We start our full day tour of Vietnam’s capital city at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday) and his nearby former residence. Continue visiting Vietnam’s first university, the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature. After lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Ethnology Museum (closed on Monday) where you can discover the diversity of Vietnam’s many ethnic groups.

Transfer back to the city centre for leisure walking tour around Hoang Kiem lake and its vicinity. There is free time at leisure for walking through the Old Quarter and shopping for souvenirs.

In the late afternoon, you will enjoy a traditional water puppet show. Back to your hotel at 17.00.

Remark: Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum closes from 08 September to 08 November for annual maintenance. 

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Fridays and Mondays and most museums are closed on Mondays.

*All visitors to the mausoleum are required to wear clothes covering your knees and shoulders. This applies to both men and women