17 DAYS VIETNAM EXPLORER TOUR
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17 DAYS VIETNAM EXPLORER TOUR ITINERARY:
Day 1 - Ho Chi Minh City - Arrival Day
(Dinner included)
Welcome to Vietnam! Upon arrival at in Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, you will meet with our tour-guide and shall start our city tour, including Notre Dame Cathedral, built by the French in early 1880s, it is another of the fingerprints the French left in the city of Saigon. The building, that stands in the center of Saigon, was built at the end of the 19th century. Inside you can admire typical french stained glass windows.
Post Office is the building was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the early 20th century. It has a Gothic architectural style. It was designed and constructed by the famous architect Gustave Eiffel in harmony with the surrounding area.
The Opera House is as known as the Saigon Opera House, this wonderful example of French colonial architecture lies in the heart of the citys District 1 area, surrounded by new shopping plazas and posh hotels. Built in 1897 by French architect Ferret Eugene, the 800 seat building was used as the home of the Lower House assembly of South Vietnam after 1956. And we will visit the City Hall, China Town. We will have a stop at Thien Hau temple dedicated to the Goddess of the sea. At the end of the tour, transfer and check in to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Ho Chi Ming City
Day 2 - Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi tunnel
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
Morning depart for Cu Chi Tunnel which is well-known during the war in Vietnam as the headquarter of VC in 1960s-1970s. The tunnel is a very complicated underground network and over 250 km long consist of living bunker, fighting bunker, meeting room function and special kitchen room and has 3 levels in which the third level was used as the bomb shelter.
After we will back to Ho Chi Ming City, in the afternoon Turkey Travel Bazaar will lead you to visit The War Remnants Museum which is primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam War. The museum comprises a series of eight themed rooms in several buildings, with period military equipment located within a walled yard.
Also we will visit The Reunification Palace which is formerly known as Independence Palace, built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngo Viet Thu and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its Gates. At the end of the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Ho Chi Ming City.
Day 3 - Ho Chi Minh City - Vinh Long - Can Tho
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
This morning after pick you up from your hotel, we will depart for Mekong region which is a region with abundant of fish and agriculture products. Then we will arrive Cai Be floating market for our boat trip. Our journey will stop at family - run enterprise making pop rice and rice paper, visit bonsai garden, fruit garden, and fruit nursery where lunch also will be served with local specialty deep fried elephants ear fish
Then we will cruise to Vinh Long town, then we will drive about two hours to Can Tho City. It is a city where is famous for its floating markets, Cai Rang and Phung Hiep, where people sell and buy things on the river, its bird gardens (B?ng Lang), and Ninh Kieu port. The city offers a wide range of tropical fruits such as pomelo, longan, jackfruit, mango and durian. Upon arrival, transfer and check in to your hotel. Dinner and overnight in Can Tho City.
Day 4 - Can Tho - Cai Rang floating Market - Ho Chi Minh City
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
Today we will back to Ho Chi Minh City, before that we will take the boat cruise to Cai Rang floating market in the morning where the local people are purchasing their farm products on little sampans to those of trading boats, also where you and yourself have a good experience by touching their daily life the Mekong lifestyle and interacting with them. Then Turkey Travel Bazaar will accompany you to visit the land market. The boat leads to the small canal to visit the fruit gardens.
Then we will back to hotel for checking out and we will head to Ho Chi Minh City afterwards. Our lunch will be served in a local restaurant during our journey. Upon arrival, transfer and check in to your hotel. The rest of the day is leisure. Dinner and overnight at Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 5 - Ho Chi Minh City - Quang Ngai - Hoi An
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
This morning pick up from your hotel and transfer to airport for your morning flight to Quang Ngai for visiting Son My Massacre where over 500 local people were killed in 1968 during Vietnam War, at the time many of the victims were sexually abused, beaten, tortured and some of the bodies were found mutilated.
Then we will depart for Hoi An. Hoi An is known to the French and Spanish as Faifo, where there were a lot of Chinese Ethnic living together with the Japanese and Vietnamese, In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences. On arrival take the orientation tour of the town. At the end, transfer and check into your hotel. Dinner and overnight in Hoi An.
Day 6 - Hoi An
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
This morning after pick up from your hotel, we shall start our tour in Hoi An City. We will visit Phuc Kien Communal House, this handsome structure built in the middle of the 18th century has been restored painstakingly over the years. It is used by a particular Phuc Kien community of Chinese origin for their meetings and events. It also hosts various religious functions.
Tan Ky Old House is another example of typical shop houses that existed in the 19th century. These were used to conduct business transactions, for meeting and appeasing potential clients and various other activities. Located in the Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, this house has four different sections pertaining to welcoming guests, trading, sleeping and worshipping deities. Each section has a separate entrance opening into a street so that no disturbance was caused to the others in the house.
Turkey Travel Bazaar will lead you to visit Japanese covered Bridge. The bridge was constructed in the early 1600s by the Japanese community, roughly 40 years before they left the city to return to Japan under the strict policy of sakoku enforced by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and renovated in 1986. Today, its the symbol of Hoi An.
At last, we will visit Phung Hung Ancient Trading House. It is a traditional two-story wooden house, inhabited over 100 years by eight generations; and the current one attempts to guide you around in hope of a tip.
At the end of the tour, transfer and check in to your hotel. In the late afternoon, you can join our optional bike tour to Cua Dai Beach which is around 5km from the central city. Dinner and overnight at Hoi An.
Day 7 - Hoi An - Hue
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
After enjoy your breakfast in the hotel, Turkey Travel Bazaar will pick you up and we will depart for Hue, the ancient capital of Vietnam from 1802 to 1945 under the Nguyen Dynasty.
During our journey, we will have a stop at Lang Co beach for a short, our lunch will be served in Hue when we arrive. Late afternoon we will visit the ancient Citadel by visiting the Imperial City where is s a walled fortress and palace in the former capital of Vietnam and Royal Enclosure which was built in the style of the French military architect Vau Ban in combination with an Oriental palace architecture. The city has three perimeters of rampart: the defensive fort, the Imperial Enclosure and the forbidden Purple City. At the end transfer back to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Hue
Day 8 - Hue - Quang Tri - Hue
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
Today we will depart for Quang Tri where used to be the border province when Vietnam was divided into tow parts, the Northern part was occupied by Communist and the Southern one was Capitalist in 1954.
Turkey Travel Bazaar will lead you to visit Vinh Moc Tunnel. During the Vietnam War it was strategically located on the border of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The tunnels were built to shelter people from the intense bombing of Son Trung and Son Ha communes in Vinh Linh county of Quang Tri Province in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
Then we will passing Hien Luong Bridge and Ben Hai River, which were the natural border between North and South. Afternoon go back to the South for visiting Khe Sanh American Military Base, Dakrong Suspension Bridge, Ho Chi Minh Trail. At the end of the tour, drive back to Hue and transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight in Hue.
Day 9 - Hue
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
Today we will take the boat trip to Linh Mu Pagoda, the oldest one in town and was very famous during Vietnam war in 1960s, the home of the Cremated Buddhist Monk Thich Quang Duc. Then we will visit the Emperors tomb of Tu Duc which is located in a narrow valley in Duong Xuan Thuong village (currently Thuong Ba village, Thuy Xuan Commune, Hue City). It is one of the most beautiful works of royal architecture of the Nguyen dynasty. Before we depart for Dong Hoi, we will visit Khai Dinh who was the 12th Emperor of the Nguy?n Dynasty in Vietnam.
In the late afternoon visit Dong Ba market. Here you can see what people eat on a daily basis. In Vietnamese markets you will also find stalls that sell the local dishes. And you will see conic hats are widely used. They use these typical hats to protect their faces from the sun. Tanned skins are a symbol of low class.
At the end, drive back to Hue and transfer back to your hotel. Dinner and overnight in Hue.
Day 10 - Hue - Ha Noi
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
This morning transfer to the airport for your fligh tto Ha Noi. Upon arrival, meet with our staff and shall start our orientation tour of the town.
In the afternoon we will visit The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts which is a museum showcasing Vietnams fine arts from every historical period; The National Museum of Vietnamese History which showcasing Vietnams history with very large displays covering every period. It is housed in a colonial French building which was completed in 1932. At the end of the tour, transfer and check in to your hotel. The rest of day is leisure. Dinner and overnight in Ha Noi
Day 11 - Ha Noi - Ha Long
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
After breakfast, pick up from your hotel and shall start our morning city tour in Ha Noi, the highlights will be Ho Chi Minh
