Scenic Discovery
Day 1 Saigon – Dalat
Transfer
Flight from Saigon to Dalat
Transfer and sightseeing in Dalat
Explore Dalat, a region dotted with lakes, waterfalls, evergreen forests and gardens. In the centre of Dalat is Xuan Huong Lake overlooked by the majestic hilltop Palace Hotel. Visit XQ Embroidery, an embroidery shop designed to look like a traditional rural village. Watch the artisans create exquisite designs in the workshop and enjoy a glass of green tea. Visit Dalat Cathedral, built between 1931 and 1942 for use by the French residents and holiday makers. Inside, the stained-glass windows bring a hint of medieval Europe to Dalat. Also have a walk around the Flower Garden, established in 1966 by the South Vietnamese Agricultural Service. Flowers represented include hydrangeas, fuchsias and orchids.
Visit Bao Dai’s Summer Palace
Explore Bao Dai’s Summer Palace, a 25 room villa that was contructed in 1933 and is filled with artefacts from decades and governments past. Of interest are the engraved glass map of Vietnam given to the Emperor in 1942 by Vietnamese students in France and the life size bust above the bookcase of Bao Dai himself.
Visit Lam Dong Museum and Nam Phuong Queen Palace
Lam Dong Museum: Museum of Lam Dong used to be at the former Town Hall, on a big hill, at the end of a romantic winding road called “the Road of Love”. This building later was transferred to military management. Therefore the museum had to temporarily stopped its activities in October 1996 and reopened on 22nd December 1999, serving visitors at new location, number 4 Hung Vuong Street. It is situated on a windy hill of 2,7 hectares, 4 kilometers northeast of Central Dalat.
Nam Phuong Queen Palace (named after King Bao Dai’s wife) is situated in a large pine forest along Hung Vuong street in Dalat. It is now under the management of the Lam Dong museum and was recently opened for visitors.
Visit Truc Lam Zen Monastery
– Overnight in Dalat
Day 2 Dalat – Nha Trang (Breakfast: Hotel )
Sightseeing in Dalat
Visit Organic Farm
Dalat is known as the land of vegetable and flower. Today, you will visit one of the famous farm where you can see many products of vegetables, flowers and fruits are made by the closed European organic standards and no chemicals are used.
Visit Domaine de Marie Convent
The Domaine de Marie Convent has charming architecture which holds a part of the city’s history.
Visit the Cremaillere Railway
The Cremaillere Railway is a cog railway linking Dalat and Tham Cham from 1928 to 1964, until it was closed due to the war. The line has now been repaired and now operates as a tourist attraction, running eight kilometres to Trai Mat Village and back.
By vehicle from Dalat to Nha Trang
– Overnight in Nha Trang
Day 3 Nha Trang (Breakfast: Hotel )
Nha Trang Island Tour
Drive to Yersin Museum which is located within the Pasteur Institute. This museum commemorates the lifelong work of one of the area’s most famous scientists who helped to cure diseases in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Transfer to the jetty to visit Mieu island where client have chance to try local basket boat ride and explore the life of fishermen at Mieu fishing village. On the way of village path, taste a cup of coffee while watching the local’s daily activities. Return the boat and cruise around Nha Trang bay, photo stop at Tri Nguyen aquarium en route. Back to the hotel around 12.00 PM.
Sightseeing in Nha Trang (half day)
Nha Trang is the capital of Khanh Hoa Province and has one of the most beautiful municipal beaches in Vietnam.
Yersin Museum (closed on Saturday and Sunday): which is located within the Pasteur Institute. This museum commemorates the lifelong work of one of the area’s most famous scientists who helped to cure diseases in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Mieu Island has an important fish-breeding farm where over forty species of fish, crustaceans and other marine life are raised in three separate areas.
Po Nagar Cham Towers, which was built between the 7th and 12th centuries, and was used for the worship of Hindu Gods as early as the 2nd century AD.
XQ Embroidery: Founded in 1996, XQ has many imitators these days, but none of the competition comes close to matching it for quality. Enter this workshop, you can see masterpieces unraveling before your eyes upstairs where artisans embroider for hours on end. Some of the embroidery is so realistic that it resembles photographs
– Overnight in Nha Trang
Day 4 Nha Trang – Cam Ranh Bay – Saigon (Breakfast: Hotel )
All day at leisure
Transfer from Nha Trang to Cam Ranh Airport
Flight from Cam Ranh Bay to Saigon
Transfer
– Overnight in Saigon
Day 5 Saigon
Transfer
