Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - Arrival
Arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport. Meet and transfer  to your hotel in the city center. Free at leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2:  Ho Chi Minh city - Cat Tien National Park (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Then drive to Cat Tien Nation Park - biggest and famous National Park in Viet Nam. Check- in at Guesthouse in Nation Park. After lunch, walking around to explore the fauna and flora of park. Then continue visiting the 400-year-old conifer there. Going a bit further you can see another tree, called Bang Lang (Largest roemie corniculata), which is almost 300 years old. From its trunk of nearly 3m in diameter, 6 ivory sub-trunks sprouted. Dinner at the local restaurant before transferring to National Park for watching the animal such as: Porcupine, Squirrel....who go eating in the evening. Overnight at Guest house in Cat Tien National Park.

Day 3: Cat Tien - Ho Chi Minh city (B, L)
After breakfast, take boat trip on Dong Nai river. Today you will have a nice chance to admire the landscape, birds watch and then visit T'Chai village – Chau Ma and X’Tieng ethic people. Get in touch and discover their daily life. Have lunch at local restaurant. Then drive back to Sai Gon for overnight.

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Can Tho homestay (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Then drive to Mytho. Upon arrival at My Tho, cruising along small creek to Mekong River estuary, to Con Phung (Phoenix Island) and stop over a garden restaurant at a local house for Vietnamese lunch. The motorized boat cruises more along natural creeks and quiet village in Ben Tre Province. Visit orchards, bee - keeping farm, taste natural honey and honey wine, enjoy tropical fruit, traditional music, see round a distillery, explore the local coconut candy production process, taste candy & coconut pulp. Then transferring to Can Tho. Diner and Homestay.

Day 5: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City – night train to Nha Trang (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Starts from Ninh Kieu boat quay, we cruise along the small and picturesque tributaries, we will see the Cai Rang 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. A chance to discover the daily life of Vietnamese people in Mekong Delta. Have lunch at local restaurant before coming back to Saigon City and take night train to Nha Trang. Overnight on train.

Day 6: Nha Trang – Countryside – Biking Safari (B, L)
Arrive in Nha Trang early in the morning. Pick up and transfer to hotel for freshen up. This day we would like to show you a special tailor-made biking excursion. Exploring the country trails, villagers' life, town and farms, pagodas, the best way to experience the "true" Vietnamese countryside. We have designed all excursions to include car transfer if required, food, fruits and drinks. Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 7: Nha Trang diving (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart early at 7:00 AM. from the Dive Center to the boat station, where we board our dive boat and get brief instruction about diving. Then we depart for Mun Island and enjoy your first 45 minute dive. Lunch on boat (included) and free for swimming and snorkeling. Afternoon, you can take part in a second dive at a different site before heading back to port. Transfer to your hotel at about 3:00 pm. Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 8: Nha Trang – Hanoi- Cuc Phuong National Park (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Leave Nha Trang for Hanoi on the moorning flight. Our guide will welcome you at airport Noi bai airport and we transfer directly to Cuc Phuong National Park. Arrive there in early afternoon. Time for visiting the Endangered Primates Rescue Center. Dinner and overnight at Cuc Phuong National Park.

Day 9: Cuc Phuong - Kenh Ga – Hanoi (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Then walk to visit flora, fauna and one-thousand-year-old sequoia tree and visit the cave of Prehistoric man. Lunch at local restaurant and drive Kenh Ga village (floating village). Take sampan trip along Kenh Ga, you can swim at Kenh Ga Hot Spring as well. Drive back to Hanoi for overnight.

Day 10: Hanoi - Ha Long Overnight on boat (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Take 3.5hrs bus trip to Halong with a short-break en route. You will enjoy driving through lots of beautiful countryside. Get on-board upon arrival. Cruise among thousands of spectacular limestone islets to contemplate the stunning beautiful scenery of Halong Bay. Enjoy seafood lunch on boat, and then take a short excursion to Surprising cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Halong. While the boat anchor, swimming & do kayaking. Then have dinner and enjoy a romantic night on boat.

Day 11: Halong – Cat Ba - 'Swimming, Kayaking' (B, L)
After breakfast, transfer to another small boat to go to Cat Ba, on the way stop at a small and desert islet beach for relaxing, sunbathing, swimming or kayaking. Have lunch on boat. Arrive in Cat Ba, our car will transfer you to a hotel in Cat Ba. Check-in hotel. Relax and free in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Cat Ba.

Day 12: Cat Ba Island  - 'Trekking' - Hai Phong - Hanoi (B, L)
Breakfast at hotel. Then take about 4 hrs trekking through Cat Ba National Park - home to 32 types of mammals and about 2000 species of flora, up to the Navy peak to have great view of Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay beneath. Trek back to the Forest Gate. Then drive back to the town for lunch. In the afternoon, take a speedboat to Hai Phong/Binh Harbour. Car will be waiting for you at the harbor and transfer back to Hanoi.

Day 13: Ha Noi - Departure (B)
Breakfast at the hotel. Free time for shopping or optional visit before transfer to Noi Bai airport for departure.


Type of tour:  Private & Medium tour. (This is the sample tour, you may go with all details above or we can modify to fix your way of travel)
Departure:     All year around. However due to weather condition in some days in Nov-Jan, unable to dive in Nha Trang, day 7 will be replace by river trip.
Feature of tour:     This Eco tour is designed for natural and eco lovers. Also you will be close in touch with people in Vietnam and have more information about: Nam Cat Tien, Cat Ba Island, Cuc Phuong National Park

Air Fare cost per person:
      102 US$ for domestic flight (Nha Trang - Hanoi)
 
Tour cost in US dollars per person in group of:

	2 pax	3-6 pax	7-10 pax	11-14 pax	15 pax up	S. Sup
Mid-range (3*)	1219	1047	866	845	797	209
Superior (4*)	1432	1256	1071	1049	998	373
Deluxe (5*)	1619	1439	1251	1227	1175	558

Accommodation:     

	Mid-range (3*)	Superior (4*)	Deluxe (5*)
Ho Chi Minh Hotels	Tan Hoang Ngoc, Chancery, Dai Nam	Equatorial, Amara, Rex, Mifuki	Majestic, New World
Cat Tien Forest	Cat Tien Guest House **	Cat Tien Guest House**	Cat Tien Guest House**
Can Tho Hotels	Homestay*	Homestay*	Homestay*
Nha Trang Hotels	Asia Paradise, Green	Yasaka, Nha Trang Lodge	Sunrise Nha Trang
Cuc Phuong Forest	Cuc Phuong Guest House**	Cuc Phuong Guest House**	Cuc Phuong Guest House**
Hanoi Hotels	Hoa Binh, Thang Long Opera	Zephyr, Guoman	Sofitel Plaza, Melia
Cat Ba Hotels	Holiday View or similar	Cat Ba Sunrise resort or similar	Cat Ba Sunrise resort or similar

    
Inclusive: - Hotel accommodation as specific or similar, base on twin sharing
                 - Private car/bus, 5 star train Saigon-Nha Trang
                 - Private boat in Mekong River
                 - All entrance fees 
                 - English or French speaking guide. Other languages can be arranged upon request
                 - All meals as per program
Exclusive: - Drinks, except otherwise mentioned
                  - International flight and international airport tax on departure
                  - Insurance
                  - Personal expenses & Tips
                  - Vietnam Visa - this can be done with our Visa service