Traditional villages tours

Handicraft villages are an exciting point of culture that can not be missed during the travelers’ discovery of Vietnamese culture. This trip will enable the tourists to have a good look at and experience various handicraft villages from the pottery village of Bat Trang, the traditional painting village of Dong Ho to the rattan-knitting village of Phu Vinh.

In the morning, ODC Travel’s tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel around 7:30 – 8:00 to start a spectacular trip to the most famous traditional villages in Vietnam. Many visitors have been seduced by rich in handcraft products which are made dexterous, hardworking and creative qualities of the Vietnamese people. Villages in the vicinity of Hanoi are the cradle of skilled crafts, folk arts and traditional festivals.

The first stop is the pottery village of Bat Trang to see how the beautiful ceramic products are made. Continue to Dong Ho, famous for its wooden paintings. Local lunch in Dong Ho.

Afternoon tour to the wood - carving village of Dong Ky and the rattan - knitting village of Phu Vinh. Drop off at your hotel at the end of the day.

Tour includes:

• Roundtrip transfer
• Local lunch
• Tours and activities as stated above
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fees

Tour excludes:

• Travel insurance
• Extra food and beverages
• Tips and personal expenses

Tour Notes:

• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• Take hat, raincoat, water, good shoes for trekking and cash.
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience.

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Hanoi Biking tour

Escape from the city to explore the real Rural Vietnam. Ride through typical Vietnamese villages, enjoying picturesque landscapes, talking with and meeting local families. Get a different impression from a different point of view. This is an adventure with freedom on two wheels.

Morning:
07:30 ODC Travel’s tour guide and driver will pick up at your hotel and transfer to gathering point to, warning up and correcting bikes.
- 08:00 Escape from the city, ride on the dike of Red river. The first stop-over is Chem Communal house where dedicated to the Chem Saint is considered one of the most ancient communal houses in Vietnam. A short break at Trung Chau Temple before riding through country lane with rice fields on both sides to visit Tay Phuong Pagoda which is famous for statues of 18 arhats and other 80 statues.
11:30 Have lunch and relax time at the pagoda.

Afternoon:
13:00 Continue to visit Thay pagoda which was built in the Ly Nhan Tong Dynasty (1072-1127) where was resided by the monk Tu Dao Hanh. This was the home of the art of water puppetry. The pagoda has a large relic complex of high artistic and architecture values with wonderful landscape.
Ride back to Hanoi with a stop at Son Dong carving statue village. Drop off at your hotel.

Tour includes:

• Roundtrip transfer
• Lunch at the pagoda 
• Bottled water
• Bicycles
• Tours and activities as stated above
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fees

Tour excludes:

• Travel insurance
• Extra food and beverages
• Tips and personal expenses

Tour Notes:

• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• Take passport, hat, raincoat, good shoes for trekking, sunscreen and cash.
• Don’t wear singlet, shorts, dresses or skirts, or tops with low-neck lines and bare shoulders to temples and pagodas
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience.

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Perfume Pagoda

Summary

The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites in Buddhist Vietnam. Every spring, after the Vietnamese New Year, thousands of Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and prosperity they need to get them through the year.  The pagoda itself is situated in a huge cave built into limestone cliffs and can only be reached by boat as there are no roads. You glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths, visiting the pagodas and temples built in this area over the centuries.

Highlights

• A scenic boat trip down the Yen River between dramatic limestone cliffs
• Visiting the beautiful Pagoda and Cave and learning more about religion and society in Vietnam
• Enjoying a local lunch near Thien Tru Pagoda

Departing Hanoi we have a two hour drive through the picturesque countryside and back roads to the village of Duc for some refreshments before boarding our boats for a 1.5 hour ride along the scenic Yen river, surrounded by dramatic limestone cliffs. After this we walk to the Thien Tru Pagoda (Heaven’s Kitchen) and the Perfume Cave and Pagoda - an hours walk in total. On our way back we visit Giai Oan and Tuyet Son Pagodas. Lunch will be at one of the little food stalls near Thien Tru Pagoda. After lunch the boat will take us back to our bus for the drive back to Hanoi.  We arrive in Hanoi around 18.30.

Tour Includes:
• All transportation and transfers
• Lunch
• English speaking guide 
• Admission fees and permits where applicable
• Drinking water during the trip
Tour excludes:
• Pre & Post trip accommodation in Hanoi
• Travel insurance
• Food & drink not mentioned in the itinerary
• Personal expenses 

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Amazing Angkor Legend

During this tour, we will visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor is Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. 
In the morning, ODC Travel’s tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer directly to the Angkor temple complex. Visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.
Lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon continue visiting the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12th century): See the South Gate, Bayon temple, the Elephants Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and Ta Prohm.  The final stop is a beautiful jungle temple that has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Transfer back to your hotel.
Tour includes:

• Land transfer per program
• Lunch
• Cold water and towel during the tour
• Tours and activities as stated above
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fees

Tour excludes:

• Travel insurance
• Extra food and beverages
• Tips and personal expenses

Tour Notes:

• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• Take hat, raincoat, insect repellent, water, torch, sun scream and cash.
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience.

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Perfume Pagoda

Summary

The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites in Buddhist Vietnam. Every spring, after the Vietnamese New Year, thousands of Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and prosperity they need to get them through the year.  The pagoda itself is situated in a huge cave built into limestone cliffs and can only be reached by boat as there are no roads. You glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths, visiting the pagodas and temples built in this area over the centuries.

Highlights

• A scenic boat trip down the Yen River between dramatic limestone cliffs
• Visiting the beautiful Pagoda and Cave and learning more about religion and society in Vietnam
• Enjoying a local lunch near Thien Tru Pagoda

Departing Hanoi we have a two hour drive through the picturesque countryside and back roads to the village of Duc for some refreshments before boarding our boats for a 1.5 hour ride along the scenic Yen river, surrounded by dramatic limestone cliffs. After this we walk to the Thien Tru Pagoda (Heaven’s Kitchen) and the Perfume Cave and Pagoda - an hours walk in total. On our way back we visit Giai Oan and Tuyet Son Pagodas. Lunch will be at one of the little food stalls near Thien Tru Pagoda. After lunch the boat will take us back to our bus for the drive back to Hanoi.  We arrive in Hanoi around 18.30.

Tour Includes:
• All transportation and transfers
• Lunch
• English speaking guide 
• Admission fees and permits where applicable
• Drinking water during the trip

Tour excludes:
• Pre & Post trip accommodation in Hanoi
• Travel insurance
• Food & drink not mentioned in the itinerary
• Personal expenses

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Vietnam Day Tours

Vietnam Day Tours

We offers a wide choice of Vietnam tours & city tours in the best recommended single destinations of Vietnam and featured the most comprehensive overnight excursions. For your convenience, our tours depart from Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Sapa… Our days trips and excursion allows you to explore the highlights of Vietnam only in one or several days in your limited times. You can easily combine an extension to other nearby destinations at any point during your stay in Vietnam. It’s easy and reliable when you make the arrangements with Vietnam Holiday Org. It is our pleasure to make your visit enriching, comfortable and fun. 
We also customize Hanoi in vietnam travel, Ho Chi Minh city tours, Halong Bay Tours, Hue tours and other tours to any city in Vietnam you like to visit.

Morning we will transfer to Da Nang airport to take the flight to Ho Chi Minh City.
In the afternoon, we will visit Cu Chi Tunnels otherwise known as the "Iron Triangle" or "Iron Land". On our way there we will drive through pleasant countryside; rubber plantations and rice paddies. Before entering the tunnels, we will see a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, followed by an exploration of the maze of tunnels, some of which have been widened to allow tourist access. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500lb bombs dropped by B52 bombers. After that we transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city.


Moreover, thanks to originally designed programs of the best service quality, the GALATOURIST trademark has been recognized and well known in both domestic and international markets.

Our journeys focus on capturing the nature of Vietnam. Designed for both small groups and independent travelers, our package tours are constantly developed from our flexibly and creatively customized tours..

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11 day vietnam, laos travel

ay 1 Arrive Hanoi (D)
Transfer via: International Flight on your own arrangement
Accommodations: Hanoi Boutique 1 hotel
Upon your arrival at the Noi Bai (Hanoi) airport, our local guide will meet us and escort us to our hotel. The rest of the day is free to relax and recover from jetlag. Tonight we have dinner at one of the finest restaurant in Hanoi.
Day 2 Hanoi (B, L)
Accommodations: Hanoi Boutique 1 hotel
Sites visited: Ho Chi Minh Complex, Ba Dinh square, Temple of Literature, Museum of Ethnology, Cyclo in Hanoi old quarter, Water puppet show
On this day we will first visit Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh of vietnam tours complex followed by the Temple of Literature. In the afternoon we will visit Museum of Ethnology and explore Hanoi old quarter by cyclo (paddle rickshaw). In the evening we will enjoy the water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi.

Never miss a 15 days' delightful trip that will awaken all our senses by exploring the real Vietnam. This trip allows us to see...

Vietnam travel is perfectly suited for adventure travel. You will quickly break through busy traffic, cultural and language barriers. Vietnam adventure travel have been specially designed for the needs of upscale clients – minimizing long journeys and plenty of time on beaches, nature and among wildlife without the comfort and always the adventurous, unique and wonderful.
Travel by train, fly on a chartered helicopter, stay in an exclusive resort, hide in the tropical jungle, trekking in to hill tribes’ villages in Sapa, Mai Chau, back to the comfort, relax in style in a vacation home or villa. Discover the world heritage site of Halong Bay aboard a traditional junk, experience the sea kayak; explore the charming UNESCO-designated World Heritage town of Hoi An and its nearby beaches and end in the modern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City. On our adventures, you are certain to be entertained by the people, history, color and culture.

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