DAY 1: Arrival Hanoi
When you arrive in Hanoi, our tour guide will pick you up and take you to a hotel in Hanoi to take a rest. After a brief tour talk, dinner will be provided at one of the best restaurants.
Stay in a Hanoi hotel for the night.
DAY 2: Ha Noi City Tour
Breakfast & Lunch
After breakfast at the hotel, begin your city tour with a visit to the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, and Tran Quoc Pagoda, One pillar pagoda.
Continue to Literature Temple, Vietnam’s earliest university, founded in the 16th century.
Have lunch at a well-known Hanoi restaurant.
Afternoon tour to Ethnological museum, followed by a cyclo ride around the ancient district and a visit to Dong Xuan market, and an afternoon water puppet show before dinner.
DAY 3: Ha Noi – Ha Long
Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
At 8:30 a.m., a Van will pick you up from your Hanoi home and bring you to Halong Bay.
Arrive at 12:00 p.m. Our crew welcomes you to the Ha Long Cruise in Halong harbor, where you may enjoy a welcome drink and check into your stateroom. Following that, a seafood lunch will be provided. At 13:00, the boat departs for a 3.5-hour cruise into Halong Bay to see the amazing karsts with various formations: Mat Qui (Monster’s Face) islet, But Moc islet, Cap De islet, Trong (Drum) cave, Trinh Nu cave, and a Floating Fishing village to see this unique way of life, before exploring Luon Cave (from 16:40 to 17:30). There will be plenty of time to swim and sunbathe. Before returning to your cabin, have a delicious sunset meal and relax beneath the stars.
Halong Bay is a popular tourist destination in Vietnam.
DAY 4: Ha Long – Ha Noi – Lao Cai
Breakfast & Lunch
Early risers can enjoy a cup of tea, coffee, or fresh fruit while looking out at Bay’s landscapes. Sitting on the upper deck, we can enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the rocky Islands rising from the waters of the Bay.
We can hear birds singing, cicadas chirping on the shore, and the waves gently lapping against our boat. It’s the perfect music to go with the fresh air and light breeze.
Then, from 8:00 to 9:00, you can go to Sung Sot (Amazing) Cave, swim, and chill out at Titop Beach. At 9:24, the boat will start heading back to port. From 10:30 to 11:30, a brunch buffet will be served, and check-out will be at 11:35. Get back to Hanoi by driving back to the harbor by noon.
Arrive in Hanoi around 16:00, take a break, and have dinner. At 21:30, you’ll be taken to the train station and put on a night train to Lao Cai.
DAY 5: Lao Cai – Sa pa – Cat Cat
Breakfast & Lunch
Arrive in Lao Cai around 6 a.m. and take a car to Sapa.
After breakfast at the hotel, your guide will meet you there and take you on a short hike to the H’mong village of Cat Cat, which is in the valley.
The village hasn’t been changed much by outsiders, and it has great views of the valley, the beautiful limestone mountains, and the green fields paddy. Visit local families and learn about some of their traditional ways of life. Then go down into the valley to see the stunning white curtain of the Cat Cat waterfall, which is surrounded by a flower-filled valley and deep green pine trees. When the weather is nice, people like to go to the rocks near the river and waterfall to take pictures and lay out in the sun.
Come back to Sapa for dinner and stay at the hotel for the night.
DAY 6: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Hanoi
Breakfast & Lunch
After breakfast, a private car takes us to Lao Chai village, a Black H’mong village. A short trek down to the river to see how the hill tribes live and how the local women make their handicraft clothes. The Tavan village, where Dzay people live, can be seen further down the road. Visit the village and find out how they live. Trek back to the main road, where a car will take you back to Sapa. From there, you’ll be taken to Lao Cai to catch the night train back to Hanoi.
DAY 7: Ha Noi – Hue
Breakfast
When the train gets to Hanoi at 5:30, you’ll be picked up and taken to have breakfast, relax, and go sightseeing or shopping until you’re taken to the airport in the morning for a flight to Hue. When you arrive in Hue, you’ll be taken to a hotel to rest and sleep for the night.
DAY 8: Hue City Tour
Breakfast & Lunch
Visit the Royal Citadel in the morning. It was built by Emperor Gia Long in the first decades of the 19th century in the style of French military architect Vauban. Before we leave the Imperial city site, we go to the Imperial Museum, which has many valuable items that were saved from the Imperial city. After that, we go to the Khai Dinh Tomb and have lunch.
In the afternoon, we took a boat ride along the Perfume River to see Thien Mu pagoda, the tomb of Minh Mang, and Dong Ba market.
DAY 9: Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An
Breakfast & Lunch
Visit Hai Van Pass, Lang Co Beach, the Cham Museum, and Marble Mountain on the way to Hoi An by car. Visit Hoi An in the afternoon. It was a major Asian trading port in the 17th and 18th centuries, and its architecture and laid-back way of life haven’t changed much over time.
Take a walking tour of the old town center to see the old merchants’ homes, the Japanese Covered Bridge, which is 400 years old, and the colorful market.
DAY 10: Hoi An – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh (formerly Sai Gon)
Breakfast & Lunch
You can enjoy your own time in the morning.
In the afternoon, you’ll be taken to the airport for your flight to Saigon. When you arrive in Saigon, you’ll be picked up and taken to your hotel, where you can rest and sleep.
DAY 11: Ho Chi Minh City Tour
Breakfast & Lunch
Full-day city tour includes visits to the Former Presidential Palace, the War Crimes Museum, the Notre Dame Cathedral, City Hall, Municipal Theater, Ben Thanh Market, and Chinatown; and Xa Loi Pagoda, which keeps the glass vase containing the heart of Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk who felt so strongly about the inhumane treatment of his fellows that he committed suicide by burning on June 11, 1963 as a final protest.
DAY 12: c – My Tho – Can Tho
Breakfast & Lunch
Our guide will pick you up from the hotel at 8:00 a.m and transfer to My Tho.
Take a motorized boat ride across the Bao Dinh natural canal, stopping along the way to see the stillhouse and fruit plantations. Visit the wholesale fruit market in My Tho. Make your way to Tortoise Island.
Lunch is served in the orchard’s center. Enjoy a relaxing boat trip along Ben Tre’s Tan Tach natural canal, cruising beneath the shade of the water coconut trees. Visit the family farm to get a taste of the agricultural lifestyle. Trek through a fruit farm on Thoi Son Island, then take a rowing boat trip through the waterways on your way back to My Tho.
Continue to Can Tho. Check in when you arrive.
DAY 13: Cai Rang floating market- Ho Chi Minh city
Breakfast & Lunch
We start our vacation with a boat tour by sparkling streams along the limitless waterway of the Mighty Mekong River to Cai Rang floating markets, rising early to the sounds of the Delta waking up for another day. There are hundreds of boats carrying fruits, vegetables, and fish for trade. We next visit the orchards and wonderful tropical fruits while sellers market their products over the river. You will be transferred back to Saigon in the afternoon.
DAY 14: Departure
Breakfast
Spend your own time until transfer to the airport to your flight back home. This is the end of the tour.
See you next time!
