07 DAYS TOUR OF VIETNAM : Hanoi, Halong, Saigon, Mekong
DRAFT ITINERARY
Day 01 – Arrival – Hanoi – Half-day city tour
Day 02 – Hanoi – Half-day leisure – Half-day city tour
Day 03 – Hanoi – Halong / Overnight on cruise
Day 04 – Halong – Hanoi – Saigon Afternoon flight
Day 05 – Saigon – Cu Chi Tunnel – City tour
Day 06 – Saigon – My Tho – Saigon
Day 08 – Saigon – Departure
PROGRAM IN DETAIL
Day 01 – Arrival – Hanoi – Half-day city tour
Meal provided: Lunch, Dinner
Welcome to Vietnam. Upon arrival at Hanoi Airport, obtain your Vietnam visa and then clear Immigration and Customs. After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside a local Guide.
After that, visit the Temple of Literature (Vietnamese name is QuocTuGiam) – The Vietnam’s first University, which was built in 1070 in honor of Confucius, his followers and Chu Van An, a moral figure in Vietnamese education.
Continue the triptoWestLaketo visitTranQuocpagoda,theoldestpagodain Hanoibuiltfrom6thcentury.Wethen take acyclo tourthrough thefascinating networkof narrowalleys andshop housesalsoknownas‘The36Streets’ –eachstreetbeing namedafterthemerchandisetraditionallysold there,ranging fromfabrics to crafts andfrommedicinestotombstones.
Settle in and enjoy the evening at your leisure. Stay overnight in Hanoi
Day 02 – Hanoi – Half-day leisure – Half-day city tour
Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Indian food)
Morning is let for leisure.
Afternoon,start visiting Ho Chi Minh Complex, an important place of pilgrimage. A traffic-free area of botanical gardens, monuments, memorials and pagodas, it’s usually crowded with groups of all ages, from all over the nation, who has come to pay their respects. Within the complex you can visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum(Outside visiting), Ba Dinh Square, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, Ho Chi Minh Museum. Closed by, the famous One Pillar Pagoda which is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter. It is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond.
you are transferred to visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. Almost no foreign tourists to Hanoi refuse to visit the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, where they can look into a vivid picture of the miniaturized Vietnamese ethnic community’s life. Enjoy a water puppet show. Water puppetry – ” puppets that dance on water”- is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam.
Stay overnight in Hanoi
Day 03 – Hanoi – Halong
Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, take a drive to Halong
Subject to change without prior notice
11.30: Upon arrival at Harbor. You are welcomed at our waiting room before enjoying the cruise.
12.15-12.30: Embark on Cruise. Enjoy welcome drink as Cruise Manager gives you a brief overview of the itinerary and important safety guideline. Check in your cabin.
13.00: Start sailing among famous Islets (Indochina studio, Am Islet…) of BaiTu Long Bay, the wildest beauty with the panoramic natural views.
Admire the grace of the bay while enjoying the delicious lunch in the restaurant at the first deck.
14.30: Explore the well-hidden Co Cave (known as ThienCanh Son Cave). Enjoy relaxing on white sandy beach, walking along the beach or swimming at Hon Co Island.
15.45: Return to Cruise and enjoy Happy hour. You will have 30% discount off from the special menu drinks including of cocktail, mocktail and mixed drinks (from 16.30 pm to 19.00 pm.).
Treasure the wonderful beauty of BaiTu Long Bay at sunset, admire the striking islands and islets, and savor the fresh and peaceful atmosphere which could hardly be found in land while cruising to Cong Do sleeping area.
16.30: Enjoy kayaking at Cong Do or relaxing on the cruise.
18.00: Onboard the vessel, surrounded by a stunning setting in motion, attend our chef’s cooking demonstration and try your skills in the art of traditional Vietnamese cooking (spring roll).
19.15: Dinner is served in the restaurant at the first desk. You can enjoy the charm of BaiTu Long Bay at night.
21.00: Evening activities: relax at leisure; enjoy our Movie Night, Board Games or our Massage & Spa services (massage and spa fee is not included in the price), squid fishing.
Stay overnight on cruise
Day 04 – Halong – Hanoi – Saigon Afternoon flight
Meal provided: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner (Indian food)
Subject to change without prior notice
6.30: Welcome a new day with an amazing dawn on BaiTu Long Bay. Refresh your body and soul with a Tai-chi session on the sundeck.
7.00: Catch the morning view of seascape while enjoying the breakfast with cookies and tea, café in the restaurant.
7.30: Visit VungVieng village.
8.30: Return to Cruise
9.15: Pack-up the luggage and check out of the cabin.
9.30-10.40: Enjoy the brunch in the restaurant while cruising back to harbor.
11.00: Disembark from Cruise
Transfer to the airport for flight to Saigon
On arrival, meet and check in hotel. Stay overnight in Saigon
Day 05 – Saigon – Cu Chi Tunnel – City tour
Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Transfer to visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence. The Cu Chi Tunnel system had been created long time back, from 1948 to assist Viet Minh in the combat with French. And it was continuing built over 25 years later. It was an underground city with living areas, kitchens, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers. In places, it was housed up to 10,000 people who virtually lived underground for years…. getting married, giving birth. During the American War the entire area of Cu Chi was designated a free fire zone and was heavily bombarded. From 1988, two sections of tunnels have been open for visitors.
Back to Saigon.
Enjoy a visit to Reunification Palace formerly known as Independence Palace, built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Hochiminh City.
Continue to visit City Hall, Ho Chi Minh Monument and Central Post Office which was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the early 20th century.
Enjoy a shopping at Ben Thanh market,one of the earliest surviving structures in Saigon and one of symbols of Hochiminh City, popular with tourists seeking local handicrafts, textiles, aodai, and souvenirs, as well as local cuisine.Stay overnight in Saigon
Day 06 – Saigon – My Tho – Saigon
Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
In the morning, we leave Ho Chi Minh behind and head to Vietnam’s rice basket of Mekong Delta. We will pass through idyllic, rural scenes until we arrive at My Tho, a peaceful town on the bank of the Mekong River, where we will visit the VinhTrang Pagoda.
Arrival, boarding the motorboat at a pier and cruising on the Mekong River. Here, overlooking floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house (viewing from the motorboat).
Continuing the journey on the river until reaching Unicorn Island), from here taking a horse cart to reach a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music can be heard and seasonal tropical fruit can be tasted (included).
Afterward, being on a small hand-rowing boat (the main mean of transportation in My Tho& Ben Tre) in Thoi Son and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.
Before heading to lunch, passing through bee-keeping farm and enjoying honey tea, a typical Mekong house can be viewed here.
Continue travelling to learn coconut candies making processfrom a workshop. Sample of candies can be tasted
Back to Saigon. Stay overnight in Saigon.
Day 07 – Saigon – Departure
Meal provided: Breakfast
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for departure flight to the next destination.
TOUR END
USD 1380 Per Person Sharing Double Room
Quotation based on USD PerPax and valid till Sep, 2023
| Including | Excluding |
| + Visa letter to Vietnam
+ Stamping visa fee to Vietnam (one time entry) + Fast – treck service at airport + 05 nights at hotels with breakfast on a private double/twin/triple sharing room + 01 night on a sharing cruise on a private double/twin/triple sharing room + Meals mentioned in the itinerary + Entrance fees for all visits as mentioned in the program + See Water Puppet show (standard ticket) + An hour of cyclo in Hanoi / or electric car in Hanoi + Private boat trip in My Tho + Travel by private, air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced, safe driver + Private English speaking guide with legal license in each region + 16 pax paying you gets 1 FOC for ground land based on twin’s sharing + Domestic Return airfare HAN/SGN/HAN: Incl.7kg carry on and 20kg checked luggage + 02 bottle of mineral water/ pax/ day and souvenir + All taxes and service charge |
– Bank fees for both sides (Prefer cash on arrival)
– Single room supplement – Early check in and late check out at all hotels – Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping) – Tipping for guide, driver – Drinks and other meals which are not indicated in the program – Travel insurance – Internationalair ticket and airport tax – Any additional expenses caused by reasons beyond our control such as natural calamities (typhoon, flood), flight delays, rescheduling or cancellations, any accidents, medical evacuations, riots, strikes etc… – Other services which are not mentioned clearly in the “Including” item |
OUR LOCAL TRAVEL PARTNER – MR. ZHOU Wen Xin
MOBILE – 18500075375
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