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Day 1 : Hochiminh city and arrival ( _/_/D )
Arrive at Tan San Nhat airport. Welcome by your local guide and driver.
Transfer to your hotel. Take an orientation tour in the afternoon (if
time permits). Welcome dinner. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Ho Chi
Minh city.
Day 2 : Hochiminh city tour ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at the hotel. Start a sightseeing tour to the Reunification
Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South
Vietnam until end of the war in April 1975, and some French colonial
structures including Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Central Post Office.
Tour of Chinatown and Thien Hau & Quan Am pagodas. After seeing the
Emperor Jade Pagoda and the War Remnants Museum, we end the city tour
with Ben Thanh market where anything and everything is for sale. Dinner
on guest's account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in HCMC.
 Day 3 : Hochiminh city - My Tho - Ben Tre ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up at hotel. Transfer to My Tho. Take the
experience boat through Bao Dinh natural canal and see the stilt houses
and the fruit plantation along the canal sides. Visit the My Tho
wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island. Lunch served in
the heart of the orchard. Enjoy a boat ride through the Tan Thach
natural canal in Ben Tre, cruising under the shadows of the water
coconut trees. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic
rural lifestyle. After trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi
Son island, enjoy a rowing boat ride on the creeks before returning to
My Tho. Road trip back to Ho Chi Minh city. Dinner on guest's account.
Overnight at your chosen hotel in HCMC.
Day 4 : Hochiminh city - Danang - Hoi An ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Tan San Nhat airport from where you
will board flight No VN 324 to Danang ( 11 : 20 - 12 : 30 ). Pick up
and transfer to your hotel in Hoi An. In the afternoon, visit the
Japanese Covered Bridge, the Pottery Museum, Tan Ky old house, the
Cantonese congregation, the silk street of Hoi An, the temples and
pagodas built in Chinese style. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at
your chosen hotel in Hoi An.
 Day 5 : Hoi An - Hue ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Hue via Danang, visit the Marble
mountain, the Cham museum. Stop for photos at the Hai Van pass, Lang co
beach. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit Visit Dong
Ba market, the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled
between 1802 and 1945, and the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City.
Enjoy the night boat trip enlivened by a performance of Hue folks
songs. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Hue.
Day 6 : Hue city tour - Hanoi ( B/L/D )
Breakfast at the hotel. Take the morning boat trip to visit the royal
tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and mausoleum of Emperor Minh
Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer to airport for boarding flight no VN 244 to Hanoi (14:40 -
15:50). Pick up at Noi Bai airport and transfer to your hotel in the
Old Quarter. Welcome dinner including Hanoi's speciality. Overnight at
your chosen hotel in Hanoi.
 Day 7 : Ha noi city tour ( B/L/_)
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing Ho Chi
Minh's Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh's house on
stilts and the one Pillar pagoda. Continue with the Temple of
Literature, Vietnam's first university, Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son
temple, Tran Quoc pagoda and Quan Thanh temple. Cyclo ride around the
old quarter streets from Hang Dau to Hang Gai. Dinner on guest's
account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Hanoi.
Day 8 : Hanoi - Halong ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Halong via the Red River Delta.
Arrive in Ha Long city and board the junk. A seafood lunch will be
served on board while you are enjoying a four-hour cruise on the bay to
visit the Thien Cung cave (The cave of the heavenly - famous for its
stalagmites and stalactites) which has been open to public since 1998.
Visitors can then admire the newly-discovered DAU GO grotto (where
wooden stakes were set deep inside the cave prior to a battle with an
invading Mongol army). Boat ride back to Ha Long city. Road trip back
to Hanoi. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in
Hanoi.
 Day 9 : Hanoi and depature ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at the hotel. Free until transfer to Noi Bai airport for departure.
Tour Price Includes :
- A/c private car/van/minus for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program.
- Domestic flights : Ha Noi - Hue; Da Nang HCMC ( Economic class ).
- English speaking tour guide.
- Private boat trip on the Halong bay.
- Private boat trips in Hue & the Mekong Delta.
- All entrance fees & cyclos cruise.
- Hotel accommodation based Twin/Double share basis.
- Half board package meals indicated as : B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner.
- Approved invitation letter for Vietnamese visa.
Tour Price Excludes :
- International flight to/from Vietnam
- Travel insurance.
- Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.
- Personal expenses.
Proposed hotels list :
| Place |
Standard ** |
First class *** |
Superior **** |
Deluxe***** |
| Ha Noi Capital |
Viet Anh Hotel |
Thien Thai Hotel |
Sunway Hotel |
Sofitel Plaza Hotel |
| Ha Long |
HH Standard Junk |
Deluxe HH Junk |
Bai Tho DLX Junk |
Emerald |
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Halong II Hotel |
Halong I Hotel |
Saigon Halong Hotel |
Halong Plaza Hotel |
| Hue |
Thanh Noi Hotel |
Vy Da Riverside Hotel |
Huong Giang Hotel |
Saigon Morin Hotel |
| Hoi An |
Thanh Binh III Hotel |
Ancient House Hotel |
Glory Hotel |
Victoria Resort |
| Hochiminh city |
An An Hotel |
Liberty 4 Hotel |
Continental Hotel |
New World Hotel |
Flexibilty on request :
- Overnight stay in Halong on board the Junk boat can be arranged instead of staying in the hotel
- Full board package can be arranged during the trip
- Extended trip to Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
- Extended trip to Phu Quoc island
- Extended trip to Mui Ne beach
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