10 Days Highlights Of Vietnam
Private Tour
Full itinerary
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Flight lands at the airport by... Transfer to the hotel for check in (Check in time: 14.00).
Meals: No meal
Accommodation: hotel used in Hanoi
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Afternoon, visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex which features the life of Ho Chi Minh, the nation’s founder. Explore Ba Dinh Square, an important point of pilgrimage for many Vietnamese, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh Museum and the rural style Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts where he lived and worked. Stop by one of Hanoi’s icons, the One Pillar Pagoda, built in the 11th Century in dedication to Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara or Buddha of Compassion and reminiscent of a lotus blossom rising from a pond. Afterwards, visit Hoan Kiem Lake or “Returned Sword Lake” which originated from a legend of a sacred sword. On an islet in the lake, there locates Ngoc Son Temple which is accessible by a classically red painted wooden bridge. Touring through the Old Quarter, famous for its ancient streets representing traditional trades from the past by cyclo or enjoy a coffee at a local café. Water puppet show will end of our trip today. The rest of the time is for your own exploration
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: hotel used in Hanoi
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Arrive at the jetty in Ha Long City towards noon and proceed with check-in formalities. Be welcomed onboard and have lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay itself. In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and/or activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary) or just spend some time relaxing on board. Towards the end of the day the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations. Dinner is served on board.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: cruise in Ha Long bay
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Upon arrival, pick up then transfer to the hotel in Hoi An for overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (or breakfast & brunch)
Accommodation: hotel used in Hoi An
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Afternoon, transfer to Cam Thanh village for Eco tour transfer to Cam An wharf, we will take on the basket boat along the water coconut river, fisherman will teach you how to catch the crabs (02 pax/boat). After tour transfer back to the hotel for relax.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Accommodation: hotel used in Hoi An
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On the way, you will enjoy tour of Danang, Vietnam’s fastest growing city. Begin to visit Marble Mountain, a group of limestone and marble hills filled with caves. Travel to the top and gaze upon the city, seeing new high rise buildings standing alongside traditional wooden houses. Then explore the mountain’s main cave to see a beautiful Buddha statue built in the Cham style. The tour comes to a close with a visit to the Cham Museum. Browse the remarkable collection of Cham sculptures and artefacts dating from the 7th to 15th century. Following the visit to the museum, transfer back to the hotel in Hue. Check in hotel. Free and easy
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: hotel used in Hue
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Afternoon, take a dragon boat cruise along the Perfume River to enjoy the open view of the river and beautiful landscape along the banks. On the way, drop a visit to Thien Mu pagoda, an active Buddhist monastery overlooking the river from a vantage point with its origin dating back to 1601. Then transfer by car to Minh Mang Tomb, where the 2nd Emperor of the Nguyen dynasty was buried. Last, stop for shopping at Dong Ba market, which is the city's traditional commercial center
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: hotel used in Hue
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After breakfast, you will transfer to Phu Bai Airport, then take flight to Saigon
Arrival to Saigon, you will be picked up at the Tan Son Nhat Airport then, transfer to down town for half day city tour. First, discover the very popular War Remnants Museum, the one that gathers a comprehensive collection of the machinery, weapons, photographs and documentation of the Vietnam wars. See displays of old military equipment and other related objects as well as larger exhibits including an F5A fighter and a UH1-Huey helicopter. Nex, the century-old Reunification Palace, witness of the historic events of old Saigon and famous for its architectural characteristics. It witnessed the growth of Ho Chi Minh City during peacetime and throughout the Vietnam War until its end in 1975.
After that, we will visit Ben Thanh Market, a lively market in District 1, a bustling destination that's popular with tourists due to its central location. You can browse its wide selection of goods before your tour ends with transportation back to your hotel for check in.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: hotel used in Sai Gon
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Go on by boat to My Long village, walking to hamlet to see making rice paper and enjoy some rice cake. Turn on Cai Son canal winding through coconut jungle, visit coconut workshop, have a look stages of coconut processing from husk off, prize out to peel out by hand. Go on small waterway and stop at coconut candy mill, enjoy some fruits, honey tea and listen to local music as well.
Continue short walking to visit farmer house who making sleep mats. Cycle rural tracks or drive tuktuk through coconut grove, vegetable plains (cucumber, bitter melon...). Keep going by rowing boat on shady palm tree canal and stop for lunch (on your own expense) at riverside restaurant. Boating back Hung Vuong pier by motorboat. Then transfer back to Saigon for hotel overnight.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: hotel used in Sai Gon
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Have breakfast at hotel then transfer to the airport for the flight departure
Meals: Breakfast
Price & booking
What's included
- Accommodation with daily breakfast based on double/twin sharing
- Services of a driver and private air-conditioned vehicle during tours and transfers
- One night overnight at Ha Long cruise
- Experienced English-Speaking guide during all tours and transfers,
- Entrance fees for all visits as mentioned in the itinerary
- Mineral water is available as complementary
What's excluded
- International & domestic flight tickets
- Meals, if not specified in the itinerary
- Personal expenses, such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc. All other services not specified in the itinerary
- Visa stamping fee at the airport (25US$ in Vietnam paid by cash at the airport) Spanish market is waived for Visa at this moment.
- Surcharge for public holidays (if any) & Compulsory dinner for Xmas and New Year Eve: TBA