Detail Itinerary for Vietnam South To North Itinerary 15 Days 14 Nights
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: Airport transfer and accommodation in Saigon.
Excluded: Meals, a tour guide, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 2: SAI GON - PHU QUOC - EAST BEACH TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
Breakfast at hotel
Then our driver will transfer you to the airport and flight to Phu Quoc.
You arrive in Duong Dong airport in Phu Quoc, car/van picks you up from airport and transfer to hotel/resort
Afternoon: Guide will take you to restaurant for lunch. Visiting Su Muon Pagoda, Tranh stream, trekking and swimming (from May to Nov only), Then visit the biggest fishing port and village in Phu Quoc. Taste fried seahorse; eat some fresh crabs… inside a busy local marketplace.
Coming back Duong Dong Town and stopping at a Sim wine distillery.
Have dinner at local restaurant. Back at hotel/resort.
Overnight in Phu Quoc
OR TAKE A NIGHT SQUID FISHING TOUR (25USD).
Included: Air con tourist bus in tour + airport transfer in Saigon and Phu Quoc, airticket Saigon – Phu Quoc, entrance fees, english speaking guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, dinner, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Phu Quoc.
Excluded: Drinks, travel insurance, tip, night squid fishing feesand personal expenses.
DAY 3: COASTING EXPERIENCES IN SOUTHERN PHU QUOC - SNORKELING (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
After breakfast, free complimentary Breakfast at the hotel/resort’s restaurant.
08.30am: Checking out some secrets of a pearl farm. Enjoy the busy activities of an ocean-front seafood marketplace and the fantastic scene of hundreds of colorful fishing boats cluttering the area.
Boarding a wooden motor boat to the small Islets for snorkeling and fishing. Lunch served with local dishes on board. Bring your swimsuit to check out sea urchin colonies.
Arriving a beach that is more beautiful than those in Hawaii and the Caribbean. Here you can swim in crystal-clear water, do some kayaking, or simply enjoy the sea breeze in a hammock.
Back to Duong Dong town; stop at one traditional fish sauce processing house which contributes to making and maintaining Phu Quoc fish sauce branch name.
Experience activities of local people at Duong Dong market.
Dinh Cau temple – the spirit Savior of the fisherman. Enjoy sunset on the ocean.
Have dinner, back at hotel/resort.
Night time: free at leisure, shopping at night market.
Overnight in Phu Quoc.
Included: Air con tourist bus, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, dinner, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Phu Quoc.
Excluded: Drinks, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 4: PHU QUOC - SAI GON (BREAKFAST)
Breakfast at resort. Free until transfer to airport for boarding to Ho Chi Minh city.
End of services in Phu Quoc.
Arrive Saigon our driver will pick you up from airport and transfer to hotel.
Free time and stay overnight in Saigon.
Included: airport transfers in Phu Quoc & Saigon, air ticket: Phu Quoc – Saigon, breakfast and accommodation.
Excluded: Lunch, dinner, drinks, a tour guide, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 5: 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 Ho Chi Minh City. 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 Ho Chi Minh City Tour at 04.30 pm.
Included: Transport in tour, English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, breakfast, lunch, 01 Aquafina water bottle/pax and accommodation in Saigon.
Excluded: Dinner,a guide at night, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 6: SAIGON – MY THO – BEN TRE – CAN THO (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
9.30am - 10.00am, arrive in My Tho. Board a wooden motor boat (20 minutes) to Unicorn Island. On this boat along the river’s bank, you’ll be passing through natural creeks, interesting fisherman's port, stilt houses (half on land, half on water).
From there, we’ll take you to a bee farm where you have a chance to taste a tasteful cup of authentic honey tea. After that we walk around quiet villages and watch the life of rural people in Mekong Delta.
Things get small and personal now. We are divided into many groups and get on small row boats. During this 15 minutes trip, you’ll witness all kind of interesting transportation modes that local people use to move around, while enjoying the fresh air along the canal and beautiful water coconut tree scenery. Away from the city, that is it all about!
When you feel it's enough for the serenity, let's get back to the large motor boat for something different. You'll cruise a canal whose 2 long sides are orchards. After that, we cruise to a village where the sweat smell coconut candies are in the air. To satisfy your curiosity, we'll get to a village that has many small shops that make coconut candy and handcrafted items from coconut trees of Mekong Delta. You might learn that those people can amazingly make dozens of useful products out of coconut trees. It is indeed inseparable from the villagers' life.
Have a lunch at the restaurant.
One of the boat’s stops during this trip is at a seasonable orchard that has many different types of tasty tropical fruits for your enjoyments. You can enjoy the fruits for free while checking out the folk music that is typical to only the people in Southern Vietnam.
As your journey ends, you will return to My Tho by motorized boat and then travel to Can Tho.
Stay at hotel in Can Tho.
Included: Transport in tour, boat trips in Mekong delta have enough lifejacket for everyone, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel, lunch, dinner, English speaking tour guide, accommodation in Can Tho and one Aquafina water bottle/pax.
Excluded: Travel insurance, tips, drinks and personal expenses.
DAY 7: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET – SAIGON (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
After breakfast, around 7:15 am, we board a boat and travel for about 40 minutes to get to our first spectacular landscape Cai Rang floating market...
This is the largest of its type in the whole Mekong delta. During this visit, you'll have a chance to board a merchant boat that sells pineapples which come from Can Tho City.
After that, we continue on our riverine route for 5-7 minutes and then on foot for about 5 minutes to reach a noodle and a rice paper factories.
The next stop is a rice processing factory where you'll learn the many steps that transform "rice with a brown cover" to the delicious and beautiful rice grain that we consume daily.
The time now should be around 12 noon. Time for lunch! Let's go back to Can Tho for that.
We end our sightseeing trip at downtown Can Tho. On the way back to Saigon by bus, we'll have a stop at an interesting point to rest and also have photographs.
The stop will be brief, ensuring that we come back to Saigon before 7.00 PM, finishing Mekong Delta 2 Days Tour (My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho)
Included: Transport in tour, boat trips in Mekong delta have enough lifejacket for everyone, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel, lunch, English speaking tour guide, accommodation in Saigon and one Aquafina water bottle/pax.
Excluded:Dinner, travel insurance, tips, drinks and personal expenses.
DAY 8: 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.
Arrive in Danang, our driver picks you up from airport and transfer to hotel. Stay overnight in Hoian.
Included: Transport in tour + airport transfer in Saigon & Da Nang, English speaking tour guide, entrance fees, breakfast, 01 Aquafina water bottle/pax air ticket: Saigon – Danang and accommodation in Hoi An
Excluded: Lunch, dinner, a tour guide at night, travel insurance, tip, personal expenses
DAY 9: MY SON HOLY - HOIAN CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
8.00am: 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 12.30pm.
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 Hoian visiting an old merchant house, Hoi An Museum, a Chinese Assembly hall and the Japanese covered Bridge.
Stay overnight in Hoian.
Included: Transport in tour, English speaking guide, entrance fees, breakfast at hotel, lunch, 01 water bottle and accommodation in Hoian.
Excluded: Dinner, a tour guide at night, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 10: HOIAN – HUE CITY (BREAKFAST)
07.45am - 08.00am bus picks up from hotel and transfer to Hue. It takes 3-4 hours.
Free leisure in Hue.
Overnight in Hue.
Included: Transport in tour, open bus Hoian – Hue, breakfast, 01 water bottle and accommodation.
Excluded: Lunch, dinner, a tour guide at night, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 11: HUE –PARADISE CAVE (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
6.00am. Pick up guests 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 lunch at the restaurant at Xuan Son Town.
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 and magical beauty is welcome visitors come and enjoy …
Back Hue about 19.30pm.
Included: Transport in tour, boat, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, English speaking guide, 01 water bottle/day/pax.
Excluded: Dinner, travel insurance, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 12: 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.
Hue Citadel(90 minutes)
Thien Mu Pagoda(30 minutes).
Back to town at 04.30 pm.
Have flight to Hanoi at 18.45pm.
Arrive in Hanoi. Our driver will pick you up from airport and transfer to hotel in Hanoi.
Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Included: Transport in tour, airport transfer in Hue & Ha Noi, entrance fees, English speaking tour guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, water bottle, air ticket: Hue – Hanoi and accommodation in Hanoi
Excluded: Dinner, a tour guide at night, travel insurance, tip, and personal expenses.
DAY 13: HANOI – HA LONG BAY (BREAKFAST/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...
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 enjoy special cocktail party on the sundeck 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 fishingor relax at leisure.
Stay overnight on junk.
Included: Transports in tour, breakfast, lunch, dinner, entrance fees, English speaking guide, kayaking, water bottle and accommodation on board.
Excluded: Travel insurance, tip, VAT and personal expenses.
DAY 14: HA LONG BAY – HANOI (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
07.45: Have breakfast.
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: Transports in tour, breakfast, lunch , entrance fees, english speaking guide, water bottle and accommodation in Ha Noi.
Excluded: Travel insurance, dinner, tip and personal expenses.
DAY 15: HANOI CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)
08.00am – 08.30am: Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarterand start Hanoi City Tour.
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 local restaurant.
PM: After lunch proceeds to visit Bat Trang Pottery Village 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.
Hanoi City Tour One Day ends around at 15.30 (you will enjoy Water Puppet Show from 15.30 to 16.15).
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