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Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu tour 2 days/ 1 night

Brief itinerary & tour map

Day 01: Arrive DienBienPhu city, visit A1 hill, Muong Thanh bridge,O/N at hotel in Dien Bien Phu city.
Day 02: trekking into villages of the ethnic minority Thai people, boat trip in Pa Khoang lake, back to Hanoi.

Dien Bien Phu became famous the world over as the place the Vietnamese defeated the French army and ended colonial rule. 500km (310 miles) from Hanoi, it is a beautiful valley bisected by the Nam Youm River and surrounded by high mountain peaks. Dien Bien Phu was chosen by French General Henri Navarre to confine movement of the "Viet Minh" guerillas. Yet after a seige of almost 2 months, it was the French who surrendered on May 6, 1954. Visitors can still find vestiges of the battlefields: trenches, bunkers, camps and bases on the hills. The old command post of General Christian de Castries was reconstructed to commemorate for the 40th anniversary of the victory in 1994. The roads snake through the valley, bending around the forest-covered hills and creating many magnificent travel routes.

Detail tour program

Day 1: Ha Noi (L,D)

Pick up at hotel transfer to Noi Bai airport for flight to Dien Bien Phu at 12h00 by VN 492 (Vietnam airlines).

13h20: Arrive DienBienPhu city, tour guide and car pick up at Muong Thanh airport and transfer to hotel. Have lunch.

PM: Haft day tour around the battlefields. You see the museum of Dien Bien with exhibits collected during the fiercest war in Indochina during the 1950s, then we visit the vestiges of bunkers and fortified stations of over 16,000 French Expeditionary troops (including Elliane Hill and De Castries bunkers…). You will also be able to see the headquarter of Vietnamese army (Viet Minh) which lies some 30km away. And finally you will understand why the French lost here and ended their attempt to control Indochina. You will visit A1 hill, Muong Thanh bridge. Have dinner at restaurant, overnight at hotel in Dien Bien Phu city.

Day 2: Dien Bien Phu - Ha Noi (B, L)

AM: Haft day of sightseeing or trekking into villages of the ethnic minority Thai people, boat trip in Pa Khoang lake. Have lunch before transfer to airport for flight back to Hanoi by flight VN 493 at 14h00. Bus pickup and transfer to hotel. Finish tour.

Tour price

Rates are inclusive of:

• Hotel accommodation based on twin or triple share with daily breakfast (incl: services charges, room taxes and baggage handling)
• Meals as specified in the itinerary
• Full transportation by private car or bus as tour program indicated
• English- speaking guide (other languages are available upon request).
• Sightseeing as specified including entrance fees
• Air ticket Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu – Hanoi

   

Description of service in details

Rates are not inclusive of:

• Optional tours
• Tips for tour guide, driver
• Travel insurance
• Expenditure of a personal nature, tips, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry, emergency transfers & etc

• Visa fee (If you don’t have enough time to complete visa before your departure to Vietnam, we will help you to obtain visa on arrival easily )

• International airfare to/ from Vietnam & International airport tax in Vietnam
• Others which are not mentioned in the inclusion

Remark:

• Brief introduce about destinations: Hanoi - Dien Bien
• Rates are subjected to changed without prior notice.
• Itinerary is subject to change depending on flights, road condition and room availability
• As indicated: A/C= Air-conditioning, O/N= Overnight, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner

Accommodations offers in this trip (The hotel may be changed up to its availability. It will be confirmed after getting your deposit/ payment)

Private tour: To do the tour privately. The tour is not fixed, it is possible to be customized for your group. All service is reserved for your group only. You do not have to share the bus, boat, tour guide with other tourists. One exception, if you stay at the boat in Halong bay - it is like the hotel in Halong - you still have to share the boat with other people.

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