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Hanoi - Halong - Hue - Hoi An - Saigon - Mekong - Saigon

Description

 Excellent to visit World Heritages of Vietnam. Overnight on cruise in Halong. Cyclo tour in Hanoi Old Quarter. Discover Hoi An Old Town. Boat trip in Mekong Delta

Highlights

  • A leisure cyclo ride through the historic Old Quarter and explore the many market streets dedicated to a variety of local wares.
  • Overnight on an private cruise in Ha Long Bay – one of the world’s new seven wonders where its’ 1,600 islands and islets form spectacular seascape of limestone pillars.  
  • Strolling along the narrow street at Hoi An ancient town - an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port  
  • Learn why Vietnamese can claim their independent over American troops by one of the most fascinating example: Cu Chi tunnels with its’ an immense network of connecting underground tunnels  
  • Discover the water world of Mekong Delta that moves to the rhythms of the mighty Mekong, where boats, houses and markets float upon the innumerable rivers, canals and streams that criss-cross the landscape like arteries.

Itinerary

Welcome to Hanoi – Vietnam!
Upon arrival flight, the tour guide & driver will be welcoming you at Noi Bai airport; it takes us 35 minutes driving to the centre of Hanoi then check-in at hotel. 
Overnight in Hanoi.
Please note: Standard check in time is 14:00. Early check in is subject to availability of the hotel

Our guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel at 8.00AM. Let’s start our city tour with a visit to the Complex of Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his house-on-stilts and fish pond, and the One-Pillar Pagoda). Proceed to Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam, its gardens and well-preserved architecture offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past.
In the afternoon, back to the Old Quarter, enjoy a cyclo tour around the area and Hoan Kiem Lake (the “Sword” Lake), stop to visit Ngoc Son Temple. For the last part of the tour we stroll around the area and mingle with locals as they go about their hectic lives. Back to your hotel. End of services!
Overnight in Hanoi
Meals included: Breakfast

Our guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel. We will journey through picturesque rice-farming villages of the Red River Delta to Halong Bay, a World Heritage with thousands of limestone and Dolomite Island and islets. Upon arrival, embark a traditional wooden junk for cruising through the Bay, visit its breathtaking seascape created by rocky islands and emerald serene water, with stopovers to discover grottoes inside islands. You will have chance to hike up steps in caves, relax and have sunbath on beach, go swimming or take part in some beach activities. Lunch and dinner served on board.
Overnight on board on the sea.
Meals included: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner (Vietnamese food on the cruise)

The Vietnamese call the “East Sea” by a point-oriented name “Eastern Sea”, so you may guess how miraculous seeing the sunrise over the islets of the Bay. Our boat will continue to cruise in marvelous areas, where almost each islet has its own name, adopting its shape or reminiscent like Sail island, Fisherman's head rock, Butterfly rock or Turtle islet, etc. Brunch or lunch on board. Disembark the boat and transfer back to Hanoi.
Overnight in Hanoi
Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch (Vietnamese food on the cruise)
Note: The program may be little varied upon the cruise you choose.

After breafkas, free at leisure untill transfer to the airport for your flight to Hue. One arrive, we will take you to your hotlel to check-in.

Afternoon start Hue city tour by pick up  at the hotel and we will discover the charm of the city from the Royal Citadel, Forbidden City, Hue Royal Museum and spend time shopping at Dong Ba bustling market before tour ends.

After breakfast, free at lesiure untill transfer to Hoi An through Hai Van pass, the most beutiful pass in Vietnam. Check-in your hotel upon arrive to Hoi An.

We will spend a haft day for visiting Hoian ancient town. By walking over the tile-roofed Japanese Bridge, visit taciturn Chinese Assembly Halls and Trading Houses, Pagodas, and stroll around the market located by Thu Bon river, you may find out the same feelings of the artists, who see the charm of Hoi An a magical old world of Oriental feel and source of inspiration. Back to the hotel after the tour. End of services.
Overnight in Hoi An
Meals included: Breakfast

At 8.00AM pick up by our tour guide and driver at the hotel, we will depart from Hoian to My Son, where you can discover the hidden treasure of the Cham culture that once bright fully developed in the area of present Central Vietnam. Thanks to the beauty and secrets of building the Cham Towers hereby, My Son had been also designated by UNESCO as one of the five World Heritages in Vietnam. Back to the hotel after the tour. End of services.
Free at leisure the rest of day.
Overnight in Hoi An
Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast, free at leisure until transfer to the airport for your flight.
Upon arrive to Saigon our guide and car will pick up and take you to your hotel to check-in (room is available after 14.00).
We start our tour at the Post Office, built in French in colonial-style, and then head to the Notre Dame Cathedral, built between 1877 and 1883 as the major seat of the Catholic religion in modern Vietnam. Opposite this famous site is a remarkable building: the Reunification Palace - built to commemorate the end of the American War in Vietnam, it is now a museum and a grand hall for solemn receptions. 
Continue on to the Ben Thanh market, the biggest on in the city.

Overnight in Saigon.
 

At 8.00 AM, after breakfast at hotel, picked up at hotel and drive heading to My Tho the homeland of coconut and family factories with local products like coconut candy, rice paper. Upon arrival, embark on the boat cruising on the mighty Mekong River viewing the life to the local people live along the banks. We stop at one of 4 island in the area for sightseeing. Enjoy the fresh tropical fruits served in the heart of the garden accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music at the plantation. After that you will embark on the small boats rowed the the local people thru the small cannels with water coconut tree to visit the local factories. There you will taste the honey tea and see the local people produce the coconut candy milk and of course you also can try it or stroll in the garden where the locals feed honeybee. After that enjoy the horse-cart trip through the tranquil road of the village. We continue getting on the big boat to visit the vast area. Afternoon, drive back to Saigon with stop to visit Vinh Trang pagoda, a famous pagoda in the area that its architecture is a mix of Chinese, Cambodian, and French culture. End of your trip!
Overnight in Saigon.
Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast, free at leisure rest of the day.

Overnight in Saigon.

After breakfast, free at leisure until transfer to airport for your flight.
End of service!
Meals included: Breakfast
NOTE: Check-out time if before 12.00PM

Inclusion

  • English-speaking tour guides
  • Land transfer by air-con vehicles
  • Twin/Triple-shared room at hotel with daily buffet breakfast
  • Meals as mentioned in the program with Vietnamese food(no drinks) (Vegetarian and other kinds of food are available upon request)
  • Boat trips and admission
  • 01 FOC for every 16 full paying guests

Exclusion

  • Visa stamp fee to Vietnam
  • International & Domestic flight tickets
  • Early check-in, late check-out surcharge
  • Other meals not mentioned in the program
  • Drinks and personal expenses (phone call, laundry, tipping for tour guides and drivers etc.)
  • Any services not mentioned in the program
 

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