Shore Excursion – June, July & Sept 2011HO CHI MINH - VIETNAM

TUESDAY: 0900hrs ~ 170 0 hrs *** The time in Ho Chi Minh is 1 hour behind the ship’s time. Always keep your watch on ship’s time ***

Exploration of Ho Chi Minh – with meal (VHCM-1L) Duration: 7 hrs. Price: SGD$ 95 Adult / 80 ChildAssembly time: 0845hrs PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED: MIN 35 Pax Museum of National History. Located right at the entrance of Botanical and Zoological Gardens, the

museum was built in 1929 and is now filled with many artefacts chronicling Vietnam’s 4000-year history Here, you will discover ancient ceramics, traditional costumes, stone and bronze relics. You will also get acquainted with the evolution of Vietnam’s various cultures from Dong Son Bronze Age civilization, the Champs and the Khmers. Later on, you will enjoy a 20-minute water puppets show with many interesting acts such as Fabulous Unicorn Playing with Ball, Dragon Dance, Fox Catching Duck, etc. , which are performed by one of the professional water puppetry bands in Ho Chi Minh City. This is one of the original and unique arts of Vietnam, which is supposed to appear thousands of years ago.

Reunification Palace . Once known as Independence Palace where on 30 April 1975 two liberation army tanks crashed through the front gat, forcing the Southern Forces to surrender. It was built and completed in 1966 on the site of the Norodom Palace that was bombed in 1962. This building is preserved almost as it was on that day in 1975 with a 1906s architecture and spacious chambers beautifully decorated with finest modern Vietnamese arts and crafts.

Notre Dame Cathedral, Municipal Post Office and City Hall . Panorama city tour with outdoor photo stop at these places of interests.

Lunch in a local restaurant. Ben Thanh Market . This is the most crowded and interesting area of Ho Chi Minh City, which caters

to both the daily needs of the local people with products such as fruits, sweets, tobacco, clothing, hats and household gods and tourists, with souvenirs including handicrafts, wooden items and T-shirts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Additional Information:ETD from Ship: Approximately 0830hrs (Ship’s time)ETA to Ship: Approximately 1600hrs (Ship’s time)

Cu Chi Tunnels – with meal (VHCM-2L) Duration: 7 hrs Price: SGD$ 95 Adult / 80 ChildAssembly time: 0830hrs PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED: MIN 35 pax Cu Chi Tunnels. 30km Northwest HCM City, famous for its intricate network of underground tunnels

that became legendary for its role during the two wars against the French and later the American forces. This tunnel are 200km long and consists of innumerable trapdoors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, field hospitals, headquarters offices, kitchens, with only the most rudimentary tools the guerrillas managed to build the tunnels over a period of two and a half decades, beginning in the late 1940s. The tunnels were firstly used for communication between villages and for evasion from army sweeps during the war against the French, and then used as a strategic base for the guerrillas to firmly control Cu Chi and nearby areas as well for intelligence agents and sabotage teams to infiltrate Saigon. This excursion will offer you the unique opportunity to visit a portion of this tunnel network.

Lunch in a local restaurant. Panoramic drive through the city passing by various places of interest like the Reunification Palace,

Notre Dame Cathedral, Municipal Post Office and City Hall.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Additional Information:ETD from Ship: Approximately 0830hrs (Ship’s time)ETA to Ship: Approximately 1630hrs (Ship’s time)

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Vietnamese Cooking Class – with meal (VHCM-3L) Duration: 6 hrs Price: SGD$ 115 Adult / 100 ChildAssembly time: 0845hrs PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED: MIN 20 pax & 100 MAX Ben Thanh Market. The most crowded and interesting area of Ho Chi Minh City, which caters to both

the daily needs of the local people with products such as fruits, sweets, tobacco, clothing, hats and household gods and tourists, with souvenirs including handicrafts, wooden items and T-shirts. The chef will show you how to buy and select fresh materials for cooking.

“MAI” Home – The Saigon Culinary Art Center . This cooking class, where you will enjoy welcome traditional tea and listen to the presentation of Vietnamese Tradition and Culture before starting to learn the course under the guidance of center’s chef. After enjoying your creations and having light lunch, all participants will receive cooking certificates as well as souvenir gifts after class.

City Downtown . Free shopping at city downtown.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Additional Information:ETD from Ship: Approximately 0900hrs (Ship’s time)ETA to Ship: Approximately 1530hrs (Ship’s time)

Transfer to Ho Chi Minh (VHCM-T) Duration: 4 hrs Price: SGD$ 25 Adult / ChildAssembly time: 0830hrs PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED: MIN 30 pax Ben Thanh Market . The most crowded and interesting area of Ho Chi Minh City, which caters to both

the daily needs of the local people with products such as fruits, sweets, tobacco, clothing, hats and household gods and tourists, with souvenirs including handicrafts, wooden items and T-shirts. You will have 180 minutes for shopping at the market before returning to the port.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Additional Information:ETD from Ship: Approximately 0930hrs (Ship’s time)ETA to Ship: Approximately 1330hrs (Ship’s time)

Note:

All tours have limited capacity and will be on a first come, first served basis. We highly recommend that you make your booking early to avoid disappointment.

Sequence of stops and actual timings may differ depending on the number of participants, disembarkation time and prevailing traffic conditions.

Tour Tickets are non-transferable or refundable. Guests are reminded to take extra care and caution when walking within the ports and/or outside the

ports and/or during shore excursion as some of the tourist areas may be covered with dirt, grass, gravel, slopes, of uneven ground and etc due to development.

Tours are subject to cancellation during adverse sea and/or weather conditions.

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