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Vietnam tour 10 days

Destination: Hanoi/Ha Long Bay/Hue/Danang/Hoi An/Ho Chi Minh City/Mekong Delta

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D, G)

Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a colonial building. In the evening, you’ll have tickets for a performance of traditional Water Puppetry (an art form unique to northern Viet Nam, and a good, light-hearted introduction to its rural culture). Your overnight stay will be in Ha Noi.

Day 2: Hanoi City tour (B, L, G)

An all day city tour, possibly including the Temple of Literature, (the first university in Viet Nam dating back to the 11th C), the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Ethnology Museum and the centre of Ha Noi, including the Hoan Kiem Lake, the Ngoc Son temple and the bustling Old Quarter with a complex of architecture - traditional tube houses, religious buildings and the colonial houses. Overnight in Ha Noi.

Day 3: Hanoi/Ha Long (B, L, D, G)

A morning drive to Ha Long Bay, (one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas - the world’s largest marine ‘karst’ landscape). Travel by traditional-style boat to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Includes swimming, fishing, hill (not mountain) climbing for Bay overviews, exploring sea level caves in a small sampan, etc. All meals will be provided on board and your accommodation will be on the boat in a twin room with en suite toilet and shower.

Day 4: Ha Long/Hanoi/Hue (B, L, G)

Morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch and then return to Ha Noi and transfer to the airport for your flight to Hue.

Day 5: Hue (B, L,  G)

Morning visit to the Imperial Citadel of Hue and the Antiquity Museum. Afternoon drive to visit King Tu Duc’s Tomb (the poet King, the simplest Royal tomb set in a beautiful garden) and visit to Garden Houses - (a cultural characteristic in Hue). In the evening you’ll be picked up to enjoy a Hue musical show on a boat in the Perfume River for about one hour. Overnight in Hue.

Day 6: Hue/Hoi An (B, L, G)

Morning drive to Da Nang (excellent views from high mountain pass). On arrival in Da Nang, you’ll have a brief visit to Cham Museum, then continue to travel to Hoi An. After lunch, a guided visit to the Ancient Town. Overnight stay in Hoi An.

The town is an ancient trading port, once the largest in Indochina and a meeting point for many cultures that left their mark in the different architectural features of its wooden buildings

Day 7: Hoi An eco-tour (small group tour) (B, L, eco-G)

Breakfast at your hotel, then you will have “Eco-From Farmer to Fisherman tour”.

“From Farmer to Fisherman tour” is the very special tour which is promised to bring visitors the most beautiful sceneries of the countryside about the Farmer and Fishermen’s life in Hoi An town – Viet Nam . By exploring the typical and narrow roads along the countryside by bicycle by seeing such as water buffalos, rice paddle field, plenty of organic vegetables and local farming people like soiling and watering vegetables, you will be amazed to realize how the sceneries peaceful and friendly people are.

Touching the local fishing life by using the fishing net, riding funny basket boat and visiting water palm coconut paradise and learning about history about the Vietnamese people throughout daily activity are great things to explore…       

“From Farmer to Fisherman tour” will be the special and unique tour that is committed to providing you “ A unique cultural window into the Vietnamese way of life “ .

You will spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 8: Hoi An/Ho Chi Minh City tour (B, L, G)

You’ll be free until the driver and guide come and take you to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel for check in.

In the afternoon, you’ll start your city tour including the History Museum (special exhibition of the 5thC ‘Oc Eo’ civilisation), the Museum of War Remnants (very partial, but riveting, recollections of the ‘American War’: not for the squeamish). You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City/Vinh Long (B, L,  G)

Drive to Vinh Long, cruise on Mekong River, Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, traditional family-run brick kilns, wide range of varied cottage industries, e.g. manufacture of fish sauce, (distinctive feature of Vietnamese cuisine), construction of massive coffins (unique to Mekong). . Afternoon return to Ho Chi Minh City for an overnight stay

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City departure (B, G)

Your time will be your own until the driver and guide come and take you to the airport for your departure flight.

Price in US$ per person:

 Validity until: September 30, 2011       

Our price includes:

*        Breakfast and accommodation sharing a twin or double room.

*        Pick-ups and transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above

*        One way domestic flight tickets: Hanoi – Hue, Danang – Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airport taxes.

*        Boats cruise as programme. For Ha Long Bay, you’ll join other passengers on a high quality wooden boat.

*        Eco-tour as mentioned

*        Travel by private, air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced, 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 and full board on the boat in Ha Long Bay.

*        VAT and other taxes

Our price does not include:

*        International flight tickets and airport tax.

*        Visas

*        Dinners, except as specified above.

*        Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.

*        Insurance.    

Hotel list for Three Stars standard:

*        Hanoi: Thang Long Opera Hotel (*** city centre, Innova Superior Room) or similar

*        Ha Long Bay: Ha Long sails boat

*        Hue: Mondial Hotel (*** city centre with swimming pool) or similar

*        Hoi An: Lotus Hotel (*** with swimming pool, 2km from town centre, Superior Room) or similar

*        Ho Chi Minh City: Saigon Hotel (*** city centre,  Superior Room) or similar

Hotel list for Four Stars standard:

*        Hanoi: Sunway Hotel (**** comfortable boutique hotel 15 minute’s walk from the city centre, Superior Room) or similar

*        Ha Long Bay: Ha Long sails boat

*        Hue: Huong Giang Hotel (**** on the bank of the Perfume River, Deluxe ROH Room)

*        Hoi An: Hoi An Trails Resort (**** near Cua Dai Beach, Superior Room)

*        Ho Chi Minh City: Oscar Hotel (**** good location, Oscar Cosy Room)