Day 1:  ARRIVAL IN HO CHI MINH CITY (by A/C car)

Arrival in Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City. Warm welcome to everybody, a moment of courtesy meeting then self-introduce with tour guides in the meeting point's Tan Son Nhat Airport. Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City, a young city with the age of more than 300 years, a centre of culture, education, commerce and tourism of Vietnam, the biggest city of Vietnam mix with the West and the Orient, and once known as the "Pearl of Far East".

Transfer to hotel for check in and free at leisure for your own activities.

Please note that standard check in time is 14.00, check out at 12.00. Early check in or late check-out is subject to room availability. Hotel would probably guarantee early check in or late checkout as an extra surcharge on depend to the rooming’s status at that time.

In the evening, we highly recommend a good dinner cruise on Saigon River (see supplement) in a floating restaurant and getting the admirable feel of the charming views of Saigon river and city-by-night during a short river-cruising.

Back to your hotel for free at leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

  

Day 2:  HO CHI MINH CITY - VIETNAM GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB (by A/C car 20km)

After breakfast, drive straight up to Vietnam Golf & Country Club in Thu Duc District (20 km from HCM City). You have all time to play golf at the Premier Golf Club in Vietnam, including West Course and East Course. The West Course favors the Asian tradition of narrow tree-lined fairways and fast smooth green. The East Course offers long, wide fairways with well placed bunkers and water hazards, plus challenging, undulating greens.

After golfing (1 round) in the 18-hole golf course, return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Free at leisure at hotel. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. (B)

 

Day 3:  HO CHI MINH CITY - PALM SONG BE GOLF RESORT (by A/C car 30km)

After breakfast, departure to Song Be Golf Club which is situated in Lai Thieu, about 30-minute drive (30 km) from the centre of Ho Chi Minh City and directly opposite the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP). 18-hole championship golf course, designed and built by International Golf Construction, Australia, Song Be was Vietnam’s first International Standard Championship Golf Course.

Operational since 1994, the Par 72 natural layout offers an interesting mix of truly challenging holes. Featuring numerous lakes, natural bush reserves and large undulating greens, the course, which is over 6,272 metres at its longest, provides an enjoyable challenge for golfers of all levels.

After golfing (1 round) in the 18-hole golf course, return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Free at leisure at hotel. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. (B)

 

Day 4:  HO CHI MINH CITY - DONG NAI GOLF RESORT - PHAN THIET BEACH (by A/C car 220km)

After breakfast, excursion to Dong Nai Golf formal operations in 1997 with 18 holes cut and the remaining 9 holes were opened in November 2002. Golf is one of the 10 most beautiful landscape and the most challenging of Southeast Asia.

Divided into three zones (A, B, C), each with nine holes were designed according to international standards. The length of each zone is about 3500 yards from the Radio Football.

An area of  about 300 hectares in rural areas make up the model of the ball, putting green undulating ripples with natural water ponds.

Dong Nai Golf Course is a really quiet place to experience golf in a fresh and airy atmosphere.

After golfing (1 round) in the 18-hole golf course, drive straight-up to Phan Thiet beach - Mui Ne Bay, the tropical paradise, one of the leading relaxed destinations in Vietnam, where you have wonderful days for relaxation.

Upon arrival in Phan Thiet, check in and free time for enjoying activities at the beach-resort.

Overnight in That Thiet. (B)

 

Day 5:  PHAN THIET BEACH / MUI NE BAY Safari tour (by A/C car, 4 Wheel Jeep)

After breakfast at hotel, you will have one full day city tour. Firstly, a short visit to Phan Thiet port - one of the largest commercial fishing ports in Vietnam and watch the renowned multi colour boats come in as the fishermen deliver their catch. Travel then Thuy Tu fishermen museum where you will find the largest whale skeleton in the world, along with over 100 other whale skeletons of varied species. Followed-up, a moment to have a look or buy something in Phan Thiet Market, then visit to ancient Duc Thanh school where the famous teacher, Nguyen Tat Thanh (later known as President Ho Chi Minh) stopped to teach on his journey throughout Vietnam on 1911. On the way drive back to resort, visit Pô Sänü towers - ancient towers constructed by the Chams who once were the owners of a nation called the Kingdom of Champa which had been existed for more than a thousand years. Now the towers still stand there, old and weathered in the shape of a linga, standing on a rocky hilltop and overlooking the sea like the historical witnesses to the ups and downs of a nation on this land for over millennium. The towers seem to wait for you, the visitors coming from the distant lands to discover the left secrets of the ancient vestiges belonging to a lost kingdom. Just a very short distance of the ancient Champa towers is the old fighting bunkers, which its communication trenches, bartizans and fighting shelters are quite a must-see of the one-time civil-war, is really a memorable to meditative about the political upheavals.   

Afternoon, enjoy an exciting Jeep or motorbike safari tour which both young and seniors will enjoy this natural trek. The old jeeps departs from your hotel and take you to the nearby coastal resort town of Mui Ne. From there you begin your off-road journey towards the colourful sand dunes, which have been a theme for photographers for many years, each dune have its own beauty, and may change their shapes under winds. Continue through some volcanic stone banks to drive on and experience the colourful petit-canyon, is quite a copy of grand-canyon in Arizona - USA. Continued the jeep tour running on the seaside where you will view a wide scenic unspoiled beach, just you and the sea birds….! That’s a moment of life-time! On way back to hotel, there are further opportunities to visit the magical “fairy stream” where you can have the pleasure to walk barefooted in the river, surrounded by coconut trees, grandiose cliffs made from red and yellow clay.

Overnight in Phan Thiet. (B)

 

Day 6: PHAN THIET SEA LINKS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB (by A/C car)

Breakfast at hotel. Enjoy Phan Thiet’s brilliant sun, windswept dunes and sea breezes as you tee-off at one of the most exciting links style golf courses in the region. Sculpted out of the coastal dunes, along the Eastern Sea, the Sea Links Golf & Country Club is the ideal respite from the demands of daily life.

Sea Links Golf & Country Club is an outstanding natural site with the sand dunes, sea breezes, beach vegetation and sea-views. We have let the dunes determine the routing arid the look of the golf course. It should have the feel and the playability of the early seaside courses, but with a tropical climate.

After golfing (1 round) in the 18-hole golf course, return to hotel and free at leisure.

Overnight in Phan Thiet. (B)

 

Day 7: PHAN THIET BEACH / MUI NE BAY - NHA TRANG BEACH (by A/C car 250km)

After breakfast, check out then drive straight-up to Nha Trang coastal City - the first choice for a memorable beach vacation on the central coast Vietnam, this was a place that was an absolute must as it was meant to have beautiful beaches with ‘crystal clear water’, this resort town has something for everyone - really! Ringed by many bays and beaches - some yellow sand, others brilliant strips of white sand and its the nearby islands, tours of Nha Trang’s historic sites. It is quite a typical beach resort towns, there is enough to do for a longer stay than you may be planning.

Upon arrival, you will enjoy a brief city tour in Nha Trang. The first visit is the Institute of Oceanography - one the fish centers of scientific research in Vietnam, here you can see the Marine Animal Museum with more than 8,000 sea and fresh-water specimens preserved, plus living creatures kept in glass tanks. Proceeding to visit the Sacred Land - Cham’s Ponagar Towers located on top of a low marble mountain that was formerly surrounded by the sea, well-known as a symbolic architecture and sculpture of Cham people, build from century VIII to XII, It’s big impression really to viewing the statues of Apsara dancers which carving on the towers, then look back on esoteric dances and the mysterious Angkor Temples in Cambodia. The tour is continued to visit Long Son Pagoda - the biggest pagoda in Nha Trang, was founded in the late 19^th century, then followed-up along the seaside to visit Hon Chong Promontory, is a small crescent shaped bay, a marble peninsula with massive rock laying on top once together, continuing forward to the north direction and along seaside, you will see a masterpiece of Nature when viewing the unspoiled beaches and sheer cliffs, drive back to Nha Trang town. You also visit Nha Trang Cathedral and finally enjoy shopping at the Dam market - the biggest one in Nha Trang.

Then transfer to hotel for check-in and time of rest. Overnight in Nha Trang. (B)

 

Day 8: NHA TRANG - VINPEARL GOLF CLUB (by A/C car)

After breakfast, you will enjoy golfing at Vinpearl Golf Club is a stunning par 71 championship masterpiece designed by IMG, a global leader in golf course design, that is situated beautifully along a pristine white sand beach on Hon Tre Island in Nha Trang Bay. This challenging layout of 6787 yards is the first international standard golf course on an island in Vietnam and the only one that has ocean view from every hole!

This picturesque gem of a golf course meanders through the valley and along the lake banks and seashore with the soothing breezes flowing in the palms. White sand bunkers compliment the serene beach as it fades into the clear blue bay. The brilliant green grass is a Seashore Paspalum variety that thrives in a seaside location with saltier water conditions making it the most environmentally friendly choice for maintenance in our age of environmental awareness.

After golfing (1 round) in the 18-hole golf course, return to hotel and free at leisure.

Overnight in Nha Trang. (B)

 

Day 9: NHA TRANG - DALAT (by A/C car 140km)

Morning, say goodbye Nha Trang, then overland transfer to Dalat by new dreamlike road in good condition. En route, you can view primeval forests, villages of ethnic peoples and also stop somewhere along the road to take photos or shoot film of the very unspoiled natural landscapes.

Arrival in Dalat is well known as “the City of Eternal Spring”, “Le Petit Paris”, “and Switzerland in miniature”, because of its cool climate, its environment, romantic landscapes of mountain ranges, pine forests, lakes and waterfalls…. For flower enthusiasts, Dalat is a real paradise with a great diversity of beautiful flowers. In the spring, Dalat is a “City of Thousand Flowers”. The whole city and its surrounding countryside are covered with impressive flowers beds.

Transfer to hotel for check-in and a moment of rest.

After that, visit to magnificent Palace of Bao Dai King, which were built on the top of hills, located in beautiful natural surroundings according to French designs. The Palace were owned by high-ranking officials during the French domination and Bao Dai King _ the last king of Vietnam and is the extremely interesting with its design. Proceeding to visit Dalat Flower Park, roses, orchids, daisies, sunflowers, poppies, geraniums, hibiscus, gladioli, glaieu, pensees, mimosas and others show their best robes of colors. In Dalat, many precious kinds of roses can be found such as the Josephine Rose, Brigitte Bardot Rose, Australian Indigo Rose, Monaco Rose, big dark-red rose as well as virgin beauty of wild and exotic orchid flowers. Finally, you will come to Dalat Market, one of the most beautiful markets in Vietnam, where you will be attracted by a wide array of flowers, fruits, and vegetables from the tropical and temperate zones. Moreover, the Dalat's famous items made of wool will offer to you the choices of sweaters, jumpers, pullovers, hats, and others famous as XQ Embroidering fine pictures.

Evening you would promenade along Xuan Huong Lake - a very beautiful lake. The surface of the lake is as smooth as glass reflecting the shadows of pine-trees which sing in the wind all day and night. Xuan Huong Lake is a poetic site, attracting leisure visitors.

Overnight in Dalat. (B)

 

Day 10: DALAT DALAT PALACE GOLF CLUB (by A/C car)

After breakfast, you will enjoy golfing at Dalat Palace Golf Club, rated as Vietnam’s leading golf course and, proudly, it’s only bent grass green.

Dalat Palace is the most highly awarded course in this inspired country and has attracted a full spectrum of international golfing enthusiasts. Measuring 7,009 yards from the tips, the course is an uninterrupted string of inventive, demanding golf holes.

The course underwent a multi-million dollar re-development in 1994, re-opening amid much anticipation. Its long list of awards speaks to its pedigree and our team of internationally trained and experienced Golf Professionals ensure a course of world standard at the forefront of the industry.

After golfing (1 round) in the 18-hole golf course, return to hotel and free at leisure.

Overnight in Dalat. (B)

 

Day 11: DALAT - HO CHI MINH CITY & DEPARTURE (by A/C car, plane)

After breakfast, check out and transfer to Lien Khuong airport for a flight back to Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City by VN1381 DLI/SGN at 09.50-10.40, proceeding to the International Terminal for a connecting flight back home. Have a safe trip come home!

It’s timely; you have to say good-bye Vietnam. You surely have plentiful memories of the Orient - my colourful country land. We (Toan Vinh Tours) thank you very much for your choice of our company as your ground handler in Vietnam then may be Indochina countries on further, be sure all our people are your best friends always and beyond. May we will meet and honoured welcome you have other voyages to Indochina in the days coming, continuing to discover, to experience the endless imposing landscapes, then get the really restful moments in a diversified World and this colourful Sub-region of the Mekong River: VIETNAM - LAOS - CAMBODIA - THAILAND - MYANMAR! GOOD-BYE & DO HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!