Day 1: Ho Chi Minh On arrival you are picked up by tour guide and transfer to hotel. If time permit visit Notre Dame Cathedral, Centre Post Office. Free at leisure shopping at Ben Thanh market. Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh. Meals: Breakfast, lunch Day 2: Ho Chi Minh - Cuchi After breakfast visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, which were an incredible underground network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, plus accommodation and schools, and were used as a military base for the Vietcong in the American war. Back to Ho Chi Minh city. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city. Meals: Breakfast, lunch Day 3: Ho Chi Minh - Mytho Drive to My Tho in the Mekong Delta region. Take short walk through a local market. Take a boat cruising along the mekong river. Visit local farming village. Enjoy a south region traditional music show - Cai luong. Back to Ho Chi Minh city. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city. Meals: Breakfast, lunch Day 4: Ho Chi Minh - Danang After breakfast visit Independence palace, War museum. After lunch depart for Danang. Arrive Danang and transfer to Hoi An. Overnight in Hoi An. Day 5: Hoi An - Hue In the morning, a half day city tour in Hoi An ancient town, a distinctive Chinese atmosphere with low, tiled roof houses and narrow streets; the original structure of some of these streets is still virtually intact. Many of the houses were constructed of rare timbers and decorated with lacquer panels engraved with Chinese characters and pillars carved with ornamental designs. Visit the Merchant house, the Japanese bridge, the community hall. After lunch transfer to Hue. Overnight in Hue. Meals: Breakfast, lunch Day 6: Hue - Hanoi After breakfast visit the Imperial Citadel ??? first built by King Gia Long in 1805. Here you will visit Ngo Mon Gate, Thai Hoa Palace, The Mieu Temple, and the Nine Dynastic Urns and Khai Dinh Tomb. Visit Thien Mu Pagoda and Tu Duc tomb. Transfer to Hue airport for flight to Hanoi. If time permits, we embark on a cyclo for a short excursion through the bustling old quarter streets named after the specific goods once offered for sale at these places. Overnight in Hanoi Meals: Breakfast, lunch Day 7: Hanoi - Halong After breakfast depart for Halong city. Along the way we make a stop over at Hai Duong province to observe embroidery-making women at work. On arrival we embark on a boat for an exploration of the legendary Halong Bay. This exciting five hour cruise will provide us a fantastic view of the picturesque scenery blending with the sky and some 3,000 limestone islands rising amazingly from the clear and emerald water. The limestone Karst formations are littered with beaches, grottoes and beautiful caves. Visit the amazing Thien Cung and Dau Go grottoes. After a seafood lunch on board we return to Halong city. Free at leisure discover Halong city. Meals: Breakfast, lunch Day 8: Halong - Hanoi Enjoy sunrise in Halong city. Free at leisure until tranfer back to Hanoi. Visit The lake of returning sword and Ngoc Son temple. Enjoy a famous Hanoi water puppets show before dinner. Transferring to train station for Lao Cai. Overnight in train cabin. Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner Day 9: Lao Cai - Sapa 7h30 arrive Lao Cai, pick up at Lao Cai Station then transfer to Sapa. Have breakfast and shower in hotel before the trip starts. A 8-km on the rim of a deep valley, followed by 30-minutes walk take you to so-called rattan bridge & the ethnic Ta Van village which is dwelled by Dzao people followed by a walking visit to Cat Cat village. Lunch at a local restaurant. Dinner and overnight in Sapa.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Day 10: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Sapa We start the trip after breakfast, heading up to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zdao tribe where you will have lunch. Amazing sceneries and beautiful waterfall are to be seen in the afternoon before going up to the main road where you will be picked up by motorbike/jeep. Ride back to Sapa and you might stop some times on the way to take photos of the fabulous valley of Sapa. In the mid afternoon, you are transferred to Lao Cai train station for a night train journey to Hanoi. Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Day 11: Hanoi - Ninh binh Arrive Hanoi in the morning. Breakfast and relax. Our next destination is Ninh Binh, the place so call "the inland Halong bay". We visit Hoa Lu - the ancient capital in the 10th century and relax on a rowing boat along Tam Coc. Return to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch Day 12: Hanoi - Departure After breakfast visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing the mausoleum of the nation???s founder Ho Chi Minh, the Presidential Palace and the Ho Chi Minh???s house on stilts. The complex also comprises the One Pillar pagoda, whose origins date back to the foundation of Hanoi. After lunch transfer to airport for departure Meals: Breakfast, lunch |