TRAVEL SERVICE & RESERVATION – Ward Lee

Day 1 – 12 Apr. Hanoi (arrival)

Arrival at the airport in Hanoi at 20:05PM – VN218 our driver welcomes and transfers you to hotel.

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

• Overnight at The Light Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 2 – 13 Apr. Hanoi (Leisure)

Enjoy breakfast at hotel.
Spend your leisure time in the city untill at 17:45PM – 18:00PM you can walking to Tung’s Restaurant (02 Hang Bong) to enjoy your welcome dinner.

• Overnight at The Light Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 3 – 14 Apr. 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.

At 08:10 – 08:15AM, our guide picks 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 backflip 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 Sapphire Cruise in Ha Long Bay
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Day 4 – 15 Apr. Halong bay → 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 TuanChau habour in Halong

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

• Overnight at The Light Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 5 – 16 Apr. Hanoi → Hue 

Breakfast at your hotel

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 Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga 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 tour, back to hotel. Your leisure time until at 17:25PM our driver transfer you to airport for flight to Hue ( depart at 19:55 PM – VJ565).

Arrival Hue airport at 21:10PM, our driver welcomes then transfer you to Hue hotel for your stay.

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

• Overnight at Cherish Hue Hotel in Hue.
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Day 6 – 17 Apr. Hue → Hoi An

Breakfast at hotel.

08:00 – 08:30 AM, 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 incense sticks.

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

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

Free time until we transfer you to Hoi An. Rest of the day is your leisure time to explore the old town or go shopping.

• Overnight at Mulberry Collection Silk Village in Hoi An.
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Day 7 – 18 Apr. Hoi An (My Son Sanctuary)

Breakfast at hotel.

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.

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

• Overnight at Mulberry Collection Silk Village in Hoi An.
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Day 8 – 19 Apr. Hoi An → Ho Chi Minh

Breakfast at hotel.

Your leisure time until at 11:55 AM our driver transfer you to airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh (depart at 14:25 PM – VJ631).

Arrival Ho Chi Minh airport at 15:50PM our driver pick up and transfer you to hotel.

Your free time to explore the old city on your own.

• Overnight at Harmony Sai gon Hotel & Spa in Ho Chi Minh city.
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Day 9 – 20 Apr. Ho Chi Minh (City)

Breakfast at hotel.

Your leisure time till our guide come to pick you up for Ho Chi Minh city tour.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

After that, 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.

After tour, drop at hotel.

• Overnight at Harmony Sai gon Hotel & Spa in Ho Chi Minh city.
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Day 10 – 21 Apr. Ho Chi Minh (Mekong Delta)

Breakfast at hotel,

07:30AM: 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 tour through village paths: Learn about the everyday life of local residents.
Return to Ho Chi Minh City. End trip

• Overnight at Harmony Sai gon Hotel & Spa in Ho Chi Minh city.
• B,L

Day 11- 22 Apr. Ho Chi Minh (Departure)

Breakfast at hotel, your leisure time until 17:00PM, our driver transfer you to airport for you departure flight back home (depart at 20:45PM – VN773).

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End of service!