Tour Overview
This program focus on authentic contact with the local population and help you to discover Vietnam heritages through its most remarkable monuments especially contemporary Vietnam immersing yourself in local communities...
Highlights of the tour
- Cooking classes in Hanoi: great experience, possibility to taste typical dishes of the ancient capital
- Travel to the nearest traditions: road to the village of Bo Duonga, Hai Duong province and discovered a beautiful village in the countryside, which has retained its traditional customs
- Cruise in Halong Bay, privatized family atmosphere, seafood served on board extraodinaires limestone peaks
- Cycling in Hue and Hoi An countyside
- Discovering the abundant life near the Mekong between vegetable, rice with tender green, huts on stilts: tasting of seasonal fruit, homestay breakfast boat while sweetness ...
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 Cooking Classes
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 3
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Hanoï – Ninh Giang – village de Bo Duong
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 4
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Bo Duong - Cruise Halong
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B,L,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 5
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Ha Long - Hanoi - Hue
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 6
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Hue arrival and visit
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 7
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Hue Cycling, Countryside
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 8
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Hue - Danang - Hoi An
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 9
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Vegetable village of Tra Que - bike tours
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 10
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Hoi An - Danang – Sai Gon
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B
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Driver
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Day 11
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Sai Gon - Ben Tre – Sai Gon
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 12
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Sai Gon visit & departure
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B
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Guide & Driver
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Day 1
Hanoi arrival
Transfer: (30 km - 45 minutes)
Arrival at the airport of Ha Noi, you will be greeted and taken to the hotel.
Stroll through the city and discover quietly small crowded streets of Vietnamese cycling and small motorcycles. Overnight at hotel in Ha Noi
Day 2
Hanoi Cooking Classes
First traditional breakfast Vietnamese: Pho, excellent soup broth prepared by small street restaurants to start the day! You chain on a cooking course: a walk to the market, very intense place of life, rich in meetings to choose the ingredients you will enjoy later. It is in a charming old quarter of Hanoi and, accompanied by a chef and his assistants that you will be asked to make some traditional dishes. In the afternoon, small digestive walking through the Old Quarter. Overnight in hotel
Day 3
Hanoï – Ninh Giang – village de Bo Duong
Transfer: (80 km – 2 hours)
Breakfast in hotel then departure to Hai Duong province. Direction Bo Duong, a peaceful village where the locals have preserved their traditional ways, in particular rice in flooded field and the art of water puppetry. You will witness in a unique setting in a private show water puppetry, a traditional folk art from civilizations flooded to the Red River Delta rice fields. Scenes of water puppetry are mainly inspired daily work of Vietnamese peasants: planting rice, buffalo, fishing fish or shrimp, song and dance after a bountiful harvest ... After lunch at homestay, you you walk through the village and visit some factories puppets. Dinner and overnight in a local house in Bo Duong village.
Day 4
Bo Duong - Ha Long bay
Transfer: (150 km – 3.5 hours)
Depart for Halong Bay and arrival at noon at Hon Gai Pier. You will board your cabins in traditional junk to admire one of the most sublime landscapes of Asia Southeast. Lunch on board while sailing in the Bay of Bai Tu Long. The film Indochine was filmed right before your eyes! Over water, admire the well-known islands: island teapot island head man ...
Discover Cong Do and Thien Canh cave. Enjoy the beach for more than an hour when stopping the junk to Hon Co island, swim or kayak in the program (depending on the season)!
Day 5
Ha Long - Hanoi - Hue
Transfer: (200 km –4.5 hours)
Visit the floating village of Vung Vieng and his school. Last swim in the Bay for the more adventurous! ... On the way to Hanoi, visit But Thap pagoda, dating back over 300 years. Night, crossing from the North Vietnam by night train to Hue.
Day 6
Hue arrival & visit
Arrival in Hue around 8am. You will be picked up and breakfast in the local restaurant before check in hotel.
In the afternoon, visit the citadel whose architecture is reminiscent of citadels oriental with a touch of French inspiration. Cyclo tour in Old streets of Hue. Overnight in hotel
Day 7
Hue Cycling
In the morning,youwill visit Hue and surrounding countryside by bike. Road to the village of PhuMong with a stop to visita typical house of Hue with a garden. Visit Thien Mu pagoda and boat cruise to Minh Mang Tomb. You will again take the road bike to Duc Son Pagoda. Return to your hotel in the afternoon. Overnight in Hue
Day 8
Hue - Danang - Hoi An
Transfer: (110 km – 3 hours)
Drive to Hoi An by the collar of clouds to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the bay. Several stops are planned route including one in Lang Co beach. In Da Nang will visit the Cham Museum before arriving in Hoi An, one of Vietnam's most pleasant cities. Free time in Hoi An. Overnight in hotel
Day 9
Hoi An - Vegetable village of Tra Que - bike tours
Morning bike ride and visit the village of Tra Que Vegetable, renowned for its herbs and more precisely its mint and basil. The leaves, which appear smaller than usual, have a particular flavor. This morning you will discover the life of the farmers and you will be introduced their techniques. You will discover the work of digging and picking vegetables. Lunch with tasting of the famous specialty of the village, "Tam Huu", an assortment of shrimp, pork and herbs along with six other dishes with regional specialties.
Day 10
Hoi An - Danang - Ho Chi Minh City
Free morning in Hoi An. Afternoon flight to the country's economic capital, Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon. Pick up and transfert to the hotel. Free time in Sai Gon. Overnight in hotel
Day 11
Ho Chi Minh City - BenTre - Sai Gon
Transfer: (100 km – 3 hours)
Morning departure for the mythical Mekong Delta where you will board a boat in the town of Ben Tre. Discover the daily life of the inhabitants of the Delta, their customs and attend the manufacture of bricks and coir. Leave your boat sail towards Cai Son and Nhon Thanh where local families have specialized in the manufacture of mats. Tasting seasonal fruits. Lunch with the locals. In the afternoon, stroll in a rowing boat visit Cai Coi cove and visit by motor boat manufacturing rice. Back to Sai Gon. Overnight in hotel
Day 12
Ho Chi Minh City - Internation alflight
Take a stroll through the city center, discover Ben Thanh Market, the Central Post Office, magnificent colonial monument, the Cathedral of NotreDame, eat Bun Bo in a small local restaurantand do your last minute shopping. Internationalreturn flight, arriving the next day.
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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Ninh Giang
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Local House in Bo Duong village
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1
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Ha Long bay
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Dragon's Pearl Junk
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1
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Hue
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Asia hotel ***
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1
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Hoi An
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Thuy Duong 3 hotel ***
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2
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Sai Gon
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Sapphire hotel ***
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2
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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:
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Accommodation in a shared twin or shared double room
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2 days/ 1 night cruise on the sharing confortable junk in Ha Long bay
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Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
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Train tickets: Ha Noi - Hue(shared cabin)
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Domestic flights: Da Nang – Sai Gon, economic class, airport tax included
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English speaking guide (for other languages supplements apply)
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Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
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Entrance fees for mentioned visits
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Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
Our services do not include:
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Other meals not mentioned
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Other services not mentioned
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Visa fee to Viet Nam
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International Flights
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Laundry, telephone calls and expenditure of a personal nature
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Tips, Travel insurance
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