Hue Dragon Boat Tour to Visit Pagoda & Royal Tombs

Enjoy dragon Boat Cruise on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda and Royal Tombs of the Nguyen 's Emperors to learn about Hue history and Vietnamese Royal Culture with Local Experts!
Agreed Time: Our friendly and informative tour guide will pick you up from your Hue City Hotel for Hue Dragon Boat Tour. We start with 30 minutes boat cruise on Perfume River to visit the Oldest and Nicest Pagoda in Hue named Thien Mu (Pagoda of the Celestial Lady), a beautiful Buddhist Pagoda located on a hill overlooking to the Perfume River built in 1601 by the first founder of the Nguyen Family in Central Vietnam - Nguyen Hoang. Here you also find an old car and picture of a Buddhist Monk, who set himself in fire in 1963 to protest against Diem's Gorvernment of South Vietnam for Free Religion.

After visiting 7 Floor Thien Mu Pagoda, we will enjoy Refreshing Dragon Boat Trip on Perfume River for about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Minh Mang Tomb, the Tomb is famous for beautiful landscape and Oriental Architecture. This tomb was planned and started by Minh Mang but built by his successor - King Thieu Tri, from begining of 1841 to1843.

Continues our Hue Dragon Boat Tour by Private Car to the most elaborated Tomb of King Khai Dinh (built from 1920 - 1931), this is the smallest tomb (48.5X117m) of the Nguyen Emperors, but took the longest time and cost a lot of money to build. This is only 1 tomb built with blended architecture of Oriental & Western Styles.

After Khai Dinh Tomb, our tour guide and driver will drop you back to your hotel or anywhere in Hue City Center. And we will finish our fantastic Hue Dragon Boat Cruise. This Tour will give you a deep understanding about local history, life of the Royal Family,... King’s philosophy of geomancy and how this affected Vietnamese Royal Life.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.