Hue Royal Tombs Tour- 3 Most Beautiful Tombs Of Nguyen Dynasty
Description
You will understand deeply about royal life and Nguyen dynasty. Our tour guide will tell you many stories that might not be common in guide books or on the internet. Not only the wonderful history, you will understand more about Fengshui, ancient architecture and the oriental philosophy. Great chance to compare the similarity and difference in architecture among the 3 tombs.
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Itinerary
Picking up at your hotel, our tour guide and driver will drive you to the first tomb, The tomb of Emperor Minh Mang, Who had 600 concubines, 142 children and 78 sons. It is such a very nice and meaningful tomb with a lot of stuff (PRE- prepared while he was still alive). Everything inside the tomb have never been used in the past, only for his after-life. Our tour guide will tell you a scary secret.
After the beautiful Minh Mang tomb, we will go to explore the WOW WOW Tomb- The tomb of 12th Emperor of Nguyen dynasty, Emperor Khai Dinh. That is the smallest tomb but it has as known as the most expensive and beautiful tomb in the tomb system of the Nguyen dynasty and over the World. Therefore, nowadays, it is one of the new heritages of the world. You would say twice “WOW, WOW” I promise you.
The last one we will visit is the tomb of the 4th Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, Emperor Tu Duc. Constructed between 1864 and 1867, it is the most popular and impressive of the royal mausoleums. Emperor Tu Duc designed it himself to use before and after his death. The enormous expense of the tomb and the forced labour used in its construction spawned a coup plot that was discovered and suppressed. Tu Duc’s tomb is 5km south of Hue on Van Nien Hill in Duong Xuan Thuong village. Our tour guide will tell you more and more about Emperor' life and his sadness.
Thuy Xuan Incense Village is an over 200 years old incense-making village. You will have a chance to admire and learn how to make incense by hand with the locals. All the ingredients to make incense are from organic products so it is high-quality incense that you can use indoors.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up at hotels in Hue city center, other places you have to pay the extra fees for the pick up!
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(11)
Booked the Hue Royal Tombs tour directly with operater Culture Pham Travel. Our trip with guide Mr. Hoang (Lee) and driver Mr. Hau was enjoyable, they picked us up from our hotel and took good care of us. We visited three tombs (Emperors Khai Din, Minh Mang, and Tu Duc). They were a distance from each other and it was good to have personal transport in the sweltering heat. We also visited an incense and conical hat making shop. Lee gave good explanations about the places we visited, answered all my questions and gave recommendations for things to do after the tour. He was patient with my husband's recovering knee injury (which meant he couldn't handle stairs well). The driver was also friendly and patient, and we appreciated it the ice cold water and wet towels. Recommend this tour if you are seeking the convenience of having personal transport and guide.
Thank you very much for your lovely review. We are happy to know you had a great day with Culture Pham Travel & Transport. We wish you all the best.
I booked a private tour for Hue tombs one day in advace. The communication was very good and we agreed on logistic. My tour guide was Mr. Tuan with driver Mr. De. The tour was really good, T. was very good guide, lots of informations and knowledge. Thank you both for a lovely day.
We visited different tombs with our great tour guide mr. Hao and driver mr De. Mr Hao knew a lot about the tombs but also told us inspiring stories about the culture of Vietnam. He knew the history of Vietnam very well. His knowledge gave us a lot of insight into culture and history of Vietnam. We also did a tour with a Dragon boat on the Perfume river to visite a pegoda.
The tour company was prompt and accommodating - they responded to my WhatsApp message immediately and let me tailor our itinerary. It was very smooth getting to the dragonboat on the wharf, meeting our guide, and going between each location with a driver or by boat. The tour guide, Ruby, was absolutely wonderful! She knew so much history and information about Vietnam and was very kind. She gave us so many local food spots to try as well! The tour was wonderful overall, but I would make a suggestion for more careful planning so that all the sights can be viewed during daylight. Thank you to Ruby for such an amazing day!! Would highly recommend this company (Phong Nha Travels) and Ruby as the tour guide for your time in Hue!
We saw some wonderful cultural and historical sites on this tour ,The whole experience was greatly enhanced by our wonderful guide Fi. My sister has mobility issues and we were not sure how fully she would be able to participate but Fi supported and encouraged her every step of the way.,Also because this was a private tour we are able to visit additional sites which added greatly to the total experience . Thank you Fi.,
Fabulous half day to explore 3 royal tombs of emperors Khai Dinh, Minh Mang and Tu Duc. It was such a great tour to learn deeply about the Fengshui settings as well as the secrets of the royal tombs. Our guide was super knowledgeable and was able to answer all our curious questions. 100% recommend this tour.
The trip was very kindly customised for us according to our interests and time, which we very much appreciate! We were in Hue and Hoi An. We did a day trip to Phong Nha caves, very smooth and wonderful. We also did a half day of Hue (imperial citadel, Thien Mu pagoda and Khai Dinh tomb). These were with Fi, who was very knowledgable and ensured things ran smoothly for us. She had a very interesting perspective and gave us a good insight of Vietnamese life. As someone who’s very interested in history, Fi was really able to answer my questions while keeping things interesting for my partner who is less into history. After this, we went on a transfer from Hue to Hoi An via Hai Van pass with scenic stops including Marble Mountain. Highly recommend if you have time! Very comfortable ride and we enjoyed it! In Hoi An, Quân took us to My Son. He was also wonderful and very knowledgeable. He also kind enough to pack sun screen for us! Both guides were also kind enough to show us their favourite local places to eat, which we relished thoroughly! I highly recommend both the guides.
Mr Long and Mr Quay were great. Deep knowledge, good English for us and carefree. Efficient and happy. Recommended!!
Hoa and driver Qui were very friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging. I could listen to Hoa talk about anything, but his knowledge of the Nguyen emperors was vast. Worth the price and hassle!
We did the Hue imperial Citadel by ourselves without the tour guides and pretty regret about that because we would love to understand the history of Hue. We decided to book a private tour to visit the royal tombs with a tour guide. This is the perfect tour for 3 of us. We visited Minh Mang tomb with beautiful nature, Khai Dinh tomb with the special European architecture and Tu Duc tomb with poetic views. Our tour guide was Hoa, he was very knowledgable. He was able to answer all our hard questions with his passion in his eyes and voice. We learned so much beautiful and interesting about the last dynasty in Hue and know how beautiful Hue imperial city is.If you visit Hue, you should get Hoa as a guide.
Dear Mr. Simon, Thank you so much for your kind and lovely feedback! It is really important to us. We are very happy to know that you had a great time in Vietnam with us! We wish you are always in great health and hope to see you again! Yours Mr. Hoa./.
