DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
Private driver picks up at the airport following your flight. Get to Hanoi hotel and stay overnight at your hotel in Hanoi
ACC: Hanoi Golden Cyclo Hotel 4* 1 Executive Double + 1 Executive Triple room.
DAY 2: HANOI - HALONG BAY CRUISE (B; L; D)
8.00 AM: After breakfast, our driver & guide will take you to Halong city where you will board on the Halong Victory Star Cruise. Check in the cruise, follow its itinerary and stay overnight on the cruise.
ACC: Halong Victory Star Cruise 1 Suites cabin Double with balcony + 1 Triple Deluxe cabin.
DAY 3: HALONG BAY DISCOVERY (B; L; D)
Follow the cruise itinerary and further discover the bay. Stay overnight on the cruise.
ACC: Halong Victory Star Cruise 1 Suites cabin Double with balcony + 1 Triple Deluxe cabin.
DAY 4: HALONG BAY CRUISE – DRIVE TO NINH BINH (B; L; D)
AM: Follow the cruise Itinerary in the morning. Check out at noon and get private transfer from Halong city to Ninh Binh province. Check in Ninh Binh province hotel and stay overnight in the hotel in Ninh Binh.
ACC: Ameralda Resort 5* 1 superior Double + 1 Superior Triple rooms.
DAY 5: HOA LU - CUC PHUONG NATIONAL PARK (B; L; D)
9.00 AM: Start the 1.5 hour drive to Cuc Phuong National park -the oldest National Park in Vietnam. Stop and visit the renowned Endangered Primate Rescue Centre to see some of the rarest apes and monkeys in the world and learn about the conservation efforts to save them. Visit Turtle reservation center. Have lunch in the local restaurant.
After lunch, a quick transfer takes you the park center with a stop en-route at the Cave of Prehistoric Man. In the afternoon, you’ll wander through a subtropical forest, rich in flora and fauna with thousand-year-old trees draped in vines. Get back to Ninh Binh town and have dinner in a local restaurant in Ninh Binh. Stay overnight in Ninh Binh hotel.
ACC: Ameralda Resort 5* 1 superior Double + 1 Superior Triple rooms.
DAY 6: BAI DINH PAGODA – TRANG AN – HOA LU – HANOI (B; L; D)
7.30 AM: Start the tour to visit Bai Dinh pagoda – the biggest pagoda in Asean which holds many Asia records. Have time to visit the 3 layers of the pagoda.
12.00: Have lunch in the local restaurant.
After lunch, we will start the tour on the 2h1/2 sampan tour in Trang An eco-Complex. Visit the 8 magnificent caves of the area which is recorded as a UNESCO world heritage.
15h00: Drive back to Hanoi. Visit Ngoc Son (Jade) temple & Restored Sword Lake and watch the Water Puppet show, Check in Hanoi hotel. Have dinner in a local restaurant and stay overnight in the hotel in Hanoi.
ACC: Hanoi Golden Cyclo Hotel 4* 1 Executive Double + 1 Executive Triple room.
DAY 7: HANOI PRIVATE CITY TOUR – FLY TO HUE – HUE SPECIAL DINNER (B; L; D)
7.30 AM: Driver & guide pick up at the hotel in Hanoi. We will start to visit the main attractions in Hanoi. The first destination we are going to visit Ho Chi Minh historical Complex; visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to understand why Vietnamese people worship him and the human beings respect him: the nationalist! Later visit Temple of Literature – The first university of Vietnam 1000 years ago.
10.20: Drive to the airport for your flight to Hue at 12h35. Upon arrival in Hue, our driver & guide will pick up at the airport to get to town. Have lunch in a local restaurant in Hue.
After lunch, we will visit the Thien Mu pagoda and check in Hue hotel.
19h00: Get picked up by guide and driver to go to a special Royal Dinner in Hue. Stay overnight in Hue hotel.
ACC: Hue Romance Hotel 4* City Center Located - Deluxe City View room
DAY 8: HUE CITY TOUR - HOIAN (B; L; D)
8.00 AM: Driver and guide pick up from your hotel in Hue City to start the tour to visit the main tourist
attractions in Hue! Our first visiting site will be the UNESCO world heritage site: Hue ancient citadel - the place during Nguyen Dynasty known as the Royal Citadel - Forbidden City. Visit Hue Royal museum. We will choose to visit one of the 03 famous King's tombs in Hue of: King Khai Dinh, King Minh Mang or King Tu Duc. Later drive to Danang and Have lunch in a local restaurant in Danang city.
After lunch, we will visit the Ngu Hanh Son mountain (Five Element mountains), trek up to the top of the mountain to view Danang city from a height. Visit Cham museum in Danang. Drive to Hoian. Check in Hoian hotel and have a special dinner in Hoian river side restaurant before getting back to the hotel.
ACC: Hoian Sunrise Resort 5* - Club Deluxe Ocean View room
DAY 9: HOIAN COOKING CLASS - HALF DAY CITY TOUR (B; L)
08.00 am: Pick up from hotel and start biking tour to Tra Que Village.
We will cycle to a local farm in Tra Que village. A short stroll will take you around the vegetable garden and then you can join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with water weed and fern from the local lake. Learn to rake the ground, sow, water, pick vegetables and do gardening activities. Take a short rest and enjoy foot bath before getting to preparing lunch with a local family. Our lunch today will be prepared by yourselves with many local delicacies including 'Tam Huu' spring roll, Banh Xeo or local pancake of people in Vietnam middle region. you can join the cooking with the chef and get to practice the cooking classes. After your morning excursions and your lunch, you will take a Vietnamese traditional postprandial nap before learning how to harvest and wrap the vegetables.
2.00 PM: Bike back to Hoian and start our walking tour around the town to experience this old port town with the mixture of different constructions of old houses such as Japanese Bridge, Phuc Kien Assembly Hall, Sa Huynh Museum, Ong pagoda and local market…At the town, you also have chance to enjoy traditional music show at an old house. Hoi An is famous for shopping place and tailor-made shops with reasonable price and the speedy services after 1-2 hours. Free for local dinner and shopping, stay overnight in Hoian hotel.
ACC: Hoian Sunrise Resort 5* - Club Deluxe Ocean View room
DAY 10: ENJOY THE BEACH (B)
ACC: Hoian Sunrise Resort 5* - Club Deluxe Ocean View room
DAY 11: ENJOY THE BEACH (B)
ACC: Hoian Sunrise Resort 5* - Club Deluxe Ocean View room
DAY 12: ENJOY THE BEACH (B)
ACC: Hoian Sunrise Resort 5* - Club Deluxe Ocean View room
DAY 13: HOIAN DEPARTURE - HCMC ARRIVAL (B; D)
AM: Depart from Hoian to Danang airport. Have morning flight from Danang to Ho Chi Minh city. Upon arrival get picked up by our driver to get to the hotel in HCMC. Check in HCMC hotel.
6.00 PM: Have a special walking tour to visit Saigon city and try its special food tour. Our walking today will connect you from the most famous Nguyen Hue walking street and the local markets to the most special food corner in town near Ben Thanh market. The food trail will show you the different dishes of Taste of Hanoi with its Southern culinary style which is also rich and various. Saigon is a dynamic city its unforgettable endless dinning experience.
ACC: Grand Silver Hotel & Spa 4* City Center Located - Deluxe City View Room
DAY 14: HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR - CU CHI TUNNEL TOUR (B; D)
8.30 am: Chosen guide and driver pick you up from hotel in Saigon. We will take a drive to visit the Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, The Reunification Palace, The War Remnants Museum. At noon, we will have lunch in a fine local restaurant in Ho Chi minh city.
PM: Drive to Cu Chi tunnels, the first of impression is watch of short introductory video showing how they were constructed, then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various man - traps, the remains of an american tank and numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers. For those interested there’s even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range Crawling under Cu Chi tunnels Crawling under Cu Chi tunnels.
18.30: Have dinner in a local restaurant in Saigon. Finish the day tour at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
ACC: Grand Silver Hotel & Spa 4* City Center Located - Deluxe City View Room
DAY 15: SAIGON - MEKONG DELTA (B; L)
8.00 am: Driver & Guide pick up from your hotel in Saigon to start the day trip to visit our special Mekong delta.
10:00 am: Get on a boat to go across the river on Long Island, visitors see the village floating fish market, tropical fruit Orchard. The visit to a real local family to enjoy all kinds of fruits in the giant garden while listening to the traditional local folk music: "Don Ca Tai Tu". Strolling along the village to visit different families and gardens and enjoy honey tea here. The boat journey would continue to take visitors to a workshop of coconut candy (a specialty of Ben Tre). Enjoy the freshly made candy and get back to the boat to visit the local market. From here, we will get a Cycling tour (Horse cart if you are not fond of biking) on the village road creeping through the orchards along roads and pristine beauty that nature has bestowed the area. Visit workshop of cakes. Get to the local restaurant for lunch. (Any special diet can be served on request).
3.00 PM: Get back to the boat to go back to the canal and return to Saigon. Free for dinner in a local restaurant and finish the day trip at your hotel in Saigon.
ACC: Grand Silver Hotel & Spa 4* City Center Located - Deluxe City View Room
DAY 16 HO CHI MINH CITY FREE DAY & DEPARTURE (B)
Free on your own travel arrangement till the private transfer to the airport at 15h00 PM. End of services