Having a shorter history
compared to its Northern
sister, the South of Vietnam
offers less traditional
sightseeing , but more
fascinating experience of
the modern dynamic life and
opportunities for shopping
and leisure in beautiful
resorts.
Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City |
Can Tho City | Vinh Long |
Dalat | Nha Trang City | Mui
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Day 1: Arrival in Saigon (B)
Our car and tour guide will
meet you upon your arrival
at Tan Son Nhat Airport .
Transfer to your hotel in
the city centre for
check-in. Free at leisure in
the rest of the day. Stay
overnight in Ho Chi Minh
City .
Day 2: Saigon - Cu Chi
Tunnel(B, L)
A morning city tour of
dynamic Ho Chi Minh City ,
still called SAIGON by the
locals. The orientation tour
will be commenced on the
Cach Mang Thang Tam Square
(August Revolution Square)
featured by the graceful
colonial style Notre Dame
Cathedral and Saigon Central
Post Office, from where you
can walk up to visit the
historical Reunification
Palace. The tour is
continued with a visit to a
famous lacquerware factory
and Thien Hau Pagoda in the
bustling China Town .
In the afternoon, we drive
overland to Cu Chi Tunnels,
an incredible underground
tunnel network constructed
by Vietnamese guerrillas to
protect numerous villages
against the American attacks
during the Vietnam War. Back
to Saigon for dinner and
O/N. Stay overnight in HCMC.
Day 3: Saigon - Can Tho(B,
L, D)AM:
We visit part of the Mekong
Delta today. Head south to
Can Tho province and have a
break after two-hour driving
at My Tho to visit the
ornate Vinh Trang Pagoda and
a family-run rice noodle
factory. Check-in hotel in
Can Tho at noontime.
PM: We leave for Thot Not,
45km to the north of Can Tho
to visit the bamboo
basket-making hamlet of Long
Thanh before going on to the
Thot Not Stork Sanctuary,
from where you can view
thousands of egrets and
herons arrive to roost in
the branches from a watching
tower.
Return to Can Tho late
afternoon for dinner and
O/N. Stay overnight Can Tho.
Day 4: Can Tho - Chau Doc
(B, L, D)
After breakfast, check-out
and drive northwest to Chau
Doc, situated on the
Cambodian border. Transfer
to hotel on arrival.
Afternoon, take a boat to
visit the Fish Farms where
fish are bred in wooden
cages suspended under
floating houses on Mekong
river. Stop at an islet for
visiting a Cham minority
group village where people
are continuing their
traditional simple life on
stilt houses with fishing,
weaving and practising their
daily Muslim ceremonies.
Return to the mainland in
time to drive up the Sam Mt.
to watch the sunset over the
Cambodian border. Stay
overnight in Chau Doc.
Day 5: Chau Doc - Vinh Long
- Sai Gon (B, L)
Leave Chau Doc for Saigon
via Vinh Long. Break the
journey at Vinh Long to take
a boat trip to visit Phan
Thanh Giang Confucious
Temple and the cottage
industries of Cho Cua
village. You will have a
chance to visit a ceramic
tile factory, a tofu and
fish sauce factory, a
blacksmith's, a roof
thatcher's and a rice
husking factory. Continue to
Cai Be Floating Market and
rejoin the car to drive back
to Saigon for dinner and
O/N. Stay overnight in Ho
Chi Minh City .
Day 6: Saigon - Da Lat (B,
L, D)
Leave Saigon after breakfast
for a drive through scenic
rubber and tea plantation
farms en route to the cooler
climes of Dalat, 300km from
Saigon .
Established as a hill
station at the beginning of
20th century, Dalat is
reminiscent of an alpine
town with its French chalets
and pine forests.
An afternoon of sightseeing
in Dalat takes in the art
deco former Summer Palace of
Emperor Bao Dai, the old
Dalat Railway Station, Xuan
Huong Lake , the Central
Market and Lam Ty Ni Pagoda
where a Buddhist monk, Vien
Thuc, produces his abstract
paintings and writes poetry.
Stay overnight in Dalat.
Day 7: Da Lat - Nha Trang
(B, L)
Leave Dalat for Nha Trang
after breakfast. Have
lunch by the riverside, then
enjoy a pleasantly healthy
mud bath
at the hot spring nearby.
Check-in hotel in Nha Trang.
Enjoy swimming - sun - sea - sand on the
beach near the hotel.
