Vietnam Eco-Adventure Holidays

Day 1 Hanoi arrival, welcome to Vietnam You are welcomed at Noi Bai airport and transferred to downtown. Check-in at the hotel. The rest of the time is your free time to walk around the city to have your first impression of the capital of Vietnam with a long rich history. Overnight at hotel. Day 2 Hanoi City tour Am: Have breakfast at hotel. You have a full day to visit Ha Noi city with a rich history of cultures. Enjoy special in Ha Noi Capital City and Old Quarter. You will visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, and his residential place, then the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first University, built in the twelfth century, to teach the royals the Confucius theory. Here you will also have a chance to see a traditional music performance. Have lunch at Koto restaurant. Pm: This afternoon you go on visiting one of the museums in Ha Noi such as Museum of Ethnology, Women’s Museum, History Museum or Quan Thanh Temple. You have a walk around Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi’s fascinating Old Quarter for some great fun, shopping, and can try street side traditional food. Today you have the chance to enjoy water puppet show at the theater is an unforgettable experience of Ha Noi culture and special thing. Overnight at hotel

Day 3 Hanoi – Halong Bay. O/n on board (BLD) At 8 am the driver picks you up at the hotel and transfers from Ha Noi to Halong city on the car about 3.5 hours to Ha Long City and have views simple, country side, rice paddy life. At 12.00, the junk crews welcome guests on board at Hon Gai Wharf. Enjoy welcome drinks and check in Deluxe cabin on Junk. Pm: Lunch with fresh local seafood while cruising into Halong bay. Then, start cruise program with a fantastic cruise in Bai Tu Long Bay and a traditional Vietnamese lunch. We visit Poem Mountain, the center market, Teapot islet, Goat’s head islet, Indochina film studio up to your imagination. You will visit Thien Canh Son Cave is a great time for exploring the hidden lagoons in Bai Tu Long Bay. Next, enjoy swimming in the crystal water of Bai Tu Long Bay. Have dinner and overnight on board nearby Vong Vieng Fishing village Day 4 Halong – Hanoi (BL) Am: Wake up early in the morning for a great sunrise and a breath of fresh ocean air. This morning you do a leisurely cruise through thousands of seemingly never ending islands. This is a chance to capture some amazing photographs, you stop to visit a floating fishing village and listen to some legendary stories of the fishermen’s daily life. Then take swimming somewhere in the middle of the bay to refresh. Then the junk cruises back to the Halong city pier & ashore the pier. Pm: The driver welcomes you at the pier and hit the road back to Hanoi. On the way back Ha Noi you will have chance to see beautiful landscapes. You arrive in Ha Noi at 16.30 pm. Free to have your own dinner. In the evening you are free to enjoy and discover Ha Noi city to get more experience of people here. Overnight at hotel.

Day 5 Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Van Long Nature Reserve – Cuc Phuong NP Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning you will leave Hanoi for Ninh Binh. You arrive at Van Long Nature Reserve after two hours drive on car/van (110km) through the countryside, You board the bamboo rowboat, the boat trip will take about 2 hours rowing along this beautiful nature area, enjoying spectacular scenery surrounded by rice paddies and towering limestone mountain peaks. Have lunch at local restaurant. Pm: This afternoon you continue your journey to row boat to visit Tam Coc or called Theree cave for more enjoyment and experience of beautiful landscapes of limestones which is well known as Halong on land. Then you go ahead to Cuc Phuong National Park. Check in room in Mac Lake which is 1,5 km from National Park Gate. Have dinner and overnight at the park. Day 6 Cuc Phuong National Park discover Am: Have breakfast at the park. This morning you visit the Animal Rescue Center to learn about the park's biodiversity and endangered species and then Botanical Garden which is the home of the oldest forest. Your long trek today is about 18 km begins here. You will have a picnic lunch on the way. Pm: After about 5 hours of hiking through the life and songs of the local rain forest, you arrive at Muong minority people village where you will take off your packs and relax at a Muong ethnic style homestay. Have dinner with the family. In the evening you have free time to talk with the host family and learn about the Muong people’s life and culture. Overnight at the stilt home. Day 7 Cuc Phuong – Ninh Binh – train to Quang Binh – Chay Lap Rustic & homestay After your breakfast, you will leave the National Park and go ahead to Ninh Binh Train station for taking train SE7 @ 8.33 am to arrive in Quang Binh on AC soft sleeper. You spend full day on train. You arrive in Dong Hoi train station at 15.43 pm. The driver picks up and transfers you to Chay Lap Rustic for spending night at tra

Day 8 Visit Paradise Cave – Dark Cave - Hue (BL) Am: Having breakfast with Homestay family. You will take a kayaking route for more interesting and exciting trip. You begin to kayak at Rustic Chay Lap on the Tro Oc River and on 1.3 kilometers, then steering right into the Chay River and passing Chay Lap Village on the right. You will reach Dark Cave on the left of river to discover this beautiful cave which is the part of Phong Nha Cave System with the special green color water and so cold. Here is the chance for you to admire and get closer at close Range Station looking up from its mouth in a kayak. Kayak back on the river and past the Ranger Station, the water is still as you glide along the valley river. Have lunch at restaurant Pm: This afternoon, the guide will take you to visit “ Thien Duong Cave” or called Paradise Cave on Ho Chi Minh West Branch Trail. En route you have the chance to admire the imposing rock mountains that gives you the impressions. The Paradise Cave is a dry cave and appreciated the most stunning cave in Phong Nha Caves System because of its size and unique making a deep impression for the visitors. To get inside the cave you will be on golf car transfer 2 km and pass through rare trees to discover the great structure and the stalactites and stalagmites inside. All these are the creation of nature, only the 1.1 kilometers wooden pathway through the cave were man-made. After that you leave Quang Binh for Hue city. On arrival, check in hotel. Free to have your own dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day 9 Hue cycling day trip (BL) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning you cycle around Hue city. First, you cycle around the village road to reach Thanh Toan Old Bridge to visit the most ancient one in the South Hue city. Next, you continue to cycle on beautiful roads up and down hill to visit Tu Duc Mausoleum Pm: This afternoon you continue your cycling along the river to visit The Citadel, which was the Royal Palace of Nguyen Reign. After that, continue your ride along shadow trees, roads to visit Thien Mu pagoda. Your route to back hotel will ride along Perfume River to enjoy more of the beautiful landscapes. Free to have your own dinner. Overnight at hotel. Day 10 Hue – Bach Ma National Park (BLD) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning you have free time to walk around the city or make a cyclo tour to Dong Ba Market for more enjoyment of the busy purchasing center in Hue city. Then our guide and driver pick up you at the hotel and transfer you to Bach Ma National Park, 60km from Hue City on 1A National Highway. En route, you will see the wonderful scenes of villages and rice fields. Upon arrival Bach Ma National Centre, you will be transferred to the mountain summit. From the summit you will have the panorama of Lang Co beach, Cau Hai Lagoon with the spectacular views. Have lunch. Pm: In the afternoon you start your trekking route at kilometer 15 to reach Five Lakes where you swim in the small romantic pools and fairy streams as well as the pure water in this forest. Continue your trekking about 1 hour more to visit Do Quyen Waterfall - is astounding and huge in the wooded mountain. In order to view the whole waterfall with the imposing view you step down 700 footsteps and take wonderful pictures of the fall with the silver water. Here you also have a chance to admire the famous and very beautiful flower with the same name of the fall grows two sides of this waterfall. After that you will trek to

Day 12 Hoian – Tra Que village (BL) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. In the morning you will spend your time walking around HoiAn ancient town. Visit old houses of Tan Ky, Phuc Kien Hall, Ong pagoda, Sa Huynh Museum, Japanese Bridge and enjoy traditional music show at old house. Have lunch at restaurant. Pm: This afternoon you will cycle around the village and beautiful sights to visit the Tara Que vegetable village. Local farmers use traditional methods to grow without pesticides and fertilizer. Free to have your own dinner. Overnight at hotel. Day 13 Hoian – Da Nang – flight to Nha Trang (B) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. You have more free time to walk around Hoian ancient town. Hoian is a good place for shopping and tailoring clothes at reasonable prices. Free to have your own lunch Pm: This afternoon the driver drops you off the airport for your flight to Nha Trang. On arrival, guide and driver welcome you at the airport and transfer you to downtown, check in hotel. The rest of the time is your free time to relax at the nice sandy beach of Nha Trang. Free dinner & overnight at hotel.

Day 14 Nha Trang boat trip & mud bathing (BL) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning you will make a boat trip to visit Nha Trang Bay. This is a chance for you to discover the beautiful islands of Tri Nguyen, Mun island for snorkelling. Pm: In the afternoon you spend your time at Thap BA Hot Spring to take a mud bath. Overnight at hotel. Day 15 Nha Trang – Da Lat (BL) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning you leave Nha Trang for Da Lat. En route you have more chance to admire the spectacular sights and visit Dantala Waterfall. Arrive in Dalat, check in hotel. Have lunch at restaurant Pm: You will make a half-day city tour to visit Dalat city to the Flower Garden, Crazy House, Tuyen Lam Lake and Truc Lam pagoda by cable car and enjoy more of Dalat city. Free to have your own dinner. Overnight at hotel

Day 16 Da Lat – Cat Tien National Park (BL) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. Leave Dalat for Cat Tien National Park at 7.30 am. On the way you stop to see Chicken village and Pongour falls for more admiration of beautiful landscapes. On arrival, cross through Dong Nai River to enter the Cat Tien National Park for beginning your wildlife experience. Arrive at the Nam Cat Tien National Park, check in and follow by lunch. Pm: In the afternoon you start walking 8km along the ecologic route: sites of Lagerstroemia Ovalfolia (BangLang), Tetrameles nudiflora (Tung), Cycas rumphii (Thien Tue), Ancistrolandus Tectorius (Trung quan), Afzelia cyclocarpa (Go). After that you are back to the center for having dinner. Overnight at the park. (Optional: You can take a night safari to see the diversity of wild animals and their lives at night) Day 17 Cat Tien NP - Ho Chi Minh (BL) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning you will continue your journey on 9km transfer by jeep inside the park to a junction. Then you go on trekking 5km to the Crocodile lake station. You have a short break at the lake before trekking to the main road again. Jeep picks up and transfers back to the park center. Check out the room. Have lunch at the park Pm: In the afternoon you leave the park, take the ferry across the river, then head back to Ho Chi Minh City. On arrival, check in hotel. Free to have your own dinner. In the evening you are free to walk around the city and explore. Overnight at hotel.

Day 18 Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta – Cai Be floating market (BL) Am: Have breakfast at hotel. At 08.00 am you leave Ho Chi Minh City for a fascinating drive through rural Vietnam to Cai Be. As you leave the bustling city of Saigon, the scenery changes to the lush rice paddies, which is locally known as the 'rice bowl of Vietnam'. You will take a boat for a trip to CAI Be floating market. See the larger boats in the market, each selling mostly one product, this is truly a different experience and one you will remember. Then you continue on the boat to Vinh Long, the journey takes one hour and along the way will stop to visit some of the picturesque islands that lie in the center of the Mekong River. Stopover at Binh Hoa Phuoc Island and see more charming and specialties of tropical fruits such as Logan, Sapodilla, and Durian whilst also sampling these exotic fruits. Have lunch on island with special dishes Pm: This afternoon you cruise the back and experience on 'Monkey Bridges', small rickety structures that looks easy to walk on but are harder than you think. The driver transfers you back Ho Chi Minh City. Free to have your own dinner. Overnight at hotel. Day 19 Ho Chi Minh departs (B) Have breakfast at hotel. You have more free time to explore Ho Chi Minh City. Then the driver drops you off the airport for taking fight departure Ho Chi Minh to next destination or back home. Say goodbye Indochina Legend Travel Vietnam & see you again!