Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi

Sites visited: Pick up – cyclo tour – welcome dinner. Upon arrival to Hanoi, our driver and tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel for check in. After that, if the time permits, you will have dinner at the fine restaurant in Hanoi. Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Presidential Palace - Hanoi

Sites visited: Ho Chi Minh Complex, Ba Dinh square, Temple of Literature, Museum of Ethnology, Cyclo in Hanoi old quarter In the morning you will visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, His House on stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the outside of the Presidential Palace and the Temple of Literature which was Vietnam’s first University. In the afternoon you will go to the intriguing Ethnology Museum followed by an hour on a cyclo (a pedal rickshaw) being taken round the old quarter of Hanoi. Tonight you will take a comfortable overnight train to Lao Cai.

Sites visited : Bac Ha Sunday Market The train arrives at the Lao Cai train station at approximately 06:00. There will be a vehicle waiting to pick you up and you will enjoy breakfast at a fine restaurant near Lao Cai Railway Station before driving 3 hours. This is the largest market in the region, a place where many ethnic groups gather to buy and sell, eat and drink together. There are 10 minority groups in the Bac Ha region. You can buy homemade handicrafts and clothes. In the afternoon you will have a 2 hour trek to Ban Pho village (Flower H’Mong people). In the village you can have a look in the local houses and understand a little more about their lifestyle and traditional customs. You will have the opportunity to homemade wine from corn. And then you will drive back to Sapa for check in hotel and discovering Sapa night market nearby our hotel. O/N in Hotel in Sapa.

Dzay people - Sapa

Site visited: Lao Chai, Ta Van Villages – Black H’mong, and Dzay people. Breakfast in the hotel and then embark on a lovely trek that will take you along buffalo paths and trails and through several hills tribe villages Lao Chai & Ta Van, home to Black H’mong, and Dzay people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet.  Once on the valley floor you can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds you. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered rice terraced fields and scattered villages. Transfer back Lao Cai Railway Station for dinner before catching our night train back Hanoi. Trekking distance 10 km Stay overnight on train

Halong Bay

Site visited: Halong Bay, Caves Upon arrival, you will transfer to hotel for breakfast and freshen up. Then you depart for Halong Bay. You will cruise in this secluded bay, marveling at 3000 limestone peaks that emerge from the emerald water. You have an opportunity to visit spectacular limestone cave, swim from the boat, and can kayak to explore the hidden charm part of the bay. Transfer back Hanoi O/N in Hotel in Hanoi

Nha Trang Beach

After breakfast at our hotel, our driver picks up and transfers you to the airport to catch our short flight to Nha Trang. Upon arrival in Nha Trang, you are met and transferred to hotel for check in. Stay overnight at hotel in Nha Trang

Tri Nguyen Aquarium - Nha Trang

Sites Visited: Tri Nguyen Aquarium-Biology, Ngang cove, Tranh shore 8h30-8h45am: Pick up at the hotel to start the exciting boat trip 9h:10am : Tri Nguyen Aquarium-Biology sea inside Neptune’s place with hundreds of fishes 10am: Mot island –         Snorkel on the extraordinary coral reefs which are covered with the multi colored fishes 12:-15h30pm: Ngang cove –         Have lunch with many excellent dishes : fried salt shrimp, fried fish in sour and sweet sauce, saute cuttlefish, grilled rib spring rolls and solfly softe noodles. –         Entertainment program : Music, singing and dancing –         Happy hour : “ Floating Bar” a cup of grape wine with a piece of pineapple You will be able cheer with your friends even in the water with Funky Monkey guide 15:45-16:30pm : Tranh shore –         Relax and join beach sport or laze on the beach –         Fruit party : enjoy eating many kinds of fruits from Nhatrang 16:45pm: Land at the harbor and take you back the hotel Stay overnight at hotel in Nhatrang

Jade Emperor Pagoda - Saigon

Free time for you relaxing in Nha Trang until our driver picks up and transfers you to the airport to catch our short flight to Saigon. Upon arrival to Saigon, you are met and transferred to hotel for check in hotel. In the afternoon, we take half day city tour to acquaints us with the city’s some major sights. 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 the bustling Ben Thanh Market where anything and everything is for sale. Stay overnight at hotel in Saigon.

Mekong Delta Boat Trip

Sites visited : Cruising in My Tho – Ben Tre 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 coconuts’ tree and cool breezes is something you can’t be missed. 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 you 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. Transfer back Ho Chi Minh City Stay at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Old Saigon Post Office - Saigon

Free time until our driver picks up and transfers you to the airport to catch your flight back home.