Explore the exotic swath of land outside of Ho Chi Minh City in a secure way with this luxury speedboat excursion up the Saigon River. Get acquainted with various villages to see what rural life is like outside of the city that locals still call Saigon. Hop off the boat and do some wandering by foot, as you discover the untrammeled side of Vietnam. Visit Phu Chau Floating Temple, where your guide will share details about the local religious beliefs and practices.
Posted By : 512sallyr
Visiting the Floating Dragon Temple and Binh Quoi Village was a highlight of our few days in Saigon. Our guide was really knowledgeable, not only of the Temple, but of Saigon and Vietnam generally and spoke great English. Spending a few hours on the water also gave a different perspective of Saigon. I highly recommend this tour. Thanks for a great morning!
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Posted On : 2024-04-24 05:55:16 
Posted By : Maps12365368511
We went with Rambo, he was very nice and talkative and answered our questions well. The dragon temple was very nice. The village was also beautiful. There was not much fruit but the drinking coconut was good!
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Posted On : 2024-03-17 09:32:30
Posted By : rjp739
Greatly enjoyed our trip up the river. Our guide, Chister, was very helpful, informative and good company.
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Posted On : 2024-01-20 02:19:59
Posted By : Trek574855
This proved to be a very nice 2 hour tour on the Saigon river. Mr Dung, our personal guide, was excellent, patiently explaining everything. We learnt so much about the Vietnam religion as well as life for the Vietnamese people living by the river, and even the history of Vietnam!
We ended up on the tour by chance, in that we missed the boat for another tour after getting lost in Saigon! We didn't have enough time left in Saigon to reschedule, and the tour operator was truly excellent in organising us onto our own private tour at short notice going above and beyond and with no extra charge. The service and care they gave us was outstanding and we would strongly recommend the tour organiser, whichever tour you choose.
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Posted On : 2023-04-24 08:24:10
Posted By : 679selinac
The Floating Dragon Temple is not your usual run of touristy stuff from HCMC, but I recommend it highly. It's a well-kept secret (first time I've heard of it in 5 visits to HCMC) and populated mostly by locals worshipping (might have been due to coronavirus concerns). The trip upriver is smelly, but that's what happens when you don't have environmental protection standards to rule river dumping. If you can think past your olfactory senses, it's an insight into the Vietnamese everyday. The garden tour of a 'reproduction' Mekong village was good because they'd reproduced the village and the tools using traditional techniques, which made it interesting.
My one disappointment was: we originally booked Saturday 3pm, but was told that they were moving us to a tour on Saturday 5pm because there weren't enough people. But the Saturday 5pm was not the Dragon Temple tour but another river tour, and we had to bow out of it, because what we wanted was the temple. Other than that disappointment of admin, the tour itself was excellent.
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Posted On : 2020-03-03 04:04:49
Posted By : angelnoooogen
The boat ride to the floating temple was nice. Floating temple was beautiful to see all the pottery pieces art work. The Binh Quoi Village was so cool especially seeing the rice paddy. Our tour guide Katie is very knowledgeable and was very helpful in answering questions and taking photos for us. Good English too if needed!
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Posted On : 2019-09-07 06:55:09
Posted By : trigabert
Great tour. Really enjoyable. Sunny was the best guide. Very helpful and excellent English. Would definitely recommend
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Posted On : 2019-09-02 05:55:41
Posted By : milliees
Great tour and the boat ride was very fun - a nice breeze :) ! Kate was a great guide and very informative!
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Posted On : 2019-08-24 23:55:52
Posted By : Nicolem12309
Sunny was outstanding. Truly enjoyed Chu Chi Tunnels and City tours. She was extremely knowledgeable, learned a lot but most importantly she was so pleasant and attentive to all of our needs. Would book her again, had a great time!
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Posted On : 2019-08-15 02:15:49
Posted By : Gibblepot
We headed a super time with the Saigon Tours speed boat team. 2 hrs was a very manageable time with our 15 month baby. Our tour guide Kate was so helpful and sweet. Thank you!
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Posted On : 2019-08-11 06:35:31
