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Splendid Vietnam Driving tour
Tour code: VN 036
Duration: 21 days
Route: Ho Chi Minh City, Dalat, Nha Trang, BuonMeBhuot, Pleiku, Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi, SonLa, DienBienPhu, Sa Pa, Hai Phong, Halong
Attractions: Ben Thanh Market, My Tho, VinhTrang Pogoda, Mekong River, Thoi Son Islet, Ponguar Water Fall, King Bao Bai Palace, Prenn Waterfall, NgoanMuc Pass, Po Klong Giarai Cham Tower, Perfume River, Imperial Ciatdel, Moc Chau, One Pillar Pogoda, Temple of Literature, etc
Itinerary:
Day1: Arrive - HoChiMinh City ( D )
Arrive at TanSonNhat airport. Meet and transfer to hotel. Visit the most exciting crowded city: Unification Palace Thong Nhat, Maria Cathedral, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, China town, Thien Hau pagoda, BenThanh market. Boat trip along HoChiMinh city river with live music.
BenThanh market: According to Vuong Hong Sen, author of "the book Saigon of the Past", in 1912, the French filled a pond, the Boresse, into a solid foundation of 12,000m and built a market on it.
Day 2: HoChiMinh city - MyTho (B,L )
Departure to My Tho. Visit VinhTrang pagoda (Ancient Cham culture), boat cruise in Mekong river to Thoi Son islet. Stroll through verdant orchards, sampan ride on palm-shaded creeks and meeting with peasants at local home. Return to HoChiMinh city.
Overnight at HoChiMinh City.
Day 3 : HoChiMinh city - DaLat (B,L )
AM : Depart to Da Lat, stopover to visit Ponguar Water fall and Ga village of K`ho ethnic with traditional weaving brocade.
Dalat, capital of Lam Dong Province, is located approximately 308km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. At an elevation of 1,500 m, Dalat bears the look of an Old French city. It was founded in 1897 when Doctor Alexandre Yersin recommended that the area be developed as a resort town.
Day 4: DaLat - Nha Trang (B,L )
Visit DaLat market, King Bao Dai palace and some other architectures of DaLat. Leave for NhaTrang with Prenn waterfall. Stopover at NgoanMuc pass and Po Klong Giarai Cham Tower. Overnight at Nha Trang.
Dalat has many natural and artificial lakes such as Ho Xuan Huong, Than Tho, Da Thien, and Tuyen Lam bordered by lines of pine trees, which are a well-known feature of Dalat. A trip to Dalat is not complete until one goes to the Dalat Flower Gardens. The temperate climate of Dalat is suitable for flowers such as orchids, roses, lilies, and camellias.
Day 5: NhaTrang (B,L )
Visit the Tropical Marine park, boat cruise to visit Tri Nguyen Aquarium, HonTam islet, sunbathing. Visit Yersin Museum, Po Nagar Cham Tower. Overnight at NhaTrang.
Nha Trang: The coastal city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province, Central Vietnam, lies on the trans-Vietnam highway, 1,278km from Hanoi, and 448km from Ho Chi Minh City. Nha Trang is endowed by nature with deep, quiet and warm waters all the year round, surrounded by archipelagoes, islands, mountains and white sand beaches.
Day 6: Nha Trang - BuonMeThuot (B, L)
Leave for BuonMeThuot. Visit Jarai ethnic village, Highlands Minorities Museum, central market. Overnight at BuonMeThuot.
Day 7: BuonMeThuot - Lac Lake -Pleiku (B,L )
Full day visit the Lac lake and enjoy elephants working, ridding, Drai Sap waterfall , then transfer to Pleiku. Overnight at Pleiku.
Day 8: Pleiku-HoiAn ( B,L )
Leave for HoiAn. Stopover in Pleiku to visit Giarai village, enjoy welknown Cham Towers: Silver Tower, Bronze Tower, Chien Dan Tower. Overnight at HoiAn.
Day 9: Hoi An-DaNang-Hue ( B,L )
Visit HoiAn ancient city. Coach trip to Da Nang. Visit Cham museum, Ngu Hanh Son mountain. Across the steep & winding Hai Van Pass to Hue. Overnight at Hue.
Day 10: Hue (B, L )
Boat cruise on the Perfume river to visit Thien Mu pagoda, King Minh Mang`s Tomb. Visit Dai Noi Imperial Citadel and King Tu Duc`s Tomb. Floating dinner with Hue folk song. Overnight at Hue.
Perfume River is 30km long (The river level is not much above that of the sea) so that the river runs very slowly. The views on both sides of the river with the citadel, town, gardens, pagodas, towers and temples. The river runs slowly through the verdant and shady villages of Kim Long, Nguyet Bieu, Vy Da, Dong Ba, Gia Hoi, Dinh market, Nam Pho, Bao Vinh, mingling with the odors of flowers of Hue...
Imperial Ciatdel: Hue City is one of places which have many cultural heritages. Up to now, there is no place like Hue remaining a lot of originally historical vestiges as in this ancient Capital City.
Hue is also an important center of Buddhism. In Hue and its surrounding still exist tens of pagodas constructed more 300 years ago, and a hundred of temples and pagodas built in the early century.
Day 11: Hue-Hanoi (B, L )
Morning fly to Hanoi. Pick up at the airport. Transfer to Classic hotel in the old quarter of Hanoi. Free time. Overnight at Hanoi.
Day 12: Hanoi -HoaBinh-SonLa (B, L )
Leave to SonLa with stopover to visit the MaiChau area, continue to MocChau. Visit YenChau on the way. Overnight at SonLa.
Moc Chau: the grass-field accounts for more than 14,000ha and is suitable for animal husbandry, tea planting and other agriculture. Moc Chau tea factory was set up here to produce black tea for export and for domestic consumption.
Day 13: SonLa - DienBienPhu (B, L )
Visit the centre market, SonLa mansion. Continue to DienBienPhu. Visit the DienBien market. Overnight at DienBienPhu.
Day 14: DienBienPhu - LaiChau - PhongTho (B, L )
Visit the DienBien museum, Elianne hill, De Castrie cellar. Coach trip to LaiChau, Phong Tho, stopover to visit the Thai, Meo village along the way. Overnight at DienBienPhu.
Day 15: PhongTho-Sapa (B, L )
Leave for Sapa. Stopover to visit some ethnic villages on the way. Overnight at Sapa.
Sapa: Sapa Ancient Rock Field is between the terraced rice paddies of ethnic minority groups. The first exploration research, in 1925, recorded that there were 200 stones of various dimensions concentrated in the area. Hon Bo, which is 15m long and 6m high, is the biggest of theses rocks.
Day 16: Sapa(B, L )
Visit the Meo and Red Dao in Sapa, Sapa market, Dragon Head mountain . Overnight at Sapa.
Day 17: Sapa-Lao Cai-Hanoi (B, L )
Return to Hanoi. Visit beauty spots along the way. Overnight at Hanoi.
Day 18: Hanoi - HaiPhong-HaLong (B, L )
Departure to HaLong Bay - the World Heritage granted by UNESCO in 1994. Stopover to visit Flower market, Trang Kenh temple, Du Hang pagoda and Woollen Carpet Trang Kenh factory. Overnight at Halong.
Halong Bay, listed as a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. "Dragon descending to the sea" as it is known in Vietnamese, picturesque Halong Bay has more than 3,000 limestone islets rising from the clear emerald water, many of them containing beautiful grottoes.
Day 19: Ha Long - Hanoi (B, L )
Boat trip through majestic Ha Long Bay. Enjoy beautiful landscape of Ha Long naturally formed by islands and islets, explore natural caves or sunbathing. Return to Hanoi. Overnight at Hanoi.
Day 20 : Hanoi City tour (B, L )
Visit Ho Chi Minh`s mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh museum, One Pillar pagoda, Temple of Literature - the first university of Vietnam (built in 1070), Ngoc Son temple and 36 old streets. Overnight at Hanoi.
Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum: Uncle Ho's dead body dressed in faded khaki clothes and plain rubber shoes was put in a glass coffin.
Ho Chi Minh's Residence: the stilt-house and its furnishings have been preserved must as they were in the 1960s. In the area under the house, Ho Chi Minh would receive visitors and meet members of the Political Bureau.
One Pillar Pagoda: The pagoda was first built in 1049 under the Ly Dynasty, on the west side of the ancient Thang Long Capital. Its original name was Dien Huu, expressing the wish for longevity for the second King Ly.
Temple of Literature: built in the 11th century as Vietnam's first university, Fine Art Museum and Quan Thanh Temple. 01 hr cyclo for visit the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem lake.
Day 21: Hanoi - Depart (B )
Free time till to be transferred to airport for departure.