TRAVEL SERVICE & RESERVATION

Day 1 – 18 Mar, 2025: Hanoi (Arrival)

Please be ready around 2.5 to 3 hours at the airport before your departure time to check – in. Take a flight to Ho Chi Minh (departs at 05:15 AM on 17 Mar, 2025 – VJ084) and take connecting flight to Hanoi (depart at 07:35 AM on 18 Mar, 2025 – VJ126).

Arrive in Hanoi at 09:40 AM, our driver welcomes and transfers you to hotel. Rest of the day is your leisure time.

• Overnight at May Flower Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 2 – 19 Mar, 2025: Hanoi → Halong Bay

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

08:30 Luxury bus picks you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. Enjoy the landscape of the Red River

Delta on the way to Ha Long Bay.

• 11:00 Arriving Tuan Chau Marina, have check-in procedures at waiting lounge.
• 12:00 Embark on Mila Cruises, enjoy welcome drink while being given a short briefing. Check in to your room and get ready for a yummy lunch.
• 12:30 Enjoy Vietnamese and international lunch and the picturesque scenery of the bay, pass by the most
  beautiful areas: Incense Burner, Dog Stone Islet, Fighting Cock Islet, Three Coconuts Island.
• 14:30 Continue to explore Halong Bay by visiting Pearl Farm. This is also an ideal place for kayaking, get up and close to the timeless beauty of Ha Long Bay.
• 16:00 Visit Sung Sot Cave – a magnificent and largest limestone cave as its original name: Grotte des
  Surprising. The beautiful stalactites and stalagmites formed over millions of years are the reward after
  the steep climb on Bo Hon Island. ***Proper shoes are highly recommended when it’s wet.
• 17:30 Back to the boat and take part in a cooking demonstration on our sundeck, enjoy the bar’s
• Happy Hour (buy 02 get 01) program and watch the magnificent sunset over the bay.
• 19:00 Deluxe dinner is served. Enjoy our traditional and fusion dishes prepared by our talented chefs.
• 21:00 After dinner it’s your time to enjoy at our bar and spa, fish squid or watch a movie in cabin, play cards, chess or relax on the sundeck.
• 23:00 Overnight on board.

• Overnight at Mila Cruise in Halong bay.
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Day 3 – 20 Mar, 2025: Halong Bay → Hanoi

• 06:15 Seeing the bay in the morning is a wonderful experience, awaken all your senses with a Tai Chi session on the sundeck while gathering vitamin sea to refresh yourself before enjoying breakfast.
• 06:30 Coffee, tea and pastries for breakfast are served in the restaurant.
• 07:30 Visit Titov Island. Titov is a small limestone island with one of the best sandy beaches in Ha Long Bay. You can immerse yourself in emerald water and hike to the top for stunning panoramic views of the bay.
• 09:30 Back to Mila Cruises. Check out and settle your bill at the reception.
• 10:00 Have brunch while cruising back. Relax on the sundeck or in the restaurant.
• 11:30 Disembark Mila Cruises at Tuan Chau Marina, it’s time to say best wishes and end your cruise with us.
• 14:30 Back to your drop-off point in Hanoi. End of the journey.

Rest of the day is your leisure time.

• Overnight at May Flower Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 4 – 21 Mar, 2025: Hanoi (City tour)→ Hoi An

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). After Hanoi city tour you will come back hotel to collect your luggage.

At 08:00 – 08:30 AM: 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 Goddess of Mercy – It is the most unique pagoda in the world

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…

• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.

• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam.

Special Note: we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

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”

After the tour, drop you off at hotel.

At 16:45 PM – We transfer you to airport for flight to Da Nang (depart at 19:10 PM – VN 197). Once arrived in Da Nang airport at 20:35 PM, you’ll be taken to Hoi An hotel for your stay.

• Overnight at Silkian Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 5 – 22 Mar, 2025: Hoi An (visit My Son Sanctuary)

Breakfast at hotel.

Around 07:30 – 08:00 AM Our guide picks you up at hotel and leave Hoi An for visiting My Son Holly Land – the ruins of Cham people and was an imperial city during Cham dynasty. Here you can have more chance to explore and understand of technique of Old Cham people in making red bricks to build Tower which still now a secret to everyone, you can see a large complex of religious relics that comprises more than 65 architectural works. It also surprises for those who are curious with architectural art. In 1999, UNESCO labeled the Cham architecture in My Son as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Rest of the day is your leisure time to discover the city on your own.

• Overnight at Silkian Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 6 – 23 Mar, 2025: Hoi An (Leisure time)

Breakfast at hotel.

You’re free at leisure in Hoi An for walking around to explore the ancient town on your own and shopping.

• Overnight at Silkian Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 7 – 24 Mar, 2025: Hoi An → Ho Chi Minh (Cu Chi Tunnels)

Morning, breakfast then check out the hotel.

At 06:45 AM we transfer you to airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh (depart at 09:10 AM – VN 7121). Arrive in Tan Son Nhat airport at 10:40 AM, our driver transfers you to the hotel.

At 12:00 PM, our guide picks up you to the restaurant for have lunch. After that, depart to Cu Chi tunnel, the trip will take approximately one and a half hours bus driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served.

Break time for relax or time for those who want to try the real shooting gun.

Our diver will transfer you back to Ho Chi Minh city.

Rest of the day is your leisure time to discover the city on your own.

• Overnight at Sunrise Centre Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 8 – 25 Mar, 2025: Ho Chi Minh (Mekong Delta)

Breakfast will be served at your hotel.

Around 07:30-07:45 AM, Our guide pick up you and start your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19^th century. Then boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.

Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around country lane and seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, folk song music which performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.

Riding a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.

Have lunch at local restaurant. Break time.

In the afternoon, time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meet the local villagers to experience the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Hammock relaxing and enjoy cool breeze for those can’t join the cycling trip. Return to Ho Chi Minh City. End trip.

Return to Ho Chi Minh.

• Overnight at Sunrise Centre Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 9 – 26 Mar, 2025: Ho Chi Minh → Departure

Breakfast at your hotel or we will arrange take away beakfast for you and then check out your hotel.

At 06:15 AM, our driver will pick you up and tranfer you to airport for departure flight to home ( flight number VJ083 – take off 10:40 AM )

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End of service!