AUSTRALIA

 

With 2 days self-drive Car Rental

Fly to Sydney or Melbourne, on Vietnam Airlines with 2 days  Car Hire.

 

The Sydney cityscape, showing the Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

 

 Visit this great city and get 2 days car rental included for HK$4,155. This price for the lowest class of car, which is a Renault Clio. An upgrade in car will obviously be a little more. Based on two persons traveling together with one Rental Car.

 

This great offer, exclusively from , is one of the best deals that you will find to Australia. We have been working closely with Vietnam Airways and now have been given this special fare.

 

In addition, we can offer city tours of Ho Chi Minh City, or a beach holiday in Phan Thiet, as a start for you trip to Australia. Please call us to discuss the options.

 

As this is a Vietnam Airlines arrangement, all flights will transit Ho Chi Minh. You then fly onto Sydney or Melbourne.

Note, flights are not daily, please call us to check the flights for your travel dates.

 

Day 1             Depart Hong Kong on Vietnam Airlines flight VN767,     0905

Arrive Ho Chi Minh Airport                                                  1040

For Sydney)   Depart Ho Chi Minh on Vietnam Airlines flight VN783,   2050

For Melbourne Depart Ho Chi Minh on Vietnam Airlines flight VN781, 2115

To fill in the time between flights, We can offer a choice of two sightseeing tours of Ho Chi Minh City, see below for details and cost.

 

Day 2             Arrive in Sydney at                                                               0820

Or arrive in Melbourne                                                         0935

Pick up rental car at airport and then drive away to your chosen destination.

 

Day 2-3         At leisure in Australia with the freedom of a rental car.

 

Day 4             Surrender car and fly to Ho Chi Minh.

                        Depart Sydney on Vietnam Airlines flight VN782 Leaving at 1105

(Flights ex Sydney are Wednesday Friday and Sunday ONLY)

or                    Depart Melbourne on Vietnam Airlines flight VN780 leaving 1105

(Flights ex Melbourne are Tuesday and Saturday ONLY)

                        Arrive Ho Chi Minh at 1545 (Ex Sydney) or 1535 Ex Melbourne

                        Depart Ho Chi Minh on VN762 leaving at 1720 for Hong Kong.

                        Arrive Hong Kong 2100

 

Details of Optional Ho Chi Minh City Tours.

 

Option 1                      Ho Chi Minh City Tour, with english speaking guide.

Your transit package excludes the cost of the Vietnam Visa, it is a private car sightseeing tour of the highlights of Ho Chi Minh. Lunch is not included.

 Visit Notre Dame Cathedral and the impressive French-style Post Office. Continue to the Reunification Palace. It was towards this building ¡V then known as the Independence Palace or Presidential Palace, that the first Communist tanks in Saigon rushed on the morning of 30 April, 1975. Once the symbol of the South Vietnamese government, the building is preserved almost as it was on that April day when the Republic of Vietnam, which hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese and 58,183 Americans had died trying to save, ceased to exist.  Next visit the War Remnants Museum, previously known as the Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes. This has become the most popular museum with Western tourists and few museums in the world so aptly illustrate that warfare is horribly brutal and that many of the victims are civilians. Continue to Cholon (China Town). Cholon rose to prominence after Chinese merchants began settling there in 1778 and, despite the mass migrations after 1975, still constitutes the largest ethnic-Chinese community in Vietnam. Walk through the colourful and ancient thoroughfare, Le Cong Kieu.

Return to the airport for your onward flight to Australia.

HK$365  per person, excluding Vietnam Visa. (Based on two persons traveling together).

 

Option 2          Ho Chi Minh City & Cu Chi Tunnels, including lunch & English speaking guide.

 

 Your transit package excludes the cost of a Vietnam Visa , it is a private car sightseeing tour of the highlights of Ho Chi Minh and the Cu Chi Tunnels.

Proceed to downtown Ho Chi Minh for lunch at an attractive Vietnamese style restaurant.

After lunch, drive to the town of Cu Chi . The tunnel network became legendary during the 1960¡¦s for its role in facilitating Viet Cong (VC) control a large rural area. At its height, the  tunnel system stretched from Ho chi Minh to the Cambodian border and there were over 250 km of tunnels in the CuChi district alone.

Return to Ho Chi Minh and visit Notre Dame Cathedral and the impressive French-style Post Office. Continue to Cholon (China Town). Cholon rose to prominence after Chinese merchants began settling there in 1778 and, despite the mass migrations after 1975, still constitutes the largest ethnic-Chinese community in Vietnam. Walk through the colourful and ancient thoroughfare, Le Cong Kieu.

Return to the airport for your onward flight to Australia.

HK$545 per person, excluding Vietnam Visa.

 (Based on two persons traveling together)

 

 

 

This price valid starting 20th April until 31st October 2003,

 

COSTS

 

The price for this is HK$ 4,155, based on two people traveling together sharing one rental car.

 

Price includes:-

Return Economy class tickets on Vietnam Airways.

2 days car rental in Sydney or Melbourne.

Basic Insurance Third Party Cover.

Government GST (General Sales Tax).

Unlimited Mileage Allowance for the car rental.

 

Price excludes:-

Vietnam Visa, (if required)

Optional Ho Chi Minh City tour (if taken, which excludes Vietnam Visa).

Airport Service Fee for rental car.

Airport security charge, Airport Tax, and flight insurance.

 

This is a suggested Itinerary only, it can be lengthened or shortened to suit your available travel dates. It can also be made to include other destinations in Vietnam or Australia.

 

Prices are subject to change, by the Airline or Operator, without notice.