Beauty of Vietnam

Itinerary in details

• DAY 1: HO CHI MINH - ARRIVAL

  Being welcomed at Tan Son Nhat airport (Ho Chi Minh) by our experienced English speaking guide and driver and listen to a brief introduction of your beautiful Vietnam tour when we are on the way to hotel for check-in.

  Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

• DAY 2: HCM -  CAO DAI TEMPLE & CU CHI TUNNELS - HCM (B,L)

  After breakfast, enjoy a morning drive through typical southern Vietnamese countryside to Tay Ninh Province in the west of Vietnam. At Tay Ninh visit the incredible Cao Dai Great Temple, with architecture that could have come straight from a Walt Disney fantasy and where all the major faiths of the world blend together in a unique religious cocktail.

  In the afternoon, visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence where you will understand more about the Vietnam War or American War, a must see Vietnam Tour for any tourists to learn about Vietnam past and present days.

  Overnight in a Ho Chi Minh hotel.

• Day 3: HCM - Ben Tre - Can Tho (B,L)

  Around 08:00am, our tour guide picks you up at your hotel lobby, then driving 90Km (2hrs) to Ben Tre. The boat will cruise along the Ham Luong river (a branch of the Mekong) and stop off at various local workplaces including a brick works, a salt refinery, a coconut processing workshop and a mat weaving house. The boat will then stop at a quiet village where you can have a short walk to experience real Delta village life and take a bicycle ride through dense coconut plantations.

  Continue to Can Tho – the heart of Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Check in on your arrival, & time at leisure.

  Overnight in a Can Tho hotel.

• DAY 4: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET - FLIGHT TO HANOI (B,L)

  In the morning, we make the boat cruise to see the Cai Rang floating market (the nicest one with heaps of rowing boats), truly highlights of any Vietnam Tours where you will enjoy the beautiful scenery and see the daily activities of the locals who live along the Mekong canals.

  Later, you will roam through the village to visit a rice husking mill, a rice noodles making shop which are nice chances to discover the daily life of Vietnamese people in Mekong Delta. Around noon, transfer back to Ho Chi Minh airport for flight to Hanoi (operated by Vietnam Airlines).

  Check in hotel, time at leisure and overnight in Hanoi ( Check in time at 2:00pm).

• DAY 5: HANOI - CITY TOUR (B)

  Ranked 12th among the 25 best destinations for 2018, Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam with more than 1000 years of history and culture. Hanoi is also well-known for its beautiful lakes with the image of local Tai Chi in the early morning, tree-line boulevards, flowers on bicycles and delicious dishes.

  08:00am: Pick up at your hotel and visit Ho Chi Minh complex with first stop at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum – a large memorial pays homage to the national hero - President Ho Chi Minh who led the country to independence and reunification. The Mausoleum is located at Ba Dinh Square where Ho Chi Minh President read the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945 establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Then take a short walk to the Presidential Palace and house on stilts.

  Next to Ho Chi Minh complex, One Pillar Pagoda (special with unique architecture of lotus flower) is a must-see place for tourists to Hanoi.

  Continue to the Museum of Ethnology - an insight into the 54 different ethnic groups living in Vietnam. It is here you will learn about the cultural diversity of different ethnic groups from religious events to the symbolic rituals as well as display of a variety of Vietnamese homes as full-scale replicas outside.

  12:00pm: Take a break at a local restaurant for lunch. Our tour guide will suggest you a best option based on your favorites.

  1:30pm: Continue our Hanoi city tour to the Temple of Literature which is the first university in Vietnam. It was constructed in 1070, first to honor Confucius and nowadays to celebrate the doctorates and ranked scholars of Vietnam.End the trip at your hotel.

  Overnight in Hanoi.

• DAY 6: HANOI - HALONG BAY - NIGHT ON BOARD (B,L,D)

  We start at 8.00am for the 3.5 hour drive (170 km) through the Red River Delta, which offers plenty of chances for taking photos of Vietnamese farmers tilling the vast green paddy fields. At half way, we'll have a visit to a handicraft workshop with fine clothes, embroidered paintings, stone statuettes and all kinds of gems mined in Vietnam such as star rubies or sapphires...

  Our destination is Halong bay – the most famous World Heritage Site in Vietnam, famous for its beautiful seascape, thousands of spectacular islands and islets jutting out from the sea, amazing caves with marvelous stalagmites and stalactites in different sizes and shapes.

  11:30 – 12:00pm: Upon arrival, you'll be welcomed on board our luxury junk and treated with wine and fresh local seafood. As our junk gliding further into the tranquility of Ha Long Bay amid the towering mountain cliffs and on the emerald green water, you'll have relaxing time combining the fine tastes of the wine and the freshness of Ha Long Bay. During the cruise, we'll stop some times for visiting the amazing Sung Sot cave and the Ti Top white sand beach before anchoring for the night.

  Overnight on board the junk in the wild of Halong Bay.

• DAY 7: HALONG - HANOI - STREET FOOD TOUR (B,L,D)

  It is said that your Vietnam Tours will not be complete without a tour to Halong Bay and spending one night on romantic Halong Cruise. People describe Halong Bay as majestic and mysterious, inspiring and imperious and words alone cannot do justice to the natural wonder that is Halong Bay, a priceless collection of unfinished sculptures hewn from the hand of nature.

  After breakfast, we'll take a little sampan to visit a secret lagoon of Ha Long Bay while the surrounding mountains are just waking up. After that our cruise takes us further into the Bay of Bai Tu Long traveling past the Human Head Island, the Turtle Island, and the Duck Islet... to the studio site where the famous Indochine film was shot. Around noon, our junk travels back to the harbor, pick up and drive back to Hanoi.

  Arrive in Hanoi at 4:00pm, we will visit one of the local markets in the city to see all different kinds of food that used for a Vietnamese breakfast, lunch, dinner and understand more about life of Vietnamese.
  Next, we walk to explore everyday life of Hanoian, & try some more different dishes which are very special, and popular like the Pho.

  Sit down, enjoy the taste of Pho, taste of life and get to know about the history of Vietnamese culture, cuisine...

  Overnight in Hanoi.

• DAY 8: HANOI - DEPARTURE (B)

  Time at your leisure for you to wrap up your memorable Vietnam Holiday until our driver will transfer you to Noi Bai airport for your departure flight with the sincere thanks for your travel to Vietnam. 

  We hope that you have enjoyed your Vietnam trip and look forward to welcoming you back for your next Vietnam Tours, goodbye and see you again!

  End of the service.