Halong Bay Tours
Vietnam HighLights Tours
|
Vietnam Nature Trails Adventure
|
Prices:
$985 -1 125
Duration:
9 Days/8 Nights
Start Date: Upon Request
Depart From:
Hanoi
Destination(s) to visit:
Hanoi - Cuc Phuong National Park - Bach Ma National Park - Hue - Ho Chi Minh City - Nam Cat Tien - Bau Sau
|
Tour Program:
Day 1: Arrive in Hanoi |
|
Pick up at airport for transfer to hotel. Free
stroll around to explore Hanoi's 1000 Years Old Quarter (if time
permits). Stay overnight at hotel. |
|
|
|
Day 2: Hanoi- Cuc Phuong National Park (L, D) |
|
You
will be picked up at your hotel in Hanoi for driving to Cuc Phuong,
about 140 km south of Hanoi by road, is one of Vietnam's oldest
national parks and consequently one of the best managed. It's
approximately 22, 000ha of subtropical forest and karst limestone
scenery, and home to an extraordinary range of unique species. Apart
from exploring the forest, you'll visit the park's Endangered Primate
Centre, where you'll be able to see two of the rarest species in the
world, the critically endangered Delacour and Cat Ba langurs. Stay overnight at National Park guest house.
*
Note: The best time to visit Cuc Phuong is from October to May. Avoid
the summer as the parks biodiversity includes a large contingent of
leeches that get hungry in hot humid weather. April to May sees clouds
of millions of butterflies spiralling in pockets of sunshine.
|
|
|
|
Day 3: Cuc Phuong National Park - Hanoi (B, L, D) |
|
After
breakfast, walking to visit flora, fauna and one-thousand-year-old
sequoia tree, the cave of Prehistoric man in Cuc Phuong National Park.
Have lunch in the Park restaurant. Turn back to Hanoi for flight to
Hue. Stay overnight at hotel in Hue. |
|
|
|
Day 4: Hue - Bach Ma National Park (B, L, D) |
|
Depart
at 08: 00am from your hotel, for one and half hour you will arrive at
Bach Ma National Park. The park is dominated by a single 1, 448m peak
wrapped in tropical monsoon forest below and topped by sub-tropical
vegetation. You will visit Do Quyen Waterfall - is astounding and huge
in the wooded mountain. It is more than 300m high and 20-30m wide. It
is amazing to watch the silver water running into the bright red of
water-rail flowers. After lunch, we will walk to Hai Vong Dai - Sea
Observation Post. Where people can have a panoramic view of immense sea
and surrounding scenery. Stay over night at park's guesthouse.
*Note: The best time to visit is from December to September, the leeches make their appearance in October and November. |
|
|
|
Day 5: Bach Ma National Park - Hue - Ho Chi Minh City (B, L, D) |
|
Morning in the park with walking around and
discover the nature to explore the beautiful scenery and many endemic
species, and is particularly rich in birdlife. Turn back to Hue airport
for flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Stay overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. |
|
|
|
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City - Nam Cat Tien National Park (B, L, D) |
|
Drive to Nam Cat Tien National Park, 170km from Ho
Chi Minh City in Dong Nai Province. Once off Highway One, the road
passes through large areas of rubber plantations before branching off
the highway on a rough track to the national park. An incredible
diversity of birds and mammals, live in the forest and wetland habitats
of Nam Cat Tien, including an estimated 230 species of birds.
Endangered birds to be found here in thier dinner. The Afternoon is
spent birding along the road from the park headquarters. Overnight in
Nam Cat Tien. |
|
|
|
Day 7: Bau Sau (B, L, D) |
|
Have a 4x4 drive to Bau Chim and Bau Sau areas,
staging points for the day’s trek. Trek for two and a half hours deep
into the forest. In Bau Sau, canoe around a lake, then trek back to the
parking lot for the drive back to the guesthouse. (Optional night 4x4
ride into the Nui Tuong forest to look for nocturnal animals).
Overnight at the guesthouse. |
|
|
|
Day 8: Nam Cat Tien – Ho Chi Minh City (B) |
|
Have a lazy morning of yourself to write your diary or to continue exploring the park. Transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City. |
|
|
|
Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City - Departure (B) |
|
Free until time transfer to airport for flight back home. Tour ends. |
Tour Prices (Price per person and in US$)
| Type |
Number of Travellers |
Internet Price |
|
|
|
|
2 Pax | 3 * |
985 |
|
|
|
|
3 - 7 Pax | 3 * |
960 |
|
|
|
|
8 - 11 Pax | 3 * |
895 |
|
|
|
|
12 - 15 Pax | 3 * |
872 |
|
|
|
|
Single Supplemental | 3 * |
235 |
| |
Includes:
-
Accommodation sharing a twin or double room.
-
All transport and transfer
-
The services of one of the park's English speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary
-
Breakfast, Lunches and dinners (as specified in the itinerary) in
the best local restaurants, or picnics where no suitable restaurant is
available, and in the park's canteens
-
Fully escorted English speaking tour guide at the places
-
All entrance fee and permition
-
Domestic flight tickets: Hanoi – Hue and Hue – Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airport taxes.
Excludes:
|
Book Now!
|
|
|
|
Vietnam Nature Trails Adventure
|
|
|
|
Vietnam Nature Trails Adventure
|
|
|
|
Vietnam Nature Trails Adventure
|
|
|
|
Vietnam Nature Trails Adventure
|
|
|
|
Vietnam Nature Trails Adventure
|
|
|
|
Vietnam Nature Trails Adventure
|
|
|