10-Day Diverse Vietnam Tour From Hanoi to Halong Bay, Danang, Hoi An, Mekong Delta & Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon)

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Product Code: 430915

OVERVIEW

Highlights

    • Cruise through the Mekong Delta and Halong Bay
    • Discover the Northern, Central and Southern Capitals
    • Explore the ancient temples of My Son
    • Night train to Danang
Tour Code
430915
Duration
10 day
Departure City
Hanoi
End City
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Language
English

IS THIS TOUR FOR ME?

Tour Themes: Cultural & Historical

Learn about history and local culture with in-depth tours and activities

Tour Type: Guided Tour

Multiple local tour guides/drivers available throughout your tour/activity

Accessibility: Not accessible

Tour does not have wheelchair accessible vehicles/attractions or allow service dogs

Itinerary

Day 01
Hanoi

Hanoi Arrival

Hotel: Skylark / Angel Palace / HM Boutique or similar

Upon arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, we will pick you up at the airport and head to downtown for check in hotel.

Day 02

Halong Bay Cruise

Hotel: Aclass Legend, V’Spirit, Majestic or similar

07.45 – 08.15 approx
- Our guide will meet you at your hotel. The shuttle bus or private car pick up
- Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta
- Get your camera ready to take photos. Comfort break. The time from Hanoi to Halong bay is approximately 3 ½ hours.

12 – 12.30 approx
- Arriving Tuan Chau marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing
- Check into your cabin. Time to refresh and unwind
- Set sail as lunch is served
- Join us for a typical local lunch in the dining room or at the outdoor dining area. Mingling yourself in the stunning views of the Bay and it’s dramatic limestone islets as we sail through the calm emerald waters heading to Maze cave

Afternoon
- Arrive at Amazing cave (hang Sửng Sốt), explore the cave and find out how the cave was named Amazing.
- Reach to the peak point of the cave for a breath taking panoramic view of the bay
- Back to the boat, our cruise will take you to a stunning tranquilizing isolated lagoon for swimming or just simply relaxing on the boat with our spa service and mingle in the picturesque seascape.
- Heading back toward the sleeping area

Early evening
- Summit on the sundeck watching the sunset, enjoy our pre-dinner local wine appetizer. It’s ideal time to make acquaintance with new friends, sharing your traveling experience or simply watching the sunset
- An authentic Vietnamese menu is served
- After dinner, reward yourself with a large selection of cocktails at our bar, or take for you one of our onboard activities: book reading, games, movies, and squid fishing…

Visiting Attractions

  • Halong Bay Halong Bay
Day 03

Halong Bay - Hanoi

Hotel: Skylark / Angel Palace / HM Boutique or similar

06:30
For the early risers join us for a Tai Chi session on the sundeck. Tai chi helps focus the mind and condition the body, joining Tai Chi session to full charge your energy for the day.

07:00 – 08:00
Local breakfast is served

08:00
- Our guide will brief you information and the highlights about this fascinating floating village and its local community
- Take your option either exploring the village yourself on kayak or comfortably capture the daily life of the fishermen on bamboo boat rowed by the locals.

09:00
Check out the cabins, at your leisure while our cruise taking you pass by other beautiful highlights in the bay.

10:00
You will join with our short class of Cooking demonstration, how to make spring rolls before an early lunch is served.

12:00
Return to the shore and disembark from the cruise as our crew say farewell.
Transfer to minibus or private and return to Hanoi.
Arrival back at your hotel approximately 4:30
Overnight in Ha Noi.

Visiting Attractions

  • Halong Bay Halong Bay
Day 04
Hanoi

Hanoi City Tour - Night Train to Danang

Hotel: Overnight on train or similar

At 8.00am, we’ll pick you up from your hotel take you to visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969.

9.30: You’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake.
After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of west lake. From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Viet nam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius.

12.30: You have lunch at the restaurant in the Old Quarter. Afterwards, you’ll visit Hoan Kiem Lake - the heart and soul of Hanoi.

You'll stop in at Museum of Ethnology. This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labelled in Vietnamese, French and English. Displays portray a typical village market, the making of comical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony; videos show the real thing. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There's also a centre for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.

15.30 - 16.00: Take the car come back your hotel.
Free time in the afternoon until 06:30PM

06:30PM: Private car pick up to train station, take train to Da Nang.

Tips:
On Monday and Friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed

Visiting Attractions

  • Tran Quoc Pagoda Tran Quoc Pagoda
  • One Pillar Pagoda One Pillar Pagoda
  • Hoan Kiem Lake Hoan Kiem Lake
  • Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
Day 05
Hoi An

Danang - Hoi An

Hotel: Green Apple / WINDBELL (3*) / Kiman or similar

11:30PM: Arrival Da Nang train station, transfer to Hoi An Town.

You are free to discover the ancient town: Japanese Bridge, lantern road, traditional tailor shop, and more! Make sure to watch sunset at Cua Dai beach.

Day 06

My Son

Hotel: Green Apple (3*) / WINDBELL (3*) / Kiman (3*) or similar

At 8:30 the bus and guide pick up at your hotel. Depart for My Son - located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with redbrick towers and sanctuaries.

My Son, considered in the same league as some of Southeast Asia's greatest archaeological sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya in Thailand and Borobudur in Indonesia. These towers and sanctuaries were built from the 7 to 13centuries. Upon arrival, spend 2 hours in My Son, enjoy the Champa dance performance and visit the old beauty and stunning structures of the Cham monority Kingdom six centuries ago.

Afternoon: Then leave My Son for Can Cau boat station. Take a motorized boat excursion to visit Kim Bong Village. Have an introduction walk during which the guide will explain the story of Kim Bong Village. Throughout the walk you will have the possibility to admire the shipbuilding area where wooden fishing vessels are built using traditional techniques. You will also make a stop in the carpentry workshop where carpenters create hand crafted furniture and sculptures as well as a range of souvenirs.

Embark on the boat for back to the port.

Visiting Attractions

  • My Son My Son
Day 07
Danang

Danang - Ho Chi Minh City Flight

Hotel: ELIOS (3*) / BLUEDIAMOND (3*) / SUNRISE (3*) / CENTRAL PALACE (4*) or similar

After breakfast, you are free until your airport transfer for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

Upon arrival we'll transfer you to the hotel.

Day 08
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Mekong Delta Tour

Hotel: ELIOS (3*) / BLUEDIAMOND (3*) / SUNRISE (3*) / CENTRAL PALACE (4*) or similar

Get a chance to taste the real Vietnam and let the splendid views cover your senses. This trip allows you to visit the local factories and see how local products are made. Also, you will meet the friendly local people and have a lot of wonderful experiences on land and at the river while see the floating market and fish farm. Let's discover a hard-working land with traditional people, which will give you more appreciation on life!

At 7:30am our tour guide will transfer you to the city of My Tho by bus. During 1.5 hours bus drive to My Tho join activities of local people and enjoy nice scenery of green rice paddy fields. We visit Vinh Trang pagoda - biggest pagoda in Mekong delta. Continue going to My Tho, where we take a boat trip along Mekong River. During a boat cruise along Mekong River, you can see fish cages, floating houses on the river.

The boat take you to small canal, where is the place you totally escape from the busy town. The boat cruise in the coconut trees canal takes you to a coconut island in Ben Tre. We disembark and have a walk around the village. Stop at a local family to enjoy tropical fruit, taste honey tea, honey wine and listen to Vietnamese traditional music, performed by the villagers.

Continue walking on the village’s road to a coconut candy shop where you'll learn how to make candy and see hand crafted items made from coconut trees. Take a walk through village and discover various fruits, flowers, trees, and local houses

Then, we'll head to the local restaurant and enjoy local Vietnamese food by the tree shade.

After lunch enjoy a half an hour to walk or bike around the village. Lastly travel by ferry back to the bus and return to Saigon at around 4:30pm.

Visiting Attractions

  • Vinh Trang Pagoda Vinh Trang Pagoda
Day 09
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Cu Chi Tunnels Tour

Hotel: ELIOS (3*) / BLUEDIAMOND (3*) / SUNRISE (3*) / CENTRAL PALACE (4*) or similar

At 8:30am we'll depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi Tunnels for a 60km drive. Cu Chi is known as the military base of Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War resistance the US forces.

The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffaloes swimming in the rivers along the side of road. You will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines, when Cu Chi was "A Free Target Zone ".

You'll see the remnants of this at Cu Chi, displaying the evidence of the fierce battleground that took place here. Ever wonder what it feels like to fire an AK-47? Visit Cu chi tunnels, you have a chance to find out!

Visiting Attractions

  • Cu Chi Tunnels Cu Chi Tunnels
Day 10
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Ho Chi Minh City Departure

Have breakfast at hotel and relax until it is time to transfer to the airport.

Pick-up Details / Transfers

Airport transfer service will be available 24 hours on day 1 and day 10, please arrange your flight according to your convenience.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Package Includes

  • Train ticket Hanoi – Da Nang, flight ticket Da nang – Sai Gon
  • 24 hours airport transfer service
  • Meals are mentioned in itinerary
  • Accommodation: 7 nights at 3 star Hotel, 1 night on train & 1 night on cruise in Ha Long Bay
    -3* hotel:
    -Ha Noi: Anise, Skylark, Angel Palace, HM Boutique
    -Ha Long Cruise: Aclass Legend, V’Spirit, Majestic
    -Hoi An: Green Apple, Sunshine, Kiman
    -Saigon: Signature, Ambassador, Blue Diamond
  • Daily group tour follow itinerary (transport, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee):
    -Mekong delta boat trip
    -Cu Chi tunnel half day tour
    -My Son Hollyland 1 day tour
    -Ha Noi city tour
    -Ha Long Bay 2 days 1 night - overnight on cruise

Package Excludes

  • Personal entertainment expenses
  • Personal costs: telephone fee, laundry, tip for tour guide
  • Meals are not mentioned in the itinerary

Special Notes

  • Depending on your arrival time, your hotel room may not be available until the afternoon. Most hotels allow check-in between 1:00pm-3:00pm, however some charge a fee for early check-in. Please check at the hotel desk to see if you may store your luggage at the hotel if you wish to explore the city on your own before check-in.
  • The time we mentioned in the itinerary is for reference only. Please refer to your guide on tour for the actual arrangement. The visiting order and duration might be changed according to actual and practical situation for better service.
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Adult: 9 and older
Child : 1-8
Infant: under 1 - free of charge

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