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WONDERFUL VIETNAM

Vietnam Tours - Vietnam Classic

Trip code: VET.CL-03
Type of trip: Private
Trip Duration: 10 Days
Starting: Hanoi capital city, Vietnam
Finishing: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city), Vietnam
Destinations: Hanoi - Hue - Hoi An - Saigon

Description: The Wonderful Vietnam is a 10 days trip, that provides a trip of Vietnam highlights including Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Saigon. In this trip you will visit the 1000 years old Hanoi capital, the charming and historical imperial citadel Hue, the ancient town Hoi An, and the modern Saigon largest city of Vietnam.

BRIEF ITINERARY:

Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi
Day 2: Hanoi City tour.
Day 3: Hanoi Sightseeing.
Day 4: Hue Ancient Capital.
Day 5: Hue city tour.
Day 6: Danang / Hoi An
Day 7: Hoi An Ancient Town.
Day 8: Saigon City Tour.
Day 9: Saigon Sightseeing.
Day 10: Saigon departure

ITINERARY:

Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi (Dinner)

Upon arrival to Hanoi airport, after clearing custom, you will be warmly welcomed by Vietnam Explorient Travel’s tour expert, transfer to the hotel, approximately a 45-minute drive from the airport. Check into hotel. The afternoon is at leisure to recover from the long trip.

Meet the group in the hotel lobby at 6:30 pm to walk to your welcome dinner. Tonight we have scheduled a special menu of Hanoi typical cuisines for your first taste of Hanoi. Enjoy a short walk to view Hanoi by night, return to hotel for leisure.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Hanoi City tour (Breakfast, Lunch)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Today features a full day visiting Hanoi’s highlights. Begin with a fascinating initiation into the bustle of modern Vietnam, with a cyclo (rickshaw) tour through the picturesque streets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Continue with a visit to the famous monument of Emperor Ly Thai To, who made an incredible historic decision to move capital to its location of Hanoi today.

Enjoy a walk along the legendary Restored Sword Lake. Visit the Red Bridge and Ngoc Son temple

Meet and speak with a local professor at the ancient Temple of Literature, the seat of Vietnam’s first university. The temple was built in 1070. Touring the temple complex with your tour expert to have a deep understanding of Confucianism and the history.

Visit Craft Link a not for profit shop, selling significant handicraft products made by different local ethnic groups.

Lunch today is specially prepared at a popular local restaurant Know One Teach One – Good food for a great cause.

Afternoon, enjoy a short drive out of the city to the outskirt to the village that is considered as the cradle of Water Puppet Master. Attend a private Water Puppet performance, a northern Vietnamese folk tradition, and meet with the artisans who create the puppets.

Walk around to visit the rural village, visit a Communal House, where worship the deity of the whole village, have a taste of some typical local foods and call at a home for a visit and interaction for better understanding the daily life of local people.

Return to hotel in the late afternoon. You are at leisure. Dinner tonight is on your own arrangement.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Hanoi Sightseeing (Breakfast, Lunch)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Today feature a full day Sightseeing in Hanoi with lunch included.

Meet our tour expert at hotel lobby and explore Hanoi’s most famous landmarks, including Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh house and mausoleum, and the One-Pillar Pagoda.

Visit the Ho Chi Minh Museum and learn about the life and work of the Great Father of the Country.

We have scheduled a special home hosted lunch at a local Hanoi family.

Afternoon special activity - continue to the remarkable Museum of Ethnology to examine the crafts, textiles, and traditions of Vietnam’s diverse ethnic groups and hill tribes. Visit to 54 Traditions Gallery; enjoy an informed tour of the great ethnic craft collection.

Dinner tonight is on your own arrangement.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Hue Ancient Capital (Breakfast,Dinner)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Meet our guide and driver to transfer to Noi Bai airport for boarding the morning flight to Hue. Upon arrival, being welcomed by Vietnam Explorient Travel driver, transferred to Hue city.

Enjoy an independent lunch. Check into hotel.

Afternoon, tour the ancient Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City, temples of Nguyen emperors.

Enjoy a private visit to the home and studio of lacquer artist.

Evening, enjoy dinner in the private home of the researcher on Hue. Mr Phan Thuan An – a friend of Vietnam Explorient Travel.Also see his collection of relics from royal Hue, and learn about Hue through the interaction with Mr Phan Thuan An.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 5: Hue city tour (Breakfast, Lunch)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Cruise the Perfume River on a boat, and visit tranquil Thien Mu Pagoda, an operating Buddhist monastery and the cultural symbol of Hue.

Continue the cruise to explore the tombs of Hue’s former emperors, including the serene pavilions of Tu Duc.

Enjoy a special vegetarian luncheon in a Buddhist nunnery, prepared by nuns.

Afternoon, visit the extravagant glass and ceramic mosaics decorating the mausoleum of Khai Dinh, a masterpiece of Vietnamese artisans.

Visit a local family who makes traditional Conical hats, and incenses. Enjoy an independent dinner.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 6: Hue - Danang - Hoi An (Breakfast, Lunch)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Depart via motorcoach for Danang, approximately a two and a half -hour drive. Stop in Lang Co for a short break. Lunch today is at a popular eatery in Da Nang
After noon, visit the Cham Museum in Danang, accompanied by a Vietnamese history scholar.

Visit a marble stone carving workshop at the famous marble mountain village.
Continue to Hoi An via motorcoach, approximately a one-hour drive.
Check into your hotel.

Later afternoon re-group and enjoy a drive into the Old Quarter of Hoi An, visit a traditional handicraft workshop, and if you wish to have your wardrobe made, here is the chance. Hoi An is a famous place for tailor. Great quality with good price. Enjoy an independent dinner and return to hotel.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 7: Hoi An Ancient Town (Breakfast)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Attend a lecture with a city official to learn about UNESCO-driven preservation efforts in Hoi An.

Take a walking tour of Hoi An Market, Phuc Kien, and Tan Ky, and cross the picturesque Japanese Covered Bridge.

Visit the studio of local artist. Return to the hotel. Lunch is independent, and the afternoon is at leisure.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
Meals: Breakfast

Day 8: Saigon City Tour (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Transfer to Danang for the morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Drive through the Vietnamese countryside to the Cu Chi Tunnels, a system of underground tunnels once used by the Viet Cong to withstand attacks throughout the Vietnam War. Tour the tunnels with a former Viet Cong soldier.

Have lunch at a local restaurant, transferred to downtown Ho Chi Minh city. Check into your five-star hotel.

Afternoon sight-seeing in Ho Chi Minh City. Tour the city by motor coach, and see Reunification Palace, the Central Post Office, and Notre Dame Cathedral.

Dinner tonight is at a popular local restaurant with typical Ho Chi Minh city cuisines and the evening are at leisure.

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9: Saigon Sightseeing (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Walk through Ben Thanh Market with a local chef to learn about the fruits and vegetables used in Vietnamese cooking. Enjoy a cooking class in a cooking school. Following lunch, continue sight-seeing.

Interesting afternoon visit to China town area to visit Thien Hau pagoda. Continue to tour a local lacquer workshop to learn the traditional lacquer art with egg shell.

Dinner tonight at a special restaurant for farewell with your guide and the evening are at leisure.

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10: Saigon departure (Breakfast)

Breakfast is at the hotel.

Meet your guide at hotel lobby and being transferred to Tan Son Nhat airport for late morning or early afternoon flight to the next destination.

End of trip.

Meals: Breakfast

PRICE & 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 with 3-star hotel standard.

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

Group Size	2 persons	4 persons	6 persons	Single Supp*
Price / pp	859	660	576	209

Supplements flight:	HANOI - HUE: US$ 105 /pax included airport tax
	DANANG - SAIGON: US$ 105 /pax included airport tax

Price Inclusions:

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

Price Exclusions:

• All domestic flights
• International airfare and airport tax in & out Vietnam
• 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:

• Surcharge might be applied during November, December 2011 and February 2012 which will be advised at the time of booking.
• 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.