Tour overview
This tour give you a panoramic view of the North and Centre. From Hanoi to Hoi An, a nice trip through the most beautiful sites of the country with steps off the beaten track to meet the local people. Halong Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin, the whole sector in limestone scenery in Ninh Binh, ethnic minorities of Mai Chau, the rural life of the Red River Delta, the monuments of Hue, the charming Hoi An. Everything is included in this tour of amazing discovery.
Highlights of the tour
- Unforgettable night on boat in Halong Bay
- Meetings with ethnic Muong and White Thai in Mai Chau
- Immersion in rural life in North
- The most beautiful sites in the country
- Discovery deeply the Centre with two must: Hue and Hoi an
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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Hanoi arrival
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D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 2
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Hanoi visit
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 3
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Hanoï – Mai Chau valley
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 4
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Mai Chau – Thung Nham – Tam Coc
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 5
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Tam Coc – Phat Diem – Tam Coc
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 6
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Tam Coc – Ha Long bay
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 7
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Ha Long – Ha Noi – Flight to Hue
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 8
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Hue visit
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 9
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Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 10
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Hoi An discovery
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 11
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Hoi An – My Son – Hoi An
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 12
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Hoi An free
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B
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Day 13
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Hoi An – Ha Noi departure
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B
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Driver
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Day 1
Ha Noi arrival
Transfert: (30 km - 45 minutes)
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. Overnight at hotel.
Day 2
Ha Noi visit
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.
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 3
Ha Noi – Mai Chau
Transfer: 170 km – 4 hours
Walking without elevation - 1:30
Morning departure from Hanoi to Mai Chau, homeland of ethnic Muong and Thai people. Few stops along the way to visit the tea fields, Luong Son market, ethnic villages with their houses on stilts. Arrived in early afternoon in Mai Chau after a good stretch of road that winds, which rises and falls of the great mountains. Lunch in a thai family in the village of Ban Lac.
In the afternoon, visit of Ban Lac and walk through different villages inhabited by Thai located at the foot of the mountains.
Check in a beautiful wooden house on stilts. Meeting with the hosts. Dinner and overnight homestay (house equipped with mattresses, mosquito net and a shower with hot water).
Day 4
Mai Chau – Thung Nham – Tam Coc
Transfer:170 km, 4 hours
Breakfastat home stay then transfer to Tam Coc( Halong Bay on land) via Nho Quan district.
Arrival in Tam Coc, check in hotel and lunch in local restaurant. Then you take bike from Tam Coc Port to Bich Dong pagoda, visit and take photos for memory.
Upon you arrival the Thung Nham around 16h, you will surprise with a myriad of flowers blooming from the gates of the Valley. You visit the Bird Valley, will find really amazing how the province of Ninh Binh has a so peaceful valley like this, with numerous species of birds: egret, cranes and many more. Back to Tam Coc. Overnight in hotel.
Day 5
Tam Coc – Phat Diem –Tam Coc
Transfer:40 km, 1 hour
Boat:3 hoursround trip
After breakfast, departure to PhatDiem which is a complex of churches built of stone. The road passes through rice fields, small villages dotted with churches that evoke the image of the French campaign of the 18th century.Visit Phat Diem cathedral
Then transfer to a typical village in the heart of the Red River Delta, not far from Phat Diem. Visit the village, meeting with village and lunch in local house.
In the afternoon, back to Tam Coc. Cruise for 2 hours in small boats on the Ngo Dong river that winds countless limestone peaks environment.
Day 6
Tam Coc – Ha Long bay
Transfer:250km –4.5 hours
After breakfast, departure to HalongBay. 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 7
Ha Long bay – Ha Noi – flight to Hue
Transfer:250km –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. Evening flight to Hue (flight for about 1:00). Arriving in Hue around 20:00, reception and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 8
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 thePagoda 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 9
Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An
Transfer: (110 km – 3.5 hours)
Departure by road to Hoi An, the unique city of Vietnam remained intact to become an invaluable cultural and historical heritage, through the famous clouds col that offers from it top a superb panorama view on the coast of Central Vietnam .
Halfway stop at Danang, colonial Turan to visit for an hour the Cham Museum, which houses a large collection of sculptures of civilization Kingdoms Chams now missing.
Arriving in Hoi An in late morning at the hotel and lunch.
The afternoon is spent on visiting the old part of the city full of charm human scale, with major interests: Fujian dedicated to the patron goddess of fishermen and sailors, and the Japanese bridge built in 1593, between the Chinese and Japanese neighborhoods, the house of Tan Ky, one of the jewels of the hoiannaise architecture, the museum of ceramics; tailor shops...Overnight at hotel in Hoi An
Day 10
Hoi An discovery
Departure from your hotel by bicycle to CamThanh, a beautiful almost aquatic village at the mouth of the Thu Bon River. You will cross the typical landscapes of the beautiful countryside of Hoi An
In the village of CamThanh, meeting with farmers, explanation of the life cycle of rice and rice traditional techniques. Prompted then down into the rice, walk in the water and pants rolled up, head in the sun under the large conical hat, trying to work as a Vietnamese farmer: labor age witha buffalo, transplanting, harvesting ...depending on theseason.
After picnic lunch under a tent in the middle of rice fields, return to your hotel by bike. Afternoon free for you to enjoy the beach of Cua Dai. Overnight in hotel
Day 11
Hoi An – My Son – Hoi An
Transfer: 60km - 2 hours
In the morning, our guide will pick up you at the hotel’s lobby and depart for the ancient Cham ruins of My Son. Once there, visit the Tra Kieu capital which was the former administration center of Champa Kingdom. Discover the majestic ancient ruins at My Son including ancient towers which were built from the fourth century. Back to Hoi an
Free time in the afternoon. Overnight in hotel
Day 12
Hoi An free
Free day in Hoi An for your leisure or visit. Overnight in hotel
Day 13
Hoi An – Da Nang - Departure
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight. The room is available until noon only.
Accommodation
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Sites
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Accommodation
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Night
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Ha Noi
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Moonview 2 hotel ***
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2
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Mai Chau
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Homestay in Thai family
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1
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Tam Coc
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Tam Coc Ecolodge ***
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2
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Ha Long bay
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Marguerite Junk
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1
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Hue
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Asia hotel ***
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2
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Hoi An
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Thuy Duong 3 hotel ***
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4
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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: Ha Noi – Hue and Da Nang – Ha Noi, economic class, airport tax included
- English speaking guide (for other languages supplements apply)
- Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fees for mentioned visits
- Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
- Bicycle and cyclo tours as mentioned
Our services do not include:
- Other meals than mentioned
- Other services than mentioned
- Visa fee to Viet Nam
- International Flights
- Laundry, telephone calls and expenditure of a personal nature
- Tips, Travel insurance
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