Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrive Hanoi - Tranfer Airport – City Tour (L)

   • 7h:30 - 8h:00 - Our driver will pick you up from the Airport station and will transfer you to the city center to join the group tour.
   • We will start our city day trip. Head to Uncle Ho’s final resting place standing in Ba Dinh Square, where Vietnamese cultural and political events usually take place. 
   • Visit Ho Chi Minh stilt house, where Ho Chi Minh used to live intermittently during the Vietnam War, and One Pillar Pagoda – a Buddhist temple featuring a particular architecture inside and a peaceful lotus lake outside. 
   • Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, visit the Bodhi tree, which was offered by Indian Prime Minister Rajendra Prasad as a gift when he visited Vietnam in 1959. 
   • 12:30: Have Lunch in a restaurant in the Old Quarter.
   • Continue to the ancient temple named Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake). 
   • Go to see the first Vietnam University - Literature Temple (Quoc Tu Giam) founded in 1070 based on teachings of Confucian.
   • 16:15: Enjoy the Water Puppet show - a kind of well-known traditional Vietnamese art which is preserved through generations and is more than 800 years old. (Excluded water puppet show)

   Free time dinner for yourself. 

   Stay overnight in Ha Noi.

   Please note: The Program will be adjusted to suit the arrival flights. The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed on Monday and Friday. And all museums are closed on Monday. Alternatives will be recommended accordingly.

2. Day 2: Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Hoa Lu – Trang An – Mua Cave (B/L)

   Ninh Binh, the best choice for tourists for short time travelling, with dozens of must-see sites and increasingly upgraded services, now draws more and more attention to its tourism activities. This day tour includes religious worship, boating, history and excavation learning and an optional choice for who loves biking. 

   • 07:30 – 08:00 – Our guide from Vietnam Travel Advisor will meet you at your hotel/stay and start the Best Trang An Hoa Lu Mua Cave 1-Day Tour comfortable Shutte bus journey through the verdant landscape. Stop over for a rest on the way.
   • 10:30 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with King Dinh Temple dating back to the 17th Century.
   • 11:15 – Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with a precious view of nature.
   • 12:30 – Enjoy the buffet lunch at our restaurant, a great place to savor the flavors of Vietnamese food.
   • 14:00 – Visit Trang An Grottoes, get on a rowing boat traveling along the river with scenic mountain and green fields landscape.

3. Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Surprising cave – Titop Island overnight on cruise [B/L/D]

   • 08:15 - 09:00: Have breakfast in the hotel –  our tour guide will pick you up to go to Halong Bay.
   • 12.00 Meeting in Tuan Chau pier, Halong Bay.
   • 12:30 - On arrival at the pier, you will board your Silversea Cruise and you are warmly welcomed by the professional and friendly crew.
   • 13:00 - Check-in cabin and enjoy specially prepared lunch while cruising through most beautiful parts of the magical bay with thousands of amazing limestone islands emerging from emerald water. Sailing with Silversea Cruise in very tranquil route, exploring the exotic beauty of the legendary Bay, a feeling in paradise will come to you.
   • 14:30 - Keep cruising to the most beautiful parts of Halong Bay. This is the best time to relax after lunch and enjoy your privacy, capturing stunning photos of the legendary bay.
   • 15:30 - Visit Surprising Cave – the most beautiful one in Halong Bay.
   • 16:30 - Small tender brings you to visit Titop island, hiking to the top of the island from where tourists can capture a panoramic view of Halong Bay.
   • 18:00 - Join the sunset party on the sundeck in a warm and romantic atmosphere, making friends with other members in the group, enjoy fresh local fruit, listening soft, light music.
   • 19:00 - Enjoy the special dinner cooked by our professional chef.
   • 20:30 - The moment you choose your own way to relax after dinner, listening to music, singing karaoke, relaxing on the sundeck, squid fishing available for entertainment during the night time.

4. Day 4: Halong Bay – Kayaking - Hanoi - Flight to Nha Trang ( B/L) Note excluded flight tickets

   • 06:00 - Take photos of sunrise, morning exercise with our Tai Chi master, a perfectly healthy way to start a new day.
   • 07:00 - Enjoy your breakfast, coffee, tea, and fruits.
   • 07:45 - Kayaking & swimming.
   • 09:00 - Back to Cruise for check-out. Keep cruising towards Ha Long Bay, passing by hundreds of islands and islets with different shapes depending on your imagination.
   • 11:00 - Farewell lunch served on the cruise before you arrive at harbor.
   • 12:30 - Tour ends at Tuan Chau pier.
   • 16:30 - Arrive at Hanoi. Transfer to Airport Flight to Nha Trang. 

5. Day 5: Nha Trang – Mun Island – Mini beach - Coral bay (B/L)

   • From 08.30 am – 08.50am, the guide and driver will pick up from the hotel to Cau Da port.

   • Explore Mun Island, the best island for snorkling where you can see lots of sea life, colorful corals, and fish.

   • Then, enjoy relaxing, swimming, & doing water sports or other activities at Mot Island, Tranh Beach Island, or on a small island called “Mini beach”. Take a fresh lunch at the island. On the way back you will visit a fishing village before going to the shore.

6. Day 6: Nha Trang City Tours – Dalat (B/L)

   • From 08.30 am – 08.50 am, check out of the room. The guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to Nha Trang City for the tour.

   • Visit Son pagoda.

   • Visit Mountain Church. 

   • Visit Hon Chong Promontory. 

   • Visit Ponagar Cham Tower.

   • 15h: End of Tour. Our driver will pick you up and transfer you to Dalat. Check in to your hotel and stay overnight in Dalat.

7. Day 7: Da Lat – Lang Biang mountain – Truc lam pagoda – Datanla waterfall (B/L)

   • Enjoy various activities in Dalat.

8. Day 8: Highlight of Dalat - The Famous Tourist attaction – Flight to HCM City or by Bus (B/L)

   • Have breakfast in the hotel and check out the room, and our tour guide will pick you up and join the tour.
   • From 8:00 am till 4:00 pm:
     • Visit Cau Dat Green Tea Hill and The Wind electricity turbines on the hill.
     • Visit Persimmon hanging according to technology from Japan.
     • See high tech strawberry farm.
     • Take wonderful photos at Mama Dala, one of the best and newest complex in Da Lat, with over 30 different sites such as Tiktak clock, ancient ferns, bubble house, etc.
     • Enjoy original weasel coffee at Me Linh coffee shop (fee not included in the package - paid service).
     • Immerse yourself in buckwheat, cosmos, sunflower fields. (seasonal).
     • Visit Thuy Thuan Coffee Factory – One of the largest in Da Lat.
   • 16:00 - Finish tour. Our driver will transfer you to airport for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. 

9. Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta full day (B/L)

   • Start at 8.00 AM: Visitors will be taken to My Tho wharf; after that, the motorboat will take you on the Tien River to see the floating fish farm villages and the RACH MIEU bridge - a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Tien River and linking the two provinces of Tien Giang (My Tho) and Ben Tre together, and four islands: Long, Lan, Qui, and Phung.
   • Stop by Con Lan to visit the local honey bee farm and taste the unique honey tea.
   • After that, the electric cart will escort you to the fruits garden where you can try out the fresh tropical fruits (seasonal) and listen to traditional Southern music.
   • Next, experience the taste of the Mekong Delta by sitting on a rowing boat, weaving into the small canal, watching rows of water coconuts, and taking in the simple landscape.
   • Return to the big boat, along the Tien River, the motorboat will take you to the province of Ben Tre, which is known as the "Vietnamese coconut island" to visit the specialty of Ben Tre's coconut candy oven.
   • Have lunch at a local restaurant. Take a rowing boat to the restaurant to have lunch with typical dishes of the Mekong Delta.
   • Return at 4.00 PM.

10. Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City tour or Cu Chi tunnel – Departure (B/L)

    In The Morning:  City tour 

    • 8.30 am. Depart from your hotel or our office to Cu Chi Tunnels - Ho Chi Minh city tour 1 day.
    • War Remnants Museum: A war museum containing exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.
    • Dinh Độc Lập: Is a place classified as a remarkable national monument. This place has witnessed many historical events in the country. Especially the event of Liberation of the South to reunify the country on April 30, 1975.
    • Nhà thờ Đức Bà: Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon, officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception, is a cathedral located in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established by French colonists who initially named it the Church of Saigon, the cathedral was constructed between 1863 and 1880.
    • Saigon Central Post Office: The Ho Chi Minh City Post Office, or the Saigon Central Post Office, is a post office in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, near Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city’s cathedral. The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the late 19th century.
    • In The Afternoon: Cu Chi Tunnel: Firstly, excursion Cu Chi Tunnels is an underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. It took about 25 years to build this underground city, which has living rooms, kitchens, hospitals, weapon factories, storage facilities and command centre. The tunnel system was an excellent way for the Vietcong to move around the countryside undetected by the Americans and home to around 10,000 people who lived underground for several years.

    • Before we go underground, we watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. We then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers.

    • Have lunch at the restaurant. Then we drive back to Ho Chi Minh City.