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Day 1: HO CHI MINH CITY (SAIGON) – Dinner
Arrive
in Tan Son Nhat airport (Saigon), meet and transfer to hotel
for check-in. Meeting with guide for a short talk about the
programme. Welcome dinner at the atmospheric Hoi An
restaurant specializing in imperial Hue-style cuisine,
recipes handed down from the Nguyen emperors of the 19th
century. Return to hotel or be dropped off at your
favourite spots.Overnight at Windsor Plaza Hotel (5-star),
Saigon.
Day 2: SAIGON – CITY TOUR (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning sightseeing of Saigon to
include Ben Thanh Market, the History Museum, Reunification
Palace, Jade Emperor Pagoda, Notre Dame Cathedral, the
Saigon Post Office, Cholon and other city sights.Lunch in
one of the best Vietnamese restaurants, the Lemon Grass.
Free for the rest of the afternoon.Overnight at Windsor
Plaza Hotel (5-star), Saigon.
Day 3: HCMC - Vietnam Country Golf Club (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning round of golf at the Vietnam
Country Golf Club.(This is the first 36-hole golf club in
Vietnam with two champion length golf courses. It is widely
regarded as Vietnam's Premier Golf and Country Club.
Designer: Taiwanese architect Chen King Shih.Number of
holes: 36 Par East Course: 72 - 6,922 yards, slope 120.
West Course: 72 - 6,835 yards, slope 130. Located 20km from
center of Ho Chi Minh City. Facilities: a full practice area
complements the golf course, with an open 290-yard driving
range, a putting green, and practice bunkers.) Lunch at the
Mandarine restaurant of superb Vietnamese cuisine before
returning to the hotel.Overnight in Windsor Plaza Hotel
(5-star), Saigon.
Day 4: SAIGON – CU CHI TUNNELS (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning departure to tour the Cu Chi
Tunnels 60km west of Ho Chi Minh City. This maze of
underground tunnels was begun in 1949 by local Vietnamese
guerrillas and the area became known as the Iron Triangle
and a base of resistance by Vietcong (VC) forces against
American and South Vietnamese troops. Today parts of the
tunnel system have been preserved and widened to allow
tourists to see how the VC lived and fought during the war.
Here you will have a chance to go inside the tunnels and be
amazed, see meeting rooms and storage bunkers, field
hospitals, bedrooms and kitchen facilities.Return to Saigon
to lunch at the Augustin Restaurant, the best French
bistro-style restaurant in Saigon. Free for the rest of the
afternoon.Overnight at Windsor Plaza Hotel (5-star),
Saigon.
Day 5: SAIGON – MEKONG DELTA (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Today we venture into the vast
expanse of the Mekong Delta to meander about in this rice
land criss-crossed by canals, dotted with fruit orchards and
wonderful floating markets - to which we have to go in a
boat. Arrive in Can Tho and check into hotel.Lunch at the
riverfront restaurant Nam Bo offering excellent European and
Vietnamese cuisine in a classic French villa.Overnight at
Victoria Cantho Hotel (4-star), Can Tho.
Day 6: Can Tho Floating Markets & Sights
(Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit to the largest
floating market in the Delta at Cai Rang Floating Market
that we will reach by boat. We visit also Phong Dien
Floating Market which is less crowded with tourists and best
approached by road.
Lunch
in a restaurant before driving back to Saigon. We will
arrive in the late afternoon.
Overnight at Windsor Plaza Hotel (5-star), Saigon.
Day 7: SAIGON – DALAT (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning departure by coach to Dalat
in the central highlands, sightseeing along the way. Lots of
floating houses underneath which families rear fish are in
very scenic spots for photography; three impressive extinct
volcanoes; smooth-wall lava caves; and cool waterfalls. We
will make excursions into montagnard villages to see their
different lifestyles of the ethnic peoples. Upon reaching
Dalat we visit lakes, the Cremaillere Railway, flower
gardens, lovely pagodas and the last Vietnamese Emperor Bao
Dai’s summer palace.
Lunch at V Café of great home-style Vietnamese food.
Overnight at Novotel Dalat Hotel (4-star), Dalat.
Day 8: GOLF AT DALAT PALACE GOLF CLUB (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning round of golf at the golf
course that Emperor Bao Dai played on,
the Dalat Palace Golf
Club, a masterpiece in design. Gently crafted into the
rolling hills of Dalat and overlooking the majestic Xuan
Huong lake, the course weaves its way through stately pine
trees to oversized and delicately manicured bent grass
greens.
A French architect imagined this layout in 1922,
but it took stimulation from the country’s most prominent
golf supporter, Emperor Bao Dai, to spur its ultimate
construction later in the decade.
Today, it’s the top-rated course in Vietnam
— for its classic design chops, for the incredible rise and
fall of its terrain and for its flawless bent grass
conditions due to Dalat’s cooler climate at 1500m asl.
The
course itself, measuring 7,009 yards (6,409
meters) from the tips, is an uninterrupted string of
inventive, demanding golf holes. Its twists and undulations
are breathtaking and the landscaped outlying areas are a
flower lover’s delight, with bougainvillea, red salvia,
impatiens, mimosa and hydrangeas.
The
course was abandoned after WWII and revived in 1959. In
early 1966, several months before he beat Arnold Palmer to
win the U.S. Open at San Francisco’s Olympic Club, Billy
Casper played the course on a tour of Vietnam organized by
the U.S. State Department. The course was abandoned again in
1975, after the reunification of Vietnam, and initiated its
second comeback in 1993 with a multi-million dollar
restoration and expansion by a group of American investors.
Through four consecutive surveys (2001,
2003, 2005 & 2007), Golf Digest has hailed the Dalat Palace
GC as the top course in Vietnam in its world renowned Planet
Golf Survey. Asian Golf Monthly, in its 2007 survey,
recognized the course as one of the top 10 in all Asia. The
club is also a member of the Finest Golf Clubs of The World
(London).
A
full practice facility complements the golf course,
with an open 290-yard driving range, a putting green and
practice bunkers.Lunch
at Café de la Post.
Free afternoon for another round of golf
or spa treatment, or strolling in this delightfully cool
city-in-the-clouds.
Overnight at Novotel Dalat Hotel (4-star), Dalat.
Day 9: DALAT –
NHA TRANG (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning departure by coach to the
lovely seaside resort of Nha Trang on the central Vietnamese
coast. We pass through Chicken village, home to the
extremely poor (but no beggars around in spite of the large
numbers of tourists) Koho minority group, a very popular
stop with travelers; Phan Rang famous for its group of 13th
century Cham towers known as Po Klong Garai; Cam Ranh, a
gorgeous natural harbour in Cam Ranh Bay, before arriving in
Nha Trang. Check into hotel and be free to enjoy the
beautiful beach.
Lunch in a restaurant along the way.
Overnight at Yasaka Saigon Hotel (4-star), Nha Trang.
Day 10: NHA TRANG – TOUR & BEACH (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. The crystal clear waters of Nha
Trang make for excellent snorkeling, fishing and scuba
diving which are optional activities for you. (Equipment
rental can be found in the large and pleasant beachfront
Louisiane Café.) Seafood is what you must taste while in Nha
Trang.
In our morning tour, we will visit the famous Po Nagar Cham
Towers built in the 7-12th centuries dedicated to
Hinduism (the site had been used for Hindu worship from the
2nd century). The North Tower is especially
typical of the superb Cham architecture of those early days.
Nearby is the Hot Spring centre where people soak their
weary bones in soothing pools of hot, mineral-rich mud.
Applied on the face, wrinkles smooth away, so people claim.
Visit also Long Son Pagoda, another impressive sight, with
resident monks, and from the hill-top platform of a big
white Buddha at the back of the pagoda magnificent views of
Nha Trang will entrance you. Seafood lunch at Lac Canh
Restaurant.
Overnight at Yasaka Saigon Hotel (4-star), Nha Trang.
Day 11: NHA TRANG – HOI AN by flight
(Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning departure by flight
at 07h 45 AM to Da Nang ( around 1hour ) , an
ancient seaport, picturesque riverside town well known for
its “noodles across the bridge” food and “dresses in 2
hours” tailoring. It is a pedestrian-friendly town
enchanting for its assembly halls, old houses, traditional
music concerts, handicraft workshops, the Japanese Covered
Bridge and Tan Ky House which we will visit.
Lunch at Brother’s Café Hoi An.
In the afternoon we visit My Son, a stunning sight of the
ancient (2nd-15th century) kingdom of
Champa, set in a verdant valley full of coffee plantations.
Overnight at Swiss-belhotel
Hoi An ,
Cua Dai Beach, Hoi An.
Day 12: HOI AN – HUE (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning departure from Hoi An via
Danang to Hue, the former imperial capital of the 19th
century Nguyen emperors. Along the way from the heights of
the Hai Van Pass you can see China Beach of the TV series
fame, Marble Mountains and My Khe Beach that many said is
the real China Beach of wartime fame. In Danang, visit the
Museum of Cham Sculptures housing the finest collection of
Cham sculptures that you must not rush through but take time
to look.
Lunch at Hong Ngoc restaurant of good Chinese food.
Arrive in Hue and check into hotel.
Overnight at Century Riverside Hotel (4-star), Hue.
Day 13: HUE CITY TOUR - HANOI (Breakfast/Dinner)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning tour of the Citadel of
imperial Hue. We boat along the Perfume River to visit some
of the imperial mausoleums and Thein Mu Pagoda, the epitome
of Hue. Free until time to transfer to the airport for the
flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to hotel
for check-in followed by a tour of Hanoi's Old Quarter where
in olden days merchants selling a particular product banded
together in one street; the others in other streets all
around the Old Quarter.
Buffet dinner at Brother’s Café set in an elegant courtyard
of a 250-year-old Buddhist temple. See a Water Puppet
performance at the Municipal Water Puppet Theatre near Hoan
Kiem Lake.
Overnight at M Hotel (4-star), Hanoi.
Day 14: HANOI –
CITY TOUR (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Full-day tour of Hanoi to include
the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple
of Literature, Tay Ho Pagoda, St Joseph Cathedral, and
markets. Lunch at Emperor Restaurant of Vietnamese haute
cuisine. In the afternoon, we will spend time in the Vietnam
Museum of Ethnology – a fascinating collection of art and
everyday objects from all over Vietnam and of its tribal
peoples. Return to hotel and be at leisure.
Overnight at M Hotel (4-star), Hanoi.
Day 15: Golfing at
King's Island Golf Club (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning round of golf at King's
Island Golf Club.(This is the oldest golf course in Hanoi.
They have just added 18 new holes of Mountain View. Kings'
Island has two 18-hole courses. The Lakeside Course opened
in 1993; the Mountain View Course opened in mid-2004. Kings'
Island is the first 36-hole facility in northern Vietnam,
including an air-conditioned clubhouse & restaurant, driving
range, pro-shop, putting greens & sand bunker.
Designer of the Lakeside Course: Robert McFarland.
Designer of the Mountain View Course: Pacific Coast of
Australia – Peter Rogers.
Number of holes: 36
Par Lakeside: 72 - 6,454 Yards. Mountain View: 72 and 7,100
Yards
Located 45km from Hanoi
Facilities: Full amenities, driving range, clubhouse,
restaurant, pro shop, club carts.)
Lunch at the clubhouse before returning to Hanoi and be at
leisure.
Overnight at M Hotel (4-star), Hanoi.
Day 16: HANOI – HAINAN
ISLAND (Breakfast/Lunch)
Breakfast at the hotel. Free until time to transfer to the
airport for your flight to Haikou on Hainan Island.End of
Vietnam Package.
Tour Price includes :
* 15 nights in 4-5-star hotel accommodation with daily
breakfast
* All transfers and transportation ( 02 coaches : 45 seats)
* Entrance fees and sightseeing as specified
* 02 Local English speaking guide while touring
*Boat cruise on Nha Trang Beach ,
Perfume river , Mekong Delta
* Green fees and caddy fees for 1 round of 18-hole golfing
in each course
stated in the programme
* bottled water during tour
* VAT (Value Added Tax) 02
FOC in Twin sharing room ( Land tour only without train,
Domestic & international Flights)
Tour Price excludes:
* 14 lunches & 2 dinners as indicated on itinerary & Meals
not stated in the programme
* Personal expenses
* Rate for
snorkeling and scuba diving in Nha
Trang
* Domestic flight with airport tax :
(Nha Trang // Da nang : 55 USD / pax, Hue // Hanoi : 73
= USD / pax (Subject to be
increase without notice)
* Drinks at meals other than what is served at table
* Refreshments taken either on the Golf courses or in the
clubhouses
* Tips for tour guide and driver
* Vietnam visa fee
* All International and domestic flights
* Buggy and others not indicated
* Travel insurance
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