Ho Chi Minh City Walking Tour with Timeless Saigon Exhibition and VR

Explore Ho Chi Minh City through a photography exhibition and VR war journeys, combined with an English guided walking tour of Saigon's history.

Getting started

Meet your English-speaking guide at the designated starting point in Ho Chi Minh City and join your selected format, either the English Group Guided Tour or the English Private Guided Tour. After a short introduction and overview of the route, you set off on foot to begin your guided walking tour. Your first focus is how Saigon evolved from 1945 to the present day.

What to expect

Timeless Saigon photography exhibition

This experience begins indoors as you travel through time in Ho Chi Minh City from 1945 to the present day. The photography exhibition of Saigon's history sets the context for what you will later encounter on the streets outside.

Features

• You move through a curated photography exhibition of Saigon's history, seeing images that trace the city from wartime Saigon to modern Ho Chi Minh City and highlight its post-war transformation.
• Entry to this photography exhibition of Saigon's history is included as part of your group or private tour in English, so your guide can use specific photos to frame the Vietnam War and the years that followed.

VR war journeys to Cu Chi Tunnels and Can Gio Mangrove Forest

After exploring the exhibition, you continue into the immersive section of the experience. Here, VR headsets place you inside key Vietnam War locations without leaving the city.

Features

• The VR war experience includes VR war journeys to Cu Chi Tunnels and Can Gio Mangrove Forest, allowing you to see what these battlegrounds and landscapes were like during the conflict.
• Access to these VR war journeys to Cu Chi and Can Gio is part of your tour, with your guide linking what you see in VR to the broader Vietnam War history you are learning about.

Guided walking tour of historical landmarks

Once the indoor components are complete, you head outside for the guided walking tour. The route connects the stories and visuals you have just encountered with real city streets and sites.

Features

• Your guided walking tour is led in English and focuses on historical landmark exploration, so you can match what you saw in the photography exhibition to buildings and streets in present-day Ho Chi Minh City.
• Throughout the walk, local storytelling on Vietnam War history helps you understand how different locations were affected and how the city changed in the post-war period.

Nguyen Hue Walking Street and surrounding area

The walk includes time on Nguyen Hue Walking Street, one of the key locations mentioned in the experience highlights. This area brings together everyday city life and important touchpoints from Saigon's past.

Features

• Along Nguyen Hue Walking Street, you observe how this central promenade reflects Ho Chi Minh City's transformation since 1945, while your guide points out surrounding historical landmarks that connect to the war and post-war years.
• A visit to Nguyen Hue Walking Street and nearby historical landmarks is included in both the English Group Guided Tour and the English Private Guided Tour formats, so you can choose between a shared or more tailored experience while keeping the same core route and inclusions.