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1. Hanoikids

Free student-guided toursHanoi

A volunteer club of Hanoi students who lead free English-language city and food tours for visitors, usually starting from your hotel.

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2. Red Bridge Cooking School

Cooking class with market tour and boat tripThu Bon riverside

A long-running Hoi An cooking school on the Thu Bon River, combining a market tour, a boat trip and a herb garden walk with hands-on cooking and lunch.

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3. XO Tours

Motorbike food and sightseeing toursDistrict 3 (Ban Co)

Vietnam's self-described first all-female motorbike tour company, running food, night, sightseeing and photography tours of Saigon since 2010 with guides in ao dai.

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4. Back of the Bike Tours

Motorbike food toursDistrict 1

A Saigon motorbike food tour company whose local drivers take guests to street food stalls on afternoon, night and private chef-led tours.

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5. Hanoi Free Walking Tours

Student-run walking toursHanoi

A non-profit, student-run organisation founded in 2012 that offers free private walking tours of the Old Quarter, war sites and the Ho Chi Minh complex.

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6. Jack Tran Tours

Eco and countryside tours (basket boats, farming, fishing)Hoi An

A local tour company running since 2005, offering basket boat, fishing village and rice-farming experiences in the countryside around Hoi An.

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7. Les Rives Experience

Speedboat toursDistrict 1 (Saigon)

A speedboat tour company running small-group trips from Ho Chi Minh City to the Cu Chi Tunnels, the Mekong Delta and Can Gio since 2010.

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8. The Original Taste of Hoi An Food Tour

Walking food tourHoi An

A walking food tour run since 2011 by a Hoi An company, with more than 40 tastings at markets, producers and street vendors and hotel pick-up included.

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9. Vespa Adventures Hanoi

Vintage Vespa toursTay Ho

A scooter tour company operating since 2007 that runs city, food, night and village tours of Hanoi as a passenger on vintage Vespas.

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10. Hoi An Photo Tour

Photography tour and workshopHoi An

A photography tour company teaching people photography in Hoi An since 2009, with private sunrise, sunset and old-town photo walks and hotel pick-up.

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11. Urban Adventures Hanoi

Food, city and day toursHanoi

The Hanoi arm of Intrepid's Urban Adventures, running a three-hour street food tour, private city tours, a mixology evening and day trips to Ha Long Bay and Ninh Binh.

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12. Vespa Adventures

Vintage Vespa toursDistrict 1 (Ben Thanh)

A tour company showing Saigon from the back of vintage Vespa scooters, with evening, insider and craft beer tours run from its base on De Tham Street.

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13. Cham Island Diving Center

Diving and snorkelling trips to the Cham IslandsCua Dai

A Hoi An dive shop on Cua Dai Street running snorkelling and diving trips and PADI courses in the Cham Islands marine protected area.

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14. Saigon Street Eats

Street food toursDistrict 1

A food tour company run by an Australian-Vietnamese couple, with a morning pho walking tour and evening seafood and street food trails.

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15. Van Mieu Night Tour

Evening heritage experienceDong Da

An evening experience at the Temple of Literature with light art, folk games, stele storytelling and a 3D mapping show celebrating Vietnam's tradition of learning.

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