Day 01:  Hanoi arrival- Free & easy( no meals) 

Upon arrival, our driver will hold a sign with your name and welcome you at Noi Bai International airport and transfer you to hotel to check in the room if the room is available ( normally check in time at 14:00. Free your time to visit the night market and walking street if at the weekend. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hoa Lu – Trang An [Breakfast)

07:30 – 08:00 – Our guide will meet you at your  hotel and start  110km modern  Bus-journey through verdant landscape of country side. Short-brake en route.

10:15 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.

12:15 – Enjoy the lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisines.

13:30 – Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountain are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle.

Embark on a traditional sampan gently roweddown the exquisite river through numerous  caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave,...and Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…

15:40  Come back to Ha Noi

18:00 – 18:20– Drop you off at your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 3: Halong bay overnight on 5 star cruise [B/L/D)

08:30-9a.m: pick you up at your hotel and depart to halong bay
11:30: Arriving Tuan Chau marina, transferred by tender of cruises. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing, safety instruction. 

13:00: A special lunch in Vietnamese cuisine of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites are served while sailing through Islets of Con Vit.
15:30: The Cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay. The area is surrounding of extraordinary limestone karsts landscapes. We progress to Ong Cam Area of Lan Ha Bay- a separate part of Ha Long bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam, enjoy kayaking and/or enjoy swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Bay.
17:30 Back to Cruise, drop anchor for staying overnight. Enjoy the complimentary Sunset Party on the sundeck with local wine and fresh fruits.
19:00: Dinner is served in the restaurant. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff. After dinner, retiring to your cabin or join the fishing excursion, watch a movie, wifi access… Overnight on board.

Day 4: Halong bay  tour- back to Hanoi -fly to Danang [B/L/-)

06:00: Enjoy sunrise and admire the never ending miraculous scenery of the Bay. Practice an invigorating Tai Chi session on the sundeck.
07:00: Light breakfast, coffee and tea served.
08:00: Visit Dark & Bright Cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage.
09:15: Back to our Cruise, relax before checking out.
10:15: Join cooking demonstration (teaching you how to make our speciality, Spring rolls) on the cruise.
10:45: Lunch is served on board. 

12:00: Disembark at the Tuan Chau marina by tender. Take our shuttle bus to return to Hanoi
15:00 – 15:30: Arrival back to Hanoi and transfer directly to airport to take flight to Danangn. Upon your flight, driver pick you you from airport to hotel . Overnight in Danang。

Day 05: Coconut village- Hoi An ancient town (breakfast)

 In the morning, after breakfast, our tour guide and car will pick you up heading for Bay Mau nipa (water coconut palm forest) grove where you can discover the daily life of the local fisherman there.

Catch a Bamboo basket boat trip into water coconut palm forest with local fisherman

Explore the water palm coconut paradise. Learning and sharing fishing experience with local fishermen by catching fish and purple crabs with unique fishing nets, make souvenirs  with palm leaves.

Tour guide will take you on a two hour walking tour of Hoi An Old Town. Famous for its quant mixture of Chinese, Japanese and European architecture, the old town was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999. You will visit, the Japanese bridge built in the 16th century and famous for being the only covered bridge known to incorporate a Buddhist pagoda, the 200 year old Tan Ky house, museum of trade ceramics and several other historical sites. Free time for shopping and back to Danang, Enjoy dinner overnight in Hoi An. Come back to Danang. Overnight in Danang.

Day 06: Bana hill  tour ( Breakfast) 

At 8.30a.m, after breakfast,transfer to Ba Na hills and take a Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station. Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden… Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda.

Then visit Golden hand bridge

 Afternoon: Free for joining games in Fantasy Park – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with series of interesting games: 4 – 5D film, skiver, The death race, dinosaur park… (2 hours). 17:00, back to Danang to visit My Khe beach, dragon bridge, love bridge. Overnight in Danang. 

Day 07: fly to Hcm – Ho Chi Minh-   Cu chi tunnel  (breakfast)

Take a morning flight to Ho Chi Minh city. After your flight arrives at Tan Son Nhat Airport, our driver will put your name on a sign and welcome you to Ho Chi Minh city transfer you to visit Cu chi tunnel. Proceed to Cu Chi to explore the amazing site where Viet Cong hid during the War. It is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists – the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a “Free Target Zone”. Visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed before entering the tunnels. Spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food in war time). Return to SaiGon. Free leisure time in the evening. Overnight in Saigon

Day 8: Mekong delta ( breakfast)

You will arrive at My Tho Town and visit Vinh Trang pagoda, an old ancient pagoda in Southern Vietnam. Known as the largest pagoda and the most special architecture in Mekong Delta, its architecture was influenced by both Vietnamese and Khmer’s culture as well as European architecture.

After visiting Vinh Trang pagoda, the bus will take tourists to the pier boat for getting on a motor boat. Take a leisurely boat ride in Tien river to enjoy the fresh air, to see the peaceful life of the local people, and also to pass by the stilt house, the fishing floating farm, and the four islands: Dragon, Phoenix, Tortoise and Unicorn.

We will take a hand- rowing boat through the creeks for sightseeing the natural water coconut trees, a symbol of the Delta areas. The local people will give you the “ nón lá”, the Vietnamese traditional hat. After that you can try to row the boat by yourself. 

After 20 minutes we will arrive at the bee keeping farm, then visit the honey bee farm and taste delicious honey tea with lemon that is really good for health. The local people also have a python farm, for those tourists , who like adventure you can take a photo with the  pythons.

You will return to the motor boat to cruise known as coconut country in the Mekong Delta. There you will visit the coconut candy workshop to know how to make delicious candies by hand. The highlight of the trip is to take a sightsee through the peaceful villages by horse cart. You also can visit the crocodile farm on the island.

You will return to the boat and back to the car. Back to Ho chi minh. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 9:  departure flight  (breakfast)

Free and easy until check out the room car transfer you to airport. End of tour home sweet home.

Quotation of private transfer

– Package Overnight in 4 star hotel: 

700 usd+ 75 usd domestic flight from Hanoi to Danang + 75 usd domestic flight from Danang to Ho Chi Minh

– Package Overnight in 5 star hotel: 

800 usd+ 75 usd domestic flight from Hanoi to Danang + 74 usd domestic flight from Danang to Ho Chi Minh

●  HOTEL USED:

Package inclusions:

Private transfer  pick up and drop off airport and during the tour

Private transport with AC during the tour

English tour guide

Hotel 4 star in Hanoi, Danang, Ho Chi Minh

5 Star Cruise Halong

All Entrance fees as mentioned inside itinerary

Cable car and entrance fees in Bana hill 2 ways

Basket boat

Bottle of water

Package exclusions:

Vietnam evisa

Other meals not mentioned

Tipping (  3 usd/person per day)