Ho Chi Minh City Hidden Cafes & Koi Fish Cafe Walking Tour With 2 Drinks

Your Experience

Explore Ho Chi Minh City's koi cafés and hidden gems on a guided walking tour with café-hopping included.

Getting started

Meet your expert English-speaking local guide at the designated starting point in Ho Chi Minh City. After a brief introduction and overview of the walking tour of Saigon landmarks, your group or private guided tour, depending on the option selected, sets off on foot. Your guide leads the way between stops and handles any entrance fees, if applicable, along the route.

What to expect

Saigon landmarks

Your experience unfolds as a walking tour of Saigon landmarks, using the city streets as a route between unique cafés. These stops sit within the urban fabric, so you get a sense of the city's everyday rhythm as you move from one highlight to the next.

Features

• As you walk between locations, the English-speaking local guide points out notable sights and neighbourhood details that many visitors overlook, turning the route itself into part of the discovery.

• Any entrance fees, if applicable, are covered so you can focus on the experience while your guide manages practicalities during this walking tour of Saigon landmarks.

• The format can be a group guided tour or a private guided tour with English-speaking guide, depending on the option you select at booking, so you can match the experience to your preferred level of interaction.

Oasis Café

One of your main stops is Oasis Café, a garden-style koi café tucked away from the main roads. It offers an enclosed pocket of greenery in contrast to the surrounding city.

Features

• At this hidden garden café with koi fish ponds and lush greenery, you can pause from walking and watch colourful koi fish glide through the water in a relaxed setting.

• Interact with colourful koi fish at this unique garden-style koi café, observing them up close around the ponds while you settle into the calm atmosphere.

• Your experience includes 1 of your 2 café drinks at Oasis Café, so you can choose a drink and enjoy it while taking photos or simply sitting by the koi ponds.

Hidden vintage book café

Another key stop is a hidden vintage book café, known for its distinctive design and quiet atmosphere. It contrasts with the garden stop by centering on books and indoor spaces.

Features

• Inside this hidden vintage book café with a transparent fish pond, you can see fish moving beneath clear surfaces while surrounded by shelves and décor.

• The transparent fish pond creates Instagrammable moments that most travellers never find, giving you the chance to capture photos that highlight both the pond and the café's vintage character.

• Your visit here includes the second of your 2 café drinks at the book café, letting you sit with a drink as your guide shares how cafés like this fit into Saigon's café-hopping lifestyle.

• With guidance from your English-speaking local guide, you explore this café as part of a broader look at Saigon's café-hopping lifestyle, seeing how locals use these spaces for conversation, work, or quiet time.

Wrapping up

Your guided route concludes after the final café stop, where your guide can help with directions for your onward plans. Since additional food and drinks, hotel pickup and drop-off, and personal expenses are excluded, you are free to continue exploring nearby on your own or make your way back using your preferred transport.