Day 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
Welcome to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam! Our driver
and guide will pick you up at Noi Bai airport then transfer to Hanoi city for
check-in at hotel and relax. Overnight in Hanoi. (-/-/D)
Day 2: HANOI CITY TOUR
Our guide will pick you up from your hotel.
Visit to the Complex of Ho Chi Minh including Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh
house, Presidential Palace. One Pillar Pagoda. Proceed to Temple of Literature
or the first University of Vietnam since 11th century, Ethnology
Museum. Back to the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake to visit Ngọc Sơn temple and
shopping. Enjoy one hour cyclo tour around the Old town. (B/-/D)
Day 3: HANOI - HALONG
At 8:00AM, drive to Halong Bay. It takes over 3
hours, the pride of the Gulf of Tonkin, a Natural World Heritage designated by
UNESCO in 1994. Upon arrival in Halong, we board on cruiser to discover the
magnificent beauty of this “Descending-dragon” bay. After the lunch of fresh
seafood on cruise, we visit Sung Sot
cave that means the Surprising Grotto, stop for swimming or kayaking in the
nearby place, passing floating villages and approach islets. Overnight on the
cruise. (B/L/D)
Day 4: HALONG – HANOI – HO CHI MINH CITY
After light breakfast, get on bamboo boat to visit
Luon Cave, a ring-shaped pool inside an island in Halong with absolutely
tranquil landscape and emerald water. Back to the Wharf of Tuan Chau and pass
the most densed area with many limestone islands in which many have been named
such as the Cock-Fighting Rock, Sail Island, Incense burner rock or Sea Dog
Rock, Duck shaped islet, Frog Rock…. Back to Tuan Chau Wharf and go directly to
Hanoi airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Pick up and transfer to the city
center for check in hotel and relax. Overnight in HCMC. (B/L/-)
Day 5: SAIGON CITY TOUR – CU CHI TUNNELS
In the morning, after breakfast we we head to
visit Cu Chi Tunnels where locates 60 km from HCMC and one of the few remaining
monuments to the Vietnam War. Beneath the ground lie 200 km of tunnels, dug by
hand and inhabited by the forces of the Vietnamese guerrillas during the
conflict. You even can try to crawl some dozens of meters on the tunnel
underground to have the real experience. Return to HCMC. (B/-/D)
Afternoon visit Reunification Palace, the
colonial-styled Central Post Office and the Notre Dame Cathedral, War Museum.
Overnight in Saigon.
Day 6: SAIGON – MEKONG DELTA
After breakfast at hotel. We go to My Tho, then
take a boat ride along the river, view the stilt houses, fruit plantations and
fishing villages along the river bank. Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in
the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed
sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals, then
enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of "Southern Vietnamese
folk music", performed by the locals. Meet our bus and return to Saigon. (B/L/D)
Day 7: DEPARTURE
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport
for departure flight back to your sweet home. (B/-/-)