Routes: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay - Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnel - My Tho Mekong River (SEAT IN COACH)
Duration: 08 days / 07 nites
Day 1: Arrival Hanoi
Day 2: Ha Noi - Ha Long Bay (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 3: Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Day 4: Hanoi Excursion (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Day 5: Hanoi - Saigon (Breakfast included)
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Cu Chi Tunnel - A half day for shopping (Breakfast included)
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh City - My Tho Mekong River (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City - Departure (Breakfast included)
(We will change the hotel, junk in case alls above get FULL)
Tour Prices Include
Hotel in twin / triple sharing room basic with daily breakfast
Transfer by air-conditioned bus as itinerary
Meals as indicated: 7 breakfast / 4 lunch / 1 dinner
Entrance fees, boat trips and excursions
Excellent English speaking guide (and also the other: Polish, Russian, Chinese, Indonesia)
Tour Prices Exclude
Travel insurance
Visa fee, flight ticket, airport tax
Personal expenses
Drink
Tipping
Others not mentioned nor specified above
Day 1: Arrival Hanoi
On arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai International airport, you will be greated by our guide and transfer to your hotel and free to leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Ha Noi - Ha Long Bay (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Departure Ha Noi for Ha Long Bay approximately three hours away. End route we have a short visit at Sao Do arts and crafts centre run by hadicapped children. Uppon arrival at Ha Long Bay (approx. mid-day), we will board our luxury junk boat, The Jewel of the Bay for a delicious seafood lunch. After lunch, we have a chance to explore some of the limestone caves dotted around the bay. Then our captain will find a secluded spot for swimming and sun bathing before dinner. Enjoy another seafood feast for dinner and for the night owls, there is option of night fishing.
Day 3: Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Rising to the lapping waters of the bay, we have time for an early morning dip followed by breakfast. This morning we continue to cruise around the bay to find more secluded areas to either swim or kayak in. The kayaks are light-weight and easy to use. All guests will be issued with water buoyancy vests and the junk will be near us at all times serving as a back up vessel. At midday we will return to the main harbor before transferring to our awaiting vehicle for a 3-hour journey back to Hanoi. We should be back in the capital at around 3.30pm.
Day 4: Hanoi Excursion (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Option I: Hanoi City Discover
Morning, meet your tour guide at the hotel, visit Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and traditional stilt house the Ho Chi Minh Meseum, the revered One Pillar Pagoda... Pay visit to typical Vietnamese places of worship, Vietnam's first university, the thousand year old Temple of Literature.
Lunch at local restaurant, visit: Army Museum or other Museum, West Lake, Tran Quoc Pagoda and Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Restored Lake), also a visit the Hanoi city's traditional 36 ancient street and shopping... turning back your hotel in the afternoon.
Option II: Hanoi - Tam Coc - Hoa Lu
After breakfast, drive to Hoa Lu, one of the ancient capitals of Vietnam. Enjoy the limestone karsts and rolling green fields which gave the area the nickname Halong Bay of the rice paddies as you explore 10th century Dinh and Le Dynasty relics. After lunch, transfer to Tam Coc and climb aboard a tiny boat for a peaceful cruise up the river and visit Bich Dong (Blue grotto). Return to Hanoi in the late afternoon. Dinner. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 5: Hanoi - Saigon (Breakfast included)
You are free for shopping in Hanoi. Then we takes you to Noi Bai airport and get flight to Saigon. Upon arrival, our representative meet you at Tan Son Nhat airport and transfer to your hotel. Free to leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi Tunnel - A half day for shopping (Breakfast included)
After breakfast, leave Ho Chi Minh for Cu Chi Tunnel. Here you will have the opportunity to witness how rice paper is made and to explorer the amazing labybrinth of tunnels used by the guerrillas during the war. Have lunch at Ben Nay restaurant which is located on the bank of a river. Return to Ho Chi Minh City and free for shopping. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - My Tho Mekong River (Breakfast / Lunch included)
A full day trip to the watery world of the Mekong Delta, just a couple of hours by road from the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City's streets. Take a boat trip along narrow waterways overhung with dense vegetation and try exotic fruits in one of the many orchards on Thoi Son Islet. For lunch sample on local delicacy - Elephant's Ear Fish. Visit the beautiful Vinh Trang Pagoda. Back to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight.
Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City - Departure (Breakfast included)
After breakfast in hotel, proceed to airport for your flight.
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