SPRING TRAVEL TO RECEIVE GOOD LUCKS IN THE BEGINNING YEAR OF HORSE

Spring Travel in the Country

Annually, on the fifteenth of December, all families in the South pluck all leaves of apricot trees to prepare for Tet and the atmosphere in the days near Tet in the South is very thrilling. Every family dries up their ponds to catch fish, prepare rice for making cakes for three Tet days and surely, a pot of soft pork cooked with coconut water is indispensable. From Long An to Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Can Tho, An Giang, Phu Quoc, Kien Giang, you can see everywhere these images which can not be found in normal days. Right after Solar New Year, every places are decorated to welcome Tet with road full of lights and flowers, especially Spring markets and flower roads. Flowers are sold everywhere such as: Tan Qui flower villages (Dong Thap), Lach Market (Ben Tre), Thu Duc flower gardens, Lai Thieu Binh Duong flower gardens or Da lat-city of flowers etc. where you can also find cymbidium, Nhat Tan Peach, Northern Mountain peach etc. Flowers are various including apricot of different types, Bonsai with “noble” beauty, even other common flowers for home decoration such as daisy, marigold, Phat Tai, sunflower etc. 

Spring makes the land with thousand-year culture in the North Region overwhelmed with flower colors of peach flowers from Nhat Tan flower village and flower forests in the spring sunlight everywhere in Northwest Highlands Region, country roads, 36 ancient streets of the Capital. You can see everywhere the beautiful and gaudy colors of peach flowers, green color of Chung cakes and a bustling atmosphere of the festival.

Visiting the Central Vietnam, you will touch the typical sea cultural values from the sea city of Nha Trang or efficacious lands with preeminent people of Binh Dinh, Phan Thiet or Phu Quoc, Con Dao where besides the common Tet culture of Vietnaese people also have their own typical customs and cultures. Phu Quoc and Con Dao are two places where are chosen by many tourists from the North because of the combination with spiritual values to wish for a peaceful and happy new year. 

Spring is the season of “travel”, or it is the time for taking some rests after a hard working year with many New Year festivals. And the North Region is the center of New Year festivals such as Huong Pagoda Festival lasting for 3 months from the 6th of Lunar January to Lunar March; Hung Temple Festival lasting from Lunar 8th to 11th March in which the 10th is main festival day; Yen Tu Festival lasting from the 10th of Lunar January to Lunar March; Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival lasting from the 6th of Tet to Lunar March etc. and hundreds of other festivals in the Central Vietnam such as Xuan Gia Lac Festival (Hue); Go Market (Binh Dinh), Ba Tay Ninh Pagoda Spring Festival etc. However, before participating in Spring Festivals, it is suggested to discover the Spring atmospheres in three Regions when the Year of Horse is coming. This is a good opportunity for you to discover fully cultural values of Regions from the South to the North to the Central Vietnam where all bring you good lucks for a happy and lucky Year of Horse.

Foreign Tours to Welcome Spring

Besides domestic tours to discover the atmosphere of Tet in the country, there are also hundreds of foreign tours you should not ignore. Normally, except the evening on the 30th of Tet when all family members are together to welcome New Year’s Eve and welcome the ancestors to welcome Tet in accordance with the traditional customs of the Vietnamese people and a meeting on the 1st of Tet, then from the 2nd of Tet, everyone can choose their own New Year Tour, especially when this year is the Year of Horse which is known as a lucky year for those who soon receive the first good lucks in the New Year.

On the New Year, you will have at least 5 days off which is enough for you to take a full spring tour. If you decide to travel with your friends or family members, you can choose Thailand Tour to participate in Buddha Festival at The Wat Phra Kaew and discover Royal Palace and entertain at Pattaya Entertainment center. Taking Spring Tour to Thailand, there are many mighty stone architectures in Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat for you to discover culture and unique knowledge which were forgotten because of time. Myanmar shall be the place where take you to sudden surprises about a Yangon capital with golden churches or Bagan with thousands of red towers between among an endless land as telling you a story about the history of a golden period. And Singapore or also known as Sea Lion Island has today become a modern pearl, the economic center of Southeast Asia as well as the shopping paradise that you should visit on the occasion of New Year. This place has many traditional festivals on the occasion of Lunar New Year as many other countries with the same culture as Vietnam. If you are seeking for a more traditional Tet culture, you should choose HongKong which is also called Xiang-Gang with amazing changes of the world financial center in this place.  China will be the place where you can feel the nosiest atmosphere in the Asia regarding Spring Festivals where are overwhelmed with red color of firecrackers, lucky envelopes and houses decorated with red color as key color.   Unicorn and dragon are two images that you can easily find in festivals as in Vietnam, unicorn and dragon dancing has become a cultural activity to represent for the trust in good luck and happiness in the New Year. Many tourists choose Korea and Japan Tours to feel the spring in Eastern Region with special Tet impression when participating in Cherry Flower Festival at the end of March to April of next year. Cherry flowers are everywhere from modern Tokyo to ancient Kyoto, Osaka etc. to represent for lucky New Year.

Relative Visting Tour has a high demand from Vietnamese tourists in recent years. The 3 most selected countries are the United States, Australia and Europe. If some years before, normally tourists mainly traveled from these countries to Vietnam on Tet occasion, in some recent years, it is a new tendency that more and more Vietnamese people from Vietnam travel to these country to visit their relatives on the occasion of New Year. The main reason for this tendency is that Vietnamese tourists choose tours to the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada is that they can combine many different purposes: visiting famous destinations, visiting and meeting more relatives and having the opportunity to welcome New Year in the United States or Europe. 

There are also many other interesting and attractive destinations such as Dubai, New Zealand, South Africa etc. and each place will give you different feelings with the wishes for good lucks and happiness in the New Year and the most comfortable and happiest feelings. The spiritual factor is the one that make you happier and more balanced in  the life and ready for a new year with new plans full with expectation for the success. 

Information about domestic tours for reference:

TOURS TO THE NORTH REGION:

Ha Noi – Yen Tu – Ha Long – Sung Sot Cave – Bai Dinh Pagoda – Trang An   (4 days)

Price from: VND10,290,000 

DEPARTURE: On the 2,3,4,5 of Tet

Hanoi – Sapa – Ha Long Bay – Do Temple (5 days)

Price from:  VND 10,290,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4,5 of Tet

Hanoi – Sapa – Ha Long Bay – Do Temple (5 days)

Price from: VND 10,290,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4,5 of Tet

Hanoi – Yen Tu – Ha Long - Do Temple– Sapa – Bai Dinh Pagoda – Trang An (6 days)

Price from: VND 13,990,000 

DEPARTURE: On1,2,3,4 of Tet

Hanoi –Lang Son – Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall – Ba Be – Bac Kan – Son Tay (6 days)

Price from: VND 13,790,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3 of Tet

Hanoi – Sapa – Dien Bien – Son La – Moc Chau – Mai Chau  (6 days)

Price from:  VND 14,290,000 

DEPARTURE: On 3rd of Tet

TOURS TO DISCOVER CENTRAL VIETNAM 

Da Nang – Hoi An – Ba Na – Son Tra - Hue ( 4 days)

Price from: VND 7,990,000

DEPARTURE: On 3rd of Tet 

Da Nang – Ba Na – Hoi An – Truoi Lake – Bach Ma - Hue (4 days)

Price from:  VND 8,390,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4 of Tet

Da Nang – Hue – Phong Nha Cave – Ba Na – Hoi An (4 days)

Price from:  VND 8,590,000

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4,5,6,7 of Tet

Da Nang – Hoi An – Ba Na – Truoi Lake (Bach Ma) – Thien Duong Cave - Hue (5 days)

Price from: VND 9,990,000 

DEPARTURE: On 1, 2,3 ,4 of Tet

Hue – Phong Nha Cave – Thien Duong Cave – Ba Na – Hoi An – Da Nang (5 days)

Price from:  VND 10,190,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4,6 of Tet

SEA AND ISLAND TOURS IN THE SPRING:

Phu Quoc – Green Paradise (3 days)

Price from:  VND 6,290,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 of Tet

Con Dao – Paradise of Sea (3 days)

Price from:  VND 7,490,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 of Tet   

Nha Trang  - The Color of Sea – Hon Tam– Vinpearland – Iresort    (3 days)  - Airplane 

Price from:  VND 6,790,000 

DEPARTURE: On 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 of Tet

Nha Trang  - Hon Tam – Whitesand – Doc Let – Suoi Khoang I Resort  (4 days)

Price from:  VND 3,890,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,4,5,7,8 of Tet

Nha Trang  - Dai Lanh – Phu Yen (5 days)

Price from:  VND 5,390,000 

DEPARTURE: On 3rd of Tet

Ninh Chu – Vinh Hy Cave (3 days)

Price from:  VND 3,990,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,4 of Tet

Phan Thiet – Mui Ne – Hon Rom – Doi Cat (2 days)

Price from:  VND 2,790,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,5,6,7 of Tet 

Binh Chau Tourism Area – Ta Cu – Ham Thuan Nam (3 days)

Price from: VND 2,790,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,4,6 of Tet

INTER-PROVINCIAL TOURS:  

Ta Cu – Mui Ne – Doi Cat  (3 days)

Price from:  VND 3,590,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,4,6,7 of Tet

Ta Cu – Mui Ne – Ninh Chu – Vinh Hy Bay  (4 days)

Price from:  VND4,290,000  

DEPARTURE: On 4th of Tet   

Da Lat – Ninh Chu (4 days)

Price from:  VND 4,490,000 

DEPARTURE: On the 3rd of Tet 

Nha Trang – Da Lat  (5 days)

Price from:  VND5,190,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,4,6 of Tet   

HIGHLAND MOUNTAIN TOURS:

Da Lat – Colorful Flowers ( 3 days)

Price from:  VND 3,390,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,6 of Tet 

Da Lat – Madagui – Lung Vang Valley (4 days)

Price from:  VND 4,390,000  

DEPARTURE: On 2,5 of Tet    

Ban Me Thuot – Pleiku  (4 days)

Price from:  VND 4,190,000 

DEPARTURE: On the 3rd of Tet

The Sound of High Mountain and Thick Jungle – Ban Me Thuot – Don Mountain Hamlet – Pleiku - Yaly Hydropower Plant (4 days)  - Airplane 

Price from: VND 6,490,000 

DEPARTURE: on the 2nd of Tet

RIVER AND WATER REGION OF THE WEST REGION 

My Tho –Thoi Son – Ben Tre – Can Tho  (2 days)

Price from:  VND 2,190,000 

DEPARTURE: On 4,5,6 of Tet

Tien Giang – Soc Trang – Ca Mau – Bac Lieu – Can Tho  (4 days)

Price from:  VND 4,390,000 

DEPARTURE:  On 2,3,4,5 of Tet

Chau Doc – Cai Be Village – Tra Su Forest – Ha Tien – Rach Gia – Can Tho (4 days)

Price from:  VND 3,890,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4 of Tet

Chau Doc – Ha Tien – Kampot - Shihanouck ville –Bokor Highlands ( 4 days)

Price from:  VND 5,599,000 

DEPARTURE: On 2,3,4 of Tet

Information about foreign tours for reference:

SOUTHEAST ASIA TOURS:

Cambodia (4 days)

Price from: VND 4.09 Million; DEPARTURE: 28/1 - 9/2/2014

Sihanouk Ville - Bokor - Phnom Penh (4 days)

Price from: VND 4.69 Million; DEPARTURE: 28/1 – 9/2/2014

Thailand (5 days)

Price from: VND 9.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 28/1 - 10/2/2014

Malaysia (4 days)

Price from: VND 11.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 29/1 - 9/2/2014

Singapore (4 days)

Price from: VND 12.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 28/1 - 9/2/2014

Singapore-Malaysia (6 days)

Price from: VND 14.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 28/1- 9/2/2014

Langkawi - Penang - Kuala Lumpur (5 days)

Price from: VND 15.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 3/2/2014

Manila (4 days)

Price from: VND 18.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1 - 3/2/2014

Bali (4 days)

Price from: VND 19.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1& 1/2/2014

Bali - Jakarta (5 days)

Price from: VND 20.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1- 3/2/2014

HONGKONG – CHINA TOURS:

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Wax Museum – Lautau Island (4 days)

Price from: VND 18.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 28,31/1& 1, 2, 4, 8/2/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Wax Museum – Ocean Park (4 days)

Price from: VND 22.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1& 1, 2/2/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Wax Museum – Ocean Park (5 days)

Price from: VND 22.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30/1& 1, 3, 6/2/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Guangzhou - Shenzhen (5 days)

Price from: VND 23.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Lautau Island - Shenzhen (5 days)

Price from: VND 20.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 28, 31/1/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100- Macau (5 days)

Price from: VND 25.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1, 4/2/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Macau - Shenzhen (6 days)

Price from: VND 29.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Macau - Guangzhou (6 days)

Price from: VND 28,69 Million; DEPARTURE: 2/2/2014

HongKong - Disneyland – Sky 100* - Guangzhou - Shenzhen (6 days)

Price from: VND 20.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 27, 29, 31/1&  3,5,7,8,9/2/2014

Guangzhou - Shenzhen - HongKong (6 days)

Price from: VND 22.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 2/2/2014

Shenzhen - Guangzhou -Macau (6 days)

Price from: VND 21.99 Million. KH 31/01/2014

Shanghai - Hangzhou - Suzhou (4 days)

Price from: VND 13.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1/2014 

Beijing (5 days)

Price from: VND 15.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30/1/2014

Beijing - Shanghai (5 days)

Price from: VND 18.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1& 1, 5/2/2014

Shanghai - Beijing (5 days)

Price from: VND 19.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Beijing (6 days)

Price from: VND 23.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30/1/2014

Shanghai - Hangzhou - Wuxi- Suzhou - Beijing (7 days)

Price from: VND 21.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 3/2/2014

Beijing - Suzhou - Wuxi- Hangzhou - Shanghai (7 days)

Price from: VND 21.99 Million. KH 2/2/2014

Beijing - Shanghai - Suzhou - Wuxi- Hangzhou (7 days)

Price from: VND 22.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1, 2/2/2014

Beijing - Shenzhen - Chu Hải - Guangzhou (7 days)

Price from: VND 23,69 Million; DEPARTURE: 2/2/2014

KOREA – JAPAN TOURS 

Seoul - Nami – Ski Resort - Everland - Gyeongju - Busan (5 days)

Price from: VND 30.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30/1& 3/2/2014

Busan - Jeju - Seoul - Everland - Nami (5 days)

Price from: VND 29.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1/2014

Seoul-Jeju-Seoul-Everland-Nami (6 days)

Price from: VND 32.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1/2014

Seoul - Nami - Everland - Jeju - Busan (6 days)

Price from: VND 32.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

Tokyo – Mount Fuji - Yokohama - Tokyo (4 days)

Price from: VND 37.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1, 2, 3, 6/2/2014

Tokyo - Mount Fuji - Yokohama - Tokyo - Nagoya (5 days) 

Packaged Price: VND 44.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 3/2/2014

Tokyo - Mount Fuji - Kyoto - Kobe - Osaka (6 days)

Price from: VND 43.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 29, 30, 31/1& 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7/2/2014

Osaka - Kobe - Kyoto - Mount Fuji - Tokyo (6 days)

Packaged Price: VND 47.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1, 2, 3/2/2014 

MIDDLE EAST TOURS:

Dubai - Abu Dhabi (4 days)

Price from: VND 39.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30, 31/1& 1, 2, 3/2/2014

Abu Dhabi - Dubai (5 days)

Price from: VND 37.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30, 31/1& 2, 5/2/2014

EUROPE TOURS 

France - Belgium - Netherlands - Germany (10 days) 

Price from: VND 78.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30/1& 1/2/2014

Netherlands - Germany - Belgium - France (10 days)

Price from: VND 78.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 25/1& 2/2/2014

France - Italy (9 days) 

Price from: 81.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

Netherlands - Germany - Luxembourg - Belgium - France (9 days)

Price from: VND 79.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

France - Germany - Switzerland - Italy (12 days)

Price from: VND 97.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 25, 31/1/2014

France - Germany - Switzerland - Italy (12 days)

Price from: VND 99.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 24/1& 1/2/2014

The United Kingdoms (6 days)

Price from: VND 63.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

The United Kingdoms  - Wales (8 days)

Price from: VND 73.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

Turkey (10 days)

Price from: VND 57.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1/2014

AUSTRALIA- AMERICA TOURS 

Sydney - Wollongong - Jervis Bay - Melbourne (6 days)

Price from: VND 64.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 30, 31/1& 2, 3/2/2014

Melbourne - Canberra - Sydney (7 days) 

Price from: VND 68.99 Million, DEPARTURE:  31/1& 1, 2/2/2014

Brisbane - Gold Coast - Melbourne - Canberra - Sydney (9 days)

Price from: VND 80.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1& 2/2/2014

Sydney - Wollongong - Jervis Bay - Cairns - Melbourne (9 days)

Price from: VND 81.99 Million, DEPARTURE: 2/2/2014

Melbourne - Brisbane - Gold Coast - Sydney (9 days)

Price from: VND 79.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 31/1/2014 

Melbourne - Brisbane - Gold Coast - Canberra - Sydney (9 days)

Price from: VND 79.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 01/02/2014

New Zealand (7 days)

Price from: VND 71.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 3/2/2014

New Zealand (8 days)

Price from: VND 86.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 29/1/2014

Australia - New Zealand (9 days)

Price from: VND 97.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1/2/2014

New York - Philadelphia - Washington DC (6 days)

Price from: VND 60.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 24, 29, 31/1; 1, 3/2/2014

Los Angeles - Hollywood - Las Vegas - Hoover Dam - San Jose - San Francisco (9 days)

Price from: VND 67.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 25, 30/1; 1, 2/2/2014

New York - Philadelphia - Washington DC - Las Vegas - Los Angeles (10 days)

Price from: VND 76.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 25, 28, 30/1; 1, 2/2/2014

New York - Philadelphia - Washington DC- Las Vegas - Los Angeles - San Francisco (12 days) 

Price from: VND 86.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 25, 30/1; 1,3, 5/2/2014

Hawaii - Honolulu (6 days)

Price: VND 69.99 Million; DEPARTURE: 1,2/2/2014

Contact:

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