Day
1: HA NOI
Arrive
at Noi Bai airport. Transfer to hotel. Visit Hanoi "The city
situated on the side of Red river." Walk in the residential
district where was the former presidential Palace, the house and
the mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, the one-pillar pagoda. Next, we will
visit the museum of ethnology, Quan Thanh temple and Tran Quoc pagoda
established by the West lake, the temple of literature (the first
university of Vietnam in the 11th century) and Ngoc Son temple.
In the late afternoon, we go by cyclo in the old quarter. Have lunch
and dinner in city. In the evening: water puppet show. Night at
hotel.
Day
2: HA NOI - HA LONG
Departure for Ha Long. A short stop en route at But Thap pagoda
which was constructed in 17th century on a levee of land in the
middle of the rice field. On arrival in Halong, check in Tuan Chau
bungalow. Have lunch with fresh seafood. Tuan Chau island has a
surface of 3 square km and populated by 1200 fishers. At an ideal
location, the hotel is composed of three villas that were constructed
during the year of 1960s to receive Ho Chi Minh. Today, the High
dignitary families of the Communist Party often come again to spend
their weekends and vacation there. The hotel has a very beautiful
view on the bay. It is really a privileged place that doesn't normally
available for tourists, my personal relations with the director
board of hotel, will enable you to enjoy it. In the afternoon, take
a walk to a fishing village. Dinner and night in bungalow
Day
3: HA LONG - HAI PHONG - HANOI
If
Hanoi was Thang Long, "Ascending Dragon", the Halong bay,
"Descending Dragon". This name is originated from a legend
explaining the present of its rocky peaks that are the remains from
a fierce battle of a great dragon. The fantastic peaks cutting the
horizon in bluish teeth or sunken mountains which emerge only their
summits, caves and grottoes where the streams disappear, game of
mists and clouds. The most typical is that these peaks with the
strange shapes seem floating on the surface of water and here the
silence of this spreads sea dominates everywhere, sometimes broken
by the scream of a sea bird. Take a private boat to cruise fora
half- day on the bay. Have lunch with fresh seafood on board. Departure
for Hai Phong on road, the french colonist styled city with its
streets and avenues edged by flaming. Visit Du Hang pagoda, Hang
Kenh communal house. Return to Hanoi. Dinner and overnight in city.
Day
4: HA NOI - HOA LU -TAM COC - BICH DONG - HA NOI
Departure for Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam in the 10th
century. Visit the commemorative temple dedicated to Dinh and Le
kings. Have lunch at Tam Coc. An excursion by boat on Ngo Dong river
that snakes between karstic hills and rice fields in a marvelous
landscape often called "Ha Long on land". Visiting Bich
Dong pagoda which is situated on the flank of hills. Return to Ha
Noi. Dinner and night at hotel.
Day
5: HA NOI - HUE
Transfer to Noi Bai airport and fly to Hue. On arrival in Hue, we
will discover the ancient capital of the Nguyen emperors in 19th
century. It possesses the palaces and the most luxurious royal tombs
of South Asia and the most charming gardens. With the Perfume river,
the harmonious hills, Hue is always the city of poetry. We visit
the imperial citadel, old trading districts and Dong Ba central
market. Lunch in city, dinner and night at hotel. In the evening:
an imperial dances show.
Day
6: HUE
Cruising
by boat on perfume river to visit Thien Mu pagoda with its famous
octagonal tower dominating the river, Hon Chen temple, tombs of
Minh Mangs, Tu Duc & Khai Dinh emperors located in the charming
sites with the pines and the sprinkled ponds. Lunch on board, dinner
in city. Night at hotel.
Day
7: HUE - DA NANG - HOI AN
Departure for Da Nang and Hoi An. Climbing over the Pass of ocean
clouds, a spectacular mountainous road. In Da Nang, we visit the
museum of Cham that contains the most important collection of Cham's
sculptures in Vietnam. Have lunch. Leaving for Hoi An, a pretty
town which was known as FaiFo, one of the most prosperous harbour
of Asia in 17th century. The Chinese temples, the pagodas and the
houses of the rich merchants all are remarkable. Discover the city:
the central market Hoi An, the Tan Ky house, the Japanese bridge
and the Phuc Kien temple. Dinner and night at hotel.
Day
8: HOI AN - DA NANG - HO CHI MINH City
Transfer to the airport of Danang for a short flight to Ho Chi Minh-
City. On arrival take a city tour to visit the dynamic Ho Chi Minh-
City, still called Saigon by many local people, the former Presidential
Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office of Sai Gon, Thien
Hau pagoda and Ngoc Hoang temple located in the bustlle Chinatown.
Dinner and night at hotel.
Day
9: SAI GON - VINH LONG - SAI GON
Departure for Mekong delta, an immense and fertile plain that constitutes
a basket rice of Vietnam. A journey by boat from Cai Be to Vinh
Long, visit the floating market Cai Be. Have lunch at bonsai garden
of Mr Nguyen Thanh Giao. Return to Sai Gon. Dinner in city. Night
at hotel
Day
10: SAI GON - TAN SON NHAT AIRPORT NHAT - SIEM REAP
Transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for a short flight to Siem Reap.
On arrival in Siem Reap, check in hotel.
Then we visit Thom Angkor. It is a vast architectural complex in
which we can explore the Bayon that is very famous for its towers
of 172 faces of Avalokitesvara. Walk in the former Royal Palace
where is the sanctuary of Phimeanakas. Then we discover the terrace
of Elephants and of the Leper King. Have lunch in city. In the afternoon,
we continue to visit Angkor Vat, an immense temple constructed in
the 12th century of which the architecture and the statuary mark
the apogee of the Khmer art. Getting to the Phnom Ba Kheng and enjoying
the sunset in the whole site. Dinner and night at hotel
Day
11: SIEM REAP
In
the morning, we visit the Ta Prohm temple enclosed by the gigantic
roots, then the Srah Srang which is a basin of ablution. Have lunch
in city. In the afternoon, we continue to discover the Preah Khan,
an immense monastery city and the Neak Pean- a basin intended to
the ritual cleansing. Dinner and night at hotel
