Family Adventure
Length: 15 days/ 14nights - Transport Coach/Airplane
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Tour Price: Package price based twin share for year 2008 from 772$
Include: Hotels (12 nights), 1 night on train, 1 night homestay; Meals: All breakfast, 11 lunch and 1 dinner; Domestic flight: Da nang - Nha Trang, Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh; English speaking guide; Private air-conditioning coach; Private boats: Halong bay, Hue and Mekong Delta, Nha Trang; All Entrance free; Puppet show; Traditional music, fresh fruit at Thoi Son Islet (Mekong Delta); 01 bottle of water/ day.
Not include: Personal charges; International air tickets; Airport tax, Insurance and Visa; Tips ect...
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Full Itinerary
DAY 1: HANOI
You are met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure - Taking a walking tour around Old Quarter. Enjoy water puppet show. O/N in Hanoi.
DAY 2: HANOI CITY TOUR (Breakfast/ Lunch)
The city tour will start with a visit to Ngoc Son temple, an island on Hoan Kien lake with famous The Huc bridge. Our next attraction is Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam, a symbol of Vietnamese traditional education. From temple of literature, we will move to one-stilt pagoda where architecture, historical stories and culture are highlighted. We next visit Museum of ethnology where we can have overview of ethnic minorities of Vietnam, at least from symbols and tools used in their daily life and work as well as festivals.
 DAY 3: HANOI - HALONG BAY (Breakfast/ Lunch)
In the morning, we drive to the World Heritage site of Halong Bay (about 4 hours), where we board our private boat and cruise among some of the 3,000 limestone peaks.
There is an opportunity to swim in the famed South China Sea as well as explore caves filled with stalactites and stalagmites. We spend the night on board, experiencing the peaceful night-time in this special place.
DAY 4: HALONG - HANOI - HUE (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Berth)
After lunch, return Hanoi, boarding an overnight train heading South. We depart in the evening, sleep in 4-berth, soft sleeper compartments. Note: Simple dinner on train.
Day: 5- 6: HUE (Breakfast/ Lunch)
We arrive early into Hue, another World Heritage site. The pace of life is slow and tranquility prevails in this former imperial capital of Vietnam. Parents have an opportunity to visit the Imperial Citadel, one of the Nguyen emperors' tombs, the famed Thien Mu Pagoda and also enjoy a dragon boat cruise on the Perfume River.
With 2 full days there is time to explore the city's many Buddhist pagodas, outlying handicraft villages and the busy Dong Ba Market. Enjoying an ice-cream or a coffee at one of the riverside coffee shops at sunset is also an experience not to be missed.
DAY 7: HUE - HOI AN (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Today you are driven by private car to Hoi An via Lang Co lagoon and Hai Van pass, wonderful places to take photos, visiting Marble Mountain and China Beach en route. Upon arrival, our guide will provide you with a walking tour around Hoi An.
Hoi An is a delightful riverine town 30 km south of Danang. Known as Faifo to early Western traders, it was one of South East Asia's major international ports during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Today, parts of Hoi An look exactly as they did a century ago. More than perhaps any other place in Vietnam, it retains the feel of centuries past, making it the sort of place that grows on you the more you explore it. Your guide provides you with a walking tour of Hoi An. Hoi An's narrow streets are filled with colourful lanterns, tailors and inviting restaurants.
DAY 8: HOI AN (Breakfast)
Today is at leisure for further independent exploration of this charming town - bicycle is a great way to get around: Working as farmer at Tra Que vegetable village or learning to make lantern (contact us for more). You can head out to Cua Dai beach, a 4km. easy ride from the town centre, take a day trip to My Son relics or just enjoy shopping.
DAY 9: HOI AN - NHA TRANG (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Today morning, we will transfer to Da nang and take a short flight to Nha Trang. Upon arriving, we transfer to our hotel. The afternoon is to enjoy beach close to our hotel. Overnight stay in Nha Trang.
DAY 10: NHA TRANG AQUARIUM BOAT TRIP FISHING VILLAGES (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Today a leisurely boat trip around the islands close to shore, snorkel or swim if you wish. Excursion by boat to various islands and the seawater aquarium on Mieu Island this is an important fish-breeding farm where over forty species of fish, crustaceans and other marine life are raised in three separate compartments. We will visit an island fishing village where you will be rowed ashore in small Vietnamese round boats and be served a succulent meal of seafood and other dishes.
DAY 11: HOI AN - HO CHI MINH CITY (Breakfast/ Lunch)
After breakfast, transfer to Danang Airport for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. You are met on arrival at Saigon Airport and transferred to your hotel. This afternoon is at leisure to explore this exciting city.
(With a population of approximately 6 million, Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam. The huge number of people rushing about their daily business creates a vital and dynamic atmosphere. Saigon is characterised by a vast variety of sights and sounds, from ancient pagodas, mosques and cathedrals to the former Presidential Palace and the War Museum, from historic Dong Khoi Street (the Rue Catinat from Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American) to the bustling markets of Ben Thanh and Cholon (Chinatown). Much of the city life takes place on the streets which are lined with stores, shops, stalls, and vendors with their wares spread out on the footpath selling everything from soup to sophisticated electronics. The French influence is evident in the excellent baguettes and coffee!)
 DAY 12: HO CHI MINH - CU CHI Tunnels (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Visit the Cu Chi tunnels a place famous for its tunnels with 200km long. The Cu Chi tunnels played a vital part in the American war, allowing the Viet Cong to control a large rural area only 30 to 40 km from Saigon. The network, parts of which were several storeys deep, included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centres and kitchens. Cu Chi is also known to many people as a "special school" of Vietnam, from daily life to important meeting was held underground. Children were born and brought up underground, under bombs. Cu Chi is not thought as tunnel only but most importantly the symbol of will of people.
An afternoon tour round Ho Chi Minh city, the biggest, busiest and most active city of Vietnam features China town, Thien Hau temple, Notre Dame Cathedral and HCMC Central Post Office.
DAY 13: HO CHI MINH - MEKONG DELTA (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner/ homestay)
This morning we head down to the Mekong Delta. Often referred to as the 'rice bowl' of Vietnam, the fertile Mekong Delta is famous for its tropical fruits, flowers and boating along the canals. At Vinh Long we board our private boat to cruise along the maze of waterways to visit some local cottage industries. We then head to our overnight homestay along the water.
DAY 14: MEKONG DELTA - HO CHI MINH (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Rising early to the sounds of the Delta coming to life for another day, we have breakfast before boarding our boats and visiting the floating markets enroute to Cai Be. We visit Vinh Trang Pagoda before returning to Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of day 4. The rest of the afternoon is free for you to further explore Saigon or just relax.
DAY 15: HO CHI MINH - DEPARTURE (Breakfast)
Free until the time for departure.
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