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Tour
Highlights
•
Ha Long Bay Cruise
• Bicycle Tours of
Hanoi and Hue
• Visit to Minh Mang’s
Tomb
• Mekong Delta Boat
Trip
• Cu Chi Tunnels
Experience
DAY
1 DEPARTURE -
Enjoy full-meal service on your scheduled flight to
Bangkok.
DAY
2 HANOI - You
will be met at the airport by your guide and transferred
to your hotel. After dinner enjoy the water puppet show.
DAY 3 HANOI - HA LONG
CITY - HANOI - This morning we will
leave Hanoi for Ha Long Bay to enjoy a half day cruise
through spectacular scenery at this World Natural Heritage
site. Lunch is provided on the cruise. Transfer back
to Hanoi.
DAY
4 HANOI - Full
day City Tour of Hanoi, taking in the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum,
the One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature and
the Fine Arts Museum. Following a bicycle tour of the
city's sights with our guide, perhaps visit the old
quarter, or maybe a shop till you drop expedition. This
evening we board the Reunification Express for an overnight
train journey. Our destination is the ancient capital
of Hue.
DAY
5 HUE - Before
we begin our tour of Hue, there will be time for brunch,
after which we will take a bicycle tour around this
fabulous city. A visit to Hue would not be complete
without taking in attractions such as the Citadel, the
Forbidden Purple City, the Imperial Museum and the Dong
Ba market.
DAY
6 HUE - Today
we cruise along the Perfume River out to the countryside.
Being the ancient capital, Hue is surrounded with tombs
of emperors past; we will make a visit to the ornate
Minh Mang's tomb and the eccentric Tu Duc's tomb. We
will enjoy lunch while cruising back, stopping on the
way to visit the Thien Mu Pagoda, considered the unofficial
symbol of Hue.
DAY
7 HUE - DANANG - HOI AN
- Today's destination is the old trading town
of Hoi An. Along the way we will stop at the Cham Museum,
the famed China Beach, and Marble Mountains. On our
arrival in Hoi An, we will spend the rest of the afternoon
exploring.
DAY
8 HOI AN - HO CHI MINH CITY (SAIGON)
- This morning we fly to Ho Chi Minh City. After an
early lunch, we embark on a bus tour of the city. The
tour will include a visit to Cholon, Saigon's Chinatown
and home to Vietnam's biggest market, the Reunification
Palace and the War Crimes Museum. This evening we will
head out for a night on the town.
DAY
9 CU CHI TUNNELS & TAY NINH
-Today we drive to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels. This amazing
network of tunnels, which stretches for over 150 miles
and is three levels deep, gives the visitor a feel of
what underground life was like in the American war.
From here we drive to Tay Ninh, the headquarters for
the Cao Dai Sect.
DAY
10 HO CHI MINH - MEKONG DELTA
- The Mekong Delta is often referred to as the rice
bowl of Vietnam. This fertile Delta is also famous for
its tropical fruits and flowers. Traditional transportation
here is by boat along a vast network of canals and channels.
Boating along these canals and visiting the floating
markets always proves to be a fascinating experience.
We also enjoy a bonsai garden and visit a snake farm
that breeds snakes for snake wine.
DAY
11 MEKONG DELTA TO LONDON
- Your guide accompanies you to the airport for
the return flight home. Your flight arrives back in
the UK the same day.
Price
Range - £1325 - £1550
Depending
on month of travel and group size
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