Vietnam Tours
goodlife_sale2
Specialized Travel Stores

Kayaking Tours
 Hue - Paddling the Perfume River (3 days 2 nights)

Tour Code: VTDAD-KY C02

Destinations: Hue City

From US$ 212

Highlights :  

  • Private tour
  • Two days unique kayaking experience on the famed Perfume River
  • Discover the Royal tombs
  • Visit traditional painting village and bronze casting village

Day By Day Itinerary:

Day 1 Arrive Hue – Paddle Upstream Perfume River

Vietnam Travel Depot’s car will pick you up at Hue Airport and transfer to your local host where we will spend two nights and enjoy cozy home – away-from–home.

Depart to the center of Hue City by car and here we hop on a kayak and start a moderate paddling tour to upstream the Perfume river, passing the Hue citadel then paying a call on the bronze casting village to learn how the artisans cast a bell, which used for worship in almost Vietnamese pagodas.

Then cycling to visit Royal Tiger Arena - one of the most historic few sites still stands today in Vietnam, the fighting place between animals, especially are elephants and tigers, much to the glee of the royalty as well as to assert the unbeatable strength of battle elephants.

Keep on heading to Vong Canh hill for the magnificent panorama of Hue especially the Nguyen Dynasty's tombs.. Then taste delicious lunch at a local host before heading the paved roads to Emperor Tu Duc’s tomb.(06 hrs kayaking and cycling )

Drive back to local house. Full dinner with the host’s family and enjoy an evening of exchanging culture or customs with the host’s family members. Take a deep sleep to take energy back for tomorrow adventure. Overnight in Hue.

Meals : Lunch, Dinner


Day 2 Day 2: Hue – Kayak  Downstream Perfume River  (Breakfast/-/Dinner)

An early breakfast with Vietnamese coffee will be served by the host. Today you will do a kayaking trip, downstream of Perfume River to discover Sinh village whose fame is rustic folk paintings. Here we have chance to learn how to make the paintings from the traditional materials and taking home as your souvenir! The trip is a hand-on experience of responsible travel to community.

Sinh Folk Paintings is combination of traditional cultural values with ancient artistic methods that have been created through the labor of past generations.  Most Sinh Village paintings are used for worship, and they express the mystical, nature-based beliefs of the ancient Vietnamese. Sinh paintings are made using just one printing-board to create the drawing lines and black shapes. After being printed in black, the work is sometimes completed with embellishments made with colorful lines. Some paintings are still printed on rustic paper.

Disembark and drive to local restaurant for lunch by your own or back to local house for family lunch with the host (optional).

Free by your own at the rest of day until good bye dinner with host at garden of local house. Over night in Hue.

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner

Day 3 Hue – Departure

Breakfast at the local host then free on your own until transfer to the airport for departure flight or next destination.

Meals : Breakfast

Number of guests
2
guests
3
guests
4
guests
5
guests
6
guests
Single
Supple.
US$/guest
276 258 240 236 212 52

INCLUDES :

- Private Air conditioned vehicle

- English or French speaking guide

- Meals as mentioned

- Entrance fees

- 02 nights in local house

- Riverside paddling lessons from our guides, Life jackets, Sit on top kayaks (tandem kayaks) with private support boat,

- Bikes

- Water on touring

EXCLUDES :

- Surcharges for other languages speaking guides, during festive seasons and peak season surcharges, which will be advised at time    of booking

- Personal expenses.