Day 1: Arrival to Hanoi ( D )
Arrive
at Noi Bai international airport. Visa arrangements. Welcomed by your
local tour guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel in the city center.
Take an orientation tour on the cyclos ( If time permits ). Welcome
dinner. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hanoi.
Day 2: Ha Noi City Tour ( B/L/_)
Breakfast
at hotel. Visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing Ho Chi Minh
Mausoleum, the Presidence Palace, Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts and One
Pillar pagoda. Continue with the Temple of Literature Vietnam's first
university. Lunch at local reaturant. Afternoon, visit the Hoan Kiem
lake, Ngoc Son temple, Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple. Cyclo ride
around the old quarter streets from Hang Dau to Hang Gai. Dinner?€ ?€ ss
on guest?€ ?€?€sss account. Transfer to train station for departure to
Sapa with the night train ( schedule: 21:00 - 05:00 ). Overnigh at the
A/c soft sleeper cabin. ?€
Day 3: Lao Cai - Sapa ( B/L/_ )
Arrival
to Lao Cai station at 5:00 in the morning. Pick up at Lao Cai Station
then transfer to Sapa. Have breakfast and shower in hotel before the
trip starts. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Day
tribes. Have a picnic lunch on the way then keep going along the bottom
of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village, which is supposed to be
the most beautiful one in the area. Return to Sapa. Dinner on guest
account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Sapa.
Day 4: Sapa -Lao Cai -Hanoi ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast
at hotel. We start the trip after breakfast, heading up to Giang Ta
Chai village of the Red Zdao tribe where you will have lunch. After
lunch you check out and leave your luggage in the hotel then get
yourself ready before heading down to Cat Cat and Sin Chai villages of
Black H'Mong tribe. Enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful
scenery along the way. Dinner on guest?€ ?€?€ ss account. Transfer to Lao
Cai for overnight train back to Ha noi. Overnight on the A/c soft
sleeper cabin.
Day 5: Ha Noi -Ha long ( B/L/D )
Arrive
Hanoi around 5 : 00 am in the morning. Pick up at the train. Transfer
to the restaurant for breakfast. Then, Leave for Ha Long Bay. Arrive Ha
Long Bay and board the Huong Hai junk. Check in. Have lunch then visit
Ha Long Bay, Thien Cung cave, Dau Go cave, round over Tuan Chau island
, Dog island , Sail island, Ti Top Beach, have dinner on junk, enjoy
sunset, drink and over night on the junk. ( Optional : Kayaking ).
Day 6: Ha long - Ha noi ( B/L )
Have
breakfast. Visit man's head island, Tortoise island, Toad island, Bai
tho mountain. Return and have lunch on junk. Back to Ha Long wharf.
Coach trip back to Ha Noi . Dinner on guest account. Overnight at your
proposed hotel in Hanoi.
Day 7: Hanoi- Hue ( B/_/D )
Breakfast
at hotel. Free at leisure for shopping until transfer to Noi Bai
airport for boarding to Hue on flight VN 245 ( 12 : 40 ?€ - 13 : 50 ).
Pick up and transfer to hotel. After breakfast visit local market in
Hanoi ( if time permits ). Afternoon, visit Dong Ba market, the
Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and
1945, the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City. Enjoy the dinner cruise
on the perfume river and the Hue folk songs. Overnight at your proposed
hotel in Hue.
Day 8: Hue ( B/L/- )
Breakfast
at hotel. Take a morning cruise on the Perfume River to visit royal
tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and mausoleum of Emperor Minh
Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Free at lsire in the
afternoon. Dinner on guest acoount. Overnight at your proposed hotel in
Hue.
Day 9: Hue - Danang- Hoi An ( B/L/_)
Breakfast
at hotel. In the morning drive toward Hoi An (about 4 hours). Drive
along Lang Co beach and through Hai Wan Pass to Danang city. Continue
toward Hoi An, which was originally a Cham seaport influenced down
centuries by traders from various cultures. On the way stop at the
Marble Mountains. The charm of Hoi An makes it one of the most
delightful places to visit in Vietnam. Dinner on guest account.
Overnight at your proposed hotel.
Day 10: Hoi An (B/L/-)
Breakfast
at hotel. Starting early in the morning with the morning market.
Afterward stroll around the town, visit the Japanese Covered Bridge,
the Pottery Museum, Tan Ky old house, the Cantonese congregation, the
silk street of Hoi An, the temples and pagodas of Chinese appearance.
Afternoon- visit Myson holy land. Return to Hoi An. Dinner?€?€ ?€ ss on
guest account. Overnight at your proposed hotel.
Day 11: Hoi An ?€ - Danang -Nha Trang ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast
at hotel. Free for shopping in hoi an. Depart for Danang for a visit of
Cham Museum, home to Vietnam's largest collection of Cham treasures.
Lunch at local reaturant before transferring to Danang airport for
boarding to Nha Trang on flight No VN 337 ( 14 : 10 - 15 : 30 ).
Pick up at Cam Ranh airport anf transfer to hotel. Fre at leisure in
the beach sity. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Nha Trang.
Day 12: Nha Trang and it offshore islands ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast
at hotel. Take the morning boat trip to visit the Tri Nguyen Aquarium,
the off shore islands around Nha Trang with the Mun mot island. Enjoy
your swiiming and beach activities. Lunch at Tam island with fresh
seafood. Return to Nha Trang. Dinner on guest account. Overnight at
your proposed hotel in Nha Trang.
Day 13: Nha Trang HCMC, City Tour (B/L/_)
Breakfast
at hotel. Transfer to Cam Ranh airport for boarding to Ho Chi Minh City
on flight No 451 ( 8 : 15 ?€ - 9 : 30 ). Pick up and transfer to hotel.
A sightseeing tour to the Reunification Palace, which was the former
residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975,
and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame cathedral,
the Old Central Post Office. Tour of Chinatown and Tien Hau & Quan
Am pagodas. After seeing the Emperor Jade Pagoda and the War Remnants
Museum we end the city tour with Ben Thanh market where anything and
everything is for sale. Dinner on guest account. Overnight at your
proposed hotel in HCMC.
Day 14: HCMC - Tay Ninh - Cu Chi - HCMC (B/L/_)
Breakfast
at hotel. Driving west to Tay Ninh, head quarter of Cao Dai region. On
arrival we attend the fantastic mid-day temple service when the
followers fill the hall wearing colored robes, a symbol of the curious
combination of the Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. On the way back a
stop for a visit Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground tunnels network
constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for
independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, accommodation, etc. and
were used as a military base for the Vietcong in the American war.
Driving back to HCMC. Dinner on guest account. Overnight at your
proposed hotel in HCMC.
Day 15: HCMC- Cai Be -Vinh Long ( B/L/_)
Breakfast
at hotel. Drive to the upper Mekong Delta, take the mortorised boat to
visit the Cai Be floating market, roam into the villages to vexperience
the daily lifes of the local people, enjoy the fresh fruit in the
orchards, proceed to Vinhlong by crusing to enjoy the charm of the
Upper Mekong river, visit the Binh Hoa Phuoc village. Lunch served
right in the heart of the bonsai garden. Return to mailand. Return to
Hochiminh city. Dinner on guests' account. Overnight at your proposed
hotel in HCMC.
Day 16: Hochiminh city and departure ( B/_/_ )
Breakfast at hotel. Free for your own activities until transfer to Tan San nhat airport for departure.