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Day 1 – Mar 26: Ho Chi Minh (arrival)
Arrive in Ho Chi Minh, we welcome and transfer you to hotel. Your leisure time in the city on your own.
- Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
- N/A
Day 2 – Mar 27: Ho Chi Minh (city tour & Cu Chi tunnels)
Morning, we explore the Re-Unification Palace, which was the home and workplace of the president of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and played a pivotal role in the war’s end. Visit the Notre Dame Cathedral, a stunning example of French colonial architecture, and learn about its unique history. Continue your tour at the War Remnants Museum, which provides a thought-provoking look into the harsh realities of the Vietnam War.
Afternoon, we leave the city and drive 60km to Cu Chi, where you can delve into the intricate system of tunnels and explore the Cu Chi Tunnel, an impressive feat of engineering that played a significant role in the Vietnam War. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war). Once the tour is complete, we will make our way back to the city.
- Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
- B,L
Day 3 – Mar 28: Ho Chi Minh → Mekong delta
Following breakfast at the hotel, we will depart from Ho Chi Minh and head towards Ben Tre. Our journey will include a boat trip along the Mekong River, during which we will visit a family-run business that exemplifies the idyllic rural lifestyle. We will also have the opportunity to stroll through the fruit plantation village.
- Overnight at hotel in Can Tho.
- B,L
Day 4 – Mar 29: Mekong delta → Ho Chi Minh
Around 6.30am, we pick you up to visit the Cai Rang floating market which is wholesale market of fruit and vegetable at its busiest at this time of the day. Keep cruising through the small channels system and visit a rice noodle making village. Experience the “Monkey Bridge” in the Delta.
Break for lunch then return to Ho Chi Minh.
- Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
- B,L
Day 5 – Mar 30: Ho Chi Minh → Hoi An (Train)
Breakfast at hotel. Your leisure time until 11:30 check out hotel. At 13:15 our driver come pick you up to train station, the train depart at 15:00 (sleeping bed at room 4 beds – tickets limit, need book as soon as posible).
- Overnight on train.
- B
Day 6 – Mar 31: Hoi An (Leisure)
You arrive Da Nang at 10:10 am, our driver come pick you up and drive you to Hoi An town, check in hotel at 14:00.
Rest of the day is your leisure day to explore city on your own.
- Overnight in Hoi An.
- NA
Day 7 – April 01: Hoian (Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary)
Morning breakfast at hotel. Today, we start the tour by visiting My Son Sanctuary, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
After that, we transfer you to Hue.
- Overnight in Hoi An
- B,L
Day 8 – April 02: Hoi An (Bana hill – Golden Bridge)
After breakfast at hotel, we will have a visit to Ba Na Hills. Take Cable Car, which gains 5 world scores, to Ba Na hills station. We will have some stops to visit some famous places: Golden Bridge, Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French, Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden. Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda.
After lunch at a restaurant, explore the French village or join games at Fantasy Park, which is the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam. Afterwards, return to Da Nang city with a stop at Central Specialties Super Market for shopping.
- Overnight in Hoi An.
- B,L
Day 9 – April 03: Hoi An → Hue
After breakfast, your leisure time till 11:30 check out hotel, our driver come to pick you up transfer to Hue.
- Overnight in Hue.
- B
Day 10 – April 04: Hue (City) → Hanoi
Your breakfast at hotel. Start a city tour in Hue.
Get a boat trip to Thien Mu Pagoda. We then continue our visit at the Citadel & Hue Royal Antiques museum. Visit Dong Ba Market and have lunch at a nearby restaurant. After lunch, visit tomb of King “Minh Mang” and Tomb of King “Khai Dinh”. Proceed our tour at a nearby village where people making incense stick and conical hat.
After the tour, drive you back hotel get luggage to go to airport flight to Hanoi.
- Overnight in Hanoi.
- B,L
Day 11 – April 05: Hanoi (city tour)
Breakfast will be served at your hotel.
Around 08:00 – 8:30AM, Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City.
08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world.
11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam.
12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.
14.00 – 14.15 : Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century.
15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton”
- Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
- B,L
Day 12 – April 06: Hanoi → Halong
Breakfast at your hotel then check out your hotel, you can leave big luggage at hotel (please note to hotel staff to keep for you) and bring small bag for Halong bay trip as you will be back to this hotel to stay more.
8:00 – 8:10 AM, our bus Pick you up at your hotel and go to Halong bay on a shuttle bus.
11: 45- 12: 00 Welcome at waiting room 26 Tuan Chau harbour in Halong Bay
12:00 . You will be taken on our tender from the wharf and make your way out onto the bay to board our luxurious craft, Sapphire Cruise. You will be welcome aboard and greeted with a complimentary drink. Our Crew will conduct a compulsory safety procedures session and then you are free to check into your cabin and freshen up. Take some time to have a look around the vessel or watch the magical landscape go by.
13:15 While our boat starts to cruise , enjoy the special lunch of fresh seafood and Vietnamese food cooked by one of the best Chef in halong bay
15:00 After cruising for nearly 2 hours to explore the tranquil Bay , passing by thousands of islands and islets , the boat reaches the best area to do kayaking to see a lot of amazing limestone karst landscapes . Our boat will not bring you to the crowded and tiny beach for swimming . Our boat will stop in the middle of the Bay so that you can have chance to jump into water , take a back flip or somersault .
16:30 Keep cruising to admire the stunning beauty of the Bay from our Sundeck where you can capture great photos
17:00 Attend the cooking class opened right on the Sundeck , our guide will show you how to prepare and make our Vietnamese traditional dish that is spring roll
17:45 Join the Sunset party , enjoy fresh fruit , making friends with other members in the group , listening to soft and light music.
19:00 Enjoy the special Dinner with fusion food prepared by the excellent skills of decoration of our Chef
20: 30 Your free time
- Overnight on cruise in Hanlong bay
- B,L,D
Day 13 – April 07: Halong → Hanoi
05:45 – The nicest time of the day on Lan Ha Bay is the morning. Head to the upper deck to participate in our daily Tai Chi sessions. Relax with an early morning cup of tea, coffee or juice anywhere you wish on the boat and watch the never-ending miraculous scenery unfold before you.
06:30 – Light breakfast will be served in our restaurant (pastries, tea, coffee)
7:00 – 8:15 – Enjoy the last stage of your trip to Dark & Bright cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage. Back to our main board afterward.
09:15-9:30 – Check out of your cabin as we draw closer to the mainland.
09:45 Enjoy your brunch on the boat.
11:00 you will board our tender and head back to the wharf where you will be met by your return trip vehicle to transfer you to Hanoi.
11:45 Tour ends at Tuan Chau habour in Halong
Back to hotel in Hanoi.
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi B,LDay 14 – April 08: Hanoi (departure)
Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel. Your leisure time till we will transfer you to the airport for flight back home.
- N/A.
- B
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