1st day: Ha Noi - Hoa Binh
Viet - Muong culture, countryside, rock mountants
2st day: Hoa Binh - Thanh Hoa
Ho Dynasty, Thanh Hoa ancient wall. Continue following the Ho Chi Minh trail, Spiritual Fish Springs, Fairy Cavesand, Muong homestay
3rd day: Thanh Hoa - Vinh (Ho Chi Minh’s Homeland)
Ho Chinh Minh homeland, Vietnamease culture, locals life, traditional mats village, tobacco farm
4th day: Vinh - Ky Anh.
Huong Tich pagoda, the Historic vestige Dong Loc Three Way Crossroad, The Nguyen Du Great Poet Monument
5th day: Ky Anh - Phong Nha Caves.
Hitting the road to Da Nhay beach, shrim farms, a salt making village and stop Ngang Pass to see the amazing scenery, reaching Phong Nha Caves and stay over night in Phong Nha town.
6th day: Phong Nha Caves - Dong Hoi.
Spend around 4 hours exploring the area by foot andboat to see Phong Nha caves and wonderfull view of the National Park “ Phong Nha caves is one of the two Natural World Heritages of Vietnam”. Continue to Ho Chi Minh trail. On the road to see Phu HoaChurch, the Battle field village
7th day: Dong Hoi - Hue.
Continue on Ho Chi Minh trail, Vinh Moc tunnels to learn more about the Civil off vietnam before 1975 “ DMZ area”
8th day: one night in Hue
Hue used to be the accient capital of Vietnam, so it’s worth staying one day to visit and learn more about the Vietnamese traditions, history, customs and culture. Visit: Linh Mu pagoda, Kim Long old village, learn about the making of the traditional ricewine, the way the locals harvest rice on the rice fields, and also visit Hue museum, citadel and ride on a boat to listen to Hues folk songs at night..
9th day: Hue - Hoi An
- Fishing village.
- Paddies fields.
- Visit the Elephant Waterfall where you can swim there..
- Stop theLang Co Beach.
- Crossing the top of the Hai Van Pass ( panoramic view of the China Beach)
- Travel through Danang to stop at the famous China Beach with its fine white sand
- Stop at Marble Mountains ( one an hour for trekking up to the Mountain)
- Finish the trip around 5 p.m at Hoi An ancient town.
10th day: Hoian to Kham Duc
- Visit Cham tower.
- Rice field
- Visit rice paper and brick making
- Incense making
- Visit Cao Dai temple
- Come to visit pineapple plantation.
Following Ho Chi Minh road, where you visit the most beautiful Highland sceneries, panoramic view of the mountain and even join in the local people’s life-style.
- Stop over at the minority village to discover the local's culture and customs
- Enjoy water fall on the Ho Chi Minh road
- Explore the local market of the mountain town
- Arrive in Kham Duc around 5:00pm
11th day: Kham Duc to Kon tum
Continue following the Ho Chi Minh road which spectacular view then you`ll see
- Phoenix Airport ( during of vietnam war)
- Stop over at the hot spring Dak Ha to see the water fall.
- See Trieng Minority Village and try crossing the monkey Bridge
- Stop over at indochine three corner ( Indochina)
In a narrower sense, Indochina refers only to Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea, which between 1893 and 1954 were united politically under the name French Indochina)
- Charlie hill (vietnam war )
- Visit the Dakto battle field ( Effected by Agent Orange )
12th day: Kon Tum to Pleiku
- Visit Kon Ktu village and their traditional Rong house...
- Visit wooden church ( French Church since 1930)
- Visit Kon tum Prison “1930 – 1945”
- Visit The Orphanage
- Visit Sea Lake ( which used to be a volcanic crater that stopped working a million years ago)
- Visit the Green field of Bana people.
- Visit crocodile farm
- Deer farms
You’ll stay overnight in Pleiku
13th day: Pleiku to Buon Me Thuot
- Leaving Pleiku for Buon Me Thuot to learn more about the rural daily life of the Highlanders as well as ethnic minorities.
- Rice noodle making.
- Casssva Farm
- Views rubber plantations
- Cashew and black pepper gardens
- Traveling on the old Ho Chi Minh trail
- War monument.
Then get to Buon me Thuot around 5p.m and stay overnight.
14th day: Buon Me Thuot to Lak lake
Keep going to Lak lake: the natural lake in Central Highland.
- Visit to the Jun Minority Village. Acommodation is in a choice of traditional Long house or modern bungalow right on the shore of Lak lake, so that you enjoy the breathtaking scenery and watch the ethnic minority fishermen checking their nets. Keep in touch with the minority people ( M'nong people) do trekking in and seeing another village or elephant riding is available through more picturesque landscape of natural Lak Lake in central highlands.( extra pay) During the night, you can join in the local life-style of ‘Jun’ minority village: drinkng, taking, music .. etc.
15th day: Lak lake to Dakmil
- We drive through the forest path without many traffic and tourists. Where you visit the most beautiful countryside sceneries and even join in the local people’s life-style.
Take photos of people farming and fishing
- Trekking to the top of the Elephant rock mountain
- Take the Ho Chi Minh Trail to visit Dray Sap, Dray Nu falls
- Swim in Fairy pool, take a water massage from waterfall
We make a short trek through the jungle followed by a swim and dip in a natural spa in Gialong falls.
- Overnight in a cozy guesthouse at Dakmil. A border town.
16th day: Dakmil to Dong Xoai
- Today we inmerse ourselves in the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail and it’s magnific scenery. Our stops today include visits:
- Pepper plantation.
Try enjoying the tropical fruits
- Bamboo making village
- Cashew nut factory
- Visit war monument.
Big Pagoda in Dong Xoai town
- Stop over at frontier area as close as to the possible to the Cambodian border on the real war remmants of the HCM trail.
- Over night at Dong Xoai area (The beginning point of the Ho Chi Minh trail from South to North)
17th day: Dong Xoai to Sai Gon
- On our way to flatter lands.
- Curry plantation.
- Visit rubber tree plantation
- We visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels. We’ll spend few hours to discover an immense network of connecting underground tunnels stretching for over 200kms and the locaton of several military capaigns. These tunnels played a vital part in the war.
Continue riding to Saigon ( a busy city) and finish a great 17 day trip at 4p.m or 5 p.m.