Code VF180: 13D12N Vietnam Package Tour - Saigon - Cu Chi - Mekong - Hoian - Hue - Halong

DAY 1: ARRIVAL ON SAIGON                                

• Our driver will pick you up from airport and transfer to hotel.
   
• Free time and stay overnight in Saigon.

Included: Pick-up at airport & transfer to hotel & accommodation.

DAY 2: SAIGON CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• 08.30am - 09.00am we will visit War Crime Museum (This museum tells the story of war from the Vietnamese perspective. Exhibits include photographs, machinery, and weapons that depict the harsh realities of war).

• Thien Hau Temple (One of the most important pagodas in the city, this richly decorated temple is dedicated to Thien Hau, the Goddess of the Sea and patron of sailors. She is said to travel over the oceans on a mat and ride the clouds to wherever she desires).
   
• China town (Settled in the late 18th century, this labyrinthine section of Ho Chi Minh City bustles with restaurants, temples, exotic stores, and markets) and Binh Tay market (This is the main marketplace in China Town, where a great deal of wholesale trading occurs. Experience the commotion of this integral part of the city's daily business). Then we have a lunch at restaurant.
• Afternoon:We visit Reunification Hall which was the residence of the President Ngo Dinh Diem of the former South Vietnam until 1975 (1960s - Apr 1975s). You will see many interesting things: formal meeting rooms, private bedrooms, war situation rooms 10 meter beneath earth’s level.
   
• This address today still holds many important functions in HCMC. We have guide who speaks your language to tell you important historical facts about this building and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral (Located in the heart of the city, this cathedral was built by the French in the late 1877s. A large statue of the Virgin Mary greets you as you walk into this neo-Romanesque cathedral, adorned by two tall spires flanking either side).
   
• General Post Office (Designed by Gustav Eiffel, the Post Office is a testament to the French presence in the late 1800s. The look and feel of this grand building is like an elegant railway station).
   
• City Hall (Find out why this is one of the most photographed buildings in Ho Chi Minh City. Constructed in the early 1900s, City Hall is a beautiful example of French colonial architecture). Finish Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City Tour at 04.30 pm.

Included: Air conditioner tourist bus pick-up & drop off, English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, lunch, 01 water bottle/pax and accommodation.

DAY 3: SAIGON – MY THO – BEN TRE – CAN THO (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• 07.45am - 08.00am our guide picks you up from hotel and travel by tourist bus to My Tho – 9:30am 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 Can Tho. Stay overnight in Can Tho. 

Included: English Speaking Guide, air con tourist bus pick-up, boat trips, breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner, entrance fees, fruits and accommodation in Can Tho.

DAY 4: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET – SAIGON (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• After breakfast at hotel, boarding a motor boat for a long distance trip to discover the area's largest marketplace...on water! Then cruising through small channels to visit a rice noodle making village, a large rice mill. Experience the “monkey Bridge "in the Delta.
   
• After that, we have lunch at the local restaraunt before returning to Ho Chi Minh City at 06.00pm - 07.00pm.

Included: Air conditioner tourist bus drop off at hotel, boat trips in Mekong delta, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, one breakfast & lunch, one water bottle/pax and accommodation in Saigon.

DAY 5: HALF DAY CU CHI TUNNELS – DANANG (BREAKFAST_)

• 08.30am - 09.00am our guide picks you up from hotel and transfer to Cu Chi Tunnels. Excursion Cu Chi Tunnels, 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. We then drive back to Ho Chi Minh City. On the way, drop you off near the airport. Then you will flight to Danang at 16.00PM.

Included: Air conditioner tourist bus, air ticket: Saigon - Danang, English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, 01 water bottle/pax.

DAY 6: MY SON HOLY - HOIAN CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• 8.00 AM: Pick you up at your hotel. 

• Depart by bus for our one hour journey to My Son. Lots of good photo opportunities while on the bus.
   
• Arrive in My Son. Take a nice walk with your guide for around 1 hour to see the historic and cultural ruins of the 16th century. My son offers you many impressive sites. You will be brought back to the glorious time of the Champa civilization. 

• Then you have free time to relax, discover, or have cup of coffee for around 1 more hour.
   
• We then depart My Son and head back to Hoi an arriving around 12.30 PM.
   
• Have a lunch in Hoian. Then guide will take you to visit Hoian Old Town, Hoi An was Vietnam's most active trading center over many centuries and has been largely preserved the architecture of the City reflects the influence of Chinese Japanese, Portuguese, French and British traders.
   
• Hoi An is also the town where French Missionary Alexander De Rhodes Introduced Catholicism to Vietnam as well as the Romanized script that has become the standard Vietnamese scrip; we take a walking your of enchanting Hoi An visiting an old merchant house, Hoi An Museum, a Chinese Assembly hall and the Japanese covered Bridge.
   
• Stay overnight in Hoian.

Include: Bus in My Son holy, English speaking guide, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel, lunch and accommodation.

DAY 7: HOIAN – HUE CITY (BREAKFAST_)

• 07.45am - 08.00am bus pick-up from hotel and transfer to Hue. It takes 3-4 hours.
  
  Afternoon: Continue at 01.30 pm
   
• 5. Hue Citadel (90 minutes).
  6. Thien Mu Pagoda (30 minutes).
  Then get on 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 04.30 pm.
• Free leisure in Hue.

Included: Touris bus to Hue & tour and accommodation.

DAY 8: HUE – PHONG NHA CAVE OR PARADISE CAVE (BREAKFAST/LUNCH_)

Phong Nha Caves are the complex of 14 grottoes situated in a region of limestone mountains in Ke Bang National Park. Phong Nha Cave have a total length of 7,729 m. Phong Nha Cave were listed as a World Natural Heritage Site in July of 2003 by Unesco. The Cham People has used Phong Nha Cave as Buddhist sanctuaries in the 9 and 10 centuries. Visit the cave, you will have a chance to explore the remain of Cham altars and inscriptions inside the cave.

Morning: Hue – Phong Nha.

• 06.30AM: Tourist bus and guide pick you up at your hotel; take you to go to Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park. On the way, tourist will be introduced Hien Luong Bridge and Ben Hai River where Viet Nam country was bisected between Southern and Northern (keep seating on the bus and listen to tour guide). Come to Phong Nha restaurant, having lunch and relaxing.

Afternoon: Phong Nha – Hue.

• Cruising on Son River to Phong Nha Cave (wet cave) - A immortal place with some shape of the beautiful stalagmites and listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 2003. On the boat, tourist will feel comfortable with fresh air and the wonderful landscape. After visiting Phong Nha cave, we come back Hue city on Ho Chi Minh Legendary Road.

 Arrive in Hue city about 07:00PM. Finish tour.

Included: New air-conditoned bus, lunch at Phong Nha restaurant, boat trip for Phong Nha cave, entrance fees, English Speaking Tour Guide, drinking Water on bus (02 bottles/day/pax).

OR DAY 8: Morning:     HUE - PARADISE CAVE

• 6.00AM. Pick up guest at Hue City. Depart for Paradise Cave, stop at La Vang Holyland and pass DMZ of  Quang Trị: The Macnamara Line, 17 Parallel, Ben Hai River, Hien Luong Bridge …
   
• Have Luch at the restaurant at Xuan Son Town.

Afternoon: Paradise Cave – Hue

• We will travel to The PaRadise Cave, Is like “The Pavillivion on the earth”. The Especially Stalagmites, Stalacties system with Sparkling, Mysterious beauty, out of Human beings  imagination. Its Spectacular anf magical beauty is welcome visitors come and enjoy  …
   
• Back Hue about 19.30.

Included: Tourist A/C bus, Boat, Lunch, entrance fee, English speaking guide, Water on bus (02 bottles/day/pax).

DAY 9: HUE CITY TOUR – HANOI (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• Depart at 08.30 am (Pick up at your hotel 8.00 am by tourist bus).

Morning:

• Minh Mang Tomb (60 minutes).
• Khai Dinh Tomb (40 minutes).
• Tu Duc Tomb (40 minutes).
• Conical Hat Making Village and Incense Making Village (20minutes).
• Kinh Van An Matial Art (30 minutes).

12.30pm: Back to Town for lunch.

BUFFET LUNCH (50 TRADITIONAL HUE FOODS, ASIAN AND WESTERN DISHES). Vegertarian food on request.

• After lunch, 13.00pm we will transfer you to airport to flight to Hanoi at 14.20pm.
   
• Arrive in Hanoi. Our driver will pick you up from airport and transfer to hotel in Hanoi.
   
• Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Included: Bus, air ticket: Hue - Hanoi, English speaking tour guide in tour, car transfer/pick-up  airport, accommodation.

DAY 10: HANOI – HA LONG BAY (LUNCH/DINNER)

• 08.00- 08.15: Pick up at your hotel and depart for Ha Long city.
   
• 11.45 – 12.00: At Halong city, You will board your Cruise, check into your cabin and enjoy first class lunch while you are cruising through thousand amazing islands and islet passing by Stone Dog Islet, Floating fishing Village, Incense Burner, Fighting Cocks, Duck and Finger Islets...

    With Standard, Superior Types:

• 14.45: Visit Surprising Cave (the most beautiful one in Halong Bay).
   
• 15.45 – 18.15: Enjoy an hour or more kayaking through slide rock cliffs before swimming (weather permitted).
• 18.30: Board back the Cruise, take shower and relax on upper deck bar.
   
• 19.00 – 20.30: Enjoy a specially prepared seafood buffet in a romantic atmosphere.
   
• 21.00: Evening activities – enjoy movie night, board games, and squid fishing or relax at leisure. Stay overnight on junk.

    With Deluxe Types:

• 15:45: Visit Surprising Cave (the most beautiful one in Halong Bay).
   
• 16:45 – 18:00: Enjoy an hour or more kayaking through slide rock cliffs before swimming and joining some competitions for prize and fun, on white sandy beach (weather permitted).
   
• 18:00 – 18:45: Board back the Cruise, take shower and have a Massage for free in a clean and quiet on upper deck with soft, light music before dinner time.
   
• 19:00 – 20:30: Enjoy a specially prepared dinner in a romantic atmosphere.
   
• 21:00: Evening activities – enjoy movie night, board games, Karaoke singing and squid fishing or relax at leisure. Stay overnight on junk.

Luxury Type:

V.I.P Type:

DAY 11: HA LONG BAY – HANOI (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

   With Standard , Superior Types:

• 07.15: Have breakfast. Continue the cruise through Halong Bay.
• 09.30: Check-out the cabin.
• 11:15: Have lunch.
• 12.00: Sail back Halong pier and take a van back to Hanoi.

    With Deluxe Type:

• 07:45: Have better breakfast than Superior & Deluxe Types.
• 08:30: Start cruising to visit Van Gia floating village and passing by Halong Pearl Farm.
• 09:30- 10:00: Keep cruising to visit Halong bay. Enjoy the cooking course after you pack your things and leave the cabin.
• 11:30 – 12:00: Sail back Ha Long pier, have a lunch and take a bus back to Hanoi.

Included: Welcome drink, transports Hanoi – Ha Long – Hanoi by shuttle bus, accommodation on board: Luxury & safe en-suited cabin with A/C, hot water, two lunches, one dinner and one breakfast - Special request (diet or vegetarian, …), please inquiry before your departure date, Kayaking, entrance fees, insurance on junk, English speaking guide.

DAY 12: HANOI CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• 08:00am - 08:30am Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. Then visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho's final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi . Continue to visit the Quan Thanh Temple (Taoist dating from the Ly Dynasty) and Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lake (One of the oldest in Vietnam). Have a lunch at loval restaurant.
   
• PM: After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Vietnam's first university constructed in 1070 it's gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam's past.  We will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake see the peaceful waters and visit Ngoc Son temple. For the end of the tour journey visit by coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarter.  Free for shopping.
   
• Tour ends around at 15:30 (If you book Deluxe Tour, you will enjoy Water Puppet Show from 15:30 to 16:15, then back your hotel around at 16:45).

Included: Air conditioner tourist bus, entrance fees, lunch, English speaking tour guide, water puppet ticket.

DAY 13: FREE TIME – DEPARTURE (BREAKFAST)

• Free time until transfer to the airport.

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