Saigon has tons of things to do including tourist attractions, hidden places, and great local foods on main roads and back alleyways. Do you believe we can do all of them within a few hours on a motorbike? Private Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike is a perfect choice to maximize your view, knowledge, and time. Let’s enjoy the city in a different way by having a fun ride around 7 districts, visiting must-see attractions like other tourists, seeing unseen gems which are missed by most tourists, and tasting amazing specialty foods.
Highlights of Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike
Many districts, authentic markets, special streets, tourist attractions, mysterious old buildings…
Must-see attractions in Ho Chi Minh City
- Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica
- Saigon Central Post Office
- Ben Thanh Market
- War Remnants Museum
- Independence Palace
- China Town
- Binh Tay Market
- Thien Hau Temple
- Cha Tam Church
Foods
4 stops, 4 specialty foods, learn how to cook foods
- Vietnamese bread or Savory sticky rice
- Grilled Banana with Coconut Milk – a bit sweet and salty of tropical fruits and coconut milk sauce
- Vietnamese Pancake & Rice noodles with fried roll
- Special Vietnamese coffee
Hidden parts
- Venerable Thich Quang Duc Monument
- Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment buildings since the 1960s
- Cambodian market
- Ho Thi Ky – Saigon’s biggest flower market
- Fruit and vegetable market
- Motorbike accessories market
- Lantern market, fabric market
- Pet market
- Medicine market
- Fashion street, book street, painting street
- Ghost building
- Stilt houses in slum areas on channels
Drinks
- Visit an over 80-year-old cafe hidden in an alley & interact with the nice host & learn how to brew the unique Vot coffee
Information of Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike
Price $34 USD $40 -10% off
- Child from 3 to 5 years (sit on the same motorbike with one adult): 50% off
- Child from 6 to 9 years: 30% off
Start time At your wish, 8:00 AM recommeded
Duration 4 hours
Payment method
- Pay in advance or at the end of the tour in USD or VND cash. We accept
Inclusion
- Travel insurance, high-quality helmet
- Free hotel pickup and drop off in Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 10. Extra fee $3 USD if out of listed districts.
- Bottle of mineral water
- English speaking guide
- Motorbike, fuel, rain poncho (if needed)
- Foods & special Vietnamese coffee
- Pictures from your tour (emailed later)
- Free cancellation
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Memory of Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike
Itinerary of Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike
Our talented guide with the motorbike picks you up at your hotel (or any location requested by you). After a short riding instruction and program introduction, we hop on the motorbike. The guide makes sure you are ok on the motorbike before weaving around the main streets and narrow alleyways to see the city.
Firstly, Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike will stop at tourist attractions in District 1 including Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon Central Post Office where you admire the beauty of old French architectural works, learn more about history and culture, take the most beautiful photos in the city. A lovely book street next to the post office is worth wandering.
Leaving the post office, Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike will pass by Independence Palace, War Remnants Museum, and Venerable Thich Quang Duc Monument. We will tell you some less-known history and stories about the monk and his unburned heart.
Head to District 3 and a Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment buildings which were built in the 1960s and have been home to lots of Saigon people. There you can see the real Saigon local life.
Before reaching the coffee shop, we stop at one of Saigon’s Top 3 Banh mi shops, see how they make a great Vietnamese sandwich with crispy crust and amazing fillings. Although Vietnamese sandwiches can be eaten at many places in the country, Banh mi in Saigon is very special and worth trying.
Then Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike will drive to a small street food stall which is over 20 years old to learn how they wrap and grill one of top Saigon street foods – Grilled banana & sticky rice in banana leaves with coconut milk.
It is a big chance to stop at Cheo Leo cafe – an 80-year coffee shop hidden in an alley and famous for its distinct “Vot” coffee. There you sit around a table, take a rest, enjoy the drink, eat Vietnamese bread, Grilled banana with coconut milk, and chat leisurely with the guide as a friend like locals. You also learn how to make a cup of “Vot” coffee and interact with the nice owner of the coffee shop.
Then Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike will head to District 10 and stop at Ho Thi Ky flower market – a huge wholesale flower market and Cambodian market hidden in alleyways of Ho Thi Ky Street. There you have a chance to see thousands of colorful flowers, fresh vegetables, live animals, and many strange things.
After wandering the hustle and bustle markets, we zip through District 5, 6, 11 to explore Cho Lon (or China Town) which is home to most of the Chinese people in Ho Chi Minh City. Then Saigon Sightseeing & Food Tour by Motorbike will stop to visit the famous attractions in Saigon China Town: Binh Tay Market – one of the biggest wholesale markets in the city.
After that, Saigon Sightseeing & Food Tour by Motorbike will drive around hidden parts including fashion street, painting street, medicine street, electronic market, fabric market, lantern market, fruit market, bird market gives you an insider view of the hidden city which is missed on normal city tours by car/bus.
Escaping from the noisy and busy streets, Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike will head to Thien Hau Temple to listen to mysterious stories, learn more about the unique architecture and religious life. Then we drive along Saigon channels and show you stilt houses and slum area, the scene shows a sharp contrast between rich and poor live in the city.
On the way to District 1, Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike will stop to eat again 🙂 at an over 20-year-old restaurant known as Top 5 Places to eat Vietnamese pancake in Saigon. The guide shows you how the cook makes thin, large, and crispy pancakes skillfully, how to wrap the cake in vegetables and eat. There we also enjoy Rice noodles with grilled pork/fried roll – a specialty food of the city.
Lastly, the guide returns you to your hotel after passing by Ben Thanh Market. It is time to say goodbye, the Private Saigon Sightseeing and Food Tour by Motorbike ends but memories last forever.
You are welcomed to customize the Saigon Sightseeing & Food Tour by Motorbike program (change the foods or routes) at your wish because this is a private tour. We can accommodate all food allergies, dietary restrictions, and vegetarians. Let us know your idea when you book the tour. You can also request a female or male guide for your tour.
