Destinations: Hanoi , Halong Bay , Hue , Hoi An , Da Nang , Phu Quoc Island , Ho Chi Minh City , My Tho , Can Tho

ITINERARY

 DAY 1 : Arrive in Ha Noi (N/A)

Arrive in Hanoi - Noi Bai International Airport. You will be met at the airport by your English speaking guide and transfer to your hotel in downtown Hanoi.

Overnight in Hanoi.

 DAY 2 : Hanoi City Tour (Breakfast/Lunch)

08:00 A.m: We will visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum & Museum, the One Pillar Pagoda,The French colonial Styled Presidential Palace and the historical Temple of Literature, the first university of VietNam, built in 1070 in honor of confucius

In the afternoon we will see the Museum of Ethnology then we will attend a traditional Water Puppet show. This art originates from rural festivals in Vietnam. The artists – men and women – stand waist deep in the water to manipulate the puppets, making them move about, talk and laugh and even dance on the surface of the water. The audience is meant to experience the atmosphere of a village festival. Then visit Hoan Kiem Lake (The Restored Sword Lake) and the Ngoc Son Temple, which is on an island in the northern part of the lake. We will enjoy a Cyclo tour along the narrow streets of the Old Quarter of Hanoi. The Old Quarter includes 36 old streets with each name representative of the type of merchandise sold in it.

Overnight in Ha Noi.

Note: Please kindly take note that Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (the inside) will be opened only in the morning. It will be closed every Monday and Friday. Besides the outside of Ho chi Minh Mausoleum, you can still visit Ba Dinh square, Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s House on stilt, One pillar pagoda as normal. Museum of Ethnography also closed every Monday.

 DAY 3 : Hanoi - Halong Bay (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

After breakfast, 7:45 A.m drive to Halong Bay (3,5 hours), a UNESCO World Heritage site. Whoever comes to Vietnam should not miss the chance to visit Halong Bay, a picturesque blend of harmonious transition between the mountains and the sea.

Halong Bay is in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) gulf and stretches over an area of 1,500 km2 with three thousand green islands that look like jewels. Upon arrival at the harbor we will embark on a junk. We will enjoy tour visit Ha Long as mentioned program on cruise for 2 days 1 nihgts.

Overnight on the junk.

Distance  Halong – Hanoi: 165km à 4 hour transfer included breaktime on the way

 DAY 4 : Halong Bay – Hanoi (Breakfast/Brunch)

After gazing at the sunrise, you will navigate through the numerous oddly shaped limestone outcrops. Stop by a cove for a panoramic view of Halong Bay. Have a brunch on boat

In the afternoon return to Hanoi. Overnight in Ha Noi.

Distance Halong – Hanoi: 165km à 4 hour transfer included breaktime on the way

 DAY 5 : Hanoi By Air - Hue (Breakfast/Lunch)

After breakfast in hotel, transfer to the airport for short flight to Hue.

In Hue, you will be met at the airport by your English speaking guide and transfer to your hotel in Hue

In the afternoon, continue to Khai Dinh tomb, unlike Hue’s other tombs, it being a synthesis of Vietnamese and European elements. Even the stone faces of the mandarin honour guards are endowed with a mixture of Vietnamese and European features.

Overnight in Hue

 DAY 6: Hue – Hoian (Breakfast/Lunch)

Pick up you at hotel.  Explore UNESCO monuments including: the Imperial Citadel, where the 13 emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty lived. Then visit the symbol of Hue city - Thien Mu Pagoda, which built on a hillock overlooking the Perfume river.

After that, you will transfer to Hoi An.

In evening, we enjoy a walking tour of Hoi An Old Town. Visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, Tan Ky old house, a handicraft market where you can see the artists at work making beautiful silk lanterns, the Cantonese Assembly Hall, temples and pagodas in the Chinese architectural style, and the large colorful market.

Overnight in Hoi An

 DAY 7: Hoian – Danang By Air Saigon By Air Phu Quoc

Afterbreakfast in hotel, transfer to Da Nang for flight to Sai Gon.

Continue with a flight to Phu Quoc.

In Phu Quoc, you will meet your English speaking guide and transfer to hotel.

Overnight in Phu Quoc

 DAY 8 : Freetime in Phu Quoc (Breakfast)

Freetime in Phu Quoc

DAY 9: Freetime in Phu Quoc (Breakfast)

Freetime in Phu Quoc

DAY 10: Freetime in Phu Quoc (Breakfast)

Freetime in Phu Quoc

DAY 11: Phu Quoc By Air Saigon (Breakfast)

After breakfast in hotel.

You will transfer to the airport for flight to SaiGon

In Sai Gon, you will meet your English speaking guide and transfer to hotel.

Overnight in Sai Gon

 DAY 12 : Sai Gon - My Tho- Can Tho (Breakfast/Lunch)

After a breakfast, 08:00 A.m, Driver and guide pick up and transfer to My Tho

On arrival. We will take a river boat for a cruise along the river banks te see 4 islands: Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle and Phoenix which are belong to My Tho and Ben Tre City.

Across the river to Thoi Son island(Unicorn) to visit fruit gardens, coconut candy worshop. Enjoy 5 sorts of fresh fruits and Mekong traditional music show. Explore the natural canal by rowing boat, where has more water coconut palm trees than other places in the country.

Take a land trip by horse-carrage to travel in a small village to see fruit garden to fruit garden and the people’s life. Visit orchid flower and honey bee gardens where you enjoy pure honey with hot tea and fruit sweets and banana wine. 

Visiting the Mekong Organic Garden, the visitors will see how to do gardening where is tropical fruit gardens was built from the rice paddies and waterways acting around the island. Visit organic garden where visitors can pick longan fruits, coconut, learn how do fishing, cooking Mekong local cakes

Next Boat trip crossing Mekong river to Phung Island to see coconut, grapefruit garden. Visit an ancient house, which is 150 years old.

Boat trip back My Tho city boat station then transfer to Can Tho

Overnight in Can Tho

Distance         Saigon Central – My Tho: 75km à 02 hour transfer

 DAY 13: Can Tho – Saigon (Breakfast/Lunch)

In the Morning, we will depart Ninh Kieu wharf by shuttle-boat, you can see bustling activities along Can Tho riverbanks. This chance you may know how local people go fishing with plenty of fish traps and how they transport passengers as well as products by the waterway. A real local life around you to understand deeply how they love & close with the land. Approaching Cai Rang floating market – one of the most specific markets of the Southwest, the people sell fruits and agricultural products of the whole region.

After that, transfer come back to Sai Gon

Overnight in Sai Gon

 DAY 14: Saigon – Cuchi & City Tour (Breakfast/Lunch)

08:00 A.m, departure to the small town of Cu Chi, located 35 km from Saigon (1h30), an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence.

In the afternoon

We enjoy a city tour to see Reunification Palace and Ben Thanh Market. Visit Notre Dame Cathedral (1877-1883) right on the square and the beautiful French-style Post Office (1886-1891), with its glass canopy and iron structure designed by Gustave Eiffel. Then, visit the famous War Remnant Museum, with armored vehicles, artillery pieces, bombs and infantry weapons displayed both outside and inside. Then, continue to Cholon, the Chinese quarter, Discover the Thien Hau Pagoda, build by the Cantonese congregation in the 19th century.  Free time to explore on your own, or for shopping.

Overnight in SaiGon

 DAY 15: Saigon Departure (Breakfast)

Free time your visit and relax.

After check out hotel, our car pick up and transfer to the airport

Departure

 INCLUSIONS & EXCLUSIONS

What’s included?

• Accommodation in the category chosen or similar (subject to availability) based on double/twin sharing with daily breakfast: 03 nights in Ha Noi, 01 night on Cruise in Ha long, 01 night in Hue, 01 night in Ho An, 04 nights in Phu Quoc, 03 nights in Ho Chi Minh, 01 night in Can Tho
• Meals as mentioned in the program. B:14 Breakfast, L:08 Lunch, D: 01 Dinner, Br: 01 Brunch
• All local boat rentals as mentioned in the program. Cruise Seat in coach (SIC) junk in Ha Long bay.
• Transfer from and to the airports by private vehicle with A/C. Transportation by private vehicle with A/C.
• All entrance fees and sightseeing as mentioned in the program. Mineral Water (01 bottle/pax/day)
• Local English speaking guide(s) in Vietnam.
• 01 FOC in ½ Twin room for group of 16pax onward (excluding internal airfares and visas). Maximum 02 FOC per group.

What’s excluded?

• International flight/ Domestic flight tickets and airport taxes.
  All internal/ regional flight tickets in economy class with/without departure tax (? USD/Pax).
• Visa fee upon arrival in Vietnam (25 USD for one 1 month or 3 month single entry visa). (Vietnam visa authorization letter (10 USD/ pax). V
• Tips & personal expenses. Personal insurance. Any service not clearly mentioned in the program.

IMPORTANT INFO

Stay

Cancellation Policy

1. Cancellations must be advised by email / fax
   b. The cancellation fees will apply:

• Cancelation 30 days prior to arrival date: USD 50 per person will be charged.
• Cancelation from 20 days to 30 days prior to arrival date: 30% of total invoice amount will be charged
• Cancelation from 10 days to 20 days prior to arrival date: 50% of total invoice amount will be charged
• Cancelation less than 10 days prior to arrival date or no-show: 100% of total invoice invoice amount will be charged

Refund Policy

If tour participants buy additional services which are not included in their program, the service fee will be charged on spot.
If tours participants cancel some services and / or portion of the tour program at their will during the trip, reimbursements shall not be made for these unused services and /or portions .
If in the course of the trip, an illness or mishap befalls a tour participant that entails extra services and /or medical attention arranged by company, all the related additional costs shall be defrayed by the participant himself or herself on the spot.

PRICE IN USD PER PAX (in a private tour for a group of 2 – 20 adults)

Date: Valid still to 31 DEC