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Hồ Chí Minh

Hồ Chí Minh Water Sports Guide: Best River Cruises and Boat Tours

The heavy scent of river mud mixes with exhaust fumes as heavy wooden barges churn up the murky brown surface of the Saigon River. I’ve spent years paddling and cruising through Southeast Asian waterways, and the aquatic arteries winding through this massive Vietnamese metropolis offer an entirely distinct flavor of urban exploration. While you won’t find white-sand ocean beaches here, the river networks and inland waterways provide plenty of ways to get out on the water.