Day 1 Hanoi arrival
(Welcome Snack) (Private tour)/Private car/Viet hotel 3*
Arrival at Noi Bai
Airport late in the evening. You will be pick up by AnBinh Travel’s guide.
After enjoying Vietnam Traditional soup (“PHO”)
in restaurant “Pho 24”; transfer to hotel in Hanoi, check-in.
Day 2 Hanoi-Halong
(B;L;D) (Group tour)/Car/Boat Golden
Lotus Cruise 4*
7.45 – 8.15: Pick you
up from your hotel, departure to Halong bay.
10.00: Have a short
break on the halfway.
12:00 Arrive at Bai
Chay, Halong Tourism harbour.
12.15: Transfer by
tender to Golden Lotus Sails, enjoy
welcome drink.
12.30:Start cruising
to visit Halong bay, check in cabins.
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
– enjoy deluxe Vietnamese Set Menu.
15.30: Transfer by
tender from boat for visiting the Surprising caves.
16.30: Enjoy kayaking
and swimming, or relaxing on the boat.
19.00 – 20.00: Dinner
– enjoy Vietnamese food.
21.00 – 23.00:
Evening activities: sing karaoke or join squid fishing……
Day 3 Halong (B;L;D) (Group
tour)/ Boat/Golden Lotus Cruise 4*
7.15 : Having
breakfast.
7.45 : Transfer to a
small boat, cruise to the bay’s most untouched areas of Halong bay such as wild
caves or mystical water tunnels.., much time for kayaking and swimming. . Lunch
is served on boat.
16.00: Cruise back to
Golden Lotus Sails , spending the second night.
19.30: Have dinner
and overnight on boat.
Day 4 Halong-Hanoi-Sapa (B;L)
(Group tour)
7.30 : Breakfast
8.15: Transfer by
tender from boat to Titov island for swimming, climbing mountain, or just relax
on the beach.
9.15: Continue
cruising, discover more the beauty of Halong bay
10.00: Check-out
cabins and settle bills.
11.25: Come back Bai
Chay, Halong Tourism harbour.
11.30: Transfer by
tender from boat – Farewell and End of Cruise.
11.45: Lunch at Thang
Long restaurant in Halong city.
12.15: Car pick you
up, back Ha noi.
16.30 - 17.00: Arrive
at your hotel.
20:00: take night
train to Sapa.
Day 5 Laocai –
Sapa-Catcat – Hamrong ( B;L;D)/(Private tour)/ Trekking/Summit hotel 3* or
similar
Arrive at Lao Cai
train station at about 6.30. 2.5hrs bus trip 40km to Sapa. After breakfast at a
local restaurant,free time to visit Sapa town. In the afternoon, 2hrs trekking
5km to visit Cat Cat Village, home of Black H’mong hill tribe. Meeting &
Talking with locals to learn more about their daily life.
Lunch at hotel. Check
– in at 14:00
Afternoon visit Ham
Rong mountain with orchid garden of 194 to 6,000 species of orchids blooming
seasons, including the spread of endemic species such as the ceiling for dreams,
earn, spread pepper woody flower bells - stemmed flower garden with the same
exotic flowers imported from Russia, French and more than 200 Japanese cherry
trees. In the mountain you can view clouds at an altitude of 1.750m, enjoy
panoramic scenes from the market Sapa hidden in the clouds. Continue to the
“Heaven Gate”. Out of the first sky port, stopping at the second port to view the “sky dragon head”. Visit ethnic
village will introduce visitors to the house, the cultural characteristics of
ethnic groups in the Black Hmong, Red Dao, Tay, Giay, Xa Pho living in Sa Pa.
Final stop of you are enjoying the dance traditional music.Overnight at hotel
in Sapa.
Day 6 Lao Chai – Ta Van
– Giang Ta Chai (B;L;D)/(Private tour) /Trekking/Summit hotel 3* or similar
Get the show on the
road in the morning from the hotel to head for the valley where to visit 2
villages of the H’mong and the Dzay. Picnic lunch on the way or in a local
family. Go on visiting the Red Dzao in GiangTaChai village, visiting a
waterfall and a suspension bridge. Walk up to the road for the car back to
Sapa. Overnight at hotel.
Day 7 Sapa – Can Cau –
Laocai (B,L,D) /(Private tour)/Private car/Overnight on train
Get up early for
breakfast, check out hotel, and then drive to Can Cau market (120 km). To get
there through the beautiful range of mountain. You will see Can Cau Saturday
market: The biggest ethnic market in the Lao Cai province, where you will find
buffaloes, horses, blacksmiths, saddlers, but also traditional medicine
doctors, with their thousands of mountain herbs and plants, and lots of
traditional clothes and local artifacts.
Several groups of
deep-coloured Hmong are found there, as well as Dao, Tay, Nung, and Phu La.
Make sure to arrive before 9 a.m., the market ends at about 12 :30.You can have
lunch at one of the market stalls inside the market for more of a traditional
taste.
In the afternoon,
walking around villages of Flower H’mong and tasking corn wine. Then we
transfer to Lao Cai town. Dinner here and boarding the night train.
Day 8 Hanoi city tour (B;L)
(Private tour) /Private car/Viet hotel 3* in Hanoi
At about 5:00: Arrive
in Hanoi Railway Station, transfer to hotel in Hanoi for relaxing and having
Breakfast. Then you will take a city tour includes such sights as Ho Chi Minh’s
Mausoleum and his house on stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the 11th century
Temple of Literature, the Quan Thanh Temple and the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the
edge of West Lake. After lunch in town continue to the Museum of Ethnology and
end the afternoon with take a visit to Restored Sword Lake (Hoan Kiem Lake) and
a cyclo tour through the 36 streets of the Hanoi old quarter. After dinner you
can enjoy water puppets show and elaborate puppets floating gracefully over
water.
Day 9 Hanoi-Bat Trang
Village (B;L) (Private tour) /Private car/Viethotel 3* in Hanoi or similar
After night train
from Sapa to Hanoi, you will spend this morning to relax at hotel in Hanoi.
Afternoon we will pick you up at your hotel at 13.00. Transfer to visit Bat
Trang pottery village.There you can try to make your own pottery. Back to
Hanoi.
Day 10 Hanoi-Quang
Binh(B;L;D)(Private tour) /Private car; Flight/Duy Tan hotel 3* in Hue or
similar
Early morning we will
transfer to airport to take the flight VN 1591 to Dong Hoi (06:10) Arrival in
Dong hoi at about 7:40. Transfer to Phong Nha-Ke Bang and explore this UNESCO
World Heritage Site. In the evening we will transfer to Hue. Overnight in Hue.
Day 11 Hue city tour (B;L)
(Private tour)/Private car;boat/Duy Tan hotel 3* in Hue or similar
This morning you
explore Hue, including the Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City. You embark on
a boat for cruise on the Perfume River and visit The beautiful pagoda of Thien
Mu. Disembark the board for a visit the elaborate mausoleum of former emperor
Tu Duc, Emperor Khai Dinh. By the way to the city, you will take a walk to the
bustling Dong Ba market and pass many
fantastic eating spots. Day 12 Hue – Danang – Hoian (B;L)(Private tour)
Private car/Van Loi hotel 3* in Hoian or similar
This morning you will
continue your trip to the old trading town of Hoi An. Along the way you will
stop at Lang Co beach for coffee and refreshments. From here you head up to the
Hai Van pass, stopping at the top to take in the stunning views north over Lang
Co beach and south over Danang city. Continuing on your way down to Da nang, you will stop at the Cham Museum,
the famed China Beach, and the Marble Mountains. Arriving in Hoi An, after
dinner you will take a walk to visit famous Japanese Covered Bridges, the Pottery
Museum, the 200 years old Tanky House, Chua Ong Pagoda, the vibrant market. In
the evening you will be able to go shopping in this town, which is also famous for it’s shops in
particular and it’s large number of tailors.
Day 13 Friday Hoian – Myson (B;L)(Private tour)/Private
car/Van Loi hotel 3* in Hoian or similar
You drive to visit
holly land My Son. Balance of the day will be at your leisure to do your
endless shopping in Hoian. Overnight at hotel
in Hoian.
Day 14 Hoian – Nha trang
(B;L) (Private tour)/Private car;flight Lammy
hotel 3* in Nhatrang or similar
Free time to discover
what Hoi An has to offer. You might like
to take a boat ride with one of the local women across the Thu Bon River.
Perhaps you would like to hire a bicycle and head off on a scenic ride to Cua
Dai beach, about 4 km away. You then the flight to Nha Trang. Pick up at Train Station in Nha Trang,
transfer to hotel for late check in.
Day 15 Sunday Nha trang
island tour (B;L) (Group tour)/Private car/Lammy hotel 3* in Nhatrang or
similar
Start from your hotel
to Cau Da port. The first place is Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Mieu Island, many sea
species of Nha Trang/Khanh Hoa province make a small ocean world there. Mun
Island is the best island for snorkeling where you can see lots of lives
colorful corals and fish. Visit a fishing village and taking a fresh lunch at
the island. On the way back you will be able to see caves in which the sea
swallows make their nest.
Day 16 Nhatrang-Buon Me
Thuot (B;L;D) (Private tour)/Private car/Hoang Loc hotel 3* in Buon Me Thuot
Transfer from
Nhatrang to Buon Me Thuot. On arrival in Buon Ma Thuot, famous as the best
coffee cradle in Vietnam, drive to Buon Don village, home of elephants and
elephant trainers in Vietnam to visit the Ede tribe. After lunch, elephant riding through the B’Lieng Muong village.
Dinner with traditional dancing and gong music.
Day 17 BuonMeThuot-Ho Chi
Minh city (B;L;D) (Private tour) Private car;Flight/Thien Xuan hotel 3* in HCM
city
You will have to
spend all day to transfer from Buon Me Thuot to Ho Chi Minh city. Overnight at
hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 18 Ho Chi Minh city tour + Cu Chi Tunnel(B;L)/(Private tour)/Private
car/Thien Xuan hotel 3* in HCM city or similar
The city tour will
take you to the most interesting sites in Ho Chi Minh city: the Post Office ;
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, built between 1877 and 1883 and one of the city’s
major landmarks. Neo-Romanesque in form, Notre Dame is the major seat of the
Catholic religion in modern Vietnam; Jade Emperor Temple – one of the oldest
Chinese temples in Ho Chi Minh city; Ben Thanh market – a famous place in Ho
Chi Minh city, where you can find all kind of goods.
After lunch our trip
will continue to Transfer to Cu Chi tunnel area. We will visit a network
of 200km long underground dug-out which
was being used during the Vietnam - USA war.
Day 19 (18 August)/Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta (B;L)/(Private
tour)/ Private car; boat/Radeaux du Mekong Floating House
06h00: Breakfast,
check out and transfer to Tien Giang.
08h30: Arrival to the
port of Eco-tourism Area of Tien Giang, Embark on boad to the 4 famous islands:
Long, Lan, Qui, Phung.
09h10: Visit Orchards
farms, handicraft village, enjoy tropical fresh fruits and traditional music.
10h30: Crossing the
Mekong River to Ben Tre; visit coconut candy factory, the bee farm, enjoy the
tea honey, jams and other specialty types.
11h30: Take the
rowing boat washed into the creek two rows of green coconut.
12h00: You move to
the big boat to go for lunch at the restaurant Con Phung
13h30: Back to the
wharf, go by bus to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda
15h00: Continue
through the My Thuan suspension bridge - The century construction of Vietnam.
17h30: Check in hotel
in Can Tho. Or similar
Day 20 Cairang Maket - Hochiminh (B;L;D)/(Private tour)/ Private
car/Thien Xuan hotel 3* in HCM city or similar
05h30 Embark on boat
to go visit Cai Rang Floating Market - one of the largest markets in the Cuu
Long River Delta, learn about the cultural characteristics of the river on the
South. You can participate in trading on the river with the West.
Back to the hotel
check out after breakfast and transfer back to
Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 21 Ho Chi Minh city
tour – (B)/Private car
After breakfast we will visit the Re Unification
Palace, used to be the former palace of President Thieu and his predecessors.
At present it is a museum and venue for official receptions. We continue our
trip to the War Remains Museum, where you can learn a lot about the Vietnam War.
After lunch we will transfer to airport for the departure flight. Say goodbye
to Vietnam. 
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