Luxury
and Hideaway Honeymoon - 14 days
(Tour code: Honeymoon - 03)
| Fourteen-day
romantic vacations, exotic honeymoons and Vietnam spa vacations |
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This
is a typical example of our Vietnam honeymoon packages and exotic
honeymoons - if you wish, the location, duration, itinerary
and any other elements of our honeymoon vacations can be customised
to suit your personal preferences
Highlights:
A fourteen-day honeymoon package with a touch of romance
and plenty of time to relax. You’ll visit Hanoi, Vietnam’s
stately capital city, and its hinterland, then head north
by train to visit colourful hill-tribes around Sapa in the
Northern Highlands. From there, you’ll fly south to
relax in either the Evason Hideaway on an isolated peninsula
to the north of Nha Trang Bay, or to Le Domaine de Tam Hai,
a small exclusive resort on an island just off Vietnam’s
central coast. |
Day
1: Arrival at Hanoi (Diner (D), Guide pick-up (GP))
Arrival Noi Bai airport in Hanoi and pick-up to your hotel.
Candle-lit dinner at a restaurant in a restored French colonial
building. Evening performance of traditional Water Puppetry,
an art form unique to northern Vietnam, and a good, light-hearted
introduction to its rural culture.
Oernight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi free (Breakfast (B))
A free day in Hanoi to spend as your wish.
Day 3: Exploring old villages
in the Red River Delta (B, Lunch (L), G)
All-day trip to Duong Lam Commune is a community of six traditional
village.
Afternoon: return to Hanoi for freshen-up and dinner, stopping
en-route to visit the Van Phuc silk village. Late evening: pick-up
to Hanoi railway station in time to board the overnight sleeper
train to Lao Cai.
Alternative for Day 3:
Cycling and exploring villages around Hanoi (B, L, G)
Morning: visiting Bat Trang ceramic village. Biking along the
riverside dike, through some more of the many villages surrounding
Hanoi. Visiting Dong Ho village - famous for its traditional
paintings. Tam Tao village to enjoy its traditional Quan Ho
music performed by villagers in the commune house.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 4: Lao Cai/Sapa (B, L, D,
G)
Arrival in Lao Cai in the early morning, Jeep or Land Cruiser
to Sapa. After breakfast, hiking down a scenic valley calling
in at the H’mong ethnic minority villages on the way.
Visiting Day ethnic minority village.
Overnight in the house of one of the village’s families.
Day
5: Sapa (B, L, D, G)
Visiting the Red Dao ethnic minority people of Giang Ta Chai
village.
Afternoon: pick-up to travel to Ban Ho village of Tay ethnic
minority before driving to Topas Eco Lodge for dinner and overnight
stay.
The Topas Eco Lodge is about 18km from Sapa. It's a newly
built development of 25 individual bungalows perched on the
top of a hill together with a restaurant and bar complex. Needless
to say, the views across the wide valley populated with small
communities of Tay, Red Dao and Black H’Mong ethnic minority
people.
Day
6: Sapa/Hanoi (B, L, D, G)
The day will be your own until your private Jeep/Land Cruiser
arrives to take you to Sapa and, later in the evening, to Lao
Cai station by jeep to catch the overnight train to Hanoi.
Day 7: Hanoi/NhaTrang/The Evason
Hideaway Resort (B, GP)
Arrival at Hanoi railway station, pick-up to your hotel
to freshen up before breakfast. Free time time until your noon
flight to Nha Trang. On arrival, you’ll find a car and
driver waiting to take you to the a private jetty where a short
speedboat journey will whisk you to the Evason Hideaway where
you’ll spend the next seven nights. Breakfast is included
The Evason is probably Vietnam's most exclusive hotel - luxurious,
ultra-stylish and an ideal honeymoon hideaway set in 120ha (300
acres) of pristine scenery. It's also one of Vietnam's most
environmentally-conscious hotels.
Day
14: Nha Trang/Ho Chi Minh City departure (B, Driver pick-up
(DP))
Free time in the morning until your car and driver arrive to
take you to Nha Trang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh
City to connect with your departure flight.
Alternative for Day 7 to Day 14:
Day 7: Hanoi/Danang/Le Domain
de Tam Hai (B)
Noon flight to Danang. After a 90-minute drive, you’ll
board a speedboat to cross to Le Domain De Tam Hai Resort where
you’ll spend the next six nights. All meals are included
and limited recreational facilities are available.
Le Domaine de Tam Hai offers 12 well-appointed villas with
Vietnamese traditional architecture. Each villa has a large
private garden opening directly on to a more or less deserted
soft sand beach. It’s located on a tropical island just
off the coast of central Vietnam about 40km from Hoi An Ancient
Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Day 14: Le Domain de Tam Hai/Danang/Hanoi
(or Ho Chi Minh City) departure (B)
After breakfast, you’ll be free until your driver arrives
to take you to Danang airport for a flight to Noi Bai airport
in Hanoi (or Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City) to connect
with your departure flight.
| Luxury
Hideaway Honeymoon: Evason Hideaway |
5,550 |
| Luxury Hideaway
Honeymoon: Le Domain de Tam Hai Resort |
2,498 |
| Accommodation
reduction: Topas Eco-lodge on days 5 |
70 |
These prices are
valid until December 31, 2007. Please note that bank transfer
fees are not included.
* ‘Single room occupancy’ refers to the accommodation
element of the programme only, and applies to someone who is travelling
with others but requires an additional room for him or herself.
Single traveller prices are available on request.
Our
prices include:
- Breakfast and accommodation
in double rooms
- Pick-ups and transfers by private
air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above
(Please note: pick-ups will be by a guide and driver or, where
a guide is not necessary, a driver only. All unaccompanied
drivers will be briefed in advance, and will carry a mobile
phone to ensure smooth transfer arrangements)
- Domestic flight tickets: Ha
Noi - Nha Trang and Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh City, including
domestic airport taxes.
Or: Domestic flight tickets: Ha Noi - Danang
and Danang - Ho Chi Minh City , including domestic airport
taxes.
- Return train tickets: Hanoi
- Lao Cai
- Travel in an appropriate private
air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced safe driver.
- The services of experienced
English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary (please
note: guides will be on hand from pick-up until guests' return
to their hotel or reaching their destination). Free days or
part days will not include the services of a guide unless
requested and included in the final itinerary.
- Where necessary, entry fees
for all visits as mentioned in the programme.
- Lunches and dinners (as specified
in the itinerary) in the best local restaurants, or picnics
where no suitable restaurant is available.
- VAT and other taxes
Our
prices do not include:
- International flight tickets
and airport tax
- Dinners except as specified
above
- Drinks, gratuities and personal
expenses
- Visa services
- Camera fees
- Diving fees
- Insurance
