Day 1 : Arrival – Ho Chi Minh City (D)
Arrive in Ho Chi Minh city. Airport welcome by NTS guides. Transfer to hotel in air-conditioned vehicle. Explore Saigon downtown : the Old Saigon Post Office, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the City Hall, the old French colonial quarter. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 2 : Ho Chi Minh City (B.L.D)
Breakfast at your hotel. Discover Cholon, the city’s Chinatown, with a visit to Thien Hau pagoda and Binh Tay market, the largest and famous one in Ho Chi Minh city. At Binh Tay market, there is 30 minute free time for shopping. Visit the pagoda of Giac Lam. Lunch. In the afternoon, visit the History Museum, the War Museum and a lacquer ware factory, where guests can do shopping. Dinner with a traditional Vietnamese musical and dance performance. Overnight at hotel in Ho chi Minh city.
Day 3 : Ho Chi Minh – Cai Be – Vinh Long – Can Tho (B.L.D)
After breakfast at your hotel, drive to Cai Be. Embark a motor boat and enjoy a nice trip along Tien river, the largest branch of the Mekong river to visit the floating market of Cai Be. Lunch in the fruit tree garden. Continue the boat trip to Vinh Long. And then proceeds to Can Tho. Dinner and night at your hotel in Can Tho.
Day 4 : Can Tho – Cai Rang – Can Tho (B.L.D)
Breakfast. You have a nice excursion by boat in the early morning on the Mekong River to visit Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating market. Visit a family-run workshop producing noodles. Lunch in My Khanh garden restaurant. Return to Can Tho and free time at leisure. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Can Tho.
Day 5 : Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh (B.L.D)
Breakfast at your hotel. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City. Visit Dong Tam snake farm My Tho. Lunch at the Mekong Rest Stop restaurant. Free time in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
Day 6 : Ho Chi Minh – Da Lat (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Da Lat, a city situated at the height of 1,500 meters above the sea. Discover tea and coffee plantations and the fall of Prenn en route. Lunch. Visit the Co Ho ethnic village, the botanic garden, the summer palace of the last Emperor of Bao Dai. Stroll around Xuan Huong lake. Dinner and overnight in Da Lat.
Day 7 : Da Lat – Nha Trang (B.L.D)
Breakfast at your hotel. Explore Dalat market, the Tuyen Lam lake and Truc Lam pagoda, then drive to Ho Chi Minh City. Lunch. Proceed to Nha Trang. Visit the Cham towers of Poklong Giarai in Phan Rang, on the way to Nha Trang. Arrival in Nha Trang, check in hotel. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 8 : Nha Trang (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Take a short city tour and enjoy a boat trip in Nha Trang Bay to visit Tri Nguyen aquarium. Lunch in a fishing village. In the afternoon, visit the Ponagar tower dedicated to the Champa Mother of the Country. Continue a visit to Long son Pagoda situated on a slope of Trai Thuy mountain followed by a surprising visit to a farmer’s house in the suburb of the city. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Nha Trang.
Day 9 : Nha Trang – Qui Nhon (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Leave Nha Trang to Qui Nhon. Discover the fishing village of Dai Lanh. Lunch at a local restaurant by a beautiful beach. Then, continue to take the road to Qui Nhon with stopover at the site of Hung Thanh (the Cham Twin Towers) and at the pagoda of Thap Thap (Ten Towers). Arrival. Check in hotel. Dinner and night in Qui Nhon.
Day 10 : Qui Nhon – Hoi An (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the Cham towers of Banh It, the ruins of Cha Ban which is the ancient capital of the Champa Kingdom. Stopover at Cham towers of Khuong My. Lunch en route. Continue the trip to Hoi An. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Hoi An.
Day 11 : Hoi An (B.L.D)
Breakfast at your hotel. Discover the ancient town of Hoi An recognized as one of the World Heritages with the ancient streets, houses, bridge temple, Taoist temple and local Hoi An market. Lunch. Afternoon is at leisure at the beach of Cua Dai. Dinner and night in Hoi An.
Day 12 : Hoi An – Da Nang – Hue (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Da Nang. Visit Cham museum where visitors will discover the biggest collection of Champa age-old cultures and fine-arts. Photo stop at the stone sculpture village of Non Nuoc. Enjoy a spectacular Pass of Ocean Clouds. Photo stop at Lang Co village and exotic Phu Loc fishing village. Continue to take trip to Hue, the former capital of Vietnam under the Tay Son and the Nguyen dynasties of emperors ruled from 1802 till 1945. Lunch. In the afternoon, visit the elaborate mausoleum of the former emperor Tu Duc and Khai Dinh emperor’s tomb. Explore the Imperial Citadel and Royal Palace. Royal costumed dinner with traditional music of Hue. Overnight in Hue.
Day 13 : Hue – Ha Noi (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Take a boat trip on the Perfume River to visit the Thien Mu Pagoda, the mausoleum of former emperor Ming Mang. Stroll at Dong Ba market. Lunch. Transfer to the Phu Bai airport to fly to Ha Noi. Airport welcome by NTS guide. Transfer to Ha Noi capital. Take a panoramic city tour. Dinner and night at hotel in Ha Noi.
Day 14 : Ha Noi (B.L.D)
Breakfast. Leave hotel for a morning sightseeing tour around Ha Noi which includes the One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his stilt house and the History Museum. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the 11th century Temple of Literature, the Pagoda of Tran Quoc, the Museum of Fine-Arts, the Lake of the Restored Sword and Ngoc Son Temple. In the evening, enjoy a water puppet show. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Ha Noi
Day 15 : Ha Noi – Ha Long (B.L.D)
Breakfast at your hotel. Drive to Ha Long bay, the World Heritage. Embark a sailing junk for an excursion in the Ha Long Bay (during 5 hours) and a visit to the surrounding caves. Lunch on board. Dinner and overnight in Ha Long.
Day 16 : Ha Long – Hai Phong – Ha Noi (B.L.D)
Breakfast at your hotel. Drive to Hai Phong for a panoramic city tour. Visit Du Hang pagoda and Hang Kenh communal house. Lunch. Continue to take the road to Ha Noi with a visit to the ceramic village of Dong Trieu. Free time in the late afternoon. Dinner and night at your hotel in Ha Noi.
Day 17 : Ha Noi – Hoa Lu – Ha Noi (B.L.D)
Breakfast. Drive to amazing Hoa Lu area which is famed for “earthly Halong bay”. Travel peacefully by row boat through the rice field and immense rocks like sugar loaves thus far the Van Lam village. Visit Bich Dong temple and Tam Coc caves. Lunch. Continue a visit to the temples dedicated to two ancient Vietnamese Kings ( Dinh and Le). Return to Ha Noi. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Ha Noi.
Day 18 : Ha Noi – Departure (B.L)
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the ethnographic museum and the 36 guilds of the famous Old Quarter, and try the Vietnamese version of the rickshaw. Shopping. Lunch. Free time until transfer to the airport for departure.
BACK
