Hue Arrival

Upon arrival in Hue, meet your local guide and transfer to hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Hue

Hue City Tour (B, L)

08:00 Pick up at the hotel and start the day with a 40-minute boat trip on the Perfume River to the Thien Mu Pagoda. Visit a garden house in Kim Long Village, this village used to be the residential area for the Mandarins and many of the old houses have been persevered. Explore the royal residences and temples in the Imperial Citadel, where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945.

In the afternoon visit the enormous tomb of Tu Duc. On the way to one of the impressive royal tombs, stop at a village where incense sticks and conical hats are produced. Back in Hue, take time to stroll around the lively and colourful Dong Ba Market.

Overnight at hotel in Hue

Note: In case the water level of the Perfume River is too high for boat trips, it will be replaced by a cyclo tour in the city.

Hue – Danang – Hoi An (B, L)

Pick up 08:00

Check out of the hotel and leave Hue over the Hai Van (Sea Cloud) Pass. Enjoy spectacular views of the coastline. Visit the Museum of Cham Sculpture in Danang, it has the world’s largest collection of Cham artefacts and displays around 300 pieces dating from the 5th to the 15th centuries.

Continue the short distance to Hoi An, located on the riverside of Thu Bon River. It is certainly the most charming ancient town in Vietnam, with its Japanese merchant houses, Chinese temples and Vietnamese markets.

Discover the ancient town, which used to be a prosperous seaport city during the 15th to 18th centuries by foot. Visit the assembly hall of the Fujian Chinese Congregation (Phuc Kien Hoi Quan), the Japanese Covered Bridge, the Tan Ky House, the Museum of Folk Culture.

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An

Hoi An - Buffalo Cart & Farming Life (B, L)

Pick up 08:00

Hotel pick-up. In the morning, take the opportunity to be a rice farmer for half a day! A buffalo-drawn cart transports you to a farm site, where local farmers demonstrate their work on a rice field. Before scattering the rice seeds or transplanting rice, plough and prepare the field together with a water buffalo. Then, when the rice is planted, water the field. On the farm, learn how to separate the rice from the chaff by using the grain mill, winnowing, pounding and sifting the rice. Next, soak and grind the rice into flour, the base for everything from noodles and rice paper to crackers and sweets. Enjoy some well-earned local specialties like Tam Huu and fried spring rolls.

After lunch enjoy the class to learn how to make your very own lantern during a class with a local instructor in Hoi An. Pick out your favorite color, decorate it as you like, and take it home as a souvenir.

Rest of the afternoon free at leisure.

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An

Time free at leisure until transfer to Danang international airport for your departure flight. Tour ends.