One hour cyclo tour around Saigon
Description
From your pick-up point, join Xích Lô Tours for a fun cyclo ride across the undiscovered highlights of Saigon. ‘Xich lo’ or cyclo is a traditional transport in Saigon that is being left behind by sharp urbanization. Nowadays, it is a reminicence of the past. Hopping on your very own cyclos, you will be joining some 8 millions scooters of Saigon and get a premium 360 degree view of its traffic. Please note that the tour only includes private cyclo ride and non English-speaking drivers.
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Itinerary
A special square for youngsters to hang out. Packed with thousands of coffee shops and tea houses on both sides. In Vietnam, siblings normally share rooms so they prefer going to these places for some privacy.
Ben Thanh Market, literally means 'market by the wharf citadel', dated back to the 17th century. It was formally built in 1914. You can find anything in here!
The second highest skyscraper in Saigon. Covered by 6000 individual sheets of glasses gives it an impressive look from afar.
Built in 1963 as the home and office of South Vietnam president. In 1975 it witnessed the end of Vietnam war when North Vietnam struck its main gates (you can still see the tanks nowadays).
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(44)
This was slightly too long but a nice easy ride to see where places are and orientate ourselves on our first day in Ho Chi Minh.
Great experience riding round city seeing all the sights, friendly guides very informative recommended
It's definitely an adventure. These guys have a strength & endurance that is unmatched. It was fun to be in the Saigon streets.
It was lovely to get to see what Hanoi had to offer as well as experiencing the lovely company of our drivers
Hi Cleo, thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the tour with us
There was 3 of us girls. We enjoyed seeing the sites on bike . We had fun doing it and it was so cheap . Definitely worth doing .
Hi Gina, thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the tour with us
Was pretty especially as it got dark. Relaxing drive. Gave the drivers 100,000 dong to split and they didn’t even say thankyou or acknowledge receiving a tip which we thought was very rude and disrespectful
Hi Jake, thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the tour with us. We apologize for the rudeness of the drivers toward the tip you gave and will work with them on this.
Fun, relaxing and safe. The traffic was not a problem. A cool way to see the city. They actually picked us up at our hotel. Bring sunscreen and plenty of water.
Hi David, thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed the tour with us
Skilled rider in the traffic, the scary, scary traffic! Saw so much more than if I had followed a self guided walking tour - different pick up and drop off points made it easy for me to explore different neighborhoods at either end of the tour too!
Hi Julie, thank you so much for your review, we are glad you enjoy the tour with us
A good fun way for a family to experience the city and the crazy Saigon roads without having to put kids on motorbikes! It's worth taking water and asking for the umbrella to be put up if needed as you're in the hot sun for long spells. The drivers were friendly and very Vietnamese in a good way.
we chose to do a one-hour family visit by cyclo (for 5 adults). The cyclomen were on time at 11:00 a.m. and showed us around the different sites and took photos. Then, they passed in front of Notre Dame de Saigon under construction and stopped at the Saigon post office (break stop) for us to visit. Beautiful building preserved from the colonial era and still in operation. The cyclomen were very kind and accommodating. Then they took us to visit a pagoda (off the circuit) and offered to have a drink to to the hot weather. We also paid for them a drink and I had drawn their attention that the fixed hour had passed. Our one-hour tour of the city, punctuated by sightseeing stops and a drink break, ended at 1:00 p.m. At our request to finish the tour, the cyclomen asked us for 1,000,000 dong each for pedaling! (A total of 5,000,000 dong for the 5 of them). We obviously refused, saying that it was in bad faith. It’s a shame because they were very friendly. We paid 250,000 dong each for the extra hour even though they cycled for barely 1 hour in total! ( 1,250,000 dong for the 5 of them). Advice, before starting the tour, remind them to respect 1 hour and WITHOUT visiting outside the circuit but only to take photos. Some people always take advantage of the sympathy of tourists, it’s really shame !
Hi Julie, I am very sorry for the bad experience you had with the cyclo drivers. However, I believe this is not a booking with us as: - Our one-hour tour DOES NOT include any stops or drinks at all. In the attached itinerary, we only start from the Opera house then END THE TOUR at the central post office (not a break stop as you mentioned in the review). - We stop working for the whole July and only re-opened since August, and there is no booking with 5 pax since. I belive the cyclo drivers you were with are scams and they give Saigon cyclo a bad image. Our business are doing our best for fixed price cyclos without scam in Ho Chi Minh city. Could you remove the review that was falsely attributed to us?
