HANOI - HUE - SAI GON -
1/14/2009
Day 1: Arrival in HANOI (B)
Meet at Hanoi international airport. Transfer to hotel. At leisure. Overnight in Hanoi
Day 2: HANOI (B)
Hanoi city tour: Visit Hanoi's attractive spots: visit the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu) and Quoc Tu Giam, Viet Nam’ s first university, where still remains 82 memorial stone stela. Continue to visit Sword Lake (Hoan Kiem Lake) with the legend King Le give valuable sword back to the Golden Tortoise, enjoy splendid The Huc Bridge and ancient Ngoc Son in Ha Noi bright sun. Evening: Water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 3: HANOI - MAI CHAU (B)
Drive to Mai chau (150 km). Visit Muong minority village in Hoabinh en route. Lunch in Hoabinh. Then continuous to go to Mai chau. Evening: enjoy pipe rice wine and folk dance performance by local people. Dinner and night at a stilt house in Thai minority village.
Day 4: MAICHAU - TAM COC - HOA LƯ - HANOI (B)
Pick up to Ninh Binh. Road trip takes 2 hours (100 km South of Hanoi). Visit Hoa lu - ancient Capital. Short climb up the Yen Ngua Mountain to have a panoramic view of all the area. Transfer to Tam coc, whose nick-name is "Ha long Bay on land". Lunch at Anh Dzung restaurant in Tam coc. Then, enjoy a wonderful two and a half hours (return) rowing sampan trip through the three local caves in a super-quiet little river between rice paddies and steep rocky mountains. Tour ends at your hotel in Hanoi around 5.00 - 6.00 PM. Take part water puppetry show. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Day 5: HANOI - HALONG Bay(B)
Am: Free. PM: Drive to Ha long Bay. Overnight in Ha long.
Day 6: HALONG Bay - HANOI ( B,L)
Full day boat cruise in Ha long Bay. Then get on boat to visit 5 hours cruise in Halong Bay, visit grottos and beautiful islets of worldwide famous Halong Bay: Dau Go grotto, Thien Cung cave or Sung Sot grotto. Bathing in Ti Top island, a beautiful beach at offshore Ha Long Bay. Have a lunch on boat. Take a stroll on the seaside, talk with friends in Royal Park. Return to Ha Noi. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Day 7: HANOI - HUE (B)
Transfer to airport for flight to Hue. PM: Visit Imperial Citadel which houses the Forbidden Purple City, the original home of the emperors. Dinner with royal dishes at a bonsai garden restaurant. Free time to enjoy romantic ancient capital of Hue at night. Overnight in Hue.
Day 8: HUE (B)
Boat trip on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu pagoda, Minh Mang and Khai Dinh Tombs. Overnight in Hue.
Day 9: HUE - DANANG (B)
Transfer to Danang with sight-seeing stops at Lang co beach, enjoy Lang Co's turquoise waters and white sandy beaches, and the spectacular Hai Van pass, through Son Tra peninsula. Visit Cham Museum. Overnight in Da nang.
Day 10: DANANG - HOI AN (B)
Visit Marble Mountains, China Beach. Then drive on to visit Hoian ancient town, visit Hoian ancient city to see the traditional Hoian Church, the beautiful Japanese Bridge and the famous China Beach Hoian ancient town. Overnight in charming Hoian.
Day 11: HOIAN - NHA TRANG (B)
Drive to Nha trang with sight-seeing stops at Cana pass and Dailanh beach. Lunch at local restaurant en route. Overnight in Nha trang.
Day 12: NHA TRANG (B)
Am: Visit Cham Ponagar Towers, Hon Chong Rocks. PM: Boat trip to Neptune's Palace. Swimming. Relax at fishing village. Overnight in Nha trang
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Day 13: NHA TRANG - DALAT (B)
Overland drive to Da lat with sight-seeing stops at Cham Poklong Gia rai Towers and Ngoan muc Mountain Pass. Overnight in Da lat.
Day 14: DALAT (B)
Full day of sightseeing in and around Dalat, including a tour of the summer residence of Vietnam's last emperor, Bao Dai, the old steam engines of the Dalat Cremaillere Railway, and monasteries, cathedrals and convents that populate this former French retreat. Dalat's temperate climate makes it ideal for vegetable and flower cultivation, and the tour includes a visit to the Dalat Market and the Dalat Flower Garden to see a variety of orchid species. Overnight in Dalat.
Day 15: DALAT - HO CHI MINH CITY (B)
Drive to Ho Chi Minh city. Afternoon city tour visit to the most attractive sites in town: Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, War Remnants Museum and the Reunification Conference Hall. Dinner on the floating restaurant on the Sai gon River. Overnight in HCM City.
Day 16: HO CHI MINH CITY - TAY NINH - CU CHI tunnel - HO CHI MINH CITY(B)
Drive to Tay Ninh. Travel by coach to the magnificent Caodai Temple. Lunch en route .Then transfer to visit the underground tunnels in Cu chi, built by the Vietcong (Vietnamese communist) during the war . Back to HCM City.
Day 17: HO CHI MINH City Out (B)
Shopping at leisure. Transfer to Tan son nhat international airport. Departure.
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