Ride a bicycle to a local farm in Tra Que village. Here you will have a brief introduction to the history as well as the many stages of planting vegetable and you will watch the gardening tools such as: hoes, shaves and buckets and see the different kinds and uses of vegetable in medicinal purposes. Then you will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. Continue doing some next steps, such as raking the ground, sowing, watering greens, transplanting and tending greens. The local farmer will teach you how to protect developing vegetable from the insects. Relax and soak your feet with a mix of local herbal remedy and Chinese traditional medicine in order to reduce your aches, rheumatism, etc. Prepare lunch with a local family. You will learn how to make “Tam Huu” spring roll and “Xeo” pancake and then you’ll enjoy it yourself. After the lunch, take a bit rest. Then you learn how to harvest and wrap the vegetables. After you’ll bid farewell to your host family, on the way back to Hoi An, you will stop at a Japanese tomb, built in 1665, of Mr Banjir, a Japanese businessman.
Comience un viaje en el tiempo montando en ciclo por el traquilo pueblo de Hue. Montar en ciclo es la mejor manera de conocer la tranquila ciudad de Hue de primera mano. Monte por las estrechas calles, por las tiendas, escuelas, barberías y los puestos de comida. Párese en el Mercado Dong Ba, uno de los mercados más tradicionales de Vietnam. Desembarque para explorarlo a pie, observando la vida alrededor del mercado. Podrá pasar muchas horas fácilmente en el mercado. Se venden productos regionales y la gente regatea vigorosamente en una alegre y caótica atmósfera.
Depart from the Cau Da Port and cruise to Mun and Mot islands, where you stop for diving and snorkelling around these islands. You can try 2 dives for the tour, which is 45 minutes per dive. The distance between 2 dives about 2-3 hours, depending on escorted diving instructor and guests’ health status.
Light lunch, tea, coffee will be served on boat after the first dive. Enjoy the panorama of the sea, the whole collection of live sea creatures in Nhatrang Bay; especially view the beautiful live coral reefs at the sea bottom. Car pick up and transfer back to the hotel is provided.
Take a speedboat to Mun Island - Named Hon Mun because in the south east of the island, it has high-rise cliffs with dangerous wattles forming caves and grottoes, its stone is as black as ebony, which could rarely be found in the other areas. In the black-stone caves of Hon Mun, every year flocks of swallows migrate to the area and build their nets. Due to the island’s location adjacent to the hot sea-currents from the equator, the sea bed of Hon Mun is suitable for the development of corals and various types of tropical sea creatures. Hon Mun is not only a place where marine researcher, oceanographers and tourists observe and explore the sea creatures’ life but also is the best place for snorkelling in Vietnam. Snorkelling at two dive sites and enjoy fresh fruit, tea on board - tourists will enjoy diving (try one dive) and watching colourful corals and other sea creatures at 2 sites nearby Hon Mun. You also can take glass-bottom boat to admire colourful corals and sea creatures, too (for an additional cost).
Unete a la exclusiva excursión en barco para disfrutar de las magníficas aguas de color turquesa que rodean las islas de la bahía Nha Trang. El viaje en barco está diseñado para mostrar las hermosas islas circundantes de Nha Trang. Las guías tienen la flexibilidad de visitar diferentes áreas en función de las mareas y la claridad del agua en ese día. También son excelentes instructores de buceo, tanto para los principiantes como para los experimentados. El primer lugar para visitar es el Acuario Tri Nguyen en la isla Mieu, para una breve visión de la vida acuática en las aguas cálidas de Nha Trang. Ve algunos de los mejores arrecifes de coral y la abundancia de la vida acuática, mientras que buceas en el mar de aguas cristalinas de la isla Mun. Admira las cuevas donde los salanganes construyen sus nidos antes de detenerte en la Isla De Bambú para un almuerzo de marisco en el lujoso restaurante Con Se Tre. Las pintorescas vistas de la bahía desde el restaurante son espectaculares.
Picked-up at your hotel and head West of Hanoi for about 70km. As soon as the city traffic is over, you will be passing by nicely tranquil rural villages, paddy fields with hospitable people until reaching the Yen Vy Wharf, from where we take a boat downstream to Duc Wharf and start our light climbing up to Huong Tich Grotto, a sacred place for every Northern Vietnamese. Lunch en route. The whole trip may take 08 hours until coming back to your hotel in Hanoi. February, March and June are to avoid for too bustling festive time, or for the heat of summer.
Contempla uno de los mayores mercados de la región. Los increíbles mercados flotantes del delta del Mekong son algo auténtico y singular. Cada día, entre cuatrocientas y quinientas embarcaciones cargadas de frutas, verduras y otros productos echan el ancla junto a la orilla, esperando a los comerciantes y clientes. La mercancía que se vende en cada barca se cuelga en un poste delante de la embarcación como muestra para atraer a los clientes desde lejos. No verás nunca nada semejante, comerciantes locales haciendo negocios y regateando enérgicamente en este caos fascinante a la vez que estético.
Bajaremos de la barca en una isla para visitar una familia que se dedica a elaborar el arroz inflado, y podrás ver el aspecto de una casa de los agricultores de la zona, además de visitar un huerto de frutales y un jardín de bonsáis.
El almuerzo se servirá en una casa particular de una de las islas. Después, continuaremos en barca hasta Vinh Long, una ciudad famosa por la fruta tropical, donde pararemos para hacer una visita al mercado de Vinh Long. Atravesaremos el puente suspendido de My Thuan, la puerta de acceso a la carretera nacional 1A en la provincia suroeste y haremos una parada en el singular Mekong Rest Stop un lugar ideal situado en medio de un entorno natural impresionante.
Este ambiente apacible y frondoso es el lugar perfecto para hacer las mejores fotos, estirar las piernas y degustar algunas de las delicias locales. El menú especial incluye una gran variedad de platos típicos vietnamitas incluido el arroz al vapor envuelto en hojas de loto, pollo a la parrilla, arroz glutinoso inflado y frito, pescado al vapor con salsa de soja, sopa de cangrejo y hojas de espinaca y la típica olla caliente con carne de pollo. Asegúrate de hacer una parada en una tienda para recoger tus souvenirs hechos a mano antes de volver a Saigón.
Our tour guide will pick you at your hotel in the Old Quarter at about 7pm. and then we get a cyclo to Hoan Kiem Lake, one of the major scenic spots in the city and serves as a focal point for its public life. And then the first stop at Hanoi Opera House, an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911.
Then, on the way to Water puppet show, we will see Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel - A Grand Dame of Southeast Asia that welcomes guests to experience her colonial grandeur and timeless elegance. Located step from the Opera House in Hanoi’s French Quarter, this legendary property brings guests into intimate contact with the opulence of another era. After that, we stop to enjoy the water puppet show. After that we will take a walk on the streets of the old quarter and enjoy the Vietnamese traditional food: Beef noodles. (Remark: Transfer from / to Hotel where is located on Hanoi Old Quarter only).
Leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City behind we journey 2 ½ hours west towards the Cambodian border bound for the Cu Chi Tunnels. Before arriving at the tunnels visit some local friends and gain an insight into local life in the area, both past and present. Learn about their lives, culture and customs and get an insight into the recent past through local eyes.
Continue onto the Cu Chi tunnels were built by local fighters during the Indochina conflict as a base from which the Viet Cong could operate from close to the Southern Vietnamese capital. The location proved of significant strategic importance, at the end of the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail and within striking distance of the southern Vietnam capital. Initial construction started in 1948 when the Viet Minh required somewhere to hide from French air attacks and by 1965, the tunnel complex was estimated to consist of 200km's of tunnels.
It included, hospitals, schools, meeting rooms, kitchens and sleeping quarters. Life was difficult for the inhabitants and to protect against outside intruders bobby traps were laid throughout the complex. Today the Vietnamese government has preserved approximately 75 kilometers of the tunnels as a memorial park, in some areas tunnels have been widened and low powered lights installed so that western tourists can now fit through the complex.
Our local guide will take us on a fascinating trip around the Cu Chi Tunnels where we learn more about the conditions the people lived in, the hardships they faced and the amazing ingenuity employed to maintain life in the tunnels. We walk past huge bomb craters , evidence of the heavy bombing campaigns in the region during the Indochina conflict, discover hidden entrances right beneath your feet, wander past tiny little chimneys in the ground that dispersed smoke from the underground kitchens, sample some of the simple cuisine that local fighters would have survived on and have an opportunity to venture into the tunnels and explore the complex. Following our step back in modern history we return to the chaos of Ho Chi Minh City.
Apart from the beautiful beach and ocean, there is a river named ''Cai'' that is endowed to Nha Trang. Come aboard this scenic river tour. Before boarding the boat, you will be taken to Cham Po Nagar Towers which is one of the best architectures of Cham people. After viewing the Cham Po Nagar Towers, start the boat trip up to the river. Enjoy the beautiful scenery that unfolds along the banks. See the very old and ancient house with more than 200 years, try different fruits in seasons and see the handicraft workshops, village markets, the Vietnamese people in their natural scenery and daily life. Lunch and relaxing time are on the Riverside Restaurant. Why don’t you try how different it is between swimming in the river and in the sea? Customary Vietnamese lunch is provided in a local restaurant.