Vietnam Itinerary Option Vietnam Overview from North to South Suggested Itinerary 14days
Day 01 Vietnam - Hanoi no_image
Pick up and Transfer to the hotel.
Hanoi briefings – Free and easy.
Day 02 Hanoi city tour no_image
AM 08hh00. Visit to the complex of Ho Chi Minh comprising Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, museum and stilt house and one Pillar pagoda.
Visit Vietnam Ethnology museum where you can see 54 different minorities of Vietnam with their typical custom and clothes, working materials
PM Visit the Temple of Literature – the place of the first University and temple for Confucius in Vietnam.
Visit Hoan Kiem lake with Ngoc Son Temple.
Enjoy special water puppet show at 14h45 – 15h45.
Free time for dinner.
Day 03 Hanoi – Perfume Pagoda – Sapa by night tra no_image
AM
7.30 pick up at hotel for a dive of 70km northeast of Hanoi.
This land drive will take you nearly 2 hrs throughout rural farming villages to the bottom of the perfume mountain, at DUC dock, we will take an oaring boat trip alongside the YEN stream for one and half hours, enjoy the landscapes of high mountains and wet rice fields on both sidebanks.
Reach the inner dock, we continue trekking up to the main cave (the fragrant trace cave), visit the pagoda inside.
Need one more hour to trek down for lunch.
PM
After having lunch, we will see Thien Tru pagoda (the kitchen pagoda), the biggest pagoda of the area, learn about the traditional architecture, enjoy the landscapes blending among culture and nature.
Finally take the boat and bus back to Ha Noi Stopover for a visit to Van Phuc traditional handicraft silk village.
Free for dinner until 20h00 transfer to Hanoi station for the train to Lao Cai – 8 hours sleep on deluxe train, sharing cabin 4 soft berths
Inclusive services
Private car, boat, tour guide, entrance fees and meal (B+ L) + train ticket (type: 4 soft beds in a cabin with a/c)
Day 04 Sa Pa trekking – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Giang no_image
06h00 you will arrive at the last arrival station – Lao Cai station.. Our tour guide will pick you up and drive to Sapa for a shower, and breakfast
Trek down to YlinhHo then Lao Chai village of the black H’mong people.
After a picnic lunch, continue trekking to Ta Van village, visit the Dzay’s families and Giang Ta Chai village of the red Dzao minority
Visit and stay overnight in a red Dzao family close to a beautiful waterfall among hills and rain forest.
A car to return to hotel
Dinner and overnight in Sapa
Inclusive services
Transfer, tour guide, home-stay permit, meals (B + L)
Day 05 Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Sa Pa – Lao Cai no_image
In the early morning you will be sure to be woken up by the households but lucky to see how is their daily life for a new day coming.
Enjoy some pancakes made by your tour guide’s skillful hands.
Say good bye and start a new trek with more stunning landscapes and other ethnic minority villages dotted as far as your eyes sigh.
Finally a Russian jeep to return you to Sa Pa, Stroll throughout Sapa old hill station to visit Sapa market, Sapa church and the French colonial ruins.
18h30 we drive down to Lao Cai station for the night train to Hanoi at 21h15
Inclusive services
Tour guide, transfer, Russian jeep, meals (B + L) and train ticket (same class)
Day 06 Ha Noi - Ha Long bay - Bai Tu Long area no_image
AM
04h40 you will arrrive in Hanoi, transfer to Vega Travel office, get room for break until08h00 take part in Vega Travel’s daily group tour to Halong Bay - A 3-hr drive to Ha Long boat station.
12h00 Welcome on Board then enjoy a seafood lunch (possible for vegetarian food)
PM
Cruise through the bay to visit fighting cock stone, couple tone and floating fishing village.
Visit the nicest largest cave of the bay called Hang Sung Sot (Surprising cave).
Start kayaking to get in untouched lanes, close views to shaped limestone mountains especially to Floating fishing villages and Tunnel grottoes.
Relax on Ti Top beach or climb up its top for a universal view of the jewel bay.
Anchor among Bai Tu Long bay, Ha Long bay and Lan Ha bay for dinner and a lovely peaceful night on the boat in a tranquil area surrounded by mountain
Inclusive services
Vega Travel van and boat, tour guide, kayak, entrance fee, meals (L + D)
Day 07 Lan Ha bay - Ha Long – Hanoi – Night train no_image
AM
Enjoying the dawn covering the jewel bay meanwhile having breakfast.
Continue boating to Lan Ha bay for different views of limestone forest and lagoons
Cruise back to Ha Long bay on another route that will lead you through its fabulous different sea scenery, stop for swimming and relax before head up to HaLong wharf.
PM
11h30 check out the boat, transfer to the restaurant for lunch
13h30 drive back to Hanoi and arrival at 16h30 – 17h00
18h00 transfer to Hanoi station for the night train to Hue at 19h00
Inclusive services
Vega Travel van and boat, tour guide, meals (B + L) and train ticket (same class)
Day 08 Hue - Sightseeing no_image
AM
07h15 you will arrive Hue, transfer to hotel
After brekfast, take a boat ride alongside the Perfume river, enjoy countryside villages and spectacular landscape on both sides of the river. Call on to visit Thien Mu, the Heaven female pagoda, one of the oldest of Vietnam.Keep boating to Khai Dind tomb - A worth seeing by its huge architecture.
PM
Visit the Ngo Mon main gate, the Purple Forbidden City. Visiting and learning about the last dynasty Nguyen in VietNam from 1802 – 1945. In here you can look back the moment of regime changing, the communist party standing for the endness of Emperors 'rule.
Visit the lasting remaining ruins combined between the old Vietnamese Sino – Chinese architecture.
Free and easy in Hue
Inclusive services
Private car, boat, tour guide, entrance fees, hotel and meals (B + L)
Day 09 Hue – Hoi An no_image
AM
A special driving over the Hai Van Pass, the highest mountain range lying horizontally partition the north and the south.
Enjoy the real spectacular scenery at the top of 1260m
PM
After lunch, visit the Cham museum with many cultural objects displaying as antique statues carved in 13 th century, here you will also look back the spirit cultural life of the Cham…
On the way to Hoi An, we visit the Mable mountain.
Free time and easy in Hoi An
Inclusive services
Private car, tour guide, entrance fees, meals (B) and
Hoi An Beach Resort 4* ( www.hoianbeachresort.com.vn
Day 10 Hoi An – Sightseeing no_image
AM
Take a walking tour around the old quarter Hoi An, the unique ancient town is being preserved considerably intact.
You will learn about Hoi An prosperity in 15th century and its redevelopment in 18 th century as the biggest water trading port of the Indochina did business with Japan, China, Indo and Spain that reflected on the special fusion combination of architecture of the town as Chua Cau Bridge pagoda a Japanese ruin and Phuc Kien Hoi Quan, a Chinese…
PM
Free and easy
Inculsive services
Tour guide, entrance fees, meals (B)
Day 11 Hoi An – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh city no_image
AM
08h00 check out the hotel, transfer to Da Nang airport for the flight VN335 to Ho Chi Minh city at 09h45
10h45 arrival, pick up and transfer to hotel
PM
Visit Notre Dame cathedral, the oldest of all Vietnam was built between 1877 and 1833 when the French colonized from 1858 to 1954 and visit the Catholicism widely spread overall Vietnam..
Visit The Presidential Palace where was historical marked the moment of changing regime Vietnamese communist party standing for the Sai Gon puppet Government in April. 30.1975.
Visit the War Remnant Museum preserving the remains of the American war from 1945 to 1975, learn about Vietnam guerillas (See Cu Chi tunnels).
Free time to attend Cho Lon market and the Chinese quarters.
Inclusive services
Transfer, flight ticket, tour guide, entrance fees and hotel
Day 12 Ho Chi Minh – My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho no_image
08h00 Pick up at Elios hotelfor a drive down to My Tho town
Take the boat ride through the Bao Dinh natural canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river sides.
Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island.
Lunch served in the heart of the orchard.
Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruise under the shadow of the water coconut trees.
Visit the family where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle.
Biking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorised boat.
Overnight in Can Tho
Inclusive services
A private car, boat, tour guide and Sai Gon – Can Tho hotel+ meals (B + L)
Day 13 Can Tho – Cai Rang floating market – HCM no_image
7:00After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit floating market of Cai Rang.
Break time for lunch.
Return to Hochiminh city via Vinh Long to visit the local snake market.
Arrive in HCM at 16h00. Check in hotel again.
Free and easy – Overnight the hotel in the old quarters
Inclusive services
A private car, boat, tour guide and + meals (B) and hotel 3*
Day 14 HCM city Departure no_image
AM
Free and easy to visit HCM
PM
Transfer to the airport
Inclusive services
Transfer
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