Revisit the DMZ 14 Days

Day 1: Arrival at Hanoi (D, GP)

Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. After a short rest, you will have a cyclo ride around the bustling streets of Hanoi and discover the city’s architectural mixture of French colonial style, pagodas and communal houses with many Chinese features, merchants’ residences, ‘tube’ dwellings, modern buildings…

In the evening, you will enjoy a water puppet show – an art form unique to the rural Northern Vietnam culture. After the show, you’ll have dinner at a restaurant in a restored French colonial building. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi Orientation (B, L, G)

Today, you will visit some highlights of Hanoi. You will first visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum’s complex including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, his simple house-on-stilt and the nearby One-Pillar Pagoda. You will then visit the oldest pagoda in Hanoi, Tran Quoc Pagoda.

After lunch, you will visit the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century. You will finish your day by a visit to the centre of Hanoi including Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi (B, L, G)

Today, you will visit the International Friendship Village for Vietnamese veterans and Orange Agent victims. They look forward to visitors, and will be glad to talk about their daily life and the handicraft skills that they have acquired in the Village’s workshops.

Back to the city in the afternoon, you will visit the History Museum and Army Museum. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 4: Hanoi/Pleiku/Kon Tum/Konkotu (60km) (B, L, D, G)

This morning, you will take a morning flight to Pleiku where you will be picked up on arrival and transferred to Kontum town. After lunch, you will visit its Seminary and Wooden church, the nearby orphanage, and the Bahnar ethnic group in Konklor, KonJori and Konkotu villages. Your dinner and accommodation will be in Konkotu village.

Day 5: Kon Tum/Kham Duc (195 km) (B, L, D, G)

In the morning, you will drive follows the Highway 14 to DakGlei district with visits to the American Phuong Hoang (Phoenix) Airfield in Dakto, Charlie Hill and a SeDang ethnic people’s village, then visit PleiCan base and DakSeang Airfield, before driving to DakPek.

After lunch, you will head northwards to Kham Duc district, visit GieTieng ethnic people’s villages and the DakChe waterfall en route. After crossing the meandering Lo Xo pass, arrive in Kham Duc. You will spend overnight in Kham Duc.

Day 6: Kham Duc/Quang Ngai (200 km) (B, L, D, G)

After breakfast, your car will take you to Quang Ngai with a visit to the Chien Dang Towers en-route. Dating from the 10th century, these are good examples of the remarkable architecture of the Champa Kingdom, and are close to a local beach. Your overnight stay will be in Quang Ngai.

Day 7: Quang Ngai (B, L, D, G)

Today you will visit My Lai village, site of the infamous ‘My Lai Massacre’ in 1968. Apart from its Museum, the shattered remains of the foundations of burnt-out homes and trees scarred by bullets are a silent record of the terrible events of March 16th, 1968. After lunch, you will have a chance to swim and sunbathe (weather permitting) at a nearby beach. On the way back to Quang Ngai, you will drop in on one of the villages near My Lai to watch the locals making conical hats in a now peaceful rural setting. Your overnight stay will be in Quang Ngai.

Day 8: Quang Ngai/Hoi An (125km) (B, L, G)

In the morning, you will drive 125 km to Hoi An. After lunch, you’ll have a guided visit the 400-year old Japanese Covered Bridge, the Phuc Kien Assembly Halls…in the Ancient Town of Hoi An. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 9: Hoi An/My Son/Hoi An (B, G)

Today, you will visit the World Heritage ‘My Son Sanctuary’. Your guide will show you the remains of the remarkable towers constructed by the Cham builders, many centuries ago – their origins and purpose have yet to be fully explained. Although, their towers were badly bombed in the American war, but are still impressive, as is its remote valley setting. The complex is set in a quiet, richly forested area bisected by a clear stream. However, the tree cover is not complete and the valley acts as suntrap, so good sun protection is important.

You will then return to Hoi An and have the rest of the day free to wander around the ancient town. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 10: Hoi An/Hue (B, L, G)

After breakfast, you’ll drive to Hue via the Hai Van Pass. You’ll visit the the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum in Danang before you heading to the north. Upon arrival, you will visit the Imperial Citadel of Hue and Dong Ba market. You will spend the night in Hue.

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Day 11: Hue/DMZ/Dong Ha (B, L, G)

In the morning, your car and guide will take you northwards to Quang Tri province to tour the wartime ‘De-militarised Zone’, better known as the DMZ. On the way, you’ll visit the Old Citadel of Quang Tri, La Vang church and Dong Ha town for lunch. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the Doc Mieu Base, Hien Luong Bridge and the Ben Hai river battle sites. You’ll also visit the Vinh Moc Tunnels (these are more authentic and easier to enter than those in Cu Chi. They have been preserved more of less in their original form). You’ll spend the night in Dong Ha town.

Day 12: Dong Ha/DMZ/Hue (B, L, G)

After breakfast, your car will take to what was once the Con Tien firebase, and to Truong Son national cemetery, Camp Carroll, the Rock pile, Dakrong Bridge, the Ho Chi Minh trail, and the ethnic minority village of Bru Van Kieu. After lunch at Khe Sanh town, you’ll visit the Khe Sanh combat base, Lang Vay Special Forces Camp and the Laos/Vietnam border before returning to Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

Day 13: Hue (B, L, D, G)

After breakfast at hotel, you will take a short cruise along the Perfume River to visit to the Thien Mu Pagoda. From there, you’ll continue by boat to the Royal Tombs of Emperor Minh Mang, one of the most beautiful and majestic Royal Tombs. You will then return to Hue by car and have lunch in local restaurant.

In the afternoon, you will one of city’s ‘garden houses’, talk to a cup of green tea with the owner, also, a famous historian and then return to your hotel to freshen-up. The dinner today will in a pleasant surroundings of another garden houses where you will enjoy some of the most typical dishes of Hue’s cuisine. You’ll spend the night in Hue.