From Ho Chi Minh City: 10-Day 360° Vibrant Vietnam

A warm welcome to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  awaits you!

Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat 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. The rest of the day is at your own leisure to explore the largest city of Vietnam with its wide elegant boulevards and historic French colonial buildings... 

A comfortable overnight stay at the hotel marks the end of the first day of your 10-DAY 360° VIETNAM ADVENTURE!

Meals Included: Dinner

08:00: Tour guide and GTrip team 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 on a cruise on the Saigon River to have dinner (Set menu of Buffet) while enjoying the beauty of Saigon nightlife. 

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

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Finish Day 2!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

07:30: The tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. 

Depart for Cu Chi Tunnels, which is just 60 kilometers away from the city center.

• Witness many kinds of Vietnam War era deadly TRAPS which were used by The National Liberation Front of South Vietnam - Viet Cong (VC) & how it worked.
• Experience in the tunnels as a VC soldier.
• Experience Vietnam War’s era real gunfire (*personal fee - buy at least 10 bullets).
• Taste the cassava roots, which were widely eaten by the VC, and try jasmine tea. 

Have lunch. 

After the Cu Chi Tunnels, we go ahead to the Mekong Delta. Arrive at Thoi Son Islet (Lan Islet), Visit the orchard, and learn about the process of producing and gathering honey bees.

• The tram brings you to Thoi Son village, where you may taste seasonal fruits and listen to Southern Vietnam's traditional music - Don Ca Tai Tu (a World Intangible Heritage recognized by UNESCO).
• Row a sampan along a little canal lined with two rows of beautiful water coconuts on the banks.
• Visit the facility that makes coconut sweets and rice paper.
• Return to the boat and enjoy local coconut.

17:00 - 18:00: Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City late afternoon. Free at leisure. 

Recommendations at night: Bui Vien Walking Street, Nguyen Hue Walking Street, Enjoy shows at Opera House (Follow show schedule at: https://www.luneproduction.com/ao-show), Food tour by motorbike, Hop On Hop Off to have 1 round of Saigon City Tour by Double Decker bus, Sky Deck.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Finish Day 3!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch.

Have breakfast. Check out. 

Arrive at domestic flight to Da Nang City. Free to have lunch.

• Flight: Ho Chi Minh City -  Da Nang (1h30m)

Arrive at Da Nang Airport. Tour Guide will pick you up and transfer to the hotel for check-in. 

In the afternoon, you are free to enjoy the beach or use hotel services or visit around the city.

Have dinner and enjoy your night in Da Nang.

Overnight in Da Nang. Finish Day 4!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

09:00: Departure to Ba Na Hills. Arrive at the Cable car station at the foot of Ba Na Mountain. Enjoy the first leg Cable car, which achieved two Guinness World records in 2009, longest non-stop cable car (5,042m) and highest non-stop cable car (1,292m). Sitting in the cabin, in mid-air, looking upon the endless tree line of the forests, bring you spectacular views of the lush jungle and fairly waterfalls along the way. 

• Step on Golden Bridge which stands 1,400m above sea level in the Ba Na Hills, and extends over the treetops from the edge of a leafy cliff face offering tourists uninterrupted views of the majestic landscape beneath. It looks like the giant hands of Gods pulling a strip of gold out of the land. 
• Visit the Le Jardin, remains of French Villas, and Linh Ung Pagoda with a 27m high Buddha statue. We then leave Le Jardin for the second cable car station to visit the top of the mountain and see the remains of old villas.
• Conquer the Peak of Chua Mountain at the height of 1,487m. View the whole of Da Nang City under the cluster of white clouds. Leave the Peak of Chua Mountain, and visit the trail of Dreaming Stream, Rainbow Waterfall, Suspension Bridge, Golden Valley, and the ruined Opera House. Lunch at a local restaurant with a buffet menu. 
• Enjoy games at Fantasy Park.
• Return to the Cable car station at the foot of Ba Na Mountain and then transfer back to Da Nang City. 

15:00: Back to the hotel.

Have dinner. Overnight at a hotel in Danang. Finish Day 5!

*Note: Cable car ticket includes all free games in Fantasy Park: over 105 games and free Knight Game (Chute), entrance fees for Funicular, The Golden Bridge.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Breakfast at the hotel and free time to relax on the beach, swimming.

10:00: Transfer to Cam Thanh Village. Here you will have a chance to see the locals catching fish in some traditional way on the river. We have 45 minutes to try basketboats with local people. You will be immersed in the natural beauty of the Nipa palm forest.

Have lunch in Hoi An.

• Visit Hoi An Ancient Town. There is plenty to see in this delightful town, some of which are the famous Japanese Covered Bridge, Pottery Museum, 200-year-old Tan Ky House, Chua Ong Pagoda, and vibrant market. Past many low-tiled houses scattered along the small streets and assembly halls, which reflect the town's multicultural past. 

*Note: The Japanese Covered Bridge is under reconstruction. 

• Get on a sampan to release a lantern on the Hoai River. Besides the meaning of traditional cultural beauty, releasing Hoi An lanterns also has a profound spiritual value for both locals and tourists. When a flower lantern is lit, it will be like a prayer for luck and peace for yourself and your loved ones.

20:00 - 21:00: Enjoy Hoi An Memories Show, which conveys the most authentic cultural and historical values ​​for visitors, deeply imprinted for every visitor watching the show thanks to the scale and the extremely elaborate investment in quality.

22:00: Arrive at your hotel.

Overnight in Da Nang. Finish Day 6!

*Note: Hoi An Memories Show is not available every Tuesday.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Arrive in Hanoi in the afternoon. 

Tour Guide and driver pick you up and transfer you to enjoy the Hanoi City Tour:

• Visit Lotte Sky Walk to enjoy panoramic views of Hanoi City.
• Visit outside of Ho Chi Minh Complex which features the life of Ho Chi Minh, the nation’s founder. Visit One Pillar Pagoda - an iconic symbol of Hanoi's history.
• Visit the Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam was built in 1070.
• Visit Hoan Kiem Lake on an islet in the lake. Hoan Kiem Lake is the center point of Hanoi and home to a rare endangered giant turtle species. 
• Continue to get on an electric car to explore the Hanoi Old Quarter of 36 ancient streets in 45 minutes. 

Hotel check-in and take a rest. Free to enjoy the night. Overnight in Hanoi.

Recommended activities to do at night: Enjoy a water puppet show, visit Hanoi Train Street, walk around Hoan Kiem Lake & Hanoi Old Quater, Ta Hien Beer Street, etc.

Free to have dinner and enjoy at night.

Overnight in Ha Noi. Finish Day 7!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner.

Breakfast at the hotel. 

08:30: Our driver and tour guide will pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to Ninh Binh - heading south of Hanoi for 110 km. 

• First stop at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, you will have a quick visit to two temples built in honor of the emperors Dinh Le, their sons, and the Queen... to know why Hoa Lu was built as the capital of Vietnam at the end of the ninth century.
• Board a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which literally means “three caves” (1.5-hour boat trip). With Halong bay-type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscapes like peaceful streams, rice paddies, and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, very good opportunities for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery. 
• Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long Mountain to watch the spectacular view of nature. 

16:00: Transfer back to Hanoi.

Have dinner. Free at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi. Finish Day 8!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Have Breakfast.

08:45: Arrive at Ha Long Harbour. Ha Long Bay, members of the most beautiful bays in the world, has thousands of islands and islets forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars and great biological interest. Most of the islands are uninhabited and unaffected by human presence. 

• Sung Sot Cave (Surprising Cave) is the largest and most beautiful cave in Halong Bay. The stalagmites will astound you. Magnificent stalactites formed over millions of years, evolving into abundant and mystical forms.
• You can explore Luon Cave by sampan or kayak or visit around by canoe (at your own expense).

12:00: Have lunch with a buffet or Set Menu.

14:00: Drop anchor in the calm water surrounded by beautiful islets. Visit Titop island for swimming and snorkeling or do the short trek to the top of the island to have an overview of Halong Bay from here.

16:00: Reach Ha Long Harbour. Return to Hanoi.

Have dinner. Check-in hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi. Finish Day 9!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

06:30: Enjoy the fresh morning in the middle of the bay with a Tai Chi lesson at Sundeck. A light breakfast is served. Visit Sung Sot Cave - The most beautiful and largest cave in Halong Bay. At the end of the way out, you can have an amazing panoramic view from the viewpoint. Brunch will be served at the Restaurant while the cruise passes by Thien Cung and Dau Go Cave and the Fighting Cock Islet. 

14:00: Arrive at Noi Bai International Airport in the afternoon. Finish Trip!

Please note: make sure you book your return flight from Ha Noi where the trip ends.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch.