CENTRAL HIGHLANDS EXPLORATION TOUR

* BRIEF ITINERARY:Day 1: Arrival –  Ho Chi Minh City  Sightseeing Tours (D)
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Package Tours – Pleiku – Kontum (B, L, D)
Day 3: Kontum Adventure Tours – Konktu (B, L, D)
Day 4: Konktu adventure tours to Kontum (B, L, D)
Day 5: Kontum adventure tours to Kon Chro and then Yangnam (B, L, D)
Day 6: Yangnam adventure tours to Plei Bloum (B, L, D)
Day 7: Plei Bloum – Pleiku Adventure Tours (B, L, D)
Day 8: Pleiku – Da Nang – Hoi An (B, L, D)
Day 9: Hoi An Sightseeing Tours (B, L, D)
Day 10:  Departure from Da Nang (B)

Day 1 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Arrival –  Ho Chi Minh City Sightseeing Tours (D)

Arrive at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Vietlong Travel’s tour guide picks you up and transfers to your hotel. An afternoon tour round Ho Chi Minh City, formerly called Saigon, visit the History Museum, the Binh Tay Market in Chinatown, Thien Hau Temple and a lacquer workshop focus in district of 3 and 5 where the Chinese people immigrated from Guangdong under the last of 17 century to south Vietnam to hide from the internal war and lived harmonial to Viet local people. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Ho Chi Minh City Package Tours – Pleiku – Kontum (B, L, D)

Transfer to Tan Son Nhat Aiport for a short flight to Pleiku. 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 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Kontum Adventure Tours – Konktu (B, L, D)

Kon Tum: Konko Tu Village

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) silently embraces memories as well as cultural relics of the ethnic groups of Ba Na, Jao Rai, Xe Dang, Ro Mam or Ro Ngao. The river flows from east to west and spans through Kontum City which is famous for its wooden church. The wooden church was built by a French priest named Guise Decrouille in 1913, with hundreds of cubic meters of high-quality wood such as rose-wood and ca chit, a valuable wood that once grew in abundance across the Central Highlands but rare these days. The church’s architecture combines Roman and Gothic arches with Central Highland features. The whole structure stands one meter above the ground on wooden pillars

Day 4 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Konktu – 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 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Kontum – Kon Chro – Yangnam (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 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Yangnam – 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 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Plei Bloum – Pleiku Adventure Tours (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. 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 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Pleiku – Da Nang – Hoi An (B, L, D)

Hoi An: The Old Town by Night

At leisure until transfer to Pleiku Airport for a short flight to Da Nang (daily except Tuesday and Thursday as per the 2002 flight schedule). 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 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Hoi An Sightseeing Tours (B, L, D)

Not only well-known as a World Cultural Heritage site, Hoi An is also famous for its tranquil town and endless sandy beach, amazing culinary. Spending the whole day to explore the ancient town or taking a boat trip to nearby handicraft villages of pottery village Thanh Ha or carpenter village of Kim Bong, or just frolicking in azure water. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 10 – Central Highlands Exploration Tour: Departure from Da Nang (B)

Spend last minutes for downtown shopping (souvenirs, stone-carvings, silk, paintings,…) or at leisure before check-out. Transfer to the airport for departure.

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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
+ Water puppet show
+ Cyclo trip
+ Boat trip
+ Motorbike
+ Water, Fruit and Snack (3L/ pax/ day)
+ Equipment  [/including]

 [excluding]

+ 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  [excluding]

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