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GRAND VIETNAM GOLFING TOUR

Vietnam Tours - Golf Tours

Highlights: A 18-day golf tour exploring some of Vietnam's finest golf courses in Saigon, Phan Thiet, Da Lat, Hanoi. This golf tour allows you the opportunity to play on Vietnam’s scenic golf resorts. Sightseeing tours to visit the mystical Ha Long bay or the ancient charming Hanoi city will be a highlight of the tours.

ITINERARY:

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh arrival (D)

Upon arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, our tour guide will meet and transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is free time until the guide picks you up for the welcome dinner with traditional Vietnamese dishes.

Accommodation: Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City
Meal: Dinner

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam Golf and Country Club (B)

After breakfast at the hotel, we transfer to Thu Duc and the Vietnam Golf and Country Club for one round 18 holes of golf. In the afternoon, we return to Ho Chi Minh City, take a short tour of the city, visiting the former Presidential Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Saigon Post Office and Thien Hau Pagoda in the city's bustling Chinatown.

Accommodation: Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 3: Mekong Delta (B/L)

After breakfast at the hotel, escaping from the high-rise hotels, shopping malls and chic restaurants of Ho Chi Minh City, we drive to My Tho with paddy fields, thick orchards and canals. Upon arriving, we board a private boat start exploring the vast Mekong River. We will pass by the floating market, Fish Quay along the water way to Turtle Island, a beautiful island with many orchards. Here we can enjoy a variety of fresh tropical fruits while listening to traditional South Vietnamese folk songs performed by local artists. We then visit a coconut candy workshop before taking a short horse cart ride to visit a Bee Farm where we try some honey tea, tastes local confectionery. After that, we will have a short rowing sampan boat ride along the water coconut shady canal to our main boat then go to Phoenix Island that was the lonely bastion of Coconut Monk. Here we enjoy lunch of local cuisines with delicious Elephant Ear fish, before go back to the harbor. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh by late afternoon.

Accommodation: Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam Golf and Country Club (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then we transfer to Thu Duc for one more round 18 holes of golf at Vietnam Golf and Country Club. The rest time of the day is free for relaxing at the hotel or shopping.

Accommodation: Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh - Phan Thiet (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then transfer to Phan Thiet by bus. Check-in to the hotel and the rest of the day is free for relaxing, enjoying at the hotel or on the beach.

Accommodation: Overnight in Phan Thiet.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 6: Phan Thiet (B)

After having breakfast, play one round 18 holes of golf at Ocean Dunes Golf Club. In the afternoon, take a half-day city tour of Phan Thiet, visiting the wonderful Sand Dunes and Chams Tower.

Accommodation: Overnight in Phan Thiet.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 7: Phan Thiet (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Play one more round of golf at Ocean Dunes Golf Club. The rest time of the day is free for you to relax and enjoy the beach by swimming, massage, sea bathing or playing tennis.

Accommodation: Overnight in Phan Thiet. 
Meal: Breakfast

Day 8: Phan Thiet - Dalat (B)

After breakfast, leave Phan Thiet for Dalat. It is a scenic morning's drive from the coastal plain and the beach city of Phan Thiet to the cooler climates of Dalat a former French hill station and the most famous highland in Vietnam for its attraction and romance. Dalat is the city of Spring, each day in Dalat includes all the four seasons, splendid spring in the morning, bright summer at noon , cloudy autumn in the afternoon and cool winter at night. With its ideal climate and poetic landscapes, Dalat is the place for relaxation.

Accommodation: Overnight in Da Lat 
Meal: Breakfast

Day 9: Dalat (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then, play one round 18 holes of golf at Dalat Palace Golf Club. In the afternoon, you can either relax and enjoy yourselves at the hotel or take half-day tour of Dalat to enjoy the peaceful and romantic Dalat by a visit Tuyen Lam Lake and Truc Lam Pagoda by one-way cable car and have a stop at XQ Cultural Villages famous for hand-embroidered painting with an introduction to the 3 different culture and tradition of South. On the way back to the hotel, you can ride the stage-coach on the 5km road around Xuan Huong Lake to view it from different angles, enjoy the fresh air and blue sky.

Accommodation: Overnight in Da Lat.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 10: Dalat (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. All day is free for you to discover Dalat or take part in the cooking class with either French or Vietnamese food menu at the hotel.

Accommodation: Overnight in Da Lat.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 11: Dalat - Nha Trang (B)

Have breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Nha Trang, the city of sun and fun by bus. On arrival Nha Trang city, check-in to the hotel. The rest of the day is free to enjoy the beach.

Accommodation: Overnight in Nha Trang.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 12: Nha Trang (B)

After breakfast, take a half-day tour of Nha Trang city, visiting Oceanographic Institute where you can see a collection of so many kinds of sea animals, Long Son Pagoda with a great Buddhist statue on the top of a mountain from which you can see the whole view of Nha Trang city, Cham Tower which was built from the year of 813 to 817. This tower is the typical work for the construction of Cham ethnics. Before ending the tour, stop at Dam Central Market.

Accommodation: Overnight in Nha Trang.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 13: Nha Trang - Hanoi (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then enjoy the last minutes in Nha Trang before transferring to Cam Ranh airport in the afternoon to take the flight to Hanoi , a unique city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental temples.

Accommodation: Overnight in Hanoi.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 14: Hanoi (B)

Today, we will visit Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh Complex that includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, House-on-Stilts, One Pillar pagoda. After that we will visit the Temple of Literature - a temple to Confucius, this is also known as Vietnam’s first University dating back to 1070.

After having lunch at a nice restaurant, we continue our trip to visit Museum of Ethnology that is widely acknowledged as the best museum in the country and has an extensive display dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic minority peoples. As well as the comprehensive array of exhibits inside, there are also traditional tribal houses reconstructed within the ground. Then, we go back to the center of Hanoi to visit Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake. Enjoy one hour Cyclo Tour through the Old Quarter of Ha Noi that also known as the 36 streets and guilds, this bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. Originally each of the street’s names was related to the products being sold there. It’s a great place to explore on foot with numerous photo opportunities. At the end of the day, you can enjoy the famous traditional water puppetry show in Thang Long Theatre where you will have a chance to experience an overview of daily life in Vietnam's rural areas in dramatic form.  Back to the hotel.

Accommodation: Overnight in Hanoi.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 15: Hanoi - King's Island Golf Resort (B)

Enjoy a round of golf in one of the finest golf resort - King's Island Golf Resort in the morning and later come back to Hanoi.

Accommodation: Overnight in Hanoi.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 16: Hanoi - Ha Long (B/L/D)

Morning, check out, then depart for Halong Bay by car or mini van. Ha Long Bay – designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site since 1994. You travel through the scenic fertile Red River Delta countryside, arrive to Ha Long Bay by noon. The natural world heritage site Halong Bay is truly one of the most impressive scenery that should not be missed if someone ever comes to the North.

Upon arrival at Ha Long, we embark on a traditional Vietnamese junk for an exploration of the legendary Halong Bay. The exciting afternoon cruise passing by the evocatively shaped islets will provide you a fantastic overview of the picturesque scenery, blending with the sky and some 3,000 limestone islands and islets rising amazingly from the clear and emerald water.

Enjoy a special Sea food lunch while you are cruising through the magical bay.
Here the limestone karsts formations are littered with beaches. You then explore. By summer, there is always some chance to leisurely swim in a secluded cove of the bay.

A special menu for dinner tonight will be prepared on board and stay overnight on the Junk Cruise in the middle of nowhere.

Accommodation: Overnight on Deluxe Junk
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 17: Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)

In the morning, we wake up with the sound of the ocean, enjoy sunrise. After breakfast, we have chance to see the tunnel cave by our kayak or bamboo Sampan. We visit Bai Tu Long bay, Con Coc Island, Turtle Island, Ha Long fishing village, we also have chance to view Bai Tho mountain and the famous suspension bridge, Bai Chay. After lunch on boat we will disembark at the Wharf and transfer to Hanoi.

Accommodation: Overnight in Hanoi
Meal: Bruch

Day 18: Departure (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. The rest of the time is free until transfer to Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi) for your on ward flight.

Meal: Breakfast.

Pricing & Inclusion:

This is a sample itinerary so the cost really depends on your hotel choice, number of people in your group and time of travel.

This rate is quoted in USD per person, based on Double/Twin occupancy.

Apply from 1.January - 2012 to 31.December - 2012

Price Inclusion:

• All land transportation by private air conditioned vehicles
• Tour arrival and departure airport transfers
• Hotel accommodation on a double or twin-share basic
• Double or twin-share bedroom on Halong bay
• Green and caddie fees per program/ 18 holes
• Meals as mention in the program
• Local English speaking guides
• All entrance and sightseeing fees
• Travel insurance
• Visa approval fee
• Mineral water

Price Exclusions:

• International airfare and airport tax in & out Vietnam
• Domestic flights
• Drinks and other meals do not indicate in the program
• Early check-in and late check-out at all hotels
• Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping...)
• Tipping/ Gratuities
• Additional expenses in case of force majeure

Notes:

• All the points of interest are open for visit based on current updating. In case of closing for construction or any reason, we will replace with similar point of interest.
• This Private Journey will depart on your desired date. It can also be taken in reserve starting in Saigon and finishing in Hanoi.