DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL

Upon your flight at Noi Bai airport, the tour guide and driver will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for check-in (After 14:00). Free time at your hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 2: HANOI FULLDAY CITY TOUR (B, L)

After breakfast, start the tour by visiting the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum - the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho - and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho's final resting palace lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, built by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.

Then we will visit the Museum of Ethnology, this museum is widely acknowledged as the best in the country and has an extensive display dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic minority peoples. As well as the comprehensive array of exhibits inside, there are also traditional tribal houses reconstructed within the ground.

Have lunch at a local restaurant.

After lunch, we will visit the Temple of Literature which was originally built as a temple to Confucius, this is the site of Vietnam’s first University dating back to 1070. The temple highlights the importance that Vietnamese society placed then and now on education. Then we went back to the center of Hanoi to visit Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake.

45 minutes Cyclo takes you around the Old Quarter.

Enjoy a water puppet show before returning to your hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 3: HANOI - HALONG (B, L, D) - SAMPLE ITINERARY

After breakfast, leave for Halong Bay was awarded by UNESCO as a natural heritage in 1994. This two-hour drive will show you the diversity of the North Vietnam villages and rice fields along the journey.  Arrive at Ha Long Wharf,  transfer to Junk by tender

12.30: Welcome cocktail on the boat and check in to your private cabin.

13.15-14.15: Lunch is served on board, during cruising toward Ha Long Bay.

14.45: exploring the Caves, more available activities as:

See the view on sundeck, relaxing in a restaurant.

Kayaking and Swimming.

17.30: Stop in the sleeping area overnight.

19.30: Have set dinner with seafood provided by Ba Hang fishing village.

21.00: Freely enjoying the beauty of Ha long at night, join us with one of the optional activities:

Enjoy chatting at the Bar.

Enjoy night fishing.

Overnight on board.

DAY 4: HALONG - HANOI - FLYING TO DANANG (B, L)

6.00: Practice Tai Chi on the Sundeck

7.00-7.30: Start your day with a light breakfast. During breakfast, cruise to explore another part of Ha Long Bay, and admire the beauty of one of seven new wonders in the world.

7.45: Cooking class by chef cook of the sundeck.

8.30 - 9.30: Pass through Cua Van fishing villages and Fishman’s Museum.

9.40: Check out and take all luggage outside of your cabin, cruise back to the Tourist Wharf through Ha Long Bay.

10.00: Have brunch.

11.30: Back to the Tourist Wharf

Say goodbye to Halong Bay, and transfer to Hanoi airport for a flight to Danang.

Upon arrival in Danang, our local guide will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for check-in.

Overnight in Danang.

DAY 5: DANANG - BANAN HILLS (B,L)

Have breakfast at your hotel then the guide and driver will pick you up to transfer you to Ba Na Hills.

Arrive at the cable car station in Suoi Mo. Sitting in the cabin, in mid-air, looking upon the endless tree lone of the forest. Experiencing the pristine ecological system of the Ba Na mountain will leave you with a sense of unforeseeable discovery.

Visit the Le Jardin, old wineries (excluded expenses) - remains of French Villas, and Linh Ung pagoda with 27m high Buddha statue. Leave Le Jardin for Gare Debay, the second cable car station, to go to the top of Ba Na

Visit and play games at the Fantasy Park- Ba Na Hills Fantasy Park- the third largest indoor amusement park in the world (Only some free games depending on Ba Na policy).

11h30: Have lunch buffet at Restaurant

Conquer the Peak of Chua Mountain at the height of 1,487m. Leave the Peak of Chua mountain, passing Golden Bridge. Return to the cable car station and back to Da Nang. Free time to relax on My Khe Beach & shop at Han Market.

Overnight in Danang.

DAY 6: DANANG - MARBLE MOUTAIN - HOI AN - DANANG (B,L)

After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit Dragon Bridge, Love Bridge, and Son Tra Peninsula. Continue to visit Marble Mountain where you will be rewarded by great city views and amazed by the main cave which houses a beautiful Cham Buddha sitting under a natural shaft of light. They are 5 stone hillocks rising sharply from the surrounding rice fields and said to each represent one of the five elements of the universe.

Then proceed to Hoi An. Take a walking tour to visit Familythe  Chapel built by prominent, merchants or official families as the center of ancestor worship a Chinese-style Pagoda or Assembly Hall: Japanese Covered Bridge Pagoda which is the first bridge on this site and was constructed in 1593 by the Japanese community of Hoi An to link the Town with the Chinese Quarter across the stream, besides looking at Fukien Association temple, Ceramic Museum, and Chua Ong Temple. Back to Danang.

Overnight in Danang.

DAY 7: DANANG - FLYING TO SAIGON - HALF DAY CITY TOUR (B, L)

Breakfast at the hotel, free time at your leisure till transfer to the airport for flight to Saigon. Upon arrival in Saigon, we will meet up local guide and transfer to a local restaurant for lunch.

In the afternoon, we will visit District One before heading to the famous Saigon landmarks, the Cathedral of Notre Dame as well as the Centre Post Office. Visit the Unification Palace which formerly was the Independence Palace of the South Vietnamese President.  End of your city tour; have free time to go shopping at Ben Thanh Market.

Overnight in Saigon.

DAY 8: SAIGON - CU CHI TUNNELS (B, L)

Morning starts with Cu Chi Tunnels which American Force never discovered. These tunnels are stretching over 200 km and were an important Viet Cong base during the American War.  This underground network, dug by hand connected command posts hospital shelters, and weapon factories.

Back to Saigon for free time to shop at Saigon Square, Takashimaya Vietnam…

Overnight in Saigon.

DAY 9: SAIGON DEPARTURE (B)

After breakfast, free at leisure till transfer to the airport for departure flight. End services.