Tour Details

If you don’t have a lot of time in Vietnam, this trip is designed for you with 2 main cities of Vietnam: Hanoi Capital in the north and busy Saigon in the south. From Hanoi, you also have a night on a luxury boat in beautiful Halong Bay. Next, fly to Saigon for city tour and Cu Chi discovery. Then spend the day cruising through narrow canals and floating markets in the Mekong Delta.

What to Expect

• Squeeze in the scrambling alleyways of Hanoi’s timeworn Old Quarter

• Enjoy a cup of the famous egg-coffee in a hidden café with stunning view over Hoan Kiem Lake

• Explore Halong Bay’s spectacular scatter of islands on a traditional junk boat

• Dig into the past through untold stories of HCMC and visit to the strategic Cu Chi tunnels

• Get active through the canals in the water base land of Mekong Delta

Departure & Return Location

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city vice versa

Price Includes

Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
English Speaking Guide
Entrance fees for all mentioned sights visited
Accommodation with daily breakfast at selected hotels
Transport from Hanoi to Halong and return by mini van

Price Excludes

International flights and domestic flights
Personal expenses (such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.)
Any bank fees or charges at your end
Meals other than those mentioned in the itinerary
Personal travel insurance
Tips for tour guide and driver in each region
Peak season or public holidays surcharge if any
Vietnam visa stamp fee
Other services not mentioned above

Itinerary

Day 1Hanoi arrival

Welcome to our beautiful Vietnam! Upon arrival, our guide and driver will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel in the Old Quarter. Check-in and spend the rest of the day free to relax in your room or stroll down the Walking Street to enjoy the ambience of the capital of Vietnam

Meal: None

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 2Charming Hanoi Sightseeing (B,L)

Full day tour of Vietnam’s capital city, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his traditional stilt house and the revered One-Pillar Pagoda. After that, visit Vietnam’s first university, the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature. Have lunch with Pho bo Hanoi or Hanoi Noodle soup with beef and served with Hanoi flavorful spring roll.

In the afternoon, visit the Ethnology Museum where you can learn about the customs and culture of Vietnam’s 54 diverse ethnic groups.

Finish your day with a walking through the maze of bustling streets that make up Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Your local guide will then take you to one of Hanoi’s best-reserved secrets, a hidden café with stunning views over the picturesque Hoan Kiem Lake. This hard-to-find café is one of the few left in the city that still serves egg coffee, a scrumptious local delicacy that we will sample whilst admiring the hustle and bustle of the city center below. Or, if coffee is not your style, a cold beer awaits! Return to your hotel later this afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 3Hanoi - Fascinating Halong Bay (B,L,D)

This morning, depart Hanoi through the Red River Delta for Halong Bay (3.5 hours driving). Upon arrival, embark on the cruise then start cruising among the limestone islands. Keep cruising to the quiet area while enjoy breath-taking seascape along the way, until enjoy sunset party on sundeck and admire the best moments of the day when the sun starts to set. Dinner is served around 19.00 then it’s time for you to socialize with other guests, to take part in board games, fishing for squid or just to laze around.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Overnight cruise

Day 4Halong Bay - Hanoi - The bustling Ho Chi Minh City (B,L)

Early this morning, start your day with Tai Chi exercises or a photo hunt. Then, breakfast will be served on board while you immerse into the peaceful morning of Halong Bay. After check out of your cabin, continue your cruise exploring the Bay. While heading back to the harbor, watch the fruit carving demonstration and participate in the cooking class before enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch. Disembark around 12.00 then your driver will wait for you to take you back to Hanoi. Enjoy your free time Enjoy some free time shopping around before meeting up with our driver for the transfer to Hanoi airport where you will take your flight onward Ho Chi Minh City. Our tour guide pick you up at Tan Son Nhat airport and transfer to hotel for check-in.

Meals: Breakfast, Brunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 5Back to history: Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi tunnels (B,L)

After breakfast, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel to commence your day tour of Ho Chi Minh City highlights. The first destination is the Reunification Palace – formerly known as the museum of American War Crimes – was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975. You will also visit some of the best samples of French colonial architecture, which are the Notre Dame Cathedral church and the Saigon Central Post Office. Next to the cathedral stands the Central Post Office that is the country’s largest post office was built in 1891. It is another fine example of French architecture and is Vietnam’s largest post office.

Having a special lunch at a popular local eatery in Saigon.

After lunch, travel to Cu Chi, 70 km to the Northwest of Ho Chi Minh. Cu Chi Tunnels consist of more than 200km of underground tunnels. This main axis system has many branches connecting to underground hideouts, shelters, and entrances to other tunnels. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the U.S – Vietnam War. Return to Ho Chi Minh in the late afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 6Saigon - Into the Mekong delta (B,L

The program starts with the visit to Cai Be a colorful floating market, cruising among local barges full of fruits and vegetables. Then, an optional stop can be made at local workshops where you can see how rice paste, coconut candy, pop-rice, and popcorn are made. It is so interesting to visit the handicraft village where you can see how they make some special products like making rice-net for spring-rolls, or sewing coconut-leaves… A delicious lunch will be served under the shade of local orchards on An Binh Island.

After lunch, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Here, you will be able to see traditional houses made of wood and palm tree leaves and to see some local activities. You will have an opportunity to get on with the local people and see how they catch fish or pick up fruits by ancestral ways in Mekong Delta.

One more stop can be made at the nursery garden where you can learn how to have some high quality fruit trees. This offers you a choice to know the real famous farmers – Mr Tiger & his son who are very successful in Vietnam agriculture. We will enjoy some kinds of fruit from their garden as well as home made rice wine when listening to the traditional music. The boat will take you to visit the floating village to see how people farm catfish under their houses.

The cruise ends at around 3:30 pm in Vinh Long where your driver will be waiting for your transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 7Goodbye Ho Chi Minh City (B)

At good time, our driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer back to Tan Son Nhat airport for boarding your flight back home or other destinations.

Tour ends.

Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh 7D6N package tour

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