Hue Royal Tombs Tour by Private Car with Local Guide

Duration3h - 5h

Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before

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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesEnglish

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Hue's royal tombs sit several kilometres outside the city, scattered along the Perfume River. That is why most travellers see the Imperial City first, then look for a way to reach the tombs. This private half-day tour is that way. On the guided options, a licensed local guide, not an English-speaking driver, travels with you in a private air-conditioned car, and you choose the tombs: Minh Mang, Khai Dinh, Tu Duc or Gia Long. Options add a Hue garden house where a family still lives, a dragon boat along the Perfume River to Thien Mu Pagoda, or a third tomb. Most options include all entrance tickets, so there is nothing to pay at the gate. If you already hold the Hue combo ticket, choose the option without tickets and pay less. Morning and afternoon departures, hotel pick-up in the city centre, cold water and towels on board. Prefer to explore on your own? The Private Car & Driver option comes with a basic-English driver, not a guide.

Options

2 Tombs and a Garden House

Hue garden house visit: A visit to a working Hue garden house, where the family still lives and serves tea in the timber pavilion.
Private Tour: Private tour for your party only, with a licensed local guide and a private air-conditioned car.
Duration: 4 hours: About four hours from hotel pick-up to drop-off.
Bottled water and cold towel: Cold bottled water and a chilled towel for every traveller, kept in the car.
Two tombs plus garden house : Two tombs of your choice plus Garden house where the family serves tea. Tickets included.
Air-conditioned car
Entrance fees: All entrance tickets included, both royal tombs and garden house. Nothing to pay at the gate.
Pickup included

2 Tombs and Thien Mu by Boat

Private dragon boat cruise: A private dragon boat carries your party along the Perfume River to Thien Mu Pagoda. The car meets you afterwards.
Private tour: Private tour, licensed local guide, private air-conditioned car, and a private dragon boat on the Perfume River.

Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes: About four and a half hours from hotel pick-up to drop-off.
Water bottle
Two tombs plus Thien Mu: Two tombs of your choice, then a private dragon boat on the Perfume River to Thien Mu. Tickets included.
Private car and dragon boat
Entrance fees: All tomb entrance tickets are included in the price. Nothing to pay at the gate.
Pickup included

3 Royal Tombs with Tickets

Private Tour: Private tour for your party only, with a licensed local guide and a private air-conditioned car.
Duration: 4 hours: About four hours from hotel pick-up to drop-off.
Bottled water and cold towel: Cold bottled water and a chilled towel for every traveller, kept in the car.
Minh Mang, Khai Dinh, Tu Duc: Minh Mang, Khai Dinh and Tu Duc, the three tombs most travellers come to Hue for. All tickets included.
Air-conditioned car
Entrance fees: All three tomb entrance tickets are included in the price. Nothing to pay at the gate.
Pickup included

2 Royal Tombs with Tickets

Private tour: Private tour for your party only, with a licensed local guide and a private air-conditioned car.
Duration: 3 hours: About three hours from hotel pick-up to drop-off.
Bottled water and cold towel: Cold bottled water and a chilled towel for every traveller, kept in the car.
Two tombs of your choice: Choose two of Minh Mang, Khai Dinh, Tu Duc and Gia Long. All tickets included, nothing to pay at the gate.
Air-conditioned car
Entrance fees: All two tomb entrance tickets are included in the price. Nothing to pay at the gate.
Pickup included

2 Tombs, Tickets Not Included

Private Tour: Private tour for your party only, with a licensed local guide and a private air-conditioned car.
Duration: 3 hours: About three hours from hotel pick-up to drop-off.
Bottled water and cold towel: Cold bottled water and a chilled towel for every traveller, kept in the car.
Two tombs of your choice: Choose two of Minh Mang, Khai Dinh, Tu Duc and Gia Long. Entrance tickets are not included on this option.
Air-conditioned car
Pickup included

Private Car & Driver, No Guide

Duration: 5 hours: About 5 hours from hotel pickup to drop-off in central Hue.
3 Tombs, Village & Pagoda: Minh Mang, Khai Dinh and Tu Duc tombs, Thuy Xuan incense village and Thien Mu Pagoda, visited at your own pace.
Private air-conditioned car: Car size matched to your group, up to 8 guests.
Driver only, no guide: Your driver speaks basic English and is not a licensed guide. Tomb tickets (150,000 VND per tomb) are not included.
Pickup included

What's included

Bottled water
Air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fees included on most options.
Self-guided notes for each tomb (Private Car & Driver option)
Within Hue city centre. Enter your hotel name and full address when booking.
Tour guide (guided options only)

Meals and drinks other than the bottled water provided.
Gratuities
On the "2 Tombs, Tickets Not Included" and "Private Car & Driver" options: 150,000 VND per adult per tomb, 30,000 VND per child aged 7-12, free under 7. Pay at each gate or use the combo ticket.
Tour guide on the Private Car & Driver option

What to expect

Mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang
1h · Admission ticket included

Minh Mang's tomb is laid out as a single axis through pine woods and lotus ponds, the most formal of the royal tombs and the one that best shows how the Nguyen court read landscape. Ticket included on most options; on the no-ticket and driver-only options, pay at the gate.
Mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh
45m · Admission ticket included

Built in concrete and finished in porcelain and glass mosaic, Khai Dinh's tomb is where French and Vietnamese design collide. Steep steps lead to the mosaic chamber at the top. Ticket included on most options; on the no-ticket and driver-only options, pay at the gate.
Tomb of Tu Duc
1h · Admission ticket included

Tu Duc built this as a retreat before it became his tomb: a lake, a boating pavilion and a stone tablet he wrote himself. The most lived-in of the tombs. Ticket included on most options; on the no-ticket and driver-only options, pay at the gate.
1h · Admission ticket included

The founder of the Nguyen dynasty lies furthest from the city, in open country across the river. Few travellers make it here, which is exactly the point. Ticket included on most options; on the no-ticket and driver-only options, pay at the gate.
Thien Mu Pagoda
30m

Hue's oldest pagoda, on a rise above the Perfume River. On the dragon boat option you arrive by water, the way the court once did.
30m

A village of incense makers on the road to the royal tombs, where families still roll and dye incense sticks by hand. The driver-only option stops here.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Hotel pick-up anywhere within Hue city centre. Please enter your hotel name and full address when booking; if you are staying in a homestay or apartment, add the exact address in the booking notes. Your guide, or your driver on the Private Car & Driver option, will message you on WhatsApp beforehand to confirm the time and meeting point, then wait for you in the lobby at the start time. If you are staying outside the pick-up area shown on the map, tell us when you book and we will confirm a meeting point or a small transfer charge.

Additional information

Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Walking involved at tombs and pagoda – please wear comfortable shoes.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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