Hue - Dong Ha - Dong Hoi
By vehicle from Hue to Dong Ha
Journey north west along Highway 1 past Huong Dien and Quang Tri.
QUANG TRI: the town was once an important citadel city. During the war it was heavily bombed and not many of the original buildings of the time are left.Excursion to DMZ Zone (Demilitarized Zone)
QUANG TRI: the town was once an important citadel city. During the war, it was heavily bombed and not many of the original buildings of the time are left.
VINH MOC TUNNELS: 2.8km of tunnels built by the villagers of Vinh Moc, who lived in one of the most heavily bombed places. The people began tunneling by hand into the red clay earth and made the tunnels their home.
KHE SANH COMBAT BASE: site of the most famous siege of the American War in Vietnam. Khe Sanh sits on a barren plateau surrounded by vegetation-covered hills, often obscured by mist and fog.
DOC MIEU BASE: located on a low rise south of the Ben Hai River
part of the former Mc Namara line
this base was once part of an elaborate electronic system intended to prevent infiltration across the DMZ. Today, you can still see the remains of bunkers, craters and shrapnel.
BEN HAI RIVER: once the demarcation line between North and South Vietnam.
CUA TUNG BEACH: a long secluded stretch of sand where the last emperor, Bao Dai, used to go on vacation.
TRUONG SON CEMETERY: a memorial to tens of thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers from transport and construction who were killed in the Truong Son Mountains along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
CON THIEN FIRE BASE: US marine corps base established to stop infiltration across DMZ. In 1967, the North Vietnamese forces crossed the DMZ and besieged the base.
CAMP CARROLL: established in 1966 and named after a US marine corps captain who was killed whilst trying to seize a nearby ridge. Today bits of military hardware and lots of rusty shell casings litter the ground.
THE ROCKPILE: named after a large pile of rocks, where there used to be a US marine corps lookout.
DAKRONG BRIDGE: built in 1975-6 with assistance from the Cuban government.
LANG VAY SPECIAL FORCES CAMP: a camp established in 1962 and attacked and overrun in 1968 by North Vietnamese infantry backed by nine tanks. All that remains are some overgrown remains of numerous concrete bunkers.By vehicle from Dong Ha to Dong Hoi
Journey north along Highway 1. The highway follows the coast, which is lined with sand dunes and beaches.


Overnight :   Dong Hoi
Meal :   B

Dong Hoi
Excursion to Phong Nha Cave
Journey northwest across Quang Binh Province.
PHONG NHA CAVE: located in the village of Son Trach, there are meters of underground passageways filled with abundant stalactites and stalagmites. It was formed approximately 250 million years ago.



Overnight :   Dong Hoi
Meal :   B

Dong Hoi
By vehicle from Dong Hoi to Dong Ha
Journey south along Highway 1. The highway follows the coast, which is lined with sand dunes and beaches.By vehicle from Dong Ha to Hue
Journey southeast along Highway 1 past Quang Tri and Huong Dien.
QUANG TRI: the town was once an important citadel city. During the America War it was heavily bombed and few of the original buildings of the time are left standing.



Meal :   B