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. In the evening, you’ll have tickets for a performance of traditional Water Puppetry, an art form unique to northern Vietnam, and a good, light-hearted introduction to its rural 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 (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 3: Hanoi (B, L, G)
Today, you will visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum Complex and the Women’s Museum. You will also visit Hoan Kiem Lake and wander around the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Your overnight will be 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 checking in at your hotel and lunch, you’ll have a guided visit to the Ancient Town of Hoi An. You will spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 9: Hoi An/My Son/Hoi An (B, G)
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at your hotel to take you to the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, 40km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious centre of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. When you return, the rest of the day will be free. 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.

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, G)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will take a cruise along the Perfume River to visit the Thien Mu Pagoda and the Royal Tomb of Emperor Minh Mang. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the tombs of Emperor Tu Duc and Khai Dinh. From there, you’ll return to Hue to visit one of city’s Garden Houses, a unique feature of Hue. Your overnight will be in Hue.

Day 14: Hue/Hanoi departure (B, G)
You’ll be free today until an afternoon flight takes you to Noi Bai airport in Hanoi in a good time to connect to your departure flight. Tour ends.