Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (Meals : N/A)
Our representative/tour guide will meet and greet you at the airport. Drive to
your hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi
Day 2: Hanoi City Tours (B)
Enjoy 5 hour sightseeing
tours to visit the city's landmarks such as Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar
Pagoda, The Temple of Literature (First University built in the 11 Century),
Hanoi Hilton Museum. Free walking around Hanoi old quarter for shopping and
short visit Dong Xuan market. Enjoy 1 hour cyclo tours around the Hanoi City's
old quarters and the traditional water puppetry show. Transfer back to your
hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi
Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay (B/L/D)
Morning depart for Halong Bay,
we go through the scenic countryside. The wondrous Halong Bay is truly one of Vietnam’s
most impressive scenic sights. Heading out of the town we embark on a boat for
an exploration of the legendary Halong Bay. This exciting five hour cruise will
provide us a fantastic view of the picturesque scenery blending with the sky
and some 3,000 limestone islands rising amazingly from the clear and emerald
water. The limestone karsts formations are littered with beaches, grottoes and
beautiful caves. Along the way we will anchor for a leisurely swim in a
secluded cove and an enjoyable visit to one of the many hidden grottoes beneath
towering cliffs.
Stay overnight on the Junk
Cruise
Day 4: Halong Bay - Hanoi (B/L)
Waking up and having
breakfast served onboard. Continue cruising around the bay. Take sampan to
visit Luon Cave and come back to the boat. Having brunch before disembarking
and van will pick you up at the pier and transfer back to Hanoi. Visit Dong
Trieu ceramic and pottery village on the way. Arrive in Hanoi at 04:00 pm. Free
at leisure.
Overnight in Hanoi
Day 5: Hanoi - Hue (B/L)
Transferring to the airport
to catch morning flight to Hue. Check-in hotel upon arrival and take refresh
for a while. This quiet city is widely known for the magnificent architecture
of its citadels, palaces, royal tombs, pagodas and temples built under the
Nguyen Dynasty. We visit the major sites including the Imperial Citadel with Forbidden
Royal City like in Beijing. Free shopping in Dong Ba market.
Overnight in Hue
Day 6: Hue (B)
In the morning we will take
boat trip along the scenic Perfume River to visit Thien Mu pagoda and Ming Mang
Emperor's mausoleum. Free at leisure for the rest of time. Overnight at hotel
in Hue
Day 7: Hue - Danang - Hoi An (B/L)
This morning we drive to
Hoi An, we will cross Hai Van Pass where you will have magnificent view of the China
Sea. Stop at Lang Co to have break. Visit the fascinating Cham Museum, famous China
Beach and the Marble Mountains en route to charming Hoi An. Known as Faifo to
early Western traders, it was one of South East Asia's major international
ports and today it still retains that special old-world feel. Enjoy a walking
tour through the Old Quarter and try some of the local specialties. Hoi An is
also famous for its large number of tailor shops, so if you want to have a new
wardrobe made up, this is the time to do it.
Overnight in Hoi An
Day 8: Hoi An (B)
Morning tour to visit local
market and boat trip on Thu Bon River to visit handicraft villages. Back to
hotel and you will be free at leisure on the beach or wandering around the town
for the rest of day.
Overnight in Hoi An
Day 9: Hoi An - Saigon (B)
Free at leisure until
transferring to Danang airport to take flight to Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam's
largest city has an exciting buzz as millions of people rush around on their
daily business. The tour guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer to
hotel to refresh for a while and today you will visit all interesting sites and
landmarks in Saigon City. First stop is Notre Dame Catholic Cathedral and short
visit to French built Post Office nearby, and then we will proceed to see the Reunification
Palace, formerly the Presidential Palace governed by the US-pro government of Republic
of Vietnam. Touring the building and then we will visit the War Remnants Museum,
which primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam
War.
Overnight at hotel in Saigon
City
Day 10: Saigon - Mekong Delta - Can Tho (B/L)
Leave Saigon for My Tho. My
Tho is located on the northern banks of the Mekong river and is the closest
town in the Delta area to Ho Chi Minh City, about 2 hours drive away. In the
center of the town close to the river there is a large market that sells just
about anything that can be eaten or is used in day to day business. Around the
My Tho area you will find a maze of small canals that can be explored on one of
the many organized boat tours. Enjoy a boat ride on the Mekong River and visit
an orchard on an island, with lunch en route. Continue with a visit to a snake
farm and then continue driving to Can Tho.
Check-in hotel and stay
overnight in Can Tho.
Day 11 Can Tho - Saigon (B/L)
Early morning board for a
3-hour cruise to Cai Rang and Phong Dien, 2 big floating markets with stops at
a Bun Tau noodle factory and a short trek before arriving at a rice-husking
mill. You can even try passing one of the many fragile monkey bridges along the
canals photo shot. At the floating markets, you will discover a typical way of
displaying and advertising farm products of local people gathering on the Mekong
river to trade their goods.
Drive back to Saigon with a
lunch stop at My Tho.
Day 12: Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnels - Tay Ninh (B)
Enjoy a morning drive
through typical southern Vietnamese countryside to Cu Chi district, and Tay Ninh
Province. Upon arrival in Cu Chi district, make a couple of stops for photo
opportunities and a visit to a rice paper making factory at Tan Phu
TrungVillage. Experience ourselves the underground village of Cu Chi guerrilla
fighters, which is simply a network of tunnels built during the long years of
wars. Continue to drive another an hour and half from Cu Chi towards Tay Ninh
to visit the incredible Cao Dai Great Temple, and attend the noon time service
with architecture that could have come straight from a Walt Disney fantasy and
where all the major faiths of the world blend together in a unique religious
cocktail; photo opportunities during the ceremony. Lunch is at a local
restaurant. Drive back to Saigon and arrive at 4 pm. Free at leisure for the
rest of day.
Overnight in Saigon
Day 13: Saigon Departure (B)
Free at leisure until
transferring to Tan Son Nhat airport to take departure flight onward.
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