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This adventure/ecological tour will take you to the most unique and beautiful landscapes around Hue City where you can enjoy a day trekking away from the crowds in beautiful Bach Ma National Park.
A mountainous area not far from the coast, Bach Ma not only has atmospheric jungle and interesting flora & fauna but also spectacular views over the beautiful coastal beaches and lagoons. It is a hill-station founded by the French during the colonial period in the early 1930’s and it is not on the popular tourist route so you are likely to enjoy this natural wonder away from the crowds.
Our local guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hue City and bring you to Bach Ma National Park, the mountainous area located about 45km from the city centre and 1.45m above sea level. Upon arrival, you will visit Bach Ma's information centre to learn about the ecological system of the Park.
Trek along the trails through the forest to Do Quyen, the Rhododendron waterfalls at a height of 300 meters. Continue to Ngu Ho (Five Lakes), where you can relax and enjoy a swim in the jungle. A picnic lunch will be served.
Later, head to the summit for the beautiful views. At the end of the tour, you will be driven back to your hotel.
Don't miss this chance to explore Hanoi during a leisurely cyclo ride. Hop onto the rickshaw early in the morning and travel to Hoan Kiem Lake, the first destination of you trip, which is located in the historical center of the city. Your next destination is Hanoi's West Lake, the biggest lake in the capital and a popular destination in the city among expats.
Stop to see the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the Presidential Palace of Vietnam. Take pictures and cycle around the lake before heading for the Tran Quoc Pagoda, after which you travel to the Temple of Literature, the first college in Vietnam and a place dedicated to Confucius. Get the chance to enjoy a delicious bowl of the famous Vietnamese pho noodles for breakfast.
Next, you can choose between the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, home to the artefacts representing Vietnam's numerous ethnic groups, and Hoa Lo Prison, which was once used by the French to hold political prisoners. Both these places will provide you with the chance to learn more about Vietnamese culture and history.
You also have the option of watching a 45-minute water puppet show or enjoying the fascinating lonah circus (own expense). You will be taken back to your hotel at around 12:00 pm, when the trip comes to an end.
Saigon can consume some days to discover its best historic traces, cultural centers as well as enjoy its hustling life. If you feel hard to find a starting point, an orientation tour for just half-day can help you to commence.
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Take the half day trip 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. End trip.
Vietnam is well known as a country has a range of different and delicious foods. Joining with us, you will have a chance to taste so many kinds of popular street foods, which is also considered as our unique heritage culture.
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Our guide will meet you in the hotel in central Old Quarter (or our appointment if you stay away the Old Quarter). This is a walking tour so that you will have a lot of chances to meet locals, to hear interesting stories and to experience the local lifestyle in closest way. During the way, our guide will give you a short brief information about Northern and particular Hanoian food typical. Walk around the Old Quarter to taste some popular food on street vender, which is forming our unique culture/habit. Visit some café/restaurants that is kept from generation to generation. With over 1000 year of history, surely you will have unforgettable memories with those hundred-year old shops.
Get your tastebuds ready for this immersive day tour for food lovers. Experience an in-depth market tour with your very own chef guide who will explain the local ingredients as you sample delicious street food. Then get hands-on experience in a Vietnamese cuisine cooking class inside a 100-year old Old French Colonial building, where you'll transform those ingredients into local cuisine. Sounds tasty right?
When people think of Vietnam, they often think of traditional lanterns illuminating the ancient buildings. Hoi An is no exception. Although many people admire these lanterns but not many actually take the effort to see how they are made. This is your opportunity! On this tour, you will cycle slowly through the old streets of Hoi An before stopping to make your very own lantern to take home with you.
At 8:00 am or 2:00 pm a local guide will meet you at the hotel's lobby. Head out with the guide to bicycle to a lantern making workshop in the village. Here, you will get a brief introduction to the history, shape, and color of the lanterns. Choose your favorite sample of a lantern and with step-by-step help from the craftsman, make one for yourself to give as a gift or keep for a souvenir. Ride your bicycle back to the hotel. The tour ends at your hotel in Hoi An at 12:00 pm or 4:00 pm.
My tho, the gateway to Mekong Delta, was founded in the 17th century by Chinese refugees fleeing Taiwan after the fall of the Southern Ming dynasty.The economy is based on tourism, fishing and the cultivation of rice, coconuts, bananas, mangoes, longans and citrus fruit. Come with us on this spectacular day trip to visit the local islands and learn about the traditional way of living. Enjoy a boat ride on the famous Mekong River.
The tour will begin around 7.30–8 am. Upon arrival in My Tho, embark on a timber motor boat to Unicorn Island (20 minutes). Enjoy the river views as you pass through unpolished creeks, enchanting fisherman's ports and stilt houses.
Next, we'll take you to a bee farm where you can taste the local unsophisticated honey tea before we head out for a walk around the peaceful villages and observe the life of rustic people in Mekong Delta.
In small groups, we'll then head out on small row boats for a 15-minute trip. You’ll see all kinds of interesting modes of transport that local people use, while enjoying the fresh air along the canal and the wonderful water coconut treed landscape. Get away from the city and spend time outdoors, that is what it is all about!
After you enjoy the serenity, we will head back to the large motor boat for something different. You'll explore some orchards along two long sides of a canal, then we cruise to a village where the sweet smell of coconut candies are in the air. This village that has many small shops that make coconut candy and other hand-made items from coconut trees of Mekong Delta. The local people can make dozens of useful products out of coconut trees.
After lunch at a restaurant, the boat will stop at a seasonal fruit garden where you can enjoy many different types of tasty tropical fruits while enjoying the folk music that is typical to only the people in Southern Vietnam.
As the tour comes to an end, you will return Saigon by tourist bus/private car at 6.00pm - 6.30pm. On the way back, we'll stop at an interesting point to rest and take photographs (if time permits).
17:00 - 18:00: After picking you up from the hotel, you will be taken to a home in Hanoi for the dinner.
On welcoming you to the host’s house, you will be offered a cup of hot green tea - as a traditional custom of Vietnamese family used to showing respect to their guests.
Then you will come to the dining room and enjoy the meal prepared by the host. You will have a chance to try the traditional dishes in a cosy atmosphere at home.
See how the local enjoy their dinner, what their kitchen looks like, and also witness some customs during the meal: the children need to invite the elders before eating and after finishing meal, you will be shown how to use chopsticks in the traditional manner, and how to put chopsticks to express that we finished meal. Through all of that, you will clearly see the difference between Western and Eastern dining etiquette.
The tour will end at around 20:00 - 21:00 and you will be dropped off at the hotel.
Vietnam, motorbikes and foodie paradise. This tour combines all! Be whisked away by your driver on the back of a classic Vespa and sample what food delights Hoi An has to offer.
You`ll be picked up at your hotel in Hoi An at 5:30 pm by a guide with a Vespa Scooter. Starting out at our central Hoi An café, sample the delicious local street food delight, Banh Can, while watching the streets and stalls come to life and sipping a cocktail. After the first taster, head out on the Vespa to try the famous ‘White Rose’ in town.
We then head to lantern-lit An Hoi Islet and jump in a local boat for a slow ride alongside the ancient town to Cam Nam Island where we join the locals for a seafood starter overlooking the Thu Bon River as the sun sets on Hoi An. We can enjoy a few cold beers.
A leisurely drive along the banks of the river and through the alleyways & streets takes us to a lively local restaurant where we cook a hot pot at the table and learn the art of wrap ‘n’ roll – Vietnamese style!
A short ride through the busy streets and alleys takes us to our last port of call, and a recent addition to Hoi An’s vibrant dining scene, a modern Vietnamese restaurant where we tuck into some awesome BBQ specialities, grilled DIY style at our table! As is customary, cold beers are consumed, and we finish with the delicious dessert of Banh Flan, a light version of crème caramel.
The trip ends at 9:30 pm at your hotel.
Immerse yourself in traditional Vietnamese food and culture on this full-day tour of Thanh Toan village! Live like a local for the day as you cycle around the rice paddies, shop at the village market and try your luck net fishing on a small boat cruise. Then, get hands-on in the kitchen with a cooking class and learn to make local specialties before tucking into your delicious home-cooked lunch.
In the morning, you will be picked up at your hotel in Hue. Get started biking to Thanh Toan village and head out on the green shaded roads, passing by communal houses along the rivers, canals, and the rice fields. Stop at Thanh Toan restaurant for a short break. Stroll through the village to visit the Thanh Toan tile-roofed bridge, an agriculture tools museum and local market.
Later, board a small boat for a river cruise where you can engage with local fishermen and enjoy a hands-on experience of traditional net fishing.
Bike back to Thanh Toan restaurant where you can see the farmers working and learn how they grow many kinds of vegetables, before joining a cooking class. Learn the traditional ways of preparing and cooking Vietnamese foods that may include fig mixed with shrimp and pork, lot leaves with grilled beef, and pancakes.
After the lesson, enjoy what you have cooked including braised fish, vegetables with beef, white rice, and dessert (fruit or lotus seed sugar soup). Return to your hotel by bicycle.
If you are athletic, enjoy cycling, and love nature, then join us for an outing on our local trails and roads across the Vietnamese countryside. Spend the half day riding through postcard perfect scenery. Cross bamboo bridges (not available at the winter time), ride through rice fields and quaint villages. Cycle through the countryside just for the fun of it.
Pause halfway through your trip to have break and eat a local sandwich (Banh Mi) on the edge of a small lake, relax and enjoy the views of the surrounding mountains and tropical forest. There are no special visits planned during this trip, but you are free to make impromptu stops along the way to meet the inhabitants of the local villages and to discover their way of life.
See the major sights, landmarks and attractions of Ho Chi Minh on this comprehensive full-day city tour.
In the morning, the tour starts with a visit to the imposing Dong Khoi Street (formerly Rue Catinat). Pass by classic European-style landmarks such as the ornate City Hall (Hotel de Ville). Next, we will go to the Notre Dame Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Vietnam, as the twin bell towers can be seen from a long distance. In the same square is the famous Saigon Post Office, the largest functioning post office in Vietnam. What makes this post office so extraordinary is that it was designed and built by Gustave Eiffel who also designed and built the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. It is a building not to be missed.
Afterwards, dive into modern history with a tour of the Reunification Palace. Formerly the Independence Palace of the South Vietnamese president, this 60s style building was famously stormed by tanks on April 30, 1975, signifying the fall of South Vietnam. It has been preserved in its original state, and the original tanks remain on display near the entrance gates. Continue to the harrowing War Remnants Museum, which comprehensively documents the travails of the long Vietnam – American War. Inside are detailed photographic exhibitions; outside is a collection of tanks, planes and weapons. A powerful experience, this museum is guaranteed to provoke strong emotions.
In the afternoon, we head out to Cho Lon (Chinatown). Explore the highlights of this fascinating area, beginning with a brief visit to Binh Tay Market, the vast wholesale market selling every kind of goods. Continue to visit Thien Hau Temple, built by the Cantonese congregation and dedicated to the heavenly goddess. End your tour at the central Ben Thanh Market, where vendors display a vast array of goods and handicrafts, appealing to every taste.
After the tranfert by minibus (45 mn) you will cross with local ferry the Thu Bon River to the small village near the My Son sanctuary. Your bicycle tour discovery of the authentic Vietnam you’ve always dreamed of begins here!
Together, we will travel across immense rice fields set in between the river and the mountains where the Vietnamese in their traditional conical hats, continue to cultivate rice using the same methods as their ancestors did hundreds of years ago. We will discover local handicrafts, learn the secret of making incense, weaving methods that date back to colonal times, including the weaving of linen.
A local village family will welcome us to share their tea and visit their home, a traditional wooden structure. You will have the opportunity to learn the local history and customs of the countryside, where life is far from the bustling cities and sights.
This tour, far from the usual tourist itineraries, puts you in direct contact with the Vietnamese people. You will take the time to meet these welcoming people, and share unique moments. Stops vary from tour to tour, depending on chance meetings and village activities.
This tour includes crossing the river on a local ferry, visiting the crafts workshops, crossing a floating bridge, and a bamboo bridge, and several other stops along the way.
Optional: biking and Visit My Son Temple (add 8 USD/Adult)
Climb aboard a three-wheeled bicycle taxi in Hue – known as a "cyclo" – and experience the former imperial capital of the Nguyễn Dynasty via an iconic Vietnamese mode of transport. Vietnam’s version of the trishaw or cycle rickshaw, the 3-wheeled cycles are pedalled by a driver, with you in front!
In the morning, our Cyclo team will pick you up from your hotel and take a circle tour around Imperial City. Check out the central Flag Tower, then take a walk to discover the Imperial & Forbidden City, including the South Gate, Thai Hoa Harmony Supreme, the Royal Theater, The Mieu Temple and Nine Dynasty Urns.
Continue by car to Thien Mu Pagoda (also known as Heaven Fairy Lady Pagoda or Linh Mu Pagoda). This ancient site houses the most fascinating pagoda in Hue city. Return to the city by Dragon boat trip before heading to a local restaurant for lunch.
After lunch, continue the tour by exploring the King’s philosophy of geomancy and how this affected royal life. Visit the magnificent Minh Mang Tomb and see how the architectural design harmoniously blends with the natural surroundings.
Continue to Khai Đinh's tomb, and compare the Western-influenced architecture with what you have already seen today. Khai Dinh's tomb probably least resembles traditional oriental architecture.
The tour finishes at your hotel.