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10 Days Highlights Of Vietnam

10 days
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For a relatively small country, Vietnam offers something for everyone, be it mountain hikes, city tours, or lazing on tropical beaches. The options for excursions are near endless, as you could focus on feature cities like Hanoi, Hội An, and Ho Chi Minh, or opt for expeditions in national parks and trips on famous waterways like the Mekong Delta. Whatever your interest, the below itinerary options cater to every taste.

Full itinerary

DAY
1
Hanoi Arrival
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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

DAY
2
Hanoi Full Day City Tour
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Morning, start a full day city tour beginning with Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, which contains a rich collection of audio-visual documentation and more than 15,000 artifacts including life-size traditional houses depicting all aspects of life, culture, customs and belief of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam. Continue to the Temple of Literature, known as the first university of Vietnam built in 1070 by the Ly Dynasty to honor Confucius, sages and outstanding Vietnamese scholars. Lunch at local restaurant 
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
 
DAY
3
Hanoi – Ha Long Overnight On Boat
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Following breakfast leave Hanoi for a 4 hour drive to Halong Bay including a 20-minutes stop on the way. 
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
 
DAY
4
Ha Long – Ha Noi – Flight To Danang – Hoi An
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Enjoy the fresh morning in the middle of the bay, the sun rises on Ha Long in the morning and breakfast is served (brunch on some boats) while the vessels cruise slowly through the magnificent rock formations and back towards port. Disembark then transfer back to Hanoi airport for flight to Da Nang city
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
 
DAY
5
Hoi An Full Day Tour
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Morning, meet our guide at your hotel and transfer out for a full day city tour to discover the charm of Hoi An as a renowned World Heritage Site. Highlights for sightseeing include the town’s iconic 400-year-old Covered Bridge with a small temple attached to one side as a prominent example of Japanese architecture, the Museum of Trade Ceramics which is an elegant Vietnamese style wooden house built in 1858 showcasing antique ceramic artifacts, the 200-year-old Tan Ky House typifying an ancient Chinese merchant residence, the Ong Temple built in 1653 by Chinese settlers to worship Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese general whose character stands for loyalty, bravery and justice and the local market vibrant with colors and activities. 
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
 
DAY
6
Hoi An – Danang City Tour – Transfer To Hue
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Our tour guide will wait and pick you up at your hotel in Hoi An to trasfer you to Hue with the air-conditioned vehicle. It takes 3 hours drive.
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
 
DAY
7
Hue Full Day City Tour
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Morning, our guide pick you up at your hotel then you will take a full day tour of Hue City, the former Imperial Capital of Vietnam for the 1802-1945 period and the last refuge of Vietnamese feudalism. The city’s beauty is characterized by a natural scenic landscape and an extensive variety of historical relics. Begin with Hue Citadel, a well-known UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site which is a 520 ha fortress-like grand complex built in the early 1800s and featuring three enclosures separated by heavy ramparts namely Kinh Thanh Hue (Civic City) as the outer, Hoang Thanh (Royal City) as the middle and Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden City) as the inner. Next, move on to Khai Dinh Tomb, the burial site of Vietnam’s second-to-last king, and the most elaborate compared to other kings’ tombs. The tomb shows a vivid European influence in architecture despite its Asian style. 
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 
 
DAY
8
Hue - Flight To Saigon - Half Day City Tour (B/L)
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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
 

DAY
9
Fullday Mekong Delta With Lunch (Ben Tre) (B/L)
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After breakfast, 08.00 you are transferred for 2 hours to Ben Tre. On arrival in Hung Vuong Pier. Boating on Ben Tre river– one of tributaries of Mekong river- is along mangrove tree from town to country. Witness lively activities in morning as fishing, coconut cargo boats carrying on river.... Stop at traditional brickwork to see how to make bricks by hand. 
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
 
DAY
10
Sai Gon Departure
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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
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