Hue Dragon Boat Tour

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Enjoying Refreshing Dragon Boat Cruise on Romantic Perfume River (Huong River)
  • Learn about life of the Kings; their wives, concubines & eunuchs with local expert
  • Visiting  the most famous, the Nicest and Oldest pagoda in Hue named Thien Mu
  • Learning about the importance of Buddhism to our local community in Vietnam
  • Visiting Best Royal Tombs of the Emperors to learn about Vietnamese Royalty.

ITINERARY:

Agreed Time: You will be picked you up from your Hue City Hotel for Hue Dragon Boat Tour. We start with 25 minutes boat cruise on Perfume River to visit the Oldest and Nicest Pagoda in Hue named Thien Mu (Pagoda of the Celestial Lady), a beautiful Buddhist Pagoda located on a hill overlooking to the Perfume River built in 1601 by the first founder of the Nguyen Family in Central Vietnam - Nguyen Hoang. Here you also find an old car and picture of a Buddhist Monk, who set himself in fire in 1963 to protest against Diem's Gorvernment of South Vietnam for Free Religion.

After visiting 7 Floor Thien Mu Pagoda, we will enjoy Refreshing Dragon Boat Trip on Perfume River for about 1 hour and 15 minutes (if you book option with tour guide) or take private car (if you book option with driver) to Minh Mang Tomb, the Tomb is famous for beautiful landscape and Oriental Architecture. This tomb was planned and started by Minh Mang but built by his successor - King Thieu Tri, from begining of 1841 to1843.

Continues our tour by Private Car to the most elaborated Tomb of King Khai Dinh (built from 1920 - 1931), this is the smallest tomb (48.5X117m) of the Nguyen Emperors, but took the longest time and cost a lot of money to build. This is also only 1 tomb built with blended architecture of Oriental & Western Styles.

After Khai Dinh Tomb, our tour guide and driver will drop you back to your hotel or anywhere in Hue City Center. And we will finish our fantastic Hue Dragon Boat Cruise. This Tour will give you a deep understanding about local history, life of the Royal Family,... King’s philosophy of geomancy and how this affected Vietnamese Royal Life.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Tour Price:

Group Size & Price/person 01 Pax 02 Pax 03 Pax 04 Pax 05 Pax 06 Pax From 07
Boat Tour with Tour Guide 99 usd 59 usd 49 usd 39 usd 33 usd 28 usd 25 usd
Boat Tour with driver Only 59 usd 39 usd 29 usd 24 usd 20 usd 19 usd 17 usd

 

Tour Inclusions:  Private Car/Van, Private Dragon Boat Cruise on Perfume River, Tour Guide (depends on option you choose).

Tour Exclusions: Entrance Tickets to Royal Tombs, Food & Drinks, Tips/Gratuities for Excellent Service, Things not mentioned.

Trip Notes:

  • Decent clothes or prepairing scarf/Sarong to cover your shoulders and knees are recommended for temples visit please.
  • You can choose to visit Tu Duc Tomb (instead of Minh Mang Tomb) if you like. Please inform us when booking the tour.
  • Children: Under 2 Years Old - Free of Charge (Seat on Lap); from 2 to 6 - 25% Adult Price; from 7 to 11 - 75% Adult Price.
  • ​This tour is flexible. Please contact our tour consultant to customize your own itinerary for this Hue Dragon Boat Tour.

Cancellation Policy: Free of Charge for Cancellation Up to 24 Hours Before Tour Departure.

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