http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/ Mini-Breaks - Vietnam Open Tour Homepage en-us Copyright (C) Vietnam OpenTour VietnamOpenTour (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 (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 (3 days / 2 nights) - Covers all the highlights of the Mekong Delta area. ITINERARY       Day 1: Sai Gon - My Tho - Ben Tre - Chau Doc. 7:00 Pick up at hotel. Transfer to My Tho. Take the motorised boat throught the Bao dinh natural canal, view the stilhouses and the fruit platation along the canalsides. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Toirtoise island. Lunch served in the heart of the ht orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride throught the Tan Tach natural canal in Ben Tre, druise under the sahadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the family bussiness where you can eperience the agricultural lifestyle. Trekking through the the fruit paltation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride on the creeks before returing to My Tho by rowing boat. Proceed to Chau Doc. Check in on arrival. Visit the Sam mountain, the caved pagoda, enjoy the sunset down the Sam Moutain. Overnight in our proposed hotel.   Day 2: Chau Doc - Long Xuyen - Can Tho Breakfast at hotel. Take the morning boat trip to visit the floating fish farm and the floating village, the Cham weaving village. Deapart for Can Tho via Long Xuyen, visit the insense stick village, the Crocodile farm. Check in on arrival. Free at leisure in the evening. Dinner cruise on the Bassac river. Overnight your proposed hotel.   Day 3: Can Tho - Cai Rang - Phong Dien (B/L) Breakfast at hotel. Take a three hour boat trip to visit the Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets. Roam into the villages to visit the rice paper mill, the rice noodles. Return to Can Tho. Drive to Sai Gon. Stop for visit the bonsai garden in My Tho.   Finish the trip around 18h00. End of services. 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 :      CanTho : Phuong Dong Hotel/ Asia Hotel      ChauDoc : BenDa NuiSam Superior : 3* hotel :      CanTho :Saigon Can Tho/ Ninh Kieu Hotel      ChauDoc : NuiSam Post Office VIP : 5* hotel :      CanTho : Victoria Chau DocHotel      ChauDoc : Victoria ChauDoc Hotel http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/mekong-delta-my-tho---ben-tre---chau-doc---long-xuyen---can-tho-3days.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 (2 days/ 1 night). This trip to the north west highland of Mai Chau offers a balance of cultural and physical activities set amongst some northern Vietnam"s stunning natural landscape. We spend the night within walking distance of Mai Chau and overnight in a White Thai village where we have opportunities to observe the local lifestyle of these minority people. From the mountainous region of Mai Chau, we travel back to the nations capital, Hanoi.       ITINERARY   Day 1 : Hanoi - Hoabinh - MaiChau Departure at 7h00.The drive to MaiChau takes 4 hours, enjoy the scenery along the way see the interesting churches, pagodas and villages .At noon arrive Thai"s village .Have lunch on the stilt-house . Short walk around the Thai villages (5kms) to take picturesque Mai Chau valley and enjoy the relaxing surroundings of Ban Lac village .Dinner and sleep on traditional stilt house.   Day 2 : Mai Chau - Hanoi Breakfast .Visit Lac village . Lunch .Back to Hanoi .Stop over in Hoa Binh for seeing biggest hydroelectricity plant .18:00 arrive Hanoi . Inclusive services : Accommodation on a twin share basis with daily breakfast Logistics for the treks English speaking guide Meals as indicated within the itinerary All in country transport Admission fees and permits   http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/mai-chau.html Daily departure. One of the naturals wonders of the world and an UNESCO world heritage site. Ha Long bay is a truly remarkable destination. Over 3000 islands protrude from the sea with red sailed junks dotting the horizon. Come and see what the Vietnamese call "the descending dragon".       ITINERARY   Day 1 : Hanoi - Ha Long - Cat Ba (L, D) AM : 8h00 depart to Ha Long Bay. Arrive at 11h30, lunch at restaurant . PM : Boat trip to visit Ha Long bay (4 hours). The calm emerald water and towering karst islands create a mystical maze as you cruise past Tam Cung Cave and Dau Nguoi (Human Head) islet, and visit THIEN CUNG cave. There will be lots of time for swimming and taking pictures. On the way Possible to stay at the hotel in Catba island or keep staying on the boat.   Day 2: Cat Ba - Ha Long - Hanoi (B, L) Breakfast. Enjoy a sunrise cruise in the breathtaking scenery of Ha Long bay. Continue on to cruise to Soi Sim beach. Stop for a swim, and then visit the fish farm, Ga Choi, Dinh Huong, Co Don, Cho Da. Then cruise back to the harbor. After lunch at restaurant in Halong. Return to Hanoi. Tour finished.   Includes : Hotel (2 persons share one double/ twin room) -  Transport by air-conditioning bus. Boat trip Entrance fee Meals as mentioned in the itinerary English speaking tour guide.   http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/ha-long-bay-cat-ba-island-2ds-1n.html Daily departure. One of the naturals wonders of the world and an UNESCO world heritage site. Ha Long bay is a truly remarkable destination. Over 3000 islands protrude from the sea with red sailed junks dotting the horizon. With a total area of 354 sq km, the mountainous island of Cat Ba is the largest island in Ha Long bay. Cat Ba is a tropical paradise of white sands beach, caves, and limestone peaks, which rise like gnarled, blackened fingers from the lush greenery.         Day 1: Hanoi - Ha Long - Cat Ba AM: 7:00-8:00 depart to Ha Long Bay. Arrive Ha Long Bay at 11h30. Lunch. on boat. PM: Cruise, visit SUNG SOT cave, fishing village, swimming, sleep on boat/ hotel.   Day 2: Cat Ba National Park and Kayaking AM: After breakfast on boat and enjoy a sunrise cruise in the breathtaking scenery of Halong. Cruise to Lan Ha Bay, change to a small boat for explore Lan Ha Bay, Monkey Island,   kayaking or fishing and swimming at Van Boi beach. Then take a boat to Cat Ba Island. Check in hotel, lunch. PM: After lunch, take a bus along the remote village to Tran Chau village. Then trekking along path to visit Phap village, continue on to trekking through the pine forest, the fields to Ang Goi in Xuan Dam village, stop for visiting area of bee hatching, garden of fruit, swimming. Then take a bus back to hotel. Have dinner. O/N in Cat Ba.    Day 3 : Cat Ba - Ha Long - Hanoi AM: Boat trip back to Ha Long Bay. Lunch. PM: Return to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi at 16h00.     Includes: Accommodation, transport, boat trip, entrance fee, meals and guide, free row kayak   http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/ha-long-bay--cat-ba-island--3ds-2ns.html (2 days/ 1 night). Over 3000 islands protrude from the sea with red sailed junks dotting the horizon. With a total area of 354 sq km, the mountainous island of Cat Ba is the largest island in Ha Long Bay. Cat Ba is a tropical paradise of white sands beach, caves, and limestone peaks, which rise like gnarled, blackened fingers from the lush greenery.   ITINERARY       Day 1 : Hanoi - Hai Phong - Cat Ba AM : 6:00 depart to Hai Phong. 9:00 Take an express boat to Cat Ba. 10h00: arrive Cat Ba. Check-in hotel. Lunch. PM : Free for swimming at the beach. Dinner and Overnight in Cat Ba.   Day 2 : Hai Phong - Catba - Hanoi AM :Short trek to visit Cat Ba National Park. Lunch. PM : Take an express boat to Hai Phong. Bus transfer to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi about 19h00.   Inclusive services : Transport, entrance fee, lunch and guide. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/hai-phong---cat-ba-island.html (3 days/ 2 nights) . The junks of the name Huong Hai ( Ocean Flavors ) are the only kind could bring to visitors a wonderful night on the bay with luxury and antique accommodations with a perfect provided by the crew. Spending time on the junk, you"ll not only savor a unique feeling in a world of wonder but also enjoy and joy into various of interesting activities as: going fishing on the bay at night, kayaking, watching sunrise and sunset.....       ITINERARY   Day 1 : Hanoi - Halong AM : 7.00 - 7.30 Leave for Ha long Bay. 11.30 arrive Ha Long Bay. 12h30 : Arrival Ha long wharf , get on junk, check in. 13h00 : Have lunch.. PM : Visit Ha Long bay, Thien Cung cave, Dau Go cave, round over Tuan Chau island, Dinh Huong island, Dog island, Sail island, Ti top Beach, have dinner on junk, enjoy sunset, swimming, fishing, drinking and over night on junk. Day 2 : Halong AM : Have breakfast, Swimming, Visit Tortoise island, Man?s head island, Bo nau cave, Luon cave. Have lunch. Visit Ba Ham lake, swimming at Ba Trai Dao beach, have dinner, fishing, drinking and overnight on junk. Day 3 : Halong - Hanoi AM : Have breakfast, Visit Bai Tu Long Bay, Teapot island, Chopsticks island, Bai Tho mountain. Have lunch on junk. Back to Ha long wharf. Bus transfer back to Hanoi. 17.00 arrive Hanoi. End trip. Inclusive services : All bus transfer, Welcome drink, 5 main meals, 2 breakfasts, visit ticket, insurance, English speaking local guide, one beer or mineral water in second meal, fresh fruit, 2nights accommodation on board. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/halong-bay-overnight-on-huonghai-junk-boat--3-.html (6 days/ 5 nights) Private tour : From U$ 185/ per (group of 4 pers). The Northwest of VietNam is still relatively untouched by the outside world. Beautiful scenery and traditional wooden stilt houses make this area is well worth a visit . See the extraordinary structure of the Russian built Hoa Binh Dam. Stay in traditional stilt house , travel through fertile valleys and along roads snaking through high mountain passes.       ITINERARY   Day 1: Hanoi - Sapa Depart to Sapa at 6 AM. Stop on the way for sightseeing and photographing. Overnight in hotel Day 2 : Sapa Trekking to Cat Cat - H"mong village. Enjoy Love Market of ethnic minority people (Every Saturday evening). Day 3 : Sapa - Lai Chau Stop at Phong Tho for visiting some ethnic villages. Day 4 : Lai Chau - Dien Bien Phu Visit a small museum of the battle field, headquarters of Colonel Christian de Castries, old French tanks and artillery pieces. Day 5 : Dien Bien Phu - Son La Visit French Prison, Hot Springs and natural caves. Day 6 : Son La - Hanoi Visit small ethnic hamlets scattering along the way from Yen Chau, Moc Chau to Hoa Binh (Muong people).  Inclusive services : Russian Jeep or mini-bus, petrol, experience driver and driver"s personal expenses http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/north-west-adventure.html (5 days/ 4 nights). ITINERARY     Day 1 : Hanoi - Lang Son Depart at 6.30 am. to Lang Son. Visit Tam Thanh, Nhi Thanh Caves and free trekking to Ky Lua Village. Day 2 : Lang Son - Cao Bang Trekking to villages of Tho, Nung, Meo and Dao people Day 3 : Cao Bang - Ba Be Lake Discover the numerous lakes and national park. Day 4 : Ba Be Lake Continue to visit the poetic lakes surrounded by steep mountains up to natural caves. Trekking to ethnic hamlets locating around the lake. Day 5 : Ba Be - Hanoi Stop for short trek, viewing the beautiful landscapes and making amazing photos.   Inclusive services : Russian Jeep or mini bus, petrol, experience driver and driver"s personal expenses http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/north-east-adventure.html (3 days/ 2 nights) BaBe National Park in Bac Kan Province was established in 1992 as VietNam’s eighth National Park. This beautiful region covers more than 23.000 hectares and boats waterfalls, rivers, deep valleys, lakes and caves set amids towering peaks. The surrounding area is home to members of the Tay minority, who live in stilt home.. ITINERARY     Day 1 : Hanoi - Babe Depart 8.00 AM for Ba Be Lake (145 meters above the sea level). Ba Be is the original national park, 250 kms from Hanoi. Stop on the way for sightseeing and photographing. Day 2 : Ba Be Visit on wooden boat the beautiful national park. You can discover spectacular high waterfall, rivers, deep valleys, natural cave and small lakes. The lakes are surrounded by steep mountain up to 1754 meter high. Trekking through many ethnic hamlets Day 3 : Ba Be - Hanoi Depart for Hanoi. Arrive at Hanoi at about 5h00 PM.   Inclusive services: * All meals following itinerary * Accomodation : 02 nights in normal room (twin sharing) (sgl/sup.:19 U$) * Boat trip on the Ba Be lake http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/babe-lake-adventure-tour.html (2 days/ 3 nights). A former French hill station, located in the middle of the breaktaking 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 diffirent 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 : Sapa - Cat Cat - Sin Chai AM : 7h30 arrive Lao Cai, pick up at Lao Cai Station then transfer to Sapa.You will have breakfast in the hotel and some time for R& R, check in before 12h00 o'clock. .After lunch trek 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 hotel for dinner and enjoy the night in Sapa town . App .4 hours trekking - 8 km .- Meals: B - L - D Accommodation: Hotel.   Day 2 : Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van After breakfast you check out and leave your luggage in the hotel, get ready for the trip. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Day tribes 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 .Have a picnic lunch on the way .You go back to Sapa by motorbike/jeep. Get yourself fresh with a shower in the hotel"s day room before transfer down to Lao Cai Station for the night train LC2 back to Hanoi. App .7 hours trekking - 15 km - Meals: B - L . Accommodation: Overnight train.     Joined group tour : Daily Inclusive services : Accommodation, transport, entrance fee, meals and guide, Train tickets soft-sleeper air-conditioning (Royal/ RATRACO train) 2 ways         http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/mini-breaks/sapa-by-train--easy-.html