TRAVEL SERVICE & RESERVATION – Greame Moran

Day 1 – 08 May: Hanoi (Arrival)

Arrive in Hanoi, our driver welcomes and transfers you to hotel.

Rest of the day is your leisure time for walking around the Old Town for shopping and relax in Hanoi.

• Overnight at La Dolce Vita Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 2 – 09 May: 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.

7:50 – 8:00AM, our guide Pick you up at your hotel and go to Halong bay on a shuttle bus.

11:45-12.00 – Meeting at TuanChau harbour. Check in Royal Palace Cruise and you are warmly welcomed by a professional and friendly crew.
12:30 – You will board your Royal Palace Cruise and you are warmly welcomed by a professional and friendly crew. 
13:00 – Check – in cabin and enjoy speacially prepared lunch while cruising through most beautiful parts of the magical bay with thousands of amazing limestone islands emerging from emerging from emrald water. Sailing with Roylal Palace Cruise in very tranquil route, expolling the exotic beauty of the legendary Bay, a feeling in paradise will come to you
14.30:  Discovering outstanding and magical beauty of Luon Cave by bamboo boat or kayaking.
15:45 – Small tender brings you to visit Titop island, hiking to the top of the island from where tourists can capture a panoramic view of Halong Bay.

17h-17:15 : Back to the boat from the titop island to have shower and refreshing up 
17:30– Join the sunset moment on the sundesk in a warm and romantic armosphere, making friends with other members in the group, enjoy fresh local fruit, listening soft, light music
19:00 – Enjoy special dinner cooked by our professional chef
20:30 – The moment you choose your own way to relax after dinner, listening to music, singing karaoke, relaxing on the sundeck, squid fishing available for entertainment during the night time.

• Stay overnight on Royal Palace Cruise.
• B,L,D

Day 3 – 10 May: Halong Bay

05:45-06:00 – Morning exercise with our Tai Chi master, a perfectly healthy way to start a new day.

06:30 – Enjoy your breakfast, coffee, tea, and fruits.

7:15-7:45 Pack up for daylycruise as dry clothes , phone, cash,…for about 8 hours outside . All the rest of things can leave in the room

8:00_ 8:45 Pick up , welcome on boat  , briefing activities by local guide.

9:00-10:00 going to sight seeing and pass to face’sstone , trinh nu’s cave , roster’s cave and going to cat ba’s islet

10:15-11:15 kayaking at Dark and bright’s cave at Cat Ba’s Islet .

11:15 Finish kayaking and going to three peach’s beach area .

12:00 Enjoy lunch at dayboat and served by crew team .

13:00 Free swimming at three peach’s beach area at lan hạ’s bay

13:45 Finish swimming

14: 00 On the way coming back , you can see the Frog Stone , turtle islet, visiting Me cung Cave .

14:45 Enjoy afternoon tea with fresh fruit ( make payment for drink if you get some drink at dayboat ) .

15: 00 Back to your big boat and finish our day trip .

After back to the boat of a long day outside with fully activities . You can choose to have a rest on boat or joining with new costumes to the titop beach again .

End of day 2

17:30 – Join the sunset moment on the sundesk in a warm and romantic armosphere, making friends with other members in the group, enjoy fresh local fruit, listening soft, light music

19:00 – Enjoy special dinner cooked by our professional chef

20:30 – The moment you choose your own way to relax after dinner, listening to music, singing karaoke, relaxing on the sundeck, squid fishing available for entertainment during the night time.

• Stay overnight on Royal Palace Cruise.
• B,L,D

Day 4 – 11 May: Halong bay → Hanoi

05:45-06:00 – Take photos of sunrise, morning exercise with our Tai Chi master, a perfectly healthy way to start a new day.

06:30 – Enjoy your breakfast, coffee, tea, fruits.

07:15 – Visit Surprising Cave – the most beautiful one in Halong Bay.

09:00 – Back to Royal Palace Cruise for check-out. Keep cruising towards Ha Long Bay, passing by hundreds of islands and islets with different shapes depending on your imagination.

10:00 – Cooking class opened right on the cruise

10:30 – Farewell lunch served on the cruise before you arrive at harbor.

11:40 – Tour ends at Tuan Chau habour.

Get on bus to go back to Hanoi. Arrival in Hanoi around 4:30pm.

• Overnight at La Dolce Vita Hotel in Hanoi.
• B,L

Day 5 – 12 May: Hanoi → Hoi An

Breakfast at your hotel

Your free time until 12:00PM, our driver transfers you to airport for flight to Danang. (ETD 14:35PM – VN173)

Arrival airport in Danang at 16:00PM. Our driver welcomes and transfers you to Hoi An for your night stay.

• Overnight at Kim An Hoi An Hotel in Hoi An.
• B

Day 6 – 13 May: Hoian (Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary)

Breakfast at hotel.

Around 07:00 – 07:30AM, 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 our restaurant.

Afternoon, you free time in Hoi An.

• Overnight at Kim An Hoi An Hotel in Hoi An.
• B,L

Day 7 – 14 May: Hoian (Leisure)

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 Kim An Hoi An Hotel in Hoi An.
• B

Day 8 – 15 May: Hoian → Danang

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

At 12:00, we transfer you Danang. Rest of the day is your leisure time at beach in Danang

• Overnight at White Sand Danang Hotel in Danang.
• B

Day 9 – 16 May: Danang (Leisure time)

Breakfast at hotel. Spend your leisure time at beach in Da Nang.

• Overnight at White Sand Danang Hotel in Danang.
• B

Day 10 – 17 May: Danang (Leisure time)

Breakfast at hotel. Spend your leisure time at beach in Da Nang one more day.

• Overnight at White Sand Danang Hotel in Danang.
• B

Day 11 – 18 May: Danang → Hue

Breakfast at hotel. Spend your leisure time at beach in Da Nang

At 12:00, we transfer you to Hue. Rest of the day is your leisure time in the city.

• Overnight at Serene Palace Hotel in Hue.
• B

Day 12 – 19 May: Hue (City tour)

Breakfast at hotel.

At 08:00 – 08:30AM, our driver and guide pick you up and start the tour. Get on the dragon boat , go along the Huong river to enjoy the fresh atmosphere and peaceful beauty of Hue on the way to Thien Mu pagoda, the oldest pagoda here.

After visiting Thien Mu, we get on the car and go to the Citadel to see the living, working, worshiping and relaxing areas of Nguyen Kings’family, the last royal family in Viet Nam.

The last stop in the morning is Dong Ba market, before we head to the restaurant for lunch. Lunch time at My Home restaurant is a great time to savour the best Hue traditional foods and some royal tea while having your feet relax in herbal water after the meal.

In the afternoon, we will visit two royal tombs Minh Mang and Khai Dinh with traditional architecture and French-influenced style, respectively.
We will take a 10-min trip on car to Thuy Xuan conical hat village to visit a local family who produce the traditional hat and incent.

You can have many photos taken with creative decoration from colorful incent sticks made by people here.

16:30pm. tour is finished and we get on car, come back to the hotel.

• Overnight at Serene Palace Hotel in Hue.
• B,L

Day 13 – 20 May: Hue → Ho Chi Minh city

Breakfast at hotel.

Your leisure time in the city until 13:00PM, our driver transfers you to Phu Bai airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh. (ETD 15:35PM – VJ1305)

Upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh at 16:55PM, our driver transfers to hotel for check-in.

• Overnight at Cap Town Hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
• B

Day 14 – 21 May: Ho Chi Minh (explore city tour & Cu Chi tunnels)

Breakfast at hotel.

Around 7.30 – 7:45AM, our guide picks you up to visit Ho Chi Minh city. Take the morning trip to visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. The Independence palace is a widely known landmark of Ho Chi Minh City and was designed by the architect Ngo Viet Thu. Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum the museum has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Depart for 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.

Return to Ho Chi Minh.

• Overnight at Cap Town Hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
• B,L

Day 15 – 22 May: Ho Chi Minh city (Leisure time)

Have breakfast at hotel.

Your leisure time in Ho Chi Minh city.

• Overnight at Cap Town Hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
• B

Day 16 – 23 May: Ho Chi Minh city → Can Tho – Cai Be

Have breakfast at hotel.

07.30-08.00 Pick-up at the hotel in Saigon – (Shuttle bus service// Land transfer)

11.30 Boarding of the cruise vessel and check-in

12.00 Panorama cruise and lunch on board around 13.00

16.00 Guided walk to a rural village or through the lush greens of orchards and rice paddies

17.30 Return to the boat for refreshment and to enjoy the sunset on the top deck

19.00 Dinner on board, night on board

• Stay overnight on Mekong Eyes Classic.
• B,L,D

Day 17 – 24 May: Cai Be – Can Tho

07.00 Morning tea break served on board

08.00 Excursion on rowing sampan to explore small canals, enjoy “Đờn ca tài tử” (Folk Music) and visit home-made handicrafts family on Tan Phong islet.

10.00 Bicycle ride on back roads or walk in a small village along the Mekong Canal

12.00 Panorama cruise and lunch on board around 13.00

16.00 Afternoon walk to a rural village

19.00 Dinner on board, night on board

• Stay overnight on Mekong Eyes Classic.
• B,L,D

Day 18 – 25 May: Can Tho – Chau Doc

07.00 Morning tea break served on board

08.00 Check out of cabin. Excursion on a long sampan to Cai Rang floating market.

11.00 Departure to Chau Doc. Lunch en route (Land transfer)

15.30 Arrival in Chau Doc, check in hotel. Night in hotel in Chau Doc

Evening at free disposal

• Overnight at Victoria Hotel in Chau Doc
• B,L

Day 19 – 26 May: Chau Doc – Phnom Penh

07.00 Departure of speed boat to Phnom Penh

~ 12.00-13.30 Arrival at Sisowath quay International Port Phnom Penh (arrival time may vary due to current and immigration formalities). Drop off at your hotel in Phnom Penh.

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• B

End of service!