Upon arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, you will be welcomed by our guide holding a sign with your name on it. After approximately 50 minutes to 1 hour transfer, you will be at your hotel for check-in.

 

Hanoi or “River-bound City” as its name literally means is Vietnam’s capital with a thousand-year-old history dating back to 1010. The city’s fascinating beauty, which is characterized by unique cultural relics, ancient streets of antique houses, elegant French colonial buildings, tree-lined boulevards and romantic lakes has made it one of the most charming cities of Asia.

 

Meal: None

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

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. Move on to one of the following museums of choice namely Hoa Lo museum, which is the leftover of the French Central Prison built in 1896 to detain Vietnamese political prisoners, the Museum of Fine Arts, Vietnamese Women’s Museum, the National Museum of Vietnamese History or the Museum of Revolution. 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.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Following breakfast leave Hanoi for a 2.5-hour drive to Ha Long 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.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Overnight on Ha Long cruise

From Halong, our tour guide with air-conditioned car will pick you up to transfer to Ninh Binh. It takes 04 hours drive. Start from hotel in Ninh Binh. Belongs to Ninh Hai commune, Hoa Lu district, which far away 10km from Ninh Binh city, Thung Nham (or Thung Chim – Bird Valley) is located in the core area of Trang An, beside the famous tourist area Tam Coc – Bich Dong. In order to come here, almost tourists choose to go to Tam Coc about 4km, through the Sun Valley then continue by road or boat if selecting go through Pagoda cave. You’ll be sure to see here numerous species of birds and the most common ones are the stork, teal, startling and so on. In particular, it is also home to many rare species of birds in the Red Book. After being amazed by the number of birds here, you can get on the small boat spend 2 hours through 3 caves: Chua, Ghe, But (the longest is But cave with 500m) you can see a lot of stalactites with a different shape. Leaving boats to walk on the shore, you can visit orchards, centuries-old banyan tree, primary forests, and aquaculture zones.

 

Meal: Breakfast

Overnight at hotel in Ninh Binh

Morning, meet our guide at your hotel and transfer to Ninh Binh Province about 100 km South of Hanoi. Head for Hoa Lu to see the few vestiges of the first capital of Vietnam. Built in the 10th Century by the Dinh Dynasty not only for a capital but also as a stronghold against the Northern invaders, Hoa Lu shortly later it was inherited by the Le Dynasty. Visit the two old temples one dedicated to Dinh Tien Hoang, the only king of the Dinh Dynasty and also Vietnam’s first emperor and the other to the succeeding kings of the Le Dynasty. Though the temples are no longer intact, some precious antique carvings and sculpture of stone and wood are still preserved. Then continue to visit Bich Dong pagoda, an ancient three-tiered cave pagoda only accessible by steep stone steps, but it is really worth climbing up for a charming pagoda and stupendous view from the top. Lunch at a local restaurant.

 

Afternoon, take a sampan cruise along the Hoang Long River through the scenic landscape of Tam Coc, a 350 ha area of karst mountains scattered over the lush wetland with paddy fields. This area is referred to as “an inland Ha Long bay” for its strikingly similar water-and-rock terrain features. Depending on the time of visit, you may see local farmers harvesting rice or transplanting seedlings for the new crop. Pass through three big caves which feature the area’s name (Tam Coc means three caves in Vietnamese) and which represent a host of local rocky caves and grottoes.

 

Return to the Hanoi train station and board a night train to Lao Cai, which will arrive in about 8 hours and travel 300 kilometers.

 

Hanoi Station to Lao Cai Station (22:00 – 06:05)

• 21:00: Arrived at Hanoi Train Station (No. 7 Tran Quy Cap Street, see this destination on Google Map) for check-in procedure. Your online ticket would be exchanged for paper tickets at this point.
• 22:00: Departed to Lao Cai Train Station.
• 06:05: Arrived at Lao Cai Train Station.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight on Train – 4 berth air-conditional cabin

Morning, our driver and guide will pick up you at the train station and transfer to Sapa.

 

Arrival Sapa, transfer by car to the Cable Car station where you will get on cabin and take a 15-minute ride by cable car. At 6292,5m long, this is the longest non-stop three rope cable car in the world. Continue to climb about 600 steps to reach the summit of Mount Fansipan. Spend time to admire the beautiful natural landscape of Sapa, Hoang Lien Son, Muong Hoa valley and the magnificent Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Lunch at a local restaurant.

 

Afternoon, transfer back to Sapa transfer about 30 minutes to Silver Waterfall. The fall, drops from an altitude of 200 meters, is the upstream of Muong Hoa stream. Take a short walk to the waterfall where you can get great views of the surrounding mountains and lush forests of the Hoang Lien Son National Park. The waterfall is best seen in the rainy season from May to November.

 

Continue 10 minutes by car to Heaven Gate, located at the highest point of Tram Ton Pass. At 1900m this is Vietnam’s highest mountain pass, and acts as a dividing line between two weather fronts. From Heaven Gate, you’ll fantastic views of Hoang Lien Son mountain range, and Fansipan Mountain, dubbed as the roof of Indochina at the height of 3,143 meters above sea level. Return to hotel in Sa Pa.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Sapa

A car will take you 3 km out of Sapa through a hilly landscape to Cat Cat village, home to a community of the Hmong ethnic minority people. The traditional trades of brocade making, and silver and bronze smith are still practiced nowadays by villagers after numerous generations of their ancestors. You can see Hmong women by their looms weaving fabrics. Visit Tien Sa waterfall where a French-built hydropower station has been in service since 1920.

 

Leave Cat Cat village and trek down Muong Hoa valley, one of the most scenic valleys in Northwestern Vietnam stretching over 30 km between two mountain ranges an housing the largest colony of terraced paddy fields in the region. From your entry point to the valley, Lao Chai village of the Black Hmong minority people, cross to its other side of the valley. Arrive in Ta Van village where you will have a chance to observe its inhabitants, the Giay people belonging to a very small minority group only found in Northern highlands of Vietnam. Take a break to enjoy a picnic lunch at a local house before going back to Sapa.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Sapa

Our tour guide with private air-conditioned car will pick you up at your hotel in Sapa and transfer back to Hanoi on highway road. It takes 05 hours drive. Then take flight to Quang Binh province in the north-central coast of Vietnam. The distance is about 500 km or approximately 1-hour flight.

 

Meal: Breakfast,

Overnight at hotel in Quang Binh

Morning, our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel then transfer to Phong Nha. Arriving at Son River, take a boat trip to explore the caves at Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park. There are many activities on offer such as visiting caves, doing camping, kayaking, walking & hiking etc.

 

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is located in the middle of the Annamite Mountain Range in Quang Binh province, Viet Nam, and shares its boundary with the Hin Namno Nature Reserve of Laos. On an area of 123,326 ha, the park contains terrestrial and aquatic habitats, primary and secondary forest, sites of natural regeneration, tropical dense forests and savanna and is rich in large, often spectacular, and scientifically significant caves. Along the park, there are over 104 km of caves and underground rivers making it one of the most outstanding limestone karst ecosystems in the world. Its karst formation has evolved since the Palaeozoic period (some 400 million years ago) and as such is the oldest major karst area in Asia.

After the tour, transfer to Hue & overnight in Hue

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Hue

Morning, our guide picks you up at your hotel for 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. 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. Lunch at a local restaurant.

 

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

Overnight at hotel in Hue

Morning, our guide pick you up at your hotel and take you to the train station. Hue to Da Nang heritage tourist train HD1 & HD3 is designed for traveler to explore the mighty sightseeing on two side of Hue – Da Nang train start on March 2024.

• Best and recommend option for Da Nang Hue routes
• There are also stop at Lang Co Bay (One of the world’s most beautiful bays) in 10 minutes for sightseeing
• There is a community carriage – where passenger can enjoy several activities related to local, culture art and cuisine

 

You’ll take train HD1 – depart from Hue at 07:45 & arrive to Da Nang by 10:35. Arrival Da Nang City, 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 ends 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, continue transfer to Hoi An ancient town.

 

Meal: Breakfast

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An

Meet our guide at your hotel and transfer out for a city tour. Once a bustling maritime commercial port of Asia between 15th and 19th centuries, Hoi An, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, is now a peaceful town of exceptionally well-preserved architecture, lifestyles, and traditions.

 

The town exemplifies a fascinating fusion of cultures between Vietnam and the outside world including China, Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines. Your sightseeing will include the 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. You will also visit the 200-year-old Tan Ky House typifying an ancient Chinese merchant residence, 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 start cycling to Tra Que village which is located 3 km away from the center of Hoi An. Tra Que is well-known as the only freshest and cleanest vegetable supporter for Hoi An local food. What makes vegetables here so special is no chemical or toxic used in the plant growing process to guarantee the best quality. Explore the vegetable garden, learning about the local produce grown there and the hearing the history of Tra Que. Assist the farmers as they work in the garden. Depending on the time of year, this may include tilling the land, fertilising the garden with seaweed, or picking ripe vegetables. Throughout the experience, learn more about their daily lives and the rich culture that exists in the Vietnamese countryside.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An

Our driver pick you up at hotel in Hoi An and transfer for Da Nang airport for flight to Da Lat. Arrive at Lien Khuong Airport, welcome by our guide and transfer to your hotel.

 

Meal: Breakfast

Overnight at hotel in Da Lat

08:30 am, you will be picked up from your hotel and depart for full day tour:

• Robin Hill to take the famous cable car ride up to discover the beautiful City of Flowers from a unique perspective – the views from the top are incredible!
• Visit Truc Lam Zen Monastery and Tuyen Lam Lake
• Continue head towards Datanla Waterfall. We’ll discover one of the most amazing places in Da Lat. A 20-metre-tall waterfall located just outside the city, Datanla Waterfall is one of the most popular natural spots in the region.
• Next, we’ll visit, where we’ll find a variety of curious clay sculptures – the perfect place to take some souvenir photos! Afterwards, we’ll take you to a local restaurant where you’ll have time to try some typical delicacies.
• With renewed energy, we’ll make the trip to Langbiang Mountain by jeep (shared with other travellers) to enjoy its impressive natural landscapes. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn all about the lifestyle and traditions of the local people.
• Finally, you will visit a hydroponic strawberry farm before taking you back to your hotel in Da Lat, where we will arrive at 4:30 pm. Transfer to hotel for check in. Free and overnight in Da Lat.

 

Meal: Breakfast

Overnight at hotel in Da Lat

Our tour guide will wait and pick you up at your hotel in Da Lat transfer to Nha Trang with the air-conditioned vehicle. It takes 3 hours drive.

 

Meal: Breakfast

Overnight at hotel in Nha Trang

Nha Trang City is a small but beautiful beach city along the coastline of the South of Vietnam. Start the day with a visit to Po Nagar Temple, a sacred Hindu site dating back to the 7th century. Then continue to visit Oceanography Institute, which showcases the local marine life’s diversity. Visitors can have a chance to visit the Marine Creature Museum with more than 80,000 sea and freshwater species.

 

After Oceanography Institute, visit Bao Dai Villa Compound, Vietnam’s last king’s vacation house built in 1923 on a scenic hill. Lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon, continue the tour to more prominent sites including the Hon Chong Promontory (a unique seascape of the boulder-stacked shore), the Stone Church (a Roman cathedral founded in 1933 by a French priest), the Exhibition Hall (for marine biodiversity of Truong Sa-Hoang Sa Islands) and lastly, Dam Market (the commercial center for local businesses and shoppers).

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Nha Trang

Full day free at beach.

 

Meal: Breakfast,

Overnight in Nha Trang

You are transferred by our guide & driver to train station, take train to Sai Gon. Recommended train SE5 10.51 – 18.38 staying in 4 soft berths air-condition cabin. It takes about 8 hours on train. Upon arrival at Saigon’s train station, pick up by our guide & driver then transfer to hotel for check in.

 

Meal: Breakfast

Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Morning, take a half-day tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels, 75 km Northwest of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, which were once a major underground hideout and resistance base of Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and later on Americans. The tunnels, entirely hand-dug, formed a highly intricate network of interlinked multilevel passageways at times stretched as far as the Cambodian border and totaling over 120 km in length. Its complexity was beyond imagination containing meeting rooms, kitchens, wells, clinics, schools, depots, trenches, and emergency exits all aimed for guerrilla warfare. The tunnels were deep and strong enough to withstand destructive bombings and self-contained enough to outlast prolonged sieges. Back to Ho Chi Minh City for lunch.

 

Afternoon, continue the tour to visit Reunification Palace, the home, and the workplace of the President of the South Vietnam; Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, a neo-Roman cathedral built over 130 years ago by the colonial French with materials entirely imported from Marseilles.

 

Call in Saigon Central Post Office, a fine colonial building which was designed and built in the early 20th Century by the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel. Move on to Cho Lon or the city’s China Town where you will visit the Jade Emperor Temple (Phuoc Hai), a rare Taoist structure in Vietnam built in 1909 in dedication to the Lord of Heaven.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Morning, travel by car to the Mekong Delta, the world’s largest delta and Vietnam’s largest rice bowl. On arrival in My Tho City, capital of Tien Giang Province, board a motorboat and navigate through intricate canals while observing the local daily life up close as well as the landscape of waterways and lush islands. Land on Thoi Son Island to listen to the Southern traditional music performed by native artists. Continue the tour with a paddleboat to cruise more canals before visiting households with traditional occupations of home-based coconut candy and rice-wine making. Switch back to a motorboat to go to a bee farm to enjoy fresh honey tea and fresh fruits. On the way back to My Tho, stop to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, a prominent local Buddhist structure built in 1850 with a unique architectural mixture of Vietnamese, Roman, Chinese, and Cambodian styles characterized by a highly ornate façade.

 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Our tour guide will meet and pick you up at your hotel to transfer to Tan Son Nhat International Airport on air-conditioned vehicle.

 

Meal: Breakfast