Tour overview
From Hanoi to the Mekong Delta, this complete trip through the most beautiful sites of the country with steps off the beaten track help you 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 and exoticism of the Mekong Delta with floating markets ... Everything is included in this tour of amazing discovery.
Highlights of the tour
- Nights on board a boat in Halong Bay and the Mekong River
- Meetings with ethnic Muong and White Thai in Mai Chau
- Immersion in rural life in North
- The most beautiful sites in the country
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 – Da Nang – Sai Gon
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 12
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Sai Gon – Mekong – cruise on boat
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 13
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Mekong Delta – Sai Gon
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 14
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Sai Gon departure
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B
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Driver
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Day 1
Ha Noi arrival
Transfer: (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
Breakfast at homesaty then transfer to Tam Coc (the land Halong Bay) 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 heart of the city of Hoa Lu Town has 1 so peaceful valley like this, with numerous species of birds: egret, cranes and many more. Back to Tam Coc. Overnight in hotel
Day 4
Mai Chau – Thung Nham – Tam Coc
Transfer: 40 km, 1 hour
Boat: 3 hours round trip
After breakfast, departure to Phat Diem 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 of 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 after noon, back to Tam Coc. Cruise for 2 hours in small boats on the Ngo Dong river that winds countless limestone peaks environment.
Day 5
Tam Coc – Phat Diem –Tam Coc
Transfer: 40 km, 1 hour
Boat: 3 hours round trip
After breakfast, departure to Phat Diem 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 of 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 after noon, 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 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 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
Start with a bike ride or by car to Tra Que village, surrounded by a typical rural landscape dotted with coconut palms. You will discover the farmers’ life and have the chance to be introduced to their technical tilling and harvesting vegetables.
Then relax and enjoy a foot massage with medicinal herbs. Then we will guide you to make some traditional dishes of Hoi An. Lunch with tasting of the famous specialty of the village, "Tam Huu" assortment of shrimp, pork and herbs and six other dishes of regional specialties.
Returns in Hoi An in the afternoon. Free afternoon to enjoy the beach of Cua Dai. Overnight at hotel in Hoi An
Day 11
Hoi An – Da Nang – Sai Gon
Flight: 1 hour
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to Danang airport for flight to Sai Gon. Arrival in Saigon, greeted by the guide and the driver of the South. Shorttour of the cityviathe Saigon River, theold colonial district, Ton DucThang Avenue, Nguyen Hue Avenue( formerly Charnerbd). Visit the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office and BenThanh Market. Overnight at hotelin Saigon
Day 12
Sai Gon – Mekong, cruise on boat
Transfer: 200km –4 hours
After breakfastat the hotel, departure to Mekong Delta. Upon arrival in Cai Be, boarding the Cochinchine boat for an enchanting cruise on the Mekong.The noise of the floatingmarket fades very quickly. A beautiful landscape of the aquatic worlds crolling...Lunch is served on board.
Arrival at ChoLach, landing andbike ride through typical villages of ChoLach, the opportunity yet to feast fruit orchards.
Boarding and continuation of the cruise to Tra On. Enjoy the magnificent sunset on the Mekong. The boat drops anchor for the night. Dinner and overnight on board
Day 13
Mekong – Sai Gon
Transfer: 200km – 4 hours
Early morning, the sounds of floating market wake you up. Breakfast on board while the boat is moving towards Can Tho up the Bassac River. Arrival at Can Tho, transfer onto a local boat to visit the Cai Rang floating market, the largest in the whole Mekong Delta.
Landing late morning (around 10am) on the Ninh Kieu pier. Resuming the way back to Saigon. Arrive Saigon aware of the afternoon.
Day 14
Sai Gon 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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2
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Mekong Delta
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Mekong Emotion Junk
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1
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Sai Gon
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Sapphire hotel ***
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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: Ha Noi – Hue and Da Nang – Sai Gon, 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
Our services do not include:
- Other meals not mentioned
- Other services not mentioned
- Visa fee to Viet Nam
- International lights
- Laundry, telephone calls and expenditure of a personal nature
- Tips, Travel insurance
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