Hanoi - Halong fullday - Perfume pagoda - Maichau - Hue - Hoian - Nha Trang - Dalat - Saigon - Mekong delta 1day - Cuchi

B = Breakfast                L = Lunch                 D = Dinner

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Day 1:  Hanoi Arrival

You will be greeted at the airport and transferred downtown to check into your hotel. The rest of day, free at your leisure time to visit Hanoi city. Overnight in Ha Noi.

Day 2: Ha Long full day (B/L) 

AM: Arrive Hanoi early in the morning (At aprrox 04:00). Free time until departing Ha Noi at 8.00 am and drive by private coach to Ha Long city (2.5 hr), passing verdant farmland and witness the daily life of the local peasant farmers. Arrive in Ha Long at noon, board your boat and enjoy lunch including fresh seafood as you embark on a 4 hr cruise into the Bay.

PM: You will stop to explore 2 of the many expansive grottoes here name Thien Cung and Dau Go caves. Boat back to Halong city, get on the bus to transfers back to Ha Noi. Arrive Hanoi at 19:30. O/N at the same hotel.

Day 3: Perfume pagoda (B)

AM: Leave your hotel at 07.45 for Perfume pagoda. Arrive there after 2 hour bus trip through Vietnamese villages. Take a walk to Yen wharf then get on the boat to visit Trinh Temple. You will have a short trek to climb up the main cave on the top of moutain (at 2.5km height). Stop for lunch at the restaurant.

PM: Visit Thien Tru pagoda for worshiping and breaking. Boat trip back to the Yen wharf. Return to Ha Noi at 18:00. O/N at the same hotel.

Day 4: Hanoi - Mai Chau (B)

8am - Depart from your hotel by private car to Mai Chau Village. Enjoy lunch in a local house. Drive to the Ma River (30 mins/15 km) for a 30-minute boat ride. Get off the boat and walk through villages for 2 hours. Back to Mai Chau for dinner and home stay in the stilt house with the friendly Thai ethnic people.

Day 5: Mai Chau – Hanoi (B)

Have breakfast inthe home stay, then head out for 2 hours of easy cycling through the verdant rice paddies and local villages to experience the daily life. Make your way back to the home stay for lunch. Drive back to Ha Noi. Trip ends at your hotel around 5pm.

Day 6: Hanoi – Hue (B)

AM: Airport drop off in Hanoi for your flight to Hue. Greeted at Hue airport by our guide and bus then drive to Hue down town, check in hotel.

PM: Boat trip at 13:00 on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda, Hon Chen temple &  Minh Mang tomb. Enjoy the life of Hue local people on both sides of Huong river. Boat back to your hotel, free time.

Day 7: Hue – Mable mountain - Hoi An (B)

AM: 08:00 -This morning we start our trip to the massive citadel, containing the Imperial City and the Purple Forbidden City. This royal residence was all but destroyed during the 1968 offensive, however it is still fascinating to walk among the ruins.

12:00 - Transfer to Hoi An by private car. Visit Marble mountain area en route. Climb up Thuy Son (water) by the stone stairs and enjoy the panoramic view of the nearby countryside and visit Huyen Khong Cave, Tam Thai and Linh Ung pagodas. Rest at the foot of the mountain where you can visit stone village. Arrive Hoi An, check in hotel and free time..

Day 8: My Son holyland – Hoi An city tour (B)

AM: 08.00 - A half day trip to visit My Son holyland – one of World’s cultural heritage, the capital and religious centre of the former Champa Kingdom. Here, 40km southwest of Hoi An, in a lush green valley, are dozens of red brick towers and sanctuaries dating from between the seventh and thirteenth centuries. Visit the museum and the holy site then head back to Hoi An town.

PM: Take some hour tour to visit this ancient town such as Japanese covered bridge, Phuc Kien pagoda, Tanky Old house, Assembly Chinese Hall, Hoi An museum and market. Back to your hotel, free time. O/N at the same hotel.

Day 9: Hoi An – Da Nang – Nha Trang (B)

AM: Free time until airport drop off in Da Nang for your flight to Nha Trang. Arrive Nha Trang, you will be greeted by our guide and bus then transferred to centre, check in hotel.

PM: Take a short sightseeing tour to visit Nha Trang city. At Long Son Pagoda, we climb steps behind the pagoda to see an enormous 9-meter high status of Buddha and enjoy a spectacular view of Nha Trang Bay. Our last stop today is the Po Nagar Temple, a sacred Hindu site dating back to the 7th century. O/N in hotel.

Day 10 : 4 Island boat tour in Nha Trang (B/L)

AM: Start the tour at 08:45 a.m at your hotel. Get on board to Mun islet, then stop for 2 hours for snorkeling, sunbathing. Continue to Mot islet and have lunch on the boat.

PM: Head for Tam islet. Here you’ll enjoy the nice, clean and quiet beach. Then visit the fishing village as the last stop where you can see some of water cages and you may rent a basket boat to the main land to learn about their lifestyle, culture and custom as well. Back to harbor and bus transfer back to your hotel at 17:00. O/N at the same hotel.

Day 11: Nha Trang – Da Lat (B)

AM: Leave Nha Trang for Da Lat by private car. Arrive Dalat, a quaint hillstation surrounded by pine forests and French villages where the climate is cooler. Check in hotel.

PM: Take a half day city tour to visit Datanla Waterfall, Tuyen Lam lake – Truc Lam Zen monastery and Palace 3. Back to your hotel, free time.

Day 12: Da Lat sightseeing – Sai Gon (B)

We spend full day exploring Da Lat. Visit the romantic Xuan Huong Lake and the colorful Central Market, one of the most beautiful markets in the highland with a wide array of flowers, fruits and vegetables. We then drive to Prenn Waterfall which lies on the foot of Prenn Pass.

In the afternoon, visit Lam Ty Ni pagoda. The pagoda is famous with its monk so call “crazy monk” who is also a talent of art and poet. Afterward, visit Da Lat Flower garden then drive directly by private car to Saigon. Arrive Saigon, check in hotel, free at your leisure time.

Day 13: Mekong delta (B)

AM: Depart at 07:45 from hotel and take a short scenic bus trip to My Tho City where boats will bring you to to some islands on the Mekong river to see scenery villages. Seeing the fish port, coco handicraft shops. Enjoying tropical fruits, Southerners’ traditional music, and coconut candies.

PM: Taking rowing-boats in a jungle. Cruising in another small canal to see the bee-keeping family and enjoy natural honey tea, honey wine…See the daily life of the local people.

Returning to My Tho and stopping at the small beautiful garden for relaxing. Arrive Sai Gon at 18:00. O/N at the same hotel.

Day 14: Cu Chi tunnel - Saigon departure (B)

AM: Start a halfday tour to visit Cu Chi tunnels. On the way, you enjoy the spectacular view of the paddy fields. Walk around the tunnels area to see the bomb craters, underground bunkers, deadly traps, go inside a secret tunnels to see how guerillas had lived, fought and survived during the war. Head back to Saigon, arrive Saigon at 14:00.

PM: Free at your leisure time until transferring to the airport for your flight out. Tour ends.

Package price per person (Quoted by US dollars)

Note: Please kindly to inform us if you like to add meals in your tours!

Our hotels in Viet Nam

 Tour Cost includes:

- Private A/C bus as tour program indicated

- All sails and boats in the tours

- Package tours as the above itinerary

- Meals as indicated

- Domestic flights : Hanoi - Hue & Da Nang - Nha Trang

- Airport pick up and drop off

- English speaking guide in the tours

- Entrance fees

- Accommodation (double/twin rooms)

Tour Cost excludes:

Airport taxes; visas; travel insurance; personal expenses, emergency transfers.