SAIGON · VIETNAM
Bowls, motorbikes and the slow boat south.
Cu Chi tunnels, Mekong sampans, street food on the back of a scooter, and the islands when you've earned the beach. Vietnam's loudest, fastest, brightest city — and everywhere you can reach from it in a day.
How the city moves
Three ways to see Saigon.
The Vespa, the night market and the morning walk. Pick the way you want the city to find you.
On two wheels
By Vespa.
Ride pillion through the lanes with someone who knows them. Food, sights, night markets — it's how the city actually moves.
See Vespa tours →When the neon starts
After Dark.
Street food at the night markets, dinner cruises on the river, and the city quieter and brighter at the same time.
See evening tours →On foot
By Day.
Markets, museums, French colonial blocks. Pho for breakfast, bun bo for lunch, the river at dusk.
See city tours →Where to start
If you've only got one day, this is it.
The tunnels are an hour and a half north. Most travellers go on day one — the war made small enough to fit your hand.
The classics
Saigon's Most Popular Tours
Cu Chi tunnels, Mekong sampans, street food walks. The tours every first-time visitor ends up booking.
Out of the city
From Saigon, you can…
Saigon is the launch pad. An hour north, the tunnels. Two hours south, the delta. Pick where you want day one of your trip to go.
By place
Pick a stretch of the south.
The city for the markets and motorbikes. The delta for the sampans and floating markets. Phu Quoc when you need a beach. Can Tho for the river at dawn.
By tour type
Or pick how you want to see it.
Scooter if you want to ride pillion through the lanes. Sampan if you want to drift through the channels. Walking food tours, Vespa nights, cooking classes, and the rest.
Bowl by bowl
The food, the way locals walk it.
Bánh mì for breakfast, bún bò for lunch, cóm tâm at the end of the night. Three guided routes we’d send a first-time eater on.
On two wheels
Saigon at scooter pace.
Riding pillion is how locals get around — and the only way to see the city without missing the alleyways. Our shortlist for first-time Vespa riders.
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