Tour Overview
With this tour you will discover the incredible beauty of Vietnam, while visiting the historical landmarks. Starting in the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, you will learn about its rich history before continuing on to the World Heritage site of Halong Bay. You’ll also visit the Hue Citadel and the My Son holy land in central Vietnam. Later, you will explore the Mekong Delta.More than that, you can relax at the most beautiful beaches in Phu quoc and enjoy a wonderful time at the Long Beach Resort.
Highlights of the tour
- Cruise the legendary Ha Long Bay with overnight aboard a luxury junk
- Escape to the heart of the Mekong River, with its picturesque floating markets in a world half-water, half-land, enveloping, to discover a authentic life style, punctuated by the river
- Enjoy the most wonderfull meals in Ha Noi, Hue and Sai Gon
- Very beautiful beach break in Phu Quoc.
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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Ha Noi arrival
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D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 2
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Ha Noi city tour
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 3
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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 4
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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 5
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Ha Noi – Duong Lam – flight to Hue
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 6
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Hue visit
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 7
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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 8
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Hoi An discovery
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 9
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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 10
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Sai Gon – Cai Be – Can Tho
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 11
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Can Tho – 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 – flight to Phu Quoc
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B
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Driver
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Day 13
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Phu Quoc free
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B
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Day 14
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Phu Quoc free
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B
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Day 15
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Phu Quoc – 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.
This evening, our guide will escort you to dinner at Indochine, set in an authentic French Colonial villa. The inviting menu includes a not-to-be-missed banana flower salad, delicious nem, Hanoi-style spring rolls, and fried chicken with lemongrass and chili. Overnight in hotel
Day 2
Ha Noi visit
Start your day of exploring Hanoi with a walk in the gardens of the former Palace of the Governor of 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 – 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 4
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 5
Ha Noi – Duong Lam village - flight to Hue
Transfer: 120 km – 4 hours drive round trip
Depart your hotel at 0830 and travel west of Hanoi to Duong Lam village, a purely agricultural village of the northern Red River Delta which still preserves many hundred-year-old houses. Bicyle tour to visit Mong Phu temple in Mong Phu commune - the only hamlet whose original village entrance remains intact. Continue on through the narrow alleys to see the old laterite houses which make up this charming village.
For lunch enjoy a local style meal in a 100-year old house. After your meal, continue driving to Mia Pagoda (another hamlet of Duong Lam), built in the 15th century. Then, visit Ngo Quyen temple and Phung Hung temple, places dedicated to two national heroes - Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung. Back to Ha Noi in the afternoon for the flight to Hue (flight for about 1:00). Arriving in Hue around 20:00, reception and transfer to your hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day 6
Hue visit – Imperial Dinner
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. Theevening Imperial Dinner, composed of Vietnamesespecialtieswilldelight yourchildrendressedfor the occasionin traditional costume.A Vietnamesemassage in the hotel to help you to relax after a full day of visit. Overnight at hotel.
Day 7
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.
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 8
Hoi An discovery
At 5 o'clock in the morning, departure by car from your hotel to the fishing village of Cua Dai(15 minutes transfer). Embarking on a boat. Navigate to the mouth of theThu Bon River where you can enjoy the sunrise. At this time, hundreds of boats return from their night fishing. Meeting with the fishermen to go help them to get out the fruits of fishing. Then how to drive a round boat( traditional boat in the shape of a basket).
Then, transfer to the village of Kim Bong carpenters, renowned for centuries for its exceptional dexterity in the work of wood carving. Stroll through the village and visit some artisans workshops. Back to Hoi An. Rest of the time is free. Overnight in hotel
Day 9
Hoi An – Da Nang – Sai Gon – Bonsai Cruise Dinner
Flight: 1 hour
Afterbreakfast athotel, transferto Danangairport forflight toSaiGon. Arrival inSaigon, greeted by the guide andthe driver of theSouthwhere we transfer directly to our centrally located hotel.
In the afternoon you have city tour in Sai Gon. We'll embark on a tour of this cosmopolitan city, visiting Cholon, the War Remnants Museum , and the Reunification Palace . Cholon, home to HCMC's substantial Chinese population, is also the site of the largest market in Vietnam , the Ben Thanh market. The War Remnants museum contains a wealth of images from Vietnam's wars, the most moving being a gallery entitled Requiem, dedicated to Vietnamese and foreign journalists and photographers who perished during the French and American conflicts. Close to the Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office represent prime examples of French Colonial architecture.
Evening, enjoy Bonsai Cruise Dinner.You will take this dinner when you cruise on the river, it certainly gives you extraordinary experiences contemplating the bustling city of Saigon in the night time. Overnight in hotel
Day 10
Sai Gon – My Tho – Can Tho
Transfer: (200 km – 5 hours)
Morning heading out of the bustling city, we ride along rice field to Mekong delta. On arrival in the town of Ben Tre, you will board a local boat. It will take you to the river, to discover the daily activities of its inhabitants. Among other things, you can attend the manufacture of bricks and coir. You will continue to coves Nhon Thanh and Son Cai where local families have specialized in the manufacture of mats. You will have the opportunity to taste seasonal fruits. We will continue exploring the surroundings by bike ride. Your journey will continue through the rice fields and vegetable crops. In the afternoon, you will take a rowing boat in the cove Cai Coi before embarking again on a boat to explore the creek Cai Coi. You will continue our trip to Can Tho. Overnight in Victoria hotel.
Day 11
Can Tho – Lady Hau Cruise - Sai Gon
Transfer: (200 km – 5 hours)
We'll depart the Victoria at 6:30 this morning from the jetty of the hotel. We'll enjoy a delectable breakfast buffet onboard the Lady Hau as we cruise the Mekong to visit the floating market of Cai Rang. Our cruise will take us along several channels of the Delta before we say goodbye to the mighty Mekong and begin our drive back to Ho Chi Minh City . The afternoon affords us free time for some last minute shopping or relaxing. We'll enjoy a deluxe farewell dinner at the Mandarin Restaurant. Overnight in hotel
Day 12
Sai Gon – flight to Phu Quoc
Flight: 1 hour
Morning flight to Phu Quoc
Pick up and transfer to the Long Beach Resort. You will have a free afternoon to relax or personal visit
Day 13
Phu Quoc free
Full day is free for your leisure. Overnight in hotel
Day 14
Phu Quoc free
Full day is free for your leisure. Overnight in hotel
Day 15
Phu Quoc – Sai Gon and departure
Free time in Phu Quoc before taking the flight to Sai Gon to continue your departure flight.
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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Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi *****
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3
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Ha Long bay
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Paradise Luxury Cruise *****
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1
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Hue
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La Residence Hotel & Spa*****
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2
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Hoi An
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The Nam Hai*****
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2
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Sai Gon
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Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel*****
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2
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Can Tho
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Victoria Can Tho ****
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1
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Phu Quoc
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Long Beach Resort *****
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3
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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 luxury junk in Ha Long bay
- Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
- Domestic flights: Ha Noi – Hue, Da Nang – Sai Gon, Sai Gon – Phu Quoc and Phu Quoc – 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
- Massage in Hue
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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