Phu Quoc - The Sunny heave

PHU QUOC ISLAND

Duration: (03 Days/02 Night)
From: Vietnam tour

In the early 17th century, Phu Quoc was a desolate area, where Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants earned their living from sea cucumbers. Phu Quoc is called the island of "99 mountains" because of its many sandstone chains gradually descending from the north to the south. Phu Quoc has a monsoon sub-equatorial climate. There are two seasons in the year: the rainy season (October only) and the dry season (November to September). Trips to Phu Quoc can be made all year round, but the best time is dry season when the sky is always sunny, clear and blue. Phu Quoc has worldwide been famous for its two traditional products: the pepper and fish sauce. Visitors to pepper gardens will be captivated by word of "itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny coins" of patient growers while at fish sauce workshops, they will be amazed at the sight of dozens of bulky barrels being lined up and waiting to be jammed with fresh fish. You will be tempted to try a few pungent green pepper coins and half a spoonful of the tasty salty sauce.

Day 1: ARRIVE IN PHU QUOC

Pick up at your hotel and transfer to airport for a domestic flight to Phu Quoc. Arrive in Phu Quoc, transfer to your hotel.  After lunch, free time at leisure for shopping at Ham Ninh fishing village. Back to resort for swimming, sunbathing, sleeping under green palm trees. Overnight  in Phu Quoc.

Day 2: SUN AND SEA  (B)

After breakfast at your hotel, you have spare time to visit Cau temple – the worship place of  people, especially fisherman on Phu Quoc island, exploring the vestiges of a historical jail system. After that, transfer for visiting An Thoi port, enjoy fishing for fun while cruising on boat at Ong Doi peak and visit Australian man-made pearl producing factory. Free for swimming, sunbathing at Sao beach (or the star beach). Back to the hotel. Overnight in Phu Quoc.

Day 3: DEPARTURE (B)

Free time for shopping at Coi Nguon shop, Duong Dong market until transferring to Phu Quoc airport for departure flight .Trip ends.

Cuc Phuong nation park

CÚC PHƯƠNG NATION PARK

Duration: (03 Days/02 Night)
From: Vietnam tour

Cuc Phuong National Park is the centre-piece of Vietnam’s conservation efforts and one of the most accessible parks in the country. Located on two limestone mountain ranges, Cuc Phuong is a wonderfully rich ecosystem. Apart from verdant karsts mountains and the lush valleys, the limestone formations produced numerous caves, many of which are accessible for exploration.­­­­ You will get to see the two new discovered ancient tombs along with Neolithic remains and evidence of stone implements. As the oldest national park of Vietnam, Cuc Phuong is attached to a long-lasting history. Cuc Phuong is also popular for being home to a huge diversity of flora and fauna. The botanical richness of the forest is impressive since it supports a wide variety of flora species and patches of primeval forest. Please relax and enjoy clusters of growing orchards as well as vanilla, snow-white and butterfly orchids.

Day 1: HANOI – CUC PHUONG
Depart for Cuc Phuong National Park, the first national park established in Vietnam with a stop to visit Hoa Lu ancient capital and a rowing boat trip in Tam Coc to visit the “inland Halong Bay”. Arrive at Cuc Phuong National Park. Visit Cuc Phuong museum, the Animal Protection Centre, and the Flora Researching Centre. Overnight in Cuc Phuong National Park.

Day 2: TREKKING AT NATIONAL PARK
Trekking over 16km in the National Park to discover the various fauna and flora in Cuc Phuong National Park: over 300 bird species and 65 mammal species can be found here  including: Indochinese tigers, clouded leopards, the endangered delacour langurs, grey peacock pheasants, brown hornbills, blue rumpled pitta, white-winged magpies and narcissus flycatchers. Picnic lunch in the forest. Arrive at a Muong ethnic minority village within the National Park. Dinner at house-on-stilts. Overnight at homestay in Muong  village.

Day 3: CUC PHUONG – HANOI
After a local breakfast, leave Muong ethnic minority village for bird watching in Cuc Phuong National Park. In the afternoon, transfer back to Hanoi at around 4:00 PM. Trip ends.

Countryside Tour Package with Homestay

HANOI - KY SON VILLAGE - DUONG LAM VILLAGE - HANOI

Duration: (02 Days/01 Night)
From: Vietnam tour

DAY 1: HANOI / KYSON (B,L,D)
- 10:00: Arrive at Moon Garden Homestay at Ky Son village. Welcome drink with local fresh
green tea. Free time for discoving Moon garden Homestay and Ky Son village by yourself (local market, kinder garden)
- 11:00: Cooking class (Menu: Fresh and fried spring rolls, traditional dessert and food decor).
- 12:30: Lunch. After lunch, enjoy having your fingers dipped in a fragrant lime bowl. Then
further discussion with owner over local snacks
- 13:30: Interact with locals to share our culture and learn about traditional customs especially
traditional marriages. If you want to learn Vietnamese, you can always ask the locals to teach
you.
- 15:00: Take a bicycle ride to discover the Ky Son, Tam Son and Van Minh farming
communities and stop at any home you like for a cup of tea. Chat with local people about their daily life and farming. You can help with plowing or making rice beds, transplanting seedlings, harvesting rice (or cassava, corn, sweet potatoes...) depending on the harvest season, collecting tea and all medicinal herbs needed for your steam bath late this afternoon and foot “spa” late evening.
- 17:30: Return to the Homestay for happy hour (you will be offered some kind of local tisane) .
While waiting bathroom, you can drink and enjoy an investigation of the local products such as maize, sweet potato, cassava, peanuts, though seasonal... offered by the owner.
- 18:30: Traditional, refreshing steam bath with fragrant herbs (Lemon grass, pomelo leaves,
holy basil leaves).
- 19:30: Dinner. .
- 20:30: Foot bath of warm water with ginger, salt and mugwort medicinal herbs before bedtime.

DAY 2: KY SON / DUONG LAM / NEXT DESTINATION (B,L)
- 7:00: Coffee and joining Yijinjing traditional exercises, praying Buddha, observe the morning
worship and participate in burning false money and gold for the deceased.
- 7:45: Breakfast
- 8:30: Bike ride through ritual paths with local guide to discover the Cam Cao village, Mia
pagoda, Duong Lam ancient village and Ngo Quyen tomb.
- 11:00: Return to the house and relax
- 12:30: Lunch
- 13:30: Free time: You can make yourself at home relaxing on the hammock in our garden,
taking pictures with Vietnamese traditional cloths, fishing and chatting with people or further
discovery of the Ky Son village and around until your departure time for the next destination.

Explore center of Vietnam

HUE - HOI AN - DA NANG - HA NOI

Duration: (04 Days/03 Night)
From: Evivatour.com.vn

Day 1: ARRIVE IN HUE – CITY TOUR BY CYCLING (L,D)
Upon arrival in Hue, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel. Then,We will cycle from your hotel to the Wharf and then take a short boat ride on the Perfume River to Thien Mu Pagoda. Afterwards we cycle to Hue garden-houses that are part of Hue cultural legacy, present since the Nguyen Dynasty built its capital there over 200 years ago. Like other garden houses in Hue, the Phu Mong garden house typically has two main areas: the wooded house and the surrounding garden, designed according to geomancy, and their owners spiritual life and skilfulness. Have a lunch at Vuon Y Thao garden house restaurant

On the way cycling back, we stop at Ngoc Son temple, visit more Hue garden house with introduction by the house’s owner, then have tea, cakes and ginger jam. Visit to Hue Dong Ba Market and lesser known Bao Vinh, the older commercial area of Hue.

Royal dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight in hotel in Hue

Day 2: HUE – HOI AN (B, L,D)
Following breakfast, enjoy the scenic ride from Hue to Hoi An, stop to visit Cham Museum and Marble mountains on the way. Lunch at local restaurant in Da Nang.

In the afternoon, we spend for a walking tour around this enchanting port town. Follow the narrow lanes lined with centuries-old houses influenced by Chinese, Japanese, French and European architectures and visit its numerous places of interest: the 400-year old Japanese Covered Bridge, the Phuc Kien Assembly Halls, the local fish market … Around the town we can see a numerous art galleries and tailor shops, get some made-to-order clothes if you like.

Gala dinner at your hotel.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 3: COOKING CLASS AND THU BON BOAT TRIP (B, L)
After breakfast you will ride by bicycle to Tra Que Vegetable Village, experience a day of living and working with the local farmers in this village. A tour of the organic vegetable and herb gardens can include some time working in the field if you like, or merely observing and learning about the system and the fresh ingredients. Upon returning to the house, we were all treated to an herbal foot massage followed by a session of cooking various local dishes als such as : Tam Huu Spring Roll, Banh Xeo or the local pancake of the people from the middle region. .

In the afternoon, you spend more two hours boat trip on the Thu Bon river to enjoy the natural view and discover the normal life of local fishing people

Return to Hoi An for free time on the beach or shopping around. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 4: HOI AN SUNRISE – DA NANG- HA NOI (B)
At 5:00 AM, our guide will come to pick up you at hotel by car. Take a walk through the quite road of the ancient town, you will be waken up suddenly by the noisy of fishing port. Under the glow of dawn, after the bargain of buyers & sellers, seafoods are disembacked quickly to the market. Spend about 30 minutes here, we boat downstream to the mouth of Cua Dai Beach. We land on the local pier, hop on the bicycle to explore the local market. Back to the boat for morning coffee & snack, enjoy fresh air of the river bank and the nomal life of fishers living along the Thu Bon river. Back to your hotel by car. Tour ends about 8:30am.

You will be transferred to the airport to catch flight back home. The trip ends.