Phong Nha caves DMZ Vinh Moc tunnel tour from Dong Hoi to Hue =>> best trip crafted for a couple, family or a group of friends (NO HASSLE)
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Day 1: Dong Hoi (airport, train station, hotel) - Phong Nha cave and Paradise cave - Dong Hoi
9:00 we will pick you up from your hotel in Dong Hoi city (Nam Long plus, Muong Thanh Nhat Le, Saigon Quang Binh) then going to Phong Nha - Ke Bang national park.
After about 1 hour drive, we will reach the Visitor Center waiting for our guide a few minutes to do the paperwork. We then embark on the boat to cruise along the Son river about 30 minutes. Appearing in front of your eyes is Phong Nha cave mouth in the shape of triangle. A few more minutes of paperwork from the sailor. We penetrate into Phong Nha cave, dubbed as Dragon cave since it's shape like a dragon inside the mountain. You will admire many spectacular patterns of stalactites and stalagmites like Lady Buddha, Ceiling Bulb, The Lion, Mother and Son, ... when passing by many caverns of Fairy, Bi Ki, Royal Palace, ... Turn around when we reach the 1200m deep and disembark to start walking the dry part of Phong Nha cave. Now it's your time for photo selfie.
Get back to boat cruising back to pier, we will continue to Paradise cave - the longest cave in Phong Nha Ke Bang national park with the total length of 31,4 km. Paradise cave was just discovered in 2005 and open for tourist in 2010. Though it's not a wet cave like Phong Nha, Paradise Cave has its own distinctive beauty of a dry cave with the cave mouth located at the top of a mountain. This requires you a bit difficult walking from mountain foot to mountain top about 670m of 10% slope. You will be surprised by the tiny of the cave mouth but the huge cave behind it. The stalactites and stalagmites here are much more beautiful than those at Phong Nha cave. Along the wooden pathway that you'll stroll, many patterns will appear like Lotus Tower, Vietnam's Pisa Tower, The Ethnic House, The Rabbit, The Sky Tower, ...Stroll back to the cave mouth, get down heaps of staircases, our private vehicle will take you all the way to you accommodation in Dong Hoi city.
Phong Nha caves DMZ Vinh Moc tunnel tour from Dong Hoi to Hue =>> best trip crafted for a couple, family or a group of friends (NO HASSLE)
Day 2: Dong Hoi - Vinh Moc tunnel - DMZ - Hue (hotel, airport, train station)
In the morning, we will depart from Dong Hoi hotel/train station heading South towards Hue city. Not like most of the DMZ tour starting from Hue city, DMZ tour from Dong Hoi will first stop at Vinh Moc tunnel on the South bound way to Hue. At Vinh Moc tunnel, you will have ample time to watch a documentary (if requested), take a look at the museum and then go underground to experience the village underneath with family rooms, maternity room, meeting room, air vent, exits to the sea, …
After Vinh Moc tunnel, we continue onto Hien Luong bridge (AKA DMZ bridge, Freedom bridge) crossing Ben Hai rive right at 17th parallel. Here you will see frontline flagpole, border police memorial, 17th parallel museum and walk across the bridge to see the National Aspiration for Reunification on the southern bank of the Ben Hai river.
Hop on vehicle again, we keep going to Mine Action Visitor Center (if not Saturday, Sunday) – a display of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) found and collected around the DMZ.
Lunch break in Dong Ha city. Take you time to discover the gastronomical delight of Quang Tri.
After lunch, we will continue to Quang Tri citadel famous for the 81-day fierce battle between North and South Vietnam in blazing summer of 1972. There are thousands of soldiers K.I.A still lying beneath the ground of the citadel’s 4 sq km.
Last stop for the day is a Buddhism school full of bullet holes. It is the last standing survived from the fighting and stands as an embodiment of the bloody battle which the outcome would influence the Paris Peace Accord signed in early 1973.
Upon your request, we can have a bonus stop at La Vang church with a bell tower left standing from 1972 Easter Offensive. This holy place is a pilgrimage site for the Catholic community in Vietnam. There’s a new big and beautiful new church still under construction behind the old church.
Phong Nha caves DMZ Vinh Moc tunnel tour from Dong Hoi to Hue =>> best trip crafted for a couple, family or a group of friends (NO HASSLE)
Tour price: 320 USD/group of 2 persons
What's included: private car, private guide and driver, all admissions, unlimited water
What's excluded: personal expense, gratuity, insurance, 1 night accommodation in Dong Hoi
Upon request, we can drop you off in Da Nang or Hoi An. Please just let us know in advance.
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