Day1:
Saigon
Arrival
Our
representative/tour
guide
will
meet and
greet
you at
the
airport.
Transfer
to the
city for
hotel
check-in.
Free at
leisure
to make
your own
exploration
to
discover
the
bustling
city of
Saigon.
Overnight
in
Saigon
Day
2:
Saigon -
Nam Cat
Tien
National
Park
(Meals:
B, L)
Pick up in Saigon and head north by vehicle to Cat Tien National Park. About 150 kilometers or a 3.5 hour drive. Check into the park and have lunch at Cat Tien National Park Restaurant. In the afternoon jungle trek (8 kilometers), or bird watching option. The best bird watching guides in Southern Vietnam work at Cat Tien National Park. Night spotting by jeep with an opportunity to see nocturnal animals of the park including deer, civet, snakes, and feral cats. Overnight at guesthouse in Nam Cat Tien.
Day
3:
Nam Cat
Tien -
Dalat
(Meals:
B, L, D)
Morning
jungle
trek out
to Bau
Sau
(crocodile
lake)
and back
(10 km).
After
lunch in
the
park,
depart
by
vehicle
to
Dalat.
Breathtaking
scenery
along
the way
with
coffee
and tea
plantations,
jungle
blanketed
valleys
and pine
forested
hills
(250 km
or 4 hr
drive).
Check in
to hotel
and
dinner
at one
of the
great
Dalat
cafes
and back
to hotel
for a
good
night's
rest
before
next
day's
adventure.
***
Note:
Day 2 &
Day 3
can be
replaced
by
Mekong
Delta
boat
trip
upon
your
request.
Day
4:
Dalat
Easy
Trek
Stroll through the pine forest and hike to the top of Pinhatt Mountain (1,700 meters) for a view of beautiful Tuyen Lam lake. Enjoy a boat ride across the lake to visit Vietnam most beautiful pagoda. A good mix of pine forest, coffee plantations, and jungle on this trek. Moderate 4 hour walk with one strenuous uphill climb. Transfer you back to Dalat City. Overnight at hotel in Dalat.
Day
5:
Dalat -
Lak Lake
Leave Dalat for Lak Lake at 8 am. On the way, visit a silk worm farm, chop stick maker, and a coffee farm. Lunch at a local restaurant next to Krongno bridge. Arrive in Jun, a M'nong ethnic minority village next to Lak Lake by 2 pm. Cross Lak Lake by dug out canoe (pirogues), trek through area villages on the far side of the lake. Return by pirogues. Sleep in long house.
Day
6: Yok
Don
National
Park
(Meals:
B)
Leave Lak Lake for Yok Don National Park in the morning after breakfast. Stop at Drayling - the confluence of seven rivers - for sight seeing. In Yok Don park visit the old house of the elephant hunting king. Elephant riding is available in Yok Don. Drive to Buon Me Thuot in the afternoon. Dinner and night in Buon Me Thuot.
Day
7:
Nam Ka
forest -
Buon Triet lake - Jatu
There
are some interesting things to do this morning. Visit
Ethnology Museum where we can see many things come from the
daily life of ethnic minorities in Vietnam such as : clothes,
cultivated tools, musical instruments... We continue on to
Khai Doan Pagoda, the last one of Nguyen Dynasty in the
Central Highlands. The architecture of this pagoda is mixed
between long house-on-stilts of Ede group and traditional
house in Hue. Visit Buon Ma Thuot’s bustling regional
market. You can buy some souvenirs before driving to Kon Tum
in the afternoon. Overnight at hotel in Kon Tum
Day
8:
Buon Ma Thuot -
Kon Tum
There
are some interesting things to do this morning. Visit
Ethnology Museum where we can see many things come from the
daily life of ethnic minorities in Vietnam such as : clothes,
cultivated tools, musical instruments... We continue on to
Khai Doan Pagoda, the last one of Nguyen Dynasty in the
Central Highlands. The architecture of this pagoda is mixed
between long house-on-stilts of Ede group and traditional
house in Hue. Visit Buon Ma Thuot’s bustling regional
market. You can buy some souvenirs before driving to Kon Tum
in the afternoon. Overnight at hotel in Kon Tum
Day
9:
Kon Tum - Kon Ko
Tu village
Visit
the Big
Seminary, the Wooden Church and drive to Kon Ko Lor II
village. Start hiking through Kon Ko Ri village, across rice
and sugar-cane fields. You will meet Bana ethnic people and
discover the architecture of Rong house which looks like an
axe blade pointing in to the sky. Later in the afternoon,
enjoy a ride on the river by rubber boat to Kon Ko Tu village. This
evening is spent in Rong house that belongs to the Bana
minority.
Day
10:
Dakto - Plei Phun
- Plei Ku
The
private transport will take us to Dak To. Walk across a
suspension bridge to visit some villages of Se Dang minority.
Back to Kon Tum and transport to Plei Ku. Visit Phun village,
a traditional village of Jarai ethnic group with a typical
cemetery in the Central Highlands. The tombs are decorated by
wooden statues. Going on to T’nung Lake before checking in
hotel in Plei Ku.
Day
11: Plei Ku - Quy
Nhon
Today we
drive to
Quy Nhon
via
Highway
No.19
with
stopover
at An Khe.
Having lunch on the way. Proceed to Quy
Nhon. Overnight at beach resort in Quy Nhon.
Day
12: Quy
Nhon at
Leisure
Today
you will
be free
at
leisure
by your
own
Day
13: Quy
Nhon -
Saigon
At
leisure
until we
transfer
you to
the
airport
to take
flight
back to
Ho Chi
Minh
City.
Day
14:
Depart
Saigon
City
Free
at leisure until transferring to Tan Son Nhat airport to take
departure flight onward. HOME SWEET HOME. End of service.
