Hue Half Day Tour With Optional Dragon Boat on Perfume River
Description
Hue Half Day City Tour: Customize personal Itinerary with your own choice of some best sightseeing places (WE VISIT SOME, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM) listed in the itinerary. Choose from Budget Option with Private Transfer and Driver only or Traveling with English speaking guide to learn more about History of Hue and Vietnamese Royal Culture. NOTE: Please check the option you like to book. As we have different options with different inclusions of sightseeing places, transportations, tour guide or driver only.
Tour Options
Itinerary
OPTIONAL STOP: Built from 1804 by King Gia Long and finished in 1833 by King Minh Mang. This area was used as living and working quarter for Kings and Royal Family Members of the Nguyen Dynasty until 1945, and was recognized by UNESCO as WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE. This is a must see place, that not to be missed if you travel to Hue and love to learn about country history and Vietnamese royal culture.
OPTIONAL STOP: Located on the north shore of the Perfume River about 3km from the Imperial Citadel. You can get there by dragon boat along the Perfume River, or for those feeling more energetic, a pleasant bicycle ride. The Thien Mu Pagoda is regarded as the unofficial symbol of the former imperial capital. Today it is the home of the Austin Motor Vehicle which drove Thich Quang Duc to his self-immolation in Saigon in 1963 in protest against the Diem regime. It is still home to many monks and a holy site visited by many everyday.
OPTIONAL STOP: Tomb of Minh Mang (also known as Minh Menh) also called Hieu Lang, built by Emperor Thieu Tri of the Nguyen Dynasty, is located on Cam Ke mountain, An Bang hamlet, Huong Tho commune, Hue city, province. Thua Thien Hue, near Bang Lang junction, is the confluence of two streams, Huu Trach and Ta Trach, forming the Perfume River, 12 km from the center of Hue city. Minh Mang Mausoleum was built from 1840 to 1843, when it was completed, it mobilized up to ten thousand workers and soldiers.
OPTIONAL STOP: Tombs built from 1920 to 1931. This is the only one tomb of the Nguyen Emperors built with blended architecture of Vietnamese Buddhism, Hinduism and Roman. Also this is the only one tomb, where body of the Emperor was placed under neath of his tomb.
OPTIONAL STOP: Built by King Tu Duc (1847 - 1883) for himself from 1864 - 1867. This was also place where King Tu Duc sometimes lived and worked when he was still alive. Tomb's area is about 12 Hecta including 2 seperated areas: Temple area and Burial area.
OPTIONAL STOP: This is one of the most interesting sights in Hue, just about 3km away from city center. This is probably the most interesting site in Hue, and it is all too often overlooked by visitors. It was built in 1830 during the reign of Emperor Minh Mang to stage yearly battle fights between an elephant and a tiger.
OPTIONAL STOP: Vong Canh Hill used to be the place where the Nguyen kings chose to take a rest and sightseeing. Surrounding the hill is a system of tombs of Nguyen kings such as: Dong Khanh tomb, Tu Duc tomb, Thieu Tri tomb, Xuong Tho tomb, Ba Cung palace,... This was also an army base of US Army during Vietnam War, and there are still some army bunkers left here.
IF OPTION CHOSEN: We take dragon boat cruise in Perfume River (Hương River), that originates from the Truong Son Dong mountain range. The main stream is Ta Trach with a length of 67km, originating from the Truong Son Dong range, along the Bach Ma area to the northwest, through Nam Dong town. Then it merges with Huu Trach stream with a length of 60km in the North through Bang Lang junction. At the place where these two streams meet to form the Perfume River.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up & Drop-off services are included for City Center Located Hotels or Train Station in Hue City. There will be surcharge for pick up in Airports, Cruise Ports, or Hotels located outside of city center. Please also specify your address/train number/flight number for the convenience of pick-up/drop-off services.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(164)
Took the Hue tour with Duy. He was super helpful in telling us about the Imperial City and the Pagoda. Had an absolutely wonderful time on the trip. There was so much to see and do. Sailing down the Perfume River was amazing. However, The Imperial City was the highlight of the tour and luckily Duy was highly knowledgeable on all the questions that we had. He was very friendly and definitely made the whole experience much better! At the end of the trip he also had some great food recommendations. I would highly recommend booking this trip if you take a trip to Hue. It's a great way to get to see parts of the city and learn lots about it's history.
Great tour with Nhein - very relaxed and informative
Linh was very knowledgeable and generous - made our tour informative and memorable
We enjoyed our time with Linh. She was on time and spoke great English. She gave our teens a good history lesson and sightseeing. She also gave us great recommendations for Bun Bo Hue and went above and beyond. She helped us took great photos also.
I had such an excellent walking tour with Hung! He was incredibly knowledgeable, not just about Hue itself but how its history intersected with the rest of Vietnamese history. I would highly recommend him as a guide.
The tour with Rin was very interesting, informative and easily understood. Rin was very insightful on all cultural, historical and general aspects of Hue’s past and present knowledge. Highly recommend this tour with Rin
Our guide Hung was brilliant - very friendly, helpful and most of all extremely knowledgable about the Hue Citadel, Thien Mu pagoda and the wider history of Vietnam. He explained everything very clearly in perfect English and was able to answer all our questions. My husband was ill during the tour and we really appreciated how patient and helpful Hung was, going more slowly and then helping us to arrange a taxi home for my husband. I would definitely recommend this tour and most of all would recommend Hung as a guide!
This was an excellent tour given by the fantastic guide, Miss and her driver, Han. Her English was superb and the tour was informative. We really enjoyed our afternoon with her.
We did both the Imperial City half day tour and the Three Tombs tour with a driver and guide. We were lucky to have Tai as our guide for both tours. Both days were great! Amazing to see all these sights with such a friendly and knowledgeable guide! So much to see, learn and admire. The tombs are all very unique - set up in similar ways but different with each King’s unique style, taste and influence. Request Tai as your guide, if you can. He is great!
Excellent tour! Our guide, Tai, was very knowledgeable about the Imperial City and Vietnam's history. We were picked up at our hotel right on time, and it was only me & 2 friends on the tour - it felt very private. Tai's English was great & understandable. He's an awesome tour guide and can tell he loves his job. Imperial City history is fascinating. We also visited the Pagoda for about 20 minutes, then took a boat ride on the Perfume River back to the van. I highly recommend this tour...and Tai.
