10 Days- 9 Nights (AT/VN01)
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| Vietnam #1 |
Day 1: ARRIVAL HO CHI MINH CITY
Arrive Tan Son Nhat Airport - Ho Chi Minh City. Airport welcome by An Thai guides Tour around the downtown main streets of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly called Saigon before transfer to a hotel. Enjoy dinner at local restaurant with traditional music show. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. (L/D)
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| Vietnam #2 |
Day 2: HO CHI MINH CITY
After breakfast at the hotel, A morning city tour of dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, takes the Presedential Palace, the War Remnant Museum, the Notre Dame Catheral, the Old Saigon Post Office, Ben Thanh Market and enjoy for shopping at silk and lacquerware factory, Visit the bustling city Chinatown, the Temple of Lady Thien Hau. Dinner on floating restaurant cruising along Saigon River. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. (B/L/D)
Day 3: HO CHI MINH CITY - MEKONG DELTA - HO CHI MINH CITY
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| Vietnam #3 |
Excursion to Mekong Delta early morning. It takes about 1.5 hours to reach Cai Be by boat then to explore the floating market typical of Mekong Delta, operating roughly 0600-1100. On the return, visit various orchard for rambutan, ugligruit, rose apple, jackfruit, pomelo and longan on Binh Hoa Phuoc island and An Binh island north of Vinh Long, having lunch at the famous Bonsai Garden. Return to Ho Chi Minh City. At leisure time & overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. (B/L/D)
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| Vietnam #4 |
Day 4: HO CHI MINH CITY Q DANANG - MY SON- HOI AN
Early in the morning, transfer to airport to take a short domestic flight to Da Nang. Tranfer to My Son, visit Cham Holy See – a group of brick edifices thought to be where the remains of Cham kings were kept after cremation. Drive straight to Hoi An, an ancient and the biggest commercial port on the Thu Bon river in the 16th century where merchant ships from Holland, Portugal, Japan, China,. came for exchanging trade. Visit Quan Cong Pagoda, Trading Ceramic Museum, 400 year old Japanese Covered Bridge, Phuc Kien Temple. Enjoy dinner with Hoi An’s special foods “Cao Lau, Mi Quang”. Discovery “Hoi An ancient night” with a highlight of the tour around small streets bordered by ancient houses, gorgeous temples and an old bridge, specially walking around old town at night under the flickering lights of the many beautiful lanterns. Overnight in Hoi An. (B/L/D)
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| Vietnam #5 |
Day 5: HOI AN - DANANG - HUE
After breakfast at the hotel, excursion to Hue – the former imperial capital of Vietnam and has long been regarded as the “Third Capital” of Vietnam, after Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Stop-over on Hai Van Pass and dropping down to the wonderfully photogenic fishing village of Lang Co. Arrive in Hue late in the afternoon and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Hue. (B/L/D)
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| Vietnam #6 |
Day 6: HUE
Take the boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River. Visit Thien Mu Pagoda, the tombs of King Tu Duc and King Khai Dinh. In the afternnon, visit the Imperial Ciradel, builte in 1804 on the site chosen in accordance with the principles of geomancy. Dinner on the floating restaurant with traditional Hue’s food and enjoy Hue folk show in the evening. Overnight in Hue. (B/L/D)
Day 7: HUE Q HANOI - PERFUME PAGODA - HANOI
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| Vietnam #7 |
Transfer to airport to take a domestic flight to Hanoi. Drive to Perfume Pagoda – Chua Huong - is a cave –shrine 60 kilometers southwest of Hanoi. The route features spectacular beautiful scenery, which really makes the trip worthwhile. After the boat ride you face a one-hour hike on a rocky and slippery tril up the Mountain of Fragrant Traces, ending at a complex of Buddhist shrines thich with incense. Drive back to Hanoi in the late afternoon. Enjoying the unique Vietnamese Water puppet show, a theatrical genre reflecting the agriculture civilazation of thousands of years ago. Overnight in Hanoi. (B/L/D)
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| Vietnam #8 |
Day 8: HA NOI CITY TOUR - HA LONG BAY
City tour of Vietnam’s capital. Hanoi is a unique city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental temples. The city tour includes such sights as Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Fine Arts Museum and the Temple of Literature, the Lake of the Restored Sword and the Old Quarter. Transfer by road to Halong, on the way visit Bat Trang, a well-known 500 –year- old pottery village. Overnight in Halong. (B/L/D)
Day 9: HALONG - HANOI
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| Vietnam #9 |
A morning cruise in a private junk on the emerald green waters of Halong Bay, among the 3,000 spectacular limestone islands. The cruise ends with a fresh seafood lunch on board. Return to Hanoi by road in the afternoon. Overnight in Hanoi. (B/L/D)
Day 10: DEPARTURE FROM HANOI
At leisure before check-out. Transfer to Noi Bai Airport for flight departure. End of service. “Home sweet home”. (B)