Tour overview
With this tour of 13 days, from south to north, you will visit all the sites and the most beautiful landscapes of our wonderful country.
In Mekong Delta, you'll love to walk or bike bitween the green fruiters gardens and rice fields. In the Centre you will pass through rice fields where farmers with their famous Vietnamese conical hat are working. This is another face of Vietnam you'll discover, intimate and true.
To escape the stress of the city, Sa Pa town in the northern Vietnam is the perfect place for all those who wish to find a sanctuary for the soul. Here you will immerse in the daily life of some ethnic tribes
Highlights of the tour
- Visit the floating market of Cai Rang - multicolor table very life on the water to the Mekong Delta
- Visit the old town of Hoi An, the capital of charm classified as World Heritage by UNESCO
- The town of Sa Pa: manifiques scenery, good food, temperated climate and rich culture of the ethnic muticouleurs
- Diverse activities to discover the best of the daily life of local
- Unforgettable night on Halong bay with emerald water, fresh seafood served on board, sunset amid the karst peaks
Itinerary
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Day
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Itinerary
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Meal
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Accompaniment
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Day 1
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Sai Gon arival
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D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 2
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Sai Gon – Mekong – Cruise on Mango Boat
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 3
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Sai Gon – Da Nang – Hoi An
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 4
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Hoi An discovery
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 5
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Hoi An – Da Nang – Hue
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 6
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Hue visite
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 7
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Hue – Ha Noi
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 8
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Ha Noi city tour – night train to Lao Cai
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 9
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Lao Cai – Sa Pa
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 10
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Sa Pa – Lao Cai – Ha Noi
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 11
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Ha Noi – Ha Long bay
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 12
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Ha Long – Ha Noi
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 13
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Ha Noi departure
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B
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Driver
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Day 1
Saigonarrival
Arrive at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Meet the guideand the driver of ...and then transfer to the hotel.The rest ofthe day is freeto relax orto make a first exploration of the city. Overnight at hotel.
Day 2
Saigon - Ben Tre– Mango Cruise – Sai Gon
Transfer: 100km – 3 hours
Depart from Saigon around 8 am and head south to Ben Tre province, famous for its coconut production and quiet, peaceful waterways.
On arrival, take a xe loi ride through the local village of Huu Dinh to enjoy the green fields and gardens. Continue with a short walk to Huu Phuoc Bridge, where you will start your boat trip through small canals with beautiful tropical scenery. On board the boat, enjoy a welcome drink (mango cocktail) and tropical fruits while cruising.
The cruise will stop first at a brick factory, where the locals still use centuries-old traditional methods to make the bricks by hand. Then go back to your boat to cross the An Hoa River, where you will take a sampan trip through narrow canals and enjoy the peacefulness of the region. The sampan will take you to visit one of our friends, Mrs. Huong who lives with her 3 children and grandson – they live on fishing, shrimp and fruit orchards. Enjoy fresh fruits and tea before heading to visit a rice noodles factory which produces Hu Tieu noodles, one of most popular breakfast dishes in the region.
Then switch to a bicycle and ride on village roads past green gardens and local houses, and stop at another local house where they live on their traditional family business, sampan boat building. Then continue your cycling trip to My Long to visit Mr Sau Tuong, a former Vietcong soldier who survived two years fighting the Khmer Rouge in Phnom Penh. Now he and his wife live on making rice paper which is the most famous specialty of My Long village. Have a chat with him and enjoy the crispy rice paper made by his wife, and see how it is made.
Then return to the village road to carry on the bike ride to a local restaurant by the river side. It is time for you to relax and enjoy a 5-course lunch of local specialties. Relax and walk around the garden after lunch, and then visit the nearby house of Mr Hung, who is a famous sticky rice maker in the village. You can also feed his stock of catfish and walk through his fruit garden.
After the visit, the boat will be waiting for you at the pier nearby to bring you back to Ben Tre city where your car is ready to take you back to Saigon. Overnight in hotel
Day 3
Sai Gon – Da Nang – Hoi An
Flight: 1 hour
Morning flight to Da Nang. You will be picked up and taken to Hoi An
In the afternoon, you walk to the old town, buy entrance tickets and begin the tour. Start visiting the Temple Kwan, Phuc Kien Temple, Tan Ky Ancient House, Phung Hung house, Japanese Bridge and cultural show rooms in Hoi An. After your walking tour if you have free time,you can do shopping at the old town. Guide will take you back to the hotel. Overnight in hotel
Day 4
Hoi An discovery
Free morning for your own visit.
14:00 the guide will pick up you at the hotel’s lobby, then depart by a boat from Thu Bon wharf on Bach Dang street and sail along the major branch of the lower section of Thu Bon river, enjoy the beautiful scenery along both banks of the river and the many boats bobbing on the waters. After that, you will be taken to the Cua Dai estuary, going up to theCo Co river and heading for Bay Mau nipa (water coconut tree) grove where you will disembark and discover the daily life of the people there. On the way back to Hoi An. Overnight in hotel
Day 5
Hoi An – Da Nang – Hue
Transfer: 110km – 3.5 hours
Departure by road toHue,the unique city of Vietnam remained intact to become an invaluable cultural and historical heritage,through the famous Colclouds that offersits top asuperbpanoramaon the coast of Central Vietnam.
Halfwaystop at Danang, colonial Turanto visitfor an hourthe ChamMuseum, which houses a large collection of sculptures of Chamcivilization Kingdom snowmissing.
Arrival in Hue in the afternoon, we take a cyclo ride to visit the dol streets abd local life. Overnight in hotel.
Day 6
Hue visit
Visiting Hue begins in the morning with a visit to the Imperial City of the Nguyen Dynasty (1804-1945). Discover the main monuments of the World Heritage: The Flag Tower, the Porte du Midi, the Pavilion of Edicts, the Palace of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden Purple City ...
After visiting the Imperial City, 1 hour cruise on the Perfume River, a beautiful romantic river which is a source of inspiration for many musical and literary creations of Vietnam. Landing at the foot of the Thien Mu Pagoda, old and original Buddhist monument. Visit Pagoda before returning to the town for lunch.
The afternoon is reserved to the visit of the royal tomb of Tu Duc, built in the middle of frangipani and pine trees on the plans. Among the many tombs of the Nguyen kings, that of Tu Duc is the roomiest, most beautiful and closer to nature. Being himself a poet, Tu Duc was the architect of his last house he has built a whole philosophy of Oriental life.
Back in town, short stop visiting a village making incense sticks, common worship which, according to Buddhist belief, are used to establish communication between the living world and the afterlife. Overnight at hotel.
Day 7
Hue – Ha Noi
Flight: 1 hour
Transfert airport – hotel: 30km – 45 minutes
Transfert in the morning to the airport to take the flight to Ha Noi
Arrival at Hanoi airport by your morning flight. Welcome by your guide and transfer to the hotel in the center of the city. Installation at the hotel and free time to relax until 3:00 p.m.
The end of the afternoon is spent for a short tour of the Vietnamese capital by tramway. You will discover a city of poetry, a market town, a city that will amaze you with the lives of its inhabitants, a city toggling between tradition and modernity.
Return to your hotel after a stop at Hoan Kiem Lake, in the heart of Hanoi. Visit Ngoc Son temple located on the shores of the lake.
In the evening, you will enjoy a puppet show on the water, folk art of the peoples in the Red River Delta. Overnight at hotel
Day 8
Ha Noi visit – night train to Lao Cai
Night train: 8 hours
Start your day of exploring Hanoi with a walk in the gardens of the former Palace of the Governorof Indochina, now become the Presidential Palace. Discover the One Pillar Pagoda on stilts of Ho Chi Minh, the founder of modern Vietnam, and the inside of his Mausoleum (except Monday and Friday when visiting the interior is impossible).
You can also visit the pagoda Tran Quoc at the edge of the large Lake (West Lake), and the Museum of Ethnography, which offers a way of life, customs and habits of the 54 ethnic minorities populating Vietnam.
In the afternoon, visit the Temple of Literature, the first national university in the original architecture built in the eleventh century and now dedicated to the worship of Confucius and the Scholars. This Temple has become the symbol of Hanoi and the Vietnamese Culture.
Transfer in the afternoon to railway stattion to take the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight in the soft bed cabin
Day 9
Lao Cai – Sa Pa – homestay in Ta Van village
Transfer: 40km – 1 hour
Easy hiking: 2-3 hours
Picked up at Laocai Station early in the morning by our bus. Drive to Sa Pa and breakfast in local restaurant.
Then we start to visit the village of the black H'mong (Cat Cat), walk around visiting people in the village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French in the old days. Take the paths along the valleys between mountains to get to Laochai village. Enjoy the overall pictures of the villages among terraces. Visit the H'mong living in wooden and bamboo houses. Continue going to Tavan village to visit the Dzay minority. Stay the night in Tavan village at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay. Overnight in homestay at Tavan village.
Day 10
TaVan –GiangTa Chai – Lao Cai – Ha Noi
Walking: 4-5 hours
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village. Breakfast; take the road to GiangTaChai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek - Supan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa. On the way back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings. Overnight in hotel.
Day 11
Ha Noi – Ha Long bay
Transfer: (200 km – 4.5 hours)
Arival early in the morning. You will have the day use room for shower and breakfast
After breakfast, transfer by road to Halong Bay, the eighth wonder of the world. This journey give you a chance to see the rice fields and the countryside of the Red River Delta.
On arrival around noon, check in a beautiful wooden junk for a cruise enchanting 2 days / 1 night in Halong Bay.
During this cruise, you can explore this vast chaos of karst mountains, caves, lagoons with all these ghostly shapes that can be seen from far away. It is so nice to feel completely lost and discovering every second new forms of increasingly tormented rocks. In addition, the play of light, clouds and mist creates unexpected atmospheres. It is the same life on the bay with all its fishing boats, whole families who either live in floating houses or aboard simple craft.
In late afternoon, the ship dropped anchor for the night in the bay. It is then possible for you to swim in the emerald sea or kayaking.
The lunch and dinner are served on the junk menu with excellent seafood. Overnight on board the junk in private cabin.
Day 12
Ha Long bay – Ha Noi
Transfer: (200 km – 4.5 hours)
Flight: 1 hour
Morning in the bay, this is a special time for meditation and take a morning bath.
The buffet breakfast is served while the junk starts up slowly towards the pier. The return cruise allows you to discover other parts of the bay, including the Heavenly Palace Cave or the Cave of Surprise.
Landing at 11:30 and taken the road towards Hanoi. Direct transfer to the airport. On the road, visiting a traditional pottery village. This village, which stays away from mass tourism, still keeps the shapes of the oldest villages of the Red River Delta. Overnight in hotel
Day 13
Ha NoiDeparture
Transfer: 30km – 45 minutes
Transfer to the airportfor yourdeparture flight.The roomis availableuntil noononly.
Accommodation:
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Sites
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Accommodation
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Night
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Sai Gon
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Sapphire hotel ***
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2
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Hoi An
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Vinh Hung Emeralda Resort ***
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2
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Hue
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Asia hotel ***
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2
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Ha Noi
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Medallion hotel ***
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2
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Sa Pa
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Homestay in Ta Van village
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1
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Ha Long
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Marguerite Junk
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1
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Tour Price: Available upon Request
Rates vary frequently. Please contact us to get the best possible price based upon your travel period and specific touring needs.
Our services include:
- Accommodation in a shared twin or shared double room
- 2 days/ 1 night cruise on the sharing confortable junk in Ha Long bay
- Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
- Domestic flights: Sai Gon – Da Nang & Hue – Ha Noi, economic class, airport tax included
- Mago Cruise for day trip in Mekong delta
- English speaking guide (for other languages supplements apply)
- Night train tickets: Ha Noi – Lao Cai – Ha Noi, in soft bed cabin
- Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fees for mentioned visits
- Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
Our services do not include:
- Other meals not mentioned
- Other services not mentioned
- Visa fee to Viet Nam
- International Flights
- Laundry, telephone calls and expenditure of a personal nature
- Tips, Travel insurance
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