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This nine-day tour focuses on South Vietnam with visits to Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Cu Chi, Mekong Delta, and Angkore Wat in Cambodia. The tour is the combination of culture, history and nature.
Our unique tailor-made service enables you to make amendments, additions or any other modifications to the itinerary without a limit to the changes or any charges for the design work.

:> Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you’ll be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a Vietnamese traditional restaurant. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi (B/L)
A morning drive will take you to Tay Ninh to visit the temple of Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day ceremony. After lunch, you’ll visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Can Tho (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you’ll travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. Your overnight will be in Can Tho.

:> Day 5: Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
The day begins with boarding a boat to cruise to Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets on the Mekong Delta – both the journey and the markets provide insights into the Mekong rural lifestyle. 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 a rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop. In the afternoon, you’ll drive back to Ho Chi Minh City. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City – Siem Reap (B/D)
After breakfast, you’ll be free until your driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your flight to Siem Reap. Arriving at the airport in Siem Reap, you will be picked up to your hotel for check in. You will have dinner at a local restaurant with Apsara Show. You will spend the night in Siem Reap.

:> Day 7: Siem Reap – Angkor Thom – Angkor Wat (B/L)
This morning you will visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom: Bayon, Baphoun, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of Leper King and Phimean Akas temple. After lunch, you have a visit to the most famous temple of Cambodia: Angkor Wat, then take a romantic view sun set & Siem Reap city from the top of Bakheng Hill. Your overnight will be in Siem Reap.

:> Day 8: Siem Riep (B/L)
After breakfast at hotel, you will depart to Banteay Srey (means “the citadel of the women”), around fourty kilometers from Siem Reap town. The citadel displays some of the finest examples of classical Khmer art. You will continue to visit Bantey Samrei. After lunch, you will visit other Angkor Ruins: Thommanon, Takeo - one of Angkor’s great mountains temple, Chao Say Tevoda, Ta Prohm with a part of the jungle, Bunteay Kday, Sras Srang a Royal bathing place until sunset. Your overnight will be Siem Reap.

:> Day 9: Siem Riep Departure (B/L)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will take a cruise on Tonle Sap Lake, visiting fisherman’s life, floating fishing village dot the semi-submerged forest that lines the flood plant rim of the lake. Back to the town to visit Chantier Ecole-Artisan d’angkor, the place are in the Ministry of Education was constructed in 1992 and this place renowned woodworking, stone carving and polychrome training center and workshops. After lunch in the town, you will be free until being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This twenty one-day tour is an introduction to Indochina’s rich heritage – natural and manufactured, art and artefact, majestic and vernacular. The tour includes three capital cities, six World Heritage Areas including the magnificent Angkor Wat temple complex, the Mekong River and Delta, boat cruises, floating villages, local culture, spending the night on a junk in Ha Long Bay, and much more.

This itinerary is just a guide – it can be modified and developed to your heart’s content with our unique tailor-made service. You tell us what you want to change, and we will make the necessary re-arrangements.

:> Day 1: Vientiane Arrival (D)
Upon arrival at Wattay Airport, you will be met  and transferred to the downtown to check in your hotel. You will then follow your guide to explore the Laos Capital by strolling around the city distance, and observing the sunset by the Mekong Riverside. Your dinner and overnight will be in Vientiane.

:> Day 2: Vientiane - Luang Prabang (B/L)
After breakfast, you will visit the major sights of the capital including the oldest Wat Sisaket with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former royal temple of Wat Prakeo previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image. On the way to the famous and sacred structure of That Luang Stupa, you will stop to take some pictures of the imposing Patuxay Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph. From there, we visit the Central Market. After lunch, you will visit the National Museum (or Revolutionary Museum) and then board a short flight to Luang Prabang. After a short rest, you will stroll around to see the Street Night Bazaar, where you can find the lovely collection and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang, then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as viewing a beautiful panorama sunset over this once royal ancient city and the Mekong River. Your overnight will be in Luang Prabang.

:> Day 3: Luang Prabang - Pak Ou Cave - Kuangsi Water Fall (B/L)
After breakfast, you will visit the city’s oldest temple of Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represent the classical architecture of Luang Prabang temple before boarding a cruise upstream on the Mekong River, which also gives you a beautiful view of the tranquil countryside as well as an interesting visit to the mysterious of Pak Ou Caves, crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes. After lunch, you will drive to the beautiful Khouangsi Waterfall where you can splash around in the pools or walk along the forest paths. You will return to the town in the late afternoon and then continue to Ban Phanom, a well known weaving village. Your overnight will be in Luang Prabang.

:> Day 4: Luang Prabang – Hanoi (B/D)
In the morning, you will visit the National Museum at the former Royal Palace, which displays a lovely collection of the artifacts reflecting the richness of Lao culture dating from the days of the early kings right through the last sovereign, and the Central Market. In the afternoon, you will board a flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be met and driven to your hotel for check in. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 5: Hanoi City Tour (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 6: Hanoi – Ha Long (B/L/D)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you will board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be on the boat.

:> Day 7: Ha Long – Hanoi – Hue (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. You will drive traight to the airport for your flight to Hue. Arriving in Hue, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel for check in. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 8: Hue (B/L)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will visit the Imperial Citadel of Hue and then take a cruise along Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda and the Royal Tomb of Emperor Minh Mang. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the tombs of Emperor Tu Duc and Khai Dinh. From there, you’ll return to Hue to visit one of city’s Garden Houses, a unique feature of Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 9: Hue – Hoi An (B/L)
After breakfast, you’ll drive to Hoi An via the Hai Van Pass. The views from the top are excellent – you’ll be able to see Lang Co beach and the lagoon far below, and Danang spread out before you to the south. Upon arriving in Danang, you’ll visit the the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum before leaving for Hoi An. You’ll visit the ancient town including 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants’house before being dropped off at your hotel. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 10: Hoi An – My Son Sanctuary – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 11: Hoi An – Danang - Ho Chi Minh City (B)
You will be free today until being transferred to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, you will be picked up to the downtown for hotel check in. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 13: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi (B/L)
A morning drive will take you to Tay Ninh to visit the temple of Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day ceremony. After lunch, you’ll visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 14: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Can Tho (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you’ll travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. You’ll sleep in a family house in a canal-side orchard. You will spend overnight in Can Tho.

:> Day 15: Can Tho - Chau Doc (B/L)
The day begins with boarding a boat to cruise to Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets on the Mekong Delta – both the journey and the markets provide insights into the Mekong rural lifestyle. 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 a rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop. Then continue going to Chau Doc. Your overnight will be in Chau Doc.

:> Day 16: Chau Doc – Ba Chuc – Chau Doc (B/L)
After breakfast, you will board a small sailing boat to visit floating houses farming Basa fish, Cham ethnic minority villages and a mosque. Next, you will take a drive to the Sam Mountain. At the foot of the mountain, a visit to the Temple of Lady Chua Su can be arranged. It’s an easy climb to the summit of Sam Mountain, and worth the effort because the views of the pancake-flat Mekong and the plain across the Cambodian border are striking. After lunch, you will drive to Ba Chuc to visit the ‘Bone Pagoda’, so-called because it houses a collection of skulls of Vietnamese people killed by the Khmer Rouge during 1975 and 1978. Your overnight will be in Chau Doc.

:> Day 17: Chau Doc - Phnom Penh (B)
Wake up early morning to transfer to Chau Doc harbor and take an express boat to Phnom Phenh. Upon arrival in Chau Doc, your guide will pick up and transfer to hotel for check in. You will then visit Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, Preahkeo Morokot, National Museum & Central Market or Toul Sleng Musuem. Your dinner and overnight will be in Phnom Penh.

:> Day 18: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap (B/L/D)
After breakfast at hotel, you will be picked up to the airport for your flight to Siem Reap. Arriving in Siem Reap, you will be transfered to hotel for check-in. After lunch at the local restaurant, you visit Banteay Srey – The place just 30 km from city center with the unique temple to worship the maiden of Kings, back to Siem Reap city for dinner with Apsaras show. Overnight in Siem Reap.

:> Day 19: Siem Reap - Angkor Complex (B/L)
In the morning, you will visit the Angkor Thom: South Gate, Bayon, Baphoun, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of Leper King and Phimean Akas temple. After lunch at a ocal restaurant, you’ll continue your visit to the famous temple of Cambodia, Angkor Wat to visit the huge World Heritag and in late afternoon take a romantic view Sun Set from the top of Bakheng Hill. Overnight in Siem Reap.

:> Day 20: Siem Reap (B)
After breakfast at hotel, you’ll cruise on Tonle Sap Great Lake to visit fisherman’s life, floating fishing village dot the semi-submerged forest that lines the flood plant rim of the lake, visit Chantier Ecole-Artisan d’Angkor, the place are in the Ministry of Education was constructed in 1992 and this place renowned woodworking, stone carving and polychrome training center and workshops. In the afternoon, you will be free to visit old market for shopping. Your overnight will be in Siem Reap.

:> Day 21: Siem Reap Departure (B)
After breakfast, you’ll be free until your driver arrives to take you to the airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This twelve-day tour brings you to Hanoi, Ha Long and Sapa in the north of Vietnam, Luang Prabang in Laos and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The highlights of the tour are nature, history and local culture.
You can take the tour as it is, in which case we will probably need to insert a day for your arrival. However, as you’ll be travelling tailor-made, you can extend and/or adapt it as you wish – we don’t charge for making changes.

:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be met and driven to your hotel for check in. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi - Ha Long (B/L/D)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you’ll board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be on the boat.

:> Day 4: Ha Long – Hanoi – Overnight train to Sapa (B/L)
You’ll spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. In the evening, you’ll be picked up the railway station for overnight train to Sapa. You will spend the night on the train.

:> Day 5: Lao Cai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Tan Van – Giang Ta Chai (B/L)
Arriving in the Lao Cai Railway station at 5am. You’ll be transferred to Sapa. After breafast, you will follow your guide to walk around the town, visit the town centre market before being driven to the Lao Chai, a village of the Black H’Mong ethnic minority people. Trek around the village and then along the path to Tan Van of Dzay people. Pick lunch on at Tan Van village then continue trekking to Giang Ta Chai. Trek to main road and our car will pick you up back to Sapa. Your overnight will be in Sapa.

:> Day 6: Sapa – Ethnic Market – Lao Cai - Overnight train to Hanoi (B/L)
You will wake up early today to explore one of the colourful markets in Sapa or nearby Bac Ha. In afternoon, you will return to Lao Cai for overnigh train back to Hanoi. Your overnight will be on the train.
The schedule of the local markets as below:
Tuesday: Coc Ly Market
Wednesday: Cao Son Market
Thursday: Lung Khau Nhin Market.
Saturday: Can Cau Market
Sunday: Muong Hum or Bac Ha Market

:> Day 7: Hanoi – Luang Prabang (B/D)
Returning to Hanoi at 5am in the morning, you will check in a mini hotel for breakfast and shower. You will be free until your driver arrives to take you to the airpor for a flight to Luang Prabang. Upon arrival, you guide will welcome you at the airport and transfer to hotel for check-in. After a short rest, we visit the impressive Stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai. You will then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as a beautiful sunset view of the city and the Mekong River. From there, you explore Street Night Bazaar, where you can find the lovely collection and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang. Your overnight will be in Luang Prabang.

:> Day 8: Luang Prabang – Pak Ou Cave – Luang Prabang (B/L)
After breakfast, you will visit the city’s oldest temple of Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represent the classical architecture of Luang Prabang temple. You will then board a cruise upstream on the Mekong River, which also gives us a beautiful view of the tranquil countryside as well as an interesting visit to the mysterious of Pak Ou Caves, crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes. Along the way, you will stop at the village of Ban Xanghai, where they make the distillation of local rice wine. On the way return, we take a short drive to Ban Phanom, well known for its hand weaving. Your overnight will be in Luang Prabang.

:> Day 9: Luang Prabang – Siem Reap (B/D)
In the morning, you will visit the National Museum at the former Royal Palace, which displays a lovely collection of the artifacts reflecting the richness of Lao culture dating from the days of the early kings right through the last sovereign, and the Central Market. You will be free in the afternoon until being transferred to the airport for a flight to Siem Reap. Arriving at the airport in Siem Reap, you will be picked up to your hotel for check in. You will have dinner at a local restaurant with Apsara Show. You will spend the night in Siem Reap.

:> Day 10: Siem Reap – Angkor Thom – Angkor Wat (B/L)
This morning you will visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom: Bayon, Baphoun, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of Leper King and Phimean Akas temple. After lunch, you have a visit to the most famous temple of Cambodia: Angkor Wat, then take a romantic view sun set & Siem Reap city from the top of Bakheng Hill. Your overnight will be in Siem Reap.

:> Day 11: Siem Riep (B/L)
After breakfast at hotel, you will depart to Banteay Srey (means “the citadel of the women”), around fourty kilometers from Siem Reap town. The citadel displays some of the finest examples of classical Khmer art. You will continue to visit Bantey Samrei. After lunch, you will visit other Angkor Ruins: Thommanon, Takeo - one of Angkor’s great mountains temple, Chao Say Tevoda, Ta Prohm with a part of the jungle, Bunteay Kday, Sras Srang a Royal bathing place until sunset. Your overnight will be Siem Reap.

:> Day 12: Siem Riep Departure (B/L)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will take a cruise on Tonle Sap Lake, visiting fisherman’s life, floating fishing village dot the semi-submerged forest that lines the flood plant rim of the lake. Back to the town to visit Chantier Ecole-Artisan d’angkor, the place are in the Ministry of Education was constructed in 1992 and this place renowned woodworking, stone carving and polychrome training center and workshops. After lunch in the town, you will be free until being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

For  more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This nine-day programme is designed for Australian and New Zealand veterans and their relatives and friends, and visitors interested in the battle sites where those countries soldiers fought and died. The focus will be on the people and much as the sights – wherever possible, we bring past combatants together in a spirit of reconciliation.

:> Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you will be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a local restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Vung Tau (B/L)
In the morning, you will travel to Vung Tau by road (100 km – about a 2½ hour drive), visit Long Tan Cross, Horse Shoe then to Long Phuoc Tunnels en-route. After lunch, you will visit Nui Dat (SAS Hill) and continue to Vung Tau to visit the Ba Ria Orphanage. Your overnight will be in Vung Tau.

:> Day 4: Vung Tau (B/L)
In the morning, you will visit Long Hai town, Phuoc Hai and Dat Do (Red Soil). Return to Vung Tau in the afternoon, you will be free to relax on the beach. Your overnight stay will be in Vung Tau.

:> Day 5: Vung Tau - Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
In the morning, you will return to Ho Chi Minh City, visiting Long Dien town and the War museum in Dong Nai Town. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Can Tho (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you’ll travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. Your overnight will be in Can Tho.

:> Day 7: Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
In the morning, a boat cruise will include visits to a bonsai garden, the old house, local houses making confectionery and Cai Be floating market. You’ll also have chance to enjoy the Mekong Delta music performed by local people. In the afternoon, you’ll drive to Chau Doc. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi (B/L)
A morning drive will take you to Tay Ninh to visit the temple of Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day ceremony. After lunch, you’ll visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City Departure (B)
After breakfast, you’ll be free until your driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This fourteen-day tour is designed for returning war veterans, their relatives and friends, and visitors interested in the main battle sites. The programme includes major sites of operations and actions involving American forces in the DMZ, Khe Sanh and the Central Highlands.

Vietnam veterans of America are always welcome in our country. Several elements of our Vietnam military tours are designed from a Vietnamese perspective to place the Vietnam War in today’s context. Combined with other leisure and cultural destinations, the tour offers an overview of the new Vietnam looking forward to a better future.

:> Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be met and driven to your hotel for check in. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi (B, L)
In the morning, you guide will take you to the International Friendship Village for Vietnamese veterans and Orange Agent victims. They look forward to visitors, and will be glad to talk about their daily life and the handicraft skills that they have acquired in the Village’s workshops. In the afternoon, visits to the History Museum and Army Museum will present a Vietnamese perspective of the years of conflict. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi (B/L)
In the morning, you will visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and the Women’s Museum. The grandeur of the mausoleum is a strange contrast to the simple stilt house where Hoi Chi Minh lived and worked. The Woman’s Museum features the ‘long-haired army’, the hundreds of thousands of women who fought and died alongside their menfolk. You will be free in the afternoon to wander around Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter. Your overnight will be in Ha Noi.

:> Day 4: Hanoi – Pleiku - Kon Tum (60km) (B/L/D)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked up the airport for a mornign flight to Pleiku where you will be picked up at the airport and transferred to Kontum town. After lunch, you will visit its Seminary and Wooden church, the nearby orphanage, and the Bahnar ethnic group in Konklor, KonJori and Konkotu villages. Your dinner will be in Konkotu village with traditional Gong music, Xoang dancing, and the local rice wine. Your overnight will be in Kontum.

:> Day 5: Kon Tum - Kham Duc (195 km) (B/L/D)
In the morning, you will drive follows the Highway 14 to DakGlei district with visits to the American Phuong Hoang (Phoenix) Airfield in Dakto, Charlie Hill and a SeDang ethnic people’s village, then visit PleiCan base and DakSeang Airfield, before driving to DakPek. After lunch, you will head northwards to Kham Duc district, visit GieTieng ethnic people’s villages and the DakChe waterfall en route. After crossing the meandering Lo Xo pass, arrive in Kham Duc. You will spend overnight in Kham Duc.

:> Day 6: Kham Duc - Quang Ngai (200 km) (B/L/D)
After breakfast, your car will take you to Quang Ngai with a visit to the Chien Dang Towers en-route. Dating from the 10th century, these are good examples of the remarkable architecture of the Champa Kingdom, and are close to a local beach. Your overnight stay will be in Quang Ngai.

:> Day 7: Quang Ngai (B/L/D)
Today you will visit My Lai village, site of the infamous ‘My Lai Massacre’ in 1968. Apart from its Museum, the shattered remains of the foundations of burnt-out homes and trees scarred by bullets are a silent record of the terrible events of March 16th, 1968. After lunch, you will have a chance to swim and sunbathe (weather permitting) at a nearby beach. On the way back to Quang Ngai, you will drop in on one of the villages near My Lai to watch the locals making conical hats in a now peaceful rural setting. Your overnight stay will be in Quang Ngai.

:> Day 8: Quang Ngai - Hoi An (125km) (B/L)
In the morning, you will drive 125 km to Hoi An. After checking in at your hotel and lunch, you’ll have a guided visit to the Ancient Town of Hoi An. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 9: Hoi An – My Son – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 10: Hoi An – Hue (B/L)
After breakfast, you’ll drive to Hue via the Hai Van Pass. You’ll visit the the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum in Danang before you heading to the north. Upon arrival, you will visit the the Imperial Citadel of Hue and Dong Ba market. You will spend the night in Hue.

:> Day 11: Hue – DMZ - Dong Ha (B/L)
In the morning, your car and guide will take you northwards to Quang Tri province to tour the wartime ‘De-militarised Zone’, better known as the DMZ. On the way, you’ll visit the Old Citadel of Quang Tri, La Vang church and Dong Ha town for lunch. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the Doc Mieu Base, Hien Luong Bridge and the Ben Hai river battle sites. You’ll also visit the Vinh Moc Tunnels (these are more authentic and easier to enter than those in Cu Chi. They have been preserved more of less in their original form). You’ll spend the night in Dong Ha town.

:> Day 12: Dong Ha – DMZ – Hue (B/L)
After breakfast, your car will take to what was once the Con Tien firebase, and to Truong Son national cemetery, Camp Carroll, the Rock pile, Dakrong Bridge, the Ho Chi Minh trail, and the ethnic minority village of Bru Van Kieu. After lunch at Khe Sanh town, you’ll visit the Khe Sanh combat base, Lang Vay Special Forces Camp and the Laos/Vietnam border before returning to Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 13: Hue (B/L)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will take a cruise along the Perfume River to visit the Thien Mu Pagoda and the Royal Tomb of Emperor Minh Mang. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the tombs of Emperor Tu Duc and Khai Dinh. From there, you’ll return to Hue to visit one of city’s Garden Houses, a unique feature of Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 14: Hue - Hanoi departure (B)
You’ll be free today until an afternoon flight takes you to Noi Bai airport in Hanoi in a good time to connect to your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This 14-day honeymoon is with a touch of romance, a look at northern Vietnam, and time to relax in Nha Trang, one of the most beautiful beaches in our country.

However, you might prefer a more restful introduction to Vietnam. No problem – we’ll turn the itinerary back to front! You’d rather enter Vietnam at Ho Chi Minh City? Just tell us what you want to change. Whatever you wish, you’ll have an amended programme within 24 hours. We want your honeymoon to provide you with lifelong happy memories!

:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you will be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long (B/L/D)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you will board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

:> Day 4: Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 5: Hanoi – Nha Trang (B)
After breakfast, your driver will arrive to take you to the airport for your flight to Nha Trang. Upon arrival, you will be picked up and drive to your hotel for check-in. In the afternoon, you will visit to the impressive Ponaga Cham tower and then drive to the nearby Thap Ba hot spring spa. After relaxing in the mud baths and mineral water pools, you will be driven back to your hotel. Your overnight will be in Nha Trang.

:> Day 6: Nha Trang (B/L)
After breakfast, you will pick up a bike to cycle across the countryside around Nha Trang City stopping off at several villages, a working brick kiln and a good example of typical 19th century Vietnamese architecture en-route. You will meet local people, find out about their rural lifestyle and see how they earn a living. Your journey will take you across the rice fields where the farmers work with the water buffalos, and visit hamlets producing: rice paper, conical hats, woven rice-stalk mats, charcoal stoves. You lunch will be at a riverside restaurant. You will spend overnight in Nha Trang.

:>> Luxury Option:

:> Day 7: Nha Trang – Six Senses Resort (B)
In the morning, you will take a short speedboat journey to the Evason Hideaway where you will spend the next 6 days on the island.

:> Day 8 to day 13: Six Senses Resort (B)
Free time at Six Senses Resort!!!
Vietnam’s most exclusive hotel - luxurious, ultra-stylish and an ideal honeymoon hideaway set in 120ha (300 acres) of pristine scenery. It’s also one of Vietnam’s most environmentally-conscious hotels. There are 53 private villas. The lowest category is the 158m² ‘Beach Villa’ complete with wine cellar, outdoor plunge pool, in-house video, DCD player and movies available on request. At the other extreme, the ‘Presidential Villa’ extends over 271m² with a pool, two bedrooms (each with bathrooms), a living room with a toilet, an open air dining room, and even a pantry! All villas are designed to be completely private. There’s a first-class restaurant and bar, a large swimming pool, and a range of leisure pursuits including tennis, water sports and dive facilities, a gymnasium, and trekking and nature trails.

:>> Standard Option:

:> Day 7: Nha Trang – Whale Island (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you will be picked up by the Whale Island Resort minibus to drive to Ninh Hoa where you will board a speedboat to spend the next 6 days on the island.

:> Day 8 to day 13: Whale Island Resort (B/L/D)
The days will be free for relaxing on the beach in the Whale Island!!!

:> Day 14: Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi (B)
After breakfast, you’ll return to Nha Trang and then fly to Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi in a good time to connect to your departure flight.

For more  information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This twelve-day honeymoon vacation is with plenty of time to relax in Phu Quoc Island. You’ll experience modern life in Ho Chi Minh City and rural life in the Mekong Delta. Local culture is one of the highlights of the tour as well.

We want your honeymoon to provide you with lifelong happy memories – we’re well aware that it’s the most significant holiday you’ll ever have!

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you’ll be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a Vietnamese traditional restaurant. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Orientation (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you will travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. You’ll sleep in a family house in a canal-side orchard. In the afternoon, you will drive back to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight.

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi (B/L)
A morning drive will take you to Tay Ninh to visit the temple of Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day ceremony. After lunch, you’ll visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City – Danang – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be free until your driver arrives to take to you to the airport for your flight to Danang. Upon arrival, you’ll be picked up to your hotel in Hoi An for check in. You’ll be free for the remainder of the day for relaxing on the beach. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 6: : Hoi An – My Son Sanctuary – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 7 to day 8: Hoi An free (B)
The days in Hoi An to be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy!!!

Day 9: Hoi An – Danang – Hanoi (B/L)
You will be free in Hoi An until being transferred to the airport in Danang for a flight o Hanoi. Arriving in Hanoi, you’ll be picked up to your hotel in the city centre. You will have time to relax after your journey before a city tour. You’ll visit the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory, one Pillar Pagoda and the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi. After lunch, you will visit the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups and the centre of Hanoi including Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and bustling Old Quarter. Your day will finish with a performance of traditional Water Puppetry. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 10: Hanoi – Ha Long (B/L/D)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you will board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

Day 11: Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

Day 12: Hanoi Departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until being tranferred to the airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This fourteen-day honeymoon vacation brings you and your sweet heart to Ha Long Bay, a world heritage and then hide away at Topas Eco Lodge, around 25km far from Sapa in the northwest of Vietnam. You’ll have plenty of time to relax on the soft white sand of Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An. You need do nothing except unwind!

Of course, you might like to add some more days or amend the itinerary. No problem! Just tell us what you’d like to change, and we’ll send you an updated version within 24hrs. We understand the importance of a honeymoon – we want you to leave our country with treasured memories that will last forever.

:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you will be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long (B/L/D)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you will board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

:> Day 4: Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. In the evening, you’ll be transferred to the railway station for an overnight train to Lao Cai. Your overnight will be in on the train.

:> Day 5: Lao Cai – Sapa – Topas Eco Lode (B/L/D)
Arriving at Lao Cai Railway station, meet your driver and transfer to Topas Eco Lodge. Overnight at Topas Eco Lodge

:> Day 6: Topas Eco Lodge (B/L/D)
A free day at Topas Eco Lodge for relaxing or easy trekking to nearby villages of the ethnice minority people!!!

:> Day 7: Topas – Sapa – Lao Cai – Train back to Hanoi (B/L)
After breakfast, you will be free until being transferred back to Sapa. You will be free in the town for shopping at the market. In the evening, you will drive to Lao Cai for an overnight train back to Hanoi. You will spend the night on the train.

:> Day 8: Hanoi – Danang - Hoi An (B)
Arriving in Hanoi early in the moring, you will be picked up to your hotel for breakfast and refreshment. You will then be free until your driver arrivesto take you to the airport for your flight to Danang. Upon arrival, you will be met by your driver and transferred to your resort. You will be free for the remainder of the day. Your overnigh will be in Hoi An.

:> Day 9: Hoi An – My Son – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 10: Hoi An Rural Life (B/L)
After breakfast, you will ride a bicycle through the rural scenery of Hoi An to a small village located on the banks of the Tra Que lagoon, three kilometres northeast of the old town. You will join local people in their daily work of planting and watering vegetables. You will then return to the old town to learn how to make silk lanterns at a local house. You will also be able to view the complex process of creating Hoi An-style lanterns. Your lunch will be prepared by the family. Your afternoon will be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 11 to day 13: Hoi An free (B)
The days will be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy!!!

:> Day 14: Hoi An – Danang – Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until your driver arrives to take you to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi in a good time to connect to your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This ten-day holiday focuses on local culture, nature, history and relaxation. It includes Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc Island.

Don’t forget this is a sample tour only. Tell us what you want to do most and you will have an amended programme within 24 hours – no charge for making changes no matter however many you want!

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you’ll be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You will have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a Vietnamese traditional restaurant. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You’ll visit the History Museum where there is a special exhibition of the 5th century ‘Oc Eo’ civilisation, the Museum of War Remnants provides a very partial, but riveting, perspective of the ‘American War’: not for the squeamish! the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Centre Post Office.
After lunch, you’ll visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Can Tho (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you’ll travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. You’ll sleep in a family house in a canal-side orchard. Your overnight will be in Can Tho.

Day 4: Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
The day begins with boarding a boat to cruise to Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets on the Mekong Delta – both the journey and the markets provide insights into the Mekong rural lifestyle. 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 a rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop. In the afternoon, you will drive back to Ho Chi Minh City. You will spend overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City – Phu Quoc Island (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be free until your driver arrives to take to you to the airport for your flight to Phu Quoc. Arriving in Phu Quoc, you will check in your hotel and then be free to relax on the beach.

Fortunately, when Nha Trang is out of commission, Phu Quoc is at its best, making diving in Vietnam an all-year-round activity. There, the rainy season lasts from mid-May to mid-November. The centre is new, and developing, so there are opportunities to explore new areas. The coral is pristine, and the scattering of small islands at the bottom of Phu Quoc is home to a rich variety of marine bio-diversity. Although there are very few large pelagic species, dugongs have been sighted from time to time.

Day 6 to day 9: Mui Ne (B)
Four days in Phu Quoc to be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy!!!

Day 10: Phu Quoc - Ho Chi Minh City departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until being tranferred to the airport for your flight back to Ho Chi Minh City in a good time to connect to your departure flight.

This twelve-day exotic holiday are centered in one of the best beaches in our country – Mui Ne. All packaged up with a short introduction to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Dalat.

Please feel free to make use of our unique design service – ask us to make as many alterations, additions and deletions as you like, as often as you wish. We don’t charge for our design work – we want your programme to be exactly what you want.

:> Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you will be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You will have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a Vietnamese traditional restaurant. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Orientation (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City - Dalat (B)
In the morning, you will drive to Dalat, the city of eternal spring. The journey will takes you through attractive scenery and large coffee plantations. After checking into your hotel, you will be free for relaxing or explore the city by yourself. Your overnight will be in Dalat.

:> Day 4: Dalat (B/L)
In the morning, you will ride a cable car to Truc Lam Pagoda and Tuyen Lam Lake. Truc Lam is the biggest pagoda in Dalat standing in Phoenix Mountain about 1,300m above the sea-level. It’s surrounded by an attractive flower garden and with the view of pure water lake and the pine forest on the far side. After lunch at local restaurant, you’ll visit Emperor Bao Dai’s Summer Palace, Crazy House, Dalat Railway station and Dalat market. You’ll spend overnight in Dalat.
Note: If you travel with your children, you’ll cruise across the Tuyen Lam Lake for an hour of elephant ride on the island in the middle of the lake.

:> Day 5: Dalat – Mui Ne (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be free until your driver arrives to take to you to Mui Ne. You will enjoy the breathtaking view on the way. Arriving in Mui Ne, you’ll check in your hotel and then be free to relax on the beach.

Phan Thiet town is undistinguished apart from an international hotel and a good golf course. Not far away is Mui Ne Beach, one of the best beaches in Vietnam and famous for its huge rolling dunes. There is a good range of hotels on the beach, some offering accommodation in bamboo villas and bungalows. Many have very attractive, well-kept gardens. Large trees and palms screen the hotels from each other creating a sense of seclusion. There are also plenty of restaurants along the beach road - a mixture of Vietnamese and international. Apart from an 18 km beach and places to stroll in the cool of the evenings, there’s not much to do at Mui Ne apart from relaxing on the sand and swimming. Alternatively, you could choose to visit the golf course in Phan Thiet.

:> Day 6 to day 10: Mui Ne (B)
Four days in Mui Ne to be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy!!!

:> Day 11: Mui Ne – Ho Chi Minh City (B)
You will be free to day until being transferred back to Ho Chi Minh City. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City Departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until your driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight.