INCREDIBLE SAIGON VENTURE TOUR TO HOI AN VIA CENTRAL HIGHLANDS – 11 DAYS

* BRIEF ITINERARY:

Day 1: Arrival – Ho Chi Minh City Sightseeing Tours

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Package Tours to Pleiku and Kontum

Day 3: Kontum Adventure Tours to Konktu

Day 4: Konktu Adventure Tours to Kontum

Day 5: Kontum Adventure Tours to Kon Chro – Yangnam – Homestay

Day 6: Yangnam Adventure Tours to Plei Bloum 

Day 7: Plei Bloum Adventure Tours to Pleiku

Day 8: Pleiku Travel Package Tours to Da Nang – Hoi An

Day 9: Hoi An Sightseeing Tours

Day 10: Departure from Da Nang

The Tây Nguyên region is home to a large population of ethnic minorities such as the people of Malayo-Polynesian languages (Jarai and Ede) and the people of Mon-Khmer languages (Bahnar and K’hor). They have made up the majority of the region’s population for a long time. However, this changed over the last few decades due to immigration of Kinh people (ethnic Vietnamese). As of 2006, there was a Kinh majority in the Central Highlands, while there were still several districts that had a non-Kinh majority (most of them in Gia Lai Province). The Central Highlands had a population of 4,935,200 people in 2007. As a result of resettlement campaigns of various governments (colonial, South Vietnam, post-war), the region’s population has increased significantly. It was 420,000 in 1926, but had reached 2.8 million in 1991 and 4.2 million in 2000

Day 1: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Arrival – Ho Chi Minh City Sightseeing Tours (D)

Welcome to Saigon, Vietnam’s modern metropolis. Your guide and driver will meet you outside the baggage claim of Tan Son Nhat International Airport and take you to hotel in city center. Check in and have a short break.

In the afternoon, enjoy a half day discovering Saigon’s diverse attractions. Start with a visit to Saigon’s China Town, then learn about traditional Vietnamese medicine at the FITO Museum and browse through the amazing array of goods at Ben Thanh Market. Quick photo stop over the former Presidential Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post Office to admire the city’s French colonial architecture before driving back to the hotel. Free time then allows your independent exploration of the city.

Tonight, we’ll be honored our guests the welcome dinner on Saigon Cruise while enjoying the sparkling Saigon from its river.

Overnight in Saigon.

Day 2: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Ho Chi Minh City Package Tours to Pleiku and Kontum (B, L, D)

 Today, we’ll leave the bustle and hustle Saigon behind and travel to Pleiku by air. On arrival in Pleiku, pick up and transfer to Kontum (50km). As the most remote province of the central highlands, Kontum is a virgin land with pristine nature and intact hill-tribe culture. The morning city tour includes a wooden cathedral (built in 1918) and a tribal exhibition at Kontum Monastery. Transfer to Dakto (50km) for a leisurely trek (5km) along the Krong Poco River to visit Sedang tribe villages. Return to a hotel in Kontum. 

Overnight in Kontum.

Day 3: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Kontum Adventure Tours to Konktu (B, L, D)

A soft adventure day begins at Plei Konang, 12km from Kontum. Take an exciting trek to Kon Monang (6km) on a jungle trail and discover more about exotic flora and fauna. Then paddle an inflatable raft or dug-out canoe on the Dak Bla River to the Bahnar tribe village of Kon Ktu(3 hours).

Stop by a white sandy bank circled by hills, forests and clear water for a picnic lunch and a swim. The day ends with a gong show where villagers including young women and old men in traditional dress dance around a bonfire. Have dinner at the village. Overnight at the village communal house at Konktu. Dak Bla (big river in the Ba Na people’s language)

Day 4: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Konktu Adventure Tours to Kontum (B, L, D)

Take a morning walk around the village to visit a house-on-stilts, a church and a school, many still retaining the ancient way of life. Continue to trek over forested hills on a trail under dense foliage 6km). Picnic lunch is arranged at Kon Chri Village. The afternoon is exciting with a delightful trek through villages and rice fields (6km) to the spectacular Kon Klo suspension bridge. Return to Kontum. 

Overnight in Kontum.

Day 5: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Kontum Adventure Tours to Kon Chro – Yangnam – Homestay (B, L, D) 

Leave for Pleiku (50km), a busy town, home to the Gia’rai hill-tribe on a fertile basaltic plateau at a height of 1,000 metres above sea level. Onwards to Kon Chro (110km) by a pleasant drive down the Mang Yang Pass. Have picnic lunch en route. Take a trek through a chain of Banhar tribe villages (14km), which is separated by cultivated lands or forests. Have dinner at Yangnam Village. A gong and dancing show performed by villagers is held at the village communal house.

Overnight at a house-on-stilts at Yangnam.

Day 6: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Yangnam Adventure Tours to Plei Bloum (B, L, D)

In the morning, continue trekking through bamboo forests to H’nga (12km) for a scenic sampan cruise on the Krong Pa River to Plei Bloum Village (2 hours). Have picnic lunch on a sandy bank and soak in clear water. If time permits, participate in sports (volleyball, football) with the villagers. Have dinner at the village. 

Overnight at a house-on-stilts at Plei Bloum.

Day 7: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Plei Bloum Adventure Tours to Pleiku (B, L, D)

In the morning, explore the secrets of grave statues standing in lines at the J’rai tribe’s tomb house in the village. Then, transfer to PleiKia Village (100km) for a fantastic elephant riding through J’rai Villages, rice fields, forests and streams. Have a picnic lunch under a canopy of leaves by Ia Nhi Falls. Proceed to Pleiku (60km).

Overnight in Pleiku.

Day 8: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Pleiku Travel Package Tours to Da Nang – Hoi An (B, L, D)

At leisure until transfer to Pleiku Airport for a short flight to Da Nang (daily except Tuesday and Thursday). On arrival, pick up and transfer to Hoi An (30km) with a stop-over at the Non Nuoc stone-carving village where a wide variety of articles is sculptured from marble and sandstone. The sculpture stone village situates under the range of Ngu Hanh Mountain (five natural elements). The rest of the day is leisure by a pool side or on the sandy beach of Cua Dai. 

Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 9: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Hoi An Sightseeing Tours (B, L, D)

Hoi An is well-known not only as a World Cultural Heritage site but also famous for its tranquil town and its white sandy beaches, amazing culinary. Spending the morning exploring the core ancient town on foot and taking an afternoon boat trip to nearby handicraft pottery village of Thanh Ha or cycling around the carpenter village of Kim Bong, or just frolicking in azure water. 

Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 10: Saigon Adventure Tour to Hoi An via Da Lat, Kon Tum, Pleiku: Departure from Da Nang (B)

After breakfast at hotel, free time to shop around the town or just at leisure until the airport transfer for your departure flight home.

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INCLUDING

+ Transportation in private air-conditioned vehicle with driver in delta and local transport in mountain
+ Accommodation: twin sharing room at mentioned hotels, guesthouses or similar one and home stay during the trek or tent
+ English or French speaking guide and local guide for trekking 
+ Meals as mentioned: B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner 
+ Train ticket ( soft sleeper cabin for 4 passengers) 
+ Entrance fee to indicated sights 
+ Permit and porter for trekking
+ Sleeping bag and mattresses
+ Waterproof bluebag for luggage
+ Tents if needed
+ Mosquito net
+ Boat trip 
+ Water, Fruit and Snack (3L/ pax/ day) 
+ Equipment
                                                                                             

EXNCLUDING

+ Other meals
+ tip
+ drinks
+ airport tax
+ single room supplement
+ personal expenses
+ travel insurance
+ visa
+ flight in/ out of Vietnam
+ any optional additional tours or activities during free time
+ surcharge for peak season
+ local holiday days and gala dinner