Vietnam Highlights

Welcome to Ha Noi – the capital of Vietnam! The driver will be welcoming you at Noi Bai airport; Drop to Hotel.

12.30pm: Start the tour & go for Ho chi minh mausoleum (for photo stop) and then You’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake. After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of west lake. From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Vietnam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius. Afterwards, you’ll visit Hoan Kiem Lake, the heart and soul of Ha Noi.

Finally, you’ll stop in at MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY. This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labelled in Vietnamese, French and English. Displays portray a typical village market, the making of comical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony; videos show the real thing. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There's also a centre for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures, after City tour Drop to Hotel.

Overnight at hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

A 90km drive south of Hanoi will lead you to Ninh Binh, the site of the one capital city of ancient Vietnam before Hanoi took its leading role in 11th century. The area is featured by lots of well- known sceneries, which include Tam Coc Caves and Hoa Lu ancient capital with the old temples dedicated to King Dinh & King Le reigned in 10th century. The visit in Ninh Binh starts by a boattrip in Tam Coc where spectacular limestone karsts just out from the green paddy fields reminding about Guilin (China) and Halong Bay of Vietnam, which gives this scenery the name “Halong-bay- on-land”. Further discovery in Ninh Binh will be continued in the site that used to be the kings’ palace in 10th century and now famous for the wooden relieves of the shady Dinh and Le temples. Late afternoon back to Hanoi.

Enjoy Breakfast at hotel.

08:00 the driver picks up and head East for more than 3 hours to Ha Long Bay, the pride of the Gulf of Tonkin, a Natural World Heritage as designated by UNESCO in 1994. The road will pass by the Red River delta with green paddy fields and rural villages, where hardworking farmers are busy with their farming jobs, ploughing buffaloes or planting seedling. Upon arrival in Ha Long, we’ll take a big boat to cruise the Bay to discover the magnificent beauty of this “Descending-dragon” bay, created by thousands odd shaped limestone rocks and karst grottoes.

After a lunch of fresh seafood on board, we can visit the Surprising Grotto, stop for swimming or kayaking, passing floating villages and approach islets to enjoy their beauty in close distance. Evening attend activities on the boat or relax at your own leisure.

Overnight on the boat near Titov Beach.

After breakfast, visit by boat to Luon Cave, a ring-shaped pool inside an island in Ha Long with absolutely tranquil landscape and emerald water. Back to the Wharf of Ha Long passing the most densely area with many islands that have been named like the Cock-Fighting Rock, Sail Island, Incense burner rock or Sea Dog Rock. Arrive at Ha Long Wharf around 11.00. Return to Ha Noi around 4PM.

The driver picks up and transfer to the airport for flight to Da Nang. Arrival in Da Nang, the driver pick up and transfer to hotel.

Overnight at hotel.

Enjoy breakfast at hotel 15:50 tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Hoi An Ancient Town. En route to Hoi An, our bus stops at the Marble Mountains where we spend time exploring Huyen Khong Cave, Tam Thai Pagoda and the Heaven Gate. Move to the Stone Carving Village of Non Nuoc so that you can admire stone fine art and buy some nice souvenirs. Then head to Hoi An. Arrive in Hoi An and move to Hoi An Ancient Town where we take chance to visit the Fukian Assembly Hall to encounter an excellent work of architecture that is also considered as a heritage of historical significance, and admire the Japanese Covered Bridge which is a beautiful example of Japanese architecture. Walking and spending some minutes shopping in the ancient town. 20:00 – 21:00 Back hotel in Da Nang.

Stay overnight in Da Nang.

Enjoy Breakfast at hotel.

08:30am- Pick up at your hotel and transfer to Ba Na Hills to enjoy the beautiful view of from the cable car up to the summit. Upon arrival have sightseeing and take photos at the world-famous Golden Bridge, continue to flower garden Le Jardin D’amour where has many kinds of beautiful flowers, Take another cable car route to reach French Village at the height of 1138 meters for experience architecture here.

PM: You will spend more time playing games at Fantasy Amusement Park (almost normal games and 4D Movie already included in the tour package but only some games which have reward, you will pay fee by yourself). After that you will take cable car back the foot and transfer to the airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh. Arrival in Ho Chi Minh, the driver picks up and transfer to hotel.

Overnight at hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

8.30am Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, A one and half hour drive takes you to Cu Chi Tunnels where human knowledge has been enriched by experiencing an web-like tunnels system of more than 200km in length which used to be the shelters of guerrillas during the war against American troops.

Then drive 1,5 hours to Mỹ Tho. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilet.

Upon arrival, we board a motor-boat and cruise along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of the Mekong River,

Cross the River to the other side, you will stop at a traditional work shop to witness a step-by-step process on how to make coconut candy, honey farming… while trying some yourself and listening to traditional music.

Enjoy what local people offer by hand rowing a sampan along the shady, breezy canal. We will transfer to local transportation called Xe Lôi to travel throughout the villages.

Take rest after lunch (By own) before boarding the motor-boat back to Mỹ Tho.

Afterwards, you will be back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check-out from the hotel Proceed for shopping. Later, the driver will pick up from the shopping area.

Transfer to Ho Chi Minh International Airport for your onward flight back home.

Above mentioned itinerary is tentative itinerary, date and timings of the tour program can be changed by local tour operator final itinerary will be handover to guest on arrival.

If you are booking any optional tour from your side or planning to visit any meeting or conferences by your own, kindly coordinate with the ground tour operator for scheduling of your existing tour as your tour operator might not be in a condition to change your sharing tour itinerary. Such tours done on own is not the responsibility of the tour operator.