Code VF189: 10 Days Vietnam Tour

DAY 1: ARRIVAL HANOI - SAPA (No meal)

• Welcome to our driver at International airport. He will pick you up from there and transfer to the Old quarter in Hanoi (95 Hang Chieu st, Hoan Kiem Dist). You have free time to explore Hanoi Capital.
   
• Evening: At 7.45pm – 8.00pm, our driver will pick you up 59 Hang Chieu st, Hoan Kiem Dist. Transfer to railway station in Hanoi where you will catch the night train to Lao Cai. You sleep on train.

Included: Pick-up airport & transfer to train station, train ticket HANOI – LAOCAI with air con soft sleeper (4 berths).

DAY 2: LAO CAI STATION - SAPA - CAT CAT VILLAGE (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• You will arrive at the Lao Cai Station between 5-7:30 AM. There you will meet the bus guide and transfer to Sapa town. After having breakfast and a shower, you will start the half-day walk to Cat Cat village occupied by the Black H'mong tribe. You will experience the tribal way of life while enjoying wonderful views of the terraced rice paddy fields and the waterfall in Cat Cat.
   
• After the walk (2-3 km), you will be back to the Hotel at around noon to check-in and be on time for lunch (11AM- 2PM) in the hotel restaurant. For the rest of the afternoon, you will be free to explore Sapa town on your own.
   
• Dinner will be in the hotel restaurant from 4-8 PM. You will spend the night in the Hotel.

Included: Bus pick-up at train station, English speaking tour guide in tour, entrance fees, and breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner, hotel in Sapa.

DAY 3: SAPA - LAO CHAI - TA VAN VILLAGE - HANOI (BREAKFAT/LUNCH/DINNER)

• Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant from 6:30-9 AM. After breakfast you will check out and leave your luggage in the luggage storage room to prepare for your trek. At around 9 AM you will begin your 12 km trek on small trails down the Muong Hoa Valley towards the Black H'mong village of Lao Chai. The Muong Hoa Valley contains some of the most beautiful views of rice paddy fields in Asia. 
   
• After having lunch along the Muong Hoa river in Lao Chai, you will continue along the bottom of the valley to get to the Dzay tribe village of Ta Van to experience their way of life.
   
• At around 2PM you will be transferred back to the hotel by bus where you can take a shower, eat dinner in the hotel and then head to Lao Cai station for night train back to Hanoi. Overnight on train.

Included: Tourist bus on tour and transfer to train station, train ticket: Lao Cai - Hanoi/air –con solf sleeper/4 berth,  English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner.

DAY 4: ARRIVAL HANOI - HALONG BAY (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• You will arrive in Hanoi between 4-6:30 AM at the Tran Quy Cap train station. Take taxi by yourself to 95 Hang Chieu st, Hoan Kiem Dist to receive room for sleeping some hours. Then have breakfast and depart for Halong Bay Tour.
   
• The bus pick-up from Orchid hotel at 8:15 am for Ha Long City. It takes around 3 and half hours. Then, get on Junk and enjoy a welcome drink and lunch of savory local sea food. Check into your cabin and start cruising around the bay to see the amazing karsts with different formations: Lion, Tea Pot, Toad, Dau Nguoi (Human Head) islet, and then stop for a walk through the Sung Sot cave "Amazing Cave".
   
• There will be plenty of time for swimming and sunbathing (If weather permitted) after the boat anchors at a clean calm sea. Enjoy a wonderful sunset dinner in our beautiful restaurant before retiring to the comfort of your cabin. Dinner and overnight on boat.

Included: Air con tourist bus pick up + transfer to Halong, boat trip, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, 01 lunch,01 dinner, sleep on junk boat/cruise, kayaking.

DAY 5: HALONG BAY - HANOI (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• Breakfast on boat. Cruising to visit VAGIA floating village. Kayaking then going to Bai Tu Long Bay, the neglected area which is the most spectacular bay with islands in different shapes, have a look at Hon Gai market, Poet Mountain. Arrive in Ha Long City at 11.30 am.
   
• Then have a lunch at restaurant. After lunch, return to Ha Noi and arrive in Ha Noi at 16.00 p.m by air con tourist bus.
   
• 6.00pm private car transfers to domestic airport for flight to Hue at 8.10pm. Arrive in Hue, our driver will pick you up and transfer to hotel. Stay overnight at hotel in Hue.

Included:  Air con tourist bus in tour, junk boat, English speaking tour guide in tour, entrance fee, 01 breakfast on boat, 01 lunch, private car pick-up and transfer to airport, air-ticket Hanoi – Hue/Vietnam airlines and accommodation in Hue.

DAY 6: HUE CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• Depart at 8.30 am (Pick up at your hotel 8.00 am by bus).

Morning:

           1. Minh Mang Tomb.

           2. Khai Dinh Tomb.

           3. Tu Duc Tomb.

           4. Conical Hat Making Village and Incense Making Village.
           5. Traditional martial arts performance

• Noon: Back to town for lunch at 12.30 pm

BUFFET (50 TRADITIONAL HUE FOODS, ASIAN AND WESTERN DISHES)

• Afternoon: Continue at 1.30 pm.

             5. Hue Citadel (Not go to Citadel pick up 3.00 pm).

             6. Thien Mu Pagoda.

• Then get in the boat for a sight -seeing along the Perfume River to see fishing village and sampan on the way back. Do no miss the Sunset on the Perfume River!
   
• Back to town at 4.30 pm. Stay overnight in Hue.

Included: Air con bus, English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, lunch, breakfast at hotel, 01 water bottle/pax, and accommodation in Hue.

DAY 7: HUE - HOI AN TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• In the morning: After breakfast, air con tourist bus picks you up from hotel and transfer to Hoian. It takes 4 hours. Check-in hotel in Hoian. You have lunch at the local restaurant.
   
• After lunch you will depart for Hoian tour. Walk to the old town, buy entrance tickets and begin the tour. Start visiting the Temple Kwan, Phuc Kien Temple, Tan Ky Ancient House, Phung Hung house, Japanese Bridge and cultural show rooms in Hoi An.
   
• After your walking tour if you have free time, you can do shopping at the old town. Guide will take you back to the hotel. End of program. Overnight in Hoian.

Included: air con tourist bus to Hoian from Hue, English speaking tour guide in tour, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel in Hue, lunch, and 01 water bottle/pax, accommadation in Hoian.

DAY 8: HOI AN - DANANG - SAIGON/HO CHI MINH CITY (BREAKFAST/_/ DINNER)

• 09.45am our driver will pick you up from hotel and transfer to domestic airport where you will catch the flight to Saigon at 11.25am.
   
• Arrival Saigon. Our driver will pick-up & transfer to hotel in Saigon. Check in hotel.
   
• In the evening: You can enjoy Water puppet show and have cruise dinner on Sai Gon river:
   
• At 18:00 pm    : The private car will pick up at your hotel. Then going to Water Puppet Theatre and enjoying Water Puppet Show. Its show 50 minutes.
   
• 19: 15 pm        : After show, our driver will take you to Saigon river. Then going to Saigon River for Dinner on Indochina junk.
   
• 21:30 pm         : End program.
   
• After dinner, transfer back to your hotel.

Included: Car pick-up airport, transport to water puppet show and dinner/2 ways, Water Puppet ticket, Dinner Cruise on Boat, accommodation in Saigon.

DAY 9: MEKONG DELTA TOUR (SAIGON - MY THO - BEN TRE (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• At 7:45 am – 8:00 am, after breakfast, tour guide will pick you up at hotel and depart to Mekong, board a wooden motor boat to Unicorn Island. On this boat along the river’s bank, you’ll be passing through natural creeks and quiet villages and watch rural people going to work.
   
• You will see an interesting fishermen's port, stilt houses. One of the boat’s stops during this trip is at a large orchard that has many different types of tasty tropical fruits for your enjoyments.
   
• Another boat stop is for the Turtle Island 1 hr from the previous one. Here, on a small row boat, you’ll see interesting transportation modes that local people use to move around. From there, we’ll take you to a bee farm where you have a chance to taste a tasteful cup of authentic honey tea while checking out the folk music that is typical to only the people in Southern Vietnam.
   
•  After that we’ll take you to a village where you can smell the flavor of coconut candies being made many yards away. This is a great chance to witness how village people make candy and handcrafted items from coconuts. You might learn that those people can amazingly make dozens of useful products out of coconut trees.
   
• As your journey ends, you will return to My Tho by motorized boat and then travel to Cantho . Overnight in Cantho city.     

Included: air con tourist bus, boat trips, English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, lunch and 01 water bottle/pax, accommodation in Saigon.

DAY 10: HALF DAY CU CHI TUNNELS TOUR - DEPARTURE (BREAKFAST)

• 8.30 am – 8.45am, air con tourist bus will pick you up at hotel for  Cu Chi Tunnels tour, an underground tunnels  network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. It took about 25 years to build this underground city, which has living rooms, kitchens, hospitals, weapon factories, storage facilities and command centre. The tunnel system was an excellent way for the Vietcong to move around the countryside undetected by the Americans and home to around 10,000 people who lived underground for several years.
   
• Before we go underground, we watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. We then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers. After finish trip drop you off at your hotel or on the way of coming Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, bus drops you off near the airport.

Included: Air con tourist bus on tour, car transfer to airport, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, 01 water bottles/pax/tour.

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