The Bustling South of Vietnam Tour in 10 Days

Duration: 10 Days/ 9 Nights

Saigon > Can Tho > Chau Doc > Vinh Long > Da Lat > Nha Trang > Mui Ne

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Overview

The Bustling Southern Vietnam is one of the most attractive Southern Vietnam tour in 10 days. The tour introduces all highlights of the South of Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan to center of  giant Mekong rivers with Can Tho and Chau Doc. The Bustling Southern Vietnam tour also shows travelers the love highland city namely Da Lat and the 2 famous beaches Nha Trang and Muine

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Tour Highlights

  • Saigon: Ho Chi Minh City – Saigon, the biggest city of Vietnam was once ‘pearl of Far East”. The city is now still most attractive travel destination in Vietnam for foreigners.
  • Cu Chi: Are you interested in Vietnam’s war history? Gain first-hand experience as to what it must have been like in the Cu Chi tunnels.
  • Mekong: Take a journey through the mighty Mekong Delta. Share a boat with locals as you make your way through rice paddy fields, unique floating markets, and don’t forget to try the coconut candy!
  • Dalat: Romantic city with cool weather year round, colorful flowers, misty valleys, lush pine trees, beautiful French colonial architecture
  • Nha Trang: A coastal resort city in southern Vietnam known for its beaches, scuba diving and offshore islands. The 7 km long white sandy beach of Nha Trang is known as Vietnam’s Mediterranean coast.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 : Arrival in Saigon

Our car and tour guide will meet you upon your arrival at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

Transfer to your hotel in the city centre for check-in.

Free at leisure in the rest of the day.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Day 2 : Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnel

Breakfast

A morning city tour of dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called SAIGON by the locals.

The orientation tour will be commenced on the Cach Mang Thang Tam Square (August Revolution Square) featured by the graceful colonial style, Notre Dame Cathedral and Saigon Central Post Office, from where you can walk up to visit the historical Reunification Palace.  The tour is continued with a visit to a famous lacquer ware factory and Thien Hau Pagoda in the bustling China Town.

In the afternoon, we drive overland to Cu Chi Tunnels, an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese guerrillas to protect numerous villages against the American attacks during the Vietnam War.

Back to Saigon for dinner and O/N.

Stay overnight in HCMC.

Cu Chi Tunnels

Day 3 : Saigon - Can Tho

Breakfast

AM: We visit part of the Mekong Delta today.

Head south to Can Tho province and have a break after two-hour driving at My Tho to visit the ornate Vinh Trang Pagoda and a family-run rice noodle factory.

Check-in hotel in Can Tho at noontime.

PM: We leave for Thot Not, 45km to the north of Can Tho to visit the bamboo basket-making hamlet of Long Thanh before going on to the Thot Not Stork Sanctuary, from where you can view thousands of egrets and herons arrive to roost in the branches from a watching tower.

Return to Can Tho late afternoon for dinner and O/N.

Stay overnight Can Tho.

Bang Lang Stork Sanctuary

Day 4 : Can Tho - Chau Doc

Breakfast

After breakfast, check-out and drive northwest to Chau Doc, situated on the Cambodian border.

Transfer to hotel on arrival.

Afternoon, take a boat to visit the Fish Farms where fish are bred in wooden cages suspended under floating houses on Mekong river.

Stop at an islet for visiting a Cham minority group village where people are continuing their traditional simple life on stilt houses with fishing, weaving and practicing their daily Muslim ceremonies.

Return to the mainland in time to drive up the Sam Mt. to watch the sunset over the Cambodian border.

Stay overnight in Chau Doc.

Mekong River – Chau Doc

Day 5 : Chau Doc - Vinh Long - Sai Gon

Breakfast

Leave Chau Doc for Saigon via Vinh Long.

Break the journey at Vinh Long to take a boat trip to visit Phan Thanh Giang Confucius Temple and the cottage industries of Cho Cua village. You will have a chance to visit a ceramic tile factory, a tofu and fish sauce factory, a blacksmith’s, a roof thatcher’s and a rice husking factory.

Continue to Cai Be Floating Market and rejoin the car to drive back to Saigon for dinner and O/N.

Floating market on Mekong River

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 6 : Saigon - Da Lat

Breakfast

Leave Saigon after breakfast for a drive through scenic rubber and tea plantation farms en route to the cooler climes of Dalat, 300km from Saigon.

Established as a hill station at the beginning of 20th century, Dalat is reminiscent of an alpine town with its French chalets and pine forests.

An afternoon of sightseeing in Dalat takes in the art deco former Summer Palace of Emperor Bao Dai, the old Dalat Railway Station, Xuan Huong Lake, the Central Market and Lam Ty Ni Pagoda where a Buddhist monk, Vien Thuc, produces his abstract paintings and writes poetry.

Da Lat, City of Flowers and Love

Stay overnight in Dalat.

Day 7 : Da Lat - Nha Trang

Breakfast

Leave Dalat for Nha Trang after breakfast.

The road descends to the arid coastal city of Phan Rang.

Break the journey here to visit the 13th century Po Klong Jarai Cham Towers perched high on a rocky hill surrounded by prickly pear cacti.

After Phan Rang Highway 1, turns north and follows the coast past salt pondos and vivid green rice fields to Nha Trang.

Check-in hotel in Nha Trang upon arrival.

Afternoon, visit the city including the Po Nagar Cham Towers and Long Son Pagoda with its enormous white Buddha statue.

Po Nagar Cham Towers, Nha Trang

Stay overnight in Nha Trang

Day 8 : Nha Trang

Breakfast & Lunch

A morning boat trip on Nha Trang bay.

We visit some of the nearby islands and there are opportunities to swim and snorkel in the clear warm waters.

Return to shore after a fresh seafood lunch on one of the islands.

The afternoon is free to relax on the beach.

Stay overnight in Nha Trang.

Nha Trang Beach

Day 9 : Nha Trang - Mui Ne - Sai Gon

Breakfast & Lunch

Bus trip back to Saigon, on the way visit Mui Ne beach, relax and swimming.

Lunch in Mui Ne.

Arrival in Saigon and check-in.

A list of good shopping and relax addresses will be supplied by your tour guide for the rest of your time today.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

Mui Ne Beach – Phan Thiet

Day 10 : Depart Saigon

Breakfast

Free at leisure until transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for your ongoing flight.

End of the tour.

Sai Gon – Ho Chi Minh City

Prices

Prices are in USD, per person.

Hotel / Group 2 guests 3-4 guests 5-6 guests 7-8 guests 9-12 guests Single surcharge
3 Star 1085 767 673 561 555 233
4 Star 1304 988 887 781 769 331
5 Star 1727 1410 1306 1201 1186 648

What's included

  • Accommodations (Hotels, resorts or homestays as mentioned in program)
  • Meals as indicated in the program (B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner)
  • Airport and land transfers
  • Mekong, Nha Trang boat trip
  • Tour guides (English speaking or other languages upon request)
  • Entrance fees as per itinerary

What's excluded

  • Visa/ passport
  • International flight to and/ or from our countries
  • Travel Insurances
  • Meals/ drinks not mentioned in program
  • Peak season surcharges (if any)
  • Tips, laundry and gratuities
  • Other personal expenses

Cancellation by Customer

– There may be cancellation fees charged by suppliers (hotels, airlines…) once these bookings are made and paid. These fee shall by paid by travelers.

– These are maximum cancellation fees to be flexible applied:

  • Cancellation received after confirmation: Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)
  • Cancellation received from 15 days to 20 days prior arrival date: 10% of total package tour charged + Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)
  • Cancellation received from 3 days to 14 days prior arrival date: 15% of total package tour charged + Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)
  • Cancellation received less than 3 days prior arrival date or during tour or No-Show: 20% of total package tour charged + Used services (if any) + Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)

Children Policy

  • Free of charge for child under 5 years accompany with 1 full paying client, sharing room and food with parents. He/ she shall pay for air tickets (if any) and/ or incurred expenses
  • 75% charged for child from 5 – under 11 years accompany with 1 full paying clients, using services as an adult
  • Child age of 11 years up is subject to adult rate

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Denmark February 17, 2018
10.0 Absolutely magnificent
Paradise Travel was excellent! They made our time in Vietnam fun, easy and unforgettable! It was nice to have a tour company with us for some of our time in Vietnam to tell us about the history of the country and tips for our visit. Paradise Travel was super helpful and informative and made the trip every enjoyable!

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