TRAVEL SERVICE & RESERVATION

Day 1 – 02 Oct: Ho Chi Minh (Arrival)

Arrive airport in Ho Chi Minh at 10:55 PM – SQ178. Our driver will be waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel for your stay.

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

• Overnight at Queen Ann Hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 2 – 03 Oct: Ho Chi Minh → Mekong Delta

Breakfast at your hotel then check out your hotel, you can leave big luggage at hotel to go to the tour first.

07:45 – 08:00 AM: Pick up guests at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and depart for My Tho Port.

Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Boat cruise on the Tien River to view the four islets: Long, Lan, Quy, Phung. The boat passes by floating fish farms along the Tien River, offering a view of Rach Mieu Bridge.

Arrive at Thoi Son islet: Stroll through village paths, visit fruit orchards, enjoy seasonal fruits, and listen to traditional Southern Vietnamese music. Rowing boat through small canals: Enjoy the peaceful riverine scenery, visit a honey bee farm, and taste honey tea and banana wine.
Continue down the Tien River to Tan Thach Canal (Ben Tre): Visit a coconut candy workshop, and explore traditional handicrafts.

Motorboat excursion on Tan Thach canal: Discover the daily life of local people, have lunch at a local restaurant. The eco-restaurant features crocodile, porcupine farms, frog, and snake farming models, hammocks for relaxing, and bicycles for exploring fruit orchards, coconut
groves, and rice fields.

Horse-drawn carriage or electric vehicle tour through village paths: Learn about the everyday life of local residents. Return to My Tho Port to continue to Can Tho.

• Overnight at KP Hotel in Can Tho.
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Day 3 – 04 Oct: Mekong Delta → Ho Chi Minh

Breakfast at the hotel.

Relaxing boat ride to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Hau River, followed by a visit to the bustling Cai Rang Floating Market.
Visit a local noodle-making factory.

Explore Munir Ansay Pagoda, a renowned Khmer pagoda with unique architecture.

Then, proceed to Son Islet, visit fish farms, fruit orchards, and enjoy seasonal fruits. Lunch and return to Ho Chi Minh City, ending the tour.

• Overnight at Queen Ann Hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 4 – 05 Oct: Ho Chi Minh (Cu Chi tunnels tour) → Hoi An

Breakfast at hotel.

Around 8:00 AM 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.

Have lunch at restaurant in HCM city. Back to the city

After that at 16:30, our driver transfer you to airport for flight to Danang. ( DEP at 18:40 – VN142 )

Once arrived in Da Nang airport, you’ll be taken to Hoi An hotel for your stay.

• Overnight at Kiman Hoian Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 5 – 06 Oct: Hoi An (visit My Son Sanctuary)

Breakfast at hotel.

7:45 – 8:00, 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 Kiman Hoian Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 6 – 07 Oct: Hoi An (Leisure)

Breakfast at hotel.

Your leisure time for walking around the Old Town for shopping and relax in Hoi An.

• Overnight at Kiman Hoian Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 7 – 08 Oct: Hoi An → Hanoi

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel.

Until 08:00 AM our driver transfer you to Danang airport for flight to Hanoi. (VN 6080 – take off 10:30 AM)

Upon arrival in Hanoi at 11:55 AM, our driver tranfers to hotel for check-in.

• Overnight at Le Foyer Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 8 – 09 Oct: Hanoi (City tour)

08:00 AM: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City.

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.

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 pagoda in the world.

• You 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

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

Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.

Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century.

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”.

Take a cyclo tour for sightseeing around the Old Quarter of Hanoi

After that, drop off at hotel for night stay.

• Overnight at Le Foyer Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 9 – 10 Oct: 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.

08:00 – 08:15 AM, our guide picks 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.

13:00 – Check-in cabin and enjoy specially prepared lunch while cruising through most beautiful parts of the magical bay with thousands of amazing limestone islands emerging from emerald water. Sailing with Royal Palace Cruise in very tranquil route, exploring the exotic beauty of the legendary Bay, a feeling in paradise will come to you.

14:30 – Keep cruising to the most beautiful parts of Halong Bay. This is the best time to relax after lunch and enjoy your privacy, capturing stunning photos of the legendary bay. 

15:30 – 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.

16:30 – Kayaking & swimming 18:00 – Join the sunset party on the sundeck in a warm and romantic atmosphere, making friends with other members in the group, enjoy fresh local fruit, listening soft, light music, wearing traditional costumes for kings, queens, and mandarins.

19:00 – Enjoy the 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.

• Overnight on Royal Palace Cruise in Ha Long Bay.
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Day 10 – 11 Oct: Halong bay → Hanoi

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

07:00 – Enjoy your breakfast, coffee, tea, fruits.

07:45 – 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.

11:00 – Farewell lunch served on the cruise before you arrive at harbor.

12:30 – Tour ends at Tuan Chau habour.

Get on bus to go back to Hanoi. Arrival in Hanoi around 15:30pm.

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

• Overnight at Le Foyer Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 11 – 12 Oct: Hanoi → Siem Reap

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel. Check out room at 12:00 PM.

Your leisure time until 13:00 our driver transfer you to the airport for our flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia. (DEP at 16:30 – VJ 913 ).

18:05 Upon Siem Reap airport , our driver welcomes and transfer you to hotel for check in.

• Overnight at Ta Prohm Hotel & Spa in Siem Reap.
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Day 12 – 13 Oct: Siem Reap (explore Angkor & Tonle Sap Lake)

Breakfast at your hotel. 

Around 08:00 , our guide pick up you visit ancient capital of the Khmer empire.

Then, you will continue your visit to Ta Prohm, a stunning temple complex with trees and vegetation growing around and through its structures.

Lunch will be at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, you will visit Angkor Wat, the most famous of all the temples in Angkor. Angkor Wat is a massive temple complex and is one of the largest religious monuments in the world after take a boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake, one of the largest lakes in Asia. This is an opportunity to enjoy stunning views of the lake and see some of the local fishing villages and floating communities that call it home.

Evening, enjoy buffet dinner and watch Khmer Traditional Dance Show at a local restaurant. Watch a Apsara dance show while dining.

• Overnight at Ta Prohm Hotel & Spa in Siem Reap.
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Day 13 – 14 Oct: Siem Reap (Departure)

Have breakfast at hotel.

Around 08:00: Start the tour by visiting the National Museum. Here, you can explore a collection of Khmer art, artifacts, and historical exhibits that provide insights into the culture and history of Cambodia.

After the museum, take a boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake, one of the largest lakes in Asia. This is an opportunity to enjoy stunning views of the lake and see some of the local fishing villages and floating communities that call it home.

After the lake tour, head to downtown to visit Artisan’s D’angkor, the carving art school, where you can witness the intricate art of stone carving and other traditional crafts. Next, continue your visit to Wat Thmei, a beautiful pagoda that is known for its memorial stupa that contains the skulls of Khmer Rouge victims.

Your leisure time until 13:00, we transfer you to airport for flight back to Australia. (SQ165 – take off 16:00)

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End of service!