Vietnam: Saigon, Central Highlands, Coast and Hanoi


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Overview
Highlights
- Explore the historical and cultural sites of Saigon
- Hike to villages – Kon Jori and Kon Kotu
- Visit My Son and Hoi An
- Enjoy Cyclo ride and Water Puppet show at Hanoi
- Visit the Temple of Literature
- Visit the Dao Quan Bich Cau Temple
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Trip includes
- English speaking guide in Vietnam
- All hotel accommodations
- Water Puppet show in Hanoi
- Gong performance in Kon Tum
- All transfers and transportation as indicated in itinerary
- Monument entrance and still camera fees
- Breakfasts, and additional special meals where indicated with B, breakfast; L, lunch; D, dinner
Itinerary

Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Grand Hotel Saigon or Caravelle
You will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon, and transfer to your hotel.
Built on the site of an ancient Khmer settlement and an outpost for early pioneers in the 14th century, Ho Chi ...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Grand Hotel Saigon or Caravelle
This morning, you will tour some of the important parts of Ho Chi Minh City. You can stop at the Reunification Palace, the former palace of President Thieu and his predecessors. Today this b...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Da Lat Du Parc or Ana Mandara Villas Dalat
Rising early, you have about a 4-hour drive towards Lam Dong Province through “Borri Country,” once the home of Jesuit missionaries. Your destination is “The City of Love,” Dalat, a favorite holiday resort for Vietnamese as well as the French. With evergreen forests, ...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Da Lat Du Parc or Ana Mandara Villas Dalat
Today, you can continue to explore Dalat, visiting its gardens, waterfalls, Valley of Love, convent, university and key pagodas.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Ban Me Hotel
After breakfast, you have a full day’s drive to Buon Me Thuot, the provincial capital of Dac Lac Province, and the site of the last battle of the Vietnam War in March 1975. Along the way, you will v...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Ban Me Hotel
There are said to be about 31 different ethnic groups in Dac Lac, each with their own traditional dress and customs. The area is also known for its big game hunting, although new conservation...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hoang Anh Gia Lai Hotel
Leaving Buon Me Thuot, you will drive on to Pleiku. Crossing the Nha Rong pass is truly a cultural experience. Along the way are coffee plantations and the stilt houses of the Central Highland’s largest ethnic group, the Gia Rai. These people stubbornly resisted the c...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Kontom Indochine Hotel
After breakfast, you drive to Kon Tum, stopping at Plei Phun Village. Here you can explore the differences between the Bahnar and the Jarai or Gia Rai. The ancestors of the present ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Local Village or Kontom Indochine Hotel
After driving to the suspension bridge, you will do a bit of hiking to two other villages – Kon Jori and Kon Kotu. From here you will walk along the Dakbla riverban...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort & Spa
You have a long drive through some spectacular mountain ranges and along sandy beaches to Hoi An, nestled on the banks of the Thu Bon River. Lunch will be on the way.
Hoi An is...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort & Spa
This morning you will rise early and drive a short distance to the Cham ruins of My Son. The Cham Empire controlled the central coastline of Vietnam from the 4th to the 14th century. ...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort & Spa
Today is free to rent bikes, enjoy the beach by your hotel, or wander in Hoi An.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel De L’opera or Sofitel Legend Metropole
Rising early, you will fly to Hanoi on VN #1509 (0950/1105), where you will transfer to the Serenade, located in the Old Quarter. After changing clothes and a brief lunch, you w...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel De Lopera or Sofitel Legend Metropole
A real treat is to rise early before breakfast and walk down to Hoan Kiem Lake. Here you will join the locals in their morning Tai Chi exercises. Returning to the hote...
Meals: Breakfast
The day is free until time to transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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- If 61-119 Days prior to departure date, then Applicable Cancellation Fee is 50% of the land cost plus any varying non-refundable pre-payments we have made in advance on your behalf (i.e. Penalties incurred for cancelling air, deposits paid to hold reservations, etc.)
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