12-Days
2+ persons - $1,550 4+ persons $1,435
Single Supplement: $215
Superior / Deluxe Hotel Supplement - please inquire
Optional Transpacific Airline Fare: $900 +/- plus tax
Cost is per person for a minimum tour of two-persons. Price includes all domestic Vietnam airfare as noted: Saigon-Danang, Hue-Hanoi; double occupancy standard three-star hotel accommodations, all
breakfasts, all airport transfers, air-conditioned ground transportation, all boat transportation as noted, admissions to all noted attractions, driver, English speaking guides, and
accommodations/meals for guides and drivers. Costs do not include visa costs, airport departure taxes, meals other than breakfast and items of a personal nature. [VN-SN-04] Note: Transpacific airline
flights indicated for information purposes only.
Day 1 Depart Los Angeles International Airport at 12:00 noon on Asiana Airlines flight OZ-201 for Seoul, Korea.
Day 2 Arrive Seoul at 6:30 pm and connect with Asiana Airlines flight OZ-361 for Saigon. Arrive Saigon at 11:50 pm. Clear customs and immigration, meet guide and driver and transfer to your hotel.
Free evening.
Day 3 All day Saigon and Cho Lon (Chinatown) city tour: An Dong Market (Saigon’s largest), Dong Khoi Street, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Colonial Post Office, the newly restored Saigon Opera House, the
Saigon Riverfront, the Thien Hau (Chinese congregation) Pagoda, a visit to the An Dong Market (Saigon’s Largest) the Rex, Caravelle and Majestic colonial hotels, the Hotel d’Ville (City Hall) and view
Reunification Palace from the outside. Return to hotel. Free evening.
Day 4 Morning departure via vehicle for the world famous Cu Chi Tunnels. Stop at places of interest en route. Tour the extensive tunnel complex. Continue on to Tay Ninh adjacent to the Cambodian
border and to the esoteric Cao Dai Holy See. Attend the Cao Dai noon service. The Cao Dai religion fuses elements of Christianity, Buddhism, Island and native animistic beliefs into an amalgam of
color. Return to Saigon stopping at points of interest to the tour group en route. Free evening.
Day 5 Early morning check out and transfer to Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Airport to connect with your flight to Danang on Vietnam’s Central Coastal Littoral Arrive Danang, meet guide and driver and proceed
on a brief Danang city tour. Continue on to the Cham Museum which contains the largest collection of ancient Cham limestone carvings in all of Vietnam. The Kingdom of Champa was an Indian-influenced
Hindu kingdom which occupied Vietnam’s central coastal littoral until the arrival of the Vietnamese in the 14th-century. Continue on to Marble Mountain and the Marble cutters village for a tour. Stop
at the Furama Resort for an optional lunch and a stroll on China Beach. Continue on to the ancient City of Hoi An 27-kilometers south of Danang. Transfer to hotel. Balance of the day walking tour of
this ancient city which Marco Polo passed through on his 13th-century journey to China. Hoi An contains over 800-structures of historical interest including Japanese covered bridges, Chinese and
Japanese merchant houses and temples from the various parts of China. Free evening.
Day 6 Free day to enjoy the ambient town of Hoi An and the state of “being.”
Day 7 Morning check out and proceed via vehicle north on Highway 1. Stop at the towering Hai Van Pass for a spectacular view of the central Vietnamese coastal littoral. Continue on to the ancient
imperial capital of Vietnam, Hue. Transfer to hotel. Afternoon tour: Royal Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City which was the capital of the last Vietnamese dynasty, the Nguyen’s [1802-1945]. Enter
the Forbidden Purple City through the Ngo Mon (Noontime) Gate and proceed to the beautifully restored Thai Hoa Palace. Visit the Royal Library and the Hien Lam Pavilion. Return to hotel, free evening
to stroll the quaint streets of Hue.
Day 8 Morning departure via rivercraft up the Huong Giang (Perfume) River to the Tomb of Minh Mang [1820-1840]. Minh Mang’s tomb is the most harmoniously blended tomb with nature of all of the royal
tombs. Tour the tomb with its numerous pavilions. Return to Hue stopping at the Thien Mu Pagoda, unofficial symbol of the City of Hue. Return to Hotel. Free late afternoon and evening.
Day 9 Morning check out and transfer to Hue’s Phu Bai Airport to connect with your flight to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi, meet guide and driver and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day Hanoi city tour:
Hoan Kiem Lake (Lake of the Restored Sword), the The Huc (Rising Sun) Bridge, the Ngoc Son Temple (dedicated to national hero Tran Hung Dao, La To, saint of physicians, and scholar Van Xuong), the
arts gallery across from the The Huc Bridge and view Tortoise Pagoda on Hoan Kiem Lake. Note: Hoan Kiem lake is the emotional vortex of Hanoi. One-hour cyclo tour of the 36-streets and the areas
around the 36-streets. Return to your hotel via cyclo. Free evening.
Day 10 All day Hanoi city tour: St. Joseph’s Cathedral (1886), Maison Central (or Hoa Lo, the Furnace Prison AKA the Hanoi Hilton), Ba Dinh Square: the One-Pillar Pagoda (Chua Mot Cot, circa 1049),
Dien Huu Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh House-on-Stilts, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum; Temple of Literature (Den Van Mieu, circa 1070, Vietnam’s first national university). Return to hotel. Free evening.
Day 11 Free day in Hanoi for last minute shopping. Late check out and transfer to the airport to connect with your return flight home.
Day 12 Board your returning Airlines flight home.
Welcome Home!
Hotel Accommodations
Note: Or similar class accommodations depending on booking status of the hotel.
Standard:
Saigon Huong Sen Hotel *** ( Deluxe Room)
Hoi An Hoi An Hotel ***(Superior Room)
Hue Huong Giang Hotel ***+ ( Superior Garden view Room)
Hanoi Anise Hotel ***+ ( Superior Room)
Superior:
Saigon Rex Hotel ****( Deluxe Room)
Hoi An Hoi An Beach Resort ***+
Hue Huong Giang Hotel ***+ (Superior Riverview Room)
Hanoi Gouman Hotel **** (Premium)
Deluxe
Saigon Equatorial Hotel ***** (Deluxe Room)
Hoi An The Riverside Hotel ****
Hue The Huong Giang Hotel ***+ (Riverview Room)
Hanoi Melia Hotel ***** ( Deluxe Room)
Included Airline Flights
Saigon-Danang [SGN-DAD]
Hue-Hanoi [HUI-HAN]
Included Admissions and other Included Fees
Cu Chi Cu Chi Tunnels, Admissions
Danang Cham Museum
Danang Marble Mountain
Hoi An Admissions
Hue Royal Citadel, Admissions
Hue Rivercraft
Hue Minh Mang Tomb, Admissions
Hanoi Cyclo
Hanoi Ngoc Son Temple
Hanoi Hao Lo Prison
Hanoi Temple of Literature
Hanoi Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
Hanoi Ho Chi Minh House on Stilts |
