DAY 1: SAIGON ARRIVAL  (D)

Pick up from the airport to the hotel in Saigon. Check in and have a rest after the long flight. Enjoy the Welcome drinks with special typical Vietnam dishes. Stay overnight in Saigon hotel!

DAY 2: SAIGON - MEKONG DELTA DAY TOUR (B; L; D)

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"- Recognized as Intangible World Heritage in 2013. 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. Have dinner in a local restaurant and finish the day trip at your hotel in Saigon.

DAY 3: SAIGON - CU CHI TUNNELS (B; L; 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 mantraps, 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.

DAY 4: SAIGON - DANANG - HOIAN (B; L; D)

Have free time to discover Ho Chi Minh city before taking a drive from Saigon hotel to Saigon airport for a flight to Danang. Our driver and guide will welcome you in Danang to take a drive to Hoian to get a lunch and check in your hotel in Hoian.

Afternoon:  Walking tour around the World - heritage - site - since - 1999 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. Have dinner in a local restaurant in Hoian, stay overnight in Hoian hotel.

DAY 5: MYSON PRIVATE TOUR - HOIAN COOKING CLASS (B; L; D)

08.00 am: Your guide and car will meet you at your hotel for your drive through the beautiful countryside villages and towns on our way to the ancient relics of My Son (Became world heritage since 1999). Photo opportunities abound.

09.00 am: We arrive to the haunting sound of Cham music and stop to take in the vibrantly dressed dancers enjoying a traditional dance performance.

09.30 am: Your walking tour begins with a short ascent up to the Cham ruins. Walking along a track bordered by jungle. As we reach the top, the fascinating ruins appear.  While you explore the area and your guide will explain the history of the religious site which served as a burial place for the Cham monarchs many centuries ago. Drive back to Hoian for lunch.

In the afternoon, we will start a special cooking class where you can learn about the Vietnamese cuisine and famous dishes. Stay overnight in the hotel in Hoian.

DAY 6: HOIAN - HUE ANCIENT CAPITAL (B; L; D)

Morning check out of Hoian hotel to depart to Hue (2 hours).

Our first visiting site will be the UNESCO world heritage site since 1993: Hue ancient citadel - the place during Nguyen Dynasty known as the Royal Citadel - Forbidden City. Have lunch in a local restaurant in Hue city.

After lunch, Visit Hue Royal Museum and the seven – storey Thien Mu Pagoda on the riverbank. 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.  Have dinner in a local restaurant in Hue and stay overnight in Hue city hotel.

DAY 7: PHONG NHA PRIVATE DAY TOUR - DONG HOI (B; L; D)

07.00 am: Pick you up at your hotel to Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park. On the way, tourist will be introduced about Hien Luong Bridge and Ben Hai River where Viet Nam country was bisected between Southern and Northern. Quick visit to the local place which was once called DMZ. Coming to Phong Nha restaurant, have lunch and relax.

After lunch, we will Cruising on Son River to Phong Nha Cave (wet cave) - A immortal place with some shape of the beautiful stalagmites and listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 2003. On the boat, tourist will feel comfortable with fresh air and the wonderful landscape.

After visiting Phong Nha cave, we will take 1 hour drive to Dong Hoi. Have dinner in the local restaurant and stay overnight in Dong Hoi hotel.

 DAY 8: DONG HOI - HANOI CITY TOUR (B; L; D)

Free on your own to enjoy the beach before getting to the airport for your flight from Dong Hoi to Hanoi. Upon your arrival, get picked up by our guide and driver at the airport to get to a local restaurant in Hanoi for lunch.

After lunch, we will pay a visit to the Ancient Thang Long Capital Relics which is recognized as a World heritage site of Hanoi in 2010. Visit Temple of Literature with the Tablets Garden recognized as the World Documentary heritage in 2010. Enjoy the water puppet show before the dinner in a local restaurant and stay overnight at your hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 9: HANOI - HALONG BAY (B; L; D)

Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi by private vehicle to check in Halong Bay cruise to visit Halong Bay (World heritage site since 1994). Follow the cruise activity in the rest of the day. Lunch, dinner served on the cruise.

DAY 10: HALONG BAY - HANOI FOOD TOUR (B; L ; D)

Follow the cruise Itinerary in the morning. Check out at noon and get private transfer from Halong city to the hotel in Hanoi.

At 06.00 pm: meet at your hotel lobby & start our walking tour in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.

The main stops are at the most Only-One-Dish-famous shops or restaurants owned by families who have been making certain famous traditional dishes in Hanoi for years. These famous dishes of Hanoi culinary experience will come one after the other during the walking tour in this Hanoi National Heritage area. The experience will not only bring you the real local Hanoi dishes but also the special way of enjoying it as a part of the daily culinary life in Hanoi! The journey will bring you down to the local market to learn about Vietnamese cooking and eating habits. This industrialized haste and busy life creates a lot of fast foods. Hanoians are lucky to be able to eat delicious home-cooked meals in a busy city at any time! The walking takes you down to some smaller walkways and alleys which you would not normally enter. It is time we find "A City Inside A City".

09.00: Finish the day tour at your hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 11: TRANG AN - HOA LU DAY TOUR (B; L)

8.00 am: Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi, depart for Ninh Binh Tour towards to the South of Hanoi, it takes about 2,5 hours to get there(100 km).

10.30 am: Arrive in Hoa Lu, Visit Hoa Lu - The Ancient Capital and the remaining two temples of Dinh King & Le King.

11.30 am: Drive to Trang An (Three Grottoe) with a 10 minutes drive. Have lunch at Vietnamese restaurant with local food.

PM: Take an exciting boat ride in Trang An grottoes (World heritage site in 2014) that we will enjoy the spectacular scenery while gliding along the river among and ranges of limestone mountains peaking up towers over with the system of caves (3 hrs). 

6.30 pm. Tour finish in Hanoi. Have free time on your own for dinner and stay overnight in Hanoi hotel!

DAY 12: DEPARTURE (B)

Free on your own till the private pick up to the airport. End of services!

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