Discovering The Beauty Of Vietnam Holiday
Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, you will be welcomed by our guide and transferred to your hotel. The transfer distance is approximately 50 minutes.
Hanoi, or “River-bound City” as its name literally means, is Vietnam’s capital with a thousand-year-old history dating back to 1010. The city’s fascinating beauty, which is characterized by unique cultural relics, ancient streets with antique houses, elegant French colonial buildings, tree-lined boulevards, and romantic lakes, has made it one of the most charming cities in Asia.
Start your half-day city tour with a visit to the Temple of Literature, known as the first university of Vietnam, built in 1070 by the Ly Dynasty to honor Confucius, sages, and outstanding Vietnamese scholars. Afterward, head to the city center to visit Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple, located on an islet in the lake. Hoan Kiem Lake is the center point of Hanoi and home to a rare, endangered giant turtle species. Its name, “Returned Sword,” comes from a legend of a sacred sword being lent to an ancient Vietnamese king by a holy turtle from the lake and later returned to the turtle. Then, drive to central Hanoi for a one-hour cyclo tour through the Old Quarter to enjoy the bustling local life. This bustling area of narrow streets and alleys is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers.
Meal: No meal
Accommodation: Overnight at a hotel in Hanoi
For Group 1-9pax: Transfer by shuttle bus
For Group 10pax up: Transfer by private vehicle with guide
Following breakfast, leave Hanoi for a 2.5-hour drive to HaLong Bay, including a 20-minute stop on the way. Arrive at the jetty in Ha Long City around noon and proceed with check-in formalities. Be welcomed onboard, and lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay itself. In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and/or activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary), or just spend some time relaxing on board. Towards the end of the day, the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations. Dinner is served on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Overnight on the Ha Long cruise
Enjoy the fresh morning in the middle of the bay. The sun rises on Ha Long in the morning, and breakfast is served (brunch on some boats) while the vessels cruise slowly through the magnificent rock formations and back towards the port. Disembark and transfer back to Hanoi, arriving late in the afternoon. You are free at leisure before being transferred by our tour guide and driver to Noi Bai International Airport for your flight departure.
Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, you will be welcomed by our guide and transferred to your hotel for check-in.
Ho Chi Minh City, formerly and still commonly known as Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam. Vibrating with energy and innovation, the city is the economic heart of Vietnam and the main hub of the southern region. As a cosmopolitan metropolis of the country, its dynamic cityscape, combining the old and the new of Vietnam, has made it one of the most attractive destinations for visitors.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch (or 1 brunch)
Accommodation: Overnight at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Meet our guide at your hotel and take a full-day city tour. Start with a visit to the War Remnants Museum, which features an extensive collection of exhibits, including weaponry, photos, and documentation on Vietnam’s wars with the French and Americans. Continue to the Reunification Palace, which was formerly the South Vietnam President’s residence and a symbol of the Southern Administration’s reign until the end of April 1975.
In the afternoon, continue the tour with a visit to Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, a neo-Roman cathedral built over 130 years ago by the colonial French with materials entirely imported from Marseilles. Call in at Saigon Central Post Office, a fine colonial building that was designed and built in the early 20th century by the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel. Move on to Cho Lon, or the city’s Chinatown, where you will visit the Jade Emperor Temple (Phuoc Hai), a rare Taoist structure in Vietnam built in 1909 in dedication to the Lord of Heaven.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
In the morning, travel by car to the Mekong Delta, the world’s largest delta and Vietnam's largest rice bowl. Upon arrival in My Tho City, the capital of Tien Giang Province, board a motorboat and navigate through intricate canals while observing local daily life up close, as well as the landscape of waterways and lush islands. Land on Thoi Son Island to listen to Southern traditional music performed by native artists. Continue the tour with a paddle boat to cruise more canals before visiting households with traditional occupations, such as home-based coconut candy and rice-wine making. Switch back to a motorboat to go to a bee farm to enjoy fresh honey tea and fresh fruits. On the way back to My Tho, stop to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, a prominent local Buddhist structure built in 1850 with a unique architectural mixture of Vietnamese, Roman, Chinese, and Cambodian styles, characterized by a highly ornate façade.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
In the morning, take a half-day tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels, 75 km northwest of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, which were once a major underground hideout and resistance base of Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and later on, the Americans. The tunnels, entirely hand-dug, formed a highly intricate network of interlinked, multilevel passageways that at times stretched as far as the Cambodian border and totaled over 120 km in length. Its complexity was beyond imagination, containing meeting rooms, kitchens, wells, clinics, schools, depots, trenches, and emergency exits, all aimed at guerrilla warfare. The tunnels were deep and strong enough to withstand destructive bombings and self-contained enough to outlast prolonged sieges.
Our tour guide will meet and pick you up at your hotel to transfer you to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in an air-conditioned vehicle.
Meal: Breakfast
- Hotel accommodation with breakfast and based on twin or triple sharing
- Services of a driver and private air-conditioned vehicle during all tours and transfers.
- Entrance fees for all visits as mentioned in the itinerary
- Experienced English-speaking guide during all tours and transfers
- Overnight cruise in Ha Long bay
- For Group 1- 9 pax: Transfer by shuttle bus of cruise
- For Group 10 pax up: Private car & guide
- Mineral water is available as complementary
- Airfare
- Airport Taxes
- Visa
- Travel Insurance
- Tips to Driver and Guide
- Personal expense
- High Season Surcharges as applicable
- Use of vehicles other than the specified itinerary.
- Any item that is not mentioned in the above Tour Price includes
- All entrance fees and excursions not mentioned above.
Area | First Class (3*) | Superior (4*) | Deluxe (5*) |
Hanoi | MINASI PREMIUM HOTEL Deluxe www.minasihotels.com/hotel/minasipremium/OR SIMILAR |
THE Q HOTEL
Deluxe City View OR SIMILAR |
PAN PACIFIC HOTEL Deluxe www.panpacific.com/hanoiOR SIMILAR |
Ha Long | LA REGINA CLASSIC CRUISE
Deluxe Ocean View OR SIMILAR |
LA PANDORA CRUISE
Suite Balcony 1st Floor OR SIMILAR |
MON CHERI CRUISE
Ocean Suite Balcony (Cabin 1st floor) OR SIMILAR |
HO CHI MINH | ACNOS GRAND HOTEL
Grand Deluxe (Dbl/Twn) OR SIMILAR |
HAPPY LIFE GRAND HOTEL
Lessini Premier (with window) www.happylifeenterprise.com/happy-life-grand-hotel OR SIMILAR |
LA VELA SAIGON HOTEL
La Vela Deluxe (DBL/TWN) OR SIMILAR |