This is an all-inclusive tour package with the following features:

Guaranteed departure as long as two people have enrolled (there will be an international escort with 10 or more on the tour; your guide and driver will pick you up at the airport in Vietnam).

Full board - three meals daily.

Hotel accommodations.

Prepaid gratuities at hotels and restaurants.

English-speaking guide/interpreter throughout the tour.

All transportation within Vietnam by car, bus, xich-lo, boat, and plane.

All airport taxes (domestic, international, and departure taxes).

Travel permits, admission fees.

Vietnam visa.

Not included: International airfare.  Beverages with meals, snacks between meals, porterage outside of hotels (in airports, train stations), fees for taking photos in a few locations, and personal expenses (phone, laundry, souvenir purchases).

Day 1: Depart United States for Vietnam. Lose one day crossing the International Dateline.

Day 2:  enroute to Vietnam.

Day 3: Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in the morning. After processing through customs, check into the Rex Hotel and go to lunch. Afternoon tour: Reunification Hall, the former Presidential Palace as it was on April 30, 1975; and the Remnants of War Museum.

Day 4: Excursion into the Mekong Delta with a cruise on the mighty Mekong river. Visit a working orchard island where you can sample tropical fruits, visit in a farmer's home, and take a gondola ride on narrow jungle canals. Lunch at a riverside restaurant where the specialty is "elephant-ear" fish.

Day 5: Full day tour of Saigon: Ben Thanh Market; History Museum; Cho Lon, Saigon's Chinatown including the Thien Hau Chinese Pagoda; Central Post Office designed by Gustav Eiffel (You will want to buy post cards and stamps to send to your relatives and friends at home), Notre Dame Cathedral, City Theater (formerly the South Vietnam Parliament Building), shopping on Dong Khoi, Le Loi and Nguyen Hue Streets), and lacquerware workshop. Evening dinner cruise on the Saigon River.

Day 6: Venture into the highlands with a drive through beautiful mountain scenery to Da Lat, the honeymoon center of Vietnam. Stay at the plush Novotel Hotel. Stops on the way at the fascinating La Nga Floating village and the spectacular Dam Bri Cascade. Rubber, coffee, tea, and mulberry plantations along the way.

Day 7: Visit two Montagnard (Hilltribe) villages-the Lat and Chil tribes. See the summer villa of the last Emperor of Vietnam, Bao Dai. Visit the Valley of Love and a hilltop Chinese Pagoda with Nine-Dragon Walls.

Day 8: Shop in the multi-level Da Lat Market before starting on a drive to Nha Trang. After driving through mountain passes, arrive at the Po Klong Garai Cham Towers at Phan Rang. Continue to Nha Trang where you will stay at the high-rise Nha Trang Lodge across from Nha Trang's beautiful beach. Relax after dinner on the beach or wander the city streets behind your hotel.

Day 9: Start the day with a brief visit to the Po Nagar Cham Towers and a scenic overlook of the river mouth. Tour the harbor islands. Swimming on an island beach, eat at an island restaurant, see the famous aquarium, and ride in a small basket-like fishing boat. Optional activities: skin diving or scuba diving among the colorful coral reefs teeming with tropical fishes, rent jet-skis.

Day 10: Fly to Da Nang in the morning (8:15 - 9:30). Drive to Hoi An, a charming ancient town which once was the capital and major port of Central Vietnam. Visit historic homes with Japanese and Chinese architecture, Chinese community halls, the covered Japanese Bridge, and the old port. Shop in the quaint shops loaded with excellent Vietnamese art and crafts. Return to Da Nang. Stay at the Bamboo Green Hotel.

Day 11: Visit the Marble Mountains where you will see a pagoda and large Buddha Statue built into the mountainside, a famous cave where Viet Cong were killed by a US bomb which made a hole in the cave roof, stone thrones which only the Emperor could sit upon, and spectacular views of Da Nang. Watch the stone carvers fashion small and large figurines from the natural marble of the area. Swim at China Beach. Visit the Cham Museum where you can see artifacts of this ancient civilization gathered from various locations throughout Vietnam.

Day 12: Drive over the Hai Van Pass on mountain roads hugging the mountainside on one side with cliffs dropping off to the ocean on the other side. Arrive in the Imperial Capital of Hue and go to the Citadel, Vietnam's Forbidden City and home to the Emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty. Explore the Citadel and the giant Flag Tower. Stay at the ornate Huong Giang Hotel with an Imperial Palace theme.

Day 13: Take a full day excursion starting with a river cruise on the Perfume River to the famous Thien Mu Pagoda. Also visit the beautiful tomb of Emperor Tu Duc and the more modern mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh. Flight from Hue to Saigon at 4:55 arriving Saigon at 6:25. Dinner in Saigon. Return to the Rex Hotel.

Day 14: Free time until departure for home.