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Ho Chi Minh City with Withlocals

"We had a great tour and experience with Hieu. He is very knowledgeable, his English is perfect, he was just terrific. Highly recommend this tour and Hieu! "

"We had a wonderful time taking our first steps around HCMC with Huyen. She was engaging, funny, deeply knowledgeable about the city, its history and Vietnamese culture. She made the tour feel very personalized, quickly understanding who we were and what we were interested in and providing us with brilliant anecdotes and stories about HCMC. She also dropped us off at a delicious restaurant to cap off the tour. I would strongly recommend this tour to anyone wanting an honest, entertaining and warm understanding of HMCM. "

"Thien is an amazing guide, pure and simple. We loved every minute of our tour. She tailored it perfectly for our group and was funny, engaging and just great company. We will definitely book again next time we’re in Ho Chi Minh City and can’t say enough good things about Thien…book one of her tours, you won’t regret it!"

"Spring was a fantastic guide and met our expectations perfectly. She was well organised throughout, from planning the meet up to getting us safely into a taxi to get back to our ship, making sure we understood how everything worked. She double checked our dietary allergies and likes/dislikes at the beginning of the tour, so we felt confident that there'd be no nasty surprises. Throughout the tour, Spring gave us useful information about the city, language and customs, as well as the food she introduced us to. We really felt she'd given us the knowledge and confidence to move away from the 'safe', predictable tourist eateries and look for the where the locals eat. We walked through the little alleyways, which was so interesting to see how people in Ho Chi Minh lived and ate at an array of restaurants, cafes and street stalls along the way. We loved trying a variety of exotic fruit at a market stall, many of which we'd never seen before. There were some delicious noodle dishes and amazing coffees but our favourite was the banana fritters from a family street stall. It's impossible to describe just how good the food was! Spring is friendly, considerate and so good at what she does that we would definitely ask her for another tour and recommend her to anyone wanting to experience the flavours of Ho Chi Minh. A truly memorable trip! "

"We did a half-day walking tour with Huyen in Saigon. It was a great experience to explore the city with her. She took us to special and interesting places off the beaten path. But what was most wonderful was her charming personality, her pleasantness and the way she explained things. I highly recommend touring with her."

"Huyen was extremely nice and very funny. She made us laugh and laugh the entire time and was very knowledgeable about everything. She even taught us some proper Vietnamese etiquette for public transit and even helped us be less accidentally offensive with our attempts at speaking Vietnamese. I would take a tour with her anywhere no matter what the place is."

"We had a private walking tour with Huyen for 5 hours to see the sights and do some food tasting in central Saigon. She was very knowledgeable about the city, its history and culture, and her English was excellent. This combined with her friendly and helpful personality made her the perfect guide for our time in in Saigon. We had a great time and I would highly recommend her for anyone who wants to have a great time seeing the city and learning about the culture."

"Great tour and she helped us negotiate pricing at the market! Loved every minute of it! "

"Thien was easy to connect with as soon as we hired her on with locals. She began messaging us and answering any questions we had regarding our travels in Vietnam. She met us at the airport, took us to our hotel and even made a stop at a local laundry to drop off our clothes. We had a city tour the first day of a Taoist temple, post office, book street and to a non tourist part of the city for the best pho. Before getting back to the hotel we made a stop for ban mi at a street food stand. The next day we went to the area called the US apartments , walked through the bustling markets where she helped us make some purchases and took us to a street side coffee shop recently reviewed in the New York Times where she knows the owner who gave us a private demonstration of her coffee making process. She arranged an excursion to the Mekong delta where we rode on a private boat through the delta to a coconut workshop for tea, fruit snack and a private musical performance and coconut candy tasting. Then on to a lovely open air restaurant right on the river for a lovely lunch. Thien arranged the day to locations where we were the only tourists. Then we continued on a rowboat to learn how to make rice paper wrappers. Next on to the tuk tuk to the home of an old woman who weaves fiber rugs where we were able to try weaving. The little children in the village came running to Thien for hugs and wanted to meet us . Our third day was to the cu chi tunnels. Thien has access to a non-tourist area. We saw the simulated village and how the people lived before the French and American soldiers came. I did not see any other tourists in the area. Then on to the tunnels . Again, Thien has access to tunnels where there are no other people. Just Thien and I and sometimes a park ranger guide through the tunnels. After a long drive back to the hotel Thien suggested a delicious restaurant near the hotel for our last night in Vietnam. Be sure to hire Thien. She is a smart woman with very strong opinions on life in current day Ho Chi Minh City. "

"Spring was a tremendous guide able to take us- a meat eater and a pescatarian - to a variety of spots to eat and taste a wide variety of dishes and drinks. Her English is excellent and she has a great sense of humour. We hadn't realised it was a private tour so that was an unexpected bonus. She answered all our questions and we felt that we ate till we were full to bursting and learned a lot about life in Vietnam. Afterwards she sent us the list of places we'd visited so were able to revisit our favourites at our leisure. It was good to venture into District 3 and explore a less touristy area too. We thoroughly recommend this tour for the start of your stay in Vietnam."