Vietnam Buddhist Tours: The Central

Itinerary

Day 1: ON ARRIVAL

Stop At: Hai Van Pass, National Route 1A, Lang Co 530000 Vietnam
Hai Van Pass or Sea Clouds Pass offers an impressive landscape of verdant mountains and clear blue skies, overlooking Da Nang City, Tien Sa Port, Son Tra Peninsula, and South China Sea. Crossing over a spur of Truong Son mountain range between Thua Thien-Hue Province and Da Nang City, it stands at 500m above sea level, making it the highest pass in Vietnam.
Duration: 15 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at Rosaleen, 4 star hotel located right at the Walking Street of Hue City center.

Day 2: THE HISTORY OF HUE

Stop At: Hue Imperial City (The Citadel), Hue Vietnam
Hue Citadel, set up by Nguyen Dynasty from 1805 to 1945, is now one amongst the relics of the Hue ancient Capital – the World Cultural Heritage, capturing much of tourists’ attention. Should you ever come inside the citadel, taking a look into the special architectural and cultural values, you will surely more or less love the traditional and classical side of Vietnam.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Dong Ba Market, Tran Hung Dao St., Hue Vietnam
This is one of the few shopping venues in Hue, attracting tourists looking to experience the local lifestyle and shop for souvenirs and street food. You can make the best time here trying local food such as: Bun Bo, Pho, Banh Beo, Bun Hen.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Tomb of Tu Duc, Tay Nhat Hamlet, An Cuu Village, Hue 530000 Vietnam
This tomb, constructed between 1864 and 1867, is the most popular and impressive of the royal mausoleums. Emperor Tu Duc designed it himself to use before and after his death. The enormous expense of the tomb and the forced labour used in its construction spawned a coup plot that was discovered and suppressed.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Rosaleen, 4 star hotel located right at the Walking Street of Hue City center.

Day 3: HUE’S BUDDHIST TEMPLES

Stop At: Tu Hieu Pagoda, Hue 530000 Vietnam
This is the temple where Thich Nhat Hanh, the famous Buddhist Monk now resides. This area is extremely peaceful and you can walk around the grounds and soak in the atmosphere. This is physically beautiful, with gorgeous, simple architecture, bonsai, and orchids; and also a spiritually powerful place that promotes a contemplative state.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Perfume River, Hue Vietnam
we take a boat cruise along Perfume River, which gives you a fresh space to integrate into nature and to see green color along bank sides of the river, especially on summer season flowers bloom with beautiful views.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Thien Mu Pagoda, Kim Long Road, Hue Vietnam
Thien Mu Pagoda is possibly Hue’s most recognizable landmark. Thien Mu Pagoda contains numerous living and working buildings for its resident monks, a bell tower and a seven-tiered monument in front.
Duration: 45 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch: Join a pagoda cooking class and have an authentic vegan meal so you can see how local Buddhists monks and nuns eat!
• Dinner: Dinner prepared by local people in your homestay.
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Stay overnight at a homestay.

Day 4: THE NATURE OF HUE

Stop At: Tam Giang Lagoon, Hue 530000 Vietnam
Option 1: In the morning, we head to Tam Giang Lagoon- an interesting tourist destination in Hue which makes anyone coming here have to admire and burst into joy. You make boat trip on the blue water to enjoy the pure fresh atmosphere and learn fishing for more experience under the instruction of the local people.
Especially, you will practice by yourselves how to catch fish, how to catch the net into the river…It’s excited activity for you to get more knowledge about the life of fishing man. Especially, this is a good chance for you to take great photographs with such a fanstatic scenery.We will take part in an unique activity called “Đổ Nò”.
Then we take a boat cruise to Tuy Van Pagoda which is on the top of the mountain. You can admire the tranquil charming lanscape here. In the area of the mountain, you can find out some Champa relics and some vestiges of a famous tower of the Cham people on Linh Thai, a mountain to the east of Tuy Van.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Bach Ma National Park, Cau Hai Hòa Bắc, Huyện Phú Lộc, Hue Vietnam
Option 2: In the morning, we transfer to Bach Ma National Park. At Bach Ma National Park, visit Bach Ma’s showroom.
Then we make a journey to conquer the top of Bach Ma National Park, at an elevation of 1.450 meters above sea level. From Hai Vong Dai (watching tower), we can enjoy the magnificent views from the summit over the mountain such as Cau Hai lagoon, Hai Van pass, Hue City.
We climb up the mountain, explore Five Lakes, swim, have a picnic Lunch and relax. Then we visit Do Quyen Waterfall – is astounding and huge in the wooded mountain. It is more than 300m high and 20-30m wide.

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4 star hotel in Da Nang.

Day 5: DA NANG CITY TOUR and HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN

Stop At: Linh Ung Pagoda, Bai But, Da Nang Vietnam
Linh Ung pagoda is a magnificent artwork. It looks to the sea while leaning on a vast primitive forest of Son Tra peninsula. Here you have chance of winessing the biggest Buddha statue in Vietnam called Lady Buddha – 67m high. We will have a great time there.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Marble Mountains, Hoa Hai, Ngu Hanh Son, Da Nang 550000 Vietnam
Marble Mountains– an unskippable Vietnamese historical and cultural vestige. On the way, we stop by Huyen Khong Grotto which has the most spritual value there. Right down to the grotto, there has been a lot of statues of Gods and Evils reminding people to be kind and merciful as Buddha. A statue of Gautama Buddha is at the highest place in the grotto. Our private guide will let you be free here to admire and pray as well. Then we come over Tam Thai Pagoda. Its architecture follows the shape of the Chinese character meaning “king” with high artistic value, which was typical of the architectural style of temples and pagodas under the Nguyen Dynasty.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Hoi An Ancient Town, Hoi An 560000 Vietnam
Hoi An Ancient Town – a UNESCO world heritage site. This travel to Hoi An town will get you back to the 17th century exploring the local lifestyle, historical sights and enjoy delicacies of Hoi An. We start our walking tour to explore the ancient city of Hoi An highlights with Sa Huynh Culture Museum, Japanese covered Bridge, Phuoc Kien Assembly Hall and Phung Hung Ancient Trading House. We also visit one of the lantern making workshops.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4 star hotel in Hoi An.

Day 6: DEPARTURE

Stop At: Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, No 2, 2 Thang 9 Street, Da Nang Vietnam
With their roots dating back as far as 192 AD, Vietnam's indigenous Cham people lived an Indian way of life in both culture and language. The Cham Museum in Danang is dedicated to this period and the Champa existence which began predominantly in the coastal areas of Vietnam. Housing the largest exhibition of Cham sculpture in the world, the museum displays almost 300 terracotta and stone works of art ranging from the 7th to the 15th centuries. Many of the exhibits are considered masterpieces of their field showcased according to the region in which they were found with a total of ten separate interior exhibition rooms. All of the sculptures on display fall into one of the following sections – icon, pedestal, pediment, or fragment, with the area in which they were found determining where they are exhibited. When you've finished browsing the internal creations, step outside to appreciate the building itself carefully crafted with objects of worship including idols and holy animals surrounded by flowers, leaves and turrets all symbols of Hinduism.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.