Vietnam nature: Escaping to nature in the summertime

April is coming and it is one of the hottest months in Ho Chi Minh City VIetnam. In summer weather, escaping to nature for one or two days or even more can be an exciting idea as Ben Thanh Tourist is offering many kinds of short-term and long-term tours.

Tourists seeking a short one-day tour could choose the Giang Dien Waterfall Ecotourism, a Tay Ninh – Cu Chi destination, Binh Chau – Coc Lake, the Can Gio Ecotourism Center or the Vinh Sang Farmhouse. The prices to these destinations are per person as part of a ten-person group.

Vietnam tours, the Giang Dien Waterfall Ecotourism tour is designed for active people. The Giang Dien Waterfall, which is 45 kilometers from the center of Ho Chi Minh City, will welcome tourists with the fields of green grass and colorful flowers, thatched cottages and the sound of a waterfall.

Tourists can also enjoy activities such as amusement rides, tandem bicycle riding, skating, visiting a flower garden or the hanging bridge.

Tourists who want to explore the Tay Ninh – Cu Chi tour will first visit Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain, the highest mountain in the south-east area and the symbol of the people living in Tay Ninh Province.

Then, they will visit a complex of cultural and religious relics such as the Ba Chua Phat Temple, Thanh Long, the Huyen Mon caverns, the Cave of Wind and the Cu Chi tunnels. The tour costs VND385,000 per guest.

The tour Binh Chau – Coc Lake priced at VND395,000 a guest in a ten-person group will bring tourists to the Binh Chau – Phuoc Bu forest, the only primeval forest along the seaside that is still intact in Vietnam. The forest extends 15 kilometers in Xuyen Moc District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province with high mountains, valleys and natural freshwater lakes such as Coc, Tram, and Linh lakes.

There are also tours to the Can Gio Ecotourism Center costing VND315,000 a guest . Guests joining this tour can visit the salt-marsh forest preservation area, Monkey Island, and the War Museum of the guerillas in Sac Forest.

The tour to the Vinh Sang Farmhouse will cost VND258,000 a guest and bring tourists a chance to explore a rural area with green fruit-trees such as mango, lemon and plum and to observe the life of farmers in the farmhouse, catching fish in the ditch or riding an ostrich and fishing for crocodiles.

For a longer tour, tourists could choose the three-day two-night tour “Traveling in 5-star cruise” with a price of VND2,800,000 a guest. The tour takes tourists to Nha Trang to visit Nha Trang Bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

In this seaside city, tourists can enjoy swimming at the beautiful beaches, exploring the high-standard services in Vinpearl Land, watching the city from the telpher and playing some exciting games such as rope swinging, four-dimensional film watching, and high-speed amusement rides.

Another three-day two-night tour costing VND2,455,000 per guest is to Phu Quoc, the highest island in Vietnam in Kien Giang Province, which also includes Gem Island. Tourists can visit famous landscapes on the island such as Kem, the Dua islets, Cau Palace, and the primeval forest or they can go diving to see many kinds of corals.

Ben Thanh Tourist also offers a three-day two-night Dalat tour, the city of flowers and famous for its cool weather costing VND1,120,000 per guest.

Tourists going to this city will have a chance to conquer Lang Biang Mountain, to study golf with professional teachers or to visit Mong Mo Hill to explore the miniature Great Wall, the city flower garden and Truc Lam Temple.

The tour to Buon Ma Thuot in the Highlands cost VND1,350,000 per guest is also a three-day and two-night tour bringing tourists to the landscaped beauty of the highlands, the festivals of ethnic peoples including the gong festival, traveling in dug-out canoes and drinking the special wine of the highlanders.

Heading to the south of Vietnam, there is four-day three-night tour to Can Tho, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau priced at VND1,620,000 per guest. The tour offers guests a visit to the Cai Rang floating market, the Bac Lieu Dude house, Clay, Bat and Kh’leng pagodas and an opportunity to explore the cultural features of the waterways area.

There are also long-term tours such as “Discovering the beauty of 11 provinces in the Mekong Delta” tour costing VND2,380,000,  the Hanoi – Ha Long – Sapa tour costing VND6,880,000 and the Danang – Hoi An – Hue – Phong Nha tour costing VND4,980,00. All of theses tours are six-day five-night tours.

(Source: SGT)