DAY 1: HO CHI MINH CITY ARRIVAL 25/12/2016
Private driver picks up at your flight. Get to HCMC hotel.
DAY 2: CITY - CUCHI TUNNEL DAY TOUR (L) 26/12/2016
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.
17.00: Finish the day tour at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
DAY 3: MEKONG DELTA DAY TOUR (L) 27/12/2016
8.00 am: Private 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.
DAY 4: HCMC DEPARTURE - DANANG PICK UP - HOIAN CITY TOUR 28/12/2016
Private driver picks up at your HCMC hotel to the airport for your flight to Danang. Upon arrival in Danang, get picked up by our private driver to get to your hotel in Hoian city. Free to discover the city and the beach.
1.30 PM: 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.
DAY 5: MYSON HALF DAY CITY TOUR - HUE CITY (L) 29/12/2016
8.00 AM. Driver and guide pick up different tourists at the hotel in Hoian city. We travel about 50km from Hoi An to My Son sanctuary. It comprises many Champa temples, in a valley roughly two kilometers wide, surrounded by two mountain ranges. It was the site of religious ceremony of kings of the Champa dynasty, and was also a burial place of Champa royals and national heroes. The My Son temple complex is one of the foremost temple complexes of Hinduism in South East Asia and is the foremost heritage site of this nature in Vietnam. Though the complex has been destroyed over time, we still see many majestic ancient ruins of temples in the area.
PM: Drive from Hoian to Hue. On the way visit Marble Mountain, Cham Museum and Lang Co beach. Upon arrival in Hue have dinner in a local restaurant and stay overnight in Hue city.
DAY 6: HUE CITY TOUR (L) 30/12/2016
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 and the seven – storey Thien Mu Pagoda on the riverbank. Have lunch in a local restaurant in Hue city.
After lunch, 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. On the way back to visit the Conical and Incense making village.
DAY 7: HUE - HANOI - HANOI FREE FOOD TOUR (D) 31/12/2016
Overnight in the hotel in Hanoi.
DAY 8: HALONG BAY DAY TOUR ( L) 1/1/2017
Check-in the boat on the harbor of Halong city. Start the journey to visit the bay in 4 hours. Our cruise will go around 4 kms from shore to Ba Hang island area - the core zone of the Bay. The stunning view of the closest core part of the heritage is here with the beautiful cave of Thien Cung where you can see the the beautiful stalagmites and stalactites growing, listening to the legends of the bay. Enjoy the seafood lunch. The boat cruise will continue to visit Ba Hang fishing village and here you can witness some of the unique fishes and oysters of the bay. Our Dog island, Incense Burner Rock and the Kissing rocks are on the way.
16.00: Back to Halong city and finish the boat trip
19.30: Back to your hotel in Hanoi, end the trip.
DAY 9: HANOI PRIVATE CITY TOUR (L) 2/1/2017
Start from your hotel in Hanoi, we will come to the heart of the city for the main attractions in town. Today, the first destination we are going to visit Ho Chi Minh historical Complex; visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his residence relics 50 years ago to understand why Vietnamese people worship him and the human beings respect him: the nationalist! The journey would bring you to the One Pillar pagoda - the unique 1000 years old pagoda in the area.
10. 00 AM: Continue the visit to Women Museum (Customized museum to your request).
12. 00: Enjoy the special Vietnamese lunch at one of the best local Vietnamese food restaurant in Hanoi
13. 00: Visit Temple of Literature, which is known the place worshiping Confucius and as the first university in our country 1000 years ago
14. 00: Visit Ngoc Son (Jade) temple & Restored Sword Lake.
15. 00: Visit Hanoi Old Quarter, take a rickshaw tour to see the Old Quarter, shopping in Hang Gai street, Hang Dau street.
17. 00: Drop off at your hotel, end the service.
DAY 10: HANOI DEPARTURE 3/1/2017