Vietnam golf tour

Brief information

Tour type: Private, easy

Hotel options: 2-star; 3-star; 4-star

Duration: 14 days

Departure/end: Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City or vice-versa

Highlights: Hanoi city, golfing Tam Dao, Halong Bay, Hue ancient capital, golfing Lang Co, Ho Chi Minh city, golfing Long Thanh.

Features:
- Various means of transportation: car, flight, boat.
- Different accommodation type: hotel, on boat
- Combination of activities, landscape, life style, golfing in different parts in Vietnam.

Price: From US$1289

Brief itinerary and service:

Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi arrival
Our driver and tour guide will pick you up at Hanoi airport then transfer to your hotel in Hanoi for check-in. Depending on your arrival time, you may have time to explore a little of downtown and enjoy a stroll around Hoan Kiem Lake by yourself. 
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi city tour
After breakfast, your tour guide will greet you at hotel lobby and take you for a full day city tour of Hanoi. We will visit Tran Quoc pagoda, the oldest one in Hanoi, located on a semi island in West lake. Then heading to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum complex, visit his stilt house and museum telling you about his life and revolutionary cause. The next stop is One Pillar pagoda, located right within the mausoleum complex area, one of the most iconic pagoda in Vietnam. The morning tour ends with a visit to the Literature Temple, the first university of Vietnam, built in 1070 at the time of King Ly Thanh Tong. This ancient site offers a lake of literature, the Well of Heavenly Clarity, turtle steles, pavilions, courtyards and passageways that were once used by royalty.

After lunch at local restaurant, we continue to visit Vietnam museum of ethnology where introduce lifestyles and cultures of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups. Beside the indoor exhibition, the museum also has out-door area displaying number of houses modeling after the traditional architecture of ethnic minorities which makes the museum stand out from others. After this visit, we go back to Hanoi Old Quarter, have some time hanging around until the Water Puppet show being started. You are free in the evening for dinning and relaxing. Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi - Tam Dao Golf Course
Get your private transfer to Tam Dao Golf Course, enjoy one round golfing of 18 holes. Located at the peak of Tam Dao Mountain, about 1000 meters above sea level, Tam Dao golf course beautifully winds itself through the natural terrain of the National Park lowlands. The course uses modern grass types, with the fairways being constructed from Salam Paspalum, and the generous undulating sizes greens using Sea Isle 2000, thus ensuring all year round playability. Bunkers and water hazards await every errant shot, however rewards are reaped due to the excellent irrigation and drainage systems.

After the golf, you have free time for relaxing or visiting the area by yourself. Your car will transfer you back to Hanoi in late afternoon, stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi. Or we can also arrange one night at Tam Dao resort upon your request.

Day 4: Golfing at Tam Dao golf course
Enjoy your second day playing golf at Tam Dao golf and resort. Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi - Halong Bay
You are picked up at the hotel at around 8.00am to depart for Halong Bay. Upon arrival, board our traditional wooden junk boat, have a brief introduction about your trip with welcome drink before checking in. Feast on a delicious lunch as you cruise among hundreds of islets (Dinh Huong islet, Ga Choi – Fighting Cock islet, Dog islet, Finger islet, etc.) to discover untouched pockets of Halong Bay; and visit Sung Sot cave, one of the most imposing grottos of the Bay. You will then go kayaking from the Soi Sim beach to Luon Cave to enjoy the quiet atmosphere of the bay. When the night comes, enjoy dinner on boat with seafood, then attend squid fishing or just relax with your friends or family. Stay overnight on board.

Day 6: Halong Bay - Hue
Enjoy Sunrise with light breakfast served on board. Continue to explore the amazing beauty of the Bay when sailing past through numerous rock formations such as: Man’s Head islet, Tortoise islet, Butterfly cave, Lion islet, Bai Tho Mountain. Arrange your luggage and do the check out onboard at around 9.00 am. Enjoy a wholesome brunch as your boat weaves through strange-shaped limestone rock formations.
At about 11.45am, arrive back at Halong city for disembarkation where your driver waits to take you back to your Hanoi, on the way call on a ceramic village to see craftsmen do their works. Arrive in Hanoi airport in late afternoon for departure flight to Hue. Stay overnight at hotel in Hue.

Day 7: Hue city tour
Breakfast at your hotel. Then our guide and car will transfer you to the dock for a nice boat cruise on Perfume river. The boat will stop in front of Thien Mu pagoda, a historic architecture that is considered the symbol of Hue. Take your time to make a visit into the pagoda then continue by car to discover Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen’s Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945 including Flag Tower, Noon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa Palace, and Forbidden Purple City. After lunch at local restaurant, we will visit royal tombs of Emperor Tu Duc or Khai Dinh, given a deep understanding about King’s philosophy of geomancy and how this affected royal life. On the way to go back Hue city centre, stop at some handicraft villages for a short visit. Stay overnight at hotel in Hue.

Day 8: Languna Lang Co Golf Course
Get private transfer to Languna Lang Co Golf Club and enjoy your time playing there (1 round). Laguna Lang Co Golf Club opened for play in November 2012 and was officially opened by its designer, Sir Nick Faldo, in March 2013. The course is located on a tranquil bay facing the East Sea between the ancient city of Hue to the north and Da Nang to the south. This 6958-yard par 71 golf course is already being widely acclaimed and has been described as the best of the 26 courses worldwide designed by the six-times Major winner, Sir Nick Faldo. The golf course’s appeal lies in numerous different environments encountered during a round – rice paddy, woodlands, beach, ‘blowout’ areas, rivers and creeks and rock outcrops on adjacent hillsides.

Stay overnight at Lang Co beach resort.

Day 9: Languna Lang Co Course
Enjoy your second day at Languna Lang Co Course. After finishing your round, you can have your free time to relax or visit this beautiful area by yourself. Stay overnight at Lang Co Beach resort.

Day 10: Hue - Ho Chi Minh City
Free at your leisure till the time to go to the airport for departure flight to HCMC. Your guide will welcome you at HCMC airport and transfer you to the hotel. Get your free time to discover the city by night.

Day 11: Ho Chi Minh city tour
After your breakfast at hotel, escorted by your English speaking guide to visit main attractions in the city including Reunification Palace, War Remnants museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, Jade Emperor temple or Thien Hau pagoda, China Town and many French styled colonial buildings along the way such as centre Post Office, City Hall (Hotel De Ville)... Stay overnight at hotel in HCMC.

Day 12: Golfing at Long Thanh Golf Course
Get your private transfer to Long Thanh Golf course to enjoy 1 round play. Here you can chose to play in Hill Course or Lake Course. The 18-hole Hill Course, which is more challenged is constructed on a plateau. Players will get memorable experiences on each hole, which has specific designation. The 18-hole Lake course is surrounded by the branches of Dong Nai river, offer cool breeze for this area. Lake course is set up with international standard lights for night golfing. All night, the course looks like having a new romantic wing. Golfers have a chance to challenge themselves with their skills. Playing at Long Thanh golf Course, players will enjoy the beauty of sunrise and sunset from the hill base. With the natural environment in a beautiful landscape, the course is more uniquely attractive to clients than anywhere else.

Back to HCMC centre, overnight at hotel.

Day 13: Golfing at Long Thanh Golf Course
Enjoy your second day at Long Thanh Golf Course. 
Overnight at hotel in HCMC.

Day 14: HCMC Departure
You are free for your own activities or leisure until pick-up time to get to the airport for departure flight.

2020 Quotation & Services

Hotel categories	Net rate in US$/person in group of					Single supplement
	1	2-3	4-5	6-7	8 up
Tourist **	2418	1690	1441	1340	1289	288
Superior ***	2651	1807	1557	1456	1405	377
First Class ****	3096	2029	1779	1678	1628	548

Note: The price is not applicable on National Holidays, Christmas and New Year.

* Weekend surcharge at golf courses
- Tam Dao Golf Course: $39/day/person
- Lang Co Languna Golf Course: $36/day/person
- Long Thanh Golf Course: $43/day/person

Includes:
Accommodation:
- 12 nights twin/double sharing at hotels with daily breakfast.
- 1 night on boat (private, A/C cabin for 2 people with bathroom).
Transportation:
- Land transfer by private vehicle for whole trip.
- Sharing boat cruise in Halong Bay (private cabin for 2 people with bathroom)
- Air tickets and all taxes: HAN-HUI, HUI-SGN
Others:
- Meals as mentioned. B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: dinner
- English speaking guides.
- Admission fees for all sightseeing places on tour.
- Admission fees for golf courses as mentioned in itinerary.
- 1 bottle of mineral water and wet tissue per person on touring day.
- Free Vietnam visa approval letter.
- Service charge and Government taxes
Excludes:
- International air tickets.
- Visa stamping fee.
- Personal expenses.
- Drinks.
- Tips and gratuities.
- Services not clearly mentioned above.

LIST OF HOTELS ON TOUR