VIET NAM AROUND TRIP 14 DAYS 13 NIGHTS

SAIGON | TIEN GIANG | CHAU DOC | CAN THO | CA MAU | BAC LIEU | SOC TRANG | RACH GIA | PHU QUOC | DANANG | HOI AN | HUE | PHONG NHA /PARADISE CAVE

Departure: daily from Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Hanoi

DAY 1: LEAVE SAI GON – MY THO – BEN TRE – CHAU DOC (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• 06:45 – Start our office (28/3 Bui Vien street, dist 1) and head to the city of My Tho by bus. During the 1,5 hour bus drive to My Tho, learn about the cultures of the local people and enjoy the nice scenery of green rice fields.

Visit Vinh Trang pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Mekong Delta. Continue to My Tho and take a boat trip along Mekong River. During the cruise, see fish cages and floating houses on the river. The boat will take you to a small canal, where you can escape the busy town. The cruise through the coconut trees lined canal will take you to a coconut island in Ben Tre.

Disembark, walk around the village and visit a local family to enjoy tropical fruit, taste honey tea, honey wine and listen to Vietnamese traditional music, performed by the villagers. Continue walking on the village’s road to a coconut candy shop to learn how to make candy and see some handicrafts made from coconut trees. Take a walk through the village and discover many kinds of fruits, flowers, trees, and local houses. Take your time and take nice photos while enjoying the natural scenery. Then, head to a local restaurant and enjoy a local Vietnamese lunch under the tree shade.

• After lunch, have free time to walk or bike around the village, then travel by bus to Chau Doc, 
• 18:00 – Arrive Chau Doc, check in and rest.
• Evening – Have dinner and free time

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, boat trip, hotel

Excluded : beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 2: CHAU DOC – TRA SU FOREST – CAN THO (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Morning – Have breakfast and check out hotel

Departure to Sam Mountain – Ba Chua Xu Temple, Tay An Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, … 

Tra Su forest – explore the forest and watch the birds, When you’re on a boat, you’ll have the luxury feeling of navigating through the carpet of green ferns so dense you can’t even see the water surface.

The rower will help you understand more about the forest. So get your camera ready for this special photo shoot. 

The boat will stop to take you to the cajuput forest with tall, green cajuput trees. You get to the top of the watch tower to have a view overlooking the whole forest. Get there when the sun is about to go down, it’s the most memorizing scene of this trip.

• Afternoon – have lunch and go ahead to Can Tho
• Evening – Check in hotel and rest
• 19:00 – Enjoy dinner on cruise at Ninh Kieu quay and free time

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, boat trip, hotel

Excluded : beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 3: FLOATING MARKET CAN THO – CA MAU (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• 05:30 – Morning early, take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the lower Mekong river. After, proceed to visit the Cai Răng floating market, which is the liveliest in the whole region. Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily activities of the locals who live along the Mekong canals. 
• 07:00 – Back hotel and have breakfast – check out hotel

Departure to Soc Trang, visit SomRong Pagoda – is one of the most beautiful and largest Khmer pagodas in the region

Tac Say Church –  is one of the impressive attractions in Bac Lieu province. This place is associated with touching stories about the life of Father Truong Buu Diep, who made great contributions to Catholics in this area. Nowadays, hundreds of devotees and tourists visit this place every day.

• Afternoon – Have lunch and rest. After that, go Ca Mau cape – the national coordinate landmark GPS 0001; Ho Chi Minh Road – Ca Mau end point landmark, km 2436, sea breakwater embankment, the ship symbol of the country that always faces the sea

You can visit flagpole in the Ca Mau Cape, is located on the sacred cape of the southernmost part of the country with a red flag and a yellow star arrogantly flying in front of the sea which contains very deep feelings of the. At the same time, it is a symbol of pride for the unification of the sacred “S” shaped territory facing the Bien Dong Sea.

There is also Lac Long Quan Temple and the heroic Mother statue facing the Bien Dong Sea

• And get to centre, check in hotel and rest
• Evening – Have dinner and free time

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, boat trip, hotel

Excluded : beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 4: CA MAU – BAC LIEU – SOC TRANG – ARRIVE RACH GIA (breakfast, lunch)

• Morning – Have breakfast and check out hotel

Discovering the wind farm in Bạc Liêu – the first wind power project in Việt Nam built in 2010. It is considered one of the largest wind power projects in the country. This is also the first wind farm in Southeast Asia built on the continental shelf, with 62 turbines on the coast. Each turbine is about 80m high and its propellers are 42m long. You enjoyed the arrangement of the wind turbines like giant knights towering above, and the vast fields where beautiful and impressive pictures could be taken anywhere. Looking from a distance, the landscape is as beautiful as the European sky.

Prince of Bac Lieu House – The villa was designed by a French engineer, most of the building materials were brought from Paris.  Many details, materials, and furniture in the house are imported from France, from the bolts, screws to construction details, all of which are stamped with the letter P indicating the origin.

Quan Am Phat Dai Temple – also known as Mother Nam Hai,  annually attracts thousands of visitors from far and wide to pilgrimage and participate in the Quan Am Nam Hai festival.

• Noon time – Have lunch
• 13:30 – After lunch, our group get back Ho Chi Minh, and You will separate and go to Rach Gia by car (4 hours)
• 17:00 – Arrive hotel in Rach Gia, check in and free time
• Evening – Enjoy dinner by yourself and free time

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch), entrance fee, boat trip, hotel

Excluded : meal (dinner) and beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 5: LEAVE RACH GIA – ARRIVE PHU QUOC – DIVING – SUNSET (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Morning – Have breakfast – check out hotel, transfer to boat station Rach Gia

Departure Rach Gia – Phu Quoc by speed boat

Arrive boat station in Phu Quoc, our minivan take you to hotel, check in hotel

• 12:00 – Have lunch and visit :

Pepper farm – Phu Quoc pepper is one of the finest pepper you could find in Vietnam. It is a unique and pleasant experience to discover the local life.

Sim wine factory – You will be very curious because only this land has it, Sim Wine (also known as Ruou Sim or Rose Myrtle wine, Sim Alcohol) is a type of wine found on Phu Quoc Island and is made with local fruit from the Rose Myrtle tree. The recipe originated from various ethnic minority groups living in the central highlands. Most locals drink Sim Wine when they are eating seafood.

Tranh stream waterfall – You can admire the beauty of the fresh stream, rock formations, and small waterfalls. The beautiful scenery here not only helps tourists relax but also provides an ideal background for taking photos.

Snake farm – with the task of scientific research, raising and conservation of precious snakes, planting seedlings for medicinal purposes and processing traditional medicine

Pearl farm – explain to you how they cultivate pearls, how long it takes to make one from a spec of sand to a beautiful pearl

Su Muon Pagoda (Hung Long temple) – sitting at the top of a hill about four kilometers to the east of Duong Dong Town, Su Muon pagoda is the most ancient Buddhist shrine in Phu Quoc.

Dinh Cau Temple – Dinh Cau Temple is built in 1937 to commemorate Thien Hau (sea goddess) whom the people believe provides protection for fishermen heading out to the sea. From Dinh Cau beach, you will have to climb 28 winding stone steps to reach the temple. It’s would be fantastic to watch the sunset on the rooftop terrace. From here you can see the vast ocean, the fishing boats and surrounding islets.

• Evening – have dinner and free time

Included : boat Rach Gia – Phu quoc, bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, hotel

Excluded : beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 6: SNORKING – SUN PREMIER VILLAGE PRIMAVERA (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

You’d like choose opition 1 or 2:

Option 1: Snorking – Sun Premier Village Primavera

• Morning – After your breakfast in hotel, and visit:

Pearl farm – learn about the history of pearl farming on Phu Quoc Island

Get on local boat to visit some small islands

Sao Beach – enjoy lunch (relaxing – swimming – sunbathing)

Coconut Tree Prison – is the living evidence well as the extraordinary life force and the unyielding will of the Vietnamese

Check in Premier Village Primavera – Mediterranean  Phu Quoc is a small Italian country on the Pearl Island, to be built with the design of the Mediterranean style house with high-rise buildings on the coastal slopes. walking through white washed houses and enjoy the scenic coastal landscapes 

Check in “Kiss bridge” (by yourself) – This unique bridge takes inspiration from the endless love, the sweet kisses, and the love story of Nguu Lang and Chuc Nu in Vietnamese fairy tales.

Enjoy “kiss the stars” show – tells the story of an alien girl from the vast universe, through a cosmic black hole named Vortex she met the love of her life, a Mediterranean boy on the earth. A wonderful love story, without distance but culminating in their meeting at the two prongs of Kiss Bridge – the symbol of eternal love in Phu Quoc Pearl Island.

• Evening – Have dinner and free time

Included : boat Rach Gia – Phu quoc, bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, hotel

Excluded : beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

Option 2: Snorking – Sun Premier Village Primavera – Cable car – Aquatophia

• Morning – After your breakfast in hotel, and visit:

Pearl farm – learn about the history of pearl farming on Phu Quoc Island

Get on canoe to visit Gam Ghi island – May Rut island, … has a pristine and pure beauty, with rows of coconut trees spreading on the white sand, creating a vast and airy space for you to relax in. Along with that are rock formations, coral reefs, and colorful anemones that can easily be seen through the clear blue water.

Experience Seawalker – walk on sea floor (by yourself)

• Enjoy lunch and relaxing – swimming – sunbathing

Get on cable cable car Hon Thom – with 7,899.9 metres through the sky, allowing guests to fly over the sea, over Hon Dua and Hon Roi islands and landing on Hon Thom island, off the southern coast of Phu Quoc. Admire the wild and majestic nature from above, and fully explore the beauty and wonder of the paradise that is the Southern Pearl island

Aquatopia Water Park – Southeast Asia’s largest water park with more than 20 modern games from the world’s leading manufacturers, 6 themed check-in zones for the first time appearing on the mysterious deserted and wild aboriginal island

Check in “Roman Colosseum”- this place is known as the “Colosseum” Vietnamese version thanks to being built in an extremely beautiful and unique Roman architectural style

• Evening – Have dinner and free time

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), cable car, entrance fee, hotel

Exluded : fishing – snorkeling equipment (mask – snorkel – fins), beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), games, tip

DAY 7: SIGHTSEEING PHU QUOC – VINWONDERS (breakfast, lunch)

• Morning – have breakfast in hotel. We visit:

Nguyen Trung Truc temple – is the largest temple here and locate opposite the tranquil river, near the waterfront and shaded by the cool green Bodhi trees  Unique architectural features along with trophies, memorabilia, and illustrious victories turn the temple into one of the attractive attractions in Phu Quoc.

Ganh Dau beach – is a heavenly spot, covered with white sand. The beach is framed by tall palm trees and lush green trees. On the east side, the beach is protected from waves and winds by high hills, covered with greenery. The Sea on the Ganh Dau beach is warm and calm.it is possible to see the Cambodian islands, which are located just a few kilometers from the coast.

UnitedCenter – Grandword Phu Quoc (or you can visit Vinwonder by yourself, has free bus Vin take you and discover …) – is known as “The sleepless city” because it has non-stop vibrant festivals and parties 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This feature creates an endless entertainment circle for you to enjoy every moment in Phu Quoc Island as if you are traveling to many famous sleepless cities around the world.

• Take a sightseeing tour along Venice River
• Explore Grand World food street at a miniature Shanghai City
• Visit Teddy Bear Museum
• Admire the striking landscapes at Urban Park
• See the performance called “The quintessence of Vietnam”
• Take photos at Bamboo Building
• Immerse yourself in the sound festival at Sea Square

• Afternoon – Have lunch in local restaurant and continue discover here
• Evening – Have dinner by yourself and free time

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch), hotel

Excluded : Grandword & Vinwonder ticket, meal (dinner) &  beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 8: LEAVE PHU QUOC – ARRIVE HA NOI (breakfast)

• Morning – Have breakfast in hotel
• Noon time – check out hotel and transfer to airport, check in airport
• Fly Phu Quoc – Ha Noi, our car take you to hotel, check in hotel and rest

Included : bus, meals (breakfast), hotel

Excluded : air ticket Phu Quoc – Ha Noi, meals (lunch, dinner) & beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 8: LEAVE PHU QUOC – ARRIVE DA NANG (breakfast)

• Morning – Have breakfast in hotel
• Noon time – check out hotel and transfer to airport, check in airport
• Fly Phu Quoc – Da Nang, our car take you to hotel, check in hotel and rest

Included : bus, meals (breakfast), hotel

Excluded : air ticket Phu Quoc – Da Nang, meals (lunch, dinner) & beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 9: FREE & EASY DA NANG / HOI AN (breakfast)

• Morning – Have breakfast in hotel

Included : meals (breakfast), hotel

Excluded : meals (lunch, dinner) & beverage, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 10: DA NANG – HOI AN (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Morning – Have breakfast in hotel, then You’d like to opition 1 or 2 or 3:

Opition 1: Coconut Jungle forest

• Take a bamboo basket boat on the Cam Thanh water coconut forest and have a brief introduction to the history there. 
• Join local fishermen on the river and enjoy the hands-on experience of round net and cast net fishing.
• Learn to paddle the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat and join in a basket boat race.
• Explore the peaceful coconut waterways after a past war 
• Catch the crabs

Opition 2: My Son Holyland – you are going to find out a unique beautiful sanctuary world of the ancient Cham religion. You will have a chance to discover My Son- the old Holy Land of Cham kingdom with secret mossy towers in the 19th century, enjoy featured music show of Cham people, discover The Marian Pilgrimage Center of TraKieu where once located the first capital city of the Hindu Champa Kingdom

Opition 3: Marble Mountain – is a complex consisting of Kim (Iron Mountain), Mộc (Wood Mountain), Thủy (Water Mountain), Hỏa (Fire Mountain), Thổ (Earth Mountain) symbolizing for 5 main elements of the universe in Asia Culture. Tang Chon cave, Huyen Khong cave, …

• • Noon time – Have lunch
  • 14:30 – Depart for a tour of Son Tra Peninsula – known as the green lung of Da Nang, is the common home of many rare animals such as brown-shanked douc langur, wild cat …, you visit Linh Ung Pagoda – is one of the four spiritual towns of Da Nang, where the 65m highest statue of Ba Buddha in Vietnam is located with a very unique architectural block overlooking the great sea.
  • Continue to ancient Hoi An town, walk to visit and shop the Old Town with: Japanese Covered Bridge, Sa Huynh Cultural Museum, Hundreds of Years Old House, Phuoc Kien Assembly Hall & Handicraft Workshop.
  • Evening – Have dinner. Walking around the old town and drop flower lantern (yourself)

• 21:00 – Get back Da Nang and rest.

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, hotel

Excluded : beverage, lantern on boat, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 11: NON NUOC STONE – BA NA HILL – MY KHE BEACH (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Morning – Have breakfast in hotel, depart to visit Non Nuoc stone carving village – is a famous and long-standing traditional craft village of Da Nang, under the talented and skillful hands of artisans, a series of stone sculpture products for daily life and spiritual life such as dishes, vases, etc. flowers, Buddha statues, Arhat statues, Champa statues… are crafted into extremely delicate and beautiful finished products.

Ba Na tourist area – You can admire the cable car system that has set many world records and is recognized as one of the 10 most impressive cable car systems in the world.

• Noon time – Have lunch in Ba Na Hill, then you drop into a beautiful space like France and the wonderful climate is likened to Da Lat of the Central region, visit the flower garden, wine cellar, Linh Ung pagoda, Shakyamuni Buddha Dai, especially admire and take pictures of the Golden Bridge, the bridge has a unique architecture with giant hands supporting the beautiful Golden Bridge.
• You take the cable back to the center and are comfortable swimming in My Khe beach, which is one of the few most beautiful beaches on the planet.
• Evening – Have dinner and free time, you can take a boat on the Han River (yourself) to see Da Nang shimmering at night with a series of the most famous and unique bridges such as Dragon Bridge (Spray Fire, Water at 21:00 every Saturday and Sunday), Han River Quay Bridge, Tran Thi Ly Bridge, …

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, cable car Ba Na, hotel

Excluded : beverage, games in Ba Na, Han river cruise, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 12: LEAVE DA NANG – ARRIVE HUE – IMPERIAL CITADEL (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Morning – Have breakfast – check out hotel. Leaving Da Nang for the old capital of Hue, through Hai Van tunnel
• Noon time – check in hotel, rest and lunch at restaurant. 

After that explore the Imperial Citadel – The grand palace of the last dynasty of Nguyen Dynasty, which ruled until 1945. As well as being politically important, there are three circles of ramparts and they include the Hue Capital Citadel, the Royal Citadel, and the Forbidden Citadel.

Thien Mu Pagoda – the name of the pagoda derives from a special legend – an old woman appeared on the hill where the pagoda stands today, telling local people that a Lord would come and build a Buddhist pagoda for the country’s prosperity.

• Evening – Dinner at restaurant, free time, you can take a dragon boat trip to enjoying Hue folksong on Perfume river (yourself)

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, hotel

Excluded : beverage, Hue folksong, personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

NGÀY 13: LA VANG HOLYLAND – PHONG NHA CAVE / PARADISE CAVE (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Morning – After your breakfast in hotel. 

Departure to Quang Binh, stop over at La Vang church – is also called La Vang Holyland, a famous tourist attraction. La Vang is an important pilgrimage site, not only for Catholics but also for non-religious and international tourists.

• Noon time – have lunch

Continue the journey to visit the Phong Nha Cave is considered “First Cave wonders” – Take a boat about 5 km along the Son River to Phong Nha Cave (river cave), The longest wet cave, enjoy the scenery spectacular limestone, underground river system and unique stalactite in the world. Caving Fairy & Imperial admire the beautiful stalactites blocks are created by nature over thousands of millennia 

(or visit Paradise Cave – discovered by scientists of the British Caving Research Association in 2005, has the length of 31km, the longest dry cave in Asia. You will be taken by the electrical car from the parking to the foothills of the cave (2km). You will went in the jungle, see many kind of trees and hear the sound of animals.Expore the cave about 1km on the wood foor and see lot of stalactites with different shapes. With naturally primitive features Paradise Cave looks like a landscape painting, making it very attractive to visitors. There are a series of white crystal stalactites resembling glass pillars and many other spectacular formations)

And then get on bus to back Hue

• Evening – Have dinner and rest

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, hotel

Exluded : beverage , personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

DAY 14:  TU DUC MAUSOLEUM – HUONG VILLAGE – ARRIVE HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)

• Morning – Have breakfast in hotel and visit:

Tu Duc Tomb – known as one of the most beautiful works of the Nguyen Dynasty, with traditional but delicate architecture, surrounded by a smooth green space of trees and lakes that blend to create Feeling very poetic and charming. 

Huong village of making incense and conical hats – a long standing traditional craft village in Hue, which attracts a lot of tourists who like to live virtual by the brilliant scenery of multi-colored bouquets of green and red incense, purple, yellow, …

• Noon time – Have lunch and check out hotel, transfer to airport, check in airport
• Fly Hue – Ha Noi, airrive airport, our car pick up you to hotel, check in and rest

Included : bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch), entrance fee, hotel

Excluded : air ticket Hue – Ha Noi, meal (dinner) & beverage , personal cost (shopping, telephone, laundry), tip

• Program sequence can be changed but the number of the program remains unchanged.
• You are at point 15 minutes before. Visitors to the delay when the vehicle was departing or cancel the tour didn’t notice please bear as ‘ cancel the ticket on the day of departure ‘
• Children must go with their parents or have committed to go on tour together, when relatives come to carry a birth certificate or passport.
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