Saigon Insight Walk

Meal: not any | Accommodation: not included

13:00 – our guide meets up at your hotel. Let’s scratch beneath the surface of Ho Chi Minh City with an insightful walk to atmospheric markets, teeming alleys, and hidden relics… located off the tourist trail. We would start with 2 markets in Ho Thi Ky alleys which have been part of people living in Saigon for almost 40 years. While the Ho Thi Ky market is famous for the wholesales and retails of fresh flowers, the nearby Le Hong Phong market is for sellers who are mostly from Cambodia and sell foods that are specialties of this country.
Walk onwards, we’ll step into the labyrinth of small streets and narrow alleys that tourists rarely enter. See family-run businesses lining the street, learning how the city’s residents live in their tiny old apartment blocks… all are alive with food and chatter, creating a familiar sense of community that Vietnamese neighborhoods often have. En route, you’ll pass by a historic relic of Saigon’s wartime – the secret cellar where nearly three tones of weapons were kept during the Tet Offensive in 1968. 
This afternoon also includes some street food experience as this area is a rich variety of Vietnamese and Cambodian dishes on offer. From one street stall to the next; from a bowl of fish soup to a glass of milk tea; from a plate of crispy fried noodles to a cup of warm soy milk… sit alongside the locals, and sample some of these savory treats for an authentic taste of Southern delicacy. The trip ends at your hotel around 18:00.