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Hue Boat Tour On Perfume River
Itinerary
The Perfume River spans approximately 80 kilometers in length. It not only plays a vital role in shaping the Ancient City from its dawn, but also has been a source of life for Hue people for centuries. Most of Hue’s iconic attractions, tombs, temples, and local villages,… are set along this river.
HUE BOAT TRIP ON PERFUME RIVER
8.00 am or 12h30 pm: We will pick you up at your hotel in Hue city center and transfer to the boat station then get on a dragon boat cruise on the Perfume River.
- We will go upstream of Perfume River and stop to visit Thien Mu Pagoda (Heavenly Lady pagoda – symbol of Hue). Admire Phuoc Duyen Tower (at 7 stories high) is a famous symbolic link with Thien Mu Pagoda. Besides that, there are several popular works of art inside the pagoda such as Dai Hong Chung Bell, Dai Hung shrine, the main-hall, the car left in 1963 by the Superior Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc, the Tower of the Superior Buddhist monk Thich Don Hau,…
(Important Reminder: Please wear clothes that cover your knees when visiting this place)
- Back to your private dragon boat, you will be taken to visit Hon Chen Temple – a place for worshipping Goddess Thien Y A Na (known as a religion of Cham people). It is in a shape of a downward-facing cup on the bank of the Perfume River. This temple houses a great number of rare and attractive objects handed down from the past. After finishing at Hon Chen Temple, our dragon boat will take you to Than Wharf which is opposite the Temple
- Our driver will pick you up at Than Wharf and transfer you to Minh Mang Tomb – a perfect combination of man-made and natural beauty in tomb Hue. It was built in 1840 under the order of Minh Mang King. This majestic tomb is well-known as the most beautiful and majestic tomb (its architecture and sublime forest setting) of Nguyen Dynasty.
(In the afternoon, you will have a chance to admire the landscape and enjoy the sunset over the Perfume River)
10h30 – 11.00 am or 15h30 – 16h00: Our driver will pick you up from Minh Mang Tomb and transfer you to Dong Ba Market, the biggest and the oldest local Market in Hue City. It has hundreds of stalls selling the most of Hue’s delicious dishes, many colorful fruits and goods whenever you want. Visit this market to experience the typical trading methods and the bustling lifestyle in Hue.
Then drop you off at your hotel in Hue city center. See you again and end of the tour!
What's included?
- Transportations (Car and Boat)
- Entrance Fee
- English Speaking Guide
- Water
What's excluded?
- Personal Expense and Tip
- Food
(This price is for private tour. Tours are personalized, private, and designed to cater perfectly to the tastes and interests of my client: You. For that reason, you’ll find that they also vary significantly in price)
| Number of your Adults Size | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | >=8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD/Pax | 98 | 55 | 49 | 45 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 32 |
- Kid from 0 – 2 year old : free of charge
- Kid from 3 – 10 year old : pay 75%
- Kid from 11 year old and older as Adult
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HUE DRAGON BOAT ON PERFUME RIVER
1. Introduction about Hue Dragon Boat
One of unmissable things in Hue city is taking a dragon boat trip around Perfume River. The cultural heritage city offers exciting activities to be taken during your stay. Explore Vietnam Travel company operates multiple day trips to visit historical landmarks by dragon boat, you simply can contact us for making a reservation. There are two type of dragon boat which are single and double size. The quantity of your travel group will decide what type of boat you will join. Normally, the capacity of single dragon boat can acccomodate 10 people. And, double dragon boat can ride maximum 30 people.
Hue is a former capital of Vietnam, there are many royal monuments and historical landscapes to explore. Especially, taking a dragon boat ride is a highlight travel experience to international and domestic tourists. A full day or half day travel by boat on tranquil river is worth it. In addition, you will have an opportunity to observe the rural villages from both sides of the river. In this article, our company will share useful information about Dragon Boat Tour in Hue city.
2. Travel guide about Hue Dragon Boat
2.1: Where to buy the tickets for Hue Dragon Boat?
There are several options you can choose to purchase the tickets for Dragon Boat trip in Hue.
Firstly, the most convenient way is contacting Explore Vietnam Travel company to ask for tickets, our travel consultant team will assist you professionally. We have been serving many tourists in Hue city with boat trip and we will make sure to keep the tickets for your trip. Our team will share you the itinerary when you join us. We can recommend you the best places to visit by boat around Perfume River.
Secondly, you can purchase tickets directly from Toa Kham wharf which is located in 49 Le Loi street. The ticket center operates the whole day so you can come anytime except lunch hours. It depends on the quantity of your group, you can purchase a suitable ticket.
Thirdly, you can walk around Perfume River which is nearby Truongs Tien bridge. Locals often invite you join a boat trip during 30 minutes to an hour. You can negotiate the prices with this way. In addition, you also will customize your trip with the sellers and make a good deal for your trip.
2.2: What are the prices of Hue Dragon Boat tickets?
The price of Hue Dragon Boat tickets can be flexible because it depends on the routes you will take. There are many tourist attractions which you can choose to visit along Perfume River. And then we will send you the best price based on your requirements. The distance of travel and duration will decide the cost.
Below is an example table price for you to review from our company:
| Visiting routes | Price in VND/ boat | |
| Single boat | Double boat | |
| Toa Kham Wharf – Thien Mu pagoda | 400,000 VND/one way
500,000 VND/ round trip |
600,000 VND/ one way
700,000 VND/ round trip |
| Toa Kham Wharf – Thien Mu pagoda – Hon Chen Temple | 700,000 VND | 1,200,000 VND |
| Toa Kham Wharf – Thien Mu pagoda – Hon Chen Temple – Minh Mang Royal Tomb | 1,200,000 VND | 1,500,000 VND |
| Toa Kham Wharf – Thien Mu pagoda – Hon Chen Temple – Gia Long Tomb – Minh Mang Tomb | 1,400,000 VND | 1,800,000 VND |
| Toa Kham Wharf – Con Hen islet – Thanh Tien flower village | 1,400,000 VND | 1,600,000 VND |
| Toa Kham Wharf – An Hien garden house – Thien Mu pagoda | 550,000 VND | 800,000 VND |
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Cruise on Perfume River |
Depending on the hour that you want to enjoy tranquil Perfume River. The price is applied which is based on duration. The prices below apply for single boat size: –Â Â Â Â Â Â 1 hour: 300.000 VND –Â Â Â Â Â Â 2 hours: 550,000 VND –Â Â Â Â Â Â 3 hours: 800,000 –Â Â Â Â Â Â 4 hours: 1,050,000 VND –Â Â Â Â Â Â 5 hours: 2,100,000 VND |
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Kindly note that the price does not include VAT fee, entrance tickets to monuments, personal spending and tips. In order to book a perfect holiday in Hue by boat trip, you should contact Explore Vietnam Travel company. We will ensure your satisfaction ulmost.
2.3 Operation hours of Hue Dragon Boat
The ticket center works the whole week even in the weekend. Depending on what method you will choose to purchase the ticket, the operation hours can be varied follow your itinerary. However, you can take note the working hours of boat trips below:
- – Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm.
- – Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 am to 10:00 pm.
The best way is searching online and call our company immediately when you want to reserve the ticket of Dragon Boat Trip. We are working 24/7 to assist customer’s request. Our Whatsapp number is (+84) 914 094 699. The operation time of the boat can be flexible for your discovery.
3. What to do with Hue Dragon Boat Ride? Â
3.1 Visit historical and cultural landmarks in Hue city
Perfume River is nearly 80km long which pass many sightseeing attractions of Hue city. You can customize your trip to visit many popular places such as Thien Mu pagoda, An Hien Garden House, Hon Chen Temple, Gia Long Tomb, Minh Mang Tomb, Thanh Tien Flower Village, Con Hen islet, Dong Ba market, etc…. Especially, the dragon boat also pass the Hue Imperial Citadel where you can admire the Flag Tower and majestic walls. A full day explore the city by boat is worth it for your vacation in Hue.
If you decide to visit tourist attractions by dragon boat, we recommend you book a local guide to introduce you the historical knowledge and cultural features of the city. The ancient capital promise to bring an informative and interesting trip to you.
3.2 Watching and Listening Hue Folk Music
One of an exciting cultural heritages in term of music industry is folk music ( Ca Huế) . You can book the tickets easily through travel agents or ticket center in the riverbank. Taking a boat trip around Perfume River and enjoy traditional performances over an hour at night is a top choice. However, the performances will conduct in Vietnamese but you can feel the melody or having a local guide to translate.
With a long-term experience in music, singers and musicans will perform every night in Hue city. The art show will conduct by 5 – 7 musicans, you will have a relaxing time to sightseeing the city at night as well as listening to the folk songs.
The low and melodic tones of the voice blend with the sound of traditional Vietnamese musical instruments, For example, the monochord, zither, lute, flute, etc. All the sounds will lull visitors’ souls into a deep, unforgettable memory that dyes people’s hearts purple.
In addition, kindly note that the performance will happen at 7:00pm, 8:00pm and 9:00pm. The duration will be an hour travel around Perfume River with folk music. The ticket price is 150,000 VND.
3.2 Enjoy dinner on Hue Dragon Boat
Having dinner on dragon boat trip is a memorable experience at night. You can choose to enjoy a normal dinner with hue cuisines or a fancy royal dinner. The trip serves tasty local cuisnes of ancient capital to your trip. Especially, booking a royal dinner on boat is a top choice for many international tourists whom want to learn royal culinary from Nguyen’s emperors in the past. Some famous dishes you will not miss out such as Nem Cong Cha Phuong, rice wrapped in lotus leaves, seafood soup, and banh nam. You will be impressed about the intricate decorations of royal meals. The peacock and phoenix birds heads decorations represent for luxurious dishes of emperors in the past.
The duration of dinner is unlimited, the boat will take you around Perfume River for sightseeing at night. You will admire the colorful lights at night from Truong Tien bridge and Lim bridge. Interestingly, you can request to listen hue traditional music while having dinner on boat. Simply let us know your requests and our agent will arrange perfectly for you. An unforgetable dinner will be served for your vacation in Hue city.
3.3. Drop the flower lanterns at night on Perfume River
A favorite activity at night on Perfume River is dropping flower lanterns from dragon boat and make a wish for yourself and beloved ones. The boat crews will arrange a special moment for you to travel around and drop the lanterns. The river at night become a shimmering and bright scene. It makes Hue city even more romantic and mysterious at night. In order to join this activity, you can request to our company and we will organise for you.
3.4 Admire the sunrise and sunset moments
Hue Dragon Boat Tour is also organising a trip to watch sunrise and sunset moments on Perfume River. The tranquil moments of poetic Hue is fantastic to experience.You will capture many wonderful pictures when travel with us. Peaceful moments in early morning and late afternoon will send you a calmness and relax energy. Over hour duration travel by boat to watch green trees in both sides of the river, local villages and historial landmark are memorable.
The sun disappeared behind the towering mountaintop as the sunset was slowly falling. It shines the remaining faded sunshine of the day. At this time, the Perfume River puts on a warm orange-yellow coat. Thus, the scenery in the Perfume River is also settling down in the quiet afternoon.
In addition, watching the sun rising in the morning from the boat trip is a fresh start of the day. You might also see some locals whom are fishing. Admire the landmarks from both sides of the river is exciting. You can enjoy a cup of coffee on the dragon boat to start your day energetically.
4. Hue Dragon Boat Conclusion
To sum up, a must-do activity as taking a dragon boat trip on Perfume River is our travel recommendation. It offers many unique experiences that you will never forget in our ancient captital. Soaking to history, culture and local life of the city by boat trip are prominent moments. Do not forget to take an opportunity to visit many world heritage attractions. Explore Vietnam Travel company wishes you have many excellent trips in Vietnam especially Hue City Tour By Dragon Boat. We hope the article is useful for your trip plan.
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We did a boat tour with our wonderful, friendly, and knowledgeable guide Ngo Thi Kim Hong (she let us call her Rose), seeing beautiful temples, pagodas, and tombs, and COULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAPPIER WITH THE TRIP. If you have the chance, BOOK RIGHT NOW!
We started with a welcome in their office, before a quick car ride up to the first tomb. Rose took us around and explained everything in just the right amount of detail. (Some tours overload you with information that you don’t really need). She also took fantastic pictures of us and recommended good spots to pose.
We then boarded a dragon boat crewed by a lovely older couple and proceeded downriver for a 2-hour cruise, stopping along the way at another temple and a pagoda. Rose chatted with us the whole time, explaining the sights, and telling us all about Vietnam and Vietnamese and Hue culture.
We had the option to stop by Dong Ba market (we declined because we had seen it already, but it is 100% worth seeing), and then proceeded to a lovely light dinner.
It was a wonderful, relaxing, and beautiful day with amazing sights and friendly people. We were totally satisfied and if we could give the tour 10 stars, we would!
Booked a one-day tour along the Perfume River, Thien Mu Pagoda, Hon Chen Temple and the Ming Manh Tomb. My guide, Ms Ngo Thi Kim Hong (Rose), was so friendly and approachable from the start when picking me up from the hotel. We had a lovely chartered boat ride down the river where she shared more about Hue and Vietnam (and also about our respective families). She made me feel so comfortable the entire trip and took many nice photographs for me. The company also arranged a lovely dinner for me at a local restaurant and it was satisfyingly good. I would definitely recommend Explore Vietnam Travel and Ms Ngo to anyone who wants to come to Hue City.
The tour has beautiful scenery. In addition the guide present to you compelling history of how Thien Mu Pogoda became popular. I highly recommend it
Had a wonderful time on this boat tour found it a great way to get along Huong River. Highly recommend it
Great boat trip along Huong river, looking at all the wonderful pogoda that have been built ancient style. the guide was funny and knowledgeable, would highly recommend this tour
This is a wonderful way to spend an hour in Huong River. The boats are comfortable, the guides knowledgeable, and the scenery beautiful