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Vietnam Explorer
offered by supplier M18327 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 17
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 4
people
Destination(s):
Vietnam
Specialty Categories:
Cultural Journey
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1500 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 2500 US Dollar (USD)
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival Ho Chi Minh City.
Arrive at Tan Son Nhat Airport (Ho Chi Minh City), warmly picked-up and transferred to the hotel for check-in. The rest of the day is at leisure or shopping. Have dinner and overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Includes: (D).
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi Tunnels.
A morning city tour of dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, takes in the former Presidential Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Saigon Post Office, a lacquer ware factory and Thien Hau Pagoda in the city’s bustling Chinatown. In the afternoon, visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City for dinner and overnight. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh - Cai Be - Can Tho.
AM: Pick up at hotel. Transfer to Cai Be. Have a motorized boat ride to see round Cai Be floating market with local people being selling. Buying, exchanging goods from their boat. Walk around to see orchard, rice paper making, rice crispies producing process, etc. Lunch. Continue have boat trip through a village to see peaceful tranquil life of villagers, admire marvelous natural setting of Mekong delta region. Have dinner and overnight in Can Tho. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 4: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City.
Breakfast at the hotel, have 03 hour boat trip discover the beautiful Cai Rang Floating market and its surroundings. Visit a vermicelli making shop, a rice husking mill, fruit gardens. Enjoy tropical fruits. See the peaceful life in the rural area. Have lunch in Can Tho before back to Ho Chi Minh City. Stop to visit Vinh Long Market and Bonsai Garden in My Tho. Back to Ho Chi Minh city in the afternoon. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City - Phan Thiet - Mui Ne.
Leave Ho Chi Minh City for a scenic drive through rubber and tea plantations en route to the cooler climes of Phan Thiet, 200kms from Ho Chi Minh City. Arrival at the resort and free for relax and sunbath. Overnight in Mui Ne. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 6: Mui Ne - Phan Thiet - Nha Trang.
Leaving for Nha Trang after breakfast, the road descends to the arid coastal city of Phan Rang. Break the journey here to visit the 13th century Po Klong Jarai Cham Towers perched high on a rocky hill surrounded by prickly pear cacti. After Phan Rang Highway One turns north and follows the coast past salt ponds and vivid green rice fields to Nha Trang. On arrival in Nha Trang transfer to hotel. An afternoon city tour includes the Po Nagar Cham Towers and Long Son Pagoda with its enormous white Buddha statue. Overnight in Nha Trang. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 7: Nha Trang.
At leisure. Water sports abound including para sailing, jet skiing, water skiing and relaxing boat trips to the outlying islands. If you prefer to keep your feet dry then hop into a taxi or take a cycle for an exploratory trip around Nha Trang. Overnight in Nha Trang. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 8: Nha Trang - Danang - Hoi An.
Transfer to Cam Ranh Airport for a short flight to Danang. Upon arrival, being escorted 30km or so to the center of the charming historical town of Hoi An. Hotel check-in. You will spend the rest of day visiting the town of Hoi An - walking over the Japanese Bridge, visiting the different Chinese Assembly Halls and pagodas and old houses. Hoi An is also a wonderful town to shop for silk and cotton cloth, especially fast tailor-made clothing that you can get within a day. Have dinner and overnight in Hoi An. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 9: Hoi An - Hue.
In the morning, you are free to browse for souvenirs in Hoi An or perhaps hire a bicycle to ride to the nearby Cua Dai Beach for relax. After lunch, leave Hoi An for Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. The scenic route passes through Danang before climbing over the Pass of Ocean Clouds and dropping down to the wonderfully photogenic fishing village of Lang Co. Arrive in Hue late in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 10: Hue boat trip along Perfume river.
A boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River visits Hue’s best-known religious site, Thien Mu Pagoda, and the mausoleum of former emperor Minh Mang, in a tranquil setting of gardens and lakes. In the afternoon visit the elaborate mausoleums of emperors Tu Duc and Khai Dinh and the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945. Overnight in Hue. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 11: Hue - Flight to Hanoi Capital.
At leisure until transferring to Phu Bai Airport (Hue) for a flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, being escorted to the center for hotel check-in. Hanoi is a unique city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental temples. The city tour includes such sights as Ho Chi Minh House-on-stilt, One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature. After lunch, continue to the Museum of Ethnology and end the afternoon with a visit to the Lake of the Restored Sword and the Old Quarter. In the evening enjoy a traditional Vietnamese water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 12: Hanoi - Ha Long.
Transfer by road to Ha Long. A morning cruise in a private junk on the emerald green waters of Ha Long Bay, among the 3,000 spectacular limestone islands. The cruise ends with a fresh seafood lunch on board. Return to Hanoi by road in the afternoon. Overnight in Hanoi. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 13: Hanoi - Hoa Lu - Tam Coc - Overnight train to Lao Cai.
After breakfast in the hotel, leave Hanoi for a 2-hour drive to Ninh Binh, 100km South of Hanoi, you will reach the old capital city of Vietnam in 10th century, before Hanoi took over this role. Very few traces of the citadel and palace remain here after fierce battles of every century, but the natural landscape is outstanding with mountain ranges running along a small river way, where you must have a boat trip rowed by the locals to go through long caves formed by the water erosion to enjoy the scenery and relax.
The official name of the area Tam Coc comes from these three caves, but the site is very often compared with Guilin (China) and Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) by every visitor. After the boat trip, taste a lunch of delicious local specialties including goat meat and water cargoes before going on to Bich Dong charming pagoda, which leans in a mountain cliff. Drive back to Hanoi in late afternoon for dinner. Take the overnight train to Lao Cai. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 14: Lao Cai - Sapa.
Arrive in Lao Cai in the early morning, transfer for breakfast at local restaurant and then transfer to Sapa town, there are many photo opportunities along the way. Road winds up the terraced hillsides to Sapa, a former French hill resort and home to some of Vietnam's most colourful ethnic groups. Visit Black Dao and Flower H'mong villages en route. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Sapa. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 15: Sapa Trekking.
A morning walking tour of Sapa visits the busy market where Red Dao, Black H'mong and other ethnic minority people converge from the surrounding countryside to sell their embroidery, silverware and handicrafts and to buy provisions. In the afternoon visit some of nearby hill tribe villages, such as Cat Cat or Ta Fin. Overnight in Sapa. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 16: Sapa - Overnight train back to Hanoi.
Light trekking or mountain bike riding to further explore the rustic villages scattered among the valleys and hillsides. Back to Hanoi, stop at Sapa Market, colorful market extreme in North of Viet Nam, where thousand of local people in their traditional attires busily buy and sell the local products. In the evening, drive to Lao Cai Station for night train back Hanoi. Overnight on train. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 17: Departure from Hanoi.
Arrive Hanoi after the overnight train. You are at leisure until being transferred to Noi Bai. Airport for your departure. End of our services. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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