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Full-day tour in Ho Chi Minh City, taking in Black Virgin Mountain and Cao Dai Temple. Run by Saigon Homies Tour, booked direct rather than through a reseller.
Highlights
- Black Virgin Mountain
- Cao Dai Temple
- Runs 12 hours
- Free pick-up and drop off in district 1
- Air-conditioned transportation throughout the trip
- English-speaking professional tour guide (Surcharge for other languages)
Black Virgin Mount And Cao Dai Temple 1 Day Trip From HCM in Ho Chi Minh City: Key Facts
| Price | From $88.32 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | 12 hours |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Guided Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
Full description
This is a 12-hour experience from Ho Chi Minh City, built around Black Virgin Mountain and Cao Dai Temple. It is run by Saigon Homies Tour, an operator we book with directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can hold your place with them before we treat your booking as final.
Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples sit side by side across Japan and the etiquette differs slightly: at a shrine, bow at the torii, rinse hands and mouth at the water basin, then bow twice, clap twice, bow once at the hall; at a temple, no clapping, hands together, and incense if it is offered. Photography is fine outside and usually not inside halls. Zen meditation sessions, zazen, are taught at several Kyoto and Tokyo temples in 30 to 60 minute sittings with the posture explained; a shukubo temple stay adds the morning service and vegetarian shojin ryori. Shoes come off at every hall.
The price covers Free pick-up and drop off in district 1, Air-conditioned transportation throughout the trip, professional tour guide, Entrance fees to Ba Den Mountain and Cao Dai Holy See and Lunch at a local restaurant. It does not cover Tips and personal expenses, Cable car and Surcharge for the holidays in Vietnam, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price.
Ho Chi Minh City. We need at least one day's notice, and we confirm the date with Saigon Homies Tour before treating your booking as final. If they cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Tour Itinerary
The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
Pickup location
Ho Chi Minh City
Black Virgin Mountain
Photo stop, Visit, Guided tour, Sightseeing (3 hours)
Cao Dai Temple
Photo stop, Visit, Sightseeing (2 hours)
Arrive back at
Ho Chi Minh City
Detailed Itinerary
Pickup location: Ho Chi Minh City
Black Virgin Mountain: Photo stop, Visit, Guided tour, Sightseeing (3 hours)
Cao Dai Temple: Photo stop, Visit, Sightseeing (2 hours)
Arrive back at: Ho Chi Minh City
Includes
- Free pick-up and drop off in district 1
- Air-conditioned transportation throughout the trip
- English-speaking professional tour guide (Surcharge for other languages)
- Entrance fees to Ba Den Mountain and Cao Dai Holy See
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- Bottled water during the tour
- We'll be happy to include a free visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels in your itinerary if there are available seats on our vehicle that date
Excludes
- Tips and personal expenses
- Cable car
- Surcharge for the holidays in Vietnam
Important information
Meeting point
Ho Chi Minh City
Know before you go
- Free cancellation available up to 24 hours before the activity starts
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Traveler Reviews
Tom and King Kong were amazing they made us feel very comfortable and made sure we were very well taken care off. We will definitely recommend to our friends.
Danny was such a great guide! He was very informative and gave us such an authentic experience. Thank you! I would definitely recommend this trip to anyone.
Our guide was so full of knowledge, even all the little points going through HCM city, schools, banks university just stuff you wouldnt even think to ask about. And the driver was absolutely on point 👌 always dropping us close to gates and right to the door of our lunch destination. an all round great experience
We had a great day on this tour. Everything from start to finish was excellent. A breathtaking experience. Tom our guide was exceptional, funny and definitely entertaining. Highly recommend this trip. Brenda and Mario Australia
My family and I had a wonderful day, our guide Kieu spoke very good English and was happy to share her knowledge our our day’s journey. My 15 year old son said it was the best day Hess ever had. I would highly recommend to anyone. Thank you Kieu for making the day special and one we will never forget. Regards Stephen
The trip with Thu, our tour guide, was great and memorable. It exceeded our expectations. He did great in keeping us informed. He’s very knowledgeable and very helpful. The places we visited were very nice and very beautiful. I highly recommend this tour.
Will was an amazing guide and took care of our group well. A breathtaking experience overall!!
I had an amazing trip with May she was such a friendly guide and had a lot of information about all the places we went. I found quite a few things were included in this tour. I would definitely do this again I had such a fun day Thankyou so much again May!
This was the most incredibly beautiful place I’ve ever seen! Everything about the mountain was just divine!
What a fantastic day! Thang was the best guide so knowable, guided us through every turn of the magnificent gardens, statues,. Told everyone so much information about the black lady and the mountain itself. Wow the water show !!!!! The cable car ride was well worth the small charge. Lunch was amazing, the food selection enormous for our table ,I am sure that you will not leave hungry. We highly recommend this tour
our Guide Vincent was very good. the Trip ist amazing, too
The view from above the clouds is stunning and the architecture is breathtaking. It is quite a long ride from Saigon to the Mountain, but once you get there it is totally worth it, up there is extremely quiet and peaceful. Our Tour guide Tien was also very implicated and considerant, offered lot of useful information and took his time to explain everything to us. He's also a very good photographer. I can only recommend this trip when in Saigon.