.
3. TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS PAGODA: then will visit a great designed pagoda by dragons and ten thousand Buddha.
4. MONUMENT OF THE MONK WHO BURNED HIMSELF TO DEATH: The story of a hero
5. LOCAL LIFE THROUGH THE BACK ALLEYS
7. COLORFUL WHOLE FLOWER MARKET
8. LOCAL COFFEE SHOP (day tour) or FOOD EATERIES (night tour)
*For the night option: We will do sight seeing in the local places and also do some food tastings in street food area hidden in the back alleys serving the best foods in town. 3 best street foods and 2 drinks are included in our price.
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Light refreshments: Tropical fruit juice
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private tour
Use of helmet
Vietnamese coffee
Fuel surcharge
Transport by private vehicle
Gratuities
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
We offer free pick up in District 1,3, 4 and 5. Small extra pick up fee of 120.000VND (5USD) per person will be applied for the other districts. You will pay when you meet our guide.
Please give us address of your hotel.
Saigon Back Alley Tours, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam After warm greeting with our friendly guide, we will put on your helmet. then start the adventure.
Our first stop is at a hero monument – the monk Thich Quang Duc who burnt himself during the Vietnam War. You will learn more about the history of the city and the very hard time of the local people during the war.
Next is the time to explore the local life, you may be the only tourists there. We will walk together through Old Apartment Area – beautiful old part of the town and the colorful wholesale Flower Market, get refreshed with local sugarcane juice or a fresh coconut. Your guide will explain for you about local life and how people lives, has fun and makes a living.
Continue your adventure by motorbike through the back alley of Saigon through District 10, 5 and 4, see and learn more about local life through the slum area, and wet markets.
We next go to visit District 5, a part of the china town. on our motorbike you will see the markets and local life of a strong community and neighborhood connection. After stopping at a pagoda, You will be amazed when you see the most beautiful Buddha pagoda in town with ten thousand Buddha statues and beautiful detailed design.
The last stop is at a local coffee shop, the guide will introduce you the art to make the best coffee in the world – Vietnamese coffee. You will enjoy the best Vietnamese coffee while getting to know more about each other, our life as local university students and yours.
Hightlights:
• Old Apartment Area,
• Wholesale Flower market,
• Local wet market
• Thich Quang Duc monument – the famous here burning monk
• Amazing alleyway system of the city.
• Try the best Vietnamese coffee
• Thousand Buddha pagoda.
*For the night option: We will do sight seeing in the local places and also do some food tastings in street food area hidden in the back alleys serving the best foods in town. 3 best street foods and 2 drinks are included in our price. 180 minutes
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Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
We offer free pick up in District 1,3,4 and 5. and small extra pick up fee of 120.000VND (5USD) per person will be applied for the other districts. You will pay when you meet our guide.
This tour is only for guest weight less than 120kg (270lb). If you are 100-120kg (220-270lb) please let me know after booking.
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.
alanamK6095MU
04 Apr 2025
Had such an amazing night the tour was amazing and the two tour guides were fantastic. We saw lots of the city that we hadn’t seen before and had great food
whibr1964
31 Mar 2025
Paul and Tun were wonderful. I felt very safe riding with them. They were happy to talk about Vietnam and their lives. The food was great and very filling. I had a wonderful time.
Lindy M
27 Mar 2025
Nhu, Than & Quan were so much fun as our guides. Very informative with Vietnam history. Great English. Fantastic food tasting & wonderful sightseeing on the evening tour. 5 stars ????
This tour in
Ho Chi Minh City
is organized by
Saigon Back Alley Tours
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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