HIGHLIGHTS OF VIETNAM 12 DAYS

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Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hue - Hoi An - Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi Tunnels - Mekong Delta
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Duration

12 days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

16 people

Languages

English, Vietnamese

About this tour

Prepare for a 12-day trip to Vietnam with must-see wonders and secret gems from the North to the South.

You can take a boat to the strange limestone islands of Ha Long Bay, walk through the underground maze of the Cu Chi Tunnels, and look at the beautiful old town of Hoi An. Every small group loves to eat delicious local food and learn about an interesting culture with lots of interesting customs that they will remember long after they leave. On this Vietnam tour, you’re sure to have exciting and amazing times.

Highlights

  • Get to know Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, and Ho Chi Minh through their unique vibes, delicious local food, and unique things to do.
  • Spend an amazing night on a Halong Bay cruise for small groups, where you can go to a sunset party, learn how to cook Vietnamese food, explore limestone caves, and more.
  • Find out more about the historical Cu Chi caves and learn about the culture of the Mekong Delta.

Included/Excluded

  • 11 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 1 Brunch, 1 Dinner
  • Hotel (10 nights), Overnight on Cruise (1 night), N/A (1 night)
  • Overnight in shared Twin/ Double room with Air-condition (AC) at hotel.
  • All transport during tour on air - conditioned vehicle as per itinerary (including airport pick up & see off)
  • All in-tour stationed local English speaking guide.
  • Meals as indicated in the program
  • Entrance fees as per itinerary
  • 2 domestic flights Hanoi – Da Nang and Hue – Ho Chi Minh City
  • Hotel EARLY check in & LATE check out
  • Peak season surcharge & compulsory dinner at the hotel (if any)
  • International flight to or from Vietnam with taxes
  • Visa or Passport Fees
  • Travel Insurance
  • Tips, laundry, drinks and gratuities
  • Personal expenses

Cancellation Policy

  • Cancellation received before 50 days: FREE of charge
  • Cancellation received from 30 days to days prior arrival date: 10% of total rate
  • Cancellation received from 15 days to 29 days prior arrival date: 25% of total rate
  • Cancellation received from 7 days to 14 days prior arrival date: 45% of total rate
  • Cancellation received less than 7 days prior arrival date or No show: 100% of total rate

Itinerary

DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL

Upon the arrival at Hanoi airport, you will be met by our local guide and driver at the Noi Bai airport, then transferred to hotel. Take a rest.

Overnight at Hanoi

Meals: NA

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

DAY 2: HANOI FULL DAY CITY TOUR (B/L)

At 8.00AM, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel for city tour. You will visit the followings:

  • Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, where his body is being embalmed, is your first stop. Keep walking to see the Presidential Palace, a nice French architecture in the garden, and Ho Chi Minh House on stilts, where you can learn about the simple life of Vietnam's first president, who is loved by most Vietnamese. Walk through the poetry fishpond to the One Pillar Pagoda, one of Hanoi's most popular attractions with its unique architecture.
  • Visit the Temple of Literature, Confucius Temple, and Vietnam's earliest university to learn about feudal education.
  • Take an interesting experience on local train from Gia lam station to Long Bien station. You will see how Vietnamese people taking the train and sometimes you will see the vendors selling breads and snacks, fruits on train.
  • Have lunch at local restaurant.
  • Visit Hoa Lo prision - Hanoi Hilton to experience Vietnam's battles and American pilots' prison life.
  • Drive back to Hanoi's Old Quarter and ride a cyclo around the 36 historic streets. Slow-speed tours allow you to fully appreciate the capital's historic and modern.
  • Enjoy water puppet show, the authentic show in Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

DAY 3: HANOI – HALONG BAY OVERNIGHT ON CRUISE (B/L/D)

After breakfast, at 07:00AM you will be transfer to Halong

At 10:00AM, you arrive Halong bay and enjoy the scenic view from Seaplane for 25mins.

Transfer to cruise and get on the cruise.

12:45: Our support vessel will transport you from the wharf to Cruise. Welcome drinks, cool towels, and a special meal of fresh cuisine and tasty treats will be served. Luxury trash dining will enchant you. This is life's best! We then sailed to World's Most Beautiful Bay Lan Ha Bay.

15:30: We'll explore Lan Ha Bay's Dark and Bright cave. Photograph the lovely, lyrical local sights here. Tourists can enjoy bamboo boating or swimming to see Lan Ha Bay's limestone mountains and azure sky at their best. Visitors then swim at Lan Ha Bay's emerald sea or relax in Cruise's tiny pool with jacuzzi.

17:30: Cruises return. LanHa Bay sunset celebration. Lan Ha Bay sunsets are wonderful for photographers.

19:30: Have dinner on Cruise restaurant

21:00–00:00: Enjoy bay nightlife from the top deck. Enjoy music, a drink from the bar, classic flicks, and a cruise. You may fish squid with the sailors or rest on the balcony and watch the bay.

Cruise overnight.

DAY 4: HALONG BAY – HANOI (B/BRUNCH)

 6:30–7:30: Have breakfast.

8:00: Frog Pond, kayaking, or relaxing in Lan Ha Bay's four-season small pool.

Checkout: 9:30. After lunch, pay any extra fees at the reception and head to the dock. Please pay any front desk fees while traveling to the port.

11:15–11:30: Disembark and return to port.

11h30–11h45: Tuan Chau International Marina Station. Get on the car for transfer back to Hanoi.

  • 18:00: Join the city night tour to see the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake, take photos, and learn about their history.
  • Enjoy a foot massage and Vietnamese cuisine in Hanoi.
  • Enjoy Hanoi's nightlife at the Red River and Long Bien Bridge.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

DAY 5: HANOI – FLIGHT TO DANANG – HOIAN (B)

Have breakfast at hotel and then transfer to the airport to take flight to Da Nang. The tour guide will pick you up and take you to the hotel in Hoi An to check in and relax for the rest of the day.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

DAY 6: HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN AND FARMING AND FISHING ACTIVITIES (B/L)

08:00 Our guide will pick you up at your Hoi An hotel early in the morning and take you fishing with a local fisherman. You'll practice throwing nets into the river and catching fish alone. Continue to Bay Mau water coconut forest, a revolutionary base region of Hoi An, and fish field crab with unique gear in a basket boat. Visit Tra Que Vegetable Village, 3 kilometers from the ancient town, by bike and enjoy the calm landscape. A local family welcomes you with smiles and "E" water or local tea. Take a family cooking class to learn how to prepare ingredients and cook Hoi An specialties and enjoy lunch.

13:00 You will dress in Vietnamese farming attire, visit organic vegetable gardens, and learn traditional gardening techniques. Local farmers will show you how to prepare garden soil, fertilize green manure, plant veggies, and water them. After gardening, soak your feet with Vietnamese herbs at home. Return to Hoian and continue to visit ancient houses and famous sites with special architecture, such as Fujian Assembly Hall or the Japanese Covered Bridge.

After that you will stop at a handicraft store where you can see how unique traditional handmade items are made and buy some as gifts.

  • Try a cup of the famous herbal drink and watch people going about their busy daily lives.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

DAY 7: HOIAN – TRANSFER TO HUE (B)

Have breakfast at hotel. After that limousine shuttle bus will come to pick you up and transfer to Hue. It will take 2 hours to arrive this ancient city. Check in hotel (Check in time 14:00PM)

You are free at hotel or discovery Hue city by yourselves

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Hue

DAY 8: HUE FULL DAY CITY (B/L)

At 8:30, your tour guide will begin showing you around Hue. When you wake up in the old land, you'll get on a dragon boat for a romantic cruise on the Perfume River.

The first stop will be at the Thien Mu Pagoda, also called the Lady Pagoda. Set where two rivers meet, you can get a great view of the Perfume River and the area around it. Drive to King Minh Mang's and King Khai Dinh's tombs. 

Have lunch at local restaurant

Continue to see the Imperial Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City, both of which are important historical sites. The Imperial Citadel is an amazing historical landmark in Hue, and the Forbidden Purple City is a must-see place to learn more about the history and architecture of this peaceful country. You will be taken back to your hotel after the tour.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hue

DAY 9: HUE- FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH CITY (B)

Have breakfast at hotel and free until transfer to the airport to take flight to Ho Chi Minh. Upon arrival, welcome and transfer to hotel for check in.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

DAY 10: HO CHI MINH CITY – CU CHI TUNNELS (B/L)

- At 8:00, tour guide and driver will come to pick you up at your hotel for heading to Cu Chi Tunnel.  After a 2-hour trip through beautiful scenery, you'll reach the Cu Chi Tunnels.

- Watch a short movie about how they were built before going into the tunnels.

- Explore the tube maze for the next hour.

- Lunch at local restaurant

- The Ho Chi Minh City tour starts at 1:00 p.m. with a trip to the Old Post Office and Notre Dame Cathedral, two great examples of classic French colonial buildings.

- You should go to the Reunification Palace, which is one of the most important buildings in the city.

- Visit the War Museum

- Stop by the busy Ben Thanh Market, which is popular with tourists because it is in the middle of the city.

- You will be taken back to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

DAY 11: MEKONG DELTA CRUISE DAY TOUR (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel

  • 8:00: Be picked up at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City to transfer to Cai Be, a Mekong Delta town in Vietnam
  • After boarding the Cai Be Princess Sampan, the crew will greet you with a cold tower and a drink as the ship cruises on the river and begins a new voyage to Tan Phong Islet.
  • Explore Tan Phong Islet by bike.
  • Plug fruits and taste plentiful fruits, especially rambutan, which adds economic value to the spectacular eco-tourism Mekong Delta.
  • Visit the garden, where you can buy a limited amount of fruits for a low price, and then visit one of the surrounding cottage enterprises to witness how rice paper, rice flour cakes, roof panels, and other home goods are created.
  • The boat returns to Cai Be Princess Sampan and cruises through little canals to Phu An, taking in the village's scenery.
  • Have lunch at Le Longanier Restaurant, a colonial-style villa surrounded by fruit trees. After lunch, visit Ba Bon Bridge.
  • Return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

DAY 12: HO CHI MINH DEPARTURE (B)

After breakfast, you are free at leisure until transfer to airport for flight back home. Trip ends.

Meals: Breakfast

Durations

Multi day

Language

English
Vietnamese

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