VIETLAND HOLIDAYS

Today you will arrive in Hanoi, the local tour guide and driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel. Your hotel locates in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.

Hanoi is the most populus 2^nd biggest City of Vietnam, with its population of 15 million people.

Overnight in Hanoi

At 8.00 Am, you will start your 1/2day tour

This morning we visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the beautiful surroundings of his home. We also see the One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature built in the year of 1076 and dedicated to the teaching of Confucius. The local market of Hanoi, where you will see the local people sell & buy foods…

Enjoy 1hour rich saw ride in the Old Quarter to see the architecture of Old Quarter.

The remainder of the day is free to enjoy Vietnam’s capital after your lunch. 

Overnight in Hanoi

At 8.00 A , you must check out and leave your big suitcase at the hotel lobby. You only need overnight luggage for your boat trip.

The cruise cabin is much smaller than your hotel room. But very comfortable, air-con, en suit cabin ( 12-15 sqm2)

Today you travel 170 km from Hanoi to Halong Bay (3hr drive with rest stop). Upon arrival we board a famous Halong Junk for a seafood lunch. Spend the afternoon cruising in Halong Bay to see thousands of limestone rock formations. Visit spectacular caves and stop at a beautiful beach for a swim. Our accommodation for the night is on board the junk where it will be anchored in a quiet bay.

Overnight on cruise

Spend this morning cruising Halong Bay. Visit Bai Tu Long Bay and have brunch on board before disembarking at 11.30am. Drive back to Hanoi and arrive mid-afternoon where the remainder of the afternoon is yours to relax or explore as you wish.

You will check out the cruise at around 11.30 am and get on the bus. Arrive in Hanoi at 16.00 PM. 

Overnight in Hanoi

This morning after check out we’ll be picked up and fly to Hue City . We will arrange a morning flight.

 After lunch, you will start a tour the Citadel of Hue and visit The Forbidden City of the royal Nguyen Dynasty, which was built from 1802 to 1945. We’ll also visit Thien Mu Pagoda, which is considered the first Buddhist Pagoda in Hue, built in 1601. In the late afternoon enjoy a boat cruise along Perfume River. 

Overnight in Hue

After breakfast, you check out hotel at 8.30 AM

You will have 3 hours drive to Hoian , the driver will take you through Hai Van Pass , which is about 500m above the sea level, and where you see the cloudy mountain view, and drive overland to My Khe Beach in Danang City ( Used to be called as China Beach)

It is 150 Km from Hue to Hoian , very nice view by bus en route. and on the way to Hoian, we will make a stop to visit Marble Mountain & Buddha Shrine in a cave. 

Overnight in Hoian

After breakfast, Tour starts at 9.00 Am: Hoian is an ancient town built in the 16th Century by Chinese and Japanese merchants as a biggest port in South East Asia at that time.

You will start a walking City tour to the best highlights in Hoian Town, Ancient houses, Japanese Bridge, Chinese Halls, Temples, and a local market. We arrange a boat trip in the riverside where you can enjoy the scenery of fishing life or villages along Thu Bon River.  Later after lunch, Shopping for those who have fittings and you can wander around the town or walk to the beach.  

Overnight in Hoian

We will arrange a morning flight, so you can have time for the tour in Ho Chi Minh City

Drive back to Danang airport for the Flight to Saigon (30 Km from Hoian). Transfer to your hotel in Saigon

In the afternoon, you have ½ day City tour visiting Independence Palace and War Crime Museum, after that you keep visiting Notre Dame Cathedral & the Central Post Office. 

Overnight in Saigon

Today, you will go to Cuchi Tunnels which is about 50Km from Saigon, where you can visit the tunnel network built by the South Vietnamese Communists in 1946, and repaired a bigger 250 km underground system against the American & the South Vietnam Government. You will watch a real nice documentary film made at the time, which remind you of Vietnam in the Wartime, and see how the Vietnamese Communists ( Viet Cong ) survived in the tunnels. 

Overnight in Saigon

This morning, you will go to Ben Tre, a southern province in Mekong Delta. On the way, you will see the rice fields, fruit farms.

When arrive in Ben Tre, you will take a short stroll through a shaded area of coconut farm, enjoy the tropical fruits which are grown in here, and a folk music singing.

After that you will move to the river bank for a short journey by sampan to the workshop of making coconut candy, enjoy the candy and sip the honey tea.

After that, you will enjoy a short horse cart ride in the village to the restaurant.

After lunch in the garden, you will go to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, which was built in 1849, and is the mixture of art decoration between Asian and European. Finish the tour in Saigon at 16.30 PM.  Overnight in Saigon

Have your breakfast at hotel, and enjoy your time in Saigon before picked up for the airport