Exclusive Duke departure - February 5-20, 2018 Journey through 16 days from $4,197 total price from Los Angeles, San Francisco ($3,895 air & land inclusive plus $302 airline taxes and fees) n a land of breathtaking natural beauty, I abiding tradition, and profoundly hospi- table people, rewards abound for the thought- ful traveler. And in our flexible and congenial small group we encounter rewards aplenty on this comprehensive journey featuring all the highlights plus the beautiful, remote , where we spend two days.

Destination Air Motorcoach Extension (air) VIETNAM South China Sea Entry/Departure

Hue

CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)

Can Tho (Mekong Delta) (Saigon)

We visit the World Heritage site of Ha Long Bay on Day 4. Avg. High (°F) Jan Feb Hanoi 68 69 Da Nang 75 78 Day 1: Depart U.S. for Hanoi, Vietnam Day 5: Hanoi/Da Nang We fly mid-day toDa ­ Ho Chi Minh City 89 91 Nang, Vietnam’s third largest­ city situated on the Day 2: Arrive Hanoi We arrive in the Vietnamese south central coast. Upon arrival, we tour the ac- capital late this evening then transfer to our hotel. claimed Cham Museum, which celebrates the Cham Your Small Group Tour Highlights people’s Hindu legacy with a fine collection of sculpture th th Unique small group itinerary • Hanoi sightseeing • Day 3: Hanoi This morning we take a walking tour and artifacts dating from the 7 to 15 centuries. After Traditional water puppet performance • Excursion to Ha of Ba Dinh Square, a popular complex of cultural and reaching our beachfront hotel, the remainder of the day Long Bay • Imperial capital of Hue • Charming Hoi An • historic sites, including the marble and granite mauso- is at leisure in this splendid setting. B,D Acclaimed Cham Museum • Visit to farming settlement • leum of Ho Chi Minh, the Presidential Palace, and Extensive Mekong Delta touring • Floating markets at Cai thousand-year-old One Pillar Pagoda. Following Day 6: Da Nang/Hoi An This morning we visit Be and Cai Rang • Saigon touring: Reunification Palace, lunch on our own we embark on an orientation tour nearby Hoi An, where a succession of Dutch, Chinese, History Museum, Cu Chi Tunnels of this French-accented city with broad tree-lined Portuguese, and Japanese traders helped to build an boulevards and colonial architecture. We pass Hoan architecturally diverse and colorful village where Day Itinerary Hotel Rating Kiem Lake; visit the marvelous Temple of Literature many ancient traditions still hold sway. A UNESCO 1 Depart U.S. for Hanoi (c. 1070); and tour infamous Hoa Lo Prison, also World Heritage site, Hoi An’s Old Town is a charm- known as the “Hanoi Hilton” during the Vietnam ing car-free pedestrian zone lined with tailors, shops, 2-4 Hanoi InterContinental Deluxe Hanoi Westlake War. Later we walk the narrow streets of the diverse and art galleries. This afternoon is at leisure to either 5-7 Da Nang Hyatt Regency Deluxe Ancient Quarter where tonight we gather at a local remain in Hoi An on your own or return to our Danang restaurant for a welcome dinner. B,D beachside resort for a relaxing interlude. B 8-9 Hue Saigon Sup. First Morin Hotel Class Day 4: Hanoi/Ha Long Bay Early this morning­ Day 7: Da Nang A morning walking tour of a 10 -11 Can Tho Victoria Hotel Sup. First (Mekong Delta) Class we depart on a full-day excursion to Ha Long Bay, nearby farming settlement reveals the daily life of a 12-14 Ho Chi Minh Sofitel Saigon Deluxe a breathtaking waterway sprinkled with 3,000 islands local community up close. Here rice paddies occupy City (Saigon) Plaza and islets, and surrounded by a fairytale landscape every spare patch of ground, water buffaloes plow 15 Ho Chi Minh City/Depart for U.S. (overnight flight) of limestone cliffs, secret grottoes, and hidden caves. the fields, and villagers ride to market with produce 16 Arrive U.S. Our tour includes a boat ride and seafood lunch. B,L piled high on their bicycles. Later we enjoy a cook- Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel ing lesson and lunch in Hoi An. B,L industry standard reference.

10 Visit us at dukealumnitravels.com B – Breakfast; L – Lunch; D – Dinner For reservations, call Duke Alumni Travels at (919) 684-2988 or fax (919) 660-0148 Tour membership limited to 24 Duke alumni and friends Day 8: Da Nang/Hue We depart this morning by motorized sampans for an up-close look at river coach for the ancient imperial city of Hue, whose life as we explore the maze of tributaries and inlets palaces, temples, and tombs evoke its past grandeur that lead to tiny settlements and villages populated as home to emperors and mandarins. We explore by fishermen and farmers. After lunch at a local the Imperial City – enjoying a traditional cyclo ride restaurant we continue on by coach to Saigon (the along the way – housing the Forbidden Purple City name Ho Chi Minh City is used interchangeably). complex where emperors lived with their families and We reach our hotel late afternoon; dinner is on our now a UNESCO site. We also visit the busy Central own in this vibrant city. B,L Market. Tonight we enjoy a special Hue dinner, with traditional music. B,D Day 13: Saigon A morning tour includes the for- mer Presidential Palace, which served as the South Day 9: Hue This morning we cruise along Hue’s Vietnamese government’s wartime headquarters. Perfume River to peaceful Thien Mu Pagoda, a Bud- Now called Reunification Palace, it was here that dhist monastery that ranks among the city’s oldest the first Communist tanks rolled into Saigon on and most important monuments. After admiring April 30, 1975; it remains preserved as a museum the seven-story octagonal tower, we visit the palatial almost exactly as it was on that day. We also tour the Tomb of Ming Mang (c. 1804), with its pavilions and History Museum, with its excellent collection of art and courtyards modeled after the Ming Tombs of China. artifacts of the indigenous peoples of Vietnam. Later we This afternoon we see the tombs of Tu Doc, a gem of attend a traditional water puppet performance. B,D royal architecture; and Khai Dinh, an elaborate mix of ancient and modern, European and Asian. B,L Day 14: Saigon This morning we visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, the infamous underground network from Day 10: Hue/Mekong Delta/Can Tho Today which North Vietnamese forces operated in wartime. begins with an early morning flight to Saigon. Upon Tonight we enjoy a farewell dinner. B,D arrival we board a mot­ orcoach­ for the three-hour drive south to the Mekong River town of Cai Be then Day 15: Depart for U.S. Following a day at leisure on to the busy river port and provincial capital of Can for independent exploration, late this evening we depart Tho. B,D for the airport and our overnight flight to the U.S. Our rooms are reserved for our late check-out. B Day 11: Can Tho/Mekong Delta We rise early for today’s journey by boat to the bustling floating Day 16: Arrive U.S. We arrive in the U.S. and market at Cai Rang on the Mekong’s lower reaches. connect with our flights home. After lunch together at a local restaurant, the Street vendors attend their fare. ­remainder of the day is at leisure. B,L Duke Study Leader Day 12: Mekong Delta/Saigon An hour-long Alex Roland is Professor of Tour Departs: February 5, 2018 coach ride this morning brings us to the upper History Emeritus at Duke, where Prices include international airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees he taught Military History and the reaches of the storied Mekong. Here we board Los Angeles, San Francisco $4,197 History of Technology. A 1966 Post-Tour Extension graduate of the U.S. Naval Atlanta, Chicago, Academy, Roland served in the Dallas, New York, $4,497 Marine Corps (Vietnam, 1967 - Phoenix, Portland (OR), February 19-22, 2018 1968) before taking his PhD in History at Duke in Seattle, Washington, DC Cambodia: Angkor Wat 1974. From 1973 to 1981 he was a historian with Boston, Denver, NASA. He returned to Duke in 1981 and chaired $4,597 3 days/2 nights for $995 total price Houston, Minneapolis the Department of History. He also held the Harold Single Supplement: $245 K. Johnson Chair of Military History at the Military Baltimore, Charlotte, A special opportunity to discover the amazing History Institute, U.S. Army War College, the Dr. Cincinnati, Cleveland, $4,697 temples and statuary from the Angkorian Leo Shifrin Chair of Naval-Military History at the Detroit, Miami, Orlando, Empire. UNESCO site and the world’s U.S. Naval Academy, and authored several books. Philadelphia, Tampa largest religious monument. Raleigh-Durham $4,747 Your Tour Price Includes Land Only (transfers not included) $3,195 Your Tour Price Includes Please call if your city is not listed. Prices are per person • Round-trip air transportation from listed cities; all flights based on double occupancy and include airline taxes, • Round-trip air transportation Ho Chi Minh City/Siem Reap within itinerary surcharges, and fees of $302, which are subject to change inclusive of airline taxes and fees • 13 nights’ accommodations in Deluxe and Superior First • 2 nights’ accommodations in Siem Reap at Sofitel Angkor until final payment is made. Class hotels (Deluxe); rooms reserved for late check-out on third day (late evening flight to Ho Chi Minh Citly) • 24 meals: 13 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 6 dinners Single travelers please add $1,595. All 2018 tour prices • 4 meals: 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners • Extensive sightseeing as described, including all above (excluding airline taxes, surcharges, and fees) are • Three days’ sightseeing of Angkor complex (UNESCO World entrance fees guaranteed. 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