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Vietnam Eco Tours


Vietnam Eco Explorer

Duration:       13 days - 12 nights
Departure:     Daily                                                               
Start From:   
Ho Chi Minh City or Reverse                
Destinations:  Saigon – Cat Tien National Park - Mekong Delta - Nha Trang – Hanoi – Cuc
                      Phuong National Park - Halong Bay - Cat Ba National Park    
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ITINERARY:

Day 1: Arrive Ho Chi Minh City
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh city - Cat Tien National Park (B/L/D)
Day 3: Cat Tien - Ho Chi Minh city (B/L)
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong - Can Tho homestay (B/L/D)
Day 5: Can Tho - HCM City – night train to Nha Trang (B/L)
Day 6: Nha Trang – Countryside – Biking Safari (B/L)
Day 7: Nha Trang diving (B/L)
Day 8: Nha Trang – Hanoi- Cuc Phuong National Park (B/L/D)
Day 9: Cuc Phuong - Kenh Ga – Hanoi (B/L)
Day 10: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight on boat (B/L/D)
Day 11: Halong – Cat Ba - 'Swimming, Kayaking' (B/L)
Day 12: Cat Ba Island - 'Trekking' - Hai Phong - Hanoi (B/L)
Day 13: Ha Noi - Departure (B)

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DETAIL ITINERARY:


Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival
Arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport, our guide will welcome you transfer to your hotel in the city center. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh city - Cat Tien National Park (B/L/D)
Pick up at your hotel in HCMC, our driver and guide will transfer you to Cat Tien Nation Park - biggest and famous National Park in Viet Nam. Check- in at Guesthouse in Nation Park. After lunch, walking around to explore the fauna and flora of park. Then continue visiting the 400-year-old conifer there. Going a bit further you can see another tree, called Bang Lang (Largest roemie corniculata), which is almost 300 years old. From its trunk of nearly 3m in diameter, 6 ivory sub-trunks sprouted. Dinner at the local restaurant before transferring to National Park for watching the animal such as: Porcupine, Squirrel....who go eating in the evening. Over night at Guest house in Cat Tien National Park.

Day 3: Cat Tien - Ho Chi Minh city (B/L)
After breakfast, boat trip along on Dong Nai river. Today you will have a nice chance to admire the landscape, birds watch and then visit T'Chai village – Chau Ma and X’Tieng ethic people. Get in touch and discover their daily life. Have lunch at local restaurant before coming back to Sai Gon for overnight.

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Can Tho homestay (B/L/D)
Our car will pick up at your hotel in early morning. Upon arrival at My Tho, cruising along small creek to Mekong River estuary, to Con Phung (Phoenix Island) and stop over a garden restaurant at a local house for Vietnamese lunch. The motorized boat cruises more along natural creeks and quiet village in Ben Tre Province. Visit orchards, bee - keeping farm, taste natural honey and honey wine, enjoy tropical fruit, traditional music, see round a distillery, explore the local coconut candy production process, taste candy and coconut pulp. Then transferring to Can Tho. Diner and Homestay.

Day 5: Can Tho - HCM City – night train to Nha Trang (B/L)
Starts from Ninh Kieu boat quay, we cruise along the small and picturesque tributaries, we will see the Cai Rang floating market (the nicest one with heaps of rowing boats). Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily activities of the locals who lives along the Mekong canals and you will roam through the village to visit a rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop. A chance to discover the daily life of Vietnamese people in Mekong Delta. Have lunch at local restaurant before coming back to Saigon City and take night train to Nha Trang. Overnight on train.

Day 6: Nha Trang – Countryside – Biking Safari (B/L)
Arrive in Nha Trang early in the morning. Pick up and transfer to hotel for freshen up. This day we would like to show you a special tailor-made biking excursion. Exploring the country trails, village's life, town and farms, pagoda, the best way to experience the "true" Vietnamese countryside. We have designed all excursions to include can transfer if required, food, fruits and drinks. Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 7: Nha Trang diving (B/L)
Depart early at 7:00 am. from the Dive Center to the boat station, where we board our dive boat and brief with our dive instructors. We then depart for Mun Island for your first 45 minute dive. Lunch on boat (included) and free for swimming and snorkeling. Afternoon, you can take part in a second dive at a different site before heading back to port. Transfer to your hotel at about 3:00 pm. Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 8: Nha Trang – Hanoi- Cuc Phuong National Park (B/L/D)
Leave Nha Trang for Hanoi on the first flight. Our guide will welcome you at airport Noi bai airport and we transfer directly to Cuc Phuong National Park. Arrive there in early afternoon. Time for visiting the Endangered Primates Rescue Center Dinner and overnight at Cuc Phuong National Park.

Day 9: Cuc Phuong - Kenh Ga – Hanoi (B/L)
In the morning, walking to visit flora, fauna and one-thousand-year-old sequoia tree and visit the cave of Prehistoric man. Lunch at local restaurant and drive to visit Kenh Ga village (floating village) by boat, you can swim at Kenh Ga Hot Spring as well. Drive back to Hanoi for overnight.

Day 10: Hanoi - Ha Long Overnight on boat (B/L/D)
08.30: Take 3.5hrs bus trip to Halong with a short-break en route. Continue drive through lots of beautiful countryside. Get on-board upon arrival. Cruise among thousands of spectacular limestone islets to contemplate the stunning beautiful scenery of Halong Bay. Enjoy seafood lunch on boat, and then take a short excursion to Surprising cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Halong. While the boat anchor, swimming, do kayaking, then have dinner and enjoy a romantic night on boat.

Day 11: Halong – Cat Ba - 'Swimming, Kayaking' (B/L)
After breakfast, transfer to another small boat to go to Cat Ba, on the way stop at a small and desert islet beach for relaxing, sunbathing, swimming or kayaking, have lunch on boat. Arrive in Cat Ba, our car will transfer you to a hotel in Cat Ba, check-in hotel, relax and free in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Cat Ba.

Day 12: Cat Ba Island - 'Trekking' - Hai Phong - Hanoi (B/L)
Breakfast at hotel then take about 4 hrs trekking through Cat Ba National Park - home to 32 types of mammals and about 2000 species of flora, up to the Navy peak to have great view of Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay beneath. Trek back to the Forest Gate, car pick up and drive back to the town for lunch. In the afternoon, take a speedboat to Hai Phong/Binh Harbour. Car will be waiting for you at the harbor and transfer back to Hanoi.

Day 13: Ha Noi - Departure (B)
Free time for shopping or optional visit before transfer to Noi Bai airport for departure. 

Suggested Hotels:
 

 Place/Class

Standard (3* Hotels)

Superior (4* hotels)

HCM City

Tan My Dinh 2/ Le Duy / Elios

Grand / Rex / Continental

Cat Tien Forest

Cat Tien Guest House

Can Tho

Home Stay

Nha Trang 

Asia Paradise / Green

Yasaka / Nha Trang Lodge

Cuc Phuong Forest

Cuc Phuong Guest House

Hanoi

Galaxy / Thang Long Opera

Zephyr/ Quoc Hoa

Cat Ba Island

Holiday View or similar

Cat Ba Sunrise resort or similar

Other hotels will be arranged on request.

Include:
Train ticket Saigon - Nha Trang
Hotel accommodation as specific or similar based on double/twin sharing room
Private car/mini van,
Overnight Junk in Ha Long Bay
Domestic flight: Nha Trang - Hanoi
All entrance fees
English/ French speaking guide. Other languages can be arranged upon request
All meals as per program

Exclude:
International flight and all airport taxes
Drinks, except otherwise mentioned
Insurance
Personal expenses and Tips
Vietnam Visa
 

Customize Your Private Tour
 

Private Asia Tours Co., Ltd specializes in private and personalized travel services and tours in Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos.

Planning your personalized travel on Private Asia Tours is easy and enjoyable. You can always change, modify, or adjust your package details to suit your travel plan, flight schedule and budget before actually making the final purchase. The custom-design service of Private Asia Tours is absolutely free!
 

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Vietnam major places of interest:
Hanoi, Halong Bay, MaiChau, Sapa, NinhBinh, PhongNha, DMZ, Hue, Danang, Hoian, NhaTrang, DaLat, PhanThiet-MuiNe, Saigon, Mekong Delta , PhuQuoc, CuChi Tunnels, CaoDai Temple

 

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