FULL-DAY CAN GIO - MONKEY ISLAND EXCURSION from HO CHI MINH CITY


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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Explore Vietnam’s UNESCO recognized mangrove forest reserve, in Ho Chi Minh City! Covering about 40 thousand hectares of planted and natural mangroves, this lush area is regarded as the “green lungs” of the city. Venture through its vastness on this tour, stopping off at a bird reserve, crocodile swamp and Monkey Island along the way.

Highlights:
- Travel by boat to Vam Sat Eco-Tourist Zone to take a peek at its natural bird reserve
- Check out some cute baby crocodiles and learn about their incubation at Crocodile Swamp
- Stop off at the bat lagoon before climbing to Tang Bong Tower to take in the panoramic beauty of the biosphere reserve below
- Look out for monkeys (there are thousands of them here!)
- Visit the war-time hiding place of the north Vietnam military - Vam Sat Zone


What's Included

Bottled drinking water

Canoe

English speaking guides (other languages available upon request with surcharge)

Lunch

Transfer and transportation as per itinerary

Travel insurance

What's Not Included

Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.

Tips and gratuities


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 10
  • ADULT: Age: 11 - 99

Additional Info

  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Maximum 1 child accompanied 1 adult, the 2nd child will pay the adult price.
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Depart for Dan Xay Bridge where we will take a boat or canoe to visit the natural bird reserve at Vam Sat Eco-Tourist Zone when the bird nesting is at its peak season (from May to October). Vam Sat Salt-Marsh Forest Ecological Tourist Zone is located within a section of forest between the Vam Sat and Long Tau Rivers that was destroyed during the Vietnam War, now is regrown and protected as a wilderness park. We will also visit the crocodile swamp. The tour will continue with a trip to the bat lagoon before beginning our venture up to Tang Bong Tower at a height of 26 meters to take in the panoramic beauty of the biosphere reserve below. After conquering the tower, we will have a delicious lunch at a local restaurant.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve
In the afternoon, we will depart for Forest Park (Monkey Island), where we will visit Can Gio Museum and Mangrove Forest Park Faun Conservation - filled with thousands of monkeys as well as saltwater crocodiles. After that, we will visit Mangrove Forest Ecosystem, which is useful in decreasing storm surge levels, reducing the height of waves and stabilizing sediments and Rung Sac Guerrilla Base, which represents a page of Vietnam history.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included






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