TRAVEL SERVICE & RESERVATION – Stewart and Michelle Moreton

Day 1 – 23 Jul: Hanoi (Arrival)

Arrival at the airport in Hanoi, our driver welcomes and transfers you to hotel for check-in.

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

• Overnight at La Dolce Vita Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 2 – 24 Jul: 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.

Around 07:50 – 08:00 AM: Pick up at your hotel and go to Halong bay on 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.

• Stay overnight on Royal Palace Cruise in Halong.
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Day 3 – 25 Jul: 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.
• 11:45 Tour ends at TuanChau habour in Halong. Our diver will transfer you back to Hanoi.
• 14:30 – 15:00 drop off your hotel.

Rest of the day is your leisure time.

Evening, walking around 10 minutes to Cinnamon Restaurant (08 Hàng Buồm street) to enjoy your welcome dinner at 18:30 PM.

• Overnight at La Dolce Vita Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 4 – 26 Jul: 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 17:15 PM we transfer you to airport for flight to Da Nang (depart at 20:00 PM – VN 199). Once arrived in Da Nang airport at 21:25 PM, you’ll be taken to Hoi An hotel for your stay.

• Overnight at Kim An Hoi An Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 5 – 27 Jul: Hoi An (Mỹ Sơn 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.

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon, your free time in Hoi An.

• Overnight at Kim An Hoi An Hotel in Hoi An.
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Day 6 – 28 Jul: Hoi An (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
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Day 7 – 29 Jul: Hoi An → Da Nang

Morning, have breakfast at your hotel.

Your leisure time until 12:00 PM, our driver transfer you to Da Nang. Rest of the day is your leisure time at beach in Da Nang.

• Overnight at White Sand Hotel Da Nang in Da Nang.
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Day 8 – 30 Jul: Da Nang (Leisure)

Breakfast at hotel.

Spend your leisure time for relaxation at beach in Da Nang.

• Overnight at White Sand Hotel Da Nang in Da Nang.
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Day 9 – 31 Jul: Da Nang (Leisure)

Breakfast at hotel.

Spend your leisure time for relaxation at beach in Da Nang.

• Overnight at White Sand Hotel Da Nang in Da Nang.
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Day 10 – 01 Aug: Da Nang → Ho Chi Minh

Morning, breakfast at hotel.

At 07:15 AM we transfer you to airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh (depart at 08:55 AM – VN 109). Arrive in Tan Son Nhat airport at 10:25 AM, our driver transfers you to the hotel.

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

• Overnight at Prague Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 11 – 02 Aug: Ho Chi Minh (Cu Chi Tunnels & City tour)

Breakfast will be served at your hotel.

Around 07:30 – 07:45 AM, our guide picks up you to visit Ho Chi Minh. 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 (guerrilla’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.

In the afternoon, 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 (Or Tan Dinh Church), 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.

Back to the hotel. End trip.

• Overnight at Prague Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 12 – 03 Aug: Ho Chi Minh → Mekong Delta

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 Mekong trip as you will be back to this hotel to stay more.

Around 07:30 – 07:45 AM – Pick up guests at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and depart for My Tho Port. 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 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 Can Tho Hotel in Can Tho.
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Day 13 – 04 Aug: 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 Prague Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 14 – 05 Aug: Ho Chi Minh → Siem Reap

Morning, breakfast at hotel.

Your leisure time until 12:30 PM we transfer you to airport for flight to Siem Reap (depart at 15:55 PM – VN 3821). Arrive at airport in Siem Reap at 17:25 PM, our driver transfers you to the hotel.

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

• Overnight at Ta Prohm Hotel in Siem Reap.
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Day 15 – 06 Aug: Siem Reap (visit Angkor Complex)

Breakfast at your hotel. 

At 08:30 AM, Our guide picks up you visit to the antique capital of Angkor Thom (literally: “Great City”), located in present day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. Continue your visit at the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Continue your visit to Ta Prohm, one of the most beautiful temples in Angkor. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery.

In the afternoon, visit Angkor Wat the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.

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 in Siem Reap
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Day 16 – 07 Aug: Siem Reap (City tour) → Departure

Morning, your breakfast at hotel.

At 08:30 AM – visit the National Museum. After that, you will have a boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake for sightseeing. Tonle Sap Lake is one of the largest lakes in Asia.

Leave the lake and head to downtown to visit Artisan’s D’angkor, the caving art school. Continue your visit to Wat Thmei.

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

Take a rest until we transfer you to airport for departure flight.

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End of service!