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Day 1: Arrival at Hanoi
Greetings from Hanoi: Vietnam’s thriving old colonial capital! Your designated driver and guide will pick you up at Noi Ba Airport and take you to your hotel in the city center. Check in Hotel. After checking-in, explore the city and the beautiful Old Quarter filled with French-colonial structures via cyclo. Enjoy a delectable dinner in one of the best restaurants in Hanoi.
Meals: Dinner.
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi -
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour
On your second day, you will have a full day of exploring Vietnam’s old-colonial capital. The spacious and tree-line streets, French design and architecture, serene lakes, and ancient pagodas, Hanoi provides a diverse mix of culture, history, and architecture for all types of visitors. The city tour we offer takes you to Hanoi’s famous sites such as the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and stilt house, One Pillar Pagoda, West Lake, Temple of Literature, Quan Thanh Temple, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and one of the museums (Ethnology Museum or History Museum). After your city tour, watch a Water Puppet Show that was derived from the wet-rice cultures of Vietnam.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi -
Day 3: Hanoi - Drive to Sapa
After breakfast, your guide & driver will meet you at the lobby of the hotel then leave Hanoi for Sapa on a six hour journey on Vietnam’s longest and modern highway. Upon arrival, check in to your hotel then we will take you on a two hour trek through the terraced rice fields to visit the villages Cat Cat and Sin Chai, where you will learn about local traditions and daily life. Rest of the day, you are free at leisure or explore the town on your own.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa -
Day 4: Sapa - Visit hill tribe villages - drive back Hanoi
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, before setting out on a full day’s trek to explore Sapa’s cultural diversity and haunting natural beauty. Take a guided hike through yawning valleys decorated with terraced rice fields and pass through remote hill tribe villages. You have three trekking options to choose from: Soft trek (~ 3 km), medium trek (~ 6km) and long trek (~ 12km). Trekking is an excellent way to explore the daily life and familiarize yourself with the cultures of the H’mong, Dzao and Dzay people who populate the region. Have lunch at a hill tribe village then drive back to Hanoi. We can extend stay 1 more night in Sapa.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi. -
Day 5: Hanoi - Halong Bay
08.00 Our tour guide & driver will come to collect you at your hotel & drive to Halong bay.
11.30 - 12.15 Arrival at Hon Gai International Harbour.
12.30 - 13.00 Transfer by tender to boat, enjoy Welcome Drink, Depart to Bai Tu long Bay.
13.00 - 14.30 Enjoy Lunch while cruising to magnificent Bai Tu Long Bay, admire the fascinating formations on the way.
15.30 - 16.30 Transfer from boat to rowing boat to visit Vung Vieng Fishing Village. Rowers are local people wearing traditional costume. It’s the opportunity to see the fisher’s daily life with the primary features in the charming nature.
17.30 Return to boat - Continue cruising through the bay.
18.30 Anchor for overnight at Cong Do area.
19.30 - 21.00 Savor a delicious Set Dinner in dinning room.
21.00 - 23.00 Relax, enjoy fresh air & overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Cruise -
Day 6: Halong Bay - Hanoi
06.30 Enjoy Sunrise over the Bay.
06.45 - 07.45 Coffee, tea and breakfast pastries served in dining room.
08.00 - 08.30 Explore the well- hidden Thien Canh Son cave.
09.00 - 09.30 Check-out cabins and settle bills – Luggage collection
09.30 - 10.30 Having international Brunch served in dining room.
10.30 - 11.00 Arrival at the pier. Get on private car drive to Noi bai Airport flight to Hue. Upon arrival in Hue, Pick up & transfer to your hotel in Hue.
Meals: Brunch Accommodation: Hotel in Hue -
Day 7: Hue City Tour
Spend an entire day touring the Vietnam’s former ancient capital. Start the day with a visit to the Imperial Citadel, home to the Imperial City and Forbidden Purple City – once the Emperor's private residence. The Imperial City was created in the 19th century and modeled on the Forbidden City in Beijing. The Imperial Enclosure houses many palaces and temples within its walls. In the afternoon, continue on your tour stopping at the Imperial Museum, Tu Hieu Pagoda and vibrant Dong Ba riverside market.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue -
Day 8: Hue – Danang – Hoian
Spend the morning on a private boat cruise down the romantic Perfume River to visit the Lady Pagoda (Thien Mu Pagoda) and the ornate Minh Mang's tomb. Enjoy lunch at a riverside restaurant before starting on your drive to Hoian. Pass over the 500m-high Hai Van pass and stop en route in Danang for a visit to the Cham Museum and handicraft villages at the foot of Marble Mountain. Arrive in the sleepy riverside town, Hoian, in the late afternoon, check in at the hotel and then enjoy the rest of the evening free at your leisure.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Accommodation: Hoi An Hotel -
Day 9: Hoian – My Son
Today you travel 40km outside of Hoian to the UNESCO World Heritage Site: My Son. Surrounded by the Cat’s Tooth Mountains, My Son is home to the ancient Cham ruins and is often referred to as Vietnam’s Angkor Wat. Return to Hoian in time for lunch then enjoy a free afternoon, for shopping, exploring or beachside relaxation.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An -
Day 10: Hoian – Danang – Fly to Saigon
Have breakfast at the hotel then drive to the airport to catch your flight to Vietnam’s modern metropolis: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). Arrive in the late morning and enjoy an orientation tour through Ho Chi Minh City’s bustling streets en route to the hotel. Have lunch at a downtown restaurant of your choosing then set out on a guided city tour. In the afternoon you will visit such sites as the Reunification Palace, the War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, the CityPost Office and Ben Thanh Market. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon -
Day 11: Saigon – Cu Chi Tunnels – Tay Ninh
After breakfast at hotel, you travel outside of Saigon to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels. The Cu Chi Tunnels are an underground labyrinth of passageways, used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War (or “American War” as it’s referred to here) as protection against American air raids. Those inclined are invited to crawl through selections of the tunnels to better understand what life was like for the Vietnamese soldiers during wartime. Next you will visit the beautiful Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh and partake in the noontime prayer service. This large and colorful compound is home to the hybrid religion founded in the 1920s: Caodaism, which combines elements of Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam in order to promote peace. Have lunch in Tay Ninh and return to Saigon in the late afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon -
Day 12: Saigon – Mekong Delta – Can Tho
08h00 Our driver will pick you up at your hotel & drive you to My Tho. Vietnam tour makers on a whirlwind Vietnam holiday often take a day trip here to catch a glimpse of the Mighty Mekong.
Today, you will have the great chance to see along the Bao Dinh Canal into the heart of the famous river. Silted houses and local market are passing us along the canal, leaving you a surreal yet quite Vietnam-movie-like impression.
Later, we will go to the mientay riverside for lunch with the locals food in which is typical for people living in the Mekong delta region.
In the afternoon, we will enjoy a engine -boat through the Tan Thach Canal in Ben Tre, running under the shadows of the water coconut trees to see how to people make coconut candy at work shop, We can try warm candy.
Later, we will arrive in Thoi Son Island , and we will take a honey – break, take rowing boat, enjoy seasonal fruits and traditional music at local house. Later in the afternoon, we will go to Can Tho.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Can Tho -
Day 13: Can Tho – Floating market – Saigon
Wake early and leave the hotel to visit the famous Cai Rang floating market by motorized boat. Continue the boat ride to visit the Mekong Delta’s famous fruit orchards and sample the fresh, exotic fruit. Then venture deeper into the country-side, passing traditional houses made of wood and palm leaves as you observe the activities of the local people. Return to Can Tho for lunch then drive back to Saigon, arriving in the late afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon -
Day 14: Saigon Departure
Have breakfast at hotel then enjoy a free morning before driving to the airport to catch your departure flight home.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: N/A.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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