From Hanoi: 12-Day 360° Vietnam Beach Discovery

A warm welcome to Ha Noi, Vietnam  awaits you!

Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, you will be met and taken up to the hotel with a brief introduction en route. Your tour guide will be holding a welcome signboard with your Company Name/ Your name. Hotel check-in and take a rest. 

You are free to visit around the city on your own.

A comfortable overnight stay at the hotel marks the end of the first day of your 12-DAY AMAZING VIETNAM TRIP!

Meals Included: Dinner

08:00–08:30: We will pick you up at the hotel. In the morning, we will visit:

• Tran Quoc Pagoda - West Lake, is one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam with its historical progression in 1500 years. It has a harmonious combination between the majesty, hoariness architecture and peaceful landscape of the West Lake. 
• Visit the Complex of President Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and Stilt house) - Where the great leader lived and worked until the last years of his life. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn about Uncle Ho's simple life. In addition, stop by One Pillar Pagoda to admire one of the 4 symbols of Hanoi. 

Note: On Monday and Friday, Mausoleum Management Board will carry out maintenance of the mausoleum, you will visit only outside of Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, stilt house and One Pillar Pagoda.

• The Temple of Literature, which was constructed in 1070, was the first university in Vietnam. Its gardens and well-preserved architecture will offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past.

12:00: Have lunch at the restaurant. 

Then we will visit:

• Thang Long Imperial Citadel was built in the 11th century by the Ly Viet Dynasty to commemorate the Dai Viet's independence. The Imperial Citadel structures depict a distinct South-East Asian civilization at the intersection of influences from China in the north and the ancient Kingdom of Champa in the south.

Note: With every Monday, Thang Long Imperial Citadel will be closed. If departing on Monday, the attractions of Thang Long Imperial Citadel will be compensated with tickets to visit Ngoc Son Temple.

• Hoa Lo Prison or Maison Centrale, is a symbol of the prisoners' strong will and sacrifice for their communist principles. It is well-known as one of the most brutal jails with terrifying punishment..
• St. Joseph's Cathedral: A Hanoi Attraction with Unique Structure in the Old Quarter.
• Hoan Kiem lake (Sword lake) - is famous for its peaceful beauty, its cultural as well as historical values with Turtle tower, Ngoc Son Temple. Furthermore, you can discover the Vietnamese traditional and French colonial architecture through buildings surrounding.

16:00: Back to your hotel. Finish Hanoi City Day Tour. 

Optional: Recommended activities to do: rent a cyclo around the Old Quarter and Sword Lake, enjoy a water puppet show, Food tour.

Overnight in Hanoi. Finish Day 2!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have breakfast.

08:00–8:30: Leave Ha Noi city for Tuan Chau Harbour. Refresh up at the lounge.

12:00: Arrive at Tuan Chau Harbor. 

12:30: Welcome to Cozy Bay Cruise and Enjoy welcome to drink and get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Check – in your room with Air – Conditioning. 

13:00: Enjoy a special lunch with Vietnamese traditional dishes, while cruising in the magnificent Halong Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay. 

15:00: Visiting Sung Sot Cave (Surprising cave). 

16:00: Our cruise will take you to Titop/Soi Sim Island. You can have a short trek to have a viewpoint at its peak which affords splendid views all around Halong Bay or you can enjoy your swimming on a romance sandy beach. 

17:30: Come back to Cozy Bay Cruise, then take a shower, Relax on the sundeck, sunset watching in comfortable lounge chairs while drinking a cocktail or reading a book in the most magical moment.

18:00: Enjoy a welcome Sunset Party and Cooking Class. How to make a fresh noodle roll, you can enjoy what you made.

19:00: Enjoy your dinner when sitting by the sea view window in the night romantic Bay.

Overnight in Ha Long Bay. Finish Day 3!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

06:00: Wake up in the early morning to see the sunrise on the sundeck.

07:00: Morning view of the bay with a cup of tea or coffee. Have a Buffet Breakfast! 

07:40: Start visiting Halong Bay Pearl farm. The pearls in Halong are the most renowned in Vietnam. The process of farming and retrieving pearls takes years. 

08:30: Enjoy kayaking on Halong Bay, exploring Halong Bay on your own. 

10:00: Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay. 

10:45: Enjoy the lunch while Cruising back to Tuan Chau Harbour. Say goodbye to sailors and finish the cruise. 

12:30: Have lunch in Ha Long City.

13:30: Move to Cat Bi Airport (Hai Phong City) for Domestic flight:

• Flight: Haiphong - Danang (1h 30m flight)

Reach Da Nang International Airport. Tour Guide will pick you up and check-in the hotel.

Have dinner.

Overnight in Da Nang. Finish day 4!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have breakfast. You have a free day to visit around Da Nang City. 

Some recommended activities (on your own expense):

• Visit Marble Mountains: Perfect place to enjoy the breathtaking view of Danang. Visit Non Nuoc Stone Carving Village, you will have a chance to admire skilful carvers creating their beautiful sculptures.
• Visit Cham Museum of Sculpture in Da Nang: is the largest collection of Champa sculpture and artwork in the world. Whenever visiting the museum, you still perceive an individual atmosphere particular to this place, the reverie of reminiscences.
• Check-in around the city with Dragon Bridge, Son tra Peninsula
• Enjoy the beach: My Khe Beach Da Nang - one of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam and famous around the world.

Free to have lunch, dinner and enjoy your time. Overnight in Da Nang. Finish Day 5!

Meals Included: Breakfast

Have breakfast. 

08:00: Transfer to Ba Na Hills and take Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na Hills station. Check-in the famous Golden Bridge and visit around Ba Na Hills: Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French, free for joining games in the Fantasy Park.

 Have a Buffet lunch at Ba Na Hills.

14:00: Move to Hoi An Ancient Town

Hoi An Ancient Town, which reflects a fusion of indigenous and foreign cultures (principally Chinese and Japanese with later European influences) that combined to produce this unique survival. Hoi An is probably most famous for the Vietnamese lanterns that give the town a surreal, tranquil glow each night. 

You have 2 options: 

1. Visit Hoi An in the afternoon and back to Da Nang for Dinner 
2. Visit Hoi An in the afternoon and have dinner in Hoi An then back to Da Nang.

Overnight in Da Nang. Finish Day 6!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have breakfast. Spend some time at leisure, go to the beach or go shopping. 

Hotel check-out. 

Move to Da Nang Airport for Domestic flight: 

• Da Nang - Phu Quoc  (1h 45m flight)

Reach Phu Quoc International Airport. Tour Guide will pick you up and take you to the hotel. Check-in hotel. Relax

Overnight in Phu Quoc Island. Finish Day 7!

Meals Included: Breakfast

Have breakfast at the hotel.

09:00: Leave An Thoi Port and experience beautiful islands with a lot of interesting activities. 

• Gam Ghi Island: Snorkeling or diving to explore the ocean world with amazing coral reefs, which are classified as ranked Vietnam's first in terms of richness and diversity of colors. 
• Mong Tay Island, where you can continue snorkeling or rest on huge swathes of soft sand or on a lounge beneath one of the island's numerous shade palms.
• May Rut Trong Island: Have lunch on board and chill out by the beach. There are many beautiful spots for check-in. 
• Optional: you can try seawalk (at your own account), which is a great experience even for non-swimmers. There are big schools of fish and colorful coral reefs around you.
• Reach Thom Island. Have fun with over 21 modern games in Aquatopia Waterpark or try interesting sea sports: Ski Tube Surfer, Banana Surfer, Kayaking, Single parasailing, Floating house, water motor (Enjoy sea sports at your own account)
• Take the cable car back to town. With a total length of the longest sea-crossing cable car in Asia, you will admire the raw beauty of the whole Phu Quoc islands.

Back to the hotel. 

18:00: Have dinner and enjoy the night. 

• Optional: You can experience being a fisherman with a night squid fishing tour in Phu Quoc or visit Phu Quoc Night Market  (at your own account) 

Overnight in Phu Quoc. Finish day 8!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have breakfast. 

Visit traditional local crafts and buy some souvenirs: 

• Bay Giao Sim Wine: Special local wine made from local fruit. You will explore the sim garden and where they made the wine
• Fish sauce production facility: Listen to the story about the fish sauce production process - which is the combination of the gift of nature and the ingenuity of the local people to create an indispensable spice in any Vietnamese meal.
• Visit Pepper Farm Phu Quoc: one of the finest peppers you could find in Vietnam.
• Visit Rach Vem Fishing Village: with pristine natural scenery, exciting experiences and fresh seafood. 

Have lunch at Rach Vem Fishing Village. To get to the restaurant, you can test yourselves by walking over hundred meter bridges. 

• Relax on Starfish Beach: After enjoying the meal in a floating restaurant at a rustic fishing hamlet, move to Starfish Beach nearby to sunbathe on the white sand or swim and check-in with chocolate chip sea stars (horned sea star).
• Ngoc Hien Pearl culture facility - the only pearl farm in Phu Quoc, where you will feel the actual feeling of harvesting pearls from the oysters and observe the whole process of pearl jewelry processing. In addition, you can visit the sculpture process of artisans and unique sculptures from fossil giant clam shells for thousands of years. 
• Move to enjoy Sunset at Sanato Beach Club: Experience the most beautiful sunset view in Phu Quoc - Sunset Sanato: relax on the couch, enjoy a drink, check-in under the golden sunset.

Free to have dinner and enjoy at night.

Overnight in Phu Quoc. Finish Day 9!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Have breakfast. Free at leisure while waiting for the flight:

• Flight: Phu Quoc - Ho Chi Minh City (1-hour flight)

Arrive at Tan Son Nhat Airport.  Tour Guide will pick you up at the airport. Hotel check-in. 

Free to enjoy your time and nightlife in Ho Chi Minh City. You can visit some places that are not mentioned in the package price. Free to have dinner.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Finish Day 10!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

08:00: Tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. Then visit around city center: 

• Saigon Central Post Office: is one of the most famous and iconic attractions in Ho Chi Minh City with its unique structure and remnants of the city’s past.
• Saigon Opera House: also known as the Municipal Theatre Saigon. Here still remains some iconic structures and buildings that have been standing inside the heart of Saigon for centuries and become its own symbols.
• Saigon City Hall: the building has been the headquarters of the People's Committee in Ho Chi Minh City. 
• Independence Palace: is a popular historical site in Ho Chi Minh City and continues to be used for Government meetings and receptions. 

12:00: Arrive at Cơm Tấm Đỗ Phủ - Since 1946, a restaurant with Saigon pre75’s style:

-Have lunch with traditional Saigon Broken Rice (Cơm Tấm)

-An old Renault car that used to transport weapons.

-Explore the secret base, where VC used to store equipment.

-Explore the secret weapon armory, learn how VC hid their weapon.

• Visit War Remnants Museum: Explore the heroic past of Vietnam during the war.
• Visit Thien Hau Temple: This spiritual house has a significant influence on the cultural life of the Chinese people.
• Visit Binh Tay Market: constructed by the French in the 1880s, is located in the center of Vietnam's largest Chinatown district. 

16:30: Back to the hotel and take a rest.

18:30: Embark cruise to have dinner (Set menu of Buffet) while enjoying the beauty of Saigon nightlife. 

21:00: Disembark cruise. Back to the hotel. 

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Finish Day 11! 

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

It’s time for you to collect all the memories of 12-DAY 360° VIETNAM BEACH DISCOVERY.

You may finish the Vietnam trip here in Ho Chi Minh City and take a flight back to your country.

Our last stop is Ho Chi Minh City, which is the most bustling city of Vietnam. However, it may not be your last stop in Vietnam. From Ho Chi Minh City, you can visit Cu Chi Tunnels or Mekong Delta to experience more about the history and culture of Southern Vietnam local life. For more adventures in Vietnam, check out our Southern Vietnam Trips.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Thank you and Hope to accompany you in more interesting adventures in Vietnam.