9-Day Cultural Tour of Vietnam with Halong Bay and Mekong Delta

• Meet the tour guide, who will warmly welcome you and transfer you from the airport to the hotel.
• Enjoy your free time.

Overnight in Hanoi.

• Start your Tràng An day tour. The Tràng An Tourism Complex, located in the northern province of Ninh Bình, is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. This eco-attraction, located in the east of Ninh Bình and covering an area of 2,000 hectares, is divided into five main parts: the special protection area (Hoa Lư Ancient Capital), the center, the caves area, the service and travel area, and the spiritual area - Bái Đính Pagoda. Bái Đính Pagoda is well known as one of the biggest pagodas and has the most statues in Vietnam. The Tràng An - Bái Đính tour is one of the popular tours during the festival season of the Vietnamese people after the Lunar New Year holiday.
• The tour guide will pick up guests from hotels located in the Old Quarter from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. The drive to Ninh Bình will take approximately 2 hours.
• Visit Bái Đính Pagoda, which has hundreds of Buddhist statues, including the biggest bronze Buddha statue, standing 10 meters tall. At 10:30 a.m., take a break and have lunch at a local restaurant with traditional Ninh Bình dishes made from goat meat. (12:30 p.m.)
• Continue the trip to Tràng An at 1:30 p.m. Upon arrival, take a boat trip along the Tràng An river to enjoy the cave complex. The scenery of Tràng An is a unique combination of deep turquoise river water between mountains, water caves, and clear blue sky that you will not find anywhere else. The boat trip lasts from 2 to 3 hours and is rowed by local people.
• Transfer to a local homestay in Ninh Bình and have a great time relaxing in that peaceful village.

(Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)

• Leave Hanoi for Halong Bay, arriving around noon. Board a traditional wooden junk and begin your exploration of magical Halong Bay, one of Southeast Asia's premier tourist destinations. An excellent fresh seafood lunch and dinner will be served on the boat.
• The junks in Halong are large wooden boats of 25 meters. All are well equipped with air-conditioned cabins with two beds, a private bathroom, and a toilet. It is an ideal place to make full use of the bay: observe fishing villages, bathe in the sea, watch the sunset and sunrise, or simply indulge yourself. The food is excellent, with fish and seafood captured from the early haul of the morning.

Overnight onboard the comfortable and charming junk.

(Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

(Cruise and shuttle bus)

• Wake up on the bay to the sounds of waves and birds welcoming the new day. You will have an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay, and after breakfast, visit a beautiful limestone grotto.
• Walk back to the boat for a final glimpse of Halong Bay while cruising back to the dock.
• Drive back to Hanoi.
• Transfer to the airport for your flight to Đà Nẵng. Then transfer to your hotel in Hoi An for check-in.

Overnight at the hotel.

(Meals: Brunch)

• Pick up by the guide at your hotel and depart for My Son Sanctuary, a World Cultural Heritage site.
• Arrive at My Son, where you will have 2 hours to discover the site by walking through the landscape, learning its history with your local English-speaking guide, and enjoying Champa traditional performances.
• Return to the minivan, then transfer to the wharf to take a boat trip to Hoi An. Enjoy the nice, cool breeze on board and the beautiful sunset river scenery on the Thu Bon River, the biggest river in Central Vietnam. Get your camera ready for amazing moments of local people's activities along the river.
• Reach Hoi An, where you will be dropped off at your hotel.

(Meals: Breakfast, Light Lunch)

• Have breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy free time at your leisure to explore Hoi An in your own way.

Overnight at the hotel.

• Transfer from Hoi An to the airport in Danang for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City.
• Upon arrival, pick up and transfer to the hotel for check-in before touring the historical landmarks of the colonial city once known as Saigon.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

(Meals: Breakfast)

• Depart for Mỹ Tho for a visit to the Mekong Delta.
• Take a boat cruise on the fabled Mekong River in Bến Tre. Enjoy the quiet byways, then stop to visit a local orchard to taste exotic seasonal fruit and see a coconut candy workshop.
• Continue with a horse-cart ride and a sampan cruise along the canals of Mỹ Tho to a stilt restaurant on Turtle Island. Enjoy lunch, then return to Saigon late in the afternoon. Free time follows, and dinner is on your own.

Overnight at the hotel.

(Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)

• Enjoy free time in the morning. The travel guide will pick you up at the hotel and transfer you to the airport for your onward flight.

Tour ends.