Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Hanoi (D, G)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you'll be met and driven to your hotel.
17.15: You'll be picked up to watch the Water Puppet show an art form unique to northern Vietnam, and a good, light-hearted introduction to its rural culture.
18.30: Your Welcome Dinner will be served at one of the good local restaurant.
You'll spend the night in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi City tour (B, L, G)
9.00: You'll be picked up at your hotel to start a Hanoi city tour.
9.30 - 10.30: You’ll visit Ba Dinh Square, where silent sentries guard the marble and Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum where Ho Chi Minh lies in state (closed on every Monday & Friday and October & November). You’ll see the simple cottage where Uncle Ho lived and worked. You’ll continue to visit the One Pillar Pagoda and hear the legend of its construction, born from the love of an emperor in the 11th Century.
10.30 - 11.00: You’ll drive to visit the serene Tran Quoc pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi, on the banks of Hanoi’s West Lake.
11.00 - 12.00: You’ll also call the Temple of Literature, built in 1070 and the dedicated to Confucius, it is a serene retreat from the busy streets outside and later become Vietnam’s first university.
12.00 - 13.30: Lunch at local restaurant
13.30 - 15.30: Visit the Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic
15.30 - 16.15: Pass by Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Lake of Restored Sword from the legend that surrounds it en-route to one of the city’s fascinating museums.
16.15 - 17.15: You’ll then take to the streets by cycle ride tour of the Ancient Quarter of 36 streets District. This densely populated corner of the city was once a centre of commerce where goods were sold under the street name of a particular guild. Still a thriving community of sellers today, you’ll see streets name such as Sugar Street, Tin Street and Paper Street. Ancient homes and temples are interspersed with stores in this souvenir hunter’s paradise.
You’ll spend the night in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi/Ha Long (B, L, D, G)
8.30: You’ll leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape.
10.00: You'll take a short break at Hong Ngoc Embroidery workshop.
10.30 - 12.00: You'll continue driving to Ha Long Bay.
12.00: You’ll board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you’ll be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood.
You'll spend the night on the boat.
Day 4: Ha Long/Hanoi (B, L, G)
7.30: You'll have western breakfast on boat.
8.00 - 8.30: You'll venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan.
8.30 - 11.45: You’ll spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking to the harbour.
11.45 - 16.15: You’ll drive to one of a traditional village in the North of Vietnam to enjoy its traditional Quan Ho music performed by villagers in the commune house. The singers have recently been officially designated as part of Vietnam’s ‘living heritage’.
You'll then drive back to Hanoi for overnight accommodation.
Day 5: Hanoi/Danang/Hoi An (B, L, G)
After breakfast at your hotel, you'll be free until you'll be escorted to the airport for your flight to Danang at around 11.05.
12.00 - 14.00: You’ll have lunch at local restaurant and have a brief to visit Cham museum, a remarkable Hindu statuary.
14.00 - 15.45: Driver and guide will take you to visit Marble Mountain, Stone Carving village where you can admire the stone products of local people and Non Nuoc Beach.
15.45 - 17.30: You'll continue driving to Hoi An and have a visit Hoi An Town, and enjoy its considerable significance in the history of Vietnam.
You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.
Day 6: Hoi An/My Son (B, G)
8.00 - 8.30: Breakfast at your hotel
8.30 - 11.15: Drive to visit the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, the guide will show you the remains of the remarkable brick towers, and explain their origins and purpose.
11.15 - 12.00: You'll return to Hoi An. Rest of day will be free perhaps to stroll around the Old Quarter of relax on the beach. You’ll spend the night in Hoi An.
Day 7: Hoi An/Ho Chi Minh City (B, G)
You'll be free and then be picked up to Danang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. On your arrival at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you'll be driven to your hotel. You'll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City tour (B, L, G)
8.30: Your car and driver will come to take you for your Ho Chi Minh City tour
8.30 - 10.30: You’ll be driven to visit History Museum, an exhibition of the 5th century ‘Oc Eo’ civilization.
10.30 - 12.00: You’ll visit the Museum of War Remnants provides a very partial, but riveting, perspective of the ‘American War’
12.00 - 13.15: Lunch will be served at the local restaurant.
13.15 - 14.00: You’ll visit Centre Post Office with colonial building and the Cathedral Church.
14.00 - 14.45: You'll be driven to visit the Jade Emperor Temple. It’s one of the best Taoist temples in Vietnam, with superb effigies, remarkable carved panels of the descent to Hell and somewhat incongruous terrapin and tortoise sanctuaries.
14.45 - 17.00: You’ll have approximately two hour to visit the Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City, is packed with every conceivable commodity and a visit to lacquer workshop to see the complex processes and meticulous workmanship involved in this traditional Vietnamese craft product. End of your services at the hotel. You'll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City/Vinh Long (B, L, G)
8.30 - 10.30: Drive to Vinh Long, a city famous by the Mekong River and floating market
10.30 - 15.30: You’ll cruise to visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. You'll have a lunch at one of the local family and have a short show of traditional music in Mekong Delta which is operated by the local people.
15.30 - 16.00: You'll have time to wonder around the fruit market to buy some kind of famous tropical fruit such as banana, pomelo, dragon fruit, mangostin and so on.
16.00 - 18.00: You’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City. You'll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City departure (B, G)
You'll be free until you'll be picked up to the airport for your international departure flight.
Tour Prices
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Note: Number of Person in Group/Pax Tour cost per Person (in US $)
Trip includes:
- All transportation and transfers
- English speaking guide
- All accommodation in Ethnic Minority homes
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary
- Admission fees and permits where applicable
- Drinking water during the trek
Trip excludes:
- International flight tickets and airport tax.
- Visas.
- Dinners except as specified.
- Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
- Insurance
