The Bustling
South 10 Days/ 9 Nights
Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi
Tunnels - Can Tho - Chau Doc
- Da Lat - Nha Trang - Mui
Ne - Ho Chi Minh
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City -
Arrival
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: Ho Chi Minh City - 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: Ho Chi Minh City -
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 )
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
- Ho Chi Minh City ( 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: Ho Chi Minh City - Da
Lat ( B, L )
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. Stay
overnight in Nha Trang.
Day 8: Nha Trang ( B, L)
Transfer inland to visit
Yang Bay waterfall
(including stop at crocodile
center and bear center),
Raglai ethnic minority
village and Dien
Khanh Citadel.
Relax and gain your health
in Mud bathing at the Hot
Spring Center.
Overnight in Nha Trang
Day 9: Nha Trang - Mui Ne -
Ho Chi Minh City (B, L )
Bus trip back to Saigon, on
the way visit Mui Ne beach,
relax and swimming. Lunch in
Mui Ne. Arrival in Saigon
and check-in. A list of good
shopping and relax addresses
will be supplied by your
tour guide for the rest of
your time today. Stay
overnight in Ho Chi Minh
city.
Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City -
Departure ( B, L)
Free at leisure until
transfer to Tan Son Nhat
Airport for your ongoing
flight. End of the tour.
|
Class |
Number of Person
in Group/Pax
Tour cost per
Person (in US$) |
|
2 |
3
- 4 |
5
- 9 |
10 - 14 |
Single
Supplemental |
|
3
Star |
980 |
960 |
935 |
890 |
225 |
|
4
Star |
1185 |
1145 |
1095 |
1035 |
430 |
|
5
Star |
1385 |
1345 |
1295 |
1235 |
530 |
Accommodation |
3
Star |
4
Star |
5
Star |
Ho
Chi Minh
City hotels |
Elios or
Riverside hotel |
Metropole or
First hotel |
Windsor Plaza or
Ne World hotel |
Can
Tho hotels |
Saigon Can
Tho hotel |
Golf hotel
|
Victoria hotel |
Da
Lat hotels |
Cam Do or
Empress hotel |
Hoang Anh Gia
Lai resort |
Sofitel hotel or
Ana Mandara
Villas
|
Nha
Trang hotels |
The light or Que
Huong hotel |
Diamond
resort or Yasaka
hotel |
Sunrise hotel |
Mui Ne hotels
|
Bamboo Village
resort |
Blue Ocean
resort |
Phu Hai resort |
Trip
Included
-
Accommodation twin/
double shared basic
-
Meals as
stated on itinerary ( B
= Breakfast, L = Luch, D
= Dinner )
-
Tour
guide as stated on
itinerary
-
Fees and
permits while guiding
-
Round
transfers and
transportation
Trip Excluded
-
International airfare
-
Visa and
visa arrangement
-
Tips and
personal expenses
-
Personal
travel insurance
|