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:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you will be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi Orientation (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Overnight in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long (B)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you’ll board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

:> Day 4: Ha Long - Hanoi – Hue (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. You will then drive straight to the airport for your flight o Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 5: Hue (B/L)
After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll be escorted by your guide to visit the Imperial Citadel of Hue and the Dong Ba market. After lunch, you will take a boat cruise along Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda and the Royal Tomb of Emperor Minh Mang. Drive to visit Khai Dinh tomb before returning to your hotel for overnight.

:> Day 6: Hue – Hoi An (B/L)
After breakfast, you will drive to Hoi An via the Hai Van Pass. The views from the top are excellent – you’ll be able to see Lang Co beach and the lagoon far below, and Danang spread out before you to the south. Upon arriving in Danang, you’ll visit the the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum before leaving for Hoi An. You will visit the ancient town including 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants’house before being dropped off at your hotel. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 7: Hoi An – My Son Sanctuary – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh City (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free until being transferred to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by your guide and driven to your hotel for check-in. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to Hoc Mon District to visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Return to the city for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the War Museum, Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office and Ben Thanh Market. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you’ll travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. Take a bike to ride around to explore daily life of local people. Return to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight in the afternoon.

:> Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Siem Reap (B/D)
After breakfast, you will be free until your driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, you will be picked you up by your guide and driver and transferred to hotel for check in. You will have time for soft relax before transferring to Bakheng Hill. Climb up to the top of Bakheng Hill and visit Ba Khenh Temple: the first temple in the Angkor region built by the Yacovarman I King in the first of 9th century.  Enjoy the marvelous sunset and view the whole Siem Reap city from top of the hill. Back to Siem Reap for dinner with dance Apsaras show at local restaurant & overnight in Siem Reap.

:> Day 11: Siem Reap - Angkor Temples (B/L)
Drive out of city to Angkor Temples to discover the impressive Angkor Thom: South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphoun, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of Leper King and Phimean Akas Temple. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch, continue to visit famous temple of Angkor Wat; Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from Hindu mythology. Angkor Wat was a temple dedicated to the Hindu God - Vishnu. It was constructed over a period of 30 years by King Suryavarman II, who reigned between 1131 and 1151. Overnight in Siem Reap.

:> Day 12: Siem Reap - Departure (B)
After breakfast, drive to Angkor Temples to visit other Angkor Ruins: Thomonon, Chao Say Tevoda, Takeo, Ta Prom, Bunteay Kdey and Sras Srang. Then continue to visit and do shopping at Old Market until time transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi City Tour – Overnight train to Sapa (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you will call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. In the evening, you’ll take an overnight train to Sapa.

:> Day 3: Lao Cai – Sa Pa - Cat Cat & Tafin villages (B)
Arrive at Lao Cai Train station at about 6.30, you will be met by your guide and driven to Sapa. After breakfast and relaxing, you will explore Sapa town and talk to ethnic minority people there. Small girls there are all good at English. You will understand more about their daily life and culture. In the afternoon, take a 2km trek to Cat Cat Village, home of H’mong Ethnics. Then you will head to Tafin village (12km from Sapa) home to the Red Dzao minority. Visit Tafin Cave, Tafin handicraft shops and see the daily life of Red Dzao people. Drive back to Sapa for overnight.

:> Day 4: Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van villages (B/L)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred by a private car to Lao Chai village of Black H’mong people. Trek from Lao Chai village to Ta Van village of Dzay minority people. Trek through the village and then drive back to Sa Pa for lunch. You will be free for the remainder of the day until being transferred back to Lao Cai. Overnight train back to Hanoi.

:> Day 5: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (B/L)
Arriving in Hanoi at around 5am in the morning, you will be picked up to a mini hotel for breakfast and re-freshment. 8:30am: Depart from your hotel to Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you’ll board a traditional-style boat for four-hour cruise on the bay to visit some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you’ll be able to swim, and climb hills (not mountains!) for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape. You’ll be served a seafood lunch on the boat. In the late afternoon, you’ll return to Hanoi. Tour ends at your hotel in Hanoi at 19:00. You will spend overnight in Hanoi.

:> Day 6: Hanoi departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until your driver arrives to take you to Noi Bai airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi

:> Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you will call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long (B)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you’ll board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

:> Day 4: Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 5: Hanoi Departure (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be free for shopping until your driver arrives to take you to Noi Bai airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

:> Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you’ll be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a Vietnamese traditional restaurant. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to Hoc Mon District to visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Return to the city for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the War Museum, Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office and Ben Thanh Market. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
In the morning, depart from your hotel to travel to My Tho. On arrival, you’ll board a boat to cruise on the Mekong River and rowing through small canals and channels to Thoi Son Island where you’ll disembark and walk along a small village road to visit fruit gardens, the elementary school, the local distillery, and witness the daily life of Mekong villagers. You’ll have chance to sample some of area’s tropical fruits and watch a traditional music show. After lunch at a local restaurant on the island, you’ll climb back on the boat to visit a coconut candy workshop. Return to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight.

:> Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City departure (B)
You will be free in Ho Chi Minh City for shopping until being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

For  more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

:> Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you’ll be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a Vietnamese traditional restaurant. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to Hoc Mon District to visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Return to the city for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the War Museum, Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office and Ben Thanh Market. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho – Ho Chi Minh City – Danang – Hoi An (B/L)
In the morning, depart from your hotel to travel to My Tho. On arrival, you’ll board a boat to cruise on the Mekong River and rowing through small canals and channels to Thoi Son Island where you’ll disembark and walk along a small village road to visit fruit gardens, the elementary school, the local distillery, and witness the daily life of Mekong villagers. You’ll have chance to sample some of area’s tropical fruits and watch a traditional music show. After lunch at a local restaurant on the island, you’ll climb back on the boat to visit a coconut candy workshop. Return to Ho Chi Minh City and then drive to the airport for your flight to Danang. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by your local guide and driven to Hoi An ancient town for hotel check-in. Overnight in Hoi An.

:> Day 4: Hoi An – My Son Sanctuary – Hoi An (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. Return to the town for lunch. In the afternoon, you will follow your guide to visit the ancient town including 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants’house before being dropped off at your hotel. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 5: Hoi An – Hanoi (B)
You will be free in Hoi An until being transferred to the airport for a flight to Hanoi. Arriving at Noi Bai airport, you will be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show before return to the hotel. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 6: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay - Hanoi (B/L)
8:00am: Depart from your hotel Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you’ll board a traditional-style boat for four-hour cruise on the bay to visit some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you’ll be able to swim, and climb hills (not mountains!) for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape. You’ll be served a seafood lunch on the boat. In the late afternoon, you’ll return to Hanoi. Tour ends at your hotel in Hanoi at 19:00. You will spend overnight in Hanoi.

:> Day 7: Hanoi City – Departure (B/L)
In the morning, your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you will drive to the the airport for your departure flight.

For  more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you will be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay - Hanoi (B/L)
8:00am: Depart from your hotel Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you’ll board a traditional-style boat for four-hour cruise on the bay to visit some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you’ll be able to swim, and climb hills (not mountains!) for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape. You’ll be served a seafood lunch on the boat. In the late afternoon, you’ll return to Hanoi. Tour ends at your hotel in Hanoi at 19:00. You will spend overnight in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi – Hue (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. You will then drive straight to the airport for your flight o Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 4: Hue (B/L)
After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll be escorted by your guide to visit the Imperial Citadel of Hue and the Dong Ba market. After lunch, you will take a boat cruise along Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda and the Royal Tomb of Emperor Minh Mang. Drive to visit Khai Dinh tomb before returning to your hotel for overnight.

:> Day 5: Hue – Hoi An (B/L)
After breakfast, you will drive to Hoi An via the Hai Van Pass. The views from the top are excellent – you’ll be able to see Lang Co beach and the lagoon far below, and Danang spread out before you to the south. Upon arriving in Danang, you’ll visit the the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum before leaving for Hoi An. You will visit the ancient town including 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants’house before being dropped off at your hotel. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 6: Hoi An – My Son Sanctuary – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh City (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free until being transferred to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by your guide and driven to your hotel for check-in. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 7: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to Hoc Mon District to visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Return to the city for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the War Museum, Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office and Ben Thanh Market. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you’ll travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. Take a bike to ride around to explore daily life of local people. Return to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight in the afternoon.

:> Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City Departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until your driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This nine-day programme is designed for Australian and New Zealand veterans and their relatives and friends, and visitors interested in the battle sites where those countries soldiers fought and died. The focus will be on the people and much as the sights – wherever possible, we bring past combatants together in a spirit of reconciliation.

:> Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you will be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a local restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Vung Tau (B/L)
In the morning, you will travel to Vung Tau by road (100 km – about a 2½ hour drive), visit Long Tan Cross, Horse Shoe then to Long Phuoc Tunnels en-route. After lunch, you will visit Nui Dat (SAS Hill) and continue to Vung Tau to visit the Ba Ria Orphanage. Your overnight will be in Vung Tau.

:> Day 4: Vung Tau (B/L)
In the morning, you will visit Long Hai town, Phuoc Hai and Dat Do (Red Soil). Return to Vung Tau in the afternoon, you will be free to relax on the beach. Your overnight stay will be in Vung Tau.

:> Day 5: Vung Tau - Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
In the morning, you will return to Ho Chi Minh City, visiting Long Dien town and the War museum in Dong Nai Town. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Can Tho (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you’ll travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. Your overnight will be in Can Tho.

:> Day 7: Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
In the morning, a boat cruise will include visits to a bonsai garden, the old house, local houses making confectionery and Cai Be floating market. You’ll also have chance to enjoy the Mekong Delta music performed by local people. In the afternoon, you’ll drive to Chau Doc. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi (B/L)
A morning drive will take you to Tay Ninh to visit the temple of Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day ceremony. After lunch, you’ll visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

:> Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City Departure (B)
After breakfast, you’ll be free until your driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight.

For more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com

This fourteen-day tour is designed for returning war veterans, their relatives and friends, and visitors interested in the main battle sites. The programme includes major sites of operations and actions involving American forces in the DMZ, Khe Sanh and the Central Highlands.
Vietnam veterans of America are always welcome in our country. Several elements of our Vietnam military tours are designed from a Vietnamese perspective to place the Vietnam War in today’s context. Combined with other leisure and cultural destinations, the tour offers an overview of the new Vietnam looking forward to a better future.

:> Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be met and driven to your hotel for check in. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi (B, L)
In the morning, you guide will take you to the International Friendship Village for Vietnamese veterans and Orange Agent victims. They look forward to visitors, and will be glad to talk about their daily life and the handicraft skills that they have acquired in the Village’s workshops. In the afternoon, visits to the History Museum and Army Museum will present a Vietnamese perspective of the years of conflict. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi (B/L)
In the morning, you will visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and the Women’s Museum. The grandeur of the mausoleum is a strange contrast to the simple stilt house where Hoi Chi Minh lived and worked. The Woman’s Museum features the ‘long-haired army’, the hundreds of thousands of women who fought and died alongside their menfolk. You will be free in the afternoon to wander around Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter. Your overnight will be in Ha Noi.

:> Day 4: Hanoi – Pleiku - Kon Tum (60km) (B/L/D)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked up the airport for a mornign flight to Pleiku where you will be picked up at the airport and transferred to Kontum town. After lunch, you will visit its Seminary and Wooden church, the nearby orphanage, and the Bahnar ethnic group in Konklor, KonJori and Konkotu villages. Your dinner will be in Konkotu village with traditional Gong music, Xoang dancing, and the local rice wine. Your overnight will be in Kontum.

:> Day 5: Kon Tum - Kham Duc (195 km) (B/L/D)
In the morning, you will drive follows the Highway 14 to DakGlei district with visits to the American Phuong Hoang (Phoenix) Airfield in Dakto, Charlie Hill and a SeDang ethnic people’s village, then visit PleiCan base and DakSeang Airfield, before driving to DakPek. After lunch, you will head northwards to Kham Duc district, visit GieTieng ethnic people’s villages and the DakChe waterfall en route. After crossing the meandering Lo Xo pass, arrive in Kham Duc. You will spend overnight in Kham Duc.

:> Day 6: Kham Duc - Quang Ngai (200 km) (B/L/D)
After breakfast, your car will take you to Quang Ngai with a visit to the Chien Dang Towers en-route. Dating from the 10th century, these are good examples of the remarkable architecture of the Champa Kingdom, and are close to a local beach. Your overnight stay will be in Quang Ngai.

:> Day 7: Quang Ngai (B/L/D)
Today you will visit My Lai village, site of the infamous ‘My Lai Massacre’ in 1968. Apart from its Museum, the shattered remains of the foundations of burnt-out homes and trees scarred by bullets are a silent record of the terrible events of March 16th, 1968. After lunch, you will have a chance to swim and sunbathe (weather permitting) at a nearby beach. On the way back to Quang Ngai, you will drop in on one of the villages near My Lai to watch the locals making conical hats in a now peaceful rural setting. Your overnight stay will be in Quang Ngai.

:> Day 8: Quang Ngai - Hoi An (125km) (B/L)
In the morning, you will drive 125 km to Hoi An. After checking in at your hotel and lunch, you’ll have a guided visit to the Ancient Town of Hoi An. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 9: Hoi An – My Son – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

:> Day 10: Hoi An – Hue (B/L)
After breakfast, you’ll drive to Hue via the Hai Van Pass. You’ll visit the the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum in Danang before you heading to the north. Upon arrival, you will visit the the Imperial Citadel of Hue and Dong Ba market. You will spend the night in Hue.

:> Day 11: Hue – DMZ - Dong Ha (B/L)
In the morning, your car and guide will take you northwards to Quang Tri province to tour the wartime ‘De-militarised Zone’, better known as the DMZ. On the way, you’ll visit the Old Citadel of Quang Tri, La Vang church and Dong Ha town for lunch. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the Doc Mieu Base, Hien Luong Bridge and the Ben Hai river battle sites. You’ll also visit the Vinh Moc Tunnels (these are more authentic and easier to enter than those in Cu Chi. They have been preserved more of less in their original form). You’ll spend the night in Dong Ha town.

:> Day 12: Dong Ha – DMZ – Hue (B/L)
After breakfast, your car will take to what was once the Con Tien firebase, and to Truong Son national cemetery, Camp Carroll, the Rock pile, Dakrong Bridge, the Ho Chi Minh trail, and the ethnic minority village of Bru Van Kieu. After lunch at Khe Sanh town, you’ll visit the Khe Sanh combat base, Lang Vay Special Forces Camp and the Laos/Vietnam border before returning to Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 13: Hue (B/L)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will take a cruise along the Perfume River to visit the Thien Mu Pagoda and the Royal Tomb of Emperor Minh Mang. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the tombs of Emperor Tu Duc and Khai Dinh. From there, you’ll return to Hue to visit one of city’s Garden Houses, a unique feature of Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

:> Day 14: Hue - Hanoi departure (B)
You’ll be free today until an afternoon flight takes you to Noi Bai airport in Hanoi in a good time to connect to your departure flight.

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This 14-day honeymoon is with a touch of romance, a look at northern Vietnam, and time to relax in Nha Trang, one of the most beautiful beaches in our country.
However, you might prefer a more restful introduction to Vietnam. No problem – we’ll turn the itinerary back to front! You’d rather enter Vietnam at Ho Chi Minh City? Just tell us what you want to change. Whatever you wish, you’ll have an amended programme within 24 hours. We want your honeymoon to provide you with lifelong happy memories!

:> Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you will be met and driven to your hotel. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

:> Day 2: Hanoi (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long (B/L/D)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you will board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

:> Day 4: Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

:> Day 5: Hanoi – Nha Trang (B)
After breakfast, your driver will arrive to take you to the airport for your flight to Nha Trang. Upon arrival, you will be picked up and drive to your hotel for check-in. In the afternoon, you will visit to the impressive Ponaga Cham tower and then drive to the nearby Thap Ba hot spring spa. After relaxing in the mud baths and mineral water pools, you will be driven back to your hotel. Your overnight will be in Nha Trang.

:> Day 6: Nha Trang (B/L)
After breakfast, you will pick up a bike to cycle across the countryside around Nha Trang City stopping off at several villages, a working brick kiln and a good example of typical 19th century Vietnamese architecture en-route. You will meet local people, find out about their rural lifestyle and see how they earn a living. Your journey will take you across the rice fields where the farmers work with the water buffalos, and visit hamlets producing: rice paper, conical hats, woven rice-stalk mats, charcoal stoves. You lunch will be at a riverside restaurant. You will spend overnight in Nha Trang.

:>> Luxury Option:

:> Day 7: Nha Trang – Six Senses Resort (B)
In the morning, you will take a short speedboat journey to the Evason Hideaway where you will spend the next 6 days on the island.

:> Day 8 to day 13: Six Senses Resort (B)
Free time at Six Senses Resort!!!
Vietnam’s most exclusive hotel - luxurious, ultra-stylish and an ideal honeymoon hideaway set in 120ha (300 acres) of pristine scenery. It’s also one of Vietnam’s most environmentally-conscious hotels. There are 53 private villas. The lowest category is the 158m² ‘Beach Villa’ complete with wine cellar, outdoor plunge pool, in-house video, DCD player and movies available on request. At the other extreme, the ‘Presidential Villa’ extends over 271m² with a pool, two bedrooms (each with bathrooms), a living room with a toilet, an open air dining room, and even a pantry! All villas are designed to be completely private. There’s a first-class restaurant and bar, a large swimming pool, and a range of leisure pursuits including tennis, water sports and dive facilities, a gymnasium, and trekking and nature trails.

:>> Standard Option:

:> Day 7: Nha Trang – Whale Island (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you will be picked up by the Whale Island Resort minibus to drive to Ninh Hoa where you will board a speedboat to spend the next 6 days on the island.

:> Day 8 to day 13: Whale Island Resort (B/L/D)
The days will be free for relaxing on the beach in the Whale Island!!!

:> Day 14: Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi (B)
After breakfast, you’ll return to Nha Trang and then fly to Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi in a good time to connect to your departure flight.

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This twelve-day honeymoon vacation is with plenty of time to relax in Phu Quoc Island. You’ll experience modern life in Ho Chi Minh City and rural life in the Mekong Delta. Local culture is one of the highlights of the tour as well.
Use our unique design service to customise this itinerary to create your dream holiday for us to turn it into reality. It’s free – you tell us what you want, and we’ll send you a modified programme within 24 hours!
We want your honeymoon to provide you with lifelong happy memories – we’re well aware that it’s the most significant holiday you’ll ever have!

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival (D)
Arrive at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you’ll be greeted by your guide and driven to the city centre for hotel check-in. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a Vietnamese traditional restaurant. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Orientation (B/L)
After breakfast, your guide will arrive to show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you will travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. You’ll sleep in a family house in a canal-side orchard. In the afternoon, you will drive back to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight.

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi (B/L)
A morning drive will take you to Tay Ninh to visit the temple of Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day ceremony. After lunch, you’ll visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City – Danang – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be free until your driver arrives to take to you to the airport for your flight to Danang. Upon arrival, you’ll be picked up to your hotel in Hoi An for check in. You’ll be free for the remainder of the day for relaxing on the beach. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 6: : Hoi An – My Son Sanctuary – Hoi An (B)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 7 to day 8: Hoi An free (B)
The days in Hoi An to be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy!!!

Day 9: Hoi An – Danang – Hanoi (B/L)
You will be free in Hoi An until being transferred to the airport in Danang for a flight o Hanoi. Arriving in Hanoi, you’ll be picked up to your hotel in the city centre. You will have time to relax after your journey before a city tour. You’ll visit the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory, one Pillar Pagoda and the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi. After lunch, you will visit the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups and the centre of Hanoi including Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and bustling Old Quarter. Your day will finish with a performance of traditional Water Puppetry. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 10: Hanoi – Ha Long (B/L/D)
After an early breakfast, you will leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you will board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

Day 11: Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)
You will spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

Day 12: Hanoi Departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until being tranferred to the airport for your departure flight.

for more information, please visit:
Website: www.littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR www.holidaysinindochina.com
Email: info@littlevietnamtours.com.vn OR sales@holidaysinindochina.com