Tour Code: VBG05
Tour Price:See the table below
Tour Type: Joining random group
Highlights: Ho Chi Minh City - My Tho - Ben Tre- Cai Rang; Phong Dien- Danang - Hoian - Hue - Hanoi

Detailed Tour Itinerary

Day 1 : Hochiminh city arrival 

Arrive to Tan San Nhat airport. Welcome by your local guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel. Take an orientation tour in the afternoon (if time permits). Welcome dinner. Overnight in Hochiminh city. ( Dinner included)

Day 2 : Hochiminh city tour

Breakfast at the hotel. Start 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 Thien 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 guests‘ account. Overnight in HCMC (Breakfast and lunch included).

Day 3: HCMC - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho

7h:45 Pick up at your hotel in HCMC. Depart for My tho. Take the boat cruise through Bao Dinh Canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river sides. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island. Lunch served in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruise under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the family where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorised boat. Proceed to Can Tho. Dinner on guests' account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho. (Lunch included).

Day 4: Phong Dien - Cai Rang 

7:00 AM After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the Phong Dien floating market with the busy sence right at the time. Keep cruising through the small chanels system, visit the rice noodles making viallge. Experience the " monkey Bridge " in the Delta. Visit the second floating market of Cai Rang. Break time for lunch. Return to Hochiminh city via Vinh Long to visit the local snake market. (Breakfast and lunch included)

Day 5 : Hoi An - Hue

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Hue via Danang, visit the Marble mountain, the Cham museum. Stop for photos at the Hai Van pass, Lang co beach. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, visit Visit Dong Ba market, the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945, the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hue. (Breakfast, lunch)

Day 6 : Hue city tour - Hanoi 

Breakfast at the hotel. Take the morning boat trip to visit the royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Lunch at local restaurant. Transfer to airport for boarding to Hanoi on flight no VN 244 ( 14 : 40 - 15 : 50 ). Pick up at Noi Bai airport, transfer to your hotel in the Old Quarter. Welcome dinner with Hanoi's speciality. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hanoi. Ha Noi - Hoan Kiem Lake. (Breakfast, lunch)

Day 7 : Ha noi City tour 

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts and One Pillar pagoda. Continue with the Temple of Literature Vietnam's first university, Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple, Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hanoi. (Breakfast and lunch included).

Day 8 : Hanoi - Halong

Ha Long Bay Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up aat your hotel & depart for Halong. Enjoy the 3 hours drive to Ha Long city. Arrive in Ha Long. Arrive in Ha Long city. The seafood lunch will be served at the local restaurant. You then board the boat to enjoy a four hour cruise on the bay to visit the Thien Cung Cave ( The cave of the heavenly - famous for its stalagmites and stalactiles ) which has been open to public since 1998. Visitors then admire the newly - discovered Dau Go grotto (wooden stakes deep inside the cave prior to a battle with an invading Mongol army). Boat ride back to Ha Long city. Road trip back to Hanoi. Finish your day trip around 20h30pm (Breakfast and lunch included).

Day 9 : Hanoi and Depature

Breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to Noi Bai airport for departure. (Breakfast included).

Price in US$ per person

Tour Inclusions 

• English Speaking Guide.
• All accommodation in 2 star hotel on twin share basis with daily breakfasts
• Meals as indicated in the itinerary.
• All tours & transfers
• Entrance fees and permits during guided time.

Tour Exclusions

• International Airfares.
• International departure tax
• HCMC to Danang and Hue to Hanoi
• Visas and visa arrangement
• Personal travel insurance
• Personal expenses such as Bar, Telephone and Laundry bills.
• Tips and gratuities

Accommodation

• Hanoi: Namhai hotel, Sunny hotel or Vietanh hotel
• Hue: Bamboo hotel
• HoiAn: Huyhoang hotel
• Saigon: LeLe hotel

Note:

- You can adjust the program to fit your travel plan. If any, please tell us
- all rates above are per person, nett and inclussive of government taxes
- Surcharge 10%per above rates on Lunar New Year Eve, Chrismas Eve, and New Year Eve
- We will stay at clean local, hotels with good location which are easy access to city central, dining area, and favorite hangouts. While our emphasis is not on luxury accommodation, we can upgrade or downgrade the lodging upon your request