Thứ Sáu, 10 tháng 6, 2011

BICYCLE TOURS TO TAM DUONG

BICYCLE TOURS TO TAM DUONG

(2 Days / 1 Night)
What to expect: Biking to Binh Lu MarketThe trip itself is a combination of mountain biking on the most amazing road in Vietnam, sightseeing and walking. Along the ride, you will be able to enjoy magnificent views from the pass, a short walk to Silver Waterfall as well as experiences of visiting villages of Black Hmong, Lu and Thai minorities.

Itinerary: 

Day 1: Bicycle trip to Tam Duong: Sapa - Tram Ton - Binh Lu - Ban Hon (-/L/D)

You first travel by car uphill toward Tram Ton. On the way, you can take a short walk to Silver Waterfall and then head to Heaven Gate, where you will be amazed by breathtaking view to mountain surrounding included Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina. Your ride will be mostly downhill toward Binh Lu. You will stop by Chu Va village of Flower Hmong for a break before you arrive in Binh Lu. Here you will have lunch in a local restaurant.
After lunch, you turn in a dirt road to the villages. You will have time to stop by Pa Pen village of Lu minority and then Na Hum of Thai, two group ethnic minorities, which cannot be found in Sapa area. You are in a beautiful valley of rice paddy terraces and Limestone Mountain surrounded. You will arrive in Ban Hon village of Lu minority, where you spend a night in a local house.
Approx: 40 minutes driving/ 4 hours cycling/ 1 hour walking. biking to Sapa

Day 2: Bicycle trip to Tam Duong: Ban Hon - Tam Duong - Binh Lu - Sapa (B/L-) 

The next morning, you cycle toward Tam Duong town. You pass by several villages stretching along the way. The ride is relatively flat. You will be able to visit the market in Tam Duong, where you meet Flower Hmong, Black Dao and Lu minorities. You stop by a local restaurant for lunch.
In the afternoon, you start on your journey back towards Binh Lu. There is almost no traffic and you will cycle through small villages and meet different ethnic minorities. The ride will be mostly downhill and flat. On the way, you can visit a Black Dao village, where you can find beautiful handicrafts. Eventually, you arrive in Binh Lu. You will be able to take a short walk to stretch your legs before you get on the car for the journey back to Sapa.
Approx: 1,5 hours driving/ 4 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch.

Note: The back road from Binh Lu to Tam Duong can be muddy and slippery in rainy seasons and a small river can come high. Therefore, the itinerary can be changed due to bad weather. The night spent in local house in Ban Hon could be changed into hotel accommodation in Tam Duong.

INCLUDING: * Transportation in private air-conditioned vehicle with driver  Sapa Biking Tours
* Accommodation in hotel ( base on twin share )
* Meal as mentioned: B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner
* English or French speaking guide
* Entrance fee to indicated sights
* Mountain bicycle 24 or 27Speed (LA bike or Trek bike. etc...)
* Pump, bike tools, spares tubes.
* Spare bike
* Cold water box, small fresh towel.
* Mineral water drinking.

EXCLUDING: Other meals, tip, drinks, single room, personal expenses, insurance...

To contact us for the price, please email us at sales@vietlongtravel.com or visit our other adventure tours, please visit at http://vietlongtravel.com/viet-nam-tours/vietnam-adventure-tours.html

Thứ Năm, 9 tháng 6, 2011

VIETNAM SET-DEPARTURE TOURS


VIETNAM SET-DEPARTURE TOURS

Destination : BINH TAY MARKET - THIEN HAU TEMPLE - WAR REMNANTS MUSEUM - REUNIFICATION PALACE - CITY HALL - BEN THANH MARKET
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), the largest and most bustling city in Vietnam, where you can find everything from cheap backpacker accommodation to the best five-star hotel in the world. A metropolis of commerce, industry and travel, Ho Chi Minh City was formerly nicknamed "The Pearl of Far East Asia"
Price: 25 - 30 US$
FULL DAY TOUR TO HO CHI MINH CITY
Destination : MY THO - BEN TRE - CAN THO - CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET
Duration : 2 Days / 1 Night
Highlights :
Cruising along the small and picturesque tributaries by rowing boat, we will see the Cai Rang - Phong Dien floating market (the nicest one with heaps of rowing boats). Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily activities of the locals who lives along the Mekong canals and you will roam through the village to visit a rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop.
Price: 30 - 45 US$
2- DAY VACATION TO MEKONG DELTA
Destination : MY THO - BEN TRE - LAND OF COCONUT TREES
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Visit Mekong Delta Trip to Enjoy a boat ride through Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruising under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle ...
Price: 35 US$
1- DAY TRIP TO MEKONG DELTA
Destination : CU CHI TUNNELS - CAO DAI TEMPLE
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
This tour will bring you to find out about The reality of warfare in the tunnels of Cu Chi, and visit Cao Dai - a fusion of the teachings from Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, with elements of Christianity and Islam.
Price: 35 US$
HALF DAY TOUR TO TAY NINH- CU CH TUNNELS
Destination : CU CHI TUNNELS
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
This tour will bring you to find out about The reality of warfare in the tunnels of Cu Chi, the Viet Cong's underground fortress dug beneath the jungles of South Vietnam. You will be interested in its peak - the Cu Chi tunnel network covered some 250 kilometres - from the Cambodian border in the west to the outskirts of what was then Saigon.
Price: 25 US$
HALF-DAY CU CHI TUNNELS TRIP
Destination : RED BRIDGE COOKING SCHOOL
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
We board the Red Bridge boat for a leisurely cruise (25mins) along Hoian river to the Red Bridge Cooking School. On the way, you will see the local life on the bank of the river. So make sure your camera is handy. On arrival, we explore the cooking school’s herb garden.
Price: 16 - 43 US$
HALF- DAY RED BRIDGE COOKING SCHOOL TOUR
Destination : KHAI DINH ROYAL - TU DUC TOMB - MINH MANG TOMB - CONICAL HATS VILLAGE - HUE CITADEL - THIEN MU PAGODA
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
The Hue City trip include the royal citadel, splendid royal tombs and the Buddhist pagoda Thien Mu, which brings you a great discovery about the Hue Imperial City in the 19th century and nowadays with unforgettable memories.
Price: 35 - 40 US$
FULL -DAY HUE DEPARTURE TOUR
Destination : GARDEN HOUSE - CONICAL HAT VILLAGE
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
It is no doubt that if the ao dai is the traditional dress for Vietnamese women which firstly reveals hidden charms of Vietnamese women in tourists’ eyes, the conical hat is the second thing to make a strong impression on tourists to Vietnam by its charm and romance. Welcome this tour, it would be a good chance to discover these ...
Price: 25 - 30 US$
FULL-DAY HUE CULTURE TOUR
Destination : HUE - FLAG TOWER - NGO MON GATE - NINE HOLY CANNONS - THAI HOA PALACE - FORBIDDEN PURPLE CITY
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
Hue is well known for its historic monuments, which have earned it a place in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. On this tour, you will have chance to go around Hue Citadel by cyclo. We will stop in some great sites: the Flag Tower, also called the King’s Knight, is the focal point of Hue city, Ngo Mon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa Palace, Forbidden Purple City.
Price: 25 - 30 US$
HALF-DAY HUE CYCLO CITY TOUR
Destination : HUE - PERFUME RIVER - THIEN MU PAGODA
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
The Citadel Complex of Hue, set up by Nguyen Dynasty from 1805 to 1945, is now one amongst the relics of the Hue ancient Capital – the World Cultural Heritage, capturing much of tourists’ attention. By this tour, you will be picked up by guide to the boat port and take boat along Perfume River ...
Price: 15 - 25 US$
HALF-DAY HUE CITY TOUR
Destination : HUE - HAI VAN PASS - LANG CO VILLAGE - EMPEROR TU DUC - THIEN MU PAGODA
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Hue Citadel is the most remarkable mark of the great landscape and architectural site of this Vietnamese city. By this tours, you will visit Hai Van pass and Lang Co fishing Village,then visit Emperor Tu Duc, then boat trip to visit the oldest pagoda Thien Mu Pagoda ...
Price: 22 - 30 US$
FULL DAY HUE ANCIENT CAPITAL TOUR
Destination : CHAM ISLAND - LANG CO BEACH - TAN HIEP MARKET
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Cham Island, a group of eight islets off central Quang Nam province, is a romantic tourist spot. One of the islets is home to salanganes ...
Price: 20 - 25 US$
FULL DAY HOI AN VACATION TO CHAM ISLAND
Destination : CHAM MUSEUM - MARBLE MOUNTAIN - SON TRA BEACH - LINH UNG PAGODA
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
The beach is excellent for tropical vacations and swimming is good during the summer. Winter surf can be dangerous, but the Da Nang end of the beach is sheltered and therefore safer.
Price: 23 - 25 US$
FULL DAY DISCOVERING TRIP TO COASTAL CITY OF DANANG
Destination : MY SON SUNCTUARY - HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
My Son - the address that attracts numerous Southeast Asia and Oriental art researchers , is the Sanctuary of the ancient Champa kingdom in the past. ...
Price: 25 - 35 US$
1 - DAY TOUR TO MY SON SANCTUARY - HOI AN TOWN
Destination : DA NANG - LANG CO BEACH - MAUSOLEUM OF IMPERIAL TU DUC - THIEN MU PAGODA - EMPEROR KHAI DINH
Duration : 2 Days / 1 Night
Highlights :
2 Days visit Hue is the best time to visit some places which was recently recognised as a Unesco world heritage site. Hue also features a unique cuisine, combining dishes associated with the former imperial court with everyday street food, much of fairly spicy. The city is also noted for the quality of its embroidery, particularly on the traditional ao dai-a favourite sovernir for visitors to take home.
Price: 111 US$
2-DAY DA NANG & HUE VACATION
Destination : DA NANG - CHAM MUSEUM - MARBLE MOUTAIN - HOI AN
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
This tour bring you to visit Cham Museum - the main attraction of Da Nang, stop in Marble mountain where consists of 5 peaks, There are numerous tunnels and cave entrances in here which make it more alluring to the tourists, finally come to Hoi An Ancient Town to visit Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese houses, pagodas, Assembly Halls, Museum, Japanese covered bridge as well as traditional handicraft workshop.
Price: 35 - 47 US$
FULL DAY DA NANG VACATION TO CHAM MUSEUM – MARBLE MOUNTAIN –
Destination : BA NA HILL
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Ba Na is located 1,480 meters above sea level, in the Truong Son mountain range, 01hour by car from Danang. Ba Na is home to a former French resort built in the early 1920s, which once boasted 200 villas, restaurants, and clubs. Its temperate climate, unspoiled forest, and spectacular views over the South China Sea and the Lao mountain range made Ba Na a popular place to retreat for the French and wealthy Vietnamese.
Price: 22 - 35 US$
FULL DAY HOLIDAY TO BA NA HILL
Destination : HA NOI - LAO CAI - SA PA - LAO CHAI - TA VAN - BAC HA
Duration : 3 Days / 4 Nights
Highlights :
At the attitude of 1650m, on the side of Hoang Lien Son range - facing the summit in Indochina. SaPa is the common hone of several minority tribes such as Black H'Mong, Red DZao, It is where you find the beauty of nature in valleys, mountains, streams, waterfalls and the warmly welcome of the ethnic people. Come to SaPa to enjoy the scenery and explore daily activities of the tribal people.
Price: 125 - 225 US$
4- DAY SAPA & BAC HA VACATION
Destination : HA NOI - LAO CAI - CAT CAT VILLAGE - LAO CHAI & TA VAN VILLAGE
Duration : 2 Days / 3 Nights
Highlights :
At the attitude of 1650m, on the side of Hoang Lien Son range - facing the summit in Indochina. SaPa is the common hone of several minority tribes such as Black H’Mong, Red DZao, It is where you find the beauty of nature in valleys, mountains, streams, waterfalls and the warmly welcome of the ethnic people. Come to SaPa to enjoy the scenery and explore daily activities of the tribal people.
Price: 75 - 115 US$
2- DAY SA PA TREKKING VACATION
Destination : HA NOI - HA LONG - AMAXING CAVE - TITOV ISLAND - CAT BA ISLAND
Duration : 3 Days / 2 Nights
Highlights :
3 Days trip to Halong bay and Cat Ba will give you a good time for relaxing, enjoying beautiful sites, kayaking, swimming, exploring some hidden caves, or discovering some floating villages on the Bay ...
Price: 95 - 155 US$
3-DAY HA LONG BAY  - CAT BA ISLAND HOLIDAY
Destination :
Duration : 2 Days / 1 Night
Highlights :
Halong Bay is famous internationally, and is recognized as a World Heritage by UNESCO for its thousands of natural islands. Cat Ba Island is one of the most beautiful site that is famous for oral terraces, sandy beaches, freshwater wetland areas, tidal flats, mangrove forests and willow swamp. Spectacular scenery and a high diversity of landscapes make Cat Ba a special place and it has become a main destination for national and international tourists.
Price: 70 - 85 US$
2- DAY VACATION TO HA LONG - CAT BA ISLAND
Destination : HA NOI - HA LONG - AMAZING CAVE - VAN GIA FISHING VILLAGE
Duration : 2 Days / 1 Night
Highlights :
Halong bay, the magnificent heritage with its 2000 islands rising from the emerald water of the Gulf of Tonkin. Ha Long is an excellent example of a Karst landscape created by a complex chain during millions of years of geological movement. The vegetation covered islands which are spread out over an area of 1,500 km
Price: 55 - 75 US$
2- DAY HA LONG BAY - ULTIMATE GETAWAY TOUR
Destination : HA NOI - NINH BINH - CUC PHUONG - KENH GA - TAM COC
Duration : 2 Days / 1 Night
Highlights :
Ninh Binh province is located in Southward of Red river Delta, 100 km from Ha Noi Capital, where is home of many ethnic minorities people: Muong, Thai, Hoa, H'mong, Dao... with typically separated weather of two seasons: Wet and Dried. Moreover, Ninh Binh also owns a lot of beautiful landscapes, such as: Cuc Phuong National park, Tam Coc, Bich Dong, Phat Diem church, Kenh Ga hotspring... those would surely satisfy you when visiting.
Price: 79 - 85 US$
2- DAY TOUR TO CUC PHUONG - KENH GA - TAM COC
Destination : HA NOI - MAI CHAU - POMCOONG VILLAGE
Duration : 2 Days / 1 Night
Highlights :
Located in Hoabinh province, in the northwest of vietnam about 160km( 99miles) from Hanoi. the 3.5 hours drive from Hanoi by bus takes you passing wonderfull limestone mountains, lush rive paddies endless sugarcane plantations and small villages, this off-the-path destination offers a wonderful combination of cultural immersion and pleasureable activities. Beautiful and peaceful Maichau is a place where the air is clean and fresh, the woman are skilled by generations of skill in weaving and naturally beautiful, a place where a simple and slower paced lifestyle is enviable.... a perfect 2day culture and trekking excursion.
Price: 60 - 75 US$
2-DAY MAICHAU TREKKING TOUR
Destination : HA NOI - HA LONG - THIEN CUNG - DAU GO CAVE
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Ha Long bay is one of the five World Heritages in Vietnam and recognized by UNESCO in 1994. There are thousands of stone islands with marvelous shapes floated on the surface of the sea. You can take a boat trip to see landscape and visit some beautiful caves.
Price: 25 - 35 US$
1-DAY HA LONG BAY KAYAKING TOUR
Destination : HA NOI - TAM DAO
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
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.
Price: 23 - 30 US$
FULL DAY VACATION TO TAM DAO HILL STATION
Destination : HA NOI - CUC PHUONG NATIONAL PARK
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Established in 1962, Cuc Phuong National Park is one of Vietnam’s most beautiful and important protected areas and easily accessible from Hanoi - only a 2 ½ hour journey by road. The ancient forest contains almost 2000 species of trees and amongst them lives some amazing and rare animals including the Clouded leopard, Delacour’s Langur, Owston’s Civet, Otters and Asian Black Bears!
Price: 35 - 45 US$
FULL DAY TRIP TO CUC PHUONG NATIONAL PARK
Destination : HA NOI - DAM & DAI LO TEMPLE - CHU DONG TU TEMPLE - BAT TRANG VILLAGE
Duration : Full Day - Saturday & Sunday
Highlights :
A day on the Red River Hanoi will offer you an opportunity to call in traditional handicraft village of Bat Trang and well – architechtural temples
Price: 22-30 US$
BOAT TRIP ON THE RED RIVER HANOI
Destination : HA NOI - PERFUME PAGODA
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Travelers visiting Perfume Pagoda not only because of their believes but also of breathtaking landscape of this area...
Price: 25 - 35 US$
FULL DAY TOUR TO PERFUME PAGODA
Destination : HA NOI - VAN LONG - KENH GA - HOT MINERAL SPRING
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Van Long is a legendary land and an amazingly beautiful landscape for tourism, while at the same time, the largest mangrove nature reserve in northern delta, Ninh Binh province.
Price: 30 - 35 US$
FULL DAY TOUR TO VAN LONG FLOATING - KENH GA GEYSER



Destination : HA NOI - DUONG LAM - MONG PHU COMMUNAL HAMLET
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Duong Lam - a purely agricultural village of the Northern Red River delta where still preserve many hundred-year-old houses. It will be your unique experience as you walk along tiny ancient alleys ...
Price: 35 - 40 US$
FULL DAY TOUR TO DUONG LAM VILLAGE
Destination : HA NOI - HOA LU - TAM COC
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Hoa Lu was the first capital of Vietnam since 10th century. The area is also one of out standing beauty natural with limestone peaks whose splendor is often said to surpass that of Ha Long Bay. It is true that Hoa Lu Tam Coc is often referred to as the Ha Long Bay on land.
Price: 25 - 30 US$
FULL DAY HOA LU & TAM COC TOUR
Destination : HA NOI - HOA BINH - MAI CHAU - LAC & PONGCOONG VILLAGE
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
Mai Chau is a beautiful valley which is the homeland of the Thai people, one of the largest ethnic minorities group in Vietnam. The trip is going though the green rice paddies, spectacular scenery of limestone mountain range in the North West of Vietnam...
Price: 45 - 65 US$
FULL DAY MAI CHAU TREKKING TRIP
Destination : HA NOI
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
If you by nature enjoy Vietnamese food and are interested in learning the art of Vietnamese cuisine from Hanoi chefs who are expert in teaching on Vietnamese - style cooking we offer an authentic Vietnamese cooking course. In class you will be equipped with your very own cooking station without sharing with others and necessary cooking utensils you also prepare and cook all dishes by yourself under the instruction of the chef from the beginning to the end.
Price: 50-150 US$
HALF- DAY HANOI COOKING CLASS TOUR
Destination : HO CHI MINH COMPLEX - QUAN THANH TEMPLE - TRAN QUOC PAGODA - MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY - TEMPLE OF LITERATURE
Duration : Full Day
Highlights :
In the morning, our guide driver will pick you up at your hotel in Ha Noi Old Quater. Then visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum...
Price: 25 - 30 US$
FULL DAY HANOI CLASSIC TOUR
Destination : THAY - TAY PHUONG PAGODAS
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
Thay Thay Phuong Pagodas are famous pagoda in Hanoi, From Hanoi travel to two different pagodas, Thay and Tay Phuong are very often combined in a day trip or half-day trip from Hanoi since their neighbouring locations ...
Price: 45-55 US$
HALF-DAY TO THAY & TAY PHUONG PAGODAS TRIP
Destination : HA NOI - OLD QUARTER - WATER PUPPET SHOW
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
Mua Roi Nuoc or Water Puppet is a unique art which has it origin in the delta of the Red river in the tenth century, water puppetry is performed in a pool of water with the water surface being the stage ...
Price: 30 - 35 US$
HA NOI CYCLO & WATER PUPPET SHOW TOUR
Destination : HO CHI MINH COMPLEX - MUNICIPAL THEATRE - HISTORY MUSEUM - HOAN KIEM LAKE - NGOC SON TEMPLE - OLD QUARTER - QUAN THANH TEMPLE - ARMY MUSEUM - MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY
Duration : A Half - Day
Highlights :
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is located on the bank of the Red River in the northern section of the country. While not the largest city in the country, Hanoi has had a rich history. It has been inhabited since 3000 B.C., and has served as the seat of government for nearly a thousand years ...
Price: 25-35 US$
HALF DAY HANOI CLASSIC TOUR

To contact us for the price, please email us at sales@vietlongtravel.com or visit our other adventure tours, please visit at http://vietlongtravel.com/viet-nam-tours/vietnam-adventure-tours.html