Boat

Cyclo riding

Train station

The topography and available infrastructure are vital considerations in tour design. Our target will all the time be to steadiness the attractiveness of the destination with the time and cost taken to get there.

For those who travel with Gia Linh Travel, all transfers from airports, harbors, stations or no matter can be included in your itinerary, unless you request otherwise. In each case, you will travel in a private vehicle pushed by a skilled safe driver. Autos on freeway and metropolis routes will probably be high-quality, air-conditioned, and permit loads of room. In additional remote areas, four-wheel drive vehicles or Jeeps could also be used.

Road travel

At present, only High method 1 hyperlinks the north and south of Vietnam alongside the slim coastal strip. It’s principally a single carriage method road with twin sections passing via cities and villages. Goods and passenger visitors is usually heavy, and there are many accident black spots. Flooding throughout the late autumn monsoon season in the central area sometimes makes High method one impassable.

A second north-south freeway primarily based on the battle time Ho Chi Minh Trail is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2005. It follows an inland route thorough what was beforehand distant areas. Its purpose is three-fold: to alleviate congestion, to offer another when the Highway 1 link is severed, and as a part of a strategic plan to open up the development potential of the remote areas alongside the Animate mountain range.

Elsewhere, the vast majority of roads range from affordable to awful. Journey times are due to this fact a lot longer than those in developed countries.

In case you travel with Gia Linh Travel, your itinerary might be designed to get rid of pointless street travel wherever doable, and use the most attention-grabbing routes the place it’s important to travel by road. Your car will always be less than a few years previous, and be pushed by a completely licensed experienced driver with a first-class safety record. As a result of you may be on a personal tour, you can stop off each time and wherever you wish.

By Air

All internal flights are by Vietnam Airlines or its subsidiary, Pacific Airlines. Each use properly-maintained modern aircraft and have wonderful safety records. Airport procedures are straightforward. Both companies are opening up new routes and the government is investing in the supporting infrastructure. The new Cam Ranh terminal has allowed Nha Trang to hitch Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as an international airport, and local connections to provincial towns and offshore islands are being expanded.

The lack of competition means fares are comparatively costly and, apart from occasional promotions, no discounts.

If you happen to travel with Gia Linh Travel, and your itinerary included domestic flights, you’ll obtain your tickets on arrival or well prematurely of the flight. We’re a licensed ticket agency for inner flights, so there will probably be no issues with purchased by Gia Linh Travel.

By rail

The principle railway is single monitor and follows the route of High method 1, often working a longside side. Journey times are lengthy, but sleeping compartments are available on the long-distance trains.

The flagship of Vietnam Railways is the each day E1 categorical service, popularly often called the ‘Reunification Express’. It has the best rolling stock, and makes the journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, or vice versa, in thirty hours.

Other trains ply the identical route. The S1 can also be an every day express, however a bit slower than the E1. Others stop at native stations en-route. There are also a number of department lines, notably extensions from Hanoi to Ha Long Metropolis and to SA Pa by way of Lao Cai station, where it connects with China’s rail network.

Tickets to travel from north to south and vice versa, and to intermediate destinations, may be bought prematurely solely at Hanoi, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis stations. Tickets to travel from intermediate destinations are only available on the local station, and there’s no assured that the popular seats or berths can be available. At busy times, trains are full.

In case you travel with Gia Linh Travel, and your itinerary features a rail journey from an intermediate station, one of our local representatives will buy the right tickets prematurely in your behalf – you’ll be given them when you arrive.

By water

Most travel by water is for sightseeing or on ferries: there are not any routes that link more than a few coastal centers. Where water travel is important, there’s often a selection between fast and gradual boats. The latter are usually the ships that carry provides and passengers to outlying villages and islands and seem to take forever.

There are hydrofoil providers in some locations – from Ha Lengthy to Mong CAI on the border with China, from Hai Phong to Cat Ba and from Ho Chi Minh Metropolis to various destinations in the Mekong, for example.

A recent innovation is an effectively-appointed 26-cabin cruise boat that plies up and down the Bassac River between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City. We’ve got some reservations in regards to the service supplied – full details to follow.

For those who travel with Gia Linh Travel, the boats you use will at all time adjust to safety regulations and be absolutely licensed where necessary. For smaller boats, such as sampans, kayaks or dug-out canoes, you will always be accompanied and supplied a lifejacket.