7-DAYS HO CHI MINH – DALAT – PHAN THIET CU CHI – MY THO

DAY 1: HO CHI MINH CITY ARRIVAL – DA LAT (300 KM) ( L)
Meet on arrival at Ho Chi Minh City / Tan Son Nhat International Airport and transfer to hotel. Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, is a center of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. Our representative will pick you up at the Tan San Nhat International Airport and transfer 6 hours to Da Lat, the beautiful city located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level with cool weather and plenty of flowers on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands region.
Lunch on the way to Da Lat. Arrival Da Lat check in hotel. Free at leisure. Overnight in Da Lat.

DAY 2: DALAT FULL DAY CITY TOUR (B/L)
AM: depart hotel for Robin Hills, where you can enjoy airy space and get the panorama view of the Dalat City and enjoy the marvelous sight of the pine forested valley stretched down to the South. Take cable car at Dalat Cable Car Station descending down 300 meters to enjoy the nice view of flower, vegetable fields dotted in the pine forested valley and Tuyen Lam Lake below. Have a short visit to Truc Lam Zen Monastery – the biggest Zen University in Vietnam, built on the top of Phoenix Hill (please dress decently when visiting the Monastery)
Keep driving southward to visit Datanla waterfall with magnificent view and enjoy cool air and some activities there. After the waterfall, we will go to the Bao Dai King’s Summer Palace, the last Emperor and unique cultural lifestyle of Vietnamese through Royal decoration, the meaningful place of your Dalat trip.
PM: Visit to Da Lat Flower Garden, which is known as the paradise of local and foreign of flowers. Keep on visiting a giant golden statue of Sakyamuni Buddha and the Cock Church (The Cathedral of Dalat city), the biggest church in Dalat. Then, continue to The Moon Villa (Crazy House) which is known as one of the strangest buildings in the world, comprising complex, organic, non-rectilinear shapes. Visiting Crazy House is taking a journey in giant tree trunks with the small winding paths incorporating sculptured design elements representing natural forms such as animals, mushrooms, spider webs and caves.
Lastly, free to enjoy the artichoke tea, jams at Dalat’s Specialities Showroom.
Overnight in Dalat.

DAY 3: DALAT – MUI NE (160KM) (B/L)
AM: After breakfast at hotel, we will transfer you to the coastal town of Phan Thiet – Mui Ne. Mui Ne is well known for unique white sand dunes, featuring several lakes and even swamps straight in the middle of sandy terrain. It is also the only place in Vietnam with hot air balloon ride service for adventurous tourists.
PM: visit Flying Yellow Sand Hills which are secularly formed, stretching over a huge area of approximately 50 hectares. The sand here has a lot of colors, mainly: yellow, ivory white, dark red, light red, etc. nicely mixed together. Proceed to visit White Sand Dunes known by locals as Bau Trang, you can hire a jeep to discover the dunes. Then, take off their shoes and wade through the Fairy Stream – Suoi Tien which has the red color from the sunlight and from the red sand in the bottom of the stream. Overnight in Mui Ne

DAY 4 : MUI NE – HO CHI MINH (215KM) (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
Breakfast at hotel. Free at your own leirure in the early morning to take bath in the sea. Then, proceed to visit Poshanu Cham Tower – the rare and precious remains of Cham culture. Afterwards, visit Phi Long Sand Picture Center where the disabled people are trained to make the sand pictures. Sand picture is a very famous art in Vietnam, also has been known and attracted many people in Malaysia Fair, lunch at local restraurant. In the afternoon Transfer to Saigon, check in hotel. O/N in Ho Chi Minh.

DAY 5 : HO CHI MINH – MY THO ( MEKONG DELTA) (B/L/-)
AM: Depart for My Tho, the Gateway to the Mekong Delta and the capital of Tien Giang Province 72 km from Ho Chi Minh City (Former Saigon). The Mekong Delta is known as the Delta of Nine Dragons for the 9 tributaries that splinter from the main Mekong River. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, the most beautiful pagoda of the province with a mixture structure of many styles. Then take a boat trip round 4 beautiful islets: Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix, and Tortoise. These evergreen islands among the Mekong River still remain unknown to many people. You will discover beautiful landscapes along the river and observe the typical Mekong delta rural life. And we also enjoy seasonal fruit and honey tea or Mekong whiskey and listen to the sound of Southern Vietnamese folk music performed by locals.
Continue to take a boat ride to Ben Tre province. Experience a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals and visit traditional house (all made from coconut). The next place is a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle. Here, we will have the chance to particular visits or photos making and taste the delicious coconut candy, observe the pastoral life as you wander through the fruit plantation and village.
PM: Enjoy fantastic lunch with special Elephant Ear fish at a local restaurant before coming back to Saigon. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

DAY 6 : HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR – CU CHI TUNNELS (B/L/-)
AM: Have an excursion to the famous Cu Chi tunnels, which stretched for over 200km from Saigon to the Cambodian border, became legendary during the 1960s. The Cu Chi tunnels played a vital part in the U.S.-Vietnam War in that they allowed the Viet Cong to control a large rural area only 30 to 40 km from Saigon. The network, parts of which were several levels deep, included innumerable trap doors, specifically constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centres and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have been widened and become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and feel of what underground life during the war must have been like. For those interested there’s even the opportunity to try an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range. Then, return to city.
PM: Start the city tour with the War Remnants Museum has a wealth of images from the wars, the most moving being a gallery entitled ‘Requiem’ which is dedicated to Vietnamese and foreign journalists and photographers who perished during the French and American conflicts. Photo stop at The Reunification Palace was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975 when the North Vietnamese tanks came crashing through the front gates, bringing the U.S.-Vietnam War to a dramatic end. Close to the palace some of the best examples of French colonial architecture are represented in the forms of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. Notre Dame Cathedral was built between 1877 and 1883 and the stone used to create it was imported entirety from France. Next to the cathedral stands the Central Post Office, finished in 1891. It is another fine example of French architecture and is Vietnam‘s largest post office. For all its French colonial history though, Ho Chi Minh City is by far and away Vietnam‘s most modern city. It has numerous shopping malls, cinemas, discotheques and a bewildering number of bars. End the trip at shopping malls or biggest wholesales Ben Thanh market.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

DAY 7 : HO CHI MINH CITY – DEPARTURE (B/-/-)
Leisure time until transfer to Ho Chi Minh City / Tan Son Nhat International Airport for departure