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4031 - Long Trip around Vietnam

Long Sightseeing tour

Place:	Vietnam - Hanoi, Ha Long, Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Da Lat, Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City
Length:	18 D / 15 N
Price:	from 0.000,- USD

Program:

1. Day : Departure from your destination

Departure by your Airticket.

2. den : Hanoi, arrival (D)

Arrive in Hanoi. Transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.

3. Day : Hanoi, Bat Trang, Old Qurter (B,L,D)

After breakfast, depart for Bat Trang ceramic village, famous for its blue and white hand-painted ceramics, then visit Temple of Literature. After lunch, take a 2-hour cyclo tour for visiting the Old Quarter with 36 streets named after the goods once sold there. Stop for a visit to Hang Be market and for shopping. Evening , enjoy water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi.

4. Day : Hanoi, Halong (B,L,D)

A morning city tour of Vietnam's capital. Hanoi is a unique city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, ancient temples, old pagodas and peaceful lakes. Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh's house-on-stilts, One-Pillar pagoda. Continue to West Lake, the largest lake of Hanoi imbued with myths and legends, visit Tran Quoc pagoda, one of the oldest Buddhist pagodas in Vietnam. After lunch, depart for Ha Long. Enjoy the interesting 3-hour drive to Halong, along the way you will see rice fields, water buffalo and daily Vietnamese village life. Check in hotel. Overnight in Ha Long.

5. Day : Halong, Hanoi (B,L,D)

Take a 6-hour boat trip to visit Thien Cung cave (grotto of the Heavenly Place) and Dau Go cave (grotto of the wooden stakes). Enjoy fresh seafood lunch on board. Afternoon trip back to Hanoi, stop to visit the embroidery factory of the disabled with wonderful works at unexpected price en route. Overnight in Hanoi.

6. Day : Hanoi, Hue (B,L,D)

Transfer to Noi Bai airport for a short flight to Hue, the former Imperial capital of Vietnam. Transfer to hotel. Afternoon boat trip on the romantic Perfume River to visit Hue's best-known religious site: Thien Mu pagoda, and mausoleum of the former Emperor Minh Mang. Enjoy traditional folk songs on Perfume River in the evening. Overnight in Hue.

7. Day : Hue, Danang, Hoi An (B,L,D)

Visit the elaborate Mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc and the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen dynasty ruled between 1802 - 1945. Depart for Danang, the scenic route passes the wonderfully photogenic fishing village of Lang Co before climbing over Hai Van Pass (the pass of ocean clouds). Arrive in Danang. Afternoon, visit Cham museum and the Marble Mountain on the road to Hoi An, a major Asian trading port in the 17th and 18th centuries. Overnight in Hoi An.

8. Day : Hoi An (B,L,D)

A boat trip on Thu Bon River to visit traditional villages around Hoi An. Afternoon, take a walking tour of the ancient town centre to visit the former merchants' houses, the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, ancient pagodas and temples, and the colourful market with shopping time. Overnight in Hoi An.

9. Day : Hoi An, Nha Trang (B,L,D)

Transfer to Danang airport for a short flight to Nha Trang. Arrive at Cam Ranh airport. Transfer to hotel. City tour to visit Ponagar temple, Long Son pagoda with its enormous white Buddha statue, and Oceanographic Institute. Overnight in Nha Trang.

10. Day : Nha Trang (B,L,D)

Transfer to the wharf for a boat trip in Nha Trang with swimming time in coral bay. Lunch on board. Afternoon free time for sunbathing on the nice beach. Overnight in Nha Trang.

11. Day : Nha Trang, Da Lat (B,L,D)

Leaving for Da Lat after breakfast, the road follows the coast and passes to the arid coastal city of Phan Rang. Break the journey to visit the 13th century Po Klong JaraiCham Towers perched high on a rocky hill surrounded by pricky pear Cacti. Arrive in Da Lat, established as a hill station at the beginning of the 20thcentury, Da Lat is reminiscence of an Alpine town with its French chalets and pine forests. Transfer to hotel. An afternoon city tour includes Da Lat church, Prenn waterfall, Xuan Huong lake. Overnight in Da Lat.

12. Day : Da Lat, Ho Chi Minh City (B,L,D)

Continue a morning sightseeing in Dalat. Take in the art deco former summer residence of the last emperor Bao Dai, the old Dalat railway and Lam Tu Ni pagoda where a Buddhist monk, Vien Thuc, produces his abstract paintings and writes poetry. Leaving for Ho Chi Minh City, 300 km from Dalat, after lunch for a scenic drive through rubber and tea plantations en route. Over night in Ho Chi Minh City.

13. Day : Chi Minh City, city tour (B,L,D)

A full day city tour of the dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, visit the former President Palace, Notre Dame cathedral, the old Saigon Post Office, History Museum. After wonderful lunch in town, visit a lacquerwares factory, Thien Hau pagoda and Binh Tay market in the bustling China Town.

14. Day : Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho (B,L,D)

After breakfast, transfer to Can Tho with stop to visit Bang Lang bird garden and local villages. Arrive in Can Tho. Overnight in Can Tho.

15. Day : Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City (B,L,D)

A boat tour on Mekong River, enjoy splendid scenery and daily activities on water of the southern villagers, watch from a viewing tower above the treetops as thousands of egrets and herons arriving to roost in the branches. Visit Cai Rang floating market, orchards and enjoy fruits. Pick up at Cai Rang for Can Tho market for shopping. Afternoon trip back to Ho Chi Minh City. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

16. Day : Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Cu Chi tunnels, Ho Chi Minh City (B,L,D)

Enjoy a drive through the typical southern Vietnamese countryside to Tay Ninh province in the west of Vietnam, visit the Cao Dai temple with fantasy architecture and where all major faiths of the world blend together in a unique religious cocktail and amazing noon ceremony. After lunch in a local restaurant, visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, the vestiges of the American war, an underground tunnel system constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence. Back to Ho Chi Minh City. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

17. Day : Ho Chi Minh City, departure (B)

Morning at leisure for shopping in Ho Chi Minh City. Transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for next destination.

18. Day : Arrival

Arrival in your country

Accommodation:

Hanoi: Star View Hotel *** (3 nights)
Ha Long: Halong Bay Hotel *** (1 night)

Hue: Festival Hotel *** (1 night)
Hoi An: Hoi An Hotel *** (2 nights)

Nha Trang:                Que Huong Hotel ***       (2 nights)
Da Lat:                     Hoang Anh Hotel ***       (1 night)
Can Tho:                   Saigon Cantho Hotel *** (1 night)

Ho Chi Minh: Norther Star Hotel *** (4 nights)

This hotels is only suggestion. Can change by you request.

Other recommendet Trips to this Destination:

4011 - Vietnam from South to North

4012 - Vietnam from South to North, Sapa Adventure
4021 - Vietnam from North to South
4022 - Vietnam from North to South, Phu Quoc

Price include

- Accommodation double-bedded room (air conditioning, toilet, H/C shower or bathtub),

television and telephone)
- All admission fees to visiting places mentioned in the program.
- All meals mentioned in the program (B - breakfest, L - lunch, D - dinner)
- Local english-speaking tour guide
- Transportations mentioned in the program

- Airticket Hanoi - Hue, Hue Nha Trang

Price exclude

- Airticket to Vietnam
- Vietnam visa
- Travel Insurance (do not forget it, please!)
- Local tours and personal expense not mentioned in the program
- Tips
- Bank transfer fee (OUR)