From Imperial Hue to Hidden Caves – Vietnam 5 Day Journey

HUE ARRIVAL – FOOD TOUR ( MEALS: D) Upon arrival at Phu Bai airport, our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer to your hotel in city center. Next, we pass the historic Truong Tien Bridge crossing the Perfume River. And, stop many famous local restaurants to taste the food during the tour. Visit Dong Ba market with the daily life of business of the local people and get a lot of chances to take pictures.During the trip, you’ll enjoy: Banh Khoai -Hue Pancake and Nem Lui-Grilled Pork Rolled with rice papers. Our tour guide will explain the story about those food. Head to a local family in Kim Long who make Banh Loc-Filter Tapioca Dumpling, Banh Beo-Small steamed rice dumpling with shrimps, Banh Nam-Steamed Flat Rice Dumplings and Ram It-Sticky Rice Dumpling on fried Dumplings, the host will show you how to make it and then your experience. Enjoy great samples there Last stop will be our dersert Che-Sweet Soup do not miss when you are in Hue. Go back to the hotel and overnight in Hue

• Arrival in Hue
• Visit Truong Tien Bridge & Perfume River
• Explore Dong Ba Market
• Guided Hue food tour
• Visit local family & learn traditional cooking
• Enjoy famous Hue desserts
• Overnight in Hue

: HUE CITY TOUR ( MEALS: B,L) After breakfast, a full day trip to visit the old capital city of Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty ruled from 1802 to 1945, with first stop at the Imperial Citadel giving you a better understanding of the beauty of Vietnamese Royal architecture and culture. Then we will take a beautiful dragon boat trip along Perfume River and visit to Thien Mu Pagoda – one of the most popular attractions in Hue. It is located on the banks of poetic Perfume River with typical traditional architecture of Hue pagodas and famous for the event that buddhist monk from this temple, Thich Quang Duc, burn himself to death for anti- government protest in 1963. The next stops will be King Ming Mang and King Khai Dinh tombs which are the most beautiful works of royal architecture of the Nguyen dynasty. Overnight in Hue.

• Visit Imperial Citadel
• Dragon boat cruise on Perfume River
• Explore Thien Mu Pagoda
• Visit Minh Mang & Khai Dinh tombs
• Overnight in Hue

HUE – VINH MOC TUNNELS – DONG HOI (B,L) We will pick you up from your hotel in Hue city to drive to Quang Tri where is the DMZ located. We will get chance to visit the war relics; we stop at the frame of church; continue driving to Cua Tung beach and Vinh Moc tunnels where there are many long tunnels used as the house of the people here during the war. You will go under the tunnels to see how they are. Then, drive back to visit Hien Luong bridge and Ben Hai River where can be considered as the DMZ during the war in Vietnam before having lunch. We will then follow the Ho Chi Minh trail to Phong Nha cave. This is the real trail with its mind blowing-lost of jungle. Overnight in Dong Hoi.

• Travel to Quang Tri (DMZ area)
• Visit Vinh Moc Tunnels
• Explore Hien Luong Bridge & Ben Hai River
• Scenic drive along Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Continue to Dong Hoi
• Overnight in Dong Hoi

PARADISE CAVE & PHONG NHA CAVES (B,L) 08:00 After breakfast, our car and tour guide will pick you up and transfer to visit Paradise Cave. 09:40 Arrive Paradise Cave, golf car will take you to the cave entrance (located in the park's core zone). Paradise Cave discovered by scientists of the British Caving Research Association in 2005, has the length of 31km, the longest dry cave in Asia. With naturally primitive features Paradise Cave looks like a landscape painting, making it very attractive to visitors. According to spelunkers, the deeper one journeys into the cave, the more one feels the wells of heavenly clarity all around. There are a series of white crystal stalactites resembling glass pillars and many other spectacular formations. 12:00 Go back to Phong Nha village for having lunch 13:30 On boat to to go to Phong Nha Cave which is not only a natural legacy of the world or a wonder of the country Vietnam, but also a relic system of the historic street Ho Chi Minh which collaborates with Xuan Son Ferry in order to create a route supporting for the battleground of the South Vietnam during US War. Today, this place has become the first section of Ho Chi Minh trails. Therefore, coming to Phong Nha means you are visiting this legendary trails. 17:00 Go back to Dong Hoi City for overnight

• Visit Paradise Cave
• Walk through spectacular cave formations
• Lunch at Phong Nha village
• Boat trip to Phong Nha Cave
• Explore underground river & cave system
• Return to Dong Hoi
• Overnight in Dong Hoi

QUANG BINH – DONG HOI AIRPORT ( MEALS:B) You get up, have breakfast at hotel. Our driver’ll pick you up Quang Phu Sand dunes for taking photo in the sunrise and slipping sand (by self-sufficient cost). We have a short break while enjoy the fresh air from Nhat Le beach. Finnaly, the driver and the guide transfer you to Dong Hoi airport.

• Visit Quang Phu Sand Dunes (sunrise & sand sliding)
• Relax at Nhat Le Beach
• Breakfast at hotel
• Transfer to Dong Hoi Airport for departure