Having a shorter history compared to its Northern sister, the South of Vietnam offers less traditional sightseeings, but more fascinating experience of the modern dynamic life and opportunities for shopping and leisure in beautiful resorts.
Day 01: Arrival in HCM City (D))
Our car and tour guide will meet you upon your arrival at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Transfer to your hotel in the city centre for check-in. Free at leisure in the rest of the day. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City after welcomed dinner
Include: Hotel in HCM City Transportation Meal: Welcomed dinner Tour guide
Day 02: HCM City tour – Cu Chi Tunnel (B, L)
A morning city tour of dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by the locals. The orientation tour will be commenced on the Cach Mang Thang Tam Square (August Revolution Square) featured by the graceful colonial–style Notre Dame Cathedral and HCMC Central Post Office, from where you can walk up to visit the historical Reunification Palace. The tour is continued with a visit to a famous lacquer ware factory and Thien Hau Pagoda in the bustling China Town. In the afternoon, we drive overland to Cu Chi Tunnels, an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese guerrillas to protect numerous villages against the American attacks during the Vietnam War. O/N in HCM City.
Include: Hotel in HCM City, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Tour guide, Entrance fees
Day 03: HCM City – Can Tho (B, L)
AM: We visit part of the Mekong Delta today. Head south to Can Tho province and have a break after two-hour driving at My Tho to visit the ornate Vinh Trang Pagoda and a family-run rice noodle factory. Check-in hotel in Can Tho at noontime. PM: We leave for Thot Not, 45km to the north of Can Tho to visit the bamboo basket-making hamlet of Long Thanh before going on to the Thot Not Stork Sanctuary, from where you can view thousands of egrets and herons arrive to roost in the branches from a watching tower. Return to Can Tho late afternoon for dinner. O/N in Can Tho.
Include: Hotel in Can Tho, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Tour guide, Entrance fees
Day 04: Can Tho – Chau Doc (B, L)
After breakfast, check-out and drive northwest to Chau Doc, situated on the Cambodian border. Transfer to hotel on arrival. Afternoon, take a boat to visit the Fish Farms where fish are bred in wooden cages suspended under floating houses on Mekong river. Stop at an islet for visiting a Cham minority group village where people are continuing their traditional simple life on stilt houses with fishing, weaving and practicing their daily Muslim ceremonies. Return to the mainland in time to drive up the Sam Mountain to watch the sunset over the Cambodian border. Stay overnight in Chau Doc.
Include: Hotel in Chau Doc, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch. Tour guide, Boat trips, Entrance fees
Day 05: Chau Doc – Vinh Long – HCM City (B, L)
Leave Chau Doc for HCM via Vinh Long. Break the journey at Vinh Long to take a boat trip to visit Phan Thanh Giang Confucius Temple and the cottage industries of Cho Cua village. You will have a chance to visit a ceramic tile factory, a tofu and fish sauce factory, a blacksmith's, a roof Thatcher's and a rice husking factory. Continue to Cai Be Floating Market and rejoin the car to drive back to HCMC for dinner. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City
Include: Hotel in HCM City, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Tour guide, Boat trips, Entrance fees
Day 6: HCM City – Da Lat (B, L)
Take flight to Dalat that depart at 6: 30, upon arrival in Dalat, you are picked up visit Bao Dai palace, Mong Mo hill, Love valley. Afternoon visit Truc Lam Monastery and enjoy Lat Ethnic band. Stay overnight in Da Lat.
Include: Hotel in Da Lat, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Tour guide, Entrance fees
Day 07: Da Lat – Nha Trang (B, L)
Leave Da Lat for Nha Trang after breakfast. The road descends to the arid coastal city of Phan Rang. Break the journey here to visit the 13th century Po Klong Jarai Cham Towers perched high on a rocky hill surrounded by prickly pear cacti. After Phan Rang Highway One turns north and follows the coast past salt ponds and vivid green rice fields to Nha Trang. Check-in hotel in Nha Trang upon arrival. Afternoon, visit the city including the Po Nagar Cham Towers and Long Son Pagoda with its enormous white Buddha statue. Stay overnight in Nha Trang.
Include: Hotel in Nha Trang, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Tour guide, Entrance fees
Day 08: Full day boat trip (B, L)
08.45: Pick up in Nha Trang city. 09.15: Making a boat trip to some islands. - Mun Island: Swimming and snorkeling for beholding various kinds of multi – colorful corals and fishes - Mot Island: Having lunch with seafood Joining floating bar for heart to heart animating game. - Mieu Island: Visiting the fishing village for learning the way of raising groupers, lobsters… - 16.00: Back to Nha Trang, ending tour
Include: Hotel in Nha Trang, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Tour guide, Boat trip, Entrance fees
Day 09: Nha Trang – Ho Chi Minh City (B)
Free at leisure to explore city or doing other things you are interested in until time transfer to airport for flight back HCM city that depart at 13.15, upon arrival in HCM City at 14.10 you will be picked up to hotel for relax
Include: Hotel in HCM City, Transportation, Meals: Breakfast
Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Departure (B)
You will be transferred to airport for your outgoing flight.
Include: Transportation, Meal: Breakfast
