Best Of Vietnam: Art & Culture
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Overview
Highlights
- One-hour talk Saigon Through the Ages
- The contract between different living spaces in nowadays Saigon
- Cu Chi tunnels
- Jeep tour through city center by night
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Destinations
Activities
Trip includes
- Transportation by private vehicle with A/C as mentioned in the program
- Local English-speaking guide(s) as mentioned
- Breakfast at hotel and other meals mentioned in the program
- Accommodation in the category chosen or similar (2 persons/ 1 double room)
- Sightseeing fees and activities as mentioned
- Kayak, bike, boat for tours as mentioned
- Internal airfares in economy class Can Tho – Danang, Hue – Hanoi (in Economy class, subject to change)
Itinerary
Hotel: The Reverie Saigon
Upon arrival in Saigon, you will be transferred to your accommodations and assisted with check-in, enjoying the remainder of the day at your leisure.
Hotel: The Reverie Saigon Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Start your Vietnam exploration with an insight into its history. The talk charts Saigon’s fascinating story, from its earliest days as a remote Khmer outpost until it's nowadays. Lunch at a local restaurant. Lat...
Hotel: The Reverie Saigon Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cruise the Saigon River on a speedboat to the notorious Cu Chi Tunnels. You’ll learn how the Vietcong used these massive subterranean networks of tunnels during wartime and be enlightened on their tactic...
Hotel: Coco Riverside Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Leaving Saigon to Vung Liem. Upon arrival, continue to your lodge fronting the banks of the Mekong River.
After lunch at the lodge, take a pleasant ride on quiet paths around the village to enjo...
Hotel: Azerai Can Tho Meals: Breakfast
This morning, embark on a boat to get a glimpse into the local life and learn about the versatile uses of coconut, the most popular fruit of this region. You’ll see a local market, the colorful Cao Dai Temple, and visit co...
Hotel: Anantara Hoi An Meals: Breakfast
Embark on a wooden boat for a river cruise. You’ll pass Ninh Kieu Quay and fishing villages before reaching the once-called Cai Rang Floating Market to observe the local life on the water.
Later in the day, fly to Da Nang where your local guide and driver will welcome you and transfer you to your accommodation in Hoi An. Evening at leisure.
Hotel: Anantara Hoi An Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Start your morning with a bicycle ride on quiet village roads, visit an ancestral house to learn more about the genealogy of a traditional Vietnamese family, meet a local family and watch the techniques they use to...
Hotel: Anantara Hoi An Meals: Breakfast
Today is free at leisure.
Hotel: Anantara Hoi An Meals: Breakfast
Today is free at leisure.
Hotel: The Ancient Garden House Meals: Breakfast
Have a leisurely breakfast. Your guide will meet you and take you to Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Check-in your hotel and relax.
In the afternoon, take a scenic bike ride along the Nhu Y Ri...
Hotel: The Ancient Garden House Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Begin your tour at the Imperial Citadel, a massive complex offering a look back to the life, architecture, and power of the Nguyen Dynasty. Cap off your morning tour with traditional Hue cuisine fo...
Meals: Breakfast
Fly to Hanoi. Upon arrival, meet your guide, and check in the hotel for day-use before transferring to the train station to take an overnight train to Sapa. Overnight on the train (2 soft sleeper berths/ cabin).
Hotel: Topas Ecolodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Chill out in the back of your private car, enjoy the mountain landscape on the drive to Bac Ha Market. The Dzao, Hmong, as well as other hill tribes, gather together at this weekend market for trading and socializin...
Hotel: Topas Ecolodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Get an insight into the Hmong batik, and age-old hemp fabric dyeing method using beeswax to create patterns. Enjoy the intricate Hmong symbols, indigo color, then try your hand on some processes to learn more about ...
Meals: Breakfast
Take a walk in the spectacular views of mist-clad peaks and rice terraces to visit the village of Red Dzao, the most colorful ethnic group in Vietnam. Later in the day, say goodbye to Sapa and you'll be taken to an overnight train to Hanoi.
Hotel: Emperor Cruise Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Arriving in Hanoi. Transfer to your next destination, Halong Bay. You'll embark on a beautiful cruise for your overnight sail through the bay. Relax on the deck in the stunning scenery of the World Heritage Site and wait for the dramatic sunset over the seascape.
Hotel: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Meals: Breakfast, Brunch
Enjoy your cruising before driving back to Hanoi. Check-in hotel. In the late afternoon, enjoy a traditional water puppet show, an art form that has been closely associated with thousands of years of history of the Red River Delta.
Hotel: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Your Hanoi exploration takes off with a visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Later, meander on the beautiful courtyard of the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature. After lunch at a local restaurant, meet up with an art curator for a glimpse of how local artists create a mixture of the traditional and the modern in their works.
Hotel: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Hop on a Vespa see a morning flower market, Long Bien Bridge, then stop at a garden house. Meet a local woman, make the village’s specialty for breakfast, and learn about life in a suburban village ...
Hotel: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to Noi Bai International Airport to catch your flight home.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Meals not mentioned
- Drinks during meals
- Personal insurance, Visa fees
- Tips and personal expenses
- Any service not mentioned in the program
- Early check-in and late check-out at the hotel.
- Optional tours
- International flights, visas and airport taxes
Accommodation
- The Reverie Saigon
- Coco Riverside Lodge
- Azerai Can Tho
- Anantara Hoi An resort
- Ancient Hue Garden House
- Sofitel Legend Metropole
- Topas Ecolodge
- Emperor cruise
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