VATHN14- 13 Day Grand Vietnam Package Tour

Vietnam is the land of wonderful people and picturesque landscapes. Imagine learning the mysteries in Ho Chi Minh City or exploring the beautiful lakes and boulevards of Hanoi – and what better way to get to know the locals than to be in the Mekong Delta. Experience historical temples, visit Vietnam’s spectacular coastline, enjoy delicious banquets and explore lively cities – all with a touch of comfort

Summary Of Itinerary

Day 1: Ha Noi Arrival

Day 2: Hoa Lu – Trang An – Mua Cave

Day 3: Ha Noi – Ha Long

Day 4: Ha Long – Hanoi

Day 5: Flight Hanoi – Hue

Day 6: Hue City Tour

Day 7: Paradise Caves 1 Day Tour

Day 8: Private car to Hoi An

Day 9: Tra Que Village & Making Lantern

Day 10: My Son Holyland & Flight To Hochiminh

Day 11: Cu Chi Tunnels Half Day

Day 12: Full Day Mekong Delta (My Tho – Ben Tre)

Day 13: Ho Chi Minh Departure

• Day 1 Ha Noi Arrival (No Meals)

  On arrival Ha Noi capital, we will see at the airport and transfer to center for check in hotel. You are free time for leisure.
  Overnight in Hanoi.

• Day 2 Hoa Lu - Trang An - Mua Cave (Meal: B, L)

  07:45-08:15: Our tour guide and driver will pick up at your hotel in Hanoi city to depart for Ninh Binh province (120 Kms). Start Hoa Lu/ Trang An full day tour. Hoa Lu: Visit Hoa Lu – the historic capital of Vietnam and the famous ancient temples of Le and the Dinh Dynasties.
  13:00 Depart to visit Trang An tourist attraction, take a boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see the scenery of mountain and rivers Halong Bay on the land of Ninh Binh.
  15:30 Visit Mua Cave – the highlight attraction in Ninh binh, challenge yourself for 500 step up Cave mountain where you will have great panorama view of Tam Coc and rice field.
  18:00 Leave Ninh binh for Hanoi
  20:30: Tour Trang An full day Tour ends.
  Overnight in Hanoi

• Day 3 Ha Noi – Ha Long (Meal: B, L, D)

  (Your hotel – Tuan Chau marina – Halong bay – Lunch– Surprising Cave – Titop Island – Sunset party – Dinner – Onboard night activities)

  07.45 – 08.15 approx

  – Our guide will meet you at your hotel. The shuttle bus or private car pick up

  – Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta

  – Get your camera ready to take photos. Comfort break. The time from Hanoi to Halong bay is approximately 3 ½ hours.

  12 – 12.30 approx

  – Arriving Tuan Chau marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing.

  – Check into your cabin. Time to refresh and unwind

  – Set sail as lunch is served

  – Join us for a typical local lunch in the dining room or at the outdoor dining area.

  Afternoon

  Arrive at Surprising Cave (Hang Sửng Sốt), explore the cave and find out how the cave was named a Surprising.

  Heading to Titop island area. Drop anchor in the calm water surrounded by beautiful islets. Visit Titop island for swimming and snorkeling or do the short trek to the top of island to have the overview of Halong bay from here

  Heading back toward the sleeping area

  Early evening

  Summit on the sundeck watching the sunset, enjoy Sunset party. It’s ideal time to make acquaintance with new friends, sharing your traveling experience or simply watching the sunset

  An authentic Vietnamese menu is served

  After dinner, reward yourself with a large selection of cocktails at our bar, or take for you one of our onboard activities: book reading, games, movies, and squid fishing…

  Accommodation and overnight on boat.

• Day 4 Ha Long – Hanoi (Meal: B, L)

  (Tai Chi – Breakfast – Luon Cave – Cooking Demonstration – Lunch – Farewell at your hotel)

  06:30

  For the early risers join us for a Tai Chi session on the sundeck. Tai chi helps focus the mind and condition the body, joining Tai Chi session to full charge your energy for the day.

  07:00 – 08:00

  Local breakfast is served

  08:00

  Mingling yourself in the stunning views of the Bay and it’s dramatic limestone islets as we sail through the calm emerald waters heading to Luon Cave (Hang Luồn)

  Take your option either exploring the cave yourself on kayak or comfortably on bamboo boat rowed by the locals.

  09:00

  Check out the cabins, at your leisure while our cruise taking you pass by other beautiful highlights in the bay.

  10:00

  You will join with our short class of Cooking demonstration, how to make spring rolls before an early lunch is served.

  12:00

  Return to the shore and disembark from the cruise as our crew say farewell.

  Transfer to minibus or private and return to Hanoi.

  Arrival back at your hotel approximately 16:30

  Overnight in Hanoi

• Day 5 Flight to Hue (Meal: B)

  Today free to go shopping in the Hanoi Old Quarter or sightseeing by your own until noon time. Leave Hanoi to airport for Hue City`s flight. Arrive Hue City in the afternoon. Transfer to hotel & check in.

  Overnight in Hue City.

• Day 6 Hue City (Meal: B, L)

  Day in Hue is designed to show you this unexpected side of Hue, once former capital of Vietnam (1802 – A 1945) under the reign of the 13 Nguyen Kings

  Let us take you further in depth to the exotic culture, history and architectural works of a high cultural, historic value and the wall city that represents the outstanding demonstration of the power of the vanished Vietnamese feudal empire, including a complex of monuments, tombs and pagodas that attract tourists coming from all over the world.

  Let us show you just simple daily lives of local people at market and on the river…

  We highly recommend you to the best tour to see other side of Hue, Vietnam

  Tour highlights

  Morning (8:15 am – 12:30 pm)

  1. Dong Ba Market to see the daily life of local people
  2. Boat trip to Thien Mu pagoda – The oldest pagoda in Hue City
  3. Imperial Citadel of Royal Dynasty of Nguyen Family (1802 – 1945)
  4. Royal Antiques Museum – A collection of ornaments from the Nguyen dynasty

  Lunch at local restaurant (Huế specialities, Western and Asian food)

  Afternoon (12:30 – 17:30)

  5. Incense stick village
  6. Khai Dinh King’s Tomb – a blend of Western and Eastern architecture.
  7. Minh Mang King’s Tomb, one is impressed by the majesty and symmetry of the architectural constructions.
  8. On the way back to your hotel, we drop in handicraft village in Hue city – Conical hat village

  16:00 – 16:30 pm: your day trip is finished.

  Overnight in Hue

• Day 7 Paradise Cave (MEAL: B, L)

  In the Morning: 6:30 Car and tour guide will meet you at hotel and depart to Quang Binh. On the way, we stop for seeing La Vang Church where Virgin Maria appeared in 1798. We continue to go sightseeing Hien Luong Bridge, and Ben Hai River (Parallel 17 division from south to north of the country during 20 years from 1954 to 1973).

  11h30: We will have lunch at Phong Nha Restaurant.

  12h15: We will continue to make a trip to Paradise Cave to explore the charm of Asia’s longest dry and beautiful than the Phong Nha Cave which is recognizing as Natural Wonders of the World with the beautiful of nature given chemical. From the historic Ho Chi Minh Road (former Ho Chi Minh Trail), you will pass on a path through crass forest for about four kilometers, then you climb 519 rocky steps, and you’re in… Heaven, it’s truly a Paradise.

  7:30 Pm: Tour will back to Hue and we will finish Paradise Cave tour.

  Overnight in Hue

• Day 8 Private car to Hoi An (Meal: B)

  Taking private car to Hoi An (no tour guide). Upon arrival in Danang, visit the Cham Museum, which features a fine collection of open air sandstone carvings. Stop at My Khe Beach, made famous in the American TV series of the same name. It stretches for many miles north and south of the Marble Mountains. The Marble Mountains surrounding the area are five stone hillocks – once islands made of marble – and each is said to represent one of the five elements of the universe. There are many natural caves in which Buddhist sanctuaries have been built over the centuries. Transfer to Hoi An Ancient Town. Check in hotel & overnight in Hoi An.

• Day 9 Tra Que Village & Making Lantern (Meal: B)

  Departure : 8 :00 AM & 1:30 PM Time duration: 4 hours

  The tour will begin at your hotel or tour office. Our tour guide will greet you and provide your bicycle for your trip.

  Your day will start at Tra Que vegetable village. You can relax and enjoy the peaceful countryside then stroll along the vegetable villages. As a special treat, you will be involved with digging, sowing, planting, harvesting the vegetables with hundreds of years rudimentary tools of the farmers. You will enjoy the E Water, a speciality of Tra Que vegetable village, you can feel the strong medicinal flavor from many kinds of vegetables. You could will be a farmer with many interesting activities.

  Finish your time in Tra Que vegetable village, you will ride your bicycle leisurely passing the rice fields, villages, to come to the art of making lanterns.

  – You will visit craftsmen with skillful hands, showing y ou how to create the brightly colored lanterns. Expertly guided you could make yourself a lantern as a gift to your family.

  Finish your learning, the tour guide will take you back to your hotel

  Overnight in Hoi An.

• Day 10 My Son Holyland & Flight To Ho Chi Minh City (Meal: B, L)

  8.00 – 8.30: our guide pick you up at your hotel and depart to My Son holy land – the world cultural heritage.

  10.00: Arrive at My Son and we’ll have 2 hours to discover the site by walking throughout the landscape, learning histories with our local English speaking guide, enjoying the Champa’s traditional performances.

  11.30: Get back to mini van and move to a local house to learn how to make rice paper, you will enjoy your own hand-making product later on!

  12.00: Back to the van and have lunch at another local house. relax with cold herbal tea, nice foods and fresh air.

  13.30: take a boat trip to Hoi An with nice and cool breeze on boarding, beautiful river scenery on the biggest river in the Central of Vietnam named as Thu Bon River.

  14.30: arrive at Hoi An, we will drop you at your hotel.
  Our driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to airport. You will take flight to Hochiminh
  Overnight in Hochiminh city

• Day 11 Half Day Cu Chi Tunnels (Meal: B)

  08:30 We depart from Ho Chi Minh city to Cu Chi Tunnels for 60km from Ho Chi Minh city. Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti – American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for its tunnels system of over 220 km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreigner.

  The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers along the side of road. You will find it hard to imagine the destructions, damage and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines, when Cu Chi was “A Free Target Zone “. The remnants you will see that Cu Chi still has her evidence to prove the fierce battleground that took place there. Ever wonder what it feels like to fire an AK-47? Visit Cu chi tunnels, you have a chance to find out!

  14:30 The bus back HCM.

  Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

• Day 12 Mekong Delta 1 Day (My Tho – Ben Tre) (Meal: B, L)

  8.00am depart to My Tho city, 1.5 hours drive.

  A smooth pass the rice fields to the beautiful rural. Start boat on the Tien River to islet. View the Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn Islet. Walk into the village, visit fruit garden, enjoy the tropical fruit while folk music is performed by the local people.

  The cruise will lead to Ben Tre province, “the country of coconut”, visit coconut candy workshop, bee house, enjoy honey tea and take a picture with snake.

  The amazing rowing boat trip on the small canal – fully covered by the shadow of the water coconut’s tree.

  Having lunch at local restaurant. After lunch, we will free time for biking, walking.

  3.00 Back Saigon. On the way, we will stop at Vinh Trang Pagoda.

  5pm get back to your hotel.

  Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

• Day 13 Hochiminh City Departure / See You Again (Meal: B)

  Having breakfast at hotel. Free time for leisure until the car come and transfer to airport. Take a flight home. See you again.