10 Days 9 Nights From Ho Chi Minh Itinerary, departure tour from the South to the Central of Vietnam, you come to explore and admire the beautiful scenes of Vietnam as Cai Rang Floating Market, Cu Chi Tunnel, Hoi An Ancient Town, Ba Na Hill, Hue Citadel, Phong Nha Cave,…
Especially, you have the opportunity to enjoy the cuisine of the South and Central and learn about the daily life of the people.
Overnight on the plane.
In the morning: Arrival Tan Son Nhat airport in Vietnam in the morning. Then driver and tour guide take you go to hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Then you have breakfast at hotel.
Our tour guide take you to visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. The Independence palace is a widely known landmark of Ho Chi Minh City and was designed by the architect Ngo Viet Thu. Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum the museum has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.
Have lunch at local restaurant.
After your lunch, you go to Cu Chi tunnel; the trip will take approximately one and a half hours bus driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served.
Break time for relax or time for those who want to try the real shooting gun (personal fee)
Return to hotel.
You have dinner with you own budget. Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
You have breakfast at restaurant in hotel. You check-out. Leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and start your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Then boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.
Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around country lane and seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, folk song music which performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.
Riding a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.
Have lunch at a restaurant.
After your lunch, we will go to Can Tho village. You will check-in hotel.
Have dinner at restaurant .You are free to discover Can Tho at night. Overnight at hotel in Can Tho.
After breakfast at the hotel, take an early morning boat trip to visit the Cai Rang Floating Market, a wholesale market of fruit and vegetable at its busiest time of the day. Keep cruising through the small channel system and visit a rice noodle making village.
After visiting Cai Rang Floating market, we will check-out hotel. We will come back to Ho Chi Minh city. On the way, you have lunch at restaurant.
You are free to discover Ho Chi Minh City. You have dinner with your budget. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
In the morning: After your breakfast, you check – out hotel. Our driver and tour guide take you go to Tan Son Nhat airport to take the flight at 10:40 am (VN airline) to Da Nang airport. Arrival Da Nang airport about 12:00 pm, our guide and driver will meet you at Da Nang airport. Then take you have lunch at restaurant.
After your lunch, transfer to Hoi an old town. On the way, we will stop some minutes to see The Marble Mountain. The historical story behind the name “Marble Mountains” According to Cham legend, one day a dragon flew to Non Nuoc beach and laid an egg there. After a long time, the egg hatched and a beautiful girl stepped out of the egg. The egg shell was broken into 5 pieces that became the five magical mountains as we see today. In the 19th century, Marble Mountains had been named “Ngu Hanh Son” by Minh Mang (the second King of Nguyen Dynasty) according to the theory of five essential elements of Eastern (water, wood, fire, metal and earth). Vietnamese Government keeps this name until now and it becomes a famous destination in Da Nang.
After visiting Marble Mountain, we go to Hoi an old town, a major Asian trading port in the 17th and 18th centuries and its architecture and relaxed lifestyle has changed little over the years, take a walking tour of the Hoi an ancient town center. Visit Hoi An Ancient Town – immerse yourself in the idyllic beauty of the old town, discover the interference between Eastern cultures from Japan, China and Vietnamese culture, is a trading port. The most crowded and busiest existed under the Nguyen Dynasty about 200 years ago, it was the trade between Vietnam and other countries (Japan, China,…), with highlights such as tourist icons Hoi An – Japanese Covered Bridge, Quang Tay Assembly Hall, Fujian Assembly Hall, Tan Ky Ancient House, Hoi An Handicraft Facility…
Have dinner at a restaurant in Hoi An. After your dinner, you are free to discover Hoi An at night.
In the morning: Have breakfast at the hotel, check – out the room. Driver and tour guide take you to visit the capital and religious centre of the former Champa Kingdom. The former capital of the ancient Cham civilization that ruled central Vietnam from the second to the thirteenth century is far away 60 km from Da Nang, 150 km from Hue, and 75km from Hoi An ancient town is My Son sanctuary. It is considered to be one of the best-preserved Cham structures in Vietnam. The complex is comprised of seventy Hindu – like towers and temples dating from the second century.
Have lunch at local restaurant.
After your lunch, you get on the private car to discover Cam Thanh Coconut Village (Bay Mau Coconut Forest) experience sitting in a basket boat to visit the green coconut forest in the middle of a peaceful space, admire basket dance, boat racing and enjoy special local produce.
After finishing at Coconut forest, you go to hotel in Da Nang city.
Have dinner at restaurant. Overnight at hotel in Da Nang city.
After your breakfast, you check –out hotel and go to Ba Na hill. Located in the Truong Son mountain range 25 km to the SW of Danang at an altitude of 1487m and one hour by road from Da Nang lies the Ba Na mountains. Its temperate climate, unspoiled forest, and spectacular views over the city of Da Nang’s awe-inspiring bay and the Lao mountain range made Ba Na a past popular place to retreat for the French. Our first amazing views will start right-away, to reach Ba Na Hills we will take a ride via Cable Cars.
The most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, visit the Dream Stream Cable car Station and see the panoramic views of Quang Nam – Danang City from high above. After finishing the first cable car, you will visit the Golden Bridge that has recently gone viral, a France wine cellar, Le Jardin D’amour (consists of 9 gardens) and Linh Ung pagoda.
Continue the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Linh Phong Monastery, Linh Chua Linh Tu Temple & Tru Vu Tea Shop. Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome …Challenge the most popular adventure ride – Alpine Coaster.
Join in Fantasy Park with a walk in Fairy Forest, discover Dinosaur Park, play 5D wild west, enjoy 4D death race ride, watch 3D mega 360 degree, ride on Journey into the underground, enter Jurassic Park, challenge “Free fall” Tower and watch out for the Horror House and over 90 free games.
Have lunch at a restaurant on Ba Na hill.
Return to the Cable Car to leave Ba Na Hills go to hotel in Hue city.
Have dinner at restaurant. After your dinner, you are free to discover Hue at night. Overnight at hotel in Hue city.
After your breakfast, our driver and tour guide pick you up go to Thanh Toan Bridge. The Central of Vietnam owns plenty of huge and magnificent bridges, but Thanh Toan Bridge is completely different from modern bridges thanks to its exclusive architecture. The architecture style “house above bridge” is preserved in only a few constructions in Vietnam. In the Central, there are two remaining bridges in that style, including Cau Pagoda (Japanese Covered Bridge) in Hoi An and Thanh Toan Bridge in Hue.
Spring and autumn are two festive seasons in Thanh Toan Village. The festivals are held annually to memorize the ancestors founding the village as well as the previous generations who maintained and amortized cultural traits and beliefs to the descendants. The spring and autumn festivals in Thanh Toan Bridge attracts not only the villagers but also the visitors coming to Thanh Toan Village at these times.
After visiting Thanh Toan bridge, we move to Thieu Tri tomb. In terms of the feng-shui aspect, Tomb of Thieu Tri is similar to Tomb of Gia Long. The tomb does not have La Thanh, the outermost wall protecting the whole construction. Instead, it utilizes the surrounding mountains as a natural wall, which not only protects the interior but also adorns the imposing appearance of the tomb. Tomb of Thieu Tri leans on Thuan Dao Mountain, the front part is an immense paddy field stretching from the bank of Huong River to Lim Bridge. Due to the geography condition, the tomb faces northwest, an unpopular direction of architecture in general and of Hue’s ancient constructions in particular. In the distance of 1 kilometer in front of the tomb, Vong Canh hill on the right and Ngoc Tran Mountain on the left as a tiger and a dragon guarding the tomb.After visiting Thieu Tri tomb, we visit Thuy Xuan conical hat and incense village.
Have lunch at restaurant with local food.
After your lunch, we will visit Imperial. The Imperial is a walled enclosure within the citadel of the city of Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyen dynasty. It contains the palaces that housed the imperial family, as well as shrines, gardens, and villas for mandarins. The Imperial was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 and is undergoing restoration. Coming to Hue, it is impossible to ignore a heritage of extremely meaningful historical value.
After visiting Imperial, we will visit Thien Mu pagoda. It is a historic temple in the city of Hue in Vietnam. Built in 1601 on the order of the first Nguyen lords, Nguyen Hoang, who at that time was the governor of Thuan Hoa (now known as Hue). The Nguyen Lords were in name, officials of the ruling Le Dynasty in Hanoi, but was the de facto independent ruler of central Vietnam. According to the royal annals, Hoang while touring the vicinity was told of the local legend in which an old lady, known as Thiên Mu (literally “celestial lady”), dressed in red and blue sat at the site, rubbing her cheeks. She foretold that a lord would come and erect a pagoda on the hill to pray for the country’s prosperity. She then vanished after making her prophecy. Upon hearing this, Hoang ordered the construction of a temple at the site, thus the beginning of Thien Mu Tu.
Then you take boat on Huong river come to Toa Kham boat station. We will continue to get on the vehicle come to hotel.
You have dinner with your budget. Free discover Hue city at night.
After your breakfast, you will visit Phong Nha cave. You take about 4 hours go to you to visit Paradise Cave.
You have lunch at Restaurant in Phong Nha town.
After your lunch, we will you get on the boat takes you inside Phong Nha cave and begins conquering the beautiful Phong Nha cave. Phong Nha has been voted as one of the most wonderful caves in the world for a number of reasons: for its longest underground river, for its most beautiful underground lake for its highest and widest entrance, for its most beautiful and widest dry cave, for its most beautiful sandbank and reef, as well as for its most spectacular stalactites, stalagmites and longest water grottos.
On the way you have dinner at restaurant. Overnight hotel Hue city.
In the morning: After your breakfast, you check- out. Then driver and tour guide take you go to Da Nang airport . On the way, you have lunch at restaurant. After your lunch, you to Da Nang airport. Finish the tour Vietnam Tour from South to Central 10 Days 9 Nights.
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