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Thứ Ba, 27 tháng 1, 2015

Duong Lam Ancient Village One Day Tour

OVERVIEW

The ancient village of Duong Lam on the outskirts of Hanoi is also known as a museum of laterite, home to around 300 houses built three or four centuries ago with lateritic bricks. The village has also been described as the last stronghold of wet rice farming culture in northern Vietnam.





A journey to Duong Lam village is a trip to trace back the origin of Vietnam's culture and Vietnam's traditions.



This is also the great chance explore architecture of ancient houses while wander along its narrow alleyways, visit temples dedicated to the two kings born there, and most interesting of all, chat with locals living in the ancient houses




ITINERARY

8h30 Am: Vietwind Travel’s guide and driver pick you up and start the trip to the west of Hanoi to visit Duong Lam village, a purely agricultural village of the Northern Red River delta where still preserve many hundred-year-old houses.

It will be your unique experience as you walk along tiny ancient alleys, visit Mong Phu temple in Mong Phu hamlet - the only hamlet whose original village entrance gate remains intact, dedicated to national heroes.

Have some talks with the locals in their ancient houses by visiting the ancient houses. Enjoy your lunch with Vietnamese food at local restaurant.

After having lunch, we continue driving to visit Mia pagoda, is built in 15 th century and admire 287 statues of all sizes, among with are famous sculpture such as the statue of Buddha in the Himalayas and the statues of the Eight Vajra Deities.

Then visit Ngo Quyen temple and Phung Hung temple, places dedicated to two national heroes Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung.

Driving back Hanoi. Duong Lam Village Tour finishes at about 5h00 PM.


- Meals: Lunch
Tour Cost included

- Modern air-conditioned bus.
- Lunch.
- All sightseeing fees.
- Biking service.
- English speaking guide.


Tour Cost Non Included
- Travel insurance.
- Tax.
- Beverages.
- Tip or Gratitude
- Personal expense


Children Policy

- Free Of Charge for child under 5 years old sharing cabin with parents, maximum 1 child per room.
- Children under 5 years old : free of charge
- Children from 5 – under 10 years old sharing bed with family charge 50% rate , put extra bed charge 75% rate
- Children from 10 years old: pay as adult rate

We wish you to enjoy a comfortable and relaxing  trip and each minute of your journey is update into a DVD which we want special  offer for all private tour & group tour from 10 person. The most beautiful moment,  memorable of Vietnam  will be saved forever.

Your satisfaction is our success as “BRING SENSE TO YOUR LIFE !”

Hanoi Personal Tour Guide

I.  OVERVIEW
Over the last two decades, tourists all over the world have been coming to Hanoi to enjoy the unique charming characteristics of this beautiful city, pleasant cuisine and rich culture treasure of a 1000 years city. They take photos, visit museum, taste the dishes, and walk the winding street. But looking is not experiencing, and seeing does not understand. 

Hanoi Personal Tour Guide” conducted by Vietwindtravel company were created to help visitors break away from the shallow, mass-market tours that offer no context and little insight into what really makes Hanoi one of the most fascinating cities in Asia. Hiring a private tour guide can be an excellent way to see a place since you will have a local expert to work as your personal assistant.


Let us show you the real attractions that not every tourist sees. The great advantage of hiring a personal guide is that during your private tour, you do not have to follow anybody else’s itinerary. You may just focus on what you are really interested in. In the vehicle of your choice, from a Luxury car to a clyclo, or visit the sites that satisfy your interests, preferences or whims. We meet you directly at your hotel at the time and date of your choice. We do not provide scripted speeches; we tell you the stories, folklore and get you engaged in the conversation. It's always fun
More than a trip, it is a bridge connecting you to us.

II.  ITINERARY
 Price
To have a satisfying trip and your own guide, the price you have to pay is only 15$/ a day trip , and 8$/ a half day trip.
You will feel comfortable because you design the schedule by yourself, you will have a new emotion because you explore by yourself, and you yourself choose the means of transport.  You will feel happy because your partner is not a professional guide serving the guests, but just a friend with hoping to exchange cultures and share the experiences.

      Why should you choose a non-professional tour guide?


They can travel with you to your preferred destination; introduce you about its history and characteristics. Our collaborators are the students of the universities in Hanoi dynamic and enthusiastic studying in the universities specializing in foreign languages.
Exceeding the relationship between tour guide and guest, we expect to bring you a sincere and enthusiastic friend with a good ability in communication. They will become your partner in your journey to discover Hanoi’s beauty, to exchange cultures and learn from each other about our country and your country.

3    The roads

You can choose among the choices we recommended, and explore by yourself. We will provide you the necessary information to start your journey.
One day programmer:
1.      Choice 1: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, One pillar pagoda, Literature Temper, Hoan Kiem Lake surroundings- Ngoc Son temper, Old Quarter.
2.      Choice 2: Literature Temper, West Lake surroundings, Hoa Lo Prison, Vietnam museum of Ethnology.
3.      Choice 3: Literature Temper, Vietnam museum of Ethnology, Hoan Kiem Lake surroundings- Ngoc Son temper, Old Quarter.
4.      Choice 4: Hoan Kiem Lake surroundings- Ngoc Son temper, Old Quarter, Vietnam museum of Ethnology, Bat Trang Ceramic Village or Van Phuc Silk Village ( one in two villages)
5.      Choice 5: Bat Trang Ceramic Village and Van Phuc Silk Village
Note:  You can choose the water puppet show if your time is available
A half day program:
1.      Choice 1: Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple, Long Bien Bridge.
2.      Choice 2: Vietnam museum of Ethnology, Hoan Kiem surroundings.
3.      Choice 3:  one in two villages: Bat Trang Ceramic Village or Van Phuc Silk Village.
4.      Choice 4: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, One pillar pagoda, Literature Temper, West Lake.
5.      Choie 5: Hoa Lo Prison, Hoan Kiem lake, Old Quarter surroundings.
6.       Choice 6:  Dong Xuan Night market in the weekend ( Friday, Saturday, Sunday): Start at 7p.m and finish at 10 p.m.
7.      Choice 7: Exploring the daily life of Hanoi household ( go to market and learn to make Hanoi’s food)
8.      Choice 8: Discovering street food combine massage.

     Means of transportation
You can choose the most special vehicle suitable with your interest.
·         Motorbike: Price for one day………         Price for a half day……………..
·         Clyclo ………….
·         Xe om ……………..
·         Bicycle:………..
·         Car…………..
·         Bus……………

        Food
1.      Steet food
2.      Average restaurant
3.      Luxury restaurant

III.             OUR EXPECTATIONS


More than a trip, it is a bridge connecting you to us.
We don’t expect that you consider it like a common traveling program, because its goal is to cooperate and exchange cultures. Vietwind travel is like a bridge connecting you to Vietnamese friends, making friend with them and exploring the beauty of our country. Conversely, we hope that we will receive your thinking about Vietnam, your feeling after visiting here, and more importantly, your contribution will help us to complete our work to send the beauty of Vietnamese culture and landscape to international friends. Particularly, you expect that you will become a bridge for Vietnamese people to understand more about your country.
Each journey is an experience and exploration, it is also a journey to looking for a wonderful friend.


Hanoi One Day Tour

I. HANOI ONE DAY TOUR OVERVIEW

Hanoi is perhaps the most graceful, atmospheric and exotic capital city in Asia. Its appeal is instant with sweeping boulevards, tree-fringed lake, ancient pagodas and a relative compact historic centre. This 1000 year cultural city has various interesting things waiting for you to explore and experience. Let us become a partner on your journey to explore this amazing and beautiful city.


This tour will take you aroud Hanoi to visit the most famous places including including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum –Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house – where president Ho Chi Ho lived on and off from 1958 to 1969, and Ho Chi Minh’s museum where restore the objects and a lot of information about President Ho Chi Minh. Around the corner from the mausoleum is the unique One Pillar pagoda ( Chua Mot Cot). Built in 1049 under Ly dynasty, this beautiful wooden pagoda rest on a single stone pillar rising out of lotus pool. Legend has it that in a dream King Ly Thai To saw the goddess Quan Am seated on a lotus leaf offering him a male child in her outstretched arms. The King is said to have built the pagoda as a sign of his gratitude.


Leaving One Pillar Pagoda, tourists will visit the Temple of Literature the first college of Viet Nam dedicated to Confucian. In the afternoon, visitor will visit Tran Quoc pagoda on the tiny peninsula of the West lake, one vietnam’s most ancient pagodas built in 1639. The last place of city tour is Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword Lake) in the centre Hanoi and visit Ngoc Son Temple which sits pretty on a delightful little island in the Northern part of Hoan Kiem Lake.

HANOI CITY TOUR ITINERARY:

In the morning:


08:00 – 08:30 a.m: Our guide and driver pick you up from your hotel and start to visit Ho Chi Minh complex, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or Uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house – where Ho lived on and off from 1958 to 1969, then visit Ho Chi Minh’s museum where tourists will learn what he had done for Viet Nam and some other countries and a lot of information about President Ho Chi Minh. The next place is One Pillar Pagoda which is a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square pond. Leave One Pillar Pagoda for the Temple of Literature the first college of Viet Nam dedicated to Confucian. Have lunch at a restaurant.

In the afternoon:

If Tues, Thurs, Sats and Suns: After lunch, drive to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, Which is on the shore of West Lake, the Museum of Ethnology. The last place of city tour is Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword Lake), Ngoc Son Temple. Drop off at your hotel.

- Meals: Lunch.

III. PRICE $ NOTE

PRICE: 34 USD

Tour Cost included:

- Pick up and drop off at your hotel by air-conditioned bus.
- Experienced and enthusiastic driver.
- Professional English speaking guide.
- Vietnamese lunch, entrance fees.


Tour Cost Non Included:

- Travel insurance, tax, cyclo.
- Cyclo ride (optional): extra VND100,000/person.
- Tips and others not included in the package.

Children Policy:

- Free Of Charge for child under 5 years old sharing cabin with parents, maximum 1 child per room.
- Children under 5 years old : free of charge
- Children from 5 – under 10 years old sharing bed with family charge 50% rate , put extra bed charge 75% rate
- Children from 10 years old: pay as adult rate

We wish you to enjoy a comfortable and relaxing  trip and each minute of your journey is update into a DVD which we want special  offer for all private tour & group tour from 10 person. The most beautiful moment,  memorable of Vietnam  will be saved forever.
Your satisfaction is our success as “BRING SENSE TO YOUR LIFE !”



Hanoi By Night (4 hours tour)

Hanoi By Night Overview


Instead of sitting at hotel’s lobby reading magazines or sealing yourself in your room, just spending few hours to explore the exclusiveness and differences of Hanoi city tour by night.


Hanoi by Night

When the street lights up, transfer Hanoi at night. All roads, bright street lights, as Hanoi adorn more sparkling, brilliant. In the ancient streets, Luong Van Can, Hang H, Hang Dao, Hang Ma, who crowded the streets walking, some people visit the store to buy souvenirs and just feel the space of the ancient streets of Hanoi Noi.

Youth On the way, Quang Trung, Nguyen Du, or along the West Lake, Truc Bach Lake, Hoan Kiem Lake, the other young people hanging about here to relax, enjoy the cool, the beauty of nature at night.

 
Hanoi by night

The ancient streets to the newly opened path, have food the night. From the sweet fragrance of boiled corn, baked potato with strong until the bowl of chicken soup up the aggregate.

Hanoi by night


Better known perhaps to mention the noodles. Visiting Hanoi without eating noodles in cold weather will not understand what they regarded as Hanoi.

Pho broth is delicious and not in fresh rice noodles do not need much, less spicy chili, several branches of flowers, a few slices of fresh lemon made a suspect untouched pho smoke, choking sweet anise flavor. This dish has left strong impression on many people.


Hanoi by Night

Night in Hanoi, the sparkling night lights, night life span of noisy streets, the night of the ordinary man struggling for his livelihood regardless sultry summer nights or bitter cold winter night.

Hanoi by Night


Our tour promises to offer you the unique activities which only take place at night, including watching traditional water puppet show, savoring street food at Hanoi night market or exploring the Hanoi night streets.

Additionally, a special hot tea cup in the traditional tea inn will make your trip really memorable. Let’s come and join this city tour by night to have a big surprise from the other face of this hustling city

Hanoi By Night Intinerary

Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at 18.00. You can have a soft meal before starting your tour.

18h30: You will enjoy traditional puppet performance at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.

20.00: After the puppet performance, you continue walking along the Hanoi Old Quarter and having dinner on Hanoi Food Street which offers variety of traditional dishes serving in “street” style (local style).

21.00: Next, you will transfer to a Vietnam traditional tea Inn. There, you can enjoy a cup of tea, listen to its origin and meaning as well as learn the way of traditional tea making.

22.00: Leaving the tea inn, our guide will take you along the Hanoi night streets. Stop to take photos to capture memorable moments of night life in Hanoi.

Return to your hotel. End of tour.

Land price per person


Group
1 pax
2pax
3 pax
4 pax
5 pax
6 pax
Cost
56
42
40
35
31
30

Tour Cost included

Pick up and drop off at your hotel in Hanoi

English speaking local guide

Water puppet show entrance fee

Street foods

Traditional Tea

Mineral water

Tour cost non inclued

Tips

Beverage

Personal expense

Tour note 

The program is subjected to change or cancel due to weather condition.

We wish you to enjoy a comfortable and relaxing  trip and each minute of your journey is update into a DVD which we want special  offer for all private tour & group tour from 10 person. The most beautiful moment,  memorable of Vietnam  will be saved forever.
Your satisfaction is our success as “BRING SENSE TO YOUR LIFE !”




Thứ Sáu, 9 tháng 1, 2015

Perfume Pagoda Tour

              I. PERFUME PAGODA TOUR OVERVIEW

Perfume Pagoda is 75 kms southward of Ha Noi. This is the biggest complex pagoda , where hosts the longest festival in Viet Nam (from the first month to the third one base on the lunar calendar). Moreover, Perfume Pagoda is knows a place which has spectacular landscape, you will have chance to enjoy the marvelous sceneries combined between mountains and streams when you get there. If you really fancy your day work-out, you can row the boat by yourself.

The entertaining boat trip along the scenic waterways between limestones cliffs take about 2 hours return, allow a couple more hours to climb to the top and return. The path to the summit is steep in places. However, the good news is that there is now a cable car to the summit.

II.  PERFUME PAGODA 1 DAY TRIP ITINERARY

 07:40 - 8:30 Get pick up by our tour guide and bus then depart for Perfume pagoda (60 km west of Hanoi). Have a break 20 minutes half way to relax and experience Vietnamese handicraft products such as lacquer wares, paintings, embroideries…
  10:00 Upon arrival prepare your things and start a 40 minute boat ride along the river side to enjoy beautiful landscapes of streams and paddy fields.


11:00 Leave the boat and do hiking up to the unique pagoda inside the cave (Huong Tich cave) on the mountain summit (2.5km in height). Reaching the cave, you will have a feeling of entering the holy land of Buddhism. Also experience the breath-taking views of the mountainous landscape.
12:30 Go back down and enjoy Vietnamese lunch in a local restaurant nearby.
14:20 Visit Thien Tru Pagoda (called celestial kitchen), viewing the beautiful religious architectures.
15:00 Board the boat back to Duc dock and return Hanoi.
 18:30 Arrive back in Hanoi. Get dropped off at your morning places. Tour ends

III.        PRICE $ NOTE
PRICE: $32/ PAX

Tour Cost included:
- Pick up and drop off at your hotel by air-conditioned bus.
- Experienced and enthusiastic driver.
- Professional English speaking guide.
- Vietnamese lunch, entrance fees.

Tour Cost Non Included:
- Travel insurance, tax, cyclo.
- Cyclo ride (optional): extra VND100,000/person.
- Tips and others not included in the package.

Children Policy:
-       Free Of Charge for child under 5 years old sharing cabin with parents, maximum 1 child per room.
-       Children under 5 years old : free of charge 
-       Children from 5 – under 10 years old sharing bed with family charge 50% rate , put extra bed charge 75% rate
-       Children from 10 years old: pay as adult rate

We wish you to enjoy a comfortable and relaxing  trip and each minute of your journey is update into a DVD which we want special  offer for all private tour & group tour from 10 person. The most beautiful moment,  memorable of Vietnam  will be saved forever.
Your satisfaction is our success as “BRING SENSE TO YOUR LIFE !”