Day 1 Hanoi Arrival
“Xin chào” – Welcome to Hanoi. You will be greeted by our guide and driver at airport then transfer to hotel in city for check in. (Check in time: 14.00. Early check in at surcharge).
Refresh yourself after a long flight and be ready for a wonderful trip to explore Vietnam.
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle
Meals: None
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Hanoi - Vietnam
Day 2 Hanoi full day city tour - wooden stamp carving
Meet your guide at hotel for the full day city tour with 1st stop at Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam and also the place where worship Confucius. Get on your car and enjoy a drive on the green street Hoang Dieu and Phan Dinh Phung to visit the Long Bien Bridge. Lunch will be served as your wish at your own account.
Afternoon, putting your skills to work carving your own personal stamp, for personal use or for a friend back home. You can recreate any of a wide array of designs available, or bring one yourself to make something totally unique.
With instruction to help the seemingly sophisticated process feel simple, your skilled host takes you through the steps of forming your own creation. Leave with a wooden stamp made by your own hands and a new attachment to the kings and aristocrats who left their mark on the craft.
End the day with one hour for cyclo tour around the Old Quarter – the bustling heart of Hanoi to see the daily life of local people and French architecture along ancient streets.
Hotel in Hanoi. Breakfast included
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Day 3 Hanoi – Halong – Overnight on cruise
Breakfast at hotel then departure to Halong, drive across the Red River Delta and reach the cruise lounge before noon. Have a short time to relax before embark at the cruise.
Each cruise will have different schedule for your trip to discover Halong Bay – the UNESCO World Heritage Site and you may visit a beautiful cave, have some swimming or other activities like sunset party, cooking demonstration etc before dinner.
Halong bay - Vietnam
Evening time is your free time and you may choose to enjoy fresh air on the sundeck, try your luck with squid fishing and relaxing in your own cabin.
Note: The cruise program may be changed depend on the cruise’s schedule
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle / Sharing shuttle bus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Private cabin on share cruise
Day 4 Halong – Hanoi – Overnight train to Hue
If you don’t mind, please try to wake up early and join the Taichi class with the crew and enjoy watching sunrise on the bay. Take part in other activities of the 2nd day while the boat cruise back to the habor. Farewell with the crew and Halong. Meet your driver again for transfer back to Hanoi.
Free time on your own before transfer to Hanoi Railway Station for an overnight train to Hue. (SE3/1930-0830/Sharing 4-berth air-conditioned cabin)
Note: There is no hotel in Hanoi. In case guest needs, kindly advise by return.
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle / Sharing shuttle bus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch/ Brunch
Accommodation: Share 4-berth cabin on overnight train.
Day 5 Hue arrival – Hue City tour
Meet your guide and driver at Hue Railway Station then transfer to a local restaurant for breakfast.
Your day tour will start with first stop at Imperial Citadel – home to 13 Kings of Nguyen Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam. Then, take a boat trip along Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda and a garden house.
Lunch will be served as your wish at your own account before transfer to hotel for check in. Rest of the day is your free day.
Overnight at Hotel in Hue.
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
Day 6 Hue – Danang – Hoi An
Check out hotel then drive to Tu Duc Royal Tomb which includes numerous separate memorials connected by pleasant walkways surround a lake. Your journey continues with a 3 hour drive to the south with a green view of the stretch of Truong Son mountain range. En route, you will have a short break at peak of Hai Van Pass for photo shot before reaching Danang – the beach city in the Center Vietnam. Half an hour driving from Danang to hotel in Hoi An for check in.
Afternoon, walking around Hoi An Town across ancient streets of Hoi An, lined with Chinese traders’ homes and wooden houses reincarnated as restaurants, cafés, and outlets for local artists, craftsmen and tailors.
Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
Day 7 Hoi An Free day
Hoi An - Vietnam
Have a full day at leisure to explore Hoi An town and beach on your own or join our excursions at surcharge.
Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.
Summary:
Transportation: None
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
Day 8 Hoi An – Danang – Ho Chi Minh/ Saigon
Morning transfer to Danang for flight to Saigon. You will be transferred to hotel for check in (if the room is available upon arrival).
Afternoon, enjoy a city tour to The Reunification Palace, the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975. Close to the palace some of the best examples of French colonial architecture are represented in the forms of Notre Dame Cathedral (outside) and the Central Post Office. Finish the day with a stop at Ben Thanh Market where you could try your ability in bargain to get unforgettable gifts to your family and friends at home.
Overnight in at Hotel in Saigon.
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon
Day 9 Saigon – Mekong Delta full day
Meet your guide at hotel then take a beautiful drive through the Mekong Delta.
Embark your boat at Hung Vuong Pier for boat trip on Ben Tre river. You will witness lively activities in morning as fishing, coconut cargo boats carrying on river, visit a traditional brickwork to see how to make bricks by hand, have a look stages of coconut processing from husk off, prize out to peel out by hand at a coconut workshop. Go on small waterway and stop at local house to see feeding bee, enjoy honey tea. Walking along canal to coconut candy workshop, have a look them making candy by hand, try some sweet, enjoy some fruits and listen to local music as well.
Mekong Delta - Vietnam
Go on by boat, and walk to farmer house who making sleeping mats.
Continue with a ride on rural tracks or drive tuktuk through coconut grove, vegetable plains (cucumber, bitter melon…). Keep going by row boat on shady palm tree canal and stop for lunch at riverside restaurant. Boating back Hùng vương pier by motorboat.
Meet your driver again for transfer back to Saigon.
Overnight at Hotel in Saigon.
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle , Boat
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon
Day 10 Ho Chi Minh Departure
Enjoy the last day in Ho Chi Minh City on your own before transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for flight back home. Check out time: 12.00. Late check out at surcharge
Breakfast included.
Summary:
Transportation: AC Vehicle
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: None
Note on client safety
- We reserve the right to deviate from this itinerary for any reasons, including road and weather conditions, frequency of visits to a village, or for any other factor which may influence client safety.