Luxury Travel's Saigon Office Offers Private Day Trip to Coastal City of Vung Tau

Saigon, Vietnam, August 23, 2012 — Vung Tau, located at about 125 kilometers to the southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, was known as Cap Saint-Jacques under French occupation. Among Vietnamese and expatriates, it is a popular beach destination for weekend trips.

“Travelers can reach Vung Tau by speedboat, car or helicopter from Ho Chi Minh City. Vung Tau is a busy coast city with a few beaches, an attractive summer palace, a couple of interesting temples, a few other attractions and not much else, so it offers enough to do but nevertheless offers an off the beaten path and low key escape. However, luxury properties, casinos and golf courses are set to open soon, in order attract long stay, high end holidaymakers to both the Ho Tram area and Vung Tau. Twenty kilometers from the city center is Long Hai town, once a fishing village and now a decent small resort popular with Vietnamese people. Vung Tau is also the place to board a boat, plane or helicopter to visit famous Con Dao Island, 180 kilometers away.” Said Pham Ha, CEO of Luxury Travel Ltd.

For a day trip from Ho Chi Minh City, travelers will discover the best Vung Tau has to offer.

07.30 Pick up from the hotel in HCMC and drive to Vung Tau via immense rubber, cashsew nut plantation and scenic rice fields.

Travelers will visit the Large House (Nha Lon) and its temples at Long Son Island on the way to Vung Tau. Large House is a place to celebrate festivals with a school, a market, a Ghe Sam preserving house, and Ong Tran’s graveyard. Nha Lon is a place to worship great men of Taoism, Confucianism, Ong Tran and his relatives of the Le Family.

Arrive Vung Tau, visit White House Palace (a summer residence of the last emperor Bao Dai), Niet Ban Tinh Xa, Nirvana Meditation Retreat and Thich Ca Phat Dai, A Buddhist Shrine. Visit French-built Light House and Giant Jesu as optional choices.

Lunch at Lan Rung restaurant. Have swim in the Bai Sau beach. 4 pm drive back to Saigon where travelers arrive at around 6 pm.

“Vung Tau preserves the feel of a harmonious community of religions, mountains, beaches, architecture old and news. It is now a favourite weekend beach escape destination for family vacations from Ho Chi Minh City. This short trip has all the best Vung Tau has to offer.” Adds Pham Ha