EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TRIP TO VIETNAM_9D8N
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TRIP TO VIETNAM
(9 Days – 8 Nights)
TOUR CODE: STS – EDU VN 03
Day 1: HOME – HCMC (L-D)
Arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport, sightseeing tour of Ho Chi Minh City: Visit the Reunification Hall, the War Museum, The Hundred Years Red Cathedral (1880), The Old Post Office (1886) built by the French, the Cu Chi tunnels. Learn how the Vietnamese people make rice paper cakes and rice whiskey. Overnight in HCMC
Day 2: HCMC - VISIT SCHOOL – INDUSTRIAL PARK - HCMC (B/L/D)
Visit a high school in HCMC: make friend with local students, play local traditional games, sing songs, learn about local students lifestyle, exchange stories etc
Transfer to Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong, visit a successful Singapore organization to learn about their experience of living, working and doing business in Vietnam. Enjoy the unique water puppet show. Overnight in HCMC
Day 3: HCMC – MY THO – HCMC (B-L-D)
Transfer to My Tho. Stop at a rice field to learn about the local rice cultivation. Visit the colourful Vinh trang pagoda. Get on a boat trip up Mekong River, with stops at an orchard to taste seasonal fruits, enjoy traditional folk songs, sampan ride in palm shading creeks, boating along a small canal to visit a family work shop of making coconut candies and bee farm. Learn about vegetation and agriculture of the area. Dinner cruise with live show on the Saigon River. Overnight in HCMC
Day 4: HCMC – HA NOI (B/L/D)
Flight to Hanoi, city tour: Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum & residence, One Pillar Pagoda and the French Square. Visit Hanoi Foreign Language University for CIP and cultural exchange. O/N in Hanoi
Day 5: HA NOI – VISIT SCHOOLS (B/L/D)
Visit an orphanage in Hanoi for CIP and cultural exchange. More city tour: the Temple of Literature (The 1st University of Vietnam), take a fascinating rickshaw ride through the hustle and bustle of Hanoi city and walk in the Old Quarter of the 36 guilds streets. Overnight in Hanoi
Day 6: HA NOI – HALONG BAY – HA NOI – LAO CAI (B/L/D)
proceed to Halong Bay a world natural heritage since 1994. Stop at Hong Ngoc handicraft center and Dong Trieu ceramic village. Start a four hours boat ride touring the Halong Bay viewing multi-shaped rocks and visit the dramatic Paradise Grotto to learn about limestone cave. Transfer to Hanoi Railway Station to take a night train to Sa Pa (Lao Cai), 4 berth A/C compartment. Overnight on the train
Day 7: LAO CAI – MOUNTAIN MARKET – SAPA (B-L-D)
Early arrival in Lao Cai, transfer to a colourful hill tribes’ market of Muong Khuong or Coc Ly or Cao Son. Transfer to Sapa. Dinner. Overnight in Sapa
Day 8: SAPA – NIGHT TRAIN (B-L-D)
Trekking to villages: Y Lin Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van of the Black H’mong and Giay peoples. Transfer back to Lao Cai to board a night train to Hanoi. Overnight on train
Day 9: HANOI – DEPARTURE (B)
Early morning arrival in Hanoi, go to observe the Hanoi people doing exercises around the Hoan Kiem lake. Free and easy. After breakfast, transfer to the airport for flight home.
Inclusions:
- Hotel accommodation with breakfast (based on twin sharing room)
- All meals indicated in the program
- All ground transport on tour with A/C vehicle, boats, rickshaws, trains, domestic flights
- All entrance fees for sightseeing, meetings, city maps, brochures, and English booklets (if available)
- Local English, French, Chinese, German, Italian, Thai, Korean speaking guide
- Daily 2 bottles of water and wet tissues on route
Exclusions:
- International flight tickets to and from Vietnam
- Personal Insurance
- Personal expenses such as drinks, laundry, tips etc.
- Field Study equipment, topographic maps,
- All other accounts not mentioned in the above inclusions.
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