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Ho Chi Minh → Mekong → Hoi An → Hanoi → Ninh Binh → Halong Bay → Hanoi
Vietnam Best Family Holidays 11 days is a great option for the entire family to experience the best of what Vietnam has to offer. From the traditional villages to the modern cities and bike rides to boat trips, there always will be something for children and parents. In Ho Chi Minh city, view Vietnamese daily life of the Mekong Delta and experience the unique homestay service to live like a local in the water world. Spend time to take joyful activities in Hoi An countryside and meet friendly local people, tour around the highlighted landmarks in the capital Hanoi and admire the most outstanding Halong Bay - a UNESCO World Heritage Site on a overnight cruise. You kids will also get excited when taking a boat trip to witness the spectacular view of Trang An eco-tourism complex. Join us and enjoy a wonderful trip with your family in Vietnam!
HIGHLIGHTS
DAY 1: HO CHI MINH (D)
►Arrival in Ho Chi Minh city, have welcome dinner in a local restaurant
Welcome to Vietnam - Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City
On arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to the hotel in the downtown. After doing the check in, you will be free on your own to walk around the city center to get acquainted with the liveliness of this young city.
In the evening, you will have welcome dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 2: HO CHI MINH (B,L)
►Visit Cu Chi Tunnel and Join Ho Chi Minh City tour
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Ho Chi Minh City
About 08:30 am, our driver and guide will come to your hotel and pick you up for a private excursion to the Cu Chi Tunnels - one of the most famous battlegrounds of the Vietnam War. The network of Tunnels included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today, the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction, giving you a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the U.S.-Vietnam War must have been like.
After lunch, join in a city sightseeing around the War Remnants or History Museum and the former Presidential Palace. From there, take a short walk to the Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Saigon Post Office, Dong Khoi Street, Continental Hotel, Opera House and City Hall
After the tour, back to your hotel and free to relax.
DAY 3: HO CHI MINH – MEKONG- HO CHI MINH (B,L)
►Explore Mekong Delta
07.30 AM: Heading out of the town, we set forth to the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's largest granary.
The program will start with a visit of Cai Be floating market. Then, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Back to our boat to go across one of the longest river in the world, Mekong River, to come to An Bình Island. Travel on a handmade canal to Ut Trinh home & have an optional lunch. After lunch, we can walk around this orchard & enjoy some cups of tea when listening to the traditional music in the ancient house. Walk in the local village to visit the local workshop to see how to make rice paper, coconut candy, pop-rice... Enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea. Optional biking can be made for a leisure! It will be so amazing to bike on village paths to see the local daily life: orchard, school, church, pagoda, traditional houses and maybe the ancestral ways to pick up fruits in Mekong Delta... Visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay. The cruise will end at VinhLong city! Then transfer to Ho Chi Minh city by your private car.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
DAY 4: HO CHI MINH- HOI AN (B)
►Fly from Ho Chi Minh city to Danang and be transfered from Danang to your hotel in Hoi An ancient town
About 02 hours before your filght, the driver will come to the hotel and drive you to the airport for your flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Danang.
Once in Danang airport, you will be pick up and taken to your hotel in Hoi An. Do check-in and free at your leisure. You can stroll around this ancient town under hundreds of lantern and feel the special atmosphere here. For food lovers, Hoi An also is an ideal destination for a variaty of delicious local street food.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 5: HOI AN (B,L)
►Cycle from Hoi An to Tra Que Herb Village Van lang fisherman village and Bay Mau water coconut forest. Join in an interesting activity making a traditional lantern by yourself.
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Tra Que
08h30am: Your guide will meet you in your hotel lobby, than you will cycle around Hoi An towards the Tra Que vegetable village - About 150 farmers and 400 owners live on there and cultivate about 20 types of vegetables and herbs such as mint, lettuce, basil, cilantro, broccoli and many more. From the more than 40 hectares of land 8 tons of Village Tra vegetables are sold every year. The vegetable growers do not use pesticides or GMOs, using natural fertilizers instead, including seaweed found in the river and harvested by gardeners every morning.
Walk in Tra Que vegetable village and meet local people working in the garden. During the walk, you will cross vast rice fields in the countryside and quiet road, far away from the tourist trails. You will see the activities of the inhabitants through the villages of Hoian.
The local farmer will teach you all about cultivation methods and how to protect developing vegetable from the insects as well as join the farmers in preparing gardening activities such as raking the ground, sowing, watering greens, transplanting and tending greens.
Continue riding through paddy field, Ba Le market, kindergarten ... until reaching Van Lang fisherman village and Bay Mau coconut water forest - about 7 hectares, surrounded by mangrove forests, canals, houses covered by coconut water leaf . This place had ever been the refuge for people and local soldiers during the Vietnam War. Nowadays, it is famous for providing the most seafood products.
You will be warmly welcomed at Mr. Han – a 3 generations family, taste of green tea and stroll through the village. You will row a basket boat within the hands of skillful locals and discover their techniques of traditional fishery in water coconut forest.
Back Mr. Han’ family for enjoy a foot bath with medicinal herbs, traditional therapeutic practice before getting ready to prepare lunch with a local family. Lunch will feature many local delicacies, such as Tam Huu spring rolls, BanhXeo local pancakes, grilled fish in banana leaf and others.
After lunch, free time and take a short rest before finishing the biking tour and continuing with the last-but-not-least activity of the day. The highlight is to visit a lantern shop where artisans make Hoi An's famous lanterns. You see the whole process then have a chance to create your own lanterns. You will be provided the bamboo that forms the base of your frame and colorful silk so that you can choose your own color pattern, and design. Once completed, you can take one as hand-made sourvenir as these lanterns are easy to fold and carry.
Overnight in Hoi An.
DAY 6: HOI AN (B)
►Enjoy numerous relaxing outdoor and indoor activities and game at Vinpearl Land Nam Hoi An
Hoi An
Hoi An has really amped up its attractions with the addition of Vinpearl Land Nam Hoi An. While it’s no Los Angeles Disneyland, this 62.4-hectare park still has plenty to offer and is a terrific day out for those with kids or for those who want to let their inner kid out.
At a scheduled time, your private car will come to your hotel and take you to Vinpearl Land Nam Hoi An. After 30-minutes driving, you can spend all day to discover as much as you could and amaze your kids with a plenty of funny and interesting activities.
Vinpearl Land Nam Hoi An has six basic attractions: Waterworld, River Safari, Bird Park, Hoi An Cultural Land, the massive Adventure Land fun park and the Indoor Gaming Room. Interspersed between these worlds you’ll find some quite good souvenir shops, clothes shops, restaurants plus outside entertainment.
River Safari: 39 wild animals, experience sailing
Thrilling Game: 20 world's top games
Folk Island: A complex of cultural architecture with Vietnamese identity
Water park: 10 most modern games
Indoor game: 95 fascinating interactive games
Interchange port: Dream Avenue & Old Town along the river.
After finishing your day in Vinpearl Land Nam Hoi An, your private car will take you back to your hotel in Hoi An ancient town.
Free at your leisure.
Overnight in Hoi An.
DAY 7: HOI AN – HA NOI (B)
►Fly from Danang to Hanoi
At a scheduled time, you will be transfered from your hotel to Danang airport to take flight from Danang to Hanoi.
Welcome to Hanoi, the heart of Vietnam which is considered as a blend between the traditional and the modern beauties.
At Noi Bai Airport, our guide and driver will welcome then take you to your hotel to do check-in. After relaxation, you can stroll around the Old Quarter of Hanoi to explore the night life in the capital of Vietnam.
Overnight in Hanoi.
DAY 8: HA NOI (B,L)
►Join city tour: Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, Museum of Ethnology, Temple of Literature
08.00 AM: After breakfast at the hotel, our tour guide will come to the hotel and pick you up, then you will start the Hanoi city tour
You will start with a visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex. Here you can visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the corpse of Uncle Ho kept there. Next you will visit the Presidential Palace - a nice French architecture in the garden and Ho Chi Minh House on stilt. Visiting the house you will see the simple life of Ho Chi Minh - the president in Vietnamese's spirit forever. You will finish this area with One Pillar Pagoda - one of the most attractions in Hanoi you cannot miss with the special in architecture.
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Having lunch and you will continue to the Temple of Literature - The first University of Vietnam. The next destination will be Museum of Ethnology to learn more about Vietnam Culture. Next you will explore Hanoi by traveling through the Old Quarter with 36 ancient streets in a traditional cyclo. This slow - speed tour will give your great chance to fully enjoy the classic and modern of the capital. The tour will end at about 04.00 PM then it is your free time to go shopping, relax in Hanoi.
DAY 9: HA NOI – NINH BINH – HA NOI (B,L)
►Visit the ancient capital of Vietnam - Hoa Lu, Explore the nature beauty of Trang An Complex
08.00 AM: After breakfast at your hotel, our tour guide and driver will pick you up and drive about 2.5 hours to Ninh Binh Province.
We will visit Hoa Lu, a historical place and associated with the foundation of the Dinh, Early Le and Ly dynasties in the 10th and 11th century. Within an area of 13 square kilometers, the Hoa Lu ancient Capital contains important parts in the history of Vietnam you can visit the Dinh-Le sanctuary, statues of the Emperors. After that, we transfer to restaurant for our lunch.
In the afternoon, we take amazing rowing boat to visit Trang An Eco-Tourism area. Trang An Eco-Tourism complex is a home of 600 kinds of flora and over 200 kinds of fauna that many of them in the Red book of Vietnam. It is also a gathering of 31 valleys, 48 cross-water caves and we will visit 3 to 6 of them. On the rowing boat, we can enjoy the fresh air, clean and clear water with under water grass. Experience ourselves the feeling and emotion when we are on the water caves….
After the tour, we will drive back to Hanoi and arrive at your hotel at about 5.30 – 6.00 PM. Overnight in Hanoi.
DAY 10: HA NOI – HA LONG BAY (B,L,D)
►Visit Halong Bay, take in the lush scenery, cave visiting, enjoy kayaking
08.00 AM: The driver will pick you up at the hotel, departing 3.5 hours to Halong Bay – the World Natural Heritage recognized by UNESCO twice. Upon arrival, embark the cruise and enjoy welcome drink while having tour briefing. A sumptuous lunch will be served on board while the ship sailing further to the Bay, make your time to admire its dramatic limestone islands.
You can rest at your leisure on the sundeck or relax in your cabin. In the afternoon, you will have time to swim in the warm and calm water or get on kayaks of your choice. Kayaking is very easy for all levels and ages to do. Our expert and experienced guide surely instruct you basic paddling steps before leading you to explore the extraordinary beauty of Halong Bay. After 01 hour exploring the bay, you will get back to the cruise for relaxation before attending Cooking class in the late afternoon.
Enjoy the superb dinner and stay overnight on board.
DAY 11: HA LONG BAY – HA NOI (B,BR)
►Enjoy last moments on the bay, take your departure flight
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We will continue our journey on Halong Bay in early morning. A Tai Chi Class on the sun deck is a must that you should not miss when on cruise.
Sitting on the upper deck; you can relax, sight-seeing while taking photos of the magnificent beauty of the rocky islands rising from the emerald water of the bay.
After breakfast, we will explore one of the finest and widest grottoes of Halong Bay. Next keep cruising and passing the bay with magnificent scene.
At 10.30 AM, our boat cruises back to the jetty, and you will enjoy the last moment in the bay before having a traditional Vietnamese lunch.
You leave the boat around 11:30 at noon, depending on the availability of time after disembarking, our driver will take you go straight to Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi for your departure flight.
Ends of services.
INCLUSIONS
1. Fly from Danang to Ho Chi Minh city (01 hour 20 minutes)
2. Flight from Danang to Hanoi (1 hour 20 minutes)
INCLUDED SERVICES
EXCLUSIONS
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