Founded by two travelers. Built for curious ones.
Trip Chip Travel was founded by Nghi & Tiên, a husband-and-wife team from Saigon. We design private Ho Chi Minh trips around Saigon, the Mekong Delta and Cat Tien the way we travel ourselves: slow, local and full of stories.
The two faces behind Trip Chip Travel
When you book with us, you're not dealing with a big agency. You're dealing with us.
Nghi
Nghi is the one behind the routes. He has spent years riding the back roads of the South, and he plans every Trip Chip tour himself. You'll often meet him on camera, or in person as your host.
Tiên
Tiên is Nghi's wife, travel partner and the creative eye of Trip Chip. She looks after our photos, videos and marketing, and she's the one who spots the small moments: the quiet pier, the hidden pagoda, the best bowl of noodles in town.
Partners in life, and in Trip Chip
We started Trip Chip Travel because we kept coming home from our own trips with stories nobody else was telling. Now we share them with travelers from all over the world.
"We only sell trips we'd happily take ourselves."
Nghi & Tiên, co-founders
From weekend road trips to Trip Chip Travel
The road trips
Weekends on the motorbike: out of Saigon, down to the Mekong, up into the hills, along the coast until sunset.
The realization
The best moments were never in the guidebook. They were village lunches, Khmer pagodas in Tra Vinh and the people we met on the way.
Trip Chip Travel
So we founded Trip Chip to share that side of Vietnam: private, unhurried tours that support the local families who welcome you.
We don't fake the experience. We live it.
We connect travelers with the authentic soul of Vietnam through local experiences, cultural stories and real human connections, far from the tourist hotspots.
We tell the stories rarely shared with visitors: our folklore, music, festivals, beliefs and daily life.
Our Ho Chi Minh trips start in the city but rarely stay in it. From Saigon we head out by road, boat or motorbike to the Mekong Delta, the Cu Chi Tunnels, Tra Vinh and Cat Tien National Park, always in a private group so you can set the pace and ask for a longer stop whenever something catches your eye.
If you are comparing Ho Chi Minh trips, here is what makes ours different. Nghi plans every route himself, so you travel with someone who knows the back roads and the families who live along them. Tiên shares the small details that make a day memorable. A private Mekong Delta tour with us means village lunches, quiet canals and time to talk with the people who call the delta home.
Not sure which of our trips from Ho Chi Minh City suits you? Send us your dates and interests and we will suggest a route, with a clear price and no pressure to book.
- AuthenticityWe live the experience, we don't stage it.
- Local connectionSupporting local people, food and culture.
- Meaningful travelSlow, personal and immersive journeys.
- StorytellingSharing the untold stories of Vietnam.
Planning Ho Chi Minh trips? We'll answer personally.
Every message is read by Nghi or Tiên. Share your dates and ideas, and we'll suggest a private route made just for you.