Picked-up by the tourguide and transfer to the cruise's wharf for a romantic dinner on board. The boat will slowly float along Saigon River while we enjoy a cool evening on the flow, looking over the city with its dazzling lights in a tranquil, totally relaxing ambience. Back to your hotel late evening.
Danang, la cuarta ciudad más grande de Vietnam dispone de la más exquisita colección de esculturas en el mundo. El museo de Cham era fundado en el año 1915 por Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient. El edificio del museo es muy bonito, paseando entre las exposisiones se puede contemplar el patio con árboles y oler el salado aire del mar. Pero lo mas importante son las esculturas que datan desde el siglo 7 hasta el siglo 15. Los Cham eran unos tallistas magníficos, sus esculptutras religiosas son serenas, juguetonas y sensuales al mismo tiempo.
Packed with temples, tombs, palaces and pagodas, Hue is the gateway to the treasures of Vietnam's royal past and a must-stop on any itinerary. This full day tour in Hue will take in the best of the city, from the art and architecture to the celebrated food and culture. Start the day with a tour of the colorful Dong Ba market, which will energize the senses with its sights sound and smells.
This is the ideal place to soak up every day Vietnamese life, and your local guide will show you to some of the traditional foods and introduce you to the local vendors. With full tummies, head out into the streets and wander over to the Citadel. It’s within these 2m-thick and 10km-long walls that you’ll find several of the city’s best sights, from the many ornate pagodas to the Forbidden Purple City. Explore the best of it all before stopping for lunch in a local nunnery.
Enjoy a traditional meal and grab the chance to chat with the nuns to learn more about Buddhism and gain an insight into their daily lives. After lunch, take a short bus ride through the stunning surrounds, passing rice paddies and small towns, before arriving at a village that specializes in making incense. Learn all about this ancient art before continuing on to one of the impressive emperor’s tombs. Pay a visit to Bao Quoc Pagoda, a sprawling temple complex that is perched on a hill overlooking the Perfume River. After admiring its seven tiers, head to Tiger Arena, where duels between elephants and tigers were arranged for the entertainment of the Emperor right up until 1904. After a day taking in the many sights, end it with a relaxing afternoon cruise along the Perfume River. Take in the magic of this meandering river before ending the tour back in the centre of the city.
La Pagoda Perfume (Chua Huong) está a 60 km al suroeste de Hanoi. La pagoda es uno de los puntos destacados del área de Hanoi y es algo que no debería perderse. Para llegar a la pagoda primero tiene que hacer un viaje primero por carretera y luego en barco de remo. El viaje de vuelta en barco por los canales durá unas 3 h oras.La Pagoda Perfume es un complejo de pagodas y santuarios budistas construidos en los acantilados de piedra caliza de la Montaña Huong Tick. Entre las mejores vistas encontrará Thien Chu (Pagoda que lleva hacia el cielo), Giai Oan Chu (Pagoda purgatorial) en la que los creyentes piensan que las deidades purifican las almas, curan sufrimientos y ofrecen hijos a las familias sin decendencia; y Huong Tick Chu (Pagoda del Vestigio Perfumado).
You will be picked-up by the driver at your hotel in Hanoi and transferred to the Spa for a great relaxing time with professional treatment. Dip yourself into a relaxing environment with sweet scents and professional service at a Spa, where you will be absolutely recovered and freshen up for your days ahead.
Pick-up at the hotel by the car or taxi arranged by the cooking class. Together with our cook-instructor or an assistant, we will come to the nearest market and buy some fresh ingredients upon his guideline. Back to the restaurant to prepare for the processing. After prepare and cook by ourselves, we will enjoy a lunch including some dishes we just have made. Back to the hotel early afternoon.
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.
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).
Empezarás este recorrido con una caminata alrededor del lago Hoan Kiem, un lugar de encuentro para los residentes de Hanoi haciendo sus ejercicios matutinos. Puedes unirte a las actividades como el Tai Chi. Después, podrás disfrutar de un desayuno local tradicional de ''Pho'' seguido de un café vietnamita en una cafetería de una azotea del Casco Antoguo. El guía te llevará hasta un restaurante familiar para recibir una clase de cocina. El primer paso será una visita en bicicleta a un mercado local Hang Be para aprender de los ingredientes de cocina local. En el restaurante, el chef te enseñará a cocinar algunos platos vietnamitas especiales. Después de la sesión de la mañana a medio día, disfrutarás de un delicioso banquete de los platos que has creado. Al final, te dirigirás de nuevo al hotel con un vehículo privado.
Escapa de la ciudad para disfrutar de un recorrido por el Delta del Mekong, uno de los grandes atractivos turísticos de Vietnam donde podrás apreciar cómo es la vida más allá de los centros urbanos.
Destacamos
- Navega por el río Mekong y contempla cómo es la vida en el Delta
- Saborea la fruta tropical, visita una granja apícola y descubre cómo se hace el caramelo de coco
- Deléitate con la comida vietnamita en un restaurante local
- Explora los canales a bordo de una embarcación tradicional
Comienza el día con un viaje por carretera a la ciudad de My Tho, una antigua base naval convertida en una bulliciosa ciudad portuaria del Delta del Mekong. En esta zona se termina el poderoso río Mekong, que nace en el Tíbet y atraviesa China, Birmania, Laos, Camboya y finalmente Vietnam. De esta región, increíblemente fértil, procede casi la mitad del total de la producción agrícola del país, y la vida de sus pueblos gira entorno a los ríos y canales. Tanto es así, que es más común el transporte por río que por carretera.
A tu llegada a My Tho subirás a bordo de un barco privado para disfrutar de un paseo por el río Mekong. La primera parada es un criadero de peces, donde podrás hacerte una idea de una de las industrias más potentes de la región. Visita también una isla con exuberantes jardines tropicales y prueba el sabor de la fruta tropical antes de dirigirte a otra isla donde conocerás los entresijos de otra industria artesanal: el caramelo de coco. Tu guía te acompañará a una fábrica y explicará el proceso de elaboración de este dulce. Durante la excursión tendrás la oportunidad de visitar aldeas locales y aprender algo más sobre el estilo de vida, cultura y tradiciones de los habitantes del Delta.
Continúa el tour con un recorrido en Xe Loi (carrito motorizado) y visita una granja de abejas. Seguidamente subirás a bordo de una pequeña embarcación con la que podrás explorar los pequeños canales del Delta. A la hora del almuerzo, te dirigirás al restaurante Diem Phuong para degustar un delicioso almuerzo. Tu guía te brindará algunos consejos sobre la cocina local y te ayudará a pedir algunas de las delicias gastronómicas. Tras reponer fuerzas, regresarás a My Tho para emprender el camino de vuelta a la ciudad de Ho Chi Minh.
Idiomas: Inglés.