Day 1   SAIGON ARRIVAL                  

Our driver pick you up at airpport, transfer to hotel. Check in and overnight in Saigon.

Day 2   SAIGON CITY TOUR (B,L)                  

Afternoon tour of Saigon including Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post office, War Remants Museum, Giac Lam Pagoda, China Town with ancient pagodas and temples and bustling Binh Tay Market. Back to Hotel.Overnight in Saigon

Day 3   SAIGON / CAO DAI / CU CHI (B,L)               

8.30, drive to Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh to observe the midday service. Cao Daism is a combination of Buddhism, Taosim, Confucianism and Christinaity. After lunch, we drive to Cu Chi Tunnels – the famous base during US – Vietnam war. Back to hotel.Overnight in Saigon

Day 4   SAIGON / MEKONG DELTA (B,L,D)               

8.00, driver picks you up at hotel, Transfer to Cai Be. The crew welcomes you on board in Cai Be. Enjoying an interesting Cruise on to visit Cai Be floating market and stop by to visit many of local factories, fruit markets and plantations on the bank. Your sampan will take you to Vinh Long and Sa Dec, cruise upstream Tien Giang River.

Disembark to take a small rowing boat for a cruise along and narrow cannel passing by a local tiny village and fruit plantations. Get off the small boat to visit Sa Dec Town with beautiful French Old Houses and Chinese Temples.

Delicious lunch at Ancient House dating from 1890, home of Mr. Huyen Thuy Le, the “Lover” of Marguerite Duras Famous writer.

Back on sampan, cruise down to Can Tho along a beautiful narrow canal, passing under several wooden “monkey bridges” .Stop by a Cao Dai Temple to visit. Before sunset, we will embark another splendid ancient house for candlelight dinner. After dinner, proceeds the cruise to Can Tho.

Overnight On Sampan

Day 5   MEKONG / SAIGON (B)                     

At around 6am, your sampan will slowly start cruising. Breakfast will be served on board at 07am while approaching Cai Rang floating market actually still the largest in the whole Mekong delta. We will pass by countless sampan boats carrying sand, rice, fruits and vegetables, fish, flowers… showing an intense activity on the river. Your cruise journey will end at around 10.am at Ninh Kieu pier after a visit at Can Tho local market. Transfer back to Saigon. Overnight in Saigon

Day 6   SAIGON DEPARTURE (B)                   

Breakfast at hotel. Free until departure to airport for flight home.

 

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Included:

·         Accommodation in twin/ double sharing basis with daily breakfast.

·         All escorted sightseeing tours with English tour guide (there is no need for a tour guide on airport transfers, if you would like a tour guide going with you, please send us a specific request)

·         All entrance and visiting fees

·         All private transportation with A/C

·         Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast/ L: Lunch/ D: Dinner)

·         Approval document for Visa on arrival 1 month Single entry.

·         Free Approval Document for Visa on arrival 1 month single entry to Vietnam (no deduct if you arrange the visa yourselves)

·         Taxes, service charges, Bank fees (if paying by credit cards).

Excluded:

·       Meals, Beverages which do not specify in the program

·       Personal travel insurance

·       International flights to and from Vietnam

·       Visa stamping fee (25 USD/person at airport on arrival for single entry 1 month tourist visa)

·       All personal expenses

·       All gratuities and tips to driver and tour guide

Note:

·         Prepare 2 passport size photos for Stamping visa at airport on arrival

·         Check in time is normally at 14.00, check out time is normally at 12.00. Early check in or check out is upon on availability of the hotels.

 

List Of Accommodation Recommended

 

City	Luxury	Deluxe	Superior	Standard
HCMC	Park Hyatt	Majestic	Northern Hotel	Asian Ruby Hotel
Mekong	Song Xanh Sampan

 

If, at the time of booking, any hotels or rooms in the list above are fully booked, we will endeavour to find accommodation of a similar standard elsewhere. If the only available accommodation is of a higher or lower standard, we will revise the price accordingly and consult you immediately.

 

PACKAGERATES (in USD per person) Validuntil 31 Oct, 2012
Number in group	2	3-4	5-8	S.R.S
Standard	685	578	479	130
Superior	724	618	518	169
Deluxe	945	838	739	390
Luxury	1,595	1,488	1,389	1,040

*S.R.S: Single Room Supplement

 

*At the time of quotation, Travel Sense Asia reserves the right to adjust prices to take account of unusual movements in currency markets, hotel and transport costs as a result of inflationary price pressures in oil and other commodity markets.