You will be met by your guide and driver. You will start your visit of Vietnam with a short city tour of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. After lunch in Vietnam House you will visit Cholon -  the Chinese quarter -  the Thien Hau and Giac Vien pagodas, and stroll through the immense Binh Tay Market. Continue with a visit of the Reunification Palace, the former residence of the presidents of South Vietnam, before 1975. Return to the hotel.

Departure after breakfast. You will leave the sprawling city behind and head for Dalat, the "honeymoon capital" of Vietnam. Most part of the day you will travel through a landscape of tea and coffee plantations and you will get a first glimpse of the highland people inhabiting this area, also known as "Montagnards".

Dalat is located at an elevation of 1500 metres above sea level. The city used to be a favorite retreat in colonial times and boasts many old French villas and other historic buildings.

Early departure from Dalat. Today you will travel to the Central Highlands of Vietnam, "Tay Nguyen" in Vietnamese. This area consists of the provinces Dak Lak, Gia Lai and Kontum. Tay Nguyen is not part of the beaten tourist track. This region is home to a variety of ethnic minorities such as Jarai, Ede, M'nong, Bahnar and Sedang. Most of these groups belong to the Mon-Khmer language group. During the coming days you will visit some of their villages and learn about their interesting culture and traditions. Nearly all minority groups living in the central highlands are indigenous people.

Today you will stop at a silkworm farm and a place where chopsticks are being produced. You will have lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon you will arrive at Lak Lake, a beautiful and tranquil place surrounded by forested mountains. Tonight you will have dinner and overnight in a long house in the M'nong village Jun.

Kontum is a small town with some interesting places to visit. Today you will explore the Kontum by foot. You will visit some of the Bahnar villages located on the edge of town. The most distinctive aspect of a Bahnar village is its rong or communal house, the roof of which may be up to 30m high and slightly curved. The rong is the centre of village cultural and ceremonial life, and also the home of adolescent boys, who are taught Bahnar history, the skills of hunting and other manly matters.

You will also visit the old seminary of Kontum, built more than 80 years ago. Certainly interesting also is the wooden church. Next to it is an example of a rong house.

Finally you will visit the market, always an interesting place to visit.

Drive to Hoi An where you will arrive in the afternoon.

Hoi An, formerly known as Faifo, is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Hoi An has been declared a  UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999. The town is located along theThu Bon River, 30 km south of Danang.

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