Vietnam In Your Eyes 9 Days/8 Nights
Tour Overview
This is all these things and more, a country with a past as rich as the Soil in the blazing green deltas. This past reads like a romantic legend full of heroic struggles and astounding victories, whereby this small country retained its culture, absorbing and adapting the strengths of its foes but never losing its traditions or its sense of history. In Vietnam, traditions carry real meaning.
Ancient heroes are still venerated at colorful temple festivals, people honor their ancestors, and village elders teach values of hard work, hospitality, and filial loyalty. With 54 ethnic groups, most of whom live in remote areas and follow age-old customs, Vietnam offers unparalleled opportunities for cultural exploration in Asia.
This is all these things and more, a country with a past as rich as the Soil in the blazing green deltas. This past reads like a romantic legend full of heroic struggles and astounding victories, whereby this small country retained its culture, absorbing and adapting the strengths of its foes but never losing its traditions or its sense of history. In Vietnam, traditions carry real meaning.
Ancient heroes are still venerated at colorful temple festivals, people honor their ancestors, and village elders teach values of hard work, hospitality, and filial loyalty. With 54 ethnic groups, most of whom live in remote areas and follow age-old customs, Vietnam offers unparalleled opportunities for cultural exploration in Asia.
It is beautiful country, a long, hourglass of land, stretching over 900 miles up the eastern coast of the Indochinese Peninsula. Vietnamese people describe their country as a bamboo shoulder pole slung with two baskets of rice – the fertile southern Mekong Delta and the northern Red River Delta.
In brief:
- Day 1 : Hanoi Arrival
- Day 2 : Ha Long bay – the World heritage
- Day 3 : Hanoi – Hue
- Day 4 : Hue
- Day 5 : Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An
- Day 6 : Hoi An – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City
- Day 7 : Ho Chi Minh City
- Day 8 : Tay Ninh – Cu Chi
- Day 9 : Ho Chi Minh city – Departure
Tour Highlights
:
You are met at the NoiBai airportand transfer to Hanoi city.
Full day trip in Halong bay, the world heritage.
Explore Hue and Hoi An city in the middle Vietnam.
Visit HoChiMinh city.
Discover Tay Ninh and Cu Chi, the historical area.
Itinerary
Detailed Itinerary:
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival ( D )
You are arrival at our thousand years Capital – Hanoi city. Vietnam TripAdvisor’s guide will welcome you at the airport Noi bai airport and then be transferred to your hotel in the center of city. It is time for you to relax after long journey. You will know our legend/history about Hoan Kiem lake (the lake of the Restored Sword), our architectural and our way of with small street and its name (Old quarter). Having dinner and enjoy our welcome show of northern rural Vietnam – Water Puppet show. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Day 2: Ha Long bay – the World heritage ( B/L )
This day, you will visit Halong, a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. The travel start at 8 am, after 3 hour and a half, you will arrive at Halong. Embark in the Traditional style wooden junk around noon, you are be served with fresh seafood lunch. With 4-hour boat trip, you are cruising around islets, caves and grottos. You then will visit Sung Sot (‘The Cave of Surprise’) grotto. Drive back to Hanoi for dinner & over night in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Hue ( B/L )
In the morning, you will visit Hochiminh’s Mausoleum, His House on Stilt, Hochiminh’s Museum, One Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc pagoda and Quan Thanh temple. Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, either more discover Hanoi with the visit to Van Mieu (our first national university), Art Museum or visit Ethnology Museum or shopping at Old quarter for Vietnam souvenir. Leave our Capital to the Imperial city – Hue in the evening flight. Overnight in Hue.
Day 4: Hue ( B/L)
Today, you will visit the Imperial Citadel of Hue, King Tu Duc’s tomb (Tu Duc is a king but also a poet, so his mausoleum is a poet garden), King Minh Mang tomb (typical formal oriental style designed), and Thien Mu pagoda. In the late afternoon, take a cruise on Huong river admire sunset. Overnight in Hue.
Day 5: Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An ( B/L )
Vietnam TripAdvisor’s car will drive you to Hoi An town, which is about 120km from Hue. You will travel through Hai Van pass, and Lang Co beach – one of the most beautiful beach of Vietnam. Passing Danang, the car will stop for the visit to Cham museum. Cham museum is the open air collection of Cham sculpture. Many of the sandstone carving are breathtaking. Overnight in Hoi An.
Day 6: Hoi An – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City ( B/L)
In the morning, you will walk to visit ancient tiny town Hoi an. The visit will includes Japanese covered bridge, some Chinese Assembly Halls, and some typical Vietnamese houses of 18 century. It is time for you to go shopping or relax on the bank of Thu Bon river of Hoi An before late afternoon flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh City ( B/L)
Full day city tour. Our tour start by visit Reunification Palace, then visit War Musuem, Notre Dame Cathedral. After lunch, we continue to visit Binh Tay Market, Thien Hau Pagoda, on the way back bustling Chinatown is should not be missed as well. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 8: Tay Ninh – Cu Chi ( B/L)
Drive a long way on the country side of Vietnam to Tay Ninh, 100 km from Ho Chi Minh city. On arrival to the head quarter of Cao Dai religious, you will have a chance to witness the daily ceremony at Cao Dai Holy See, and meet followers come to attend the ceremony wearing colored robes, a symbol of the curious combination of the Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Buddhism. Having lunch at a local restaurant then continue the trip to Cu Chi, visit the incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 9: Ho Chi Minh city – Departure ( B )
Free time for shopping or optional visit before transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for departure
Type of tour: (This is the sample tour, you may go with all details above or we can modify to fix your way of travel). Easy tour
Tour Price
| Size of Group | Price per person in USD in the party of Valid to 30 Oct 2011 | ||||
| 2 pax | 3 – 4 pax | 5 – 9 pax | 10 – 14 pax | Single Supplemental | |
| Mid-range (3*) | 1089 | 996 | 846 | 828 | 324 |
| Superior (4*) | 1356 | 1068 | 898 | 858 | 410 |
| Deluxe (5*) | 1589 | 1246 | 1186 | 1086 | 584 |
| Premium (5+*) | 1786 | 1446 | 1386 | 1346 | 711 |
| Accommodation | Superior (3+*) | First Class(4*) | Deluxe (5*) | Premium (5+*) |
| Hanoi hotels | Boss Hotel,Hoa Binh, Majestic Salute | Sunway, Guoman | Sofitel Plaza, Melia, Horison | Sofitel Metropole |
| Sapa hotels | Royal, Chau Long | Bamboo | Victoria Sapa | Victoria Sapa |
| Quang Binh Hotels | Sun Spa Resort | Sun Spa Resort | Sun Spa Resort | Sun Spa Resort |
| Hue hotels | Asia Hue, Heritage Hue | Huong Giang, Riverside | Saigon Morin | La Residence |
| Hoi an hotels | Hoi An Pacific, Hoi An Hotel | Hoi An Trail, Hoi An Beach resort or similar | Palm Garden, Victoria resort or similar | Victoria Hoi An |
| Hue Hotels | Hue Queen, Orchid Hotel or similar | Vinh Hung, Hoi An Beach | Life Resort, Golden Sand | Victoria Hoi An |
| Nha Trang Hotels | Green Hotel, Hai Yen Hotel | Nha Trang Lodge, Yasaka | Sunrise Beach, Vinpearl Resort | Ana Mandara |
| Sagon Hotels | Palace, Metropole | Majestic, Rex, Grand | Duxton, New World, Legend | Caravelle, Sofitel Plaza |
| Can Tho hotels | Saigon Can Tho | Golf Can Tho | Victoria Can Tho | Victoria Can Tho |
Trip Included :
- Domestic flight (Ho Chi Minh City – Da Nang and Hue – Hanoi)
- Hotel accommodation as specific or similar, base on twin sharing
- Private car/mini van
- Junk/boat in Mekong Delta and in Ha Long
- All entrance fees
- English/ French speaking guide. Other languages can be arranged upon request
- All meals as per program (B = Breakfast, L = Luch, D = Dinner )
Trip Excluded :
- Drinks, except otherwise mentioned
- International flight and international airport tax on departure
- Insurance
- Personal expenses & Tips
- Vietnam Visa (this can be done with our Visa service)
Additional Information:
- Prices are per person (US$), based on double occupancy
- Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed on Mondays & Fridays from Mid-September to Mid-November.
- Price excludes Personal expenses, gratuities to guides and drivers
- Vietnam & Foreign departure taxes, fees and fuel surcharges are not included (subject to change).
- Holiday surcharges and/or compulsory gala dinners apply between Dec. 23 – Jan. 02 and during period of Lunar New Year.
- Vietnam visa required. Not included in package and can be arranged in two days.
- Prices subject to change without notice
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