Brief itinerary & map
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Day 01: Saigon arrival Day 02: Saigon – My Tho – Cao Dai temple - Saigon (B.L) Day 03: Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnel – Saigon (B.L) Day 04: Saigon – Nha Trang (B) By flight Day 05: Nha Trang boat trip (B.L) Day 06: Nha Trang – Da Nang – Hoi An (B.L) By flight Day 07: Hoi An – Da Nang - Hue (B.L) Day 08: Hue – City Tour (B.L.D) Day 09: Hue - Hanoi City Tour (B.L) By flight Day 10: Hanoi - Hoa Lu (B.L) Day 11: Hoa Lu - Halong Bay (B.L.D) Day 12: Halong Bay - Hanoi – Lao Cai (B.L.D) By train Day 13: Lao Cai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa (B.L) Day 14: Sapa – Ham Rong mountain - Ma Tra - Ta Phin (B.L) Day 15: Sapa - Bac Ha market (on Sunday only) - Hanoi (B.L.D) By train Day 16: Hanoi arrival - departure(B) |
Detail itinerary
Day 01: Saigon arrival  Arrive at Tan San Nhat airport/Ho Chi Minh city, welcome by our local guide and transfer to hotel. Free to discover the modern and busy Saigon. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Saigon. |
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Day 02: Saigon – My Tho – Cao Dai temple - Saigon (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, depart to My Tho Town in Tien Giang Province, one of 11 provinces in the Mekong Delta and arrival in My Tho at 11h30. You will take a boat trip on Mekong to visit farmer's house and garden. You will have lunch on Phoenix Island. After lunch, visit bee-raising farm, coconut-candy enterprise and then back to Saigon. Stop at Long An Town to visit a Cao Dai Temple, a strange religion in the South of Vietnam. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Saigon. |
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Day 03: Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnel – Saigon (B.L) After breakfast at hotel and then drive to Cu Chi Tunnels that consists of more than 200 km of underground tunnels. Walk around the tunnel area to see bomb craters, underground bunkers and deadly traps. Back to Saigon for lunch and visit the China Town, locally known as Cho Lon, the Thien Hau Temple. Then, visit Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office, which is in Romanesque art and French-style and a former Presidential Palace. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Saigon. |
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Day 04: Saigon – Nha Trang (B) By flight Pick up and transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport in SGN for flight to Nha Trang. Meet on arrival then transfer to hotel in Nha Trang, the city has one of the most popular beaches in all of Vietnam, with clear turquoise water and a backdrop of mountains. The coconut palms provide shelter along most of the 6 km beachfront. You will take a rest of the day at leisure. Dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Nha Trang. |
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Day 05: Nha Trang boat trip (B.L) Breakfast at hotel, 08:00 am transfer to Nha Trang pier to take a boat trip to Tri Nguyen Aquarium and Hon Mun Island. Relax and sunbath at Hon Mun, visit Hon Chong Rocks. You will have lunch with fresh seafood and cruise back to Nha Trang wharf. Visit the Cham Tower, Long Son Pagoda, Pasteur Institute and Nha Trang (Dam) market, the biggest fishes market in Nha Trang. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Nha Trang. |
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Day 06: Nha Trang – Da Nang – Hoi An (B.L) By flight After breakfast at hotel, free to discover Nha trang until transfer to Nha Trang airport for the flight to Da Nang. Arrive in Danang, welcomed by our local guide and transferred to Hoian. You will have lunch at local restaurant. Visit China Beach, Ngu Hanh Son Stone Village (handicraft). Drive to visit Hoi An Ancient town, a World's Cultural Heritage in the central. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Hoi An. |
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Day 07: Hoi An – Da Nang - Hue (B.L) After breakfast at hotel. Visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, Chinese temple, Chinese Hall, Hoian market and the Tan Ky ancient house. You will have lunch at local restaurant. Then, depart for Hue via Danang, visit Cham Museum. Continue to Hue through Hai Van Pass. Stop on the top of the mountain for taking photos on Lang Co Beach. Arrive in Hue at the end of the day, check in hotel and free to discover Hue. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Hue. |
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Day 08: Hue – City Tour (B.L.D) After breakfast at hotel, visit Hue by taking a small sampan for a cruise on the Perfume River to visit the famous Thien Mu Pagoda and the Minh Mang King's tomb. You will have lunch at local restaurant. We then visit the complex of Tu Duc Emperor's tomband visit Hue Imperial City, then, visit Dong Ba Market. You will have dinner at local restaurant and stay overnight in Hue. |
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Day 09: Hue - Hanoi City Tour (B.L) By flight After breakfast at hotel. Transfert to Phu Bai airport for the short flight to Hanoi. Visit today Vietnam’s capital, including Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, traditional stilt house, the revered One-Pillar Pagoda, Quan Thanh Temple and walk along the shore of West Lake to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda. You will have lunch at local restaurant. Then, visit the Vietnam’s first university, the thousand year old Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and enjoy a wonderful rickshaw in the Old Quarter of Hanoi to explore the very busy part of Hanoi. At the evening, you will take part in the water puppet show. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi. |
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Day 10: Hanoi - Hoa Lu (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, 8h00 depart for Hoa Lu, one of the most famous sites of its historic vestiges and its impressive pitons limestone. Take a sampan to discover the caves of Tam Coc ("three lagoons") and Bich Dong. You will have lunch at a local restaurant, visit Temples of Dinh Bo Linh and Le Hoan King. Then, go cycling at Tam Coc to visit Bich Dong pagoda. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Hoa Lu. |
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Day 11: Hoa Lu - Halong Bay (B.L.D) After breakfast at hotel and drive to Ha Long Bay via Nam Dinh, Thai Binh and Hai Phong, stop over at Nam Dinh to visit a handicraft village and arrive in Ha Long pier around noon. Board a traditional wooden junk and begin your exploration of magical Ha Long Bay, one of Southeast Asia’s premier tourist destinations. An excellent fresh seafood lunch will be prepared and served on the boat while cruising to the most beautiful areas of Ha Long Bay. Discover the most beautiful grotto in Ha Long “Surprising grotto” and you swim at Titov Island. The junk will drop its anchor in quiet place for staying overnight and seafood dinner is served on boat. |
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Day 12: Halong Bay - Hanoi – Lao Cai (B.L.D) By train After a morning bath, breakfast is served while you continue your cruise. Visit Luon cave by small wooden boat or sampan then continue the cruise to most beautiful quiet areas. You will have lunch on boat and return to Ha Long pier. Then picks you up and transfers back to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi at the end of the afternoon. You will have dinner at local restaurant and transfer to Hanoi Railway station for the night train to Lao Cai. You will stay overnight on the train with 4 – soft - sleeper cabins. |
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Day 13: Lao Cai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa (B.L) Arrive Lao Cai station in the early morning, drive up to Sapa (45 minutes) on a road which offers a beautiful view. Check in the hotel and have breakfast, free at leisure to discover Sapa. You will have lunch at local restaurant and then trek down to the valley of Sapa, crossing rice-field until Lao Chai and Ta Van hill tribe’s villages to discover their daily life. Return to Sapa. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Sapa. |
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Day 14: Sapa – Ham Rong mountain - Ma Tra - Ta Phin (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, visit Ham Rong Mountain where you will have a nice view to Sapa town and attend the traditional music show of different ethnic minorities living in Sapa. You will have lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon,short trek to Ma Tra and Ta Phin villages, the flower Hmong, Zay or Red Dao people’s villages to discover their daily life, you will contact with friendly and hospitable people and then back to Sapa. You will have dinner on your own and stay overnight at hotel in Sapa. |
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Day 15: Sapa - Bac Ha market (on Sunday only) - Hanoi (B.L.D) By train After breakfast at hotel, depart in the early morning for Bac Ha market – the most colorful market in Northwest of Vietnam where you can meet different ethnic minorities, the place that people attend not only for trading but for rice-wine drinking, social communication, meeting, friend making. You will have lunch at a local restaurant and trek down to some villages of flower Hmong, Tays and Phu La people….Return to Lao Cai for the night train back toHanoi. You will have dinner at local restaurant and stay overnight on the train. |
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Day 16: Hanoi arrival - Departure (B) Arrive in Hanoi in the earlymorning. Welcomed and transfer to hotel for breakfast. Free until transfer to Noi Bai airport for the departure flight. |
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