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15 Days This Is Vietnam!
Tour Code: VTP 10
Duration : 15 days
Tour Type : Standard
Starts / Ends : Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City
Tour Route: Hanoi - Duong Lam village – Halong Bay – Hue – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh - Mekong Delta
Price From: $
Duration : 15 days
Tour Type : Standard
Starts / Ends : Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City
Tour Route: Hanoi - Duong Lam village – Halong Bay – Hue – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh - Mekong Delta
Price From: $
- Never miss a 15 days' delightful trip that will awaken all our senses by exploring the real Vietnam. This trip allows us to see Vietnam as Vietnamese see it. We not only spectator but also participate in the daily life of the people here by doing easy cycling in the villages’ lanes, have two nights at home-stay and learning to cook the wonderful Vietnamese cuisines. The trip covers most of the Warm up in vibrant Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta. This thrill-a-minute journey will surely stir our imagination.
Special offers:Complementary for Approval Letter for Visa to Vietnam - Validity to 31 December 2012.
Dates: No fixed departure dates. You may go whenever you wish.
Tour Type: Landscape, Culture, Culinary and Folk Arts
Activity Level: Regular itinerary, moderate walking
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
Level: Standard
BRIEF ITINERARY
Day 2: Hanoi – City tour
Day 3: Hanoi – soft cycling to villages & home-stay
Day 4: Village – Duong Lam ancient village – Hanoi
Day 5: Hanoi – Halong Bay (overnight on deluxe junk cruise)
Day 6: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Night train to Hue
Day 7: Hue – Visit Hue - The World Cultural Heritage
Day 8: Boat trip and transfer to Hoi An - The World Cultural Heritage
Day 9: Visit Hoi An – join cooking class
Day 10: Hoi An – Fly to Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon)
Day 11: Visit Ho Chi Minh City
Day 12: Visit Mekong Delta with home-stay
Day 13: Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh city
Day 14: Visit Cu Chi Tunnel - Free and easy in the afternoon
Day 15: Ho Chi Minh City - Departure
DETAIL ITINERARY
Day 1: Hanoi, Capital city of Vietnam – Arrival
Transfer via international flight – your arrangement
Welcome up on arrival by Viet Vision Travel's tour guide, we will transfer to hotel after that for relaxing after a long flight. There is no activity today until evening when we be met again for our Welcome Dinner at a fine local restaurant in town. Overnight in Hanoi.
Accommodation: Maison D’Hanoi Hanova Hotel – 3 stars in Old Quarter Hanoi
Meals: Dinner
Day 2: Hanoi – City tour
Site visited: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, The Temple of Literature, The Ethnic Minority Museum, Dong Xuan Market
Other activities: Water Puppet show (1 hour), Cycle around the Old Quarter (1 hour)
We start our day tour today at 8AM and visit all the above places. Lunch will be at K.O.T.O restaurant where streets children are trained and worked by a Vietnamese Oversea Man, Mr Jimme Pham.
Tour end will be late afternoon at hotel. Free time for your dinner. Overnight in Hanoi.
Accommodation: Maison D’Hanoi Hanova Hotel – 3 stars in Old Quarter Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast at hotel, Lunch
Day 3: Hanoi – soft cycling to villages & home-stay
Site visited: Master Pagoda, Tay Phuong Pagoda, outskirt villages of Hanoi
Activities: soft cycling, walking
We will check out hotel today for our short execution to outskirt of Hanoi to visit and enjoying the truly villages of Vietnam where it is not touristic. Start from Hanoi at 8:00 or 8:30, our vehicle will take us to the Southwest of Hanoi, along the Thang Long Boulevard and start cycling after visiting Thay Pagoda. , Thay Pagoda (note: we should dress appropriately to visit pagodas). You will be fascinated by the unique architecture and intriguing interiors of the pagoda. Especially mysterious is the story about the first Master of this pagoda, which dates back a thousand years ago. After we take in the great panoramic view of rice paddies from mountain peak, we get on our bikes and start cycling through local villages, crossing rice paddy fields. Enjoying the ride for about over an hour, we will stop to see the famous pagoda of Tay Phuong and have lunch in a local restaurant nearby.
After lunch, we keep riding to the village of Dong Truc. This is a pleasant route for easy cycling. We cross small bridges, ride along little canals, all the while being greeted by children and farmers, calling on you with nice smiles on broad faces. Arriving at our home stay still early in the afternoon, our guide will introduce you to the family, provides orientation then relax drinking tea and chatting with our host. There is still time to continue enjoying the slow wandering, biking to other villages close by. This evening, we will be treated to various authentic Vietnamese dishes, cooked by the family members
Accommodation: Dong Truc home-stay (standard)
Meals: Breakfast at hotel, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Village – Duong Lam ancient village – Hanoi
Site visited: Duong Lam Ancient Village, villages
Activities: soft cycling, walking
If you wish to breathe the fresh morning air of countryside, get up early for a stroll around the village, have fun chatting with the locals. After breakfast, we say farewell to our host, get on the bikes and keep riding to Son Tay. This is where the genuine Vietnam still exists. The old citadel is well preserved; the town is quiet with no tourists. Lightly explore the area then head out for a short ride of only 4 km to the ancient village of Duong Lam. You will find the real image of Vietnam, first at the village entrance, grace by a high banyan tree and tiles roof gate with brick lanes leading you to Mong Phu Temple. This is a beautiful old temple where villagers seriously worship and celebrate ceremonies to honor the Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung kings, who were born from this village. We enjoy cycling around, go through narrow mossy lanes and stop to visit an old house, having tea and cake with the owners.
Our lunch will be served at the local restaurant. After lunch, we put away the bikes and head straight back to Hanoi. Relax at hotel.
Accommodation: Maison D’Hanoi Hanova Hotel – 3 stars in Old Quarter Hanoi
Meal: Breakfast at hotel, Lunch
Day 5: Hanoi – Halong Bay (overnight on deluxe junk cruise)
Site visited: Halong Bay
Activities: Visiting caves, kayaking
This morning, we will be met at the lobby of the hotel in Hanoi, then we transfer to Halong Bay. It takes us about 3 hour driving. We may stop on the half way in Hai Duong province for short relax. We will arrive in Ha Long bay at around midday when we will transfer to our junk cruise by tender. Welcome cocktail will be served on boat up on arrival. After that we check in the room while the cruise will be started leaving towards Bai Tu Long Bay.
Our Vietnamese lunch will be served on board, against the stunning backdrop of limestone formations and islands such as: Coc Island, Cap De Island, Bo Cau Island, Vong Vieng fishing village.
At 4PM, the cruise will stop at Vong Vieng floating village where we can enjoy some of the optional activities as visiting the village, discovering the life of local people by sampan or swimming at Cong Troi beach.
Tonight we will stay at the floating hotel in Trong Cave area/ Ho Dong Tien cave area. Dinner and overnight on junk cruise.
Accommodation: Emotion junk cruise
Meals: Breakfast at hotel, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Night train to Hue
Site visited: Halong Bay
Waking up early this morning to practice Tai Chi on the sundeck, then start our day with International Buffet breakfast. After breakfast, we take the tender to the Surprising cave, one of the most wonderful caves in Halong Bay. After one hour on the cave, we get back the junk cruise, check out and relax. Our lunch today will be at local restaurant in Halong city. We transfer back to Hanoi in the early of afternoon. Arriving in Hanoi at around 05:00, we transfer to hotel for picking up luggage then transfer to a local restaurant near by the station for your own dinner. After that we walk to station for our night train to Hue.
Accommodation: Livitran or SE1 or SE3 train – 4-berth cabin with A/C
Meals: Breakfast at hotel, Lunch
Day 7: Hue – Visit Hue - The World Cultural Heritage
Site visited: Hue Citadel, Dong Ba market, Tinh Gia Vien Garden house
Activity: 1-hour cyclo around Hue
Arriving at Hue station at 8AM, we will be welcome by local tour guide then transfer to hotel for our breakfast. Relax until 9AM, we will visit Hue Citadel.
In the afternoon, we will visit Tinh Gia Vien Garden House and Dong Ba market. Overnight in Hue.
Accommodation: Green Hue hotel – 4 stars
Meals: Breakfast, Royal Dinner
Day 8: Boat trip and transfer to Hoi An - The World Cultural Heritage
Site visited: Thien Mu Pagoda, Tu Duc Tomb, Lang Co Beach, Da Nang city, Non Nuoc Beach, Marble Mountain
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.
Then we transfer back to the city for our delicious lunch at a fine local restaurant. In the afternoon, we travel by vehicle to Hoi An along scenic highway 1A. Along the way we will stop to contemplate the stunning views North, to Lang Co Beach and South to Da Nang city. Da Nang city with Cham Museum – the houses of the most complete collection if Cham Artifacts anywhere in the world; China Beach – where the American named and used to have their Rest and Relaxation; and the Marble Mountain – the five elements of the Universe (water, wood, water, fire and earth). We will arrive in Hoi An in the late afternoon, relax at swimming pool at hotel.
Accommodation: Thuy Duong 3 Hotel – 3 stars
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 9: Visit Hoi An – join cooking class
Site visited: Hoi An Ancient town
Activity: walking, cooking class
We enjoy a morning walking tour around the ancient city to visit Chua Ong Pagoda, Chinese Assembly Halls, the 200 - year old Tam Ky ancestral house, and the Japanese Bridge.
In the afternoon, we join cooking class with local chief.
Relax in the rest of the day at hotel.
Accommodation: Thuy Duong 3 Hotel – 3 stars
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 10: Hoi An – Fly to Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon)
Site visited: Hoi An
Relax or shopping in the morning in Hoi An, then we transfer back to Da Nang for our short domestic flight to Ho Chi Minh City.
Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, we will be met by another tour guide who will take us to our hotel. Check in and relax. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Accommodation: Sapphire hotel – 3 stars
Meals: Breakfast
Day 11: Visit Ho Chi Minh City
Site visited: Reunification Palace, War Remnant Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral & Post office, Ben Thanh market, Cho Lon and Chinese town market. Our tour starts at 08:30 and ends at 18:00. We depart our hotel for the Reunification Palace, the former Presidential Palace for the president of the South of Vietnam. After that we will visit War Remnant Museum, where you can see countless artifacts, photographs and pictures documenting about the second Indochina war. Before our lunch we stop at Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post office to get our good shots for our memory of the biggest city in Vietnam.
Our delicious lunch will be served at a nice restaurant in the central city.
In the afternoon we will visit: Ben Thanh market, Cho Lon, Chinese town and market. Here we can experience our Vietnamese Southern daily life. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Accommodation: Sapphire hotel – 3 stars
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Pho
Day 12: Visit Mekong Delta with home-stay
Site visited: Brick pottery kilns, floating fish farm, local house
Activities: boating
This morning we will be met in the lobby of hotel in Ho Chi Minh City by our local guide. We will leave for the Mekong Delta at around 08:00AM. Driving through the Delta to Cai Be Floating Market we then board our riverboat for a cruise along the endless waterways of the mighty Mekong. We will stop, visiting brick pottery kilns, and a floating fish farm. Afterwards we will board a small restaurant serving the local delicacies of the river. Later, we will arrive at the lush orchards of the house in which we will spend the night in a home stay with a local family. Overnight in Vinh Long.
Accommodation: Home-stay (standard)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 13: Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh city
Site visited: Cai Be Floating market
After breakfast with the host family, we will take our private cruise to visit Cai Be Floating Market, joining with local people to buy special fruits or other souvenirs. Afterwards, we will continue our boat trip along the maze of waterways and canals through An Binh Island. We will stop at an old southern house with a bonsai garden and visit some local cottage industries that produce candy as well as rice cakes. Following our cruise, we will return to the Pier and transfer to our awaiting vehicle to return to Ho Chi Minh City. Lunch will be at My Tho City and our trip will finish in Ho Chi Minh City at around 05:00PM.
Accommodation: Sapphire hotel – 3 stars
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 14: Visit Cu Chi Tunnel - Free and easy in the afternoon
Site visited: Cu Chi Tunnel
In the morning, we will leave Saigon for the Cu Chi tunnels, otherwise known as the "Iron Triangle" or "Iron Land". On our way there we will drive through pleasant countryside; rubber plantations and rice paddies. Before entering the tunnels, we will see a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, followed by an exploration of the maze of tunnels, some of which have been widened to allow tourist access. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500lb bombs dropped by B52 bombers. After that we transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City.
Accommodation: Sapphire hotel – 3 stars
Meals: Breakfast
Day 15: Ho Chi Minh City - Departure
Transfer via: international flight – your arrangement
Free at leisure in the morning then our awaiting vehicle will transfer us to the airport for our departure flight to home. Good bye Vietnam.
Meals: Breakfast
Trip included ?
English speaking guide (other languages up on request)
Private transfer & transportation
Meals indicated in the program
High-quality Mountain bikes (Trek bikes 3900)
Vehicle support (for group from 3 persons)
Mineral water during cycling time
Basic home stay (consists of clean squat toilet, soft bed, mosquito nets, and blankets)
Entrance fees to places indicated in the itinerary
Private boat in Perfume River and Mekong River
On Halong Junk:
Welcome cocktail, aperitif, tea and coffee in the morning
Entrance and sightseeing fees
English speaking guide onboard
Luxury cabin with Air-conditioner, private bathroom, hot water, shower, standing cabin
Available optional services like: Visiting fishing village by sampan, transfer by tender to beach
Insurance onboard
Tax and service charges
What's Excluded ?
International flight ticket
Airport tax
Visa and visa fee
Own expenses
