Itinerary: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels – Mekong Delta – Nha Trang – Hoi An – Hue – Ha Noi – Sapa Tour – Ha Long Bay
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Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival / Meals: None / +Guide
Vietnam tops list of the most attractive destinations and tours of Vietnam are diversified. Moreover, your travel in Vietnam organised by Vivutravel, will definitely be the best holiday ever. Arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport, welcome by our private Vietnam tour guide and driver and transfer to you hotel for check in. Ho Chi Minh, the most exciting city of Vietnam, a mecca of commerce, also a city with a chequered history and a rich culture, its pagodas, museums, public buildings, parks and boulevards make it one of the most delightful Vietnam Tours and cities to visit in Vietnam. Free time at leisure. Overnight in a Ho Chi Minh hotel.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi Tunnels / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
After breakfast, enjoy a morning drive through typical southern Vietnamese countryside to Tay Ninh Province in the west of Vietnam. At Tay Ninh visit the incredible Cao Dai Great Temple, with architecture that could have come straight from a Walt Disney fantasy and where all the major faiths of the world blend together in a unique religious cocktail. In the afternoon, visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence where you will understand more about the Vietnam War or American War, a must see Vietnam Tour for any tourists to learn about Vietnam past and present days. Overnight in a Ho Chi Minh hotel.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
Today, we start our Vietnam travel with the interesting visit to Cai be floating market.
6am : Pick up at your hotel in HCMC. Depart for Cai Be by private ca, stop to take photos in Tan An town overlooking the picturesque flat rice fields. On arrival in Cai Be, set off by motor boat to visit the Cai Be floating market and watch the locals trading fruit and many other commodities on board their vessels. Then wander into the small villages to visit the orchard and fruit plantation. Keep cruising to Vinh Long through a series of small canals to experience the charms of the Upper Mekong Delta. Visit a small family business to see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Arrive in Binh Hoa Phuoc village, the green pearl of Vinh Long town, where you can immerse yourself in nature. Enjoy a lunch of fresh river food served in the heart of the garden accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music. Take a delightful walk through the bonsai garden. Meet the car/van in Vinh Long. Return to HCMC. Arrive back at your hotel at around 5pm.
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Nha Trang / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
After breakfast, take a short flight with Vietnam airlines to Nha Trang, a city right on the beach. Check-in hotel and rush to beach for swimming and many more activities. Free at leisure. Overnight in a Nha Trang hotel.
Day 5: Nha Trang / Meals: Breakfast
Nha Trang is Vietnam’s best-known Vietnam beach destination, a perfect break during or your Vietnam Tours with miles of white sandy beaches, swaying coconut palms and wonderful fresh seafood restaurants. Day free at leisure, water sports abound including parasailing, jet skiing, water skiing and relaxing boat trips to the outlying islands. If you prefer to keep your feet dry then hop into a taxi or take a cyclo for an exploratory trip around Nha Trang. Overnight in a Nha Trang hotel.
Day 6: Nha Trang – Hoi An / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
After breakfast, our Vietnam tour guide and driver in Nha Trang will transfer you to the airport for the morning flight with Vietnam airlines to Da Nang airport then transfer to Hoi An about 35km away. Free at leisure. Overnight in a Hoi An hotel.
Day 7: Hoi An / Meals: Breakfast
Hoi An Ancient Town - highlight of any tour to Vietnam that no Vietnam Tours maker would skip, is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a
South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th
century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both
indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique
heritage site.
Day free to cycle through rice paddies in the countryside of Hoi An
ancient town, shop for souvenirs among the antique shops and art
galleries, or just sit at sidewalk cafes and soak up the atmosphere of
this quaint town. Or relax on the white sandy beach of the famous Danang
Beach. Overnight in a Hoi An hotel.
Day 8: Hoi An – My Son Tour – Hoi An / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
After
breakfast, we invite you an interesting visit to My Son Holy land, once
the spiritual capital of Champa Kingdom that dominated South East Asia
for nearly a thousand years and occupied most of the central parts of
Vietnam from 2nd century to 16th century with very rich in history and
culture. Contemplate its remarkable red brick towers and sanctuaries
dating from between the 7th and 13th centuries.
Drive back to Hoi An, end of your today's beautiful Vietnam Tour with visit the former merchants' homes, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, Phuc Kien Pagoda and the colourful riverside market. Overnight in a Hoi An hotel.
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Day 9: Hoi An – Da Nang – Hue / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
After
breakfast, leave Hoi An for Hue, the last imperial capital of Vietnam,
well-known for magnific architecture, pagodas and royal tombs laid in
small villages and surrounding hills and one of the most popular cities
for all the Vietnam Tours.
En route have a look at the famous Danang Beach and visit Cham Museum
which contains the finest collection of Cham sculpture in the world.
Upon arrival in Hue, check in and free at leisure. Overnight in a Hue hotel.
Day 10: Hue City Tour / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
Hue is one of places, which has many cultural heritages. Up to now,
there is no place like Hue remaining a lot of originally historical
vestiges as in this ancient Capital City and favorite destination for all Vietnam Tours.
After breakfast, our tour starts with the visit to Imperial Citadel
before taking the beautiful boat trip on the romantic Perfume River and
visit Hue's best-known religious site-Thien Mu Pagoda and the Mausoleum
of former emperor Minh Mang in a tranquil setting of gardens and lakes.
Return to the hotel. Free at leisure. Overnight in a Hue hotel.
Day 11: Hue – Hanoi Tour / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
After breakfast, our Vietnam tour guide and driver in Hue will transfer you to the airport for the morning flight with Vietnam airlines to Hanoi. Upon arrival, our private Vietnam Tours guide and driver will welcome your Vietnam Holiday,
pick up and transfer to the hotel for check in. Hanoi, a city where the
exotic chic of old Asia blends with the dynamic face of new Asia. Where
the medieval and modern co-exist. A city with a blend of Parisian grace
and Asian pace, an architectural museum piece evolving in harmony with
its history, rather than bulldozing through like many of the region’s
capitals. Hanoi is where imagination becomes reality. Free at leisure.
Overnight in a Hanoi hotel.
Day 12: Hanoi full day visits – Night train to Sapa / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
Hanoi without a doubt a beautiful start for your Vietnam Tours.
Today we enjoy a full day Hanoi city tour of this charming capital city
including the mausoleum of the nation's founder Ho Chi Minh (close on
Monday & Friday), the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh's house
on stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, the
impressive Ethnologic Museum, the beautiful West Lake, the Tran Vu
Pagoda, the peaceful lake of the Restored Sword.
Late afternoon we take a cyclo tour for a short excursion through the
bustling old quarter streets named after the specific goods once
offered for sale at these places. In the evening, we end Hanoi city tour with a fantastic traditional water puppet show.
This evening, we will transfer you to the train station to experience a Vietnam train ride to Lao Cai.
Day 13: Lao Cai – Sapa Tour / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
Arrive in the early morning in the border town of Lao Cai where it's a
short transfer to Sapa (Vietnam's recommended tour). In the terraced
hills and mountains of this area, the monotony of the expansive green
landscape is enlivened by the colours of its hill tribe population. It
is here you will find hands stained with colour from fabric dyes and
shades of blue, red and green intricately embroidered and stitched into
jackets, waistcoats, pants, skirts, caps, purses and leggings.
Take a morning walking tour of Sapa for a visit to the busy market
where Red Dao, Black & Flower H'Mong, Tay and other ethnic minority
people converge from the surrounding countryside to sell their
silverware and handicrafts, and to buy provisions. Afterwards, at about 9
am, we take the drive to the trekking point and trek down to Ma Tra
village of the Black H'Mong people, the beautiful walk through the
terraced rice filed and it is very interesting to experience the daily
life of the locals when you stop for visit to one of the families.
Picnic lunch on the way then we continue to Ta Phin village of the Red
Dao people. Explore the village then private bus back to Sapa. Free at
leisure and overnight in Sapa.
Day 14: Lao Cai – Sapa – Hill Tribe villages / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
Sapa - The Queen of the Mountains, overlooking a beautiful valley, lofty mountains towering over the town on all sides, Sapa Tour is gateway to another world of mysterious minority cultures and luscious landscapes and great choice for Vietnam Tours maker to arrange Vietnam Culture Tours, Vietnam Trekking Tours, Vietnam Homestay Tours... After breakfast, we will do one of the most beautiful Sapa Tours
by driving to visit Lao Chai and Ta Van village of the Black H'mong and
the Day people where you can enjoy fresh air, amazing scenery of the
imposing mountain range, trek down world's most beautiful terraced rice
fields, visit some local family on the way and learn unique culture and
life of these ethnic groups. Back to Sapa by private car, free at
leisure for the rest of the day. Overnight in a Sapa hotel.
Day 15 : Sapa – Lao Cai / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
The markets in the Northern Vietnam are always the
colorful meeting places for the hill tribes, spotlight for any Sapa
Tours and of course, your unique Vietnam Tours
experience. Minority people come down from the mountains to sell their
products, or just for catching up on the latest news, gossip, drinking
away troubles or seeking for lover. In the morning, drive to visit one
of the areas weekly markets;
Market days:
Can Cau Market - Saturdays
Bac Ha Market or Muong Hum Market or Muong Khuong Market - Sundays
Cao Son Market - Wednesdays
Lung Khau Nhin Market - Thursdays
Coc Ly Market - Tuesdays
In the late afternoon, your Sapa tour guide and driver transfer you
back to Lao Cai to catch the night train back to Hanoi. We hope that you
have enjoyed your Sapa Tours with us. We say goodbye with sincere
thanks and looking forward to welcoming you again for your coming
Vietnam Tours and Sap Tours.
Overnight on the train.
Day 16: Hanoi – Halong Cruise / Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner / +Guide
Picked
up early at the train stattion, this morning, we will arrange a room at
our hotel for you to have shower and breakfast before we drive to Halong Bay (165km), Vietnam most scenic sight, a recognized World Natural Heritage Site and highlight of any Vietnam Tours.
Upon arrival, board your traditional wooden junk. Welcome drink on
board. After a relaxing break, enjoy a delicious seafood lunch while
cruising through the wonderful Ha Long bay visiting its amazing grottoes
and caves. Opportunity to dive off the boat and have a pleasant
swimming in the deep blue water of East Sea before relaxing on your sun
deck to view a Halong sunset. Dinner on board with excellent fresh
seafood.
Overnight on board.
Day 17 : Halong cruise – Hanoi / Meals: Breakfast, Brunch / +Guide
It is said that your Vietnam Tours will not be complete without a trip to Halong Bay and spending one night on romantic Halong Cruise. People describe Halong Bay
as majestic and mysterious, inspiring and imperious and words alone
cannot do justice to the natural wonder that is Halong Bay. Imagine 3000
or more incredible islands rising from the emerald waters of the Gulf
of Tonkin and you have a vision of breathtaking beauty. Halong Bay is
pure art, a priceless collection of unfinished sculptures hewn from the
hand of nature. It is absolutely true when you get up early to catch the
sunrise on the bay, doing Ta Chi on sundeck and relax with a cup of hot
coffee or tea when the boat cruising to explore more of Halong Bay. All
make your Vietnam Holiday with full sweet memory. Back to Halong city at around noon where Vivutravel's private guide and driver are waiting for the transfer back to Hanoi. Overnight in a Hanoi hotel.
Day 18 : Hanoi Departure / Meals: Breakfast / +Guide
Free time at leisure for you to wrap up your memorial
Vietnam Holiday until Vivutravel's private guide will see you off at
the airport with the sincere thanks for your travel to Vietnam and with Vivutravel. We hope that you have enjoyed your Vietnam trip and look forward to welcoming you back for your next Vietnam Tours, goodbye and see you again!!!
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