Across Vietnam: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh Tour

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - City Tour - Indian Dinner

Welcome to Hanoi, the 1,000 year old capital of Vietnam !
Arrival at Hanoi Airport: private transfer to your hotel by our driver. Check in your hotel in Hanoi.
In the afternoon, you visit Ho Chi Minh complex, including Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum (from outside), President Ho Chi Minh's stilt house, One Pillar Pagoda Tran Quoc pagoda. Welcome dinner at an Indian restaurant. Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals : Dinner

Day 2: Hanoi - Halong - Overnight On Junk - Group Tour

After breakfast in the hotel, our shuttle bus and tour guide of Halong junk will pick you up from your hotel and drive through the Red River Delta to Ha Long Bay, taking around 3.5 hours. The beautiful countryside that awaits your imagination, takes us through local farming life and villages. En route, we make a stop at a reststop for drinks.
Upon arrival at Ha Long, we will board our deluxe junk for a delicious seafood lunch while our Junk is cruising around hundreds of wonderful limestone formations arising from emerald green water. After lunch we have the chance to explore one of the wonderful limestone caves dotted around the bay like “Sung Sot” Amazing Cave. Continue cruising to a secluded spot for swimming and sunbathing before dinner. Enjoy another seafood meal for dinner. Overnight on the Halong junk.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Flight to Da Nang - Hoi An - Group Tour

Breakfast on Halong Cruise. Relax and photograph wonderful pictures of Ha Long on the way back.
11:00 Have lunch on Junk while cruising back harbor and leave Cruise.
- Start bus dive back to Hanoi. Have a rest half-way to free your legs.
17:30 Drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi.
18:30 Private transfer to Hanoi airport for your next flight to Da Nang city in Central Vietnam.
After 1-hour flight, arrival at Da Nang Airport: private transfer to Hoi An old quarter by our driver. Check in your hotel in Hoi An. Hoi An is an ancient town located in the lower section of Thu Bon River. With outstanding value, in 1999, UNESCO has recognized the ancient town of Hoi An as a world cultural heritage. Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4: Hoi An Old Quarter

8:00 am, the guide welcome you at hotel lobby. Walk to the ancient town, visit the Kwan Temple , Phuc Kien Chinese Assembly Hall, Tan Ky old House, Japanese Bridge and cultural show rooms in Hoi An.
After lunch, you will embark on the boat trip along Thu Bon river. From the boat, you can enjoy the busy daily life of Hoi An people. Continue to Thanh Ha pottery village where you can learn and enjoy the daily life of Thanh Ha people. Observe all the steps of making a pottery product: vase, pot, kettle, cooking pot,...embark on the boat to visit Kim Bong carpentry village, listen to the history of the village, come to visit the ship-building yards, see the handicrafts and sculptures. Return to your hotel. Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5: Hoi An - My Son Champa Towers By Bus and Boat - Group Tour

Depart at 7:40AM by bus. Pick up at your hotel. We travel about 50km from Hoi An to My Son sanctuary. It comprises many Champa temples, in a valley roughly two kilometers wide, surrounded by two mountain ranges. It was the site of religious ceremony of kings of the Champa dynasty, and was also a burial place of Champa royals and national heroes. The My Son temple complex is one of the foremost temple complexes of Hinduism in South East Asia and is the foremost heritage site of this nature in Vietnam. Though the complex has been destroyed over time, we still see many majestic ancient ruins of temples in the area.
Arrive in My Son at 9:00AM. Walk around with your guide for 2 hours to see the historic and cultural ruins of the 16th century, you will be brought back to the glorious time of the Champa civilization. Then leave My Son for Cau Lau boat station. Take a motorized boat excursion to visit Kim Bong carpentry village, 3km west of Hoi An. Have a soft lunch and drink on boat. Tour finishes at Hoi An dock at 3:30 PM. You should come back hotel by your own (taxi or walk).
Free leisure in the rest of the day. Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch

Day 6: Hoi An - Da Nang - Flight to Ho Chi Minh - Buffet Lunch - Cu Chi Tunnels

In the morning, you’re transferred to Da Nang airport for your next flight to Ho Chi Minh city.
After 2-hour flight, you meet our tour guide at Ho Chi Minh airport. Then check in your hotel. Enjoy buffet lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch, you visit Cu Chi tunnels. Located 60km from the city center, Cu Chi is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists - the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens. Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. Start our tour in the morning, before entering the tunnels visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. You will spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war).
Free shooting by AK47 riffle or M16 carbin in “free target zone” (bullet fee is paid by yourselves).
Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch

Day 7: My Tho - Ben Tre ( Mekong Delta) - Group Tour

After breakfast, at 8:30, the tour guide and private driver pick you up from your hotel. You depart for Mekong delta. After 2 hours driving, you arrive at My Tho city. Overview floating fish houses by boat. Motorized boat ride to Con Phung (Phoenix Island) of Ben Tre province. The province is home of coconut, you can buy handicraft made from coconut trees.
Around 12:00 AM: Have lunch on the island with delicious local dishes.
After lunch is the time to explore amazing Mekong canals. Motorized boat cruise along natural creeks and quiet villages in Ben Tre province. Visit orchards, bee-keeping house, enjoy honey tea, seasonal tropical fruit and traditional music.
Rowing-boat ride along small mangrove palm creek (mangrove palm or Nypa-frutican known as "dừa nước" in Vietnam)
See coconut candy production process. Around 3:00 PM: Get on the bus to come back Ho Chi Minh City. On the way back drop by Mekong Rest Stop for short break.
Drive back to the hotel for overnight. Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch

Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City Tour - Departure Flight

Morning visit Reunification Palace, formerly known as the Presidential Palace. The place symbolizes the end of Vietnam War when a North Vietnamese army tank went through its gates. Then taking a short stroll to see Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office, they are the beautiful examples of architecture from the French colonial period. Stopover at Ben Thanh market for your free shopping.
Private airport transfer to Ho Chi Minh international airport for your departure. Say goodbye to Vietnam & see you next time ! End of services.

Meals : Breakfast