DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL – HANOI CITY TOUR  (-/-/-)

Upon arrival at Noi Bai International airport in Hanoi, you will be greeted by driver and local guide. Transfer to the hotel, check in hotel (check in time 2pm).

Today, we will enjoy Hanoi city tour. Visit Ho Chi Minh complex (outside), including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum - the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or uncle Ho, then visit Pillar Pagoda - a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square lake.

Continue to visit The Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam.

Drive to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, which is on the shore of West Lake and enjoy fresh air at West Lake. The last place of city tour is Hanoi Old Quarter & Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword Lake) with Ngoc Son Temple (outside) to see the peaceful green waters, The Huc Bridge, Thap But (Pen Tower).

Overnight in Hanoi.

Note: Check-in time: 14:00. Early check-in will be surcharged.

 

DAY 2: HANOI – HALONG BAY OVERNIGHT CRUISE   (B/L/D)

After early breakfast, the driver will pick you up at hotel then drive to the coastal port of Halong. The journey takes around four hours with a break to stretch your legs. Upon arrival in Tuan Chau Marina, embark your boat and start cruising. Halong Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site composed of almost 2,000 islands and jungle-clad limestone pillars.

After arriving at noon, you will board a beautiful boat for an overnight cruise on Halong Bay with an excellent menu of fresh seafood. Lunch and dinner are served on board.

Overnight on cruise.
 

DAY 3: HALONG BAY – HANOI – FLIGHT TO SAIGON   (B/BR/-)

Wake up early in the morning to enjoy the aquamarine waters of the bay at its best. After tea/coffee and pastries have been served, the boat will continue to cruise quietly through the spectacular limestone formations of Halong Bay. Enjoy this more isolated part of the bay’s spectacular and unique islands. You will return to Halong Harbor after a very hearty brunch on board (at 12pm).

 

Driver will pick you up at Halong Harbor to transfer to Noi Bai international airport to catch a flight to

Saigon.

Overnight in Saigon.

DAY 4: SAIGON – CU CHI TUNNELS – SAIGON HALF-DAY CITY TOUR   (B/-/-)

After breakfast, visitors depart to visit Cu Chi Tunnels, which is an underground defense system built by Viet Minh resistance officials from 1946 - 1948. The tunnel system includes clinics, rooms, kitchens, storage, and office. Length of about 250km, here is the Vietnam soldier’s battle base in the resistant American period. Have a short walk into the jungle to visit the traps, the secret entrance, the bunkers, and the underground hideouts.

Back to Saigon, explore Saigon in the afternoon. The first place to visit in the tour will be the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of the war in April 1975. After Reunification Palace, you can walk to see some French colonial structures including Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Central Post Office.

Continue to visit Ben Thanh market a bustling and vibrant marketplace offering a wide array of goods, from local handicrafts to delectable street food. You could buy a lot of things there.

Overnight in Saigon.
 

DAY 5: SAIGON – MEKONG DELTA – SAIGON   (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel

Leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and start your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Then boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.

Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around country lane and seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, folk song music which performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.

Riding a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.

Overnight in Saigon

 

DAY 6: SAIGON DEPARTURE    (B/-/-)

After breakfast, free at leisure until time to depart to the airport to take a flight home. Make sure to keep in touch with new friends you found during the trip and don’t forget to share your wonderful journey and

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