OVERVIEW
Yen Tu Mountain is located about 50 kilometres from Ha Long City. The heritage site is mostly situated on a mountainous region which is about 600m above sea level. With its peak at 1,068m above sea level, Yen Tu is famous for its beautiful natural landscape and cultural heritage, called the anscestral land of Truc Lam Zen Buddhism in Vietnam.With the unique landscape, architecture, culture and history, Yen Tu Relic and Landscape Complex has been recognised as a special national relic and a dossier is being prepared to submit to UNESCO for its recognition of the complex as a World Heritage Site..
Highlights
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Enjoy cable car to the top of Yen Tu Mountain
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Visit the largest copper statue in Vietnam
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Visit a bronze pagoda on the highest mountain in Asia (1068 m above the sea level)
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Beautiful and fresh nature
Itinerary Details
07:30: Pick up at cruise passenger station.
Your guide will be holding the welcome sign saying ‘Travel Authentic Asia and your name on it’‘Sacred Yen Tu Mountain Tour’.
Drive 01 hr. to the foothill of the Yen Tu Mountain (also The Yen Tu historical relic), you will drive past the scenic countryside of Halong, crossing many villages surrounded by bamboo fences and limestone walls.
Transfer by electric car at the foothill, and then take some walk up to the cable car station for a ride up to Yen Tu Mountain.
Enjoy the splendid view from the cable car, you can see the entire landscape of Yen Tu Mountain with ancient pagodas, temples, and towers lying in immense primitive forests.
Visit one of the Yen Tu pagodas, temples and towers are located on nearly 2,800 hectares in the Yen Tu Forest Natural Reserve which boasts a diverse tropical ecosystem. Have your cameras ready for a photo stop at the Limestone Mountains.
We continued then hike up/down by you on concrete paths for 500m higher (about 250 steps) and then walked along a path shaded by green pine trees and reached Hue Quang Tower Garden. It is the place where a tower with the statue of Buddhist King Tran Nhan Tong inside is situated. The statue is 62cm high and made of marble, featuring a monk in a meditative pose.
Continue to walk up steps (150 steps) to Hoa Yen Pagoda – a small pagoda built during the Ly Dynasty (the 11th century). Visit around the pagoda, then return to the cable car to get back to the foothills.
Electric car back to the Van and then you drive to visit the Truc Lam Monastery which has been considered the headquarters of Truc Lam Zen Buddhism Sect in Vietnam.
12:00-12:30: Drive back to the port. End of services.
Thank you and see you again!
IMPORTANT NOTES
Vehicle & Group size:
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1 pax: Private 4 or 7 seat van
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2 – 3 pax: Private 7 seat van
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4 – 8 pax: Private 16 seat van
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9 – 15 pax: private 29 seat van
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16 – 20 pax: Private 35 seat van
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20 – 25 pax: Private 45 seat van
Packing lists:
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Summer time: Comfortable shoes or sandal, camera, sunglasses, sunscreen
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Winter time: Warm clothes, Comfortable shoes or sandal, camera
Meals: If requested for drinking & lunch & dinner on day 1, extra 10 USD/person/meal
Pick up & Drop off:
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Pick up: Pick up at the back ground of the international passenger station where electric car/shuttle drop you. (Ship will dock at New international cruise terminal then by the ship, there are lots of shuttle waiting to take passengers out). Just get in one of them. Shuttle will take you to the shuttle to the back yard of the cruise passenger’s station, guide pick you up at the place shuttle drop you
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Drop off: Same place as pick up
Travel Insurance: Local travel insurance included on the entrance ticket.
Payment methods: Need a refundable deposit (30%) by either Pay Pal or Credit card, to process your booking. - Balance can be paid in USD cash on arrival to our guide. If the ship skips port(s) due to unforeseen circumstances, no fee charge but requires you to inform us 12 hrs. in advance so that we have enough time in advance to release services reserved for your group
If the ship skips port(s) due to unforeseen circumstances, no fee charge but requires you to inform us 12 hrs. in advance so that we have enough time in advance to release services reserved for your group
PRICE & AVAILABILITIES
PRICING IN US DOLLAR PER PERSON
Rates applied from 1 October 2019 to 31 December 2020
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Please contact us for best price upon your travel date, number of travelers and specific needs |
Inclusions
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Port fee
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Private car transfer
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cable car ticket
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Electric car rent
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Entrance fee
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English Speaking guide through the trip
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Mineral water (01 bottle/person) & tissue on coach
Exclusion
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Requested drinking
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Tip for guide and driver
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Any other services not mentioned at inclusions portion