Motorbike Tour with Local Students: Explore Hidden Gems and Experience Sightseeing in Local Life

Embark on a thrilling motorbike tour with local students and explore hidden gems while experiencing the sights and sounds of local life. Discover bustling wet markets, old apartment areas, pagodas, and more. Choose between a day tour with a visit to a local coffee shop or a night tour with food tastings in hidden street food areas.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Saigon Back Alley Tours - After warm greeting with our friendly guide, we will put on your helmet. then start the adventure.
    Our first stop is at a hero monument – the monk Thich Quang Duc who burnt himself during the Vietnam War. You will learn more about the history of the city and the very hard time of the local people during the war.
    Next is…
What's Included
  • Tropical fruit juice refreshments
  • Complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Exclusive private tour experience
  • Safety with helmets provided
  • Authentic Vietnamese coffee
  • Fuel surcharges included
  • Travel comfortably in a private vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Upon greeting you warmly at your place of stay, we’ll ensure your safety with a helmet and brief you on safety precautions before venturing out on our excursion.
Our itinerary includes:

  1. LOCAL WET MARKET: Stroll through the bustling market scene, observing the local buying and selling of everyday groceries and fresh produce for culinary preparations….
Location
Saigon Back Alley Tours
200/25A Xom Chieu Street
Cancellation Policy

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

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Desireet608
Jan 15, 2025
Highly recommend!!! - This is the best tour we have done in Vietnam! Our guides Arch and Kayhla took us to non-touristy parts of the city, including a large old apartment complex, various markets and the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda. We learnt a lot about Vietnam's history, daily life and society. It was great fun to see the city from a local's perspective, including riding the typical scooters with our guides (we felt very safe). Thank you Arch and Kayhla! We had a great time.
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Nj415
Jan 10, 2025
Amazing night motorbike and food tour! - This tour was the highlight of our trip to Vietnam. My two teenager kids were a little scared about ridine a motorbike, but ended up having a great time. We had a private tour with four amazing students who were friendly, funny and engaging. We were shown HCM city and amazing views at night. Went through back alleys only available by bike or foot and got to try amazing food. Allergies were easily accomodated. I highly recommend this tour!!
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Nangfah2017
Jan 8, 2025
a beautiful page of history that reveals a little-known Saigon - Very interesting visit of little known places. Excellent explanations . we greatly appreciated our friendly and complementary student guides. We recommend
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Stevend8820
Jan 7, 2025
Awesome tour, friendly tour guides, great food, good vibes, - Kayla and Khai were awesome! They were flexible when we asked to possibly switch out one of the items in the itinerary and they were both extremely knowledgeable about Saigon and Vietnamese history. They took us to some great local hidden gems we definitely would've never found on our own and it was very easy to communicate with them as their English was fluent. Had a great time, thank you! A+ drivers too :)
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Sarah-katharina
Jan 6, 2025
A lot of fun in combination with seeing places which are far away from touristy crowds :) - It was great. I can recommend this for everyone who wants to see places which are far away from touristy crowds . Furthermore my guide was a perfect driver and had a lot of knowledge. All in all it was a lot of fun.
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N6660pbcristiang
Jan 6, 2025
Totally recommend - Great experience. We were feeling great with them. One of the most nicest experiences from Ho Chi Minh. Super authentic and also it helped to see some places that are not on the tourist maps
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Gw706
Jan 5, 2025
A fun way to experience the cuisine of Saigon - What a great time. Our students (Phuc and Jerry) were fantastic, helpful, friendly and good to share a laugh with. And then there was the food! The guys drove us around Ho Chi Minh City with the utmost of care taking us to some out of the way local eateries with amazing food. Highly recommended. A great way to support local restaurants and local university students.
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Sightsee02535349354
Jan 5, 2025
Great way to see the city! - This was a great way to get out of Ho Chi Minh City's touristy District 1 and explore other parts. We had two guides, Long 1 and Long 2 (yes, they were both named the same), who drove us around on motorbikes and gave us lots of insider information about the city. We tried a great street-side banana snack and coffee. We saw local houses and a Chinese temple/pagoda and had great conversations about Vietnamese culture and society. Both our guides were very interested in knowing about India too. We got a quintessential Vietnamese experience when it started raining in the last leg of our tour while we were still on the bikes! Our guides had ponchos ready for us though, and it was quite an experience riding in the rain. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone going to HCM City!
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Theresabz5219rk
Jan 5, 2025
We would book the trip again! - The experience with the local students was great. We've seen places we wouldn't have found on our own. We had a lot of fun. Riding a moped was also fun for us. Everyone was super friendly. Great little group.
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Fivegetoverexcited
Dec 31, 2024
Highly recommended, fun and informative tour - We had a fabulous morning exploring the hidden gems of Ho Chi Min with Mai and Kai. It was so much fun to see the city by scooter and we visited parts of Ho Chi Min that we would not have found on our own. We really enjoyed Mai and Kai’s company and learning more about their home. A must do experience!
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