Day 1 : Arrival Hanoi – Welcome lunch or dinner upon your arrival time – Tour if the time permits (L or D)
one pillar pagoda in Hanoi
On arrival at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, you are met and transferred to hotel for a check-in. Then we enjoy our welcome lunch/ dinner. If the time permits, we enjoy tour in Hanoi by taking one-hour cyclo around the Old Quarter, known as the 36 streets, this bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. Originally, each of the 36 streets names’ was related to the products being sold there.
Before we go back to hotel, we will have chance enjoy the unique Water Puppet show. Hear the Vietnamese traditional instruments and singing from the live musicians who play throughout the show. The trip will be finished after the show at the hotel
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– English speaking tour guide
– Meal : Welcome lunch or dinner
– Entrance fees
– Accommodation in Hanoi : SUNWAY HOTEL – 4 star
Day 2 : Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise A Day Trip (B, L)
Halong Bay
Pick up at hotel and transfer to Ha long bay. Drive 170 km(3.5 hours) from Hanoi through the heart of the Red River Delta where you’ll see many farmers tilling their green fields to Halong city. Upon arrival, we board our private boat for 4 hour cruise on the pristine emerald water of Halong Bay. The cruise brings us through many green limestone islands to some beautiful caves. We will visit Thien Cung – the heaven palace cave- one of the most beautiful caves in Halong bay,
We enjoy the local fresh seafood for lunch before finishing the cruise and drive back to Hanoi
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Tour guide
– Boat Trip
– Entrance fees
– Meal : Breakfast, lunch
Day 3 : Hanoi – Fly to Hue – Tour (B)
Forbidden Purple City - Hue
After breakfast at hotel, you are picked up and transferred to the airport to catch flight to Hue, upon arrival in Hue, you are met and we start tour.
Hue is known as an ancient Capital city of many original historical vestiges. There are more than 100 architectural works to be extremely reflected the life of Emperors and Mandarins under Nguyen’s reign. Situated in the middle of hills on the Southern Bank of Perfume River are very beautiful tombs of Nguyen Kings.
Our tour starts at 08:00 in the morning at the lobby of the hotel. We will be met and transferred to the Wharf where we will cruise along the Perfume River to visit:
– Thien Mu Pagoda (The Heavenly Lady pagoda), from here we will have a good view of Perfume River and surroundings.
– Tu Duc King’s tomb, which is one of the most beautiful works of Royal Architecture of the Nguyen Dynasty. The tomb lies in a boundless pine forest.
Stay overnight at hotel in Hue
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Tour guide
– Meal : breakfast
– Entrance fees
– Domestic air ticket : Hanoi – Hue (Vietnam Airline)
– Accommodation in Hue : SAIGON MORIN HOTEL – 4 star
Day 4 : Hue – Transfer to Danang – My Son Holy Land (B)
My Son - Quang Nam
After our breakfast in Hue, we leave for Danang, on the way to Danang we visit My Son, one of cultural heritage in the world is considered by UNESCO.
My Son is located in the heart of valley – surrounded by mountain ranges that are natural boundaries with the Duy Phu village, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province. Thanks to the letters in the letters in the oldest steles of the 4th century by which was excavated at My Son that King Bhadresvara had built a temple for offering to the Gold Siva Bhadresvara. It was in wood and completely destroyed by ifre in the 6th century. In earlier 7th century, King Sambhuvarman rebuilt the temple of bricks and aggregates. Since then, more than 70 similar temples had been built up to the 13th century.
Let our guide show you the natural beauty of the surroundings, you willl be inspired by My Son which called “ The Angkor Wat of Vietnam”
Stay overnight at hotel in Danang
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Private boat to cruise in the river
– Tour guide
– Meal : breakfast
– Entrance fees
– Accommodation in Danang : FURAMA RESORT – 5 star
Day 5 : Danang Half Day City Tour – Relaxing (B)
Danang City
After breakfast at the hotel, we will take Danang City tour, visit Marble Mountains, which stands for the majestic granite mountains adjacent to the shore. It was rumored that this was an eggshell of the dragon king lejt behind after the birth of a beautijul princess. At the beginning of the 19th century, King Gia Long when passing by this region named these mountains after the name of the five elements : Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth.
When you pass 157 stone steps to get the pagoda, an imposing panorama is displayed impressively. It has been major pilgrimage site since Cham times and an ideal base for guerillas during the wor, with its commanding views of Da Nang Bay.
Visitors will be attaracted strongly by many beautijul caves in the mountain of Water.
From Marble Mountains, heading for Da Nang, you will reach Cham museum after 15 minutes by car. After the My Son ancient tower complex was discovered, many of its artifacts, especially statues of female dancers and genies worshipped by the Cham people at the Cham Architecture Museum in Da Nang city. Although ther are not may remnants left, thhose that remain display the typical sculptural works of cultural value of the Cham nationlity. Furthermore, they are vivid proof, confirming the history of a nantionality living within the Vietnamese comminity boasyting of a rich cultural tradtion. Cham Museum is founded in 1915 by the Ecole Francais d’Extreme Orient, the open- air collection of Cham sculpture is the finest in the world. Many of the sandstone carvings (altars, lingas, garudas, ganeshas, and image of Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu) are breakthtaking : making this a place you can easily visit again and again. We come back hotel in the noon.
PM : Free time at your leisure (suggestion : swimming and relaxing on the beach)
Stay overnight at hotel in Danang
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Tour guide
– Meal : breakfast
– Entrance fees
– Accommodation in Danang : FURAMA RESORT – 5 star
Day 6 : Danang – Fly to Ho Chi Minh City/ Saigon - Tour (B)
Notre Dame Cathedral - Saigon
After our breakfast at hotel, our driver picks up and transfers you to the airport to catch our short flight to Saigon, upon arrival in Saigon, you are met and transferred to hotel for check in. After that we enjoy half day tour in Saigon by visiting major sights in Saigon. We pass the now-demolished wartime American Embassy before we visit the Reunification Palace was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975, and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Saigon Post Office. After seeing the Jade Emperor Pagoda and the War Remnant Museum, we continue our trip on to China Town, the bustling Ben Thanh Market where anything and everything is for sale. Transfer you back hotel.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Domestic air ticket : Danang – Saigon (Vietnam Airline)
– Tour guide
– Meal : breakfast
– Entrance fees
– Accommodation in Saigon : GRAND HOTEL – 4 star
Day 7 : Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta – My Tho – Ben Tre (B)
My Tho City
Pick you up at hotel in Saigon at 8am. A smooth one and half hour car ride passing the green rice fields, leads you to the beautiful rural MYTHO city. The morning trip continues on the motorized boat on the Tien river to the Qui (Tortoise islet). On the way, you will view the fishing port, stilt houses, boat-building workshops, the other Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn Islet. The cruise will lead you through Bao Dinh canal to enter Ben Tre province, “the country of coconut”, to see a typical agricultural model call “Garden – Pond – Cage” then enjoy coconut candy mill and the relaxing honey tea. Then the amazing rowing boat trip on the small canal – fully covered by the shadow of the water coconut’s tree and cool breezes is something you can not miss. Lunch will be served right in the heart of the orchard garden.After lunch, we will walk along the village, visit fruit garden, enjoy the tropical fruit while you are listening to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music” performed by the islanders. Here we also can join the daily activities of the local people and enjoy the atmosphere of this beautiful natural countryside. Your expectations will be fulfilled by final boat trip back to My Tho on the Tan Thach natural canal.
Stay overnight at hotel in Saigon
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Tour guide
– Meal : breakfast
– Private boat to cruise in the river
– Entrance fees
– Accommodation in Saigon : GRAND HOTEL – 4 star
Day 8 : Saigon – Fly to Siem Reap – Angkor Wat Tour (B)
Angkor Wat in Siem Reap
After breakfast will transfer to the airport for taking a short flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival we will be met and transferred to hotel for check in.
In the afternoon we’ll visit the Roluos Temple Complex. The complex displays the remains of the first major capital of the Khmer empire and contains several significant monuments including Bakong, Preah Ko and Lolei
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Tour guide
– Air ticket : Saigon – Siem Reap (Vietnam Airline)
– Meal : breakfast
– Accommodation in Siem Reap : RAFFLESW GRAND ANGKOR WAT HOTEL – 5 star
Day 9 : Angkor Temple Complex Tour (B)
Ta Prohm Temple - Siem Reap
After breakfast will exploration of the temples. Enter this last capital of the Khmer empire through the Southern Gate where giant carvings of gods and demons flank each side of the entrance. Inside this great city, explore the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, Elephant Terrace and Terrace of Leper King. Feel the serenity that exudes from the stone face carvings of the Bayon and temple walls covered in emerald-green moss intertwined with roots which many deem the most charming of all, Ta Prohm.
Afternoon set off on an exploration to Angkor Wat, an architectural and artistic masterpiece of the mighty Khmer Empire. Sunset at Phnom Bakheng or Pre Rup paints the temple in an orange hue
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Tour guide
– Entrance fees
– Meal : breakfast
– Accommodation in Siem Reap : RAFFLESW GRAND ANGKOR WAT HOTEL – 5 star
Day 10 : Angkor Temple Complex Tour - Tonle Sap Lake Floating Village Boat Trip (B)
Tonle Sap Lake - Siem Reap
| In the morning, enjoy a drive through the lovely countryside to visit Bantaey Srei and Bantaey Samre, which many consider Bantaey Srei to be the prettiest temple. After lunch , we will enjoy Tonle Sap Lake, Asia’s largest inland lake also the biggest harvest fresh water fish in the world, which swells to ten times its normal size during the wet season; here you will visit the people living, school, hospital , church, fishing farm, crocodile farm, souvenir shop in the floating village then back in town to visit Les Artisan D’Angkor to observe student learning of art carving |
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
– Tour guide
– Boat trip in the lake
– Entrance fees
– Meal : breakfast
– Accommodation in Siem Reap : RAFFLESW GRAND ANGKOR WAT HOTEL – 5 star
Day 11 : Siem Reap – Departure (B)
Tuk Tuks Tour in Siem Reap
Free time until transfer you to the airport to catch your flight back home.
Include:
– Private transportation by car with air conditioner & experienced driver
Day 2/ in Hanoi: Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise A Day Trip – Hanoi (B, L)
