| Tour name : Vietnam Bird Watching |
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Trip code : ASW (V15)
Duration : 15 Day(s) - 14 Night(s)
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Day 1: Arrive in Hanoi
Pick up at Noi Bai airport and transfer to Hanoi center. Welcome lunch at local restaurant. Check into hotel. Free stroll around to explore Hanoi's 1000 Years Old Quarter. Dinner on guest’s account. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi - Cuc Phuong National Park (B/L/D)
Morning drive to Cuc Phuong National Park 160km south of Hanoi. Visit the Park Museum, the Botanical Garden, the look out and the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre. Later in the afternoon we observe the birds gathering in the lush rain forest. Overnight at Guest House.
Day 3: Cuc Phuong National Park– Bird Watching – Mai chau villages (B/L/D)
Rising this morning with the sounds of the forest all around us, we head out for a trek through the lush rainforest that makes up the park. The trek will take in stops at centuries old giant trees. Picnic lunch in the park before we reach out the Muong minority people at Bong village. Diner and overnight at local home stay of Muong people. During the 20 km journey, view the wide variety of preserved bird species in the park and enjoy the sights and sounds of the jungle. .
Transfer to MAI CHAU VILLAGE. Take a short trek to visit Thai people around to understand the daily life of ethnic people. Free at leisure. Overnight in Guest house of THAI VILLAGE
Accommodation: Stay overnight at guest house at MAI CHAU VILLAGE
Day 04 : Mai Chau Valley Ethnic Village tour - Hanoi (B /L)
Get up early today, leave Hanoi at 7:30 for Mai Chau, enjoy beautiful Mountain View on the way, Have lunch at Lac village on arrival and have a rest.
Then transder back to HANOI
Overnight in Hanoi
Accommodation: Stay overnight at Medallion Hotel Hanoi in Hanoi
Day 5: Hanoi – Ba Vi National Park - Hanoi (B/L/D)
We depart Hanoi at 8: 00 for the one and a half-hour drive to Ba Vi National Park. We will have a three-hour hike through the jungle to visit Ba Vi’s wildlife. The trek will take us deep into the jungles, and we will stop for lunch at a ethnic minority village of the Muong people. After lunch we visit a temple dedicated to the God of the Jungle. There will be time to relax in these tranquil surroundings before starting our journey back to Hanoi. We will be in Hanoi by 18: 00. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 6 : Hanoi - Halong Bay (B/L/D)
We will arrive in Hanoi at about 7am. After breakfast and a short break, we will take a 3-hour scenic drive from Hanoi to Halong Bay, one of the most popular sites for all Vietnam tours.
11.30 -12.00: Arrival in Ha Long Tourist Wharf. Transfer to Halong Emotion Junk by tender
12.00 – 12.30: Welcome cocktail on board. Check into your private cabin, while we start cruising towards Bai Tu Long Bay
13.15 -14.30: Vietnamese lunch served on board, against the stunning backdrop of limestone formations and islands such as: Coc Island, Cap De Island, Bo Cau Island, Vong Vieng fishing village.
16.00: Arrive in Vong Vieng fishing village, discover the life of local people by a sampan. Enjoy one of optional activities.
18.00: Stop in Trong Cave area /Ho Dong Tien Cave area for overnight.
19.00: Have dinner with fresh seafood provided by fishing villagers in the bay.
Stay overnight in Halong Bay.
Day 7: Halong Bay - Viet Hai Village (B/D)
As a none-could-miss site for any Vietnam tours, Halong Bay opens your heart with the first sunlight in the morning. Our cruise goes on to a desert beach, free leisure for swimming, sunbathing, kayaking and otherwise. Have seafood lunch on deck.
After lunch, we will disembark and take a trekking trip to Viet Hai Village. Humble dwellers get content with their rural life, which you are welcome to take part in for a real experience Vietnam vacation. Have dinner with the villagers and homestay in the village.
Stay overnight in Viet Hai Village.
Day 8: Cat Ba National Park (B/D)
Lying on the major migration route, Cat Ba National Park makes the utmost of the waters to establish a lush kingdom of numberous precious species of animals and plants. IOT's private guide accompanies you all the trekking trip, which includes stops at the Frog Lake, Hospital Cave and Hang Trung Cave. Have picnic lunch in the park.
After lunch, IOT's private van will take you to Cat Ba Island, the biggest island in Halong Bay. Check in hotel and free at leisure.
Stay overnight in Cat Ba Island.
Day 9: Cat Ba Island - Hai Phong – Hanoi- Sai gon (B/D)
Free in the morning and then we will take a speed boat to Hai Phong, where we will visit Du Hang Pagoda and Hang Kenh Temple. You might have been told by old-timers that Hai Phong is just what Hanoi used to look like a decade ago, some Vietnam tour makers even trace down yesterdays in its narrow streets, and today you are given the chance to find Hanoi's shadow in this graceful city. Have lunch in a local restaurant.
Then transder back to Hanoi airport then take a flight to HOCHIMINH CITY
Arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport, our guide will welcome you transfer to your hotel in the city center.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 10: Ho Chi Minh city - Cat Tien National Park (B/L/D)
Pick up at your hotel in HCMC, our driver and guide will transfer you to Cat Tien Nation Park - biggest and famous National Park in Viet Nam. Check- in at Guesthouse in Nation Park. After lunch, walking around to explore the fauna and flora of park. Then continue visiting the 400-year-old conifer there. Going a bit further you can see another tree, called Bang Lang (Largest roemie corniculata), which is almost 300 years old. From its trunk of nearly 3m in diameter, 6 ivory sub-trunks sprouted. Dinner at the local restaurant before transferring to National Park for watching the animal such as: Porcupine, Squirrel....who go eating in the evening. Over night at Guest house in Cat Tien National Park.
Day 11: Cat Tien - Ho Chi Minh city (B/L)
After breakfast, boat trip along on Dong Nai river. Today you will have a nice chance to admire the landscape, birds watch and then visit T'Chai village � Chau Ma and X�Tieng ethic people. Get in touch and discover their daily life. Have lunch at local restaurant before coming back to Sai Gon for overnight.
Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City - Can Tho homestay (B/L/D)
Our car will pick up at your hotel in early morning. Upon arrival at My Tho, cruising along small creek to Mekong River estuary, to Con Phung (Phoenix Island) and stop over a garden restaurant at a local house for Vietnamese lunch. The motorized boat cruises more along natural creeks and quiet village in Ben Tre Province. Visit orchards, bee - keeping farm, taste natural honey and honey wine, enjoy tropical fruit, traditional music, see round a distillery, explore the local coconut candy production process, taste candy and coconut pulp. Then transferring to Can Tho. Diner and Homestay.
Day 13: Can Tho - HCM City (B/L)
Starts from Ninh Kieu boat quay, we cruise along the small and picturesque tributaries, we will see the Cai Rang floating market (the nicest one with heaps of rowing boats). Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily activities of the locals who lives along the Mekong canals and you will roam through the village to visit a rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop. A chance to discover the daily life of Vietnamese people in Mekong Delta. Have lunch at local restaurant before coming back to Saigon City,
Day 14: Ho Chi Minh City – Tram Chim (B/L/D)
Morning: Pick you up at your hotel at 6: 30 am, we will transfer to Tram Chim National Park, on the way we will stop for breakfast, expected arrive about 10: 00 am. Check in, take a rest then lunch. Prepare to go trekking and bird watching.
Afternoon: continue with bird watching around headquarter and Zone A1. Overnight at local accommodation (HQ).
Day 15 : Bird Watching in park– end tour(B/L)
All day bird watching, travel by boat along channels, visit Zone A4 to watch flock of Eastern Sarus Crane. Then we will drop you off at the airport for your departure flight, ending your Vietnam holiday.
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