HA NOI – NINH BINH – HA LONG – DA NANG – HOI AN – SAI GON – MEKONG DELTA 10D9N

Meeting at arrival and transfer to hotel for check-in.

Check in time at 14:00

Accommodation at hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

Visit to One-Pillar Pagoda,  also known as Dien Huu, Hanoi’s famous One-Pillar Pagoda was originally built in 1049 by Ly Thai Tong. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday, Friday, and entire October and November), His former residence wehre he lived and worked there for the remaining 11 years of his life. The Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), dedicated to Confucius, was founded in 1070 by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong. In 1076, Vietnam’s first university was established here to educate Vietnam’s administrative and warriors class. Lunch at local restaurant.

Visiting Ethnology Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation’s different ethnic groups. Visit Tran Quoc Temple, it is situated on an island linked by a bridge to the causeway between West Lake and Truc Bach

Lake. Founded in the early sixth century during the Ly Dynasty then walking around West Lake. One hour cyclo in old quarter follow by enjoy the water puppet show.

Accommodation at hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

Drive to Hoa Lu, visit 2 temples dedicated to 2 royal families of Vietnam in 10th century. Then pass through the magnificent countryside of North Vietnam typical with green limestone mountains jutting out of the green paddy fields to Nature Reserve of Van Long, famous as so called “Dry Halong Bay”.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Visit Trang An, a World Heritage Site recognized by UNESCO in 2014. There, you can spend 1.5 – 2 hours on the boat ride to enjoy the beauty of this place, which has a beautiful tunnel cave system and appears in the new version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island”.

Drive back to Ha Noi.

Accommodation at hotel

Breakfast at hotel.

Transfer to Ha Long. Stop on the route.

Arrive at Tuan Chau harbor

Transfer to cruises. Check in your cabin.

Enjoy buffet lunch at our restaurant while the cruise goes ahead to Ha Long bay.

Continue to explore Ha Long by visiting Luon cave and participate in kayaking or bamboo boat, a must-try sport activity in Ha Long.

Visit Titov Island. Here, you will have time to climb up to the peak of Titov Island, admire the beautiful panorama view of Ha Long bay or swim, take pictures, play on the sea.

Come back to  Cruises.

Join cooking class: how to make Vietnamese spring rolls – traditional Vietnamese food.
Enjoy set-menu dinner on the restaurant on-board.
Join the Squid Fishing activity.

Overnight on cruise

Practice Tai Chi class on Sundeck.

Light breakfast is served at the restaurant.

Visit Amazing Cave, hiking up about 120 steps to the cave entrance and 200 steps up & down on the exit.

Back to cruises.

Check – out time on the board.

Enjoy buffet brunch while the cruise transfer to the Tuan Chau Wharf.

Disembark to Tuan Chau Wharf.

Drive back to Ha Noi airport for flight by VN179 at 16:40 to Da Nang.

Meeting at arrival and transfer to Hoi An for check-in.

Accommodation at hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

Discovery the historic town which used to be a prosperous seaport city during the 16^th to 18^th centuries. Its sizeable community of foreign merchants resulted in a unique architectural style with Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese influences. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Thanh Ha Pottery village craftsmen had ever been invited by the Court of Nguyen Dynasty in Hue to create special products for activities of the Imperial Palace and Kim Bong Carpentry Village is very famous for its wood carving products. Now in this village, there is one workshop funded by UNESCO in order to train young people in the village.

Accommodation at hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

Transfer to Da Nang.

Visit Cham Museum, the museum displays approximately 300 sculptures, among which some are made from terracotta from the period between the 5th and 15th centuries. Visiting handicraft sculpture rocks village and Marble Mountains is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngu Hanh Son ward, The five “mountains” are named after the five elements; Kim (metal), Thuy (water), Moc (wood), Hoa (fire) and Tho (earth).

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Transfer to Da Nang airport for flight VN133 at 15:30 to Saigon

Meeting at arrival and transfer to hotel for check in.

Accommodation in hotel.

Breakfast at hotel

Pick up at hotel then drive to My Tho, is famous for its extensive orchards and immense fruit gardens of Mekong Delta. Upon arrival visiting Vinh Trang pagoda, the architecture of the pagoda is a harmonious combination of Asian and European types, creating the splendid, but simple features of this Buddhist pagoda.

Then enjoy a boat ride on the Mekong River seeing “Dragon-Unicorn-Tortoise-Phoneix” islets before to Thoison islets for visiting local house making goods from coconut, banana caramel and coconut caramel. Continue to visit an orchard on an island and take horse-cart on village road. Have lunch at garden restaurant with special “Elephant fish” on islet then swimming sampan through Coconut canal.

Cruising back to the pier and transfer to Saigon

Breakfast at hotel.

Pick-up at hotel and drive to northwest of Saigon (about 70km) for visiting to Cu Chi Tunnels system which 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 used during the Vietnam war. An amazing complex of underground tunnels 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.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Visit Central Post Office was constructed by the famous architect Gustave Eiffel in the early 20th

century, has a Gothic architectural style. Visiting Former President Palace. It was workplace of

the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Drive to China town the most bustling

quarter of the city including Thien Hau pagoda was built by the Cantonese congregation in the early 19th century. Ben Thanh Market is popular with tourists seeking local handicrafts, textiles, ao dai, and souvenirs, as well as local cuisine.

Breakfast at hotel.

Transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for flight go back home.