Day 1: Ho Chi Minh city - Arrival (/D)
You are warmly welcomed by our Tour guide at Tan Son Nhat airport and transferred to your hotel in the center of city. Half day city tour begins with
Reunification
Palace
,
War
Museum
, Notre Dame Cathedral, pass Ben Thanh market. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
City
(
Saigon
).
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh city -
Mekong
Delta - Ho Chi Minh (B/L/)
Leave the busy city for
Mekong
delta region. Upon arrival at Cai Be, enjoy the local lifestyle with a boat navigating around the small canals in the delta region. Observe the floating market where sellers and buyers bargaining and exchanging their goods from their boats. Roam around and observe how the people make their living from fruit trees such as coconut, corn and other local products. Then drive back to Ho Chi Minh city. Overnight in
Ho Chi Minh City
.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh - Tayninh - Cu Chi - Ho Chi Minh (B/L/)
Start an excursion to Tay Ninh and Cu Chi Tunnel. Drive to Tay Ninh to visit the famous
Cao
Dai
Temple
and attend the noon service of the bizarre Cao Dai sect - an extraordinary combination of all the world's great religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Proceed to Cu Chi to visit the military base of Vietnamese Army, a system of tunnels to understand how Vietnamese people lived, struggled and won the war. Return to Ho Chi Minh in late afternoon. Overnight in
Ho Chi Minh city
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh city – Danang – Hoi An (B/L/)
Take a morning flight to
Da Nang
. On arrival, take a car to Hoi An town, the most tiny town of
Vietnam
. Hoi An previously was an importance
port
of
Vietnam
, where Chinese and Japanese traders had come over to trade and live. Overnight in Hoi An.
Day 5: Hoi An – Myson (B/L/)
Take a private car from Hoi An ancient town to Cham ruins at My Son, one of the world heritage sites of
Vietnam
. On the way back, stop at Cao Lau Ferry Boat to get on a boat back to Hoi An, visit Thanh Ha Pottery village & Kim Bong Carpentry village. Back to Hoi An in the afternoon. Overnight in Hoi An.
Day 6: Hoi An – Danang -
Hue
(B/L/)
Take a private car from Hoi An ancient town to Danang and visit Cham museum and then to
Hue
. Have lunch in
Hue
and start visit Imperial Citadel tour. Overnight in
Hue
.
Day 7:
Hue
city tour (B/L/D)
Being the ancient capital,
Hue
is surrounded with ancient tombs of the past Emperors, and with Orient style – those tombs are almost located near the bank of
Hue
’s river – Perfume river. Take a drive to visit King Minh Mang tomb, King Tu Duc’s tomb and embark the Dragon boat along Perfume river, enjoy Royal music - World Intangible Heritage, while cruising on the Perfume river and admire sunset on boat. Overnight in
Hue
.
Day 8:
Hue
-
Hanoi
– Halong (B/L/)
Leave the Imperial for a thousand years Capital of Vietnam,
Hanoi
, then directly to Halong bay. Free and overnight in Halong.
Day 9: Halong -
Hanoi
- Sapa (B/L/)
Take a morning boat cruising around the islands, islets, caves and grottos on
Halong
Bay
. Enjoy seafood lunch on boat and stop to visit
Surprising
Cave
and short swim (if weather permitted). Drive back to
Hanoi
& overnight train to Sapa.
Day 10: Lao Cai – Sapa - Catcat village (B/L/)
Arrive at Lao Cai Train station at about 05.30, get on private car to Sapa. Have breakfast and relax before exploring Sapa town. In the afternoon, take a 2km short trek to Catcat village, the home of H’mong Ethnic. Meet & talk with local people to learn more about their daily life. Overnight in Sapa
Day 11: Sapa -
Hanoi
(B/L/)
After breakfast, drive to Black H'mong villages at Laochaisan and Laochai (15km from Sapa). Take a trek around the village, follow footpath to Giay village in Tavan and trek back to main road for the drive back to Sapa. Overnight train back to
Hanoi
.
Day 12:
Hanoi
- Hoalu – Tam Coc (B/L/)
Start a trip to Ninh Binh at 7:30, Ancient Capital of Vietnam in 10th century. On arrival, visit Dinh – Le temples which were built in memory of the Tran Dynasty Kings who defeated Kublikhan's army. Take a short excursion by bike or by car to Hoa Lu - Tam Coc, have lunch at local restaurant. In the early afternoon, explore Tam Coc (three grottos) by rowing boat through the rice fields, mountain ranges, This Area is considered as “Halong bay on land”. Back to
Hanoi
and arrive at 17:00. Overnight in
Hanoi
.
Day 13:
Hanoi
city tour (B/L/)
Start at 08:30 from your hotel by car to visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, One pillar pagoda, Tran Quoc pagoda. After lunch, visit
Temple
of
Literature
,
Army
Museum
,
Hanoi
Flag
Tower
. Wander around Hoan Kiem lake then visit
Ngoc
Son
Temple
and enjoy one hour cyclo trip around the trading area in Hanoi Old Quarter. Enjoy water puppet show and overnight in
Hanoi
.
Day 14:
Hanoi
- Departure (B)
Leisure time for shopping before departure home.
B = Breakfast, L – Lunch, D = Dinner