Vietnam Adventour Tours

CODE: VAD-N1 – 10DAYS

All discovery tours are fully private and based on Halfboard (Breakfast and lunch)

Vietnam Discovery tour  (10 days / 9 nights) «WEST NORTH OF VIETNAM »

MEAL PLAN: Breakfast + Lunch (B: Breakfast / L: Lunch)

Day 1    Hanoi-Maichau (B)

Arrive in Hanoi. Meet and transfer to Hoabinh for visiting Hoa Binh hydroelectricity plant before proceeding to Maichau. Overnight  in Maichau.

Day 2    Maichau-Son La (BL)

Excurison in Maichau  to visit Van and Compon villages to see daily activities of ethnic people group.  Lunch at a local private house. Drive to Son La. Overnight at hotel in Son La.

Day 3    Son La-Dien Bien Phu (BL)

Visit Sonla museum and prison. Lunch at local restaurant. Drive to Dien Bien. Overnight in Dien Bien.

Day 4    Dien Bien-Lai Chau (BL)

Visit Dien Bien museum, old battle field, A1 hill and headquarter of French Former General De Castries. Drive to Laichau. Lunch  en route. Overnight at hotel in Lai Chau.

Day 5    Lai Chau-Sapa (BL)

Drive to Sapa, stop en route to visit nearby villages of ethnic minorities. Lunch.

Day 6    Sapa (BL) - Saturday

Morning visit Ta van village by russian jeep . Back to Sapa. Lunch at local restaurant. Trekking to hill tribe village Catcat of H'mong minority. Evening visit Love market (on Saturday).

Day 7    Sapa-Yen Bai (BL) - Sunday

Excursion to Bac Ha market (on Sunday only). Drive to Yen Bai. Lunch at local restaurant. Overnight at hotel in Yen Bai.

Day 8    Yen Bai-Hanoi (BL)

Drive back to Hanoi. Lunch enroute. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Day 9    Hanoi (BL)

Full day citytour with Ho Chi Minh President’s mausoleum, One-pillar pagoda, Tranquoc pagoda, Temple of Literature, History museum. In the afternoon walking tour  around  HoanKiem lake & NgocSon temple, old quarter. In the evening enjoy water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 10  Hanoi departure (B)

Transfer to airport for home flight. End of the tour

Full itinerary:

Day 1    Hanoi-Maichau  (B)

Arrive in Hanoi. Car and our driver will met and pick you up. After a hot breakfast at a local restaurant, you will depart to Mai Chau with stop to visit Hoa Binh hydroelectricity plant in Hoa Binh city, this plant is one of the biggest powers in Southeast Asia. From your car on the mountainous road leading to Mai Chau, you can admire the superb panorama of Mai Chau surround by a green valley and stilted houses. Free at leisure. Overnight  in Maichau.

Day 2    Maichau-Son La (BL)

After breakfast, you will have an excursion in Maichau to visit Van and Compon villages to see daily activities of Thai ethnic people group with house on stilt, embroidery art. Lunch at a local house. In the afternoon, drive to Son La with a stop in Moc Chau with hundreds of giant grass farms for cows. Overnight at hotel in Son La.

Day 3    Son La-Dien Bien Phu (BL)

After breakfast, you will visit Son La museum and old prison in the French war period. Lunch at local restaurant. Drive to Dien Bien, enjoy the wonderful scenery in Pha Din pass, which located 1,000m above sea level. In accordance with the local legend, Pha Din was the frontier between The Heaven and The Earth. Overnight in Dien Bien.

Day 4    Dien Bien-Lai Chau  (BL)

After breakfast, you will visit Dien Bien museum, old battle field during French war, A1 hill-was the strongest post of strongholds in Dien Bien Phu fortified entrenched camp, and headquarter of French Former General De Castries. Drive to Laichau. Lunch en route. Overnight in Lai Chau.

Day 5    Lai Chau-Sapa  (BL)

After breakfast, you will drive throughout Lai Chau for Sapa. On this day you'll have a chance to see the most beautiful hill tribes in Northern Vietnam such as H'Mong, Black Thai, Black Dzao, and Pazi…Lunch en route. Arrive Sapa. Overnight in Sapa.

Day 6    Sapa (Saturday) (BL)

After breakfast, you will be transferred by Russian jeep to visit Ta van, a small village set within a picturesque valley, a home of Giay ethnic people, who look more like the traditional Viet living the Red delta. Back to Sapa. Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon trekking to Catcat village about 2km from Sapa. This is an age-old village of H'Mong ethnic group remaining unique customs and practices that are lost in other villages. Evening you will visit Love market, which was used to be the place to find a partner to get married. With the development of tourism, the real love market does not take place anymore. Currently you can only see a representation of it. Do not miss it anyway if you stay here a Saturday night.

Day 7    Sapa-Yen Bai   (BL)-Sunday

After breakfast, you will have an excursion to Bac Ha for Sunday market (Sunday only). This is a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. It is the most colorful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy Bac Ha people’s simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches…Continue to the H’Mong King’s house (King Hoang A Tuong- a tribal mandarin under the domination of the French colony) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Drive to Yen Bai. Lunch at local restaurant. Overnight in Yen Bai

Day 8    Yen Bai-Hanoi (BL)

After breakfast, you will leave mountainous region back to Red River Delta. Lunch en route. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 9    Hanoi (BL)

After breakfast at hotel, you start a new interesting day by visiting Temple of Literature-The first University of Vietnam and also an ancient Confucian sanctuary, which was built in the 11 century. Proceed to visit Ho Chi Minh president’s complex including mausoleum, his house on stilts, then One Pillar Pagoda, which rises on a one pillar from the middle of a square lotus pond.  After visiting Presidential palace with its colonial architecture, we move to West Lake nearby to view the biggest fresh water lake with a shore length of about 10 miles, visit Tran Quoc Pagoda located on an islet of the Lake, it is one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam and a cultural symbol of Vietnamese Buddhism. It is time for light lunch with Pho (noodle soup)-a specialty of Hanoi. In the afternoon, visit Hoa Lo prison, later known to American prisoners of war as the "Hanoi Hilton", was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam War, only part of the prison exists today as a museum. Continue with Wwalking tour around the old quarter-the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam. Hanoi’s old quarter has a history that spans 1000 years and represent the eternal soul of the city. Each street then had merchants and households specialized in a particular trade, such as silk traders, jewellery, etc. The street names nowadays still reflect these specializations, although few of them remain exclusively in their original commerce. Have a short rest at local coffee shop. Leaving the old quarter with 36 streets, we proceed to Ngoc Son Temple, built in the 19th century on an island on Hoan Kiem (Restored sword) Lake; it was already considered the most beautiful lake in Hanoi. Initially, the temple was called Ngoc Son Pagoda and was later renamed Ngoc Son Temple, since temples are dedicated to saints. In the evening, you will enjoy water puppet show-the unique art which has it origin in the delta of the Red river in the 10th century. Water puppetry is performed in a pool of water with the water surface being the stage. The puppeteers stand behind a curtain and control the puppets using long bamboo rods and string mechanism hidden beneath the water surface. Singers of Cheo (a form of opera) with origin in Northern Vietnam sing songs which tell the story being acted out by the puppets. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 10  Hanoi departure (B)

           Breakfast at hotel. Free at leisure until transfer to the airport for your home flight. The end of the tour.

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-          Prices are in USD per PAX per TOUR, including taxes, booking fees and breakfast for single or double room, applied for US and European market
-          Extra for hotel accommodation or compulsary dinners  during Xmas and New Year, Tet are not included

 Price included
-          Shared accommodation in twin/double room with daily breakfast (see hotel category list below)
-          All transfers and transportation with air-con vehicles
-          Local English speaking guides in each province
-          All entrance fees as program
-          Domestic airfares as mentioned

Excluded:
-          Airfares (international)
-          No Meals (lunches, dinners)
-          Visa to Cambodia/ Vietnam/ Laos
-          International airport tax
-          Drinks and personal expenses
-          Tips
-          Hotel surcharge for peak season (Xmas or New Year)

 Hotel List  (we may use similar hotel as alternative)

Talk to Tour Operator

VAD-N3 – 9DAYS

All discovery tours are fully private and based on Halfboard (Breakfast and lunch)

Vietnam Discovery tour  (9 days / 8 nights) « MOST BEAUTIFUL ROAD OF VIETNAM »<

MEAL PLAN: Breakfast + Lunch (B: Breakfast / L: Lunch)

Day 1    Hanoi-Nghialo (L)

Departure from Hanoi to Nghia lo (200km) , Visit to Suoi Giang with old tea trees over 100 years old trees.

Day 2    Nghialo-Mucangchai-Sapa (BL)

Continue from Nghialo to Mu cang chai (100km), with one of the most beautiful rice field terraces of Vietnam, several photo stops, then continue to Sapa (150km).

Day 3    Sapa (Fri) (BL)

Sapa: fullday visit - Catcat village, Tavan, Hamrong mountains. ON in Sapa.

Day 4    Sapa-Bacha (Sat) (BL)

Sapa- Bacha: visiting the H'mong King's house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920,short walking to see BanPho village where is homeland of flower Hmong.

Day 5    Bacha-Xinman-Thongnguyen (Sun) (BL)

Early mornng Bacha market, By Russian jeep Bacha - Xinman, then to Thong Nguyen (arr afternoon).

Day 6    Thongnguyen-Quangba (BL)

Thongnguyen - Tamson (Quang ba).

Day 7    Quangba-Dongvan (BL)

Tam son - YenMinh - visit Pho Cao, Sung La, Hmong King palace, Old town Dong van - Meovac .

Day 8    Dongvan-Hagiang (BL)

Meo vac - Yenminh - Hagiang.

Day 9    Hagiang-Hanoi (BL)

Full itinerary:

Day 1    Hanoi-Nghia Lo (L)

Our car and driver will pick you up at your hotel to departure to Nghia Lo Departure from Hanoi to Nghia Lo (200km). Visit to Suoi Giang with old tea trees over 100 years old. Overnight in Nghia Lo.

Day 2    Nghia Lo-Mu Cang Chai-Sapa (BL)

After breakfast, continue from Nghia Lo to Mu Cang Chai (100km) with one of the most beautiful rice field terraces of Vietnam, several photo stops, then continue to Sapa (150km).

Day 3    Sapa (BL)

After breakfast, you will have a full day tour of Sapa with trekking to Catcat village about 2km from Sapa. This is an age-old village of H'Mong ethnic group remaining unique customs and practices that are lost in other villages, then to Tavan village- home of Giay people, who look more like the traditional Viet living the Red delta. Afternoon climb to Hamrong Mountain for panorama view of the town, visit the orchid gardens with beautiful and colorful flowers. Overnight in Sapa.

Day 4    Sapa-Bacha (BL)

After breakfast, drive to Bac Ha to visit  H’Mong King’s house (King Hoang A Tuong- a tribal mandarin under the domination of the French colony) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920, short walking to Ban Pho village, where is homeland of flower H’mong ethnic people, if like, you can taste special wine made from corn. Overnight in Bac Ha

Day 5    Bacha-Xinman-Thongnguyen (Sun) (BL)

After breakfast, if you are here in Bac Ha on Sunday, then you will have a chance to visit Bac Ha Sunday market- this is a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. It is the most colorful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy Bac Ha people’s simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches…Then you will take a trip on Russian Jeep to Xin Man then to Thongnguyen in the afternoon. Overnight in Thongnguyen.

Day 6    Thongnguyen-Quangba (BL)

After breakfast, you will depart from Thong Nguyen to Tam son (Quang ba), where you can see a twin mountains rising between rock mountain range and rice field terraces. Overnight in Quang Ba.

Day 7    Quangba-Dongvan (BL)

After breakfast, you will leave Quangba  for the small communities of Yenminh, visit Pho Cao market, Sung La village. In the afternoon, heading to Dong Van Stone Plateau via Ma Pi Leng pass. This is one of the best photo stop to enjoy the wonderful sightseeing of this vast limestone mountain range and perpendicular walls of rock, which brings one a feeling of adventure whilst being lost in the rocky highlands. Check-in a local guest house in Dong Van. Your guide will show you the Dong Van Old Streets located by the market, then you will visit Vuong’s Palace (H’mong people King Palace). The palace attracts keen interest from architecturally minded visitors due to it mixed style of European and Chinese architecture. Overnight in Dongvan.

Day 8    Dongvan-Hagiang (BL)

After breakfast, transfer back to Ha Giang town. Enjoy the amazing scenery and landscape en route. Lunch at a local restaurant. Overnight in Ha Giang town.

Day 9    Hagiang-Hanoi (BL)

After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Hanoi. Lunch enroute. Arrive in Hanoi. End of the tour.

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-          Prices are in USD per PAX per TOUR, including taxes, booking fees and breakfast for single or double room, applied for US and European market
-          Extra for hotel accommodation or compulsary dinners  during Xmas and New Year, Tet are not included

 Price included
-          Shared accommodation in twin/double room with daily breakfast (see hotel category list below)
-          All transfers and transportation with air-con vehicles
-          Local English speaking guides in each province
-          All entrance fees as program
-          Domestic airfares as mentioned

Excluded:
-          Airfares (international)
-          No Meals (lunches, dinners)
-          Visa to Cambodia/ Vietnam/ Laos
-          International airport tax
-          Drinks and personal expenses
-          Tips
-          Hotel surcharge for peak season (Xmas or New Year)

 Hotel List  (we may use similar hotel as alternative)

Talk to Tour Operator

CODE: VAD-CS2 - 17 days / 16 nights

All discovery tours are fully private and based on Halfboard (Breakfast and lunch)

Vietnam Discovery tour  (17 days / 16 nights) « MEKONG AND CENTRAL HIGHLAND »

MEAL PLAN: Breakfast + Lunch (B: Breakfast / L: Lunch)

Day 1    Hochiminh city (Saigon) arrival   

Arrive in Saigon. Welcome and transfer to hotel  for check in and lunch. In the afternoon, visit Central Church, Post office, China town. Overnight at hotel.

Day 2    HCMC – Vinhlong (B)     

In the morning drive to Vinhlong, boat trip from Caibe floating market to Vinhlong. Stay in Anbinh island, visit fruit farms, local houses by bike on the island. Overnight in a local house (Home stay)

Day 3    Vinhlong-Cantho (BL)    

Morning continue by road to Cantho. Lunch in restaurant. Overnight  in Can Tho

Day 4    Cantho-Bac Lieu (BL)     

In the morning, visit Cai Rang floating market, noodle factory.  Continue to Soc Trang and visit Khmer Pagoda (Doi pagoda). Lunch in local restaurant, before going to Bac Lieu.

Day 5    Bac Lieu-Camau (BL)     

Visit U Minh mangrove forest (tour by small boat), bee feeding then back to Ca Mau for visit of the market. Lunch en route. Overnight at hotel.

Day 6    Camau- Ha Tien (BL)     

Short visit of Camau with floating market. Travel to Rach Gia, visit Nguyen Trung Truc’s temple. Arrive Ha Tien, visit Hon Chong, Kien Luong before check in hotel.

Day 7    Hatien-Chaudoc (BL)     

Sightseeing in Hatien-border town with Phu Dung Pagoda, Mui Nai beach, Mac Cuu temple, drive along Vinh Te border canal to Tinh Bien, followed by a ride up the sacred Sam Moutain with its panoramic view over the vast plains of the Mekong Delta and far into Cambodia, visit Cham village, Islamic cathederal in Chau Doc.

Day 8    Chaudoc-Hochiminh city (BL)      

Transfer from Chaudoc to Hochiminh city via Long Xuyen, visit Oc eo museum in An Giang, this museum named a famous culture in the Mekong Delta, which was created and developed during the period from the first to the 7th centuries in Vietnam. Lunch en route. Overnight in Hochiminh city

Day 9    HCMC-Pleiku (air)- Kontum (BL) 

Transfer to Hochiminh city airport for flight to Pleiku, pick up and transfer to KontumHCMC -Pleiku by air, then by car to –Kontum. Visit of minority villages around Kontum : Dak To, Dak Ri Job, Dak Ri Peng... In the afternoon, visit Banar villages of Kon Jari and Kon Kotu.

Day 10  Kontum (BL)     

Visit villages nearby and the city with wooden church, Kontum prison. Overnight.

Day 11  Kontum-Buonmethuot - Lak lake (BL)      

In the morning, drive to Buon Me Thuot. Visit of the Ethnographic Museum and lunch in local restaurant. In the afternoon, continue to Lak lake for visit of some Mnong villages. Overnight in Lak Lake.

Day 12  Lak Lake-Buonmethuot (BL)       

Elephant walk on the North lakeside, then back by small boat to Jun. Continue to National Park Yok Don, and visit some minorities in Ban Don village. Lunch in local restaurant. Overnight in Buon Ma Thuot.

Day 13  Buonmethuot-Nhatrang (BL)       

Visit Dray Sap waterfall and Ede village of Tur. Continue to Nha Trang with lunch en route. Visit Po Nagar and Nha Trang market.

Day 14  Nhatrang (BL)   

In the morning, visit Oceanography museum, Yersin Museum, Baodai villa. In the afternoon, free at leisure. 

Day 15  Nhatrang-Dalat (BL)      

Drive to Dalat. Visit and lunch en route. Continue to Dalat and visit local market. Overnight in Da Lat.

Day 16  Dalat – HCMC (BL)        

In the morning walk around the Langbiang mountains. Then drive to Bao Loc for lunch, continue to HCMC.

Day 17  HCMC departure (B)      

Full itinerary:

 Day 1    Saigon arrival   

Arrive in Saigon. You will be welcomed and transferred by our guide and driver to hotel for check in. In the afternoon, you will have Saigon short tour with visiting Central Church, Post office, China town. Overnight in Saigon.

Day 2    Saigon-Vinhlong (B)     

After breakfast, you will drive to Vinhlong- 130 km southeast of Saigon to begin the exploration of Mekong. Upon arrival at Cai Be, embark a private boat to cruise around Cai Be Floating Market to see local people being selling, buying, exchanging goods from their boats, cruise through the narrow waterways to witness the daily river life of the southern people and visit the family factories producing fish sauce, tofu and rice paper. Stay in Anbinh Island, visit fruit farms, local houses by bike on the island. Overnight in a local house (Home stay). 

Day 3    Vinhlong-Cantho (BL)    

After breakfast, you will continue the trip to Cantho. Lunch in restaurant. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 4    Cantho-Bac Lieu (BL)     

After breakfast, start from Ninh Kieu boat quay, you cruise along the small and picturesque tributaries, you 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 rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop. Continue to Soc Trang to visit Kh’Leang Pagoda, originally built from bamboo in 1533, it had a complete rebuild in 1905 (this time using concrete). There are seven religious festivals held here every year that are worth seeing - people come from outlying areas of the province for these events. Even outside of festival times, Khmer people drop in regularly to bring donations and pray. Continue to Bat pagoda where thousands of bats are hanging on the trees around. Lunch in local restaurant, before going to Bac Lieu. Overnight in Bac Lieu.

Day 5    Bac Lieu-Camau (BL)     

After breakfast, you will take small boat to visit U Minh forest-a special swamp in the Mekong Delta, is habitat to hundreds of precious fauna and flora species, The biological productivity of this land is the highest among Vietnam's ecosystems, then visit bee feeding farm, back to Ca Mau for visiting local market. Overnight in Camau.

Day 6    Camau- Ha Tien (BL)     

After breakfast , you will have a short visit of Camau floating market, then you will travel to Rach Gia, visit Nguyen Trung Truc’s temple. Arrive Ha Tien, visit Hon Chong, Kien Luong before check in hotel.

Day 7    Hatien-Chaudoc (BL)     

After breakfast, you will take a sightseeing in Hatien-border town with Phu Dung Pagoda, Mui Nai beach, Mac Cuu temple, drive along Vinh Te border canal to Tinh Bien, followed by a ride up the sacred Sam Mountain with its panoramic view over the vast plains of the Mekong Delta and far into Cambodia, visit Cham village, Islamic cathedral in Chau Doc. Overnight in Chau Doc.

Day 8    Chaudoc-Saigon (BL)      

After breakfast, our driver will transfer you from Chaudoc to Saigon via Long Xuyen, visit Oc eo museum in An Giang, this museum named a famous culture in the Mekong Delta, which was created and developed during the period from the first to the 7th centuries in Vietnam. Lunch en route. Overnight in Saigon.

Day 9    HCMC-Pleiku (air)- Kontum (BL) 

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Saigon airport for flight to Pleiku, picked up and proceed to Kontum. This day, you will visit of minority villages around Kontum : Dak To, Dak Ri Job, Dak Ri Peng... In the afternoon, visit Banar villages of Kon Jari and Kon Kotu.  Overnight in Kontum.

Day 10  Kontum (BL)     

After breakfast at hotel, you will have a full day in Kontum with visiting Ba Na Village with many beautiful wooden stilt houses, Commune House, it is a large, imposing, beautifully decorated stilt house built in the middle of the village. It is where community activities take place, reception of guests, meetings, wedding ceremonies, or praying ceremonies, wooden church, which was built in 1913 by a French priest and now it's an attractive place for tourists, it was mainly made from wood, no concrete, bricks or steel and the city with wooden church, then Kontum prison- built by the French to detain patriotic revolutionaries. Overnight in Kontum.

Day 11  Kontum-Buonmethuot - Lak lake (BL)      

After breakfast at hotel, you will drive to Buon Me Thuot. Visit of the Ethnographic Museum and lunch in local restaurant. In the afternoon, continue to Lak lake for visit of some Mnong villages. The lake is an awakening tourist place covers 600 hectares in the rainy season, but shrinks to 400 hectares surrounded by rice paddies in the dry; it is about 60 km south of Buon Ma Thuot. Overnight in Lak Lake.

Our driver and guide will meet and pick you up from your hotel in Saigon. You will have an interesting trip on the mountainous roads to Buon Me Thuat (nearly 280km from Saigon), visit Draysap waterfall and Ede minority village. In the afternoon, you will reach  Lak Lake-. Overlooking the lake is the old summer residence of Emperor Bao Dai which has been renovated into a hotel. Surrounding the lake is Jun Village, home of the Jun people. Overnight in Lak Lake. (BL)

Day 12    Lak Lake-Buon Me Thuat (BL)       

After breakfast at hotel, you will have an elephant ride across to the North lakeside, then back by small boat. Continue to  Yok Don National Park- home to 67 mammal species, 38 of which are listed as endangered in Indochina, and 17 of those endangered worldwide. The park habitats accommodate elephants, tigers and leopards, as well as nearly 250 different species of bird. After that, you will visit some minorities in Ban Don Village. Lunch in local restaurant, dinner and overnight in Buon Ma Thuot

. Day 13    Buon Me Thuat-Nhatrang  (BL)

After breakfast at hotel. You will continue to Nha Trang with lunch en route. Visit Po Nagar Tower -2 kilometers from Nha Trang city center, it is on a 20m high hill looking out over the sea. The tower was built 900 or 1,000 years ago as a religious structure by the Cham people and the culture of the Cham is infused in the architecture and sculpture that make up the tower, it is standing through the ages with historical events flowing around it.  Leaving the tower, you will visit Dam market right in the center of the city, which was built around 1908; this market was called “Dam” because it used to be a 7 hectare pond, which was a way through Cai river outlet. Because of its long existence, Dam market has become a part of the way of life for local Nha Trang people. The market is Nha Trang main Trade Center with all types of local goods, domestic and foreign articles and especially dried sea foods. Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 14    Nhatrang (B)

After breakfast, you will have a boat trip to Mun Island, where you stop for fishing & snorkeling. Relax & swim on your own time. On the way back to the shore, a short visit to fishing village to see the fresh shrimp, zoo groupers, sea crab raised in floating cages, then you will visit the National Oceanographic Museum, which houses a diverse collection of ocean creatures and conducts marine research. Since its establishment in 1923, the Institute of Oceanography has collected and preserved more than 20,000 specimens and more than 4,000 sea and freshwater species. The institute also has a number of live specimens in their aquariums, Bao Dai Villa-one of the few remaining examples of French colonial architecture in Vietnam. Built in 1923 as a holiday resort for the last Vietnamese King Bao Dai and Queen Nam Phuong, the villas sit on a promontory of 120,000m2 of lush vegetation. On a mountain, the Villas overlook the South China sea, its coastal islands and enjoy sea breeze all year round. Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 15  Nhatrang-Dalat (BL)      

After breakfast, you will drive to Dalat-the jewel of the Central Highlands. Upon arrival, you will first visit Prenn waterfalls about 10km away from Dalat on the way, thenTuyen Lam Reservoir, Truc Lam grandiose temple. Have lunch, and then take the horse cart round the hilly roads of Dalat to the graceful Xuan Huong Lake in the centre of the city is highly recommended local market. Overnight in Da Lat.

Day 16  Dalat-Saigon (BL)        

After breakfast, you will have a journey back to passing through the many tea and coffee plantations. The drive is long but views are fantastic

Day 17 Saigon departure (B) 

After breakfast, free at leisure until transfer to airport for flight home. End of the tour.

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-          Prices are in USD per PAX per TOUR, including taxes, booking fees and breakfast for single or double room, applied for US and European market
-          Extra for hotel accommodation or compulsary dinners  during Xmas and New Year, Tet are not included

Price included
-          Shared accommodation in twin/double room with daily breakfast (see hotel category list below)
-          All transfers and transportation with air-con vehicles
-          Local English speaking guides in each province
-          All entrance fees as program
-          Domestic airfares as mentioned

Excluded:
-          Airfares (international)
-          No Meals (lunches, dinners)
-          Visa to Cambodia/ Vietnam/ Laos
-          International airport tax
-          Drinks and personal expenses
-          Tips
-          Hotel surcharge for peak season (Xmas or New Year)

 Hotel List  (we may use similar hotel as alternative)

Talk to Tour Operator