Small group family holiday
This is a 'small group family adventure' - typically you will join several other families and travel in a group of approx. 16 people. The trips are great value and a great way for you and your children to meet new people! While itineraries are pre-planned there is some flexibility and you'll have plenty of time to yourselves. Please check with the operator to confirm the minimum age for this trip
How Family holiday in Vietnam makes a difference
On this trip: By using a local Vietnamese ground agent and employing professional local Group Leaders we are able to make a real difference to the areas our groups journey through on this trip. Using family run hotels and eating in local restaurants we are able to distribute income into local economies evenly throughout our visit. Working closely with our ground agents, we support the Binh Luc Children’s Centre near Hanoi. Established in 1990, it provides a home for 41 orphans aged between 6 and 15 years old. Groups will have the opportunity to visit the centre during their stay in the area. Small gifts of; clothes (remember Vietnamese children are smaller than those in the UK), writing paper, pens, pencils and crayons, and sports equipment are always welcomed should travellers wish to donate and the local industry can further be supported if these things are purchased locally. Continued donations from our ground agent in Vietnam have already improved nutrition at the centre considerably. Other recent improvements include a better dining room and kitchen, and separate toilet building.
Our return to Hanoi from Halong Bay travels via the Sao Do Charity Centre. Set up in the early 90’s by a war veteran to help disabled children in the region, the centre was initially a small factory producing handicrafts, such as embroidery and stone carving to sell through shops in Hanoi and Saigon. Recently, they opened to family holiday travelling to / from Halong Bay, allowing the centre to sell their products directly to the public. The centre now employs over 100 physically and mentally disabled people, allowing them to make a reasonable income on top of their lodging, food and training.
Our Responsible Travel Code: Clients who travel with us will automatically receive a copy of our Responsible Travel leaflet. This contains details and advice on how you can make a positive difference when you travel. If you would like a copy in advance of travel please contact us.
Charity Partnerships: We work in partnership with Plan International. Plan works with some of the world’s poorest communities where three out of four children die before the age of five. We also support Friends of Conservation – an international charity committed to working with local people to develop a balance between their needs and the wildlife with which they share the natural habitat and ecosystems. Other charities that we work closely with include Born Free Foundation and The Travel Foundation, a UK charity that has been established to promote responsible travel for family holiday practices throughout the whole of the travel industry.
Carbon Balancing: Global warming is a real issue and is a direct result of your family holiday . We have teamed up with Climate Care to give you the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions from your flight. You’ll be asked upon booking if you want to donate – with set amounts from £5. As a company we offset the carbon emissions from all staff travel in full.
Our Foundation: We’ve highlighted a few of the ways in which we offer our support, financially or otherwise, and now you can, too. We have set up our own foundation, which will administer funds donated by you. A small donation of £1 per person will be taken when booking a holiday and that money will be put to good use by one of our carefully selected projects. If you don’t want to make the donation, just tell us when you book.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Family tour to experience the sheer excitement of Vietnam
This two week family tour takes you to experience the sheer excitement of Vietnam. Your family holiday is set up to visit busy cities, scenic bays and river deltas for a fantastic mix of things to see and do which will keep the whole family entertained. Mixing with the friendly Vietnamese, you discover a fascinating country and of course some great food. Highlights include exploring by cyclo (rickshaw), a water puppet show in Hanoi, boat trips to fantastic islands with great beaches, ancient pagodas and temples, wonderful markets, a trip on an overnight train and much more!
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1-2: Hanoi Take an overnight flight to Hanoi. On arrival you’ll transfer to your family first night’s accommodation. Hanoi is sometimes called the Paris of the Orient, with shaded boulevards, verdant parks and ochre buildings that retain an old-world charm.A welcome meeting for your family tour is at 6pm this evening when you will meet your group leader and the rest of your family group. Please ask at the hotel reception for details.Thien Thai Hotel (AAA) - 2 nights (B)
Day 3: Hanoi Today begins with breakfast at the KOTO restuarant which is part of a program where street children can learn hospitality skills that will enable them to find employment. You can rest assured you are helping to improve lives as you eat your breakfast today!Later take a cyclo tour through the ancient "39 Streets" to discover amazing selection of shops in the Old Quarter; silk, silver, enamel bracelets and embroidery are among the best buys and the street names bear testimony to the business conducted there; Silk Street, Rice Street, Vermicelli Street, and even Boiled Fish Street! Some of the galleries boast the works of painters from all over Vietnam.This evening you’ll make a visit to one of the water-puppet theatres to enjoy a performance of this fantastic art form - unique to Vietnam and best seen in Hanoi. The kids will be mesmerised! (B)
Day 4: Halong Bay From Hanoi your family will travel for four hours by charter minibus to the coast and beautiful Halong Bay, whose name means ‘descending dragon’. The name derives from a Vietnamese legend that the gods sent a dragon to protect the people there. Arriving around lunchtime you’ll jump straight on a boat in this secluded bay, marvelling at the 2000 limestone peaks that emerge from the sea. You’ll have the opportunity to visit spectacular caves crammed with stalactites and stalagmites and, weather permitting, to swim from your boat, before spending the night on-board.Cruise Boat - Berth in twin-cabin - 1 night (BLD)
Day 5: Overnight train Today you return to Hanoi (approx 3.5 hours). In the evening you board an overnight train to Da Nang. Conditions on the train are basic - but it's a great travel experience where you can mix with local people. The trains typically have four or six-berth soft sleeper compartments, a sheet, pillow and blanket are provided (you may prefer to bring your own sheet sleeping bag. You may be required to share with passengers from outside the group, or of the opposite sex. Most trains have dining facilities but you may prefer to bring your own supplies with you. Berth on overnight sleeper train - 1 night (B)
Day 6-7: Hue Hue was once the capital of the Nguyen emperors, packed with influential people: bureaucrats, royalty, traders, astrologers and courtiers, who left behind many beautiful reminders of their times. For a fascinating look at life in Hue today, you make your way down to the Perfume River to embark on a journey by dragon boat. Explore the Thien Mu Pagoda (the Temple of the Heavenly Lady), possibly the most famous of all Vietnam’s pagodas. Legend tells of ‘fairy maids’ who predicted that a king would build a pagoda and bring great wealth to the countryside. Situated on the banks of the peaceful Perfume River, it is one of Vietnam’s best-loved buildings.Discover the elaborate tombs of the Nguyen emperors. The tombs are situated among the houses of local farmers who grow rice, fruit and vegetables here. It is this location that gives rise to the views of the Vietnam you know from television; local farmers in straw hats working in paddy fields beneath towering palms. You’ll visit one of the seven tombs, all of which follow a similar layout: statues of mandarins, elephants and horses, a pavilion where a stele (obelisk) tells of each emperor’s glorious reign and a temple where he was worshipped after death. N.B - for departures 5 April 2013 and 8 April 2013 - The Dragon boat will be replaced with a private bus tour due to the Hon Chen boat Festival. Thanh Lich Hotel (AAA) - 2 nights (B)
Day 8-10: Hoi An Travelling south by bus you climb up and over the spectacular Hai Van Pass, the top of which is crowded by hawkers selling all kinds of souvenirs and people who have stopped to enjoy the magnificent view below. Approximately four hours after leaving Hue, you’ll arrive in Hoi An - a relaxed and laid-back place, where cars are prohibited from the narrow streets of the old town, preserving the atmosphere in the centre as it would have been in colonial times.Settled over the years by a variety of nationalities, including the Spanish and Portuguese, the old town is a fascinating place to visit. The fading beauty of the beautiful shops, houses and cafés add to the charm; Hoi An is bound to be a highlight of the trip. Walking or cycling tour are the only ways to soak up the atmosphere of the old streets. Take a guided tour on foot and can walk down to the riverside market where fresh fish are unloaded and through the backstreets of this colourful town, past temples to the covered Japanese Bridge. Visit the Children's Hope in Action Centre and meet some local children at this community project.The rest of your family time is left free to relax in this beautiful area. You could take your family tour further impressive by a taxi or make the easy five-kilometre bicycle ride through the rice paddies and shrimp ponds to Cua Dai beach. Alternatively Hoi An is one of the best places to shop for souvenirs, especially if you’re looking for t-shirts, paintings or ceramics. For those interested in getting clothes tailored, this is definitely the place to shop – see Top Tips. Another good idea is to take a boat trip out to a village specialising in ceramics and boat-building (optional).Van Loi Hotel (AAA) - 3 nights - Swimming Pool (Bx3)
Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City Today you make the short drive (one hour) to Danang and take a flight south to Ho Chi Minh City, previously known as Saigon, the cosmopolitan powerhouse of the south and a fascinating mixture of old and new. Victory Hotel (AAA) - 3 nights - Swimming Pool (B)
Day 12: Mekong Delta This morning you leave the city behind and head for Vietnam’s rice-bowl – the Mekong Delta, a journey of approximately three hours. Enroute visit the village of My Tho and learn about rural life. In a garden restaurant in the heart of the Delta you can sample the "elephant ear fish". Board sampans (local rowing boats) to reach the main boat. Cruise through the waterways of the Mekong, zigzagged with ramshackle ‘monkey bridges’ and busy with local traders. Disemark at Ben Tre town where you make a visit to a local candy factory, including some sampling of course! Then return to Ho Chi Minh. (BL)
Day 13: Ho Chi Minh City Today is a well earned chance to cool off and let off some steam at the local water park. Great fun for all your family trip here as you ride the waterslides. The rest of the day is free to explore the city as you wish or take on of the optional excursions available. (B)
Day 14-15: Fly home The tour ends today. Clients travelling on our group flights transfer to airport for your overnight flight home. (B)
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1-2: Hanoi Take an overnight flight to Hanoi. On arrival you’ll transfer to your family first night’s accommodation. Hanoi is sometimes called the Paris of the Orient, with shaded boulevards, verdant parks and ochre buildings that retain an old-world charm.A welcome meeting for your family tour is at 6pm this evening when you will meet your group leader and the rest of your family group. Please ask at the hotel reception for details.Thien Thai Hotel (AAA) - 2 nights (B)
Day 3: Hanoi Today begins with breakfast at the KOTO restuarant which is part of a program where street children can learn hospitality skills that will enable them to find employment. You can rest assured you are helping to improve lives as you eat your breakfast today!Later take a cyclo tour through the ancient "39 Streets" to discover amazing selection of shops in the Old Quarter; silk, silver, enamel bracelets and embroidery are among the best buys and the street names bear testimony to the business conducted there; Silk Street, Rice Street, Vermicelli Street, and even Boiled Fish Street! Some of the galleries boast the works of painters from all over Vietnam.This evening you’ll make a visit to one of the water-puppet theatres to enjoy a performance of this fantastic art form - unique to Vietnam and best seen in Hanoi. The kids will be mesmerised! (B)
Day 4: Halong Bay From Hanoi your family will travel for four hours by charter minibus to the coast and beautiful Halong Bay, whose name means ‘descending dragon’. The name derives from a Vietnamese legend that the gods sent a dragon to protect the people there. Arriving around lunchtime you’ll jump straight on a boat in this secluded bay, marvelling at the 2000 limestone peaks that emerge from the sea. You’ll have the opportunity to visit spectacular caves crammed with stalactites and stalagmites and, weather permitting, to swim from your boat, before spending the night on-board.Cruise Boat - Berth in twin-cabin - 1 night (BLD)
Day 5: Overnight train Today you return to Hanoi (approx 3.5 hours). In the evening you board an overnight train to Da Nang. Conditions on the train are basic - but it's a great travel experience where you can mix with local people. The trains typically have four or six-berth soft sleeper compartments, a sheet, pillow and blanket are provided (you may prefer to bring your own sheet sleeping bag. You may be required to share with passengers from outside the group, or of the opposite sex. Most trains have dining facilities but you may prefer to bring your own supplies with you. Berth on overnight sleeper train - 1 night (B)
Day 6-7: Hue Hue was once the capital of the Nguyen emperors, packed with influential people: bureaucrats, royalty, traders, astrologers and courtiers, who left behind many beautiful reminders of their times. For a fascinating look at life in Hue today, you make your way down to the Perfume River to embark on a journey by dragon boat. Explore the Thien Mu Pagoda (the Temple of the Heavenly Lady), possibly the most famous of all Vietnam’s pagodas. Legend tells of ‘fairy maids’ who predicted that a king would build a pagoda and bring great wealth to the countryside. Situated on the banks of the peaceful Perfume River, it is one of Vietnam’s best-loved buildings.Discover the elaborate tombs of the Nguyen emperors. The tombs are situated among the houses of local farmers who grow rice, fruit and vegetables here. It is this location that gives rise to the views of the Vietnam you know from television; local farmers in straw hats working in paddy fields beneath towering palms. You’ll visit one of the seven tombs, all of which follow a similar layout: statues of mandarins, elephants and horses, a pavilion where a stele (obelisk) tells of each emperor’s glorious reign and a temple where he was worshipped after death. N.B - for departures 5 April 2013 and 8 April 2013 - The Dragon boat will be replaced with a private bus tour due to the Hon Chen boat Festival. Thanh Lich Hotel (AAA) - 2 nights (B)
Day 8-10: Hoi An Travelling south by bus you climb up and over the spectacular Hai Van Pass, the top of which is crowded by hawkers selling all kinds of souvenirs and people who have stopped to enjoy the magnificent view below. Approximately four hours after leaving Hue, you’ll arrive in Hoi An - a relaxed and laid-back place, where cars are prohibited from the narrow streets of the old town, preserving the atmosphere in the centre as it would have been in colonial times.Settled over the years by a variety of nationalities, including the Spanish and Portuguese, the old town is a fascinating place to visit. The fading beauty of the beautiful shops, houses and cafés add to the charm; Hoi An is bound to be a highlight of the trip. Walking or cycling tour are the only ways to soak up the atmosphere of the old streets. Take a guided tour on foot and can walk down to the riverside market where fresh fish are unloaded and through the backstreets of this colourful town, past temples to the covered Japanese Bridge. Visit the Children's Hope in Action Centre and meet some local children at this community project.The rest of your family time is left free to relax in this beautiful area. You could take your family tour further impressive by a taxi or make the easy five-kilometre bicycle ride through the rice paddies and shrimp ponds to Cua Dai beach. Alternatively Hoi An is one of the best places to shop for souvenirs, especially if you’re looking for t-shirts, paintings or ceramics. For those interested in getting clothes tailored, this is definitely the place to shop – see Top Tips. Another good idea is to take a boat trip out to a village specialising in ceramics and boat-building (optional).Van Loi Hotel (AAA) - 3 nights - Swimming Pool (Bx3)
Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City Today you make the short drive (one hour) to Danang and take a flight south to Ho Chi Minh City, previously known as Saigon, the cosmopolitan powerhouse of the south and a fascinating mixture of old and new. Victory Hotel (AAA) - 3 nights - Swimming Pool (B)
Day 12: Mekong Delta This morning you leave the city behind and head for Vietnam’s rice-bowl – the Mekong Delta, a journey of approximately three hours. Enroute visit the village of My Tho and learn about rural life. In a garden restaurant in the heart of the Delta you can sample the "elephant ear fish". Board sampans (local rowing boats) to reach the main boat. Cruise through the waterways of the Mekong, zigzagged with ramshackle ‘monkey bridges’ and busy with local traders. Disemark at Ben Tre town where you make a visit to a local candy factory, including some sampling of course! Then return to Ho Chi Minh. (BL)
Day 13: Ho Chi Minh City Today is a well earned chance to cool off and let off some steam at the local water park. Great fun for all your family trip here as you ride the waterslides. The rest of the day is free to explore the city as you wish or take on of the optional excursions available. (B)
Day 14-15: Fly home The tour ends today. Clients travelling on our group flights transfer to airport for your overnight flight home. (B)
Great introduction to Vietnam via a family tour in 2013
This family tour is a great introduction to Vietnam. The family trip combines essential sites and hidden places: Hanoi, Saigon, World Heritage Hue, charming Hoi An, the rarely visited Central Highlands and picturesque Mekong Delta.
Discover the country’s past and present – ruined temples of the Cham Empire, glorious pagodas & royal tombs of the Nguyen Dynasty, the more recent, tragic sites of the Vietnam War & the friendly people, exotic cuisine, fantastic landscapes & exciting cities of Hanoi & Saigon.
Take the family trip
We treat each family as a tour on your own and can therefore tailor our usual itineraries to suit the requirements of your family and the ages of your children. Some families choose to do an itinerary as given, others prefer to do the active/adventurous part of the tour with one of our family tour leaders and then go to the beach for a few days on their own afterwards.
We have successfully provided tours for families with children from ages 5 to 18
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Depart from London
Day 2: Arrival in Hanoi, check-in to a downtown hotel and afternoon free to wander or relax before an evening trip to see the City’s unique water-puppet show. (Note: a 2 day/1 night extension to explore the incredible scenery of World Heritage Halong Bay is available should you so wish.)
Day 3: Day tour for family of this beautiful old city with it’s French colonial ambience: lakes, parks and temples and a stroll through the bustling backstreets of the old quarter before an evening flight to Hue - the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam – and check-in to our centrally located hotel.
Day 4: Time to check out the numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites of this historic city: morning cruise by ‘dragon boat’ along the Perfume River to visit some of the majestic tombs of the former emperors and afternoon walk around the ancient Citadel.
Day 5: More recent history with a family trip to the infamous DMZ, (demilitarized zone), to visit some of the key sites of the Vietnam War, including the Vietcong tunnels at Vinh Moc, Hien Luong Bridge on the 17th parallel, which marked the border between former South and North Vietnam, and Khe Sanh Combat Base – scene of some of the most intense fighting of the war.
Day 6: Short drive to nearby Hoi An Town with stop-offs on the way at mountainous Bach Ma National Park and the beautiful and spectacular beach at Lang Co.
Day 7: Well-preserved and charming, World Heritage site Hoi An was one of SE Asia’s most important ports during the 17th – 19th centuries. A half-day tour for your family of the old town and waterfront area and a free afternoon to roam the beautiful old streets at your family leisure or bicycle down to the nearby beach for a dip or massage.
Day 8: Morning relaxing or a visit to the bustling silk market and an afternoon trip to the atmospheric ruined temples of My Son – Vietnam’s most important Cham site. The city was occupied from the 4th to 13th centuries before succumbing to its powerful Khmer and Vietnamese neighbours.
Day 9: Transfer to nearby Danang for a flight to the Central Highlands and the provincial capital of Buon Me Thuot. Afternoon, a classic trip visit to the fascinating Ethnographic Museum to discover the culture and lifestyles of some of the area’s numerous ethnic minorities.
Day 10: Day exploring the beautiful Lak Lake region with visits to some of the local ‘Montagnard’ minority villages, elephant riding around the lake, and a boat trip to take in some of the stunning scenery before continuing south to Dalat for our overnight stay.
Day 11: Due to it’s cool temperatures the former French hill station of Dalat, is now equally popular with modern day Saigonites. Time to explore the bustling little town as well as a hike in the scenic pine covered hills of the surrounding Central Highlands.
Day 12: Continue the family trip south to Nam Cat Tien National Park – an outstanding area of well preserved lowland jungle and swampland and one of the country’s last refuges for many large mammal species such as elephant, tiger, leopard and Javan rhinoceros as well as plentiful birdlife and one of Vietnam’s last remaining crocodile colonies. Afternoon nature hike and overnight in National Park bungalows.
Day 13: An opportunity for a further morning hiking tour in this exceptional setting before heading on to Saigon. Late afternoon arrival and check-in to our centrally located hotel.
Day 14: Morning tour of Cholon, the city’s Chinatown district, with the afternoon to explore, shop or sit in a cafe and watch the non-stop spectacle of the city’s traffic!
Day 15: Our three day exploration of the picturesque Mekong Delta begins with a journey south to Vinh Long with a stop-off at one of the area's unique and spectacular Cao Dai temples. Afternoon scenic boat cruise through the Delta's maze of waterways to discover the region's spectacular scenery and the local cottage industries and handicraft manufacturing of the, still very traditional, villages. Overnight stay as guests of a friendly local family on one of the myriad islands.
Day 16: Morning stroll or cycle ride around the tranquil island before a visit to the bustling floating market of nearby Vinh Long Town before continuing on to Can Tho. Afternoon to explore the town or check-out the interesting Mekong Delta Museum.
Day 17: Your family tour will be continue to visit some of the Delta’s traditional floating markets and a fascinating tour of the former Vietcong jungle base at Xe Quit before returning to Saigon.
Day 18: Time to relax, last minute shopping or more sites before an afternoon return flight to London, via Bangkok.
Day 19: Arrival in London
Independent family adventure holiday
These family trips are designed for those of you who prefer to travel just with your family, and not in a group with other families. The itineraries are set but you can typically depart at a time to suit you.
How Family holidays to Vietnam makes a difference
This family tour is a brand new addition to the our roster. Our first trip left in January. Therefore we have yet to fully determine the best way that we can make a positive impact on the regions that we visit. Our senior tour-leading staff is set to lead the trips and will be actively seeking ways that we can be constructive and responsible visitors to Vietnam.
To date we are encouraging maintenance of traditional handicrafts and supporting people with disabilities (in a region where disabilities can utterly preclude gainful employment) by visiting, and encouraging purchases from, the Hong Ngoc Humanity Centre in Sao Do town, near Hanoi. This is an entirely Vietnamese-run NGO, which allows disabled children and young adults to learn vocational skills relating to the manufacture and marketing of handicrafts. More on how we are having a positive impact on Vietnam soon.
Information: Providing suitable, relevant information for our customers; to help them to gain a wider understanding of our style of tourism that focuses on learning, genuine interaction with the local communities, reciprocity and cultural exchange processes. To be aware of the potential impact of tourism on the local society, culture and environment, and to behave and dress appropriately with a respect and appreciation for local customs, mores and traditions and a respect for the ecology of areas visited. Our guides and leaders thus facilitate communication of our values to both travellers and local communities, educating them in sustainable tourism practices
Group sizes: By limiting groups to small sizes we aim to reduce the impact on both local communities and the environment whilst allowing for greater genuine interaction with said communities. It also results in a higher guide/customer ratio thus greater facility for supervision and individual assistance and allows us to use smaller hotels and restaurants and employ the services of more genuinely ‘local’ operators perhaps not otherwise well equipped for larger groups.
Destinations: We combine the well known tourist sites with many off-the-beaten-track, rarely visited destinations thus diverting tourist revenue and contact with responsible tourism into areas not usually benefiting as well as providing a more authentic view of the region visited.
Local products: As much as possible we aim to employ local personnel, (guides, drivers, agents etc), use local restaurants and smaller privately owned accommodation. Customers are also encouraged to buy and use local products and services as much as possible in order to support and stimulate the local economy.
Instruction: By explaining our methods and the reasons behind them local agents, guides and hotels in Vietnam are encouraged by us to adopt further responsible tourism practices themselves and guides and drivers are provided with additional training in this respect.
Discover the country’s past and present – ruined temples of the Cham Empire, glorious pagodas & royal tombs of the Nguyen Dynasty, the more recent, tragic sites of the Vietnam War & the friendly people, exotic cuisine, fantastic landscapes & exciting cities of Hanoi & Saigon.
Take the family trip
We treat each family as a tour on your own and can therefore tailor our usual itineraries to suit the requirements of your family and the ages of your children. Some families choose to do an itinerary as given, others prefer to do the active/adventurous part of the tour with one of our family tour leaders and then go to the beach for a few days on their own afterwards.
We have successfully provided tours for families with children from ages 5 to 18
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Depart from London
Day 2: Arrival in Hanoi, check-in to a downtown hotel and afternoon free to wander or relax before an evening trip to see the City’s unique water-puppet show. (Note: a 2 day/1 night extension to explore the incredible scenery of World Heritage Halong Bay is available should you so wish.)
Day 3: Day tour for family of this beautiful old city with it’s French colonial ambience: lakes, parks and temples and a stroll through the bustling backstreets of the old quarter before an evening flight to Hue - the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam – and check-in to our centrally located hotel.
Day 4: Time to check out the numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites of this historic city: morning cruise by ‘dragon boat’ along the Perfume River to visit some of the majestic tombs of the former emperors and afternoon walk around the ancient Citadel.
Day 5: More recent history with a family trip to the infamous DMZ, (demilitarized zone), to visit some of the key sites of the Vietnam War, including the Vietcong tunnels at Vinh Moc, Hien Luong Bridge on the 17th parallel, which marked the border between former South and North Vietnam, and Khe Sanh Combat Base – scene of some of the most intense fighting of the war.
Day 6: Short drive to nearby Hoi An Town with stop-offs on the way at mountainous Bach Ma National Park and the beautiful and spectacular beach at Lang Co.
Day 7: Well-preserved and charming, World Heritage site Hoi An was one of SE Asia’s most important ports during the 17th – 19th centuries. A half-day tour for your family of the old town and waterfront area and a free afternoon to roam the beautiful old streets at your family leisure or bicycle down to the nearby beach for a dip or massage.
Day 8: Morning relaxing or a visit to the bustling silk market and an afternoon trip to the atmospheric ruined temples of My Son – Vietnam’s most important Cham site. The city was occupied from the 4th to 13th centuries before succumbing to its powerful Khmer and Vietnamese neighbours.
Day 9: Transfer to nearby Danang for a flight to the Central Highlands and the provincial capital of Buon Me Thuot. Afternoon, a classic trip visit to the fascinating Ethnographic Museum to discover the culture and lifestyles of some of the area’s numerous ethnic minorities.
Day 10: Day exploring the beautiful Lak Lake region with visits to some of the local ‘Montagnard’ minority villages, elephant riding around the lake, and a boat trip to take in some of the stunning scenery before continuing south to Dalat for our overnight stay.
Day 11: Due to it’s cool temperatures the former French hill station of Dalat, is now equally popular with modern day Saigonites. Time to explore the bustling little town as well as a hike in the scenic pine covered hills of the surrounding Central Highlands.
Day 12: Continue the family trip south to Nam Cat Tien National Park – an outstanding area of well preserved lowland jungle and swampland and one of the country’s last refuges for many large mammal species such as elephant, tiger, leopard and Javan rhinoceros as well as plentiful birdlife and one of Vietnam’s last remaining crocodile colonies. Afternoon nature hike and overnight in National Park bungalows.
Day 13: An opportunity for a further morning hiking tour in this exceptional setting before heading on to Saigon. Late afternoon arrival and check-in to our centrally located hotel.
Day 14: Morning tour of Cholon, the city’s Chinatown district, with the afternoon to explore, shop or sit in a cafe and watch the non-stop spectacle of the city’s traffic!
Day 15: Our three day exploration of the picturesque Mekong Delta begins with a journey south to Vinh Long with a stop-off at one of the area's unique and spectacular Cao Dai temples. Afternoon scenic boat cruise through the Delta's maze of waterways to discover the region's spectacular scenery and the local cottage industries and handicraft manufacturing of the, still very traditional, villages. Overnight stay as guests of a friendly local family on one of the myriad islands.
Day 16: Morning stroll or cycle ride around the tranquil island before a visit to the bustling floating market of nearby Vinh Long Town before continuing on to Can Tho. Afternoon to explore the town or check-out the interesting Mekong Delta Museum.
Day 17: Your family tour will be continue to visit some of the Delta’s traditional floating markets and a fascinating tour of the former Vietcong jungle base at Xe Quit before returning to Saigon.
Day 18: Time to relax, last minute shopping or more sites before an afternoon return flight to London, via Bangkok.
Day 19: Arrival in London
Independent family adventure holiday
These family trips are designed for those of you who prefer to travel just with your family, and not in a group with other families. The itineraries are set but you can typically depart at a time to suit you.
How Family holidays to Vietnam makes a difference
This family tour is a brand new addition to the our roster. Our first trip left in January. Therefore we have yet to fully determine the best way that we can make a positive impact on the regions that we visit. Our senior tour-leading staff is set to lead the trips and will be actively seeking ways that we can be constructive and responsible visitors to Vietnam.
To date we are encouraging maintenance of traditional handicrafts and supporting people with disabilities (in a region where disabilities can utterly preclude gainful employment) by visiting, and encouraging purchases from, the Hong Ngoc Humanity Centre in Sao Do town, near Hanoi. This is an entirely Vietnamese-run NGO, which allows disabled children and young adults to learn vocational skills relating to the manufacture and marketing of handicrafts. More on how we are having a positive impact on Vietnam soon.
Information: Providing suitable, relevant information for our customers; to help them to gain a wider understanding of our style of tourism that focuses on learning, genuine interaction with the local communities, reciprocity and cultural exchange processes. To be aware of the potential impact of tourism on the local society, culture and environment, and to behave and dress appropriately with a respect and appreciation for local customs, mores and traditions and a respect for the ecology of areas visited. Our guides and leaders thus facilitate communication of our values to both travellers and local communities, educating them in sustainable tourism practices
Group sizes: By limiting groups to small sizes we aim to reduce the impact on both local communities and the environment whilst allowing for greater genuine interaction with said communities. It also results in a higher guide/customer ratio thus greater facility for supervision and individual assistance and allows us to use smaller hotels and restaurants and employ the services of more genuinely ‘local’ operators perhaps not otherwise well equipped for larger groups.
Destinations: We combine the well known tourist sites with many off-the-beaten-track, rarely visited destinations thus diverting tourist revenue and contact with responsible tourism into areas not usually benefiting as well as providing a more authentic view of the region visited.
Local products: As much as possible we aim to employ local personnel, (guides, drivers, agents etc), use local restaurants and smaller privately owned accommodation. Customers are also encouraged to buy and use local products and services as much as possible in order to support and stimulate the local economy.
Instruction: By explaining our methods and the reasons behind them local agents, guides and hotels in Vietnam are encouraged by us to adopt further responsible tourism practices themselves and guides and drivers are provided with additional training in this respect.
Family tour in Vietnam interacting with Vietnamese people and experience daily life.
Travelling with children: We recognise that travelling with children can
be difficult. This tour is aimed at families and includes activities
designed to attract the interest of young and old alike. Vietnam is very
much a ‘child friendly’ country with plenty to see and do. We’ll
provide you with an experienced guide who can interpret Vietnam’s rich
culture at on different levels so that each member of your family tour will be able to interact with local people and experience their daily life.
This 12-day family tour is based in the south of Vietnam between four destinations: Ho Chi Minh City (Indochina’s largest metropolis), the Mekong Delta and its unique lifestyle, Dalat (built by the French in the Central Highlands), and Nha Trang (Vietnam’s version of the Côte d'Azur). Highlights include Ho Chi Minh City’s famous Ben Than market, the wartime vestiges and Cholon, better known as Chinatown.
The Mekong Delta Cruises offers a fascinating waterborne culture – floating markets, a myriad of tiny islands interlaced with narrow channels, exotic fruit orchards and rich biodiversity. Perched on the edge of a series of plateaux, Dalat and its hinterland have many attractions.
It’s Vietnam’s market garden – glorious flowers, fruit and vegetables in abundance, as well as the bizarre Crazy House, a cable-car ride, remarkable temples, riding on the back of an elephant and more besides. Nha Trang is the nearest thing to a traditional seaside resort. Strung alongside a magnificent bay, its long sandy beach, offshore islands, hot springs and other attractions makes for a satisfying conclusion to the family tour.
Travelling with children: We recognise that travelling with children can be difficult. This tour is aimed at families and includes activities designed to attract the interest of young and old alike. Vietnam is very much a ‘child friendly’ country with plenty to see and do. We’ll provide you with an experienced guide who can interpret Vietnam’s rich culture at on different levels so that each member of your family tour will be able to interact with local people and experience their daily life.
The activities on your itinerary will be carefully tailored for a variety of levels of participation. For example, we can include a visit to the underground tunnels used by the Viet Cong during the war, having photography tour next to a Dalat cowboy next to an orchid nursery, an elephant ride, and a boat trip in Nha Trang Bay complete with snorkelling, entertainment and even a floating bar.
Another ‘thrilling’ experience is riding on the back of a motorbike – much safer than it sounds! For older and more venturesome youngsters (and parents?), you might consider a firing range where you can shoot an AK 47 and other weapons near the Cu Chi Tunnels, or venturing onto the back of an ostrich in the Mekong Delta. We choose mature guides who are happy to assist with children and teenagers so that offspring and parents can both enjoy Vietnam’s rich culture and environment at an appropriate level.
Best time to go: The weather for most of this tour is suitable all year round. The only exception is from the middle of October to late December when the sea is muddy during the rainy season in Nha Trang.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh arrival. Arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a Welcome dinner. You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City/Cu Chi Tunnels/Ho Chi Minh City. A morning drive will take you 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. Continue the family tour You’ll visit the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City, is packed with every conceivable commodity. You’ll also call in at the Jade Emperor Temple. It’s one of the best Taoist temples in Vietnam, with superb effigies, remarkable carved panels of the descent to Hell and somewhat incongruous terrapin and tortoise sanctuaries. In the evening, you’ll cruise ride in a cyclo to discover the city. You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City/Vinh Long/Can Tho. 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. You’ll then drive further into the Mekong Delta to Can Tho where you’ll spend the night. Free optional Ostrich riding and Crocodile ‘fishing’.
Day 4: Can Tho/Ho Chi Minh City. The day begins with boarding a boat to cruise to Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets on the Mekong Delta – both the journey and the markets provide insights into the Mekong rural lifestyle. In the afternoon, you’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City where you’ll spend the night.
Day 5: Ho Chi Minh/Dalat. In the afternoon, you’ll fly to Dalat City. On arrival, you’ll be met and driven to the city centre for your check-in. You’ll then visit Dalat market, followed by dinner. You’ll stay in Dalat.
Day 6: Dalat. In the morning, continue the family tour, a cable car will sway you downhill to the Truc Lam Pagoda. It’s quite plain, but is surrounded by an attractive flower garden. There are good views of the lake that lies below and can be reached by steps, and the thick forests on the far side. You’ll then cruise across the Tuyen Lam Lake for an hour’s elephant ride on the island in the middle of the lake. You’ll spend the night in Dalat.
Day 7: Dalat. You’ll have the whole day to explore Dalat on the back of a motorbike tour . Your guide will take you to visit Emperor Bao Dai’s Summer Palace, the Crazy House, and the Lam Ty Ni Pagoda. If he’s in a good mood, you might be granted an audience with the ‘Mad Monk’, famous for his prodigious output of artworks. You’ll spend the night in Dalat.
Day 8: Dalat/Nha Trang. In the morning, you’ll leave for Nha Trang. The car and driver will take you to your hotel, which will overlook the Bay. You’ll spend the night in Nha Trang.
Day 9: Nha Trang. After breakfast, continue the family tour, a car will arrive to take you to board a boat for a whole-day cruise to some of the small islands in the bay. You’ll anchor off Mun Island for snorkelling (snorkel and fins available on the boat at a small charge), and eat lunch on board near Mot Island with ‘entertainment’ and a wine and fruit party. You’ll spend the night in Nha Trang.
Day 10-11: Nha Trang free. The day will be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy. You’ll spend the night in Nha Trang. As an alternative, you may choose to visit the mud baths in Nha Trang or take a river tour and visit rural areas engaged in a variety of cottage industries.
Day 12: Nha Trang/Ho Chi Minh City departure. You’ll be free in the morning until your car and driver arrive to take you to Nha Trang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City to connect with your departure flight.
Tailor made the family tour
This family tour can be tailor made to create a unique holiday for your individual requirements by travel experts with intimate knowledge of the destination. It is a more luxurious trip that will suit those who enjoy immersing themselves in new cultures and environments before relaxing in comfort in some of the best and most characterful local accommodation! Quality and value are the hallmark of these trips.
How Tailor made family holiday in Vietnam makes a difference
We have built strong links with local communities, craftspeople, singers and musicians who are maintaining threatened traditions. We offer visitors an opportunity to meet them, thereby valuing their activities and thus helping towards their survival.
For example, at Vinh Long in the Mekong Delta, the local people will welcome an opportunity to perform their traditional Tai Tu music for you. You’ll help raise awareness of the need for conserving the old houses that are significant relics of the Mekong history.
Wherever possible, we contract local indigenous suppliers, assist them to improve the quality of their services and pay them direct rather than through intermediaries. By booking this tour, you’ll be helping us to support Vietnamese service providers, small businesses, boat owners and other poor people in communities in areas such as the Mekong Delta.
Apart from the above, we’re also keen to raise awareness of the need for environmental and cultural conservation among young people. With this in mind, we use local freelance guides with wide experience and knowledge of cultural traditions and ecology, combined with an ability to interpret the milieu in each destination in a way that has meaning for adults and children. For this family tour, you’ll have several different guides from various provinces of Vietnam.
This 12-day family tour is based in the south of Vietnam between four destinations: Ho Chi Minh City (Indochina’s largest metropolis), the Mekong Delta and its unique lifestyle, Dalat (built by the French in the Central Highlands), and Nha Trang (Vietnam’s version of the Côte d'Azur). Highlights include Ho Chi Minh City’s famous Ben Than market, the wartime vestiges and Cholon, better known as Chinatown.
The Mekong Delta Cruises offers a fascinating waterborne culture – floating markets, a myriad of tiny islands interlaced with narrow channels, exotic fruit orchards and rich biodiversity. Perched on the edge of a series of plateaux, Dalat and its hinterland have many attractions.
It’s Vietnam’s market garden – glorious flowers, fruit and vegetables in abundance, as well as the bizarre Crazy House, a cable-car ride, remarkable temples, riding on the back of an elephant and more besides. Nha Trang is the nearest thing to a traditional seaside resort. Strung alongside a magnificent bay, its long sandy beach, offshore islands, hot springs and other attractions makes for a satisfying conclusion to the family tour.
Travelling with children: We recognise that travelling with children can be difficult. This tour is aimed at families and includes activities designed to attract the interest of young and old alike. Vietnam is very much a ‘child friendly’ country with plenty to see and do. We’ll provide you with an experienced guide who can interpret Vietnam’s rich culture at on different levels so that each member of your family tour will be able to interact with local people and experience their daily life.
The activities on your itinerary will be carefully tailored for a variety of levels of participation. For example, we can include a visit to the underground tunnels used by the Viet Cong during the war, having photography tour next to a Dalat cowboy next to an orchid nursery, an elephant ride, and a boat trip in Nha Trang Bay complete with snorkelling, entertainment and even a floating bar.
Another ‘thrilling’ experience is riding on the back of a motorbike – much safer than it sounds! For older and more venturesome youngsters (and parents?), you might consider a firing range where you can shoot an AK 47 and other weapons near the Cu Chi Tunnels, or venturing onto the back of an ostrich in the Mekong Delta. We choose mature guides who are happy to assist with children and teenagers so that offspring and parents can both enjoy Vietnam’s rich culture and environment at an appropriate level.
Best time to go: The weather for most of this tour is suitable all year round. The only exception is from the middle of October to late December when the sea is muddy during the rainy season in Nha Trang.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh arrival. Arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a Welcome dinner. You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City/Cu Chi Tunnels/Ho Chi Minh City. A morning drive will take you 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. Continue the family tour You’ll visit the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City, is packed with every conceivable commodity. You’ll also call in at the Jade Emperor Temple. It’s one of the best Taoist temples in Vietnam, with superb effigies, remarkable carved panels of the descent to Hell and somewhat incongruous terrapin and tortoise sanctuaries. In the evening, you’ll cruise ride in a cyclo to discover the city. You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City/Vinh Long/Can Tho. 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. You’ll then drive further into the Mekong Delta to Can Tho where you’ll spend the night. Free optional Ostrich riding and Crocodile ‘fishing’.
Day 4: Can Tho/Ho Chi Minh City. The day begins with boarding a boat to cruise to Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets on the Mekong Delta – both the journey and the markets provide insights into the Mekong rural lifestyle. In the afternoon, you’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City where you’ll spend the night.
Day 5: Ho Chi Minh/Dalat. In the afternoon, you’ll fly to Dalat City. On arrival, you’ll be met and driven to the city centre for your check-in. You’ll then visit Dalat market, followed by dinner. You’ll stay in Dalat.
Day 6: Dalat. In the morning, continue the family tour, a cable car will sway you downhill to the Truc Lam Pagoda. It’s quite plain, but is surrounded by an attractive flower garden. There are good views of the lake that lies below and can be reached by steps, and the thick forests on the far side. You’ll then cruise across the Tuyen Lam Lake for an hour’s elephant ride on the island in the middle of the lake. You’ll spend the night in Dalat.
Day 7: Dalat. You’ll have the whole day to explore Dalat on the back of a motorbike tour . Your guide will take you to visit Emperor Bao Dai’s Summer Palace, the Crazy House, and the Lam Ty Ni Pagoda. If he’s in a good mood, you might be granted an audience with the ‘Mad Monk’, famous for his prodigious output of artworks. You’ll spend the night in Dalat.
Day 8: Dalat/Nha Trang. In the morning, you’ll leave for Nha Trang. The car and driver will take you to your hotel, which will overlook the Bay. You’ll spend the night in Nha Trang.
Day 9: Nha Trang. After breakfast, continue the family tour, a car will arrive to take you to board a boat for a whole-day cruise to some of the small islands in the bay. You’ll anchor off Mun Island for snorkelling (snorkel and fins available on the boat at a small charge), and eat lunch on board near Mot Island with ‘entertainment’ and a wine and fruit party. You’ll spend the night in Nha Trang.
Day 10-11: Nha Trang free. The day will be free for strolling in the town, lazing on the beach, or whatever takes your fancy. You’ll spend the night in Nha Trang. As an alternative, you may choose to visit the mud baths in Nha Trang or take a river tour and visit rural areas engaged in a variety of cottage industries.
Day 12: Nha Trang/Ho Chi Minh City departure. You’ll be free in the morning until your car and driver arrive to take you to Nha Trang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City to connect with your departure flight.
Tailor made the family tour
This family tour can be tailor made to create a unique holiday for your individual requirements by travel experts with intimate knowledge of the destination. It is a more luxurious trip that will suit those who enjoy immersing themselves in new cultures and environments before relaxing in comfort in some of the best and most characterful local accommodation! Quality and value are the hallmark of these trips.
How Tailor made family holiday in Vietnam makes a difference
We have built strong links with local communities, craftspeople, singers and musicians who are maintaining threatened traditions. We offer visitors an opportunity to meet them, thereby valuing their activities and thus helping towards their survival.
For example, at Vinh Long in the Mekong Delta, the local people will welcome an opportunity to perform their traditional Tai Tu music for you. You’ll help raise awareness of the need for conserving the old houses that are significant relics of the Mekong history.
Wherever possible, we contract local indigenous suppliers, assist them to improve the quality of their services and pay them direct rather than through intermediaries. By booking this tour, you’ll be helping us to support Vietnamese service providers, small businesses, boat owners and other poor people in communities in areas such as the Mekong Delta.
Apart from the above, we’re also keen to raise awareness of the need for environmental and cultural conservation among young people. With this in mind, we use local freelance guides with wide experience and knowledge of cultural traditions and ecology, combined with an ability to interpret the milieu in each destination in a way that has meaning for adults and children. For this family tour, you’ll have several different guides from various provinces of Vietnam.
The ultimate family adventure Vietnam’s rich culture
Each family holiday is tailor-made to suit your interests, tastes, budget and length of stay – and of course, the age of your children.
We think that Vietnam has everything you could possibly need for the ultimate family adventure tour in South East Asia.
Each family holiday is tailor-made to suit your interests, tastes, budget and length of stay – and of course, the age of your children.
There’s Vietnam’s rich culture and temples but also plenty of time for beaches, water parks and other sites of interest to children whether it’s scrambling around in the Cu Chi Tunnels or a treasure hunt by cyclo in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
Typically, a family holiday would include travelling the length of the country, with a few nights in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, an overnight junk experience in Halong Bay plus a few days or more in Hoi An to enjoy both the UNESCO-protected old town and the surprisingly undeveloped beach.
Vietnam has a host of great beaches. We’ll help you choose the best according to the likely weather pattern around your date of travel – options include Hoi An, Phu Quoc, Mui Ne and Con Dao.
You can experience the slower pace of the Mekong Delta Cruises with its floating markets, or the rice paddy valleys of Sapa or Mai Chau.
Vietnam also offers wildlife experiences, with the turtle and primate conservation centres at Cuc Phuong or staying in luxury safari tents at Cat Tien National Park.
We provide private guides for all our holidays and adventures, each of whom is highly experienced in looking after families. You will also benefit from your own private driver and vehicle so you won’t be cramped up in a bus or have your programme dictated by others.
Find out more about our Vietnam Family Tour, other holiday ideas in Vietnam and our suggested itineraries throughout Vietnam Tours.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Vietnam Family Tours - Places you want to go in Vietnam
Vietnam Family Tours - You wake up to the sounds of the Mekong River welcoming a new day. Enjoy breakfast on the "Lady Hau" while cruising to the floating market. When the "Lady Hau" arrives at Cai Rang floating market, guests are transferred to a local traditional boat to enter the market.
Day 1: Arrive Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)
On arrival at Ho Chi Minh's Tan Son Nhat International airport, you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to your hotel in town, overnight in HCMC.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City (B)
You start a tour in Ho Chi Minh City, the country's commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops. Visit Chinatown, the Thien Hau Pagoda, the Reunification Palace, the Opera House and Hotel de Ville. Lunch will be held at local restaurant. Also visit the moving War Remnants Museum. Explore colorful outdoor markets and Dong Khoi Street, the city's upscale shopping boulevard with boutiques selling clothes and accessories designed by new Vietnamese designers, hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and house wares.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta (B)
This morning you set off for a drive through the Mekong Delta to the town of Vinh Long, well-known for its floating market. Here, we will board our private boat Cai Be Princess Cruise for a cruise along the maze of waterways and canals to Vinh Long. We will stop at the home of a Bonsai gardener for a sumptuous Delta lunch, including the popular dish of 'Elephant ear fish, before continuing our exploration of the tributaries and canals of the delta, overnight in Can Tho.
Day 4: Mekong Delta - HCMC - Hue City (B)
You wake up to the sounds of the Mekong River welcoming a new day. Enjoy breakfast on the "Lady Hau" while cruising to the floating market. When the "Lady Hau" arrives at Cai Rang floating market, guests are transferred to a local traditional boat to enter the market. After sampling local fruits, our guide will escort the guests back to the hotel by local boat through myriad canals. (Starting at 6:30 AM, the Lady Hau cruise and tour extension takes around 4 hours; minimum 4 persons). Following this we will rendezvous with our vehicle for the drive to the town of My Tho to visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda and the Dong Tam snake farm. Transfer back to HCMC for flight to Hue. You get pick up and transfer to hotel, overnight in Hue.
Day 5: Hue city tour (B)
After breakfast in hotel, we board on a private boat for cruising on the romantic Perfume River. This time we head out for the countryside. Being the ancient capital, Hue is surrounded with ancient tombs of emperors past, and a visit to some of these tombs will be on the itinerary for today. The charming Lady Pagoda (Thien Mu Pagoda) will be the first stop of the day. Setting in converge of rivers, and giving you a great view on the Perfume River and surrounding area. From here you will take a drive to visit King Minh Mang's tomb & King Tu Duc's tomb.
This afternoon we visit the Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City, the Imperial Museum and the Dong Ba market, overnight in Hue.
Day 6: Hue City & Hoi An Ancient Town(B)
Start driving to Hoian passing the Hai Van pass. Once in Hoi An we visit one school in Hoi An before check in our hotel and have some free time to explore, overnight in Hoi An.
Day 7: Hoi An Ancient town (B)
We enjoy a half day orientation tour of Hoian including the Chinese Assembly Halls, the Japanese Covered Bridge, Phuc Kien Pagoda and Tan Ky House. Following the tour there will be free time to shopping or relaxing, overnight in Hoi An.
Day 8: Hoi An - Da Nang City - Hanoi Capital(B)
Transfer to airport for flight to Hanoi for two-night stay. We pick you up and transfer to hotel. You enjoy the Water Puppet Performance and overnight in Hanoi.
Day 9: Hanoi city tour (B)
You visit Hanoi 's main cultural attractions, including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his House on Stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Fine Arts Museum, the Temple of Literature and the Vietnam Ethnology Museum, in the afternoon, spend your own time to discover the Old Quarter, have dinner in your favorite restaurant and overnight in Hanoi.
Day 10: Halong Bay Excursion with Alova Day Cruises (B, L)
In the morning, you start a excursion to Halong Bay City, approximately 3 hours away. Once at Halong Bay City you are welcome on board for a four-hour cruise on the stunning bay, stopping along the way to visit one of the limestone caves in the area. As you are cruising, the boat crew will serve you a sumptuous local seafood lunch. After 4 hour navigation you sail back to harbor and rejoin car back to your hotel in Hanoi, overnight in Hanoi.
Option: You can stay overnight on deluxe traditional wooden boat
Day 11: Say goodbye to Hanoi for your next flight (B)
There is no activity planned for today. Enjoy your free time for souvenir shopping until transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Be noted for Vietnam Family Tour packages:
Accommodation: Triple share is possible and must be requested at the time of booking. Please be clear whether a double bed plus extra bed is required or whether three separate beds are preferred. Where separate rooms for children are booked, interconnecting or adjacent rooms will be requested (subject to availability)
Tour guide: Local tour guide with international experience will give you the feeling of safety, protection. He will cares about every meal you eat, the room in hotel, especially he gives you the concept of how to behave well towards the locals. He also let you know all information about your tourist destinations
Things to bring: When you are on beach, you had better take sun cream, hat or cap with you. It is easy to catch flu or cold without careful preparation because the often changes of weather
Long clothes are advisable when you visit Ho Chi Minh mausoleum
Tips offered to tour guide and drivers are advisable when you have good services.
Tour Name: Family Vacation from the South to the North
Duration: 11 days and 10 nights
Rate: On request
Family Tour included:
- All private transfer, English Speaking Guide
- Accommodation shared in Twin/Double room with daily breakfast
- All In-tour flights as per itinerary
- Boat trip & cruise as per tour
- Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: breakfast; L: lunch; D: dinner)
- All sightseeing tickets, Vietnam visa on arrival approved letter ( Easy & recommended)
- Services charges and government tax
Family Tour excluded:
- International flights & departures taxes
- Beverages, travel insurance
- Personal expenses, tips and gratuities
- Vietnam visa stamp fee (US$ 25 & 02 passport photos per person)
- Others not clearly mentioned above
Vietnam Family Tour - Family travel in Vietnam with kids in 8 days
Tour Name: Vietnam Tour for Family 8 days/ Tours with kids, travel vietnam with children
Duration: 8 days and 7 nights from HCMC
Rate: On request
Itinerary for family tour
Day 1. Arrive Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon )
On arrival at Ho Chi Minh's Tan Son Nhat International airport, you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to your hotel in town. Overnight in HCMC.
Day 2. Cao Dai Temples & Cu Chi Tunnels (B)
This morning you drive to Cao Dai Temples in Tay Ninh - Cao Dai Holysee Temple is the cathedral of the Cao Daism religion with the Divine Eye - official symbol of Caodaism. Cao Dai followers worship Jesus Christ, Confucius, Taoism, and Buddha. Time to observe the midday service.
Following lunch you will drive to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels - Cu Chi Tunnels consist of more than 200km of underground tunnels. This main axis system has many branches connecting to underground hideouts, shelters, and entrances to other tunnels. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the U.S.-Vietnam War. Overnight in HCMC.
Day 3: HCMC Tour - Nha Trang Beach City(B)
From the morning you will enjoy the city tour unravels HCMC ( former Saigon) 's turbulent past and also provides a glimpse into the fascinating variety the city has to offer. This city tour includes The Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, Remnant War Museum , Giac Lam Pagoda, Chinatown with ancient pagodas and temples, and bustling Binh Tay Market. Transfer to airport for a short flight to Nha Trang. You are greeted and transferred to hotel. Overnight in Nha Trang.
Day 4: Nha Trang beach(B)
Free time at the resort. Overnight in hotel in Nha Trang.
Day 5: Nha Trang (B)
Free time at the resort. Overnight in hotel in Nha Trang.
Day 6. Nha Trang - Hanoi (B)
Today you leave Nha Trang for Hanoi capital. Pick-up and transfer to Cam Ranh airport for flight to Ha Noi. After check-in hotel you are transferred out for welcome dinner at a super restaurant in the French Quarter. In the evening enjoy the famous traditional Vietnamese water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi .
Day 7. Halong Bay Excursion with Alovacruises.com (B/L/-)
In the morning you will drive to Halong Bay City, approximately 3 hours away. Once at Halong Bay City you are welcome on board for a four-hour cruise on the stunning bay, stopping along the way to visit one of the limestone caves in the area. As you are cruising, the boat crew will serve you a sumptuous local seafood lunch. After 4 hour navigation you sail back to harbor and rejoin car back to your hotel in Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 8. Hanoi City Tour - Departure (B)
The colonial capital city Hanoi is a unique Asian city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental pagodas and temples. This full-day tour takes you around Hanoi 's most interesting sights, including the Ho Chi Minh Complex: Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and his Stilt House, Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda nearby, and the Old Quarter also known as the 36 streets and guilds and the Vietnam Ethnology Museum. Transfer to airport for your onward flight.
To enjoy Vietnam Tours for Family please be noted:
Accommodation: Triple share is possible and must be requested at the time of booking. Please be clear whether a double bed plus extra bed is required or whether three separate beds are preferred. Where separate rooms for children are booked, interconnecting or adjacent rooms will be requested (subject to availability)
Tour guide: Local tour guide with international experience will give you the feeling of safety, protection. He will cares about every meal you eat, the room in hotel, especially he gives you the concept of how to behave well towards the locals. He also let you know all information about your tourist destinations
Things to bring: When you are on beach, you had better take sun cream, hat or cap with you. It is easy to catch flu or cold without careful preparation because the often changes of weather . Long clothes are advisable when you visit Ho Chi Minh mausoleum
Tips offered to tour guide and driver are advisable when you have good services. 5 USD/day for tour guide, 3 for driver are the reasonable amount
Family Tour included:
- All private transfer, accommodation shared in Twin/Double room with daily breakfast
- English Speaking Guide, In-tour flights as indicated in itinerary
- Boat trip & cruise as per tour, meals as stated in the itinerary (B: breakfast ; L: lunch ; D: dinner)
- All sightseeing tickets, Vietnam visa on arrival, services charges and government tax.
Family Tour excluded:
- International flight tickets & departures taxes, beverage, travel insurance
- Personal expenses, tips and gratuities
- Others not clearly mentioned above
Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for more information about this family trip to Vietnam's Family travel in Vietnam with kids in 8 days and the others also.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Vietnam's diverse and fascinating cultural heritage and food
This family trip concentrates on Vietnam's diverse and fascinating cultural heritage and food. From Da Nang you make your way to Hoi An via the Marble Mountains. The picturesque town of Hoi An was once one of South-East Asia's major trading ports and you have 3 days to explore this charming fishing town with its narrow streets, ancient family homes and Chinese Assembly Halls. You also have great chance to explore Vietnamese recipes well as taste Vietnamese food.
Tour Code : VTF 02
Tour Route: Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh city - Da Nang - Hoi An walking tours - Hoi an cooking class - Da Nang - Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh city
Starts/Ends: Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi
Tour Duration: 5 Days
Dates: No fixed departure dates. You may go whenever you wish.
Tour Type: Landscape and Culture
Activity Level: Regular itinerary
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
Brief itinerary:
Day 1 Arrival in Da Nang
Day 2 Da Nang – Transfer to Hoi An
Day 3 Hoi An – Cooking class
Day 4 Hoi An – Relaxing day
Day 5 Departure Da nang
Detailed itinerary
Day 1 Danang – Arrival
Welcome up on arrival at Danang airport by local tour guide and driver, we then transfer to our hotel/resort at Danang beach. Da Nang has a coastline of 30 kilometers long, famous for many beautiful seashores stretching from the north to the south such as My Khe, Nam O, Xuan Thieu, Thanh Binh, Tien Sa, Son Tra, Bac My An, Non Nuoc. They are calm seas with green water during four seasons.
Free at leisure in the rest of the day at beach. Overnight in Danang.
Day 2 Da Nang – Transfer to Hoi An (B)
This morning, we check out of our hotel and transfer to Hoi An. On the way we will visit Da Nang city with the Cham Museum, which houses the most complete collection of Cham Artifacts anywhere in the world. There is a walking tour with our guide in the afternoon around the ancient town of Hoi An
Day 3 Hoi An – Cooking class (B, L)
Our tour can start at 08:15 AM or at 01:30 PM. We will meet at the lobby of the hotel from where we can walk to Scout Cafe to have a refreshing drink. We then visit Hoi An’s colorful market and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of this busy place. We will have the opportunity to interact with local sellers while purchasing some of the ingredients which will be used in the upcoming cookery lesson.
Afterwards, we will board the Red Bridge boat for a leisurely cruise, of about 25 minutes, along Thu Bon River to the Cookery School. This will give us a chance to view local river life, so make sure our camera is in hand. Upon arrival, we will explore the cookery school’s herb and vegetable garden before learning about some of Hoi An’s as well as Vietnam’s more well-known dishes. The cookery lesson runs for about 2 hours, each dish is first demonstrated by the Red Bridge’s Chef before we prepare the dish ourselves. Included in the class is a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving (plate decoration). After the lesson we can then enjoy our culinary creations.
Day 4 Hoi An – Relaxing day (B)
Today we are free and at our leisure to either go for shopping or to the beach etc.
Day 5 Danang – Departure (B)
We will transfer to Da Nang airport to take a flight to our home. Trip concludes.
Price & Included Features
About Price:
Since this is a private tour, the price per person varies and depends on many aspects, such as your group size, the hotel ratings and your departure date. If you want to get a custom price quote for this tour, please fill out the online inquiry form and give you as much information as possible about your trip. Our online travel consultants will be at your service and help you make the most of your travel time and dollars!
Trip price: please enquire for availabilities & the most up date price
Children Policy:
Under 2 years old: free of charge
From 2 – 5 years old: 50%
From 5 – 12 years old: 75%
Above 12 years old: Charged as adult
Note: Trip cost is quoted base on American US dollars and for per person.
What's included
- English speaking guide (Other languages upon requests)
- Accommodations based on family room (triple room)
- All meals indicated in the itinerary: 4 Breakfasts; 1 Lunch
- A/C transfers & transport by private van
- Entrance fees to the sightseeing indicated
- Flight: Hanoi/Saigon – Da Nang – Hanoi/Saigon
- Domestic airport tax
Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for more information about this family trip to Vietnam's diverse and fascinating cultural heritage and food and the others also.
What we have for your family with a ten-day vacation in Vietnam?
The detailed Itinerary for your family trip retreat
Day 1: Arrive Ho Chi Minh City
Upon arrival at Ho Chi Minh's Tan Son Nhat International airport, you will be greeted by our tour guide and transferred to your hotel in downtown. Overnight in Ho chi minh city.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Tour (B)
Morning private city tour in HCMC, the country's commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops. Visit Chinatown, the Thien Hau Pagoda, the Reunification Palace , the Opera House and Hotel de Ville. Lunch at private home. Also visit the moving War Remnants Museum . Explore colorful outdoor markets and Dong Khoi Street , the city's upscale shopping boulevard with boutiques selling clothes and accessories designed by new Vietnamese designers, hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and housewares. Try the south's strong Vietnamese iced coffee and noodle soup at Ben Thanh Market. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta (BLD)
This morning we set off for a drive through the Mekong Delta to the town of Vinh Long , well-known for its floating market. Here. we will board our private boat for a cruise along the maze of waterways and canals to Vinh Long. We will stop at the home of a Bonsai gardener for a sumptuous Delta lunch, including the popular dish of 'Elephant ear fish, before continuing our exploration of the tributaries and canals of the delta. Toward the end of the day, we arrive homestay. Overnight in homestay.
Day 4: Mekong Delta - Hochiminh - Hoian (B)
You wake up to the sounds of the Mekong. After breakfast we take motor boat to visit some local workshop before we drive to the town of My Tho , where we will visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda and the Dong Tam snake farm. Transfer back to HCMC for flight to Da Nang city . Pick up and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 5: Hoi An (B)
Morning private tour in Hoi An. From the 16th to 18th centuries, Hoi An was a thriving international commercial port for Chinese, Dutch, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Arab traders. These people came primarily to trade in the high grade silk, which is still produced in the area, as well as ceramics.
Today, Hoi An is a quaint riverside town, popular with tourists for its popular tailors shops, and numerous cafes. Some of the buildings in the narrow streets have remained intact for more than a century. We enjoy a half-day walking tour through the narrow winding streets of the Ancient Quarter visiting Chua Ong Pagoda, Chinese Assembly Halls, the 200- year old Tam Ky ancestral house, and the Japanese Bridge. Following the tour there will be free time to shop or relax. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 6: Hoian – Hue (B)
in the morning we check out and take private vehicle to Hue approx 4 hours with some stop on the way including Marble workshop, China Beach, Hai Van Pass.
In the afternoon we arrive Hue then we take short tour to visit former Nguyen citadel and forbidden purple city. Stay in Hue
Day 7: Danang - Hanoi (B)
In the morning we take a tour to visit 1 Royal Tomb before we transfer to airport for flight to Hanoi for two-night stay. Pick up and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Hanoi
Day 8: Hanoi (B)
Full Day City Tour in Hanoi : Vietnam 's artistic and intellectual capital. Explore the fascinating Old Quarter and its hundreds of specialty shops selling silk clothing, lacquerware, embroidered linens, furniture, bamboo, cooking utensils, ceremonial objects and more. Enjoy people watching at stylish cafes. Shop for impressive modern art in the city's many galleries. Also visit Hanoi 's main cultural attractions, including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his House on Stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Fine Arts Museum and the Temple of Literature . in the evening we enjoy water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi .
Day 9: Halong Bay Excursion (BL)
Upon meeting you at your hotel at 8:00 am, we drive to Halong City , approximately 3 hours away. Once at Halong City you will board our private boat for a four-hour cruise of this stunning area, stopping along the way to visit one of the limestone caves in the area. As we cruise, our boat staff will serve a sumptuous local seafood lunct. After 4 hours, we cruise back to the harbor and return you to your hotel in Hanoi . Overnight in Hanoi .
Day 10: Departure (B)
You enjoy the free time until transfer to airport for your departure flight.
Tour included
• All private transfer and transportation
• Accommodation in sharing rooms basis at 2 star hotel (check out at 12, check in after 12)
• Daily breakfast
• French or English Speaking Guide
• Domestic flights: HCMC - Danang, Hue - Hanoi .
• Domestic departures taxes
• Boat trip in Halong Bay
• Meals as stated in the itinerary
• Sightseeing tickets
• Services charges and government taxes
Tour excluded
• International flights, Visa and visa fees
• International departures taxes
• Personal expenses, tips and gratuities
• Travel insurance
• Drink
• Meals not mentioned in the program
Other services
Health & Fitness required:
There is easy to moderate suitable for all family with children from 4 years old must travel with at least mother or father, no requirement on this trip.
Special request: If you request triple-shared is possible and must be book at the time of reconfirm booking. Please make sure whether a double bed plus an extra bed is required or whether three separate beds are preferred. Where ever separate rooms for your children are booked, interconnecting or adjacent rooms will be requested in advance.
Meeting point: You will be welcomed at Tan Son Nhat airport HCMC and transfer to hotel.
Finishing point: We end at the Noi Bai Hanoi airport
What to take: We suggest you to take suitcase and day bag and jacket in Winter Hanoi from December to March. Take long paints, long sleeve, shorts, T-shirt, first aid.
This is just our sample itinerary. Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for booking this tour or making it suit to your family wish.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Vietnam Family Tour - 7 Days to North Vietnam
This family tour take your family from Hanoi to Sapa where offer amazing landscapes through the North of Vietnam. It also offers your family holiday wonderful trekking tours to villages of minority people in Sapa in Vietnam.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi
Upon arrival in Noi Bai Airport, Hanoi, our guide and driver will pick your family up and transfer to your hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. Your family will have pre-trip meeting with your guide. Free to take a walking tours to explore Hanoi City. Enjoy Water Puppet show in the evening (one of the most interesting shows in Hanoi, Vietnam). Your family will enjoy welcome dinner in a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam. Overnight in hotel. (Dinner)
Day 2: Hanoi City tour
Today, your family will have a full day of Hanoi City tour. Your family will visit Ho Chi Minh’s Complex that includes the Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda and Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Temple of Literature, first university in Vietnam. Your family will have lunch in a restaurant. After lunch, your family will explore Hanoi Old Quarters on Cyclo. After dinner, we take your family to Hanoi Train Station for the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight in luxury cabin in train to Lao Cai. (Breakfast)
Day 3: Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van
Your family will arrive at Lao Cai Station early in the morning. Our bus will take your family to your hotel in Sapa, Vietnam. After breakfast, free to explore Sapa town. Lunch in a restaurant in Sapa town. Your family will take a short trekking tour to Lao Chai and Ta van villages in the afternoon. Overnight in hotel in Sapa. (Breakfast)
Day 4: Ham Rong - Ta Phin - Lao Cai
In the morning, we take your family up to Ham Rong Mountain to enjoy traditional music performance. After that, visit Sapa market. Lunch is in a restaurant in Sapa. After lunch, your family will visit Ta Phin village of Red Zao people. Transfer to Lao Cai by road. Overnight in train cabin back to Hanoi. (Breakfast)
Day 5: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay
Arrive in Hanoi, we take your family to hotel in Hanoi for shower and breakfast. After breakfast, your family to take our tour to Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Upon arrival in Ha Long Harbor, your family will embark our luxury boat in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Your family will savour fresh seafood as we cruise on the bay. Visit Sung Sot Cave. Enjoy a swim in the cool waters of the Bay. Dinner on board. Overnight on boat. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 6: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi
After breakfast, cruise to Ha Long Harbor. Enjoy lunch in Ha Long City. Transfer to hotel in Hanoi by road. Farewell dinner in Hanoi. Overnight in hotel. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 7: Airport
Do last minute shopping in Hanoi. Transfer to airport by road. Trip concludes. (Breakfast)
Package Includes:
* 6 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3 dinners
* Private air-conditioned transportation
* Comfortable well located hotels
* Comfortable twin sharing cabin on first class boat
* Airport transfers on Day 1 and 7
* English speaking tour guide
* Return train tickets Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi
* Private Cyclo
* Water Puppet show
* Sightseeing as listed in the itinerary
* Site entrance fees
Package Excludes:
* International air tickets
* Airport departure tax
* Drinks
* Personal travel insurance (compulsory)
* Extra meals, extra, transport cost, extra accommodation cost or other expenses not included
* Medical expenses, emergency evacuation, vaccination charges
* Excess bag charges and tips
Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for booking this family tour.
Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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3 options for 2 days family travel in Sapa
3 options for 2 days family travel in Sapa
This 2-day family tour includes the most important travel highlights in Sapa Vietnam. Take the overnight train to Lao Cai then enjoy 2 days hiking through terraced rice fields, local H’mong and Dzao villages.
Option 1: Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan
DAY 1:16 km trekking visit to Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van and Giang Ta Chai village picnic lunch, dinner and stay overnight in the Red Dzao family (Giang Ta Chai village)
DAY 2: 10 km trekking throughout unexplored mountain and forest via beautiful waterfalls and Rattan hanging bridge visit Su Pan, where black H'mong and Tay minority live together. Return Sapa by jeep from Su Pan.
Option 2 :Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Ban Ho
Day 1: 12 km by jeep then trek down hill to Ta Van of the Dzay minority. A longside Muong Hoa stream to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Dzao, lunch at local family. After lunch continue hiking to Ban Ho to the Tay minority, the Tay have their own traditional house on stilts and we will enjoy our homestay night with a family to know their daily life, affairs and typical custom.
DAY 2: 2 km walking to a very nice waterfall discovered and named "Lavie " by the French during their colonial time in Viet Nam, enjoy swimming, then lunch. In the afternoon trek 4 km to reach the jeep to return to Sapa.
Option 3: FanSiPan climb the roof Indochina, 3143m
DAY 1: Jeep to Silver waterfall. Tran Ton Pass. Start a strenuous trek of about 8 hrs through primitive forest, plenty of streamlines and bamboo forest. Camping and cook dinner at elevation 2700m, this is a night sitting around the campfire friendly and adventurous and may be once in a lifetime experience .
DAY 2: After breakfast a hard trek head up to the summit. At the top you will be vanquisher. Enjoy yourself, take the pictures and lunch then descend on the way down to the mountain foot and take the jeep back Sapa.
Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for booking this family tour in Sapa.
Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Many choices of one day Family Travel in Sapa Vietnam
Within one day in Sapa, we offer for your family travel many choices for your amazing trip explore the nice scenery nature of Sapa.
Option 1: Matra and Taphin
Get to know the daily life styles and specific custom of the Red Dao minority among stunning landscape. We will take a jeep to Matra village of the Red Dzao then about 9 km trekking thought the forest to Ta Phin village. Visit Ma Tra and Ta Phin village, picnic lunch on the way and the jeep to return to Sapa from Ta Phin.
Option 2: Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai
The guide will pick up you at your hotel. First we take 6 km by jeep then 2 km walk down to Lao Chai village and on terraced rice fields to Ta Van, village of the Dzay minority. Lunch at a local family. Learn about their daily life, jobs and specific custom. A highlight of the day is trekking through bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai home to the Red Dzao minority. Visit a wonderful waterfall and a suspension rattan bridge on the way to the main road for a jeep to return to Sapa.
Option 3: Bac Ha market (only on Sundays! )
120 km from Sapa, Bac Ha mountain town know to travelers as most colorful market of the hill tribes of the North west Viet Nam . Every Sunday market held by more than 8 ethic groups : Tay , Dzay , Black Dzao , Flower Mong...
Attend the market you will find back the actual case of trading barter by cattle , handicrafts ..
In the afternoon, walk to visit Ban Pho home to the Flower H'mong minority and visit the Cat King house. then drive back to Lao Cai station for a night train to Ha Noi or drive back to Sapa again.
Option 4: Mountain bike tour
Depart from Sapa at 8: 00 am. Your support vehicle will transfer you to the starting point at the Silver Waterfall. A 3-km climb (about 50 min) over stunning Tram Ton Pass (the highest in Indochina) provides great view of the Hoang Lien Son Valley before a free-wheeling 26 km (about 1.5 hrs) glide to Binh Lu Junction. Binh Lu area is dotted with the villages of many hill tribes including: Thai, Dzao, H'Mong, Lu and Nung. After lunch, cycle 8 km to visit a Thai village and explore the Fairy Cave before meeting your support Jeep for a drive back to Sapa. Tour ends around 4 pm.
*Note : If you leave Sapa on a Sunday morning, you can choose to leave earlier or to save some time by taking the van to the top of the Pass, before gliding down to the Binh Lu Market.
Option 5: Sa Seng - Hau Thao - Hang Da - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai ( 18kms trekking )
09.00 The guide will pick up you at your hotel and transferred out of Sapa town to walking path.You start the day tour walking along a large path for 2 hours going uphill the Den Thang range. Reaching to the top, enjoy the great view of the Fansipan Peak and the stunning Muong Hoa Valley opens wide in the sight. You continue hiking to Hang Da Village of the H’mong which sits at 1,800m hill-top. walking path sneaks on high elevation and offers amazing panorama of Muong Hoa Valley. You then trek down hill through several H’mong hamlets of the Hau Thao Commune which scatter on steep and rocky mountain side. You will have the opportunity to see different process making fiber from hemp: Spinning, weaving,…in these continue your trecking to Ta Van village of Dzay minority . Have picnich lunch in the Dzay house , discover their daily life style and enjoy landscape . The last village is trek through bamboo forests towards Giang Ta Chai waterfall, cross over a rattan suspension bridge and enter into Giang Ta Chai village which is inhabited by the Red Zao minorities. You will be picked up again and transferred back to Sapa town bout 16:00 pm.
Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for booking this tour.
Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Friday, March 29, 2013
A family holiday to remember
On this unique family journey discover the streets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter by cyclo, inspirational Halong Bay on an overnight boat, and the tunnels of Cu Chi on your hands and knees! Gain an insight into the lives of local fisher folk as you learn to navigate a basket boat through a palm-fringed canal near Hoi An, and experience the relaxed lifestyle of the Mekong Delta on an overnight homestay. Great food, friendly people and awesome shopping make for a family holiday to remember.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1-3:
On arrival in Hanoi, transfer to your hotel and meet the other families joining you on this great adventure, before an intriguing visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum. Escape to the serene Temple of Literature and uncover fascinating history at the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison, before an evening performance of the famous water puppets delights. A scenic drive past farmers working the rice paddies brings you to World Heritage listed Halong Bay where you board an exciting boat cruise and float past hundreds of soaring limestone mountains. A night on-board is a highlight for young and old. On your return to Hanoi, a short flight brings you to Hue. Hotels: Prestige, Overnight boat
Day 4-5:
In the former imperial capital, explore the citadel, elaborate emperors’ tombs and the Thien Mu Pagoda. Cruise down the Perfume River on a fun dragon boat ride, and visit the Spiral Foundation, where the deaf and mute workers teach you to make local crafts. A spectacular drive leads you along the dramatic cliff tops above the sparkling China Sea to Hoi An, visiting sacred Marble Mountains along the way. Experience the delights of Hoi An on a walking tour and find out about local produce on a market tour with the young people from the Streets Foundation. For something different, embark on the family-run ‘Fisherman eco tour’ for a true insight into Vietnamese life. Enjoy an afternoon free to roam the colourful streets of this atmospheric town. Hotel: Saigon Morin, Ancient House
Day 6-7:
Hoi An. WA spectacular drive leads you along the dramatic cliff tops above the sparkling China Sea to Hoi An, visiting sacred Marble Mountains along the way. Experience the delights of Hoi An on a walking tour. For something different, embark on the family-run ‘Fisherman eco tour’ for a true insight into Vietnamese life. Enjoy an afternoon free to roam the colorful streets of this atmospheric town. Hotel: Hoi An Trails Resort & Spa
Day 8-12:
Fly to Saigon, Vietnam’s largest city. Stroll along historic Dong Khoi Street and visit the reunification Palace and War remnants Museum. In the tranquil Mekong Delta, a home-stay with a local family immerses you into the local culture. The whole family will enjoy the trip to the amazing Cu Chi tunnels where you have the chance to crawl through the tunnels yourself and view the playful wildlife at a nearby animal shelter. On your last day, enjoy free time until your departure transfer. Hotel: Liberty Central, Home-stay.
Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for booking this tour.
Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Classic tour around Vietnam for family in 2013
This is a typical classic tour for family travel around Vietnam - a city tour around Hanoi's classic old quarter in a traditional cylco, a water puppet show, a tour of Halong Bay - designated a World Heritage Site for its outstanding natural beauty.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 : Hanoi Arrival
Meet on arrival at Noi Bai International airport, transfer Hotel in Hanoi for check in. (If the time persmits), we will take cyclo tour (2 hours), visit to The Old Quarter of Hanoi and Ngoc Son Temple. Dinner at Seasons restaurant. Drop off at Thang Long theatre for water puppet show, the unique Vietnamese traditional art. This art originates from rural festivals in Vietnam. The artists-men and women-stand waist-deep in the water to manipulate the puppets, making them move about, talk and laugh and even dance on the surface of the water. Take part in a welcome dinner and transfer to hotel.
Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Include : Private car, Hotel in Hanoi, Tour guide, Meal : Dinner, Entrance fee
Day 2 : Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hai Phong
Breakfast at hotel. Then we will have a day tour visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (closed on Monday, Friday and the whole October and November) Residence and One Pillar Pagoda. Drive to Halong, 180 km east of Hanoi. On arrival take a wooden boat and have seafood lunch on board. Discover Halong Bay, listed as a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. “Dragon descending to the sea“ as it is known in Vietnamese, picturesque Halong Bay has more than 3,000 limestone islets rising from the clear emerald water, many of them containing beautiful grottoes. A 4-hour boat trip will visit to Thien Cung and Dau Go grottoes. Drop off in Halong town. Proceed to Haiphong transfer to hotel for check-in Dinner and accommodation at hotel
Stay overnight at hotel in Haiphong
Include : Private car, Hotel in Hai Phong, Tour guide, Meal : Breakfast, Lunch, Entrance fee
Day 3 : Hai Phong – Hanoi – Fly to Danang
Breakfast at hotel Drive to Hai Phong, visit to the Garden theatre, Du Hang Pagoda and Kenh temple. Transfer back to Hanoi Lunch at Koto restaurant (or Brother Cafe as alternative) Visit to Temple of Literature built in the 11th century as Vietnam’s first university, Quan Thanh Temple and Fine Art Museum. Transfer to the Hanoi airport. Depart Hanoi by (VN 317, 17:00pm) for Danang. Arrive in Danang at 18:15pm. Check in hotel in Danang. Dinner and accommodation at hotel
Stay overnight at hotel in Danang
Include : Private car, Flight ticket : Hanoi - Danang (Vietnam Airline), Tour guide, Meal : Breakfast, Lunch, Entrance fee
Day 4 : Danang – Hoi An Walking tour
Breakfast at hotel then visit Cham Museum; Marble Mountain and China Beach. transfer to Hoian. Lunch at White Lanterns restaurant. Discover the historic town which used to be a prosperous seaport city during the 16th to 18th centuries. Its sizeable community of foreign merchants resulted in a unique architectural style with Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese influences. Visit the Phuc Kien hall, Japanese covered bridge, Tan Ky old house and the workshop of traditional occupation of Hoi An ancient town. Dinner at Riverside Garden restaurant.
Stay overnight at hotel in Hoi an
Include : Private car, Hotel in Hoi An, Tour guide, Meal : Breakfast, Lunch, Entrance fee
Day 5 : Hoi An – Hue City tour
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Hue across the Hai Van Pass (Pass of the Ocean Clouds), passing through many pretty red-tiled villages with fruit orchards, enjoying spectacular views of sky and sea. Arrival on Hue, the royal city of Vietnam’s last ruling dynasty and transfer to the Saigon Morin Hotel or similar, then visit Tu Duc tomb, Lunch at Club Garden restaurant. Boat trip on the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda. Visit Imperial Citadel and Dong Ba Market. Dinner and accommodation at hotel.
Stay overnight at hotel in Hue
Include : Private car, Hotel in Hue, Tour guide, Meal : Breakfast, Lunch, Entrance fee
Day 6 : Hue – Fly to Saigon – Saigon City tour
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer from Phubai airport. Depart Hue by (VN251, 9:10) for Ho Chi Minh. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City at 10:25am and transfer to the Equatorial Hotel or similar. Lunch at Vietnam House restaurant. City tour: visit China town, Thien Hau Pagoda, History Museum and former Presidential Palace. Make photo stops at the famous tourist sites such as Notre Dame Church, and Central Post Office. Dinner and accommodation at hotel.
Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City
Include : Private car, Flight ticket : Hue - Saigon (Vietnam Airline), Tour guide, Meal : Dinner, Entrance fee
Day 7 : Saigon – Departure
Free time for you relax or discorver Saigon until transfer you to airport to catch your flight back home.
Include : Private car, Meal : Breakfast
Contact Custom Vietnam Travel for booking this tour.
Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Tel: +84.4.371 85750; Hotline: +84.977102103
Fax: +84.4.371 85750
Email: info@customvietnamtravel.com
Office: No 116/32/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
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