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 XTieng 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:
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Place/Class
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Standard (3* Hotels)
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Superior (4* hotels)
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HCM City
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Tan
My Dinh 2/ Le Duy / Elios
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Grand / Rex / Continental
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Cat Tien Forest
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Cat Tien Guest House
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Can Tho
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Home Stay
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Nha Trang
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Asia Paradise / Green
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Yasaka / Nha Trang Lodge
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Cuc Phuong Forest
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Cuc Phuong Guest House
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Hanoi
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Galaxy
/ Thang Long Opera
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Zephyr/ Quoc Hoa
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Cat Ba Island
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Holiday View or similar
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Cat Ba Sunrise resort or similar
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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
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