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Destination: Ho Chi Minh City - Buon Ma Thuot -
Pleiku - Kon Tum Highlights:
Share the moments with Ede and Bahnar ethnic minority people in the Central
Highland of Vietnam who have so much in common as they are different from each
other. Stay for a while and you'll realize their lifestyle and custom are so
unique. Find your feeling while discovering around on the back of an elephant
and engross yourself under the colorful prism of nature during the enthralling
excursion.
Details Itinerary
Code: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, G
= Guide
Day 1: Arrival at Ho Chi Minh City (D, G)
Arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh
City, you’ll be driven to your hotel. Rest of the day, you'll be free to stroll
around the city as you wish.
19.00 - 20.30: You’ll a Welcome dinner at one of
a famous restaurant.
You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City/Buon Ma Thuot (B, L,
G)
After breakfast, your time will be your own until
you'll be driven to the airport for your flight to Buon Ma Thuot. You'll have a
lunch in the local restaurant and half day city tour in the afternoon.
13.15 - 15.15: Drive to M'lieng village 60km away
from Buon Ma Thuot for one hour elephant ride
15.15 - 16.30: You'll dug out a cano on the
Lak-Lake to M'lieng village to spend the night in a house on stilt of Ede
people.
Day 3: Buon Ma Thuot (B, L, D, G)
7.30 - 8.00: Breakfast at a home stay of the Ede
people
8.00 - 11.30: Your driver will arrive to take you
to Gia Long waterfall. You'll cross the river on a simple raft, and stroll
through primitive forest. After clambering down a slope, you'll be able to bath
in the "Fairy Pool", a small natural lake with a sandy bottom.
11.30 - 13.00: Lunch at the restaurant in Gia
Long Waterfall
13.00 - 16.00: You'll be driven to visit Dray Nur
waterfall and then back to the city to visit the local Ethnology Museum and A Co
Thon village, home of many Ede ethnic minority people.
You'll spend the night in Buon Ma Thuot.
Day 4: Buon Ma Thuot/Pleiku (B, L, G)
8.30 - 11.30: You'll travel around 180km to
Pleiku.
11.30 - 12.45: You'll check in your hotel in
Pleiku and have lunch at local restaurant.
12.45 - 17.00: You'll be picked up to travel to
four Bahnar village where you'll take a walk to visit the villages of Bahnar
people such as De Cop, De Doa, Dektu, De Roa. You'll then return to Pleiku for
overnight stay.
Day 5: Pleiku/Pleibloun (B, L, G)
8.30 - 10.45: You'll be driven to visit Phu Cuong
Water fall. You'll have an Elephant ride to enjoy the natural beauty at the
water fall.
10.45 - 12.05: You'll continue the journey by
vehicle to Ayunha Lake where you'll have time for your lunch box prepared by
your tour guide.
12.05 - 16.00: You'll take two hours boat trip to
visit around Ayunha lake and then drive near the Pleibloun village and take a
walk to there for your overnight stay.
You'll spend the night at the house on stilt.
Day 6: Pleibloun/Pleiku/Kon Tum (B, L, G)
8.00 - 10.45: You'll drive to visit Pleiphun
village which has been well-known for their colorful culture, especially the
graveyard with its statues.
10.45 - 11.45: You'll travel to Kon Tum for your
lunch at local restaurant
12.45 - 14.45: Your guide will take you to visit
Plei Tonghia village, the home of Bahnar ethnic and some of the village near by
such as Kon H'ngo Ko Tu village.
14.45 - 15.30: You'll return the city to visit
Wooden Church and, if convenient, drop in at a nearby orphanage.
15.30 - 16.30: You'll visit colonial Church in
Kon Tum and spend the night in Kon Tum.
Day 7: Kon Tum (B, L, D, G)
8.00 - 8.30: Breakfast at your hotel
8.30 - 9.50: You'll be picked up by vehicle to
suspension bridge. You'll take a walk 4km to Kon Jo Ri village and follow the
path 20 minutes to Konkotu village.
9.50 - 11.50: From there, you'll have a gentle
six-kilometre hike through the forest to Jolong village and the source of the
DakBla river, crossing the KonBa hanging bridge en-route.
11.50 - 12.50: You'll have picnic lunch at the
suspension bridge.
12.50 - 14.50: You can carry on down the river
for a couple of hours, eventually returning to Konkotu.
You'll spend the night at Rong House in Konkotu
village.
Day 8: Kon Tum/Pleiku/Ho Chi Minh City (B, L,
G)
In the morning, you'll be picked up to Pleiku
airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. When you arrive, you'll be picked
up to your hotel.
You'll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City departure (B)
Your time will be your own until your private car
and driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure
flight.
Prices per person in US$:
|
Number of people |
2 |
3-5 |
6-9 |
10-15 |
Supplement for single
occupancy |
|
Price |
1376 |
1228 |
1000 |
955 |
|
Valid until December 31, 2011
Surcharge for peak season of
hotels are not inclusive in the prices above.
Prices include:
- Breakfast and accommodation sharing a twin
or double room.
- One-way domestic flight tickets: Ho Chi Minh
City - Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku - Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airport
taxes.
- Travel by private air-condition vehicle with
safe driver
- The services of experienced English-speaking
guides as indicated in the itinerary
- Where necessary, entry fees for all visits
as mentioned in the programme.
- Lunches and dinners, as specified, in the
local restaurants.
- Government taxes
Price do not include:
- Flight tickets and airport tax.
- Visas.
- Dinners except as specified.
- Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
- Insurance.
Hotel list for Three Stars standard
-
Ho Chi Minh
City: Elios Hotel (*** city centre) or similar
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Buon Ma Thuot:
Dam San Hotel (*** the best local standard)
-
Pleiku:
Pleiku Hotel (*** the best local standard)
-
Kon Tum: Home
stay (Basic local standard)
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