http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/ Vietnam Tour - Vietnam Open Tour Homepage en-us Copyright (C) Vietnam OpenTour VietnamOpenTour Daily group tour. Ha Long Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin, covers an area of 1500 square km. With more than a thousand limestone peaks soaring from its crystalline emerald water this area is one of the natural wonders of Vietnam and now one of four World Heritage listed sites in Vietnam. Visitors have constantly marveled at Halong Bays natural beauty. The tiny islands are dotted with innumerable beaches and grottoes created by the wind and the waves that make a excellent backdrop for swimming or just lazing about on the boat deck.      View more picture of Halong Bay     ITINERARY  8:00 departure. Enjoy the interesting 3.5 hour drive to Ha Long city. Arrive in Ha Long city. Lunch. Then take a boat trip about 4hrs journey. Cruise through the emerald waters between the limestone outcrops and long corridors, visit THIEN CUNG cave or SUNGSOT cave. Back to Halong city where your minibus will be waiting for you to take you back to Hanoi. 20h30 Arrive in Hanoi. Superior : Nomal (Vietnamese lunch) Deluxe : Seafood and kayaking.   Inclusive services : Transport, boat trip, entrance fee, lunch and guide.   Exclusive services : Drinks, other cost is not mentioned in inclusive services. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/halong-bay-full-day.html .  ITINERARY   Kenh ga 7h00 Leave to Van Long then have a boat trip around natural caves and grottoes, admire the wonderful landscape of the tourist area.  12h00 Picnic Lunch.  12h30 take about 3 hours road ride to the ferry-boarding a boat and cruising along Hoang Long river (that is mean the Dragon river), watching beautiful shaped limestone formation, rice paddies to visit the floating village Kenh Ga ( Chicken Canals-see lonely page ). Enjoy the life and activities on the river that you can image like water puppet show on the theatre. Visit Hotmineral-Spring ( Natural stream). Transfer back to Hanoi.   Inclusive services : Transport, entrance fee, lunch and guide. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/van-long-floating---kenh-ga-geyser---full-day.html U$ 49/ per (Private tour for group of 2 pers). CucPhuong National Park is located 100km south of Hanoi in Ninh Binh province. The park is conveniently located on the route to several tourist attractions, including Bich Dong Pagoda, Hoa Lu, and Sam Son Beach. It was officially opened in 1960 as the first national park in Vietnam. Cuc Phuong National Park is surrounded by several limestone cliffs, the highest being May Bac, meaning silver cloud, with a height of 656m. There are plenty of plants and mammals living in the park. There are an estimated 2,000 different species of flora and the 450 species fauna account for 38 of the national fauna.     View more pictures   ITINERARY   AM : 7h00 depart to Ninh Binh .Arrive Cucphuong , 10h30 Visit the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre. Lunch.   PM : 1h00 Depart to the Park Centre, on the way visit the Cave of Early Man ( had over 7000 year) , on the way admire the primary forest with 1000 year Old Tree.   Inclusive services : Transport, entrance fee, lunch and guide. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/cuc-phuong-national-park---full-day.html Group tour. Often referred to as “Inland Ha Long Bay ”, the area of Tam Coc and Hoa Lu is characterised by the limestone geology that gives rise to the towering karsts that make this picturesque area so unique.  On this enjoyable day trip, the atmosphere is relaxed as you casually pedal and paddle your way past green rice fields, along waterways and through underground passages.      View more pictures   ITINERARY   AM :   8.00 leave Hanoi by coach to Hoa Lu (2.5 hrs). Visit the historic capital of Viet Nam and the famous ancient temples of Le and The Dinh Dynasties.  Bus transfer or cycle for an hour on picturesque quiet roads through villages, rice fields, rivers and rocky outcrops to Tam Coc (12km) for lunch. PM :   Boat trip to visit TamCoc to see the beauty of the karst formations as you pass along their base and row into one of the many caves carved through the limestone. D ive back to Ha Noi.  Tour ends  around 6pm. Inclusive services : Transport, boat trip, entrance fee, lunch and guide.   http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/hoa-lu---tam-coc---full-day.html Group tour price. The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites in Buddhist Vietnam. Every spring, after the Vietnamese New Year, thousands of Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and prosperity they need to get them through the year. The pagoda itself is built into limestone cliffs and can only be reached by boat and foot, as there are no roads into this area. You will glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths visiting the pagodas and temples that were built in this area over the last centuries.     View more pictures   ITINERARY   AM : Departure at 8h00. The bus to pick you up at hotel and take 2 hours road trip. Then you take row-boat trip to go visit that land on the Yen stream "romantic time" about 1 hour to Thien Tru harbour. Then you will enjoy time to trekking go up and down visit the main cave so nice, step by step you will arrive Huong Tich cave on the top of the mountain. To see Golden-Silver tree, rice stuck....One hour down. Have lunch at bottom mountain in restaurant beside.   PM : After lunchtime, you will see the Heaven Kitchen pagoda and to know about Buddhism ancient architectural at Le Dynasty. Then you will come back by row-boattrip and 2 hours road trip to Hanoi and arrive at about 18h00.   Inclusive services : Transport, boat trip, entrance fee, lunch, guide. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/huong-pagoda---full-day.html . Regarded as a cradle of Vietnams culture - The Red River delta is best known for its handicraft villages and traditional seasonal festivals. We offer you the unique opportunity to see the real rural life of Vietnamese peasants living in these handicraft villages. This tour is also interesting for those who are interested in Buddies philosophy.      View more pictures   ITINERARY   PRG-1 (Half day) : BAT TRANG : Pick up at hotel and transfer to the riverside village of Bat Trang Village, where distinctive ceramics are made and used throughout the delta region for over 500 years. The vitality of this village is still blown up by the hundreds of pottery kilns on fire day and night. We stroll around various cottage industries and watch craftsmen forming, painting and glazing their products in traditional ways. The trip ends after arrival in Hanoi.   PRG-2 (6 hours) :  VAN PHUC, a silk village is a great place to silk cloth being produced on the loom .There is a showroom where you can buy silk by the meter, much more exciting that buying it in the shops! Continue to visit TRAM pagoda & TRAM GIAN pagodas.   PRG-3 : BAT TRANG - an old pottery village, DONG HO - a painting village, here they make 'Giay do' paper and paint them with traditional designs. All of paper is made by hand and some, still in the traditional way with all natural products. BUT THAP pagoda, DONG KY - carpentry village. Here they made furniture inlaid with mother of pearl and finished off with layer of clear lacquer. In laying the mother of pearl is highly labour intensive, see how it is delicately sawed info fine fish-bone sliver and paints takingly set into wood.   PRG-4 : THAY (master pagoda) & TAY PHUONG pagoda. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/traditional-village-and-pagoda---full-day.html Full day. Ha Noi was once a collection of villages that eventually grew into quarters dedicated to particular crafts, where skilled artisans continue to practice their skills that have been handed down for centuries. Whether it is art, history, museums or ancient pagodas, tell us what interests you and we’ll take you on a memorable tour that includes Ha Noi’s Old Quarter where you can shop and learn about the history of family trade. Worth a visit are the Temple of Literature (ad 1070), Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda (ad 1049), Tran Quac Pagoda (17th Century), Museum of Ethnology... ITINERARY:     View more pictures 8h00 AM Departure. Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho"s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh"s house on stilts. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi . Continue to visit the Quan Thanh Temple ( Taoist, dating from the Ly Dynasty ) and Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lake ( One of the oldest in Vietnam ).  Lunch. PM : After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum, continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Vietnam"s first university constructed in 1070, it"s gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam"s past.  We will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake, see the peaceful waters, and visit Ngoc Son temple. For the end of the tour journey visit by coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarter.  Free for shopping. Note:   On Monday and friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed - Bat Trang pottery village will be arranged as substitution. Inclusive services : Transport, entrance fee, lunch and tour guide.   Exclusive services : Drink, other personal cost     http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/hanoi-city-tour.html (1 day)-  Private tour price : From $ 50/per Rice fileds, floating markets, daily life of the Mekong Delta people. ITINERARY     Vinh Long  6:00 Pick up at hotel the depart for Cai Be by car/van , stop for photos at Tan An town over the flat rice fields. On arriving in Cai Be, start the motorized boat ro visit the Cai Be floating market, experience how people exchanging goods, fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Visitors then roam into the small villages to visit the orchard, fruit plantation. Keep cruising to Vinh Long through small canals to enjoy the charm of the Upper Mekong Delta. Visit some hand made family business products such as the coconut candy mill, the crispy rice popcorn. Arrive in Binh Hoa Phuoc village the green pearl of Vinh Long town where you can indulge yourself into the nature . Have lunch with fresh river food served in the heart of the garden. Enjoy the southern Vietnamese traditional folk music. Take a nice walk through the bonsai garden. Meet the car/van in Vinh Long. Return to HCMC. Finish the trip around  17:00 at your hotel. Inclusive services : A/C car or van , English ( French, Janpanese ) speaking tour guide, boat trips, 1 lunch with local speciality - Elephant eared fish , fruit, honey tea, entrance fee. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/-cai-be-floating-market---vinh-long.html Daily  - 1 day. My Tho city , which sprawls along the Upper Mekong River is one the closest cities in the mighty Mekong Delta to Hochiminh city ( Sai Gon ). Visitors can reach the city for 1 ½ hours drive along the National Highway's the green rice fields. Those who are in tight schedule can take a day tour to My Tho with boat trips around the 4 beatiful islands named as Dragon, Unicorn, Pheonix, Tortoise island with fruitful garden. Enjoy the rowing ride unther the shadow of the water-coco nut palm along the tiny canals in Ben Tre province is realy remarkable. Friendly local famers with cheerfull smile invites guests fresh fruits right in their orchards. You can sometimes cactch up the Vietnamese traditional folk music while walking through the villages to experience how they garthering for traditional birth, weddings parties or a death ceremony in the Vietnames coutyside path.     Ben tre     ITINERARY   A smooth one and half hour bus ride passing rice fields and stopping over the National highway No.1 , leads visitors to the beautiful rural district of Trung Luong. The morning trip continues on the motorised boat to enter My tho city to through Bao Dinh natural canal. Vicitors then pay a visit to the My tho street fruit market alongside the canal. Here they can join in with the daily activities of the local people and enjoy the atmosphere. Visitor then take a cruise on the Tien river to the Qui ( Tortoise island ). On the way, they view the fishing port, stilt houses, boat building workshops, the other Dragon, Pheonix and Unicorn island. Lunch will be served right in the heart of the orchard to the sound of " Southern Vietnamese folk music ", performed by the islanders. After visiting the coconut candy mill, the amazing rowing boat trip on the small canal is something visitors can not miss. Then continue on to Ben Tre province - " the country of coconut " , to see a typical agricultal model call " Garden - Pond - Cage " , then enjoy the relaxing honey tea. Visitors" expectaions will be fullfiled by final boat trip back to My Tho on the Tan Thach natural canal, which is fully covered with water coconuts. Head home to Hochiminh city by bus.   Inclusive servises : A/C bus, English speaking tour guide, boat trips, 1 lunch, fruit, honey tea, entrance fee.   Exclusive services : Other costs http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/my-tho---ben-tre.html (2 days/ 1 night).       Day 1 : Hanoi - Halong 8.00:Leave for Halong Bay. 11.30 arrive HaLong Bay. 12h15 : Board Huong Hai Junk, check-in registration 12h45 : Start cruise 13h00 : Have lunch board 13h30 : A fantastic cruise in Ha Long bay, visit Dinh Huong island, Ga Choi island, Dog island, Sail island, visit Sung Sot cave and a swim at Titov beach. 17h30 : Drinking Vietnamese wine and enjoy sunset 19h30 : Enjoy dinner on board. 21h00: Fishing or relax and spending a night on board.  Day 2 : Halong - Hanoi      7h00 : Have breakfast 7h30 : A morning cruise to visit Man"s head island, Tortoise island, visit Luon cave by small bamboo boat, Bai Tu Long bay 10h00: Arrange luggage and check-out 10h30: Have lunch on board. 11h45: Arrive Halong wharf. End the trip.  Daily Inclusive services : All bus transfer, Welcome drink, 3 main meals, 1 breakfasts, visit ticket, insurance, English speaking local guide, one beer or mineral water in second meal, fresh fruit, 1 nights accommodation on board. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/ha-long-bay-on-huong-hai-junk-boat.html From U$ 49/ per. This tour is for those people who wish to simply relax without having to rush from one place to another. The French as a holiday resort built tam Dao, 80 km from Hanoi, in the beginning of this century for the well to do. It is situated north west of Hanoi at an elevation of almost 1000m. Because of this the temperature remains a pleasant and comfortable level year round. These days Tam Dao is popular with day-trippers from Hanoi who wish to escape the stress of city life for a day or two.   ITINERARY We leave Hanoi at around 0730 for a 2-hour journey along highway 23. Once we turn off the highway the road becomes narrow and very winding as it climbs into the mountains. We spend the day at Tam Dao lazing by the swimming pool, hiking to the Silver Waterfall or to the Temple of the Goddess of the Jungle. We leave Tam Dao around 1600.       Inclusive services : English speaking guide Additional meals as indicated within the itineraries All transport Admission fees and permits during guided excursions http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/tam-dao-hill-station-full-day.html (2 days / 1 nights). Mekong Delta was formed by sediment deposited by the Mekong River and the process still continues today.  The land of the Mekong Delta is renowned for its richness and most of it is under cultivation.  Its product includes rice, coconut, sugarcane, fruits and fish.  A major activity in the Mekong Delta is boating.  It is interesting to tour through the canals by boat to get a close look at the beautiful natural setting of the Mekong Delta.       Day 1: Depart at 7:45 AM from our office to Cai Be by air-conditioned bus. Have a motorized boat ride to see round Cai Be floating market with local people being selling, buying, exchanging goods from their boats.Walk around to see orchard, rice paper making, rice scrispies producing process, ect...Stop for a rest, a free Vietnamese lunch including tropical fruits, traditional music. Boat through a village to see peaceful tranquil life of villagers, admire marvelous natural setting of Mekong Delta region. Take a boattrip through some islands and cross Mekong river to Vinh Long. Crossing lower Mekong river to view Can Tho city  by ferry. Overnight in Can Tho.     Day 2: 3-hour boat trip to discover the beautiful Cai Rang floating market and its surroundings.  Visit a vermicelli making shop, a rice husking mill, fruit gardens.  Enjoy tropical fruit (free). See the peaceful life in the rural area. Have lunch  in Can Tho before going back to Saigon.  Stop to visit  Vinh Long market and bonsaI garden in My Tho.   Tour Cost includes  :  Bus, guide, entrance fees, boattrips, hotel (twin room)  breakfast (1), lunch (1).    Tour Cost excludes :  Other meals, drink. Standard : Home stay/ 2* hotel : Phuong Dong Hotel/ Asia Hotel Superior : 3* hotel : Saigon Can Tho/ Ninh Kieu Hotel Duluxe : 4* hotel : Golf 4 Hotel VIP : 5* hotel : Victoria Hotel http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/mekong-delta-tours-2-days.html (2 days /1 night) - Group tour price : U$45/ per. ITINERARY       Day 1 : HCM city - Cat Tien After leaving the busy city of Sai gon, turning off the National Highway 20 leads visitors to a mountainous area full of roadside platations of rubber and green coffee. A short , smooth 150 km bus ride takes visitos to a former volcanic crater , known as Lava tubes. Crossing the Dong Nai river to enter the Cat Tien National Park enables visitors begin their wildlife experience. Afternoon, we do a three hour trekking to through the Reserved Core Area. We will see many kinds of hundreds of years old trees. They return to the center for dinner. Program Highlight: Spotlighting two- hour night cruise in to the jungle, in a jeep, allows visitor to enjoy the feelings of watching wild animals drinking and hearing the calls of rhinocerous. What to see: Dreers, wild pigs, rabbits, porcupines, and many more.   Day 2 : Cat Tien - Ho Chi Minh Visitors wake up to the nice songs of native birds. Breafast prepares them for another four-hour trekking to see the Crocodiles swamp and back to the headquater for lunch, take bus ride back to HCMC. Inclusive services : A/C bus, Tour guide, boat trip, 1 breakfast, spotting cruise, entrance fee, hotel based on two peoble sharing a twin room. Exclusive services : drinks and personal costs. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/cat-tien-national-park.html (4 days /3 nights). ITINERARY       Day 1 : Sai Gon - Phu Quoc Pick up and tranfer to Tan San Nhat airport for boarding to Phu Quoc on flight VN 479 ( 10h15am - 11h15am ). Pick up and transfer to your resort. Enjoy your private beach in the afternoon. Overnight in Sai Gon _ Phu Quoc resort.   Day 2 : Phu Quoc ( Swimming in the South ) ( B,L ) Breakfast at hotel. the same morning, drive to An Thoi port, visit the Australian pearl farm on the way to the Southern island. Arrive the An Thoi port, embark the fishing boat to an thoi archipelago. Drop the anchor in a quite bay, angling to cacth few more Garrupas, snappers,... Lunch with special barbecue seafood. After disembarking, drive to the Sao beach for your relaxion on the hammocks. Visit the Ham Ninh fishing village on the way back to the hotel. Overnight in hotel.   Day 3 : Phu Quoc ( Natural forest in the North ) ( B,L ) Breakfast at hotel. Drive to the North to discover the prmitive forest thenvisit the black peppers platation at Khu Tuong, sightseeing at Phu Quoc national park. Enjoy swimming at the Dai beach. Lunch. Return to your hotel. Free at leisure in the afternoon. Overnight in hotel.   Day 4 : Phu Quoc - Sai Gon ( B,L ) Breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to airport for boarding to Ho Chi Minh city on flight VN 480 ( 14h30 - 16h30 ). End of services. Includes : Return airticket : Sai gon - Phu Quoc - Sai gon: Domestic departure tax;A/C Pick up and transfer from/to airport, sight seeing; English speaking tour guide; Boat trip; Fishing lines, life vest, snorkling equiment; 2 lunches; 3 nights at Sai Gon Phu Quoc resort ( Robinson room ) with daily breakfasts. Excludes : Other meals not mentioned in the program; Personal cost http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/sai-gon---phu-quoc.html (3 days/ 4 nights). A former French hill station, located in the middle of the break taking landscapes in the north of Vietnam , Sapa is one of the most wonderful places in Asia and is a magical combination of landscapes, ethnic cultures and bracing mountain air. There are excellent areas for hiking through lush mountain valleys to the remote villages of different minorities, including the Black H'mong and the Red Dzao ....       ITINERARY   21:00 pickup at the hotel. Transfer to railway station for a night train LC1 at 22:00 to Sapa.   Day 1 : Lao Cai Station - Sapa - Hau Thao AM : 7h30 arrive Lao Cai Pick up at Lao Cai Station then transfer to Sapa .Check in and have breakfast in the hotel before the trip starts .We walk along the main road for a while then take a small path up hill to get to Hau Thao village of the Black H'Mong tribe. The trek brings you through the upper mountain rage of Sapa overlooking down to its valley. Our guide will prepare lunch in a local house while you walk around the village to meet the tribe and visit their catholic church. After lunch the guide take you back to Sapa on a different way which goes further to the other side the mountain.   Day 2 : Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai Have breakfast and check out before the trip starts. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Day tribes. Have a picnic lunch on the way then keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village, which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area. Afterward you head up to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zdao tribe where you will see the amazing scenery and beautiful waterfall. Stay overnight in a local family.   Day 3 : Giangtachai - Banho - Sapa Rise up early in the morning for breakfast then head to Ban Ho. You will trek up and down hills through a jungle and pass the Muong Hoa River and waterfall .Ban Ho village where you have lunch there live the Tay tribe with their special wooden house on stilts will amaze you, let alone the peaceful scenery and friendly people. And the last 45 min,climbing up hill to get to the waiting point is really a challenge for you. You get back to Sapa by motorbike/jeep.   Day 4 : Sapa - Cat Cat - Sin Chai Breakfast in hotel, the rest of the morning is free to explore the town on your own. After lunch you check out and leave your luggage in the hotel then get yourself ready before heading down to Cat Cat and Sin Chai villages of Black H'Mong tribe. Enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful scenery along the way. Back to Sapa and get fresh with a shower in the hotel's day room then transfer to Lao Cai Station for the night train back to Hanoi. App .4 hours trekking - 8 km * Meals: B - L * Accommodation: Overnight train.   Daily Inclusive services : Accommodation, transport, entrance fees, meals and guide, Train ticket (soft-sleepers 2 ways) http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/sapa-by-train---difficult--.html