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Nature Trails 9 Days

TOUR PROGRAMME

Day 1:
Arriving at Noi Bai airport, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel, with time to settle in and relax before your evening welcome dinner and a performance of traditional water puppetry.
Day 2:
In the morning, you’ll be driven to Cuc Phuong National Park, southwest of the capital. After your arrival, you’ll have a wander through the subtropical forest, surrounded by thousand year old trees and dripping vines to the prehistoric cave, before retiring for the night in the Park’s facilities.
Day 3:
This morning, an enlightening visit to the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre is followed by lunch and a drive to Giáo Xuân Commune, in the coastal Xuân Thủy National Park, where you’ll meet the local family with whom you’ll spend the night. In the afternoon a short bike ride will take you to visit the local market and Xuân Châu village.
Day 4:
After a breakfast in the local style, you’ll leave the village and spend the morning exploring Xuân Thủy National Park aboard a motor boat, experiencing the nature and wetland birdlife of the reserve. After lunch, you’ll return to Hanoi and your hotel.
Day 5:
Your time will be free until your driver takes you to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City, and your next hotel.
Day 6:
In the morning, you’ll be driven to Nam Cat Tien National Park. After lunch, you’ll have a jeep ride into the forest, followed by a 3km hike to Crocodile Lake to watch from your hide as the evening wildlife come to the lake to drink. As darkness falls a quiet row of the lake among the crocodiles will spot nocturnal visitors, before your stay at a lakeside guesthouse.
Day 7:
In the morning, another rowboat sojourn on the lake will seek out the interesting water birds of the lake. Travelling back to Park HQ, you’ll have a short hike to the Giant Ficus tree. After a canteen lunch, a motor boat cruise down Dong Nai River, brings you to Ta Lai village, from where you’’ visit the farms of the S’Tieng and Chau Ma ethnic minorities, staying at a guesthouse.
Day 8:
In the morning, you’ll have a cycle ride of the nearby Ben Ngu area of Nam Cat Tien Park, for a wander among the trees and a visit to the rapids before lunch in the canteen and the journey back to Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 9:
Your time will be free until your driver takes you to the airport for your onward or departure flight.