Nha Trang Private Authentic Cultural Countryside Tour by car
Overview
CULTURAL TOUR by private air conditioned car ( 5 hours )→ Discover real life of Vietnamese people: Inspirational Pagoda Orphanage, Sedge Mat Weaving, Amitabha Buddha statue at a height of 68 meters, Rice paper - Noodles making ( phở ) Conical hat making. Special lunch with Vietnamese food at an authentic restaurant.
Our countryside tour by car is famous for laid-back vibe for families, slow walkers, aged people, wheelchair travelers.
Our countryside tour by car is famous for laid-back vibe for families, slow walkers, aged people, wheelchair travelers.
Inclusions
- Professional guide
- Transport by private vehicle
- Bottled water
- Lunch
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Nha Trang, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province
1. Sedge Mat Weaving:The village path leads us to the home of one family who weave mats from sedge which grow abundantly in the surrounding area.
2. Inspirational Pagoda Orphanage: where it shelters and cares for over 160 abandoned, orphaned or street children. The children of the orphanage are taken care of by a group of Buddhist nuns and volunteers. Their goal is to provide the children with a safe and caring environment which lessens their misfortune and gives their lives greater purpose and meaning. Being a private organization, the orphanage is trying to provide its children food, shelter, health and education.
3. Giant Amitabha Buddha statue at a height of 68 meters plus sweeping panoramas over the rice fields beyond.
4. Dry noodles making: One of the most typical food from rice steamed and processed into round piece dried in the sun on the bamboo brackets that are on sale in the inns or shops.
5. Conical hat making village: Manual skill work by women
Duration: 4 hours
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Nha Trang, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province
1. Sedge Mat Weaving:The village path leads us to the home of one family who weave mats from sedge which grow abundantly in the surrounding area.
2. Inspirational Pagoda Orphanage: where it shelters and cares for over 160 abandoned, orphaned or street children. The children of the orphanage are taken care of by a group of Buddhist nuns and volunteers. Their goal is to provide the children with a safe and caring environment which lessens their misfortune and gives their lives greater purpose and meaning. Being a private organization, the orphanage is trying to provide its children food, shelter, health and education.
3. Giant Amitabha Buddha statue at a height of 68 meters plus sweeping panoramas over the rice fields beyond.
4. Dry noodles making: One of the most typical food from rice steamed and processed into round piece dried in the sun on the bamboo brackets that are on sale in the inns or shops.
5. Conical hat making village: Manual skill work by women
Duration: 4 hours
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Nicole Y
January 2019
My family and I were booked on the Diamond Princess cruise to SE Asia in January 2019. We were looking for private tour recommendations from friends and family as we know that booking via Princess can be costly (and in massive groups of up to 40!) We were initially recommended a different compa...
My family and I were booked on the Diamond Princess cruise to SE Asia in January 2019. We were looking for private tour recommendations from friends and family as we know that booking via Princess can be costly (and in massive groups of up to 40!) We were initially recommended a different company but they did not conduct tours in Nha Trang, only in Saigon. That company referred us to Dung Pham. We had many emails back and forth and clear instructions about how to reach the tour van from the port gate (a 3 minute walk). Value: Excellent. You just cannot get this kind of pricing from a Princess excursion. USD$60 per person which includes the lunch (plus drinks), water, a private air conditioned bus, admission fees, and a very enjoyable river cruise. Just a note that Dung Pham's itinerary outline is very clear about what is, and isn't included so there were no surprises here. Group Size: Excellent. We had 11 people in our group, so it felt very intimate and customized. Since we were a smaller group our guide An was able to answer any of our questions with great depth. Tour Guide: Excellent. An really made this tour shine. His english is excellent, he was friendly, approachable, helpful, and very cognizant of the needs of our group. He helped us barter for some fruit in a local market, and we didn't feel pressured at any point to purchase anything. Included Lunch: Fabulous. There were some dietary restrictions in the group, but there were enough varieties of dishes that no one went hungry. In fact there was so much food there was lots left over. Chicken, shrimp, fish, lots of veggies, and even drinks were included. We were seated comfortably in a covered area and had a leisurely lunch. Overall: This was an incredible private tour and I would highly recommend this tour company. I have been on Princess excursions before and they just don't have the same authentic 'feel' as a private tour. On a large scale tour you are stuffed in a bus with many other people who may travel at varying different paces (read: slower pace), and they tend to bring you to a product showroom where you are pressured to buy. Though these large excursions may be good for brainless-convenience, if you're willing to do some research you'll find some gems out there. There are honest, hard-working people who want to show you their country share their knowledge with you. Dung Pham tours (and our wonderful guide An) is an wonderful example of a private tour done right.zdenkok2014
July 2018
Danny was our guide for this wonderful tour in Vietnam. He patiently waited until our group of 9 was able to come ashore, since this port required tender transport. He was very kind and his English was quite good. We visited the orphanage and saw the well cared for, happy faces of many children t...
Danny was our guide for this wonderful tour in Vietnam. He patiently waited until our group of 9 was able to come ashore, since this port required tender transport. He was very kind and his English was quite good. We visited the orphanage and saw the well cared for, happy faces of many children that have been personally helped by him and his company. We learned a great deal about old and new Vietnam, saw the amazing handiwork of making conical hats and mat weaving. We had a wonderful and plentiful lunch in a restaurant by the river, spectacular! The embroidery shop we visited had unbelievable works of art, which we saw also in progress. The van was very comfortable, the driver was excellent and Danny’s attention to our needs and interest was very much appreciated. This tour was great!BonnieSueFlorida
May 2018
This is a great trip boat ride, lunch PLUS getting back to the boat with plenty of time to left. No problem with this tour. You surely get your money worth. Seeing so much in one day, rice making, weaving, country side. So much Love it..
This is a great trip boat ride, lunch PLUS getting back to the boat with plenty of time to left. No problem with this tour. You surely get your money worth. Seeing so much in one day, rice making, weaving, country side. So much Love it..neimon
October 2018
Port of Call: Nha Trang tour name: Nha Trang Special Countryside + River Cruise Organized by: Dung Pham tours Vessel: Ovation of The Seas, RC, 16 oct 2018 This was our 2nd visit to Nha Trang port. Having done in 2017 a Royal Carribean Nha Trang city tour, and having being somehow disappointed,...
Port of Call: Nha Trang tour name: Nha Trang Special Countryside + River Cruise Organized by: Dung Pham tours Vessel: Ovation of The Seas, RC, 16 oct 2018 This was our 2nd visit to Nha Trang port. Having done in 2017 a Royal Carribean Nha Trang city tour, and having being somehow disappointed, this time I was looking for a more real-life oriented tour with a smaller group of people. After having evaluated several options through Internet I can say that the Dung Pham tours was the winning choice: Dung Pham is offering small groups tailored tours also allowing great interaction and proactivity to help looking for the necessary fellows passengers, each of them dealing directly with him for the final arrangements. Our group was supposed to be 9 people but unfortunately 2 fellow passengers had a last minute problem and could not participate, but this did not affect the schedule and the price per person. We easily met our guide Denny just at the entrance of the port (some 500 mt from the tenders drop point), unfortunately quite late around 9:30 (while they were waiting for us since 7:30!!) due to long debarcation time via RC tenders, so our excursion -that was taking the whole day in Nhat Trang- had to be trimmed a little. Originally our guide Danny, mr. Dang Nguyen, didn't mean to visit the Orphanage, but a nice couple in our group that did this tour one year ago recommended this visit so we re-arranged the schedule and included the orphanage plus the embroidery factory as well (they wanted to purchase something), but we had to trim the ancient house and the Ponagar Cham temple. So we went first to purchase some food as offer for the orphanage in a local market (an experience by itself!!) and then headed to the Cai river for the river cruise. This was an opportunity to see a slice of local life along the river: rice paddies, fishermens, beautiful scenery along the banks, orchards and farmers. We stopped under a very intersting wooden "toll" bridge for motorcicles, linking a river island. Then we visited a house with 2 ladies weaving mats from rushes which grow nearby. The working process is very rural, it was interesting to see such type of artisanal work since surely won't last for long: two ladies working together can weave four mats a day, sold or traded at very low price. After that we visited the Pagoda Orphanage: here some Buddhist noons and other volunteers care of 25 abandoned children plus handle a charity school for around 100 kids of poor families. This was very interesting and touching moment. We delivered our small gifts to the kids and they singed a thanksgiving song for us. Then we had a good local lunch in a very pleasant restaurant veranda on the Cai river, under the shadow of some trees. During the lunch mr. Dung Pham reached us and surprised me offering a wonderful delicious birthday cake: it was my birthday and I didn't even remember to have communicated my birthday date to him, and the surprise was really great and unexpected, contributing to make this day even more special to me. We shared the cake after lunch with joy. After lunch we visited a Conical hat making family: two ladies (mother and daugther) are making the traditional conical hats and it was very interesting to admire the manual skill and the work behind. The following visit to a Rice paper making location was really interesting: the thin rice paper used to wrap spring rolls are made from steamed rice and processed in a very primitive way into round piece that are later dried in the sun on bamboo brackets. We then reached a hill to visit the 68 mtrs tall Amitabha Buddha statue. After we had a 30 minutes stop in Dam Market, a place plenty of cheap tourist supply but also some interesting local foods. I would personally have avoided this stop. The last stop was the embroidery factory where some valuable piece of arts are produced, for a quite high price. We went back to ship 30 minutes before the last tender. The tour was good and interesting, surely better than the equivalent offered by Royal Caribbean that we took last year. My only recommendation would be to insist to include the ancient Ponagar Cham temple, that I visited last year and I believe should not be missed, since this looks like the most interesting historical spot in the area (while for example the Amitabha Buddha statue is quite modern and could be skipped without regrets). The great value of this type of tours is that you can discuss and customize them with Dung Pham assistance, and his wish to put the accent to the human aspects of Vietnamese life.909mk
June 2018
Great tour. A bit disjointed at the pickup as the tenders were running slow. Found the driver outside of port and off we went. Interesting stops and a great lunch. River tour timing was messed up but all worked out as we left lunch on the river tour.
Great tour. A bit disjointed at the pickup as the tenders were running slow. Found the driver outside of port and off we went. Interesting stops and a great lunch. River tour timing was messed up but all worked out as we left lunch on the river tour.Angel68_12
January 2019
We were looking for a wheelchair access tour to see some of Nha Trang which we knew would be almost impossible to navigate on our own. The email correspondence to organise the tour was very easy and responsive. We had a private car - still a challenge as it was quite high - but the driver and ou...
We were looking for a wheelchair access tour to see some of Nha Trang which we knew would be almost impossible to navigate on our own. The email correspondence to organise the tour was very easy and responsive. We had a private car - still a challenge as it was quite high - but the driver and our guide assisted happily all day. We also were collected from our accommodation which made things easier! Our driver was excellent - we felt very safe in his hands at all times! Our tour guide, Danny, was friendly and chatty. He shared lots of interesting information and made sure we were having fun. He was cheeky and funny! We loved visiting the family businesses and the orphanage. The lunch was amazing - in a beautiful spot by the river and absolutely delicious. So much food!! We thoroughy enjoyed our tour! Thanks for a fun day!