Central Highland Tour 9 days

Code: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, G = Guide

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City arrival (G pick up)

Arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, you’ll be driven to your hotel. Rest of the day, you’ll be free to stroll around the city. You?ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City/Buon Ma Thuot (B, L, G)

After breakfast, your time will be your own until you’ll be driven to the airport for your flight to Buon Ma Thuot – famous as the best coffee cradle in Vietnam. Upon arrival, picked up and have lunch in the local restaurant. You?ll have a half day city tour in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, you?ll drive to M’lieng village 60km away from Buon Ma Thuot for one hour elephant ride. You’ll dug out a Cano on the Lak-Lake to M’lieng village to spend the night in a house on stilt of Ede people.

Day 3: Buon Ma Thuot (B, L, D, G)

Breakfast at a home stay of the Ede people, your driver will arrive to take you to Gia Long waterfall ?beautiful waterfall stands on the upper reach of the Serepok. Its original name is Dray Sap, which, in the ethnic language, means the Smoke Waterfall. It was then named after Gia Long, who founded the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945). You’ll then cross the river on a simple raft, and stroll through primitive forest. After clambering down a slope, you’ll be able to have swimming in the “Fairy Pool”, a small natural lake with a sandy bottom. Your lunch will be at the restaurant in Gia Long Waterfall

In the afternoon, you’ll be driven to visit Dray Nur waterfall and then back to the city to visit the local Ethnology Museum and A Co Thon village, home of many Ede ethnic minority people.

You’ll spend the night in Buon Ma Thuot.

Day 4: Buon Ma Thuot/Pleiku (B, L, G)

After breakfast, you’ll be picked up to travel around 180km to Pleiku. On the way, you could enjoy the wonderful mountainous scenery. On arrival, you’ll do the check-in at your hotel in Pleiku and have lunch at local restaurant.

In the afternoon, you’ll be picked up to travel to four Bahnar villages where you’ll take a walk to visit the villages of Bahnar people such as De Cop, De Doa, Dektu, De Roa. You’ll then return to Pleiku for overnight stay.

Day 5: Pleiku/Pleibloun (B, L, G)

In the morning, you’ll be transferred to visit Phu Cuong Water fall. There, you’ll have an Elephant ride to enjoy the natural beauty at the water fall. You?ll continue the journey by vehicle to Ayunha Lake where you’ll have time for your lunch box prepared by your tour guide.

After lunch, you’ll have two hours boat trip to cruise around the Ayunha Lake and then drive to the near Pleibloun village and take a walk to there for your overnight stay.

You’ll spend the night at the house on stilt.

Day 6: Pleibloun/Pleiku/Kon Tum (B, L, G)

Breakfast at house on stilt, you’ll be picked up to visit Pleiphun village which has been well-known for their colorful culture, especially the graveyard with its statues.You’ll then be driven to Kon Tum for your lunch at local restaurant

In the afternoon, your guide will escort you to have a visit to Plei Tonghia village, the home of Bahnar ethnic and some of the village near by such as Kon H’ngo Ko Tu village. Later on, you’ll return the city to visit Wooden Church and, if convenient, drop in at a nearby orphanage. You?ll then take a visit to colonial Church in Kon Tum and spend the night in Kon Tum.

Day 7: Kon Tum (B, L, D, G)

Breakfast at your hotel, your car and guide will pick you up to suspension bridge. You’ll take a walk 4km to Kon Jo Ri village and follow the path 20 minutes to Konkotu village. From there; you’ll continue having a gentle six-kilometre hike through the forest to Jolong village and the source of the DakBla River, crossing the KonBa hanging bridge en-route. You’ll have picnic lunch at the suspension bridge.

In the afternoon, you can carry on down the river for a couple of hours, eventually returning to Konkotu. You’ll spend the night at Rong House in Konkotu village.

Day 8: Kon Tum/Pleiku/Ho Chi Minh City (B, L, G)

In the morning, you’ll be picked up and transferred to Pleiku airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. When you arrive, you’ll be picked up to your hotel.

You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City departure (B)

Your time will be your own until your private car and driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight.

Prices include:

•  Breakfast and accommodation sharing a twin or double room.
•  One-way domestic flight tickets: Ho Chi Minh City – Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku – Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airport taxes.
•  Travel by private air-condition vehicle with safe driver
•  The services of experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary
•  Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in the programme.
•  Lunches and dinners, as specified, in the local restaurants.
•  Government taxes

Price do not include:

•  Flight tickets and airport tax.
•  Visas.
•  Dinners except as specified.
•  Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
•  Insurance.

Hotel list for Three Stars standard

• Ho Chi Minh City: Elios Hotel (*** city centre) or similar
• Buon Ma Thuot: Dam San Hotel (*** the best local standard)
• Pleiku: Pleiku Hotel (*** the best local standard)
• Kon Tum: Home stay (Basic local standard)