Tour Overview
Visit the highlights of Vietnam, from Ho Chi Minh City and the lush Mekong Delta to the beaches at Nha Trang, the imperial glory of Hue, stunning Ha Long Bay and the historic capital, Hanoi. This tour give to your family the unforgettable moments together. We’ve selected family-friendly properties, included a mix of exciting excursions to keep kids amused and thrown in some cultural touring. With our enthusiastic guide accompaning you throughout the 9 days, adults will be able to relax and enjoy this Vietnam family tour from South to North
Highlights of the tour
- The floating life of the Mekong Delta
- Exotictropical landscape
- Many beach activities for kids in Sai Gon, Nha Trang, Hoi An and Hue
- A nice night on boat in Ha Long bay
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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Guide & Driver
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Day 2
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Sai Gon – Cu Chi tunnels
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 3
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Sai Gon – Mekong Delta – Overnight on boat
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 4
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Sa Dec – Sai Gon
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 5
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Sai Gon Dam Sen park – flight to Nha Trang
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 6
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Nha Trang - Thap Ba Hot Spring bathing and mud spa tour
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 7
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Nha Trang free
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B
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Day 8
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Nha Trang – Da Nang – Hoi An
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 9
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Hoi An lantern making tour
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 10
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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 11
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Hue discovery
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 12
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Hue – night train to Ha Noi
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B
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Driver
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Day 13
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Ha Noi arrival & city tour
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 14
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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 15
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Ha Long Bay – Ha Noi
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 16
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Ha Noi departure
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B
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Driver
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Day 1
Sai Gon arrival
Arrival at the Tan Son Nhat airport,you will be greetedand taken to the hotel.
The rest of the day is free to start making some trails and take the pulse of the economic capital of the country!
Day 2
Sai Gon – Cu Chi – Tunnels
Transfert: 20km – 4 hours drive round trip
Morning departure for Cu Chi tunnels from your hotel.
Upon arrival, you will view short video film and presentation about Cu Chi tunnels, before try a real experience with the world well known tunnels. After that travelers can try delicious manioc which is the main food in Cu Chi during the war.For those interested there is an opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range.
Back to Sai Gon in the afternoon
This afternoon visit the War Remnants and the former Presidential Palace, Stroll (your vehicle will be available at all times) to the major sights of colonial Ho Chi Minh City: the Old Saigon Post Office, Dong Khoi Street (formerly Rue Catinat), Continental Hotel, Opera House and City Hall. At the end of the afternoon head back to your hotel. Finish your day tour in Ben Thanh market. Overnight in hotel
Cu Chi tunnels tour can be made by spped boat from Sai Gon but this tour is non private. You can see below the detail
Pick up at your hotel and you will transferred to the spped boat. Your English-speaking guide will introduce you to life along the banks of the Saigon River as your boat gracefully slips through knots of floating water hyacinths on this scenic one-hour boat trip. After a short documentary, your guide will lead you through the historic Cu Chi Tunnels, dug by resourceful guerrilla fighters provide communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches and living quarters during numerous conflicts. A traditional Vietnamese lunch or dinner of local specialties like lemongrass chicken and caramelized clay pot pork will be served after your visit to the tunnels.
7:00 AM or 1:15 PM departure. Tour length: 5 hours
Day 3
Sai Gon - Ben Tre - An Hoa – Vinh Long
Transfer: 100km – 2.5 hours drive
Breakfast at hotel and departure for Mekong Delta. Upon arrival in Ben Tre, you will board your Mango cruise boat at Chuong Duong Pier and head to An Hoa canals. Upon boarding your private sampan, your luggage will be brought to your cabin, while you enjoy a refreshing welcome cocktail on the deck while meeting your crewmembers and enjoying the scenery and fresh air from the water.
The cruise will take you to Phong Nam village in Giong Trom, where you will take a rowing sampan boat through the small canals, which are covered green by the water coconut plants.
Stop at a local house to taste the tropical fruits and chat with the farmer. Visit the rice noodle factory before starting your bike trip around the village. Return to your boat and enjoy lunch onboard while you cruise to Sadec town. On the way we will stop for a visit at the floating fish farm and experience the local river culture.
Head to Long Trung Village and stop for a bike ride to explore more of the daily life and the beauty of Tra Tan canals this place offers a great opportunity for you to interact with the friendly locals.
Return to your Sampan, relax, refresh and prepare for your cooking demonstration while enjoying your dinner. Overnight onboard at the upper river.
Day 4
Vinh Long – Sadec – Sai Gon
Transfer: 160km – 3.5 hour drive
Breakfast will be served onboard and cruising towards the town of Sa Dec and you will start to explore this charming town, where it is the backdrop for the film ‘The Lover’, based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras. The story is about a teenage French girl who falls in love with a wealthy Chinese man, Huynh Thuy Le. You will visit his old family home as well as the high school where Marguerite’s mother was a teacher. You will also visit the beautiful Temple Kien An.
Then, you will continue with cycling through the village of An Phu Dong. For hundreds of years this village has provided Saigon with its daily flower supply.
After that, meeting your driver on land for your come back to Sai Gon. Overnight in hotel
Day 5
Sai Gon – Dam Sen park – Nha Trang
Transfer: 190km – 5 hours drive
Flight: 1 hour
Transfer in the morning to Dam Sen park. This is an acquatic themed park in Ho Chi Minh city offering water slides, rides and funs for kids.
Afternoon flight to Nha Trang. You will be picked up and transferred to the hotel. Free time at your leisure and overnight in hotel.
Day 6
Nha Trang - Thap Ba Hot Spring bathing and mud spa tour
Transfer by van or biking (upon request & subject to availability) from our hotel to Thap Ba Hot Spring center via beach side road. Relax and gain our health in Mud bathing and Minerals Springs swimming. After that, visit the Cham Po Nagar Temples nearby. Coming back to our hotel through Nha Trang street to observe local Nha Trang life. Overnight in hotel
Day 7
Nha Trang free
Full fay is free for your leisure or visit.
Day 8
Nha Trang – flight to Da Nang – Hoi an
Flight: 1 hour
Free time in Nha Trang until transfer to Cam Ranh airport to take the flight to Da Nang. Pick up and transfer to Hoi An.
Free afternoon at leisure. Overnight in hotel
Day 9
Hoi An – Lantern making tour
In the morning, our guide will meet you at the hotel’s lobby and you will ride a bicycle to the home of a craftsman in the city. Here you will get a brief introduction to the history, shape, and color of the lanterns as well as the many stages of making them. Then, you will be shown how to decorate and make your own lanterns.you can also keep it as a souvenia.
After saying goodbye to your host, going back to Hoi An city for a half day city 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. Overnight in hotel
Day 10
Hoi An – Da Nang – Hue
Transfer: 110km – 3.5 hours
Departure by road to Hue,the unique city of Vietnam remained intact to become an invaluable cultural and historical heritage, through the famous Col clouds that offers its top a superb panorama on the coast of Central Vietnam.
Halfway stop at Danang, colonial Turanto visitf or an hour the Cham Museum, which houses a large collection of sculptures of Cham civilization 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 11
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 12
Hue – night train to Ha Noi
Night train: 13 hours
Free morning in Hue for your last activities there
Transfer in the afternoon to the railway station for night train trip to Ha Noi. Overnight in soft bed cabin
Day 13
Ha Noi arrival & visit
Arrival early in the morning. 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 2:00 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 14
Ha Noi – Ha Long bay
Transfer: (200 km – 4.5 hours)
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 15
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.
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 16
Ha Noi - departure
Transfer: 30km – 45 minutes
Free time in Ha Noi for your personal activities.Transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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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4
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Mekong Delta
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Mango Cruise
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1
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Nha Trang
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The light hotel ***
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3
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Hoi An
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Vinh Hung Emaralda 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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Skylark hotel ***
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2
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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 Mekong Delta
- Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
- Domestic flight: Sai Gon – Nha Trang and Nha Trang – Da Nang, economic class, airport tax included
- Train ticket: Hue – Ha Noi, 4 soft beds cabin
- 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 or cyclo tour as mentioned
- Water puppet show in Ha Noi
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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