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Hanoi → Halong Bay → Hoi An → Ho Chi Minh → Mekong → Phu Quoc → Ho Chi Minh
From the bustling cities to the pristine islands, there is so much to discover in Vietnam and the journey takes long time when you wish to discover something in-depth. If your destination choice comes to Vietnam, this 14 day tour is your best choice to discover all about the country: the history, the culture, the people, the land, and the cuisine. From the north to the south, you travel through the most famous popular cities and explore very first-hand experiences of each place such as enjoying the water puppet show in the capital Hanoi, cruising among hundreds of limestone islands in the world natural heritage Halong Bay, wandering under tranquil atmosphere of old town Hoi An and traveling back in time at the historical site Cu Chi Tunnels. For beach lovers, this tour definitely offers you a wonderful holiday of relaxation on the sun-drenched and windy beaches of Phu Quoc island. Spending a day lazily on a sunbed, sipping some tropical drinks and worrying about nothing of life, your stay on this lovely island will be unforgettable moments of rest. Let join us and see the very best of Vietnam on your own.
HIGHLIGHTS
DAY 1: HA NOI (D)
►Arrive in Hanoi, Watch Water Puppet Show, Enjoy Welcome Dinner at local restaurant
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, our guide will take you walk to the theatre and you will enjoy Water Puppet Show – A traditional art performance of Vietnam. After that, you will enjoy a welcome dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Hanoi.
DAY 2: 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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One Pillar Pagoda
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 3: HA NOI- HA LONG BAY (B,L, D)
►Transfer to Halong Bay, Explore the World Natural Heritage, Stay overnight on cruise
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.
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Ha Long Bay
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 4: HA LONG BAY – HA NOI- HOI AN (B,BR)
►Enjoy the sightseeing in Halong Bay, Fly from Hanoi to Danang, Free time in Hoi An
You will continue our journey on Halong Bay in the early morning. A Tai Chi Class on the sun deck is a must that you should not miss when on a 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, you will explore Sung Sot cave - one of the finest and widest grottoes of Halong Bay. Next, keep cruising and passing the fishing village with its unique way of life.
A Tai Chi Class on the sun deck
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, you go ashore and transfer back to Hanoi.
At a scheduled time, you will be transfered to Noi Bai airport to take the flight Hanoi - Danang. Once in Danang airport, your driver and guide will pick you up and take you to your hotel in Hoi An.
Do check-in and free at your leisure. Stay overnight in Hoi An.
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.
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.
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Tra Que vegetable village
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 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,L)
►Free at your leisure
Today you will have a free day to explore Hoi An by yourself. You will never get bored when in Hoi An as there are plenty of options you can choose to spend your day here. Just stay in your accommodation to take a rest, or go out there to wander along peaceful narrow streets surrounded by ancient yellow-wall houses under thousands of lanterns, or enjoy coffee in an old coffee shop with ancient arquitecture dated back hundreds of years ago, discover fantastic local cuisine trying various of typlical dishes such as Cao Lau, My Quang, Banh Xeo, Banh My, Com Ga, Banh Vac...come hungry and take a mini street food tour by yourself.
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Hoi An
When you’re all shopped and toured out of it, maybe you’re ready for a lazy afternoon at one of the Hoi An beaches. Cua Dai Beach is closest but unfortunately, erosion over the past few years has rendered it less of a desirable choice (unless you venture to the man-made option at the very luxurious Sunrise Resort). Better options await at the slightly further, but very beautiful, An Bang (Bang Beach) and Hidden Beach. Both have options for food, drinks and massage…what more could you want?!
Overnight in Hoi An.
DAY 7: HOI AN – HO CHI MINH (B)
►Fly from Danang to Ho Chi Minh
At a scheduled time, your private driver will pick you up at the hotel lobby to transfer you to Danang airport. Take a short flight to Ho Chi Minh city.
Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport, you will be picked up and taken to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh. After doing the check in, you will be free on your own to walk around the city centre to get acquainted with the liveliness of this young city.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 8: HO CHI MINH (B,L)
►Visit Cu Chi Tunnels in the countryside and the highlights in the city centre
08.30 AM: After breakfast at hotel, your private guide will meet you at your hotel lobby. A one and half hour drive takes you to Cu Chi Tunnels where human knowledge has been enriched by experiencing an web-like tunnels system of more than 200km in length which used to be the shelters of guerrillas during the war against American troops.
After the lunch in the local restaurant, in the afternoon, you will have a city tour including the Reunification Hall, formerly known as the Presidential Palace. It was towards this modern building that Communist tanks rolled on the morning of April 30, 1975, as Saigon fell. This fascinating building is filled with history still fresh in the minds of many. The tour also includes the War Remnants Museum, the Old Post Office, Chinatown and Ben Thanh Market – the central market for the city and one of the liveliest areas.
About 04.30 PM, the tour finshes and you will be dropped off at your hotel and then you are free to relax. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 9: HO CHI MINH – MEKONG (B,L,D)
►Explore Unique Mekong
07.30 AM: After breakfast, your guide will take you to the trip to Cai Be pier ( 86km ) from HCMC by car / van via Trung Luong Freeway.
The program will start with a visit of Cai Be floating market. Then, we’ll come to Tân Phong island for biking / walking 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... On the way, we can make some stops to see how they make rice-net for spring-rolls, sewing coconut-leaves for cottage roof and specially see how they wave the dried water-hyacynth to make many products: baskets, bags, hats, wallets, shoes...
Then, the rowboat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Lunch can be served at Ba Kiet / Muoi Huong
Back to our boat to go across one of the longests river in the world, Mekong River, to come to An Bình Island. Travel on Muong Lo handmade canal to check in at Út Trinh homestay
Have a fresh shower before cooking some special dishes with the members of local family. We’ll enjoy dinner & overnight at homestay.
Cai Rang floating market
If group of 1-9pax: enjoy traditional music before check-in
If group of 10pax&up: enjoy traditional music after dinner
DAY 10: MEKONG – HO CHI MINH (B,L)
►Visit Floating Market, Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City
Have a breakfast and check-out for a walk along the village to enjoy the fresh air in the morning & arrive the local workshop to see how to make rice paper, coconut candy, pop- rice... Enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea. Boat trip to visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay. Our boat will go along the floating village. We will see how to farm catfish on Mekong river. Also, we can visit Vinh Long market in the town. This is the best choice for you to take pictures of fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs, snakes, rice-field rats, tropical fruits, vegetables... The cruise will end at Vinh Long city around 10:00AM!
Transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city. Lunch en-route at a local restaurant.
Once in Ho Chi Minh city, do check-in and free time at your leisure.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
DAY 11: HO CHI MINH – PHU QUOC (B)
►Fly to Phu Quoc Island, relax at beaches
After breakfast, is your free time to walk around the vibrant Ho Chi Minh city, go shopping, or relax at the hotel.
About 02 hours before the flight, our driver will come to your hotel and drive you to the airport for your flight to Phu Quoc – which is among top 5 hidden Islands of the world. Welcome on arrival and check in your hotel.
Relax on the beach. Dinner on your own. Overnight on Phu Quoc Island.
DAY 12: PHU QUOC (B)
►Free at your leisure
Today you are totally free at leisure to relax at your resort or on the charming beach. Enjoy delicious seafood and other cuisine. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
DAY 13: PHU QUOC (B)
►Free at your leisure
Phu Quoc
Today you are totally free at leisure to relax at your resort or on the charming beach. Enjoy delicious seafood and other cuisine. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
DAY 14: PHU QUOC- HO CHI MINH (B)
►Fly from Phu Quoc to Ho Chi Minh City, Get the flight back home
Have breakfast and free at leisure until transfer to the airport for the flight back Ho Chi Minh City to connect your departure flight. Room is at your disposal until 12:00 noon only. Meals on your own. End of services.
INCLUSIONS
1. Take short flight from Hanoi to Danang (1 hour 20 minutes)
2. Flight from Danang to Ho Chi Minh (1 hour 20 minutes)
3. Take a short flight from Ho Chi MInh to Phu Quoc island (1 hour)
4. Fly from Phu Quoc to Ho Chi Minh city (01 hour)
INCLUDED SERVICES
EXCLUSIONS
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