From Hanoi: 13-Day 360° Vietnam Adventures

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. Have dinner and free at night.

A comfortable overnight stay at the hotel marks the end of the first day of your 13-DAY AMAZING VIETNAM TRIP!

Meals Included: Dinner

08:00: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel to depart for Ninh Binh province (120 Kms). Start Hoa Lu/ Trang An full day tour. 

• Visit Mua Cave – the highlight attraction in Ninh binh, challenge yourself for hundreds of steps up where you will have a great panorama view of Tam Coc and rice field

Have lunch.

13:00: Continue to visit Trang An Landscape Complex.

• Depart to visit Trang An tourist attraction, take a boat trip to visit cave complexes: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see the scenery of mountain and rivers called “Halong Bay on the land”

15:00: Leave Ninh Binh for Pu Luong.

18:30: Arrive in Pu Luong. Have dinner and check-in Pu Luong Natura Bulgalow.

Overnight in Pu Luong. Finish Day 2!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Water wheels walk and rafting | 3 km easy walk – 1.5 hours

You will be transferred to a suspension bridge over the Cham River, where you begin your walk in search of stunning water wheels. Get up close to each wheel and discover how water is moved from river to handmade bamboo aqueducts via simple constructions of all sizes.

Arriving at a local fisherman’s house, you have a short rest to gear up for the bamboo river rafting. Float along the calm river and enjoy the views, in between learning how to paddle and steer your handcrafted rafts.

Arriving at scenic Tan Lap Bridge, you disembark to be transferred back to Pu Luong Natura for lunch.

After lunch, you are free to relax or you can take a walk around the bungalow to enjoy the beauty of rice terraces. 

14:00: Leave Pu Luong for Hanoi. 

Arrive in Ha Noi. Hotel check-in. Free to have dinner and enjoy at night.

Overnight in Hanoi. Finish Day 3!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Ha Long Bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world, has thousands of islands forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars and great biological interest. 

Have breakfast.

08:00: Leave Ha Noi for Ha Long Bay. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta. Comfort break. 

12:00: Reach Tuan Chau Wharf. Upon your arrival in Halong Bay, you will be taken on board. Check-in before lunch.

13:00: Have lunch while the boat is sailing through Ha Long Bay. After lunch time, you will have a short break before joining the first activity of the tour. Time to refresh and unwind with Paradise Sails Cruise:

• Tung Sau Pearl Farm is the most well-known pearl farm in Halong Bay where you can witness and learn the entire process in making pearls and expansive pearl products from the first step of growing to harvesting pearl. You can enjoy kayaking here.
• 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 the overview of Halong bay from here.

Heading back toward the sleeping area.

Early evening

Summit on the sundeck watching the sunset, enjoy Sunset party.

Have dinner. Enjoy your free time.

You can try night squid fishing.

Overnight in Ha Long Bay. Finish Day 4!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Start the new day with the sound of sea waves.

06:30: Greets first light of the Day on Sundeck, warming up your body with Tai Chi lessons or enjoying leisure time in your room.

07:00: Enjoy a light breakfast, before starting the journey to visit the last view in the schedule.

• Visit Sung Sot Cave (Surprising Cave), the largest and most beautiful cave on Halong Bay. The stalagmites will astound you. Magnificent stalactites formed over millions of years, evolving into abundant and mystical forms.  

08:45: Back on the cruise, you can enjoy a deluxe breakfast buffet. Cruise will once again pass through Thien Cung Cave, Dau Go Cave and Ga Choi Islet before you check out and return to Tuan Chau Whalf.

10:30: Reach the Wharf. Return to Hanoi. Have lunch on the way.

During the afternoon, we visit some old pagodas and temples in Hanoi:

• Tran Quoc Pagoda, 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. 
• 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.

After that we drop you at Ha Noi Old Quater to visit around and free to have dinner. 

Some recommended activities: Visit Ta Hien Beer Street, Hanoi ceramic street, St. Joseph's Cathedra, enjoy some coffee and enjoy interesting Hanoi Train Street.

21:30: Please gather at Ha Noi Station for the night train to Hue City.

22:00: We're going to have a really local experience! In the evening, we board a night train that will take us over 600 kilometers without us noticing. Night trains are the main mode of transportation for vast distances in South-East Asia, therefore it's an experience we couldn't pass up!

Overnight on the train. Finish Day 5!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Visit Hue - Former capital of Vietnam with Remnants of the feudal dynasty.

11:00: After a long night train, we arrive in Hue City. Tour Guide and driver will pick you up to have lunch. 

13:00: 

• Visit Hue Imperial Citadel - one of the relics of the Hue Ancient Capital Complex that is an UNESCO World Cultural Site. The Perfume River winds its way through the Capital City, the Imperial City, the Forbidden Purple City and the Inner City, giving this unique feudal capital a setting of great natural beauty.

Hotel check-in. Relax.

18:00:. Enjoy Royal Cuisine. After that, take a boat to enjoy Nha Nhac Cung Dinh Hue (Hue Royal Court Music) on Huong (Perfume River).

Overnight in Hue. Finish Day 6!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have breakfast. Check-out hotel to visit around Hue City.

• Thien Mu Pagoda, is one of the most fascinating and ancient pagodas in Hue city.
• Visit Hue Incense Village, you will have a chance not only to make sticks of incense themselves, but also to understand more about local life.
• Visit Tombs of King Khai Dinh of the last dynasty of Vietnam - Nguyen Dynasty.

11:30: Have lunch in Hue. Move to Hoi An. Hotel check-in. Free at enjoy 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. 
• Check-in and visit around Hoi An Ancient Town with unique Bridge Pagoda, Tan Ky Ancient House, Thu Bon River. You should try “Mot” drink or famous Banh Mi Phuong (your own expense).

Have dinner. Free to enjoy Hoi An Ancient Town at night. 

Overnight in Hoi An City. Finish Day 7!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

08:00-08:30: Start the day with a morning bike ride through the local countryside and village. Visit Tra Que Herb Village which is over 300 years old and there are hundreds of households growing vegetables with a 40- hectare area, including more than 20 different types of vegetables.

• Enjoy the special welcome drink and take a rest. 
• You’ll take a stroll around the vegetable garden and then join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. You’ll learn about raking the ground, sowing, watering, and picking vegetables, as well as many other aspects of gardening.
• You’ll have a short rest and enjoy a foot bath before getting ready to prepare lunch with a local family. 
• Join cooking class with the local chef, learn how to cook some special local foods such as:  Tam Huu spring rolls, Banh Xeo local pancakes, and others. Lately, you will enjoy what you have cooked and some other foods like Vietnamese meals.

Menu:

1. VIETNAMESE PANCAKE

2. SHRIMP AND PORK WRAPPING BY SPRING ONION

3. FRESH PAPAYA SALAD

4. DEEP-FRIED FISH IN SWEET & SOUR SAUCE

5. FRIED BEANS WITH GARLIC

6. STEAMED RICE

7. DESSERT

12:00: Have lunch with a local dish and take a rest.

After your morning activities and lunch, you then learn how to harvest and wrap the vegetables before farewelling your host family and cycling back to your hotel.

14:00: Driver drives you to Water Coconut Village. Enjoy and learn the skills of the local farmer with a basket boat, visit palm forest, listen to stories about the American war in this area, and experience fishing crabs like a local. That experience will make you amazing.

16:30: Back to the hotel. Free to have dinner and enjoy at night.

Overnight in Hoi An. Finish Day 8!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Cu Lao Cham (Cham) Island  is home to more than 300 species of corals, including those found in Vietnam for the first time. It is the diversity of ecosystems that gives the Cham Island biosphere reserve its own charm that other places.

07:30: Leave the hotel to move to Cua Dai Port.  Start an offshore journey to Cu Lao Cham Island by high-speed boat. Within 20 minutes on the boat you can enjoy the cool wind, beautiful Cham Island’s landscape.

09:00:  Start to visit the Cu Lao Cham Island with famous sights:

• The protected Suite
• Champa’s Wells 200 years old
• Au Thuyen: Where the Fishermen’s boat mooring & hide if has wind /storm
• Hai Tang Pagoda: The only temple on the island over 200 years
• Seafood Market: Where trafficking trade of fishermen on the island...

10:30: Speed boat picks you up to go to Ong Beach for the sightseeing journey and snorkeling. Visiting and snorkeling with Coral species are only preserved in Cham Island.

11:00: Relax in the fresh cool wind and enjoy the beautiful landscape on the way back to Bãi Ong to prepare for snorkeling.

You can see a lot of corals with many colors in a world Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO under the guidance of our excited tour guide, swimming and enjoying the sea atmosphere.

11:30: Enjoy Lunch with seafood specialties at the restaurant on the island. Free to visit and enjoy the island.

14:30: Speed boats return guests back to the Cua Dai Port.

Say goodbye to Cham Island. Driver takes you to Da Nang City. 

• On the way, visit Marble Mountains. Once you reach, rejoice at the sight of the Marble Mountains and learn about diverse faiths and religions. Explore the beautiful temples, caves and statues as you gain insight into the differences between Buddhism and Hinduism. Visit Am Phu cave, popularly known as the Hell Cave. Walk through the unusual outcrops, demonic statues and sculptures.
• Non Nuoc Stone Carving Village - this traditional trade village has been in existence for nearly 200 years.

Hotel check-in.  Take a rest.

Have dinner. Free at night.

Overnight in Da Nang. Finish Day 9!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have breakfast. You have a free day to enjoy at your leisure. 

Some recommended activities (on your own expense):

• Reach Ba Na Hills by cable car. Check-in and take great photos on Golden Bridge, a pure architecture piece with spectacular nature in front of it.
• Enjoy the beach or hotel service
• Da Nang Helicopter tour.

In the afternoon: 

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

Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City. Hotel check-in.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Finish Day 10!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Have breakfast. You're in for a long day filled with interesting activities that focus not only on history but also on local cultural experiences.

08:00: Depart for Cu Chi Tunnels, which is just 60 kilometers far away from the city center. 10:30: Arrive at Cu Chi Tunnels, which is “land of steel”, and learn about the history of the underground systems dug during the Vietnam War by Viet Cong soldiers as a way to move undetected and launch surprise attacks.

• The weapons that used by The National Liberation Front of South Vietnam in the war, including hand-made guns.
• Watch the documentary about the tunnel system and the people’s war.
• Learn about the tunnel system structure.
• Witness many kinds of Vietnam war era deadly TRAPS which were used by The National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (VC) & how it worked.
• Get into the tunnels, experience as a VC soldier.
• Visit B52 bomb hole
• Weapon Workshop, VC Soldier's combat sandals Workshop (Dép Râu).
• Experience Vietnam war’s era real gun fire (personal fee - buy at least 10 bullets)
• Taste the boiled tapioca, which were widely eaten by the VC during the wartime, try jasmine tea.
• Go back to Ho Chi Minh City Center.
• Try the sugarcane juice on the way.

11:00: Have lunch. 

Back to Ho Chi Minh City. Visit:

• War Remnants Museum:  Explore the heroic past of Vietnam during the war.
• Independence Palace: is a popular historical site in Ho Chi Minh City and continues to be used for Government meetings and receptions. 

Enjoy coffee 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.

17:00: Back to the hotel and take a rest.

18:30: Embark cruise on Saigon River 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

Have breakfast.

08:00: Depart for Mekong Delta.

• Visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, which has great historical values ​​and unique architecture in the Mekong Delta.
• Embark a boat to visit floating fishing villages along Tien River. 
• Arrive at Thoi Son Islet (Lan Islet), Visit the orchard and learn about the process of producing and gathering honey bees. You can harvest fruit directly from the garden (at your own expense).
• The tram brings you to Thoi Son village, where you may taste seasonal fruits and listen to Southern traditional music (Don Ca Tai Tu - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity)
• 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, enjoy local coconut.

Have lunch in the restaurant. 

Back to Ho Chi Minh City. 

Have free time in the afternoon and at night!

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City. Finish Day 12!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

8h00: Our tour guide meet you at your hotel lobby before heading to My Tho city by bus. Enjoy the scenery and green rice paddies during the one-and-a-half-hour bus ride. Along the way, we will visit Vinh Trang pagoda, the biggest pagoda in the Mekong Delta.

Continue to My Tho, where we take a boat trip along the Mekong River, where you can see fish cages and floating houses on the river.

The boat takes you to a small canal, escaping the hustle and bustle of the town.

We disembark at a coconut island in Ben Tre and enjoy a walk around the village. Stop at a local family home to enjoy tropical fruit, taste the honey tea and honey wine and listen to Vietnamese traditional music performed by the villagers.

Check out the coconut candy shop and learn how to make candy, and see handicrafts made from coconuts.

Take your time snapping photos and enjoy the natural scenery before we head to the local restaurant. Lunch is set with special Vietnamese food.

12:00: Enjoy your lunch outside under the shade of the trees.

After lunch, enjoy your time relaxing, walking around the village, or perhaps going for a short bike ride.

15:00: Move back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch.

You have a free-day to go out for a visit,  go shopping, or enjoy services at the hotel. 

(Please inform us if you would like to late check-out while waiting for your flight time (Extra fee))

Meals Included: Breakfast