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DAY 1: HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL – CITY TOUR (B – L)
Flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival Tan Son Nhat International Airport (8AM), after clearing all customs procedures, please proceed to exit gate and look for your driver who will be waiting outside and holding the Halu Vietnam Tours signboard with your name on it.
The driver will transfer you to the hotel, check in early and take a rest.
12:00 PM. Lunch time!
13:00 PM. We will visit Reunification Palace – The building, which was named Norodom Palace, was constructed for the French government in 1868.
14:30 PM. We keep going to two popular places which are known as symbols in Ho Chi Minh City. Central Post Office, which built between 1886 and 1891, has French colonial architecture combined with Eastern style.
Not far away is Notre Dame Cathedral, constructed in 1863 and fully constructed in 1880 by French architecture, has Roman architectural style mixed with Gothic architectural style and including cathedral, two bell towers (58 meters) and park outside. The building has been in remodeling, so we are not able to go inside, but the view outside is wonderful and worth checking in.
15:00 PM. Continue the journey, we head to War Remnants Museum. This place is also the last destination in this trip.
Back to your hotel and freetime at night.
DAY 2: CU CHI TUNNELS – MEKONG DELTA FULL DAY (B – L)
7:00 – 07:30 AM. Your guide ‘ll pick you up at your hotel and departing to Cu Chi Tunnels.
After 1 hour and a half for driving to reach Cu Chi village, you know more details how Viet Cong build it, how we could win the war when we lacked everything even food, medicine and exactly what happened in that area during the war time.
The Cu Chi Tunnels provided haven for soldiers and thousands of Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.
11:30 AM. Finishing the CuChi Tunnels tour and keep moving to Mekong Delta.
12:30 PM. Enjoy a barbecue and you’ll learn how to cook from a local chef.
14:30 PM. Getting on a boat and moving on the Mekong River to head the bee farm. You have chance to enjoy the honey tee and taking photo with the python and finger banana – the typical things in Mekong Delta.
Relaxing your mind by rowing boat on small, peaceful canal to get into local house of culture for enjoying “Đờn Ca Tài Tử” – A specific characteristic of Southern culture then visiting the coconut candy factory to see how the farmer makes coconut sweets.
16:00 PM. On the way back your bus, you pass the fishing village with lots of floating houses to take a look the fisherman’s life.
16:30 PM. Returning back to Ho Chi Minh city. End of the tour at your hotel.
DAY 3: DA NANG – MARBLE MOUTAIN – LINH UNG PAGODA – CAM THANH ECO VILLAGE – HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN – DA NANG (B – L)
Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang.
The car and tour guide will pick up you at the airport and start to visit Linh Ung Pagoda. Linh Ung Pagoda is the most impress tourist with 70m high and 40m wide of Lady Buddha special Artwork which one now become famous Buddhist area in Vietnam.
Leaving Linh Ung Pagoda for Marble Mountains where we spend time exploring Tang Chon Cave. Then head to Hoi An to visit Hoi An ancient town: Japanese bridge, old house, Phuc Kien Assembly Hall, pagoda…
Walking and shopping at Nguyen Hoang night market and visit lantern street, Hoai river.
Have lunch at local restaurant and we move to CAMTHANH ECO VILLAGE to enjoy the basket boat trip.
Take a bamboo basket boat on the Cam Thanh water coconut forest, have a brief introduction to the history there.
Join local fisherman on the river and enjoy hands-on experience of round net and cast net fishing.
Learn to paddle the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat and join in a basket boat race.
Explore the now peaceful coconut waterways of a past war.
Go catch the crabs, coconut mussel. Make funny tools from coconut leaf.
DAY 4: HOI AN – CHAM ISLAND 1 DAY TOUR (B – L)
07:30 – 08:30 AM. Pick up at hotel to Cua Dai harbour.
08:30 AM. Relaxing in fresh cool wind , you will enjoy the beautiful landscape on a speed boat to Cham Island.
09:00 AM. Arriving at Lang Beach.Visiting the Marine Protected Area, The Boat Shelter, Hai Tang pagoda, Traditional fishing Village.
10:00 AM. Swimming and snorkeling.’
11:30 AM. Staying at Bai Ong ecological zone or Bai Chong beach, swimming, taking time to enjoy a sea food lunch.
14:00 PM. Packing luggage for return trip.
Seeing you off at your hotel and finish your trip.
DAY 5: DA NANG – BA NA HILL – GOLDEN BRIGDE 1 DAY (B – L)
07:30 – 08:00 AM. Our Minivan and a tour guide pick you up at the hotel lobby. Reach Ba Na Hills via Cable Car.
Spend your time on the most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, visit Dream Stream Cable car Station and see the panorama of Quang Nam – Danang City on high.
After finishing the first cable car, you will visit The Golden Bridge – which has the most exotic structure and also the world’s most prominent pedestrian bridges highlighted by the British Guard newspaper, France wine cellar, Le Jardin D’amourn(consists of 9 gardens), Linh Ung pagoda.
Continue the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village – enjoy Street Music, watch Art’s statue, Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome …Challenge the most popular adventure ride – Slide of Tube Car (free ride)…
Lunch at Restaurant (Buffet).
Take the Lava Train from Sun Kingdom to many new attractions for check-in such as Helios waterfall, Time Gate, and The Moon Kingdom …Join in Fantasy Park by Walking in Fairy Forest, discovering Dinosaur Park, playing 5D wild west, enjoying 4D death race ride, watch 3D mega 360 degrees, ride on Journey into the underground, enter Jurassic Park, challenge Freefall Tower and participate in an adventure in Horror House and over 90 free games.
15:00 PM. Return to the Cable Car for leaving Ba Na Hills.
16:45 – 17:45 PM. Our minivan brings you back to your hotel. Tour ends.
DAY 6: HANOI – CITY TOUR (B – L)
Fight from Da Nang to Hanoi.
Upon arrival Noi Bai International Airport, transfer to your hotel in Hanoi for check in hotel and take a rest.
12PM. Lunch time.
Then start to visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or Uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house – where Uncle Ho lived and worked from 1958 to 1969, then visit Ho Chi Minh Museum where tourists will learn about his devotion for Viet Nam.
We continue our trip to Tran Quoc pagoda, Budhist relics and national heritage, lying on one side of West Lake.
Then we’ll proceed to visit Temple of Literature – The first university in Vietnam.
Leaving for Hoan Kiem Lake to visit Ngoc Son Temple where worships General Tran Hung Dao – The most talented general of Vietnam in the ancient time.
Back to your hotel and freetime at night.
DAY 7: HANOI – NINH BINH (HOA LU – TRANG AN – MUA CAVE) (B – L)
7:15 – 7:45 AM. You are picked up at your hotel to get to Ninh Binh in the morning.
10:20 AM. Get welcome drink on your arrival in Hoa Lu district where including a rich history and culture. Take a short rest then go to Mua Cave.
10:40 AM. We transfer you to Mua Cave by our tourist bus, or another way is taking a bike, you will have a chance of cycling through villages in Ninh Binh, looking around about local life.
Time Arrive at Mua cave, start climbing almost 500 stone steps to reach at the top of Mua cave. Feel the fresh air and admire a panoramic view of beautiful Tam Coc.
12:20 – 12:30 PM. Have a buffet lunch at local restaurant and relax.
13:15 – 13:45 PM. Go to Hoa Lu ancient capital, a very important relic of Viet Nam in the past. Here you will learn about the formation of the first capital located in Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh. Know about special and unique architecture appearing in some famous temple of King Dinh and King Le who made a big contribution to an ancient land.
14:30 PM. This is a highlight of the trip, take a boat tour from Trang An wharf is an satisfying experience you must do in Ninh Binh. Being on your rowing bamboo boat to explore many grottos with beautiful stalactites, see around wonderful landscapes of Trang An Tour.
17:20 PM. Trip ends, return to Hanoi.
19:00 – 19:25 PM. Drop you off in at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter Center and say goodbye.
DAY 8: HANOI – HALONG BAY – LAN HA BAY (B – L – D)
08:30. Hotel or private address pick up with our shuttle bus. Short break half way.
12:00 PM. Arriving at Tuan Chau marina, transferred by cruise. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing, safety instruction.
13:00 PM. A special lunch in Vietnamese cuisine of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites are served while sailing through Islets of Con Vit.
15:30 PM. The Cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay. The area is surrounded by extraordinary limestone karsts landscapes. We progress to the Ong Cam Area of Lan Ha Bay – a separate part of Ha Long bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam, enjoy kayaking and/or enjoy swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Bay.
17:30 PM. Back to Cruise, drop anchor for staying overnight. Enjoy the complimentary Sunset Party on the sundeck with local wine and fresh fruits.
19:00 PM. Dinner is served in the restaurant. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff. After dinner, retire to your cabin or join the fishing excursion, watch a movie, have a drink at the bar, wifi access or play exciting games. Overnight on board.
DAY 9: DARK & BRIGHT CAVE – HALONG BAY – HANOI (B – L)
06:00 AM. Enjoy sunrise and admire the never ending miraculous scenery of the Bay. Practice an invigorating Tai Chi session on the sundeck.
07:00 AM. Light breakfast, coffee and tea served.
08:00 AM. Visit Dark & Bright Cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage.
09:15 AM. Back to our cruise, relax before checking out.
10:15 AM. Join a cooking demonstration (teaching you how to make our speciality, Spring rolls) on the cruise.
10:45 AM. Lunch is served on board.
12:00 PM. Disembark at the Tuan Chau marina by tender. Take our shuttle bus to return to Hanoi.
15:00 – 15:30 PM. Arrival back at your hotel or home.
When you back from the tour, the bus drop you off at the hotel.
DAY 10: FREE TIME – CHECK OUT – AIRPORT DROP OFF (B)
12:00 PM. Check out.
14:00 PM. Transfer to the airport.
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Finish tour in Vietnam. Thank you so much and see you soon in next trip!
TOUR INCLUDES:
- All private airport transfer: pick up and drop off.
- Accommodation 3star: 9 nights hotel, 1 night on cruise.
- Meals as in the itinerary: 10 Breakfast, 9 Lunches, 1 Dinner.
- Private tour as itinerary: (private car 7seat, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch): Ho Chi Minh city tour, Da Nang – Marble mountain – Cam Thanh eco – Hoi An , Hanoi city tour.
- Daily group tour as itinerary: (bus transport, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, lunch): Cu Chi Tunnels – Mekong Delta, Cham Island, Ba Na Hill, Ninh Binh, Halong Bay 2days 1night.
TOUR EXCLUDES:
- Personal entertainment expenses.
- Personal costs: telephone fee, laundry, tip for tour guide.
- Meals out of tour (dinner not mentioned).
- Domestic flight HO CHI MINH CITY – DA NANG + DA NANG – HA NOI.
- Round trip International airfare to Vietnam.
- Vietnam Invitation letter or visa.
- Travel Insurance.
