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OP 10 :HANOI -HALONG BAY - PHONGNHA - HUE- HOIAN - MYSON
- NHATRANG - HOCHIMINH - MEKONG DELTA
14 days Daily departure - World Heritage Sites
Are
you interested in visiting the World Heritage
Sites of Vietnam ?
1993 Complex of Hué Monuments
1994, 2000 Ha Long Bay
1999 Hoi An Ancient Town
1999 My Son Sanctuary
2003 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
Take this tour to discover outstanding destinations around Vietnam, especially five world cultural heritage sites.
Start with a city tour around Ha Noi, 1,000 years-old capital, you then depart to Ha Long and take a cruise on the bay to admire the natural wonder which two times recognized by UNESCO as the world’s heritage. Continue your tour at Cat Ba National Park. Come back to Ha Noi through Hai Phong City.
A night train brings you to Dong Hoi City. Boat trip on Son River to discover Phong Nha grottoes with many miraculous stalactites. Transfer to Hue to visit some palaces, temples and royal tombs of the old capital. Next destination on your trip is My Son sanctuary, the religious centre of Champa Kingdom. Continue to visit Hoi An ancient town with many buildings from 17th century.
Leave Da Nang for a short flight to Nha Trang where you will enjoy the best beach in Vietnam. Road trip to vibrant Hochiminh City. Here you will have chance to learn about Vietnam history during wars. You also take a boat trip on Mekong Delta River across quiet villages and islets.
Finish your tour in Saigon.
DAY
1: HANOI - ARRIVAL (D)
Meet at Noibai international airport. Transfer to hotel. Night in Hanoi.
DAY 2: HA NOI CITY TOUR (B, L)
9h00 AM Visit to HoChiMinh Mausoleum, HoChiMinh's House-on-stilt,
HoChiMinh Museum (or Ethnic Museum), Van Mieu (Temple of Literature).
Lunch
P.M: Visit Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple. Cyclo tour (2 hours) to
visit Old Quarter of Hanoi and Dong Xuan Market. Night in
Hanoi.
DAY 3: HANOI - HALONG BAY - CATBA (B, L)
Driver to HaLong Bay, 180km to the North-East of Hanoi, one of the
World's Natural Heritage. It takes you 3,5 hour for driving. Boat
trip on the bay (5 hours) to visit typical islands and caves. Lunch
on boat. Enjoy the landscape of the immense bay with 5,000 islets.
Bathing at a beach at The Titop Islet. Check in hotel in CatBa islands.
Dinner and night at Cat Ba islands.
DAY 4: CATBA - HAIPHONG - HANOI (B, L ) ( night
train )
Drive to visit Cat Ba National Park. Bathing at Cat Co Beach. Lunch.
PM: Get hydrofoil to HaiPhong City. Drive back to Hanoi. Free tim for diner then transfer to train station to Hue. train E1 to Hue at 23h00 . Overnight on train E1
to DongHoi by soft sleeper.
Day
5 : Phong Nha cave -Hue( B, L )
7h35
AM Arrive at DongHoi train station. Pick up and transfer
to hotel for relax. Breakfast at restaurant.
9h00AM
transfer to visit PhongNha caves.
14h00
car drive to Hue. Overnight at hotel in Hue.
DAY
6: Hue (B, L )
Visit The Old Capital full day.
AM: Boat trip on Perfume River to visit handicraft village: making
conical hat and bronze casting. Visit Thien Mu Pagoda considered as
Royal Pagoda of the Nguyen Dynasty and Imperal Citadel Overnight at
hotel in Hue.
DAY
7: HUE - MY SON - HOI AN (B, L)
Drive to visit My Son, a ancient religion center of the Cham people
in the past, 40 km to the South West of Hoi An town, another World's
Cultural Heritage.
Through Hai Van Mountain Pass of 30 km length. Stop on the top of
the mountain for photo. Relax at Lang Co Beach.
P.M:
Driver to Hoian (120 km). Overnight in Hoian.
Day 8: Hoian (B,L ) Visit Hoian - an old trading
town, some 30km from Danang. Visit Hoian: Japanese Covered Bridge,
TanKy Old house, Assembly Hall Chinese. PhucKien Pagoda, Hoian Museum
and Market. Lunch and dinner at restaurant. Overnight in Hoian.
Day
9: Hoian -Danang - Nha Trang(B,L ) Flight Am : Transfer
from Hoian to Danang airport for flight VN 335 to NhaTrang ( 10h10
- 11h30 ), the guide will welcome you and escort you to the hotel.
The left of the day is open
for free sea bathing at NhaTrang beach. Lunch and dinner at restaurant.
Overnight in NhaTrang.
DAY 10 : NHA TRANG CITY TOUR (B, L)
Boat trip to visit Tri Nguyen Aquarium and Hon Mun Island Bai Tranh. Bathing
and lunch at Hon Tam - a clean blue-water beach in the island.
P.M: Visit Ponagar Cham Tower, Long Son Pogoda, Hon Chong Rocks and
Nha Trang (Dam) market. Overnight in Nha Trang .
DAY 11: NHA TRANG -HOCHIMINH CITY (B, L)
Drive to Hochiminh city, the biggest city of Vietnam. It is 450 km
to the South of Nhatrang . On the way stop to have lunch at
Ca Na Beach and visit PoKlong Krai Cham Tower in Phan Rang. Overnight in Hochiminh city.
DAY 12: HOCHIMINH - CUCHI TUNNEL (B, L)
AM: HCMC City tour: Visit HoChiMinh City Hall, Notre Dame Church,
Thong Nhat Conference Hall, China Town and Thien Hau Temple, War Museum.
Lunch.
PM: Drive to visit Cuchi Underground Tunnel - a battle field in Vietnam
War closely to Saigon City. Night in Hochiminh City.
DAY 13 : MY THO - MEKONG DELTA (B, L)
Drive to visit My Tho Town in Tien Giang Province, one of 11 provinces
in the Mekong Delta. Boat trip on Mekong River to visit farmer's house
and garden. Lunch on an islet in the river. Visit bee-raising farm,
coconut-candy enterprise. Drive back to Hochiminh City. Stop at Long
An Town to visit a CaoDai Temple, a strange religion in the South
of Vietnam. Night in Hochiminh City.
Day
14 : Departure ( B )
Have
a breafast at the hotel. Check out hotel.
Free time till transfer to the airport.
End tour.
Rate
in USD per person - Validity Until 30 Dec 2014
- Full transportation by private car or bus as tour program
indicated.
- Half meals as indicated in the itinerary. Lunch at local restaurant (
Vietnamese food )
- Domestic flight : Danang - Nhatrang
- Hydrofoil Ticket from CatBa to HaiPhong
- English or French - speaking guide
- Train ticket Soft sleeper E 1 ( Cabin of 4 persons
) from Hanoi to DongHoi
- Entrance fees.
- Private boat trip in Halong Bay, Perfume River, PhongNha
cave, Nhatrang, Mekong
- Twin-share accommodation with daily breakfast; ( AC room)
Tour
Cost excludes:
- Dinners
- International airfare to/from Vietnam
- Personal insurance
- Expenditure of a personal nature, tips, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry,
emergency transfers & etc.