Detail Itinerary for Vietnam Heritage Tour 12 Days 11 Nights
You have a chance to see the unique architecture with multi-colored dragons in Cao Dai Temple and Cu Chi Tunnels with the great technique to conceal smoke from cooking of thousands of guerillas in underground. Moreover, you visit some remarkable destinations in Ho Chi Minh City such as War Crime Museum, Thien Hau Temple, China Town, Binh Tay market, Reunification Hall, Notre Dame Cathedral, General Post Office, City Hall. Hoian Old Town, Hue city, Phong Nha Cave, Halong Bay, Hanoi city are ideal destinations in Vietnam heritage tour 12 days 11 nights. Especially, you can see the historic and cultural ruins of the Champa civilization in My Son Holy Land.
DAY 1: ONE DAY CAO DAI TEMPLE – CU CHI TUNNEL TOUR (LUNCH)
08.45am - 09.00am our guide will pick you up from hotel. You then will start this trip to learn more about Cao Dai, take our tour to Tay Ninh - a province 95 kms South East of HCMC, close to Cambodia border. The Cao Dai Temple is like a Walt Disney fantasia of the East. Its exterior is decorated with multi-colored dragons of all shapes and sizes competing for space with a number of swastikas. Above the main entrance is the all-seeing holy eye, the symbol of the Cao Dai sect. The interior is just as engaging as statues of Jesus Christ, Buddha and the Hindu god, Brahma, stand side by side.
At about 13.00pm, after lunch, will leave Tay Ninh and travel to Cu Chi. Once in Vietnam, you must visit this spot. This is where guerilla warfare optimized and exemplified. You’ll learn the clever design of the tunnels and the strategic use of trap doors. Even with B-52 bombers dropping 30-ton loads of explosive, turning the jungle into a pockmarked moonscape, 30 thousand American troops failed to conquered the area! You’ll have a chance to crawl around a portion of the 121 km long, multiple-layered tunnel. You’ll learn how thousands of guerillas managed to stay underground many days at a time, also their great technique to conceal smoke from their cooking. There’re a lot more to enjoy, even a chance to fire real AK bullets…
Arriving Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City at 06.00pm - 07.00pm.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide, 01 lunch, entrance fee, 01 Aquafina water bottle/pax and accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City.
Excluded: Breakfast, dinner, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 2: ONE DAY HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
08.30am - 09.00am we will visit War Crime Museum (This museum tells the story of war from the Vietnamese perspective. Exhibits include photographs, machinery, and weapons that depict the harsh realities of war).
Thien Hau Temple (One of the most important pagodas in the city, this richly decorated temple is dedicated to Thien Hau, the Goddess of the Sea and patron of sailors. She is said to travel over the oceans on a mat and ride the clouds to wherever she desires).
China town (Settled in the late 18th century, this labyrinthine section of Ho Chi Minh City bustles with restaurants, temples, exotic stores, and markets) and Binh Tay market (This is the main marketplace in China Town, where a great deal of wholesale trading occurs. Experience the commotion of this integral part of the city's daily business). Then we have a lunch at restaurant.
Afternoon: We visitReunification Hall which was the residence of the President Ngo Dinh Diem of the former South Vietnam until 1975 (1960s - Apr 1975s). You will see many interesting things: formal meeting rooms, private bedrooms, war situation rooms 10 meter beneath earth’s level.
This address today still holds many important functions in HCMC. We have guide who speaks your language to tell you important historical facts about this building and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral (Located in the heart of the city, this cathedral was built by the French in the late 1877s. A large statue of the Virgin Mary greets you as you walk into this neo-Romanesque cathedral, adorned by two tall spires flanking either side).
General Post Office (Designed by Gustav Eiffel, the Post Office is a testament to the French presence in the late 1800s. The look and feel of this grand building is like an elegant railway station).
City Hall (Find out why this is one of the most photographed buildings in Ho Chi Minh City. Constructed in the early 1900s, City Hall is a beautiful example of French colonial architecture). Finish Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City Heritage Tour at 04.30 pm.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide, breakfast at hotel, one lunch, one dinner, entrance fees, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City.
Excluded: Travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 3: SAI GON- DA NANG – HOI AN TOUR (DINNER)
Pick up and transfer to airport. When you arrive Da Nang airport. Pick up and transfer to Heritage Hoi An old town.
On the way, we will stop to visit Heritage CHAM museum. The CHAM people occupied this area of Vietnam from the 4th to the 16th centuries and in the Museum you will find the best examples of CHAM sculpture anywhere in the world. We continue south toMarble Mountain, series of large marble outcrops that have acquired mythical significance over the centuries. The Cover of the Marble Mountain has a number of sacred Buddhist shrines as well as a former Communist guerilla hospital from the Vietnam War.
Dinner & overnight in Hoi An. Free at leisure.
Included: Airport transfer, English speaking tour guide in tour, one dinner, entrance fees, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Hoian.
Excluded: Breakfast, lunch, travel insurance, tip, personal expenses and air ticket: Saigon – Danang.
DAY 4: HOI AN - MY SON HOLY LAND - DANANG ( BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
8.00am: Pick you up at your hotel.
Depart by bus or private transport for our one hour journey to My Son. Lots of good photo opportunities while on the bus or private transport.
Arrive in My Son. Take a nice walk with your guide for around 1 hour to see the historic and cultural ruins of the 16th century. My son offers you many impressive sites. You will be brought back to the glorious time of the Champa civilization.
Then you have free time to relax, discover, or have cup of coffee for around 1 more hour.
We then depart My Son and head back to Hoi an arriving around 12.30 PM.
Have a lunch in Hoian. Then guide will take you to visit Hoian Old Town, Hoi An was Vietnam's most active trading center over many centuries and has been largely preserved the architecture of the City reflects the influence of Chinese Japanese, Portuguese, French and British traders.
Hoi An is also the town where French Missionary Alexander De Rhodes Introduced Catholicism to Vietnam as well as the Romanized script that has become the standard Vietnamese scrip; we take a walking your of enchanting Hoi An visiting an old merchant house, Hoi An Museum, a Chinese Assembly hall and the Japanese covered Bridge.
Stay overnight in Hoian.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel, lunch, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation.
Excluded: Dinner, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 5: TO HERITAGE HUE (BREAKFAST)
Overland to Hue–the first World Heritage site recognized by UNESCO in Vietnam (110 km). Admire beautiful landscapes on the road through the Hai Van Pass with panoramic views of clouds, the sea, and the mountains. Hue is a beautifully located City on the banks of the perfume River. As Vietnam's capital throughoutthe Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), as a center of Vietnam Buddhism and scholarship and finally as the setting for some of Vietnam War’s most bloody fighting. Hue provides a unique Window into Vietnam and its complex past.
Upon arrival at Hue, we will visit the impressive home of the Nguyen dynasty emperors - the Citadel, Thien Mu Pagoda. Much of the citadel was destroyed during the Offensive in 1968 but is gradually being restored then.
Then get on the boat for a sight -seeing along the Perfume River to see fishing village and sampan on the way back. Do no miss the Sunset on the Perfume River!
Back to town at 04.30 pm.
Transfer to hotel.
Overnight in Hue.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide in tour, breakfast at hotel, entrance fees, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Hue.
Excluded: Lunch, dinner, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 6: HUE CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
Morning seminar and then visit Minh Mang royal tomb. Afternoon visit Tu Duc, Khai Dinh royal tomb, Conical Hat Making Village and Incense making village, Kinh Van An Martial Art.Enjoy some of Hue’s special dishes.
Dinner and overnight in Hue.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide in tour, breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner, entrance fees, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Hue.
Excluded: Travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 7: HUE - PARADISE CAVE (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
In the morning, 6h30am : The bus and guide Pick up the guest at Hue city depart for Paradise cave, stop over at La Vang Holy Land and pass DMZ of Quang Tri, The Macnamara Electron fence, 17 parallel,Ben Hai River, Hien luong Bridge. Have lunch at the restaurant at Xuan Son town .
In the afternoon : We will travel to The Paradise cave is like “ The Eden on the Earth”. The especially Stalagmites, stalacties Stystem with Sparkling , Mysterious beauty out of Human being imagination. Its spectacular and magical beauty is welcome visitors come and enjoy...
Come back Dong Hoi city . Have dinner. In the Evening: you can walking along the Nhat Le river bank and Bao Ninh beach to admire the beautyfull city by night.
Stay in Dong Hoi or Phong Nha.
Included: Transport, English speaking tour guide in tour, breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner, entrance fees,01 water bottle and accommodation in Dong Hoi or Phong Nha
Excluded: Travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 8: PHONG NHA - HUE - HANOI (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
In the Morning, have Breakfast at the hotel . Free . About 11.00am the bus and guide pick up you at the hotel leave Dong Hoi for Phong Nha Cave. It was classified as The World natural Heritage . Have Lunch at the Restaurant at Xuan Son Town . Afternoon: Get to the Boatstation take the boat Cruise up of Son river Visit Phong Nha Water Cave, you will see , Fairy and Royal Gotto. You Will admire very Sparkling, Misterious Beautyfull of Stalacties, stalagmies sytstem . Then take the boat come back, get in the Bus Comeback Hue on Ho Chi Minh Road . Arrive Hue Cty about 19.30- 20:00
Transfer to Hue airport and flight to Hanoi.
Enjoy dinner at restaurant in Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.
Included: English speaking tour guide in tour, breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner, entrance fees, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Hanoi.
Excluded: Transport (boat, car, air ticket: Hue – Hanoi/Vietnam airlines), travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 9: HANOI – HA LONG BAY (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
08.00am- 08.15am: Pick up at your hotel and depart for Ha Long city.
11.45am – 12.00pm: At Halong city, You will board your Cruise, check into your cabin and enjoy first class lunch while you are cruising through thousands amazing islands and islets passing by Stone Dog Islet, Floating fishing Village, Incense Burner, Fighting Cocks, Duck and Finger Islets...
15:45pm: Visit Surprising Cave (the most beautiful one in Halong Bay)
16:45pm – 18:00pm: Enjoy an hour or more kayaking through slide rock cliffs before swimming and joining some competitions for prize and fun, on white sandy beach (weather permitted).
18:00pm – 18:45pm: Board back the Cruise, take shower and enjoy special cocktail party on the sundeck before dinner time.
19:00pm – 20:30pm: Enjoy a specially prepared dinner in a romantic atmosphere.
21:00pm: Evening activities – enjoy movie night, board games, Karaoke singing and squid fishing or relax at leisure. Stay overnight on junk.
Included:Transport, English speaking tour guide in tour, breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner, 01 Aquafina water bottle, entrance fees and accommodation.
Excluded:Travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 10: HA LONG – HA NOI (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
07:45am: Have better breakfast than Superior & Deluxe Types.
08:30am: Start cruising to visit Van Gia floating village and passing by Halong Pearl Farm.
09:30am- 10:00am: Keep cruising to visit Heritage Halong bay. Enjoy the cooking course after you pack your things and leave the cabin.
11:30am – 12:00pm: Sail back Ha Long pier, have a lunch and take a bus or private transport back to Hanoi.
Included: Welcome drink, transports Hanoi – Ha Long – Hanoi by shuttle bus or private transport, accommodation on board: Luxury & safe en-suited cabin with A/C, hot water, one lunch and one breakfast, kayaking, entrance fees, insurance on junk, 01 Aquafina water bottle, English speaking guide & accommodation in Hanoi.
Excluded:Dinner, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 11: HA NOI CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
AM: Visit the Ethnology Museum, continue to visit hiretage the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam - Vietnam’s first university constructed in 1070, it’s gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past and the History Museum.
We will take you along Hoan Kiem Lake, see the peaceful waters, and visit Ngoc Son temple.
01 hour visit Hanoi Old Quarter by Xich Lo before watching the water puppet show, then going back to the hotel.
Welcome dinner. Overnight in Hanoi.
Included:Breakfast, lunch, dinner, English speaking guide, entrance fees, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation.
Excluded:Travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
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