Some travel firms in HCMC will re-launch tours to China, including trips to Tibet, during the favorable weather from May to early November.
Saigontourist Travel Service Co. will start a nine-day China tour to take tourists to Shenzhen, Chengdu, Lhasa, and the famous mountains of Shizhong and Emei. The tour costs VND34.1 million per tourist. Saigontourist expects the first group to start the tour on May 3 from the city.
Viking Travel & Media has planned a nine-day tour from HCMC to Tibet from July. Along with popular programs to the rooftop of the world, the company will offer a two-day tour for tourists to drive Toyota Landcruiser 4500 cars to visit Namtso Lake. The lake was selected as one of the five most beautiful lakes in China by Chinese National Geography magazine along with other attractions in Shigatse. The tour costs over VND 51 million per person.
Tran Xuan Hung, Director of Viking, is also excited about an alternative 21-day trip. He said: “It’s a special pilgrimage tour of Tibet.â€
Hung said that in the first weeks guests travel on a similar program but from day eight the magic begins with the special pilgrimage tour to Kailash Mountain in western Tibet and other attractions.