South Viet Nam Birthday Trip

Vietnam | Nov 1 - Nov 10, 2023

My girl friend and I celebrated turning 70 and 75 with a vacation to South Viet Nam. We happened upon the website for Kimkim and liked the itenarary. It included a variety of locations and activities in each. The variety of siteseeing, walking and hiking, bike riding, and time on boats gave us a real feel for the country. Out guides and drivers provided on-time pick-ups and interesting information. Our guides participated in our activities, too. This gave us a chance to constantly interact with a local. I highly recommend Kimkim for first-time travelers to Viet Nam.

Hotel Reviews

National Park Guest room

All of our accommodations were fine.

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Phu Quoc Eco Beach

Lovely cottage overlooking the ocean. Nice massages, too!

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Walk to town, nice scenery.

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West Can Tho hotel

Can Tho

Very nice accommodations. Nice massages there, too!

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Close to ocean, walk to town.

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Vinh Long homestay

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Sunrise Central Hotel

Ho Chi Minh City

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Close to activities, comfortable room.

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Activity Reviews

Cat Tien National Park - transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city

Vietnam

Our hike was long as we got just over half way and had to turn around due to deep mud on the path. We saw gibbons and tracks of several animals.

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Can Tho - Cai Rang Floating Market - Speed boat to Phu Quoc

Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh City - Cat Tien National Park

Vietnam

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Lol

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Vinh Long - Can Tho (Cycling)

Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh City - Vinh Long - Cycling

Ho Chi Minh City

We cut our bicycle trip short as the terrain was difficult to ride on. But we enjoyed the time we rode.

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HCM City - Cu Chi tunnels

Ho Chi Minh City

This was probably the most memorable historical part of the trip. I was in college during the Viet Nam war so seeing this site was moving for me.

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Food

My being a vegetarian was accommodated everywhere we went! Thank you!

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