Day 1: Ho Chi Minh arrival (Meal: No)

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Our driver will pick you up at Tan Son Nhat airport and transfer you to the hotel in the center of Ho Chi Minh city.

Check in the hotel and get your own time to visit the city.

Note: Hotel check in time: 13:00

Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

 

 

Day 2: Mekong Delta Discovery My Tho – Ben Tre Full Day (Meal: B,L)

07:30 – 08:15: Driver and tour guide will pick you up at your totel and leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and start your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.

Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around country lane and seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, folk song music which performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.

Riding a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.

Have lunch at local restaurant. Break time.

In the afternoon, time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meet the local villagers to experience the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Hammock relaxing and enjoy cool breeze for those can’t join the cycling trip. Return to Ho Chi Minh City.

17:00: Drop you off at your hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.

 

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh city free and easy – Flight to Da Nang – Hoi An (Meal: B)

You have the free time to exploring Sai Gon by your own. Viewing Notre Dame Cathedral, Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum… Discovering the local life in the center, tasting the local food… until the transferred time to the airport for the flight to Da Nang city.

Arrive Da Nang city and meeting your driver at Da Nang airport, take the time to view the city along the way to the hotel in Hoi An.

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.

Optional: Cu Chi war tunnel half day tour

 

Day 4: Hoi An free time (Meal:B)

Take your nice time to visit Hoi An old town with Vietnamese traditional architecture, is mixed among Japanese and Chinese one. Hoi An old town still be preserved the houses what was built from 17^th century. Visiting the lantern shop, costume made tailor to make your nice dress. Spend the sunny time to sunbathing on the beach, or cycling to local village to understanding much more the local farmer…

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An

Optional: Rice planting & Fishing trip

 

Day 5: Hoi An – My Son sanctuary 1 Day tour (Meal: B,L)

07:50-08:30: Driver and guide will pick you up at your hotel in Da Nang and transfer to My Son – World Cultural Heritage.

09:00, Coming to My Son, you can visit the ancient Holy Land of the Champa Kingdom with mysterious mossy towers built thousands of years ago but still retain the unique and mysterious character. You will enjoy the traditional Cham dance program performed by professional dancers.

11:00, Leaving My Son, you will experience making rice paper, one of the traditional occupations of Hoi An – Quang Nam at a local house. Then, enjoy your own hand-making product.

11:30: Back to Hoi An, have lunch and relax at the restaurant.

12:30: Before returning to the hotel, you will take a boat to enjoy the beauty of the Thu Bon river – the biggest river of the Central of Vietnam.

13:30: Tour guide and driver take you back to the hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.

 

Day 6: Hoi An free time – Overnight train to Hanoi (Meal: B)

Take your nice time to visit Hoi An old town with Vietnamese traditional architecture, is mixed among Japanese and Chinese one. Hoi An old town still be preserved the houses what was built from 17^th century. Visiting the lantern shop, costume made tailor to make your nice dress. Spend the sunny time to sunbathing on the beach, or cycling to local village to understanding much more the local farmer…

Meeting your driver to go to Da Nang train station. Get on the train and going to Hanoi.

Overnight on the train

 

Day 7: Hanoi arrival (Meal: No)

Welcome to the capital of Vietnam. Your driver will meet you at Hanoi train station and transfer you to the hotel in Hanoi old quarter.

With several historic monument in the city, you could go to visit Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple, walking in the old town to see the local life style.

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Optional: Water Puppet Show, Hanoi street food walking tour

 

Day 8: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on cruise (Meal: B,L,D)

Please check out the room and you can leave your luggage at the hotel. You can only bring hand bag with something for the trip: passport, clothes, camera, walking shoes, sandals, and any thing you need for trip.

8:00 – 8:30: Tour guide and bus pick you up at the hotel. Heading to Halong bay after 4 hours in bus with short break time on the haft way.

12:45: Arrive Halong harbor. Crews welcome you on board with Welcome drink. Check in the cabin and enjoy the traditional Vietnamese Lunch.

After lunch time, free time to sunbathing on the sundeck, photo hunting while cruising among the hundreds of mountains.

15:00: Cruise anchors in the center of Halong Bay. Visiting the Amazing cave – one of the biggest and most beautiful cave in Halong Bay.

16:00: Heading to Ti Tov Island where you can hike up to the top to view whole bay, sunbathing on the sandy beach, swimming in the pure water.

17:15: Back to the boat. Enjoy the Sunset time with fruit and Wine.

Our chef on board will share with you how to make Vietnamese spring roll during the Cooking Demonstration, and you can experience to practice by yourself.

19:00: Dinner will be served with a lot of delicious Vietnamese foods.

After dinner, free time to watch movie, playing the card, or attend the Squid fishing game

Overnight on cruise

 

Day 9: Halong Bay – Hanoi (Meal: B,L)

You should wake up a little early to enjoy the Sunrise in Halong Bay – the nice moment during the trip.

7:00: Enjoy the breakfast

8:15: Going to do Kayaking among mountains, explore the beauty of Halong Bay by your own.

9:30: Get back to cruise, check out the cabin.

Then, take the leisurely time to rest on sundeck to view the bay.

11:00: Brunch will be served. Enjoy the meal while cruising back to Halong harbor

12:30: Get on the bus back to Hanoi with short break time on half way.

16:30 – 17:00: Arrive your hotel in Hanoi city.

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

 

Day 10: Hanoi – Sapa – Ylinh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van village (Meals: B, L, D)

12km trekking through the terrace fields to homestay.

6:30-7:00 am: Shuttle bus will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you to the sleeper bus for Sapa trip with short break-time on the half way.

12:30 pm: Our guide would love to welcome you to Sapa. Pick you up when you arrive Sapa and start enjoy Real Sapa Experience trip.

From Sapa town, you have the chance trekking through the town to see the background of the daily life and architecture. Chill out the town, you will step on the terrace rice, corn and potato fields. Not only trekking to see the natural landscape, fresh air, but also host will love to share with you about their local culture, custom and habit. You will get the feeling that you are a member of her family, non-touristy.

Trekking through the villages to see and understand much more the life of minority in Sapa. With the simple house, life and people, you get the light feeling and want to stay there for longer time.

On trekking route, terrace by terrace fields will appear in front of you, with the lovely waterfall where you will have a nice time for relaxing, taking photo.

Arrive guide’s house, her family will welcome you as a member back home for long time no see. You will prepare the dinner with her family if you like it. Pick the vegetable from the garden, cooking the local foods in the kitchen while sharing a lot of stories with each other.

Evening time, it is the nicest time to experience the local family’s atmosphere. Sharing and learning their culture with the stories host is so happy to share with you.

Overnight at guide’s house.

Please note: Local people’s house in Sapa is very simple, but is warly by local emotion. The host provides the warm beds, emotional family’s atmosphere, very delicious meals, but all are simple and basic.

 

Day 11: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai village – Sapa – Hanoi (Meals: B, L)

You can wake up a little early to see how about host starting a new day. Cooking breakfast and join altogether.

You have the options:

+ Trekking to see the further village and sceneries, through the Bamboo forest, terrace fields.

+Or, you can tell your guide to go to their family’s fields to work, such as harvesting, or planting, or taking care their fields.

Get back to Sapa town by shuttle bus.

You still have the free time to visit local market in Sapa town, and discover Sapa town by your own before come back to Hanoi.

15:30: Get on the sleeper bus and come back Hanoi city.

21:30: Arrive Hanoi. Shuttle bus will transfer you back to your hotel/stay in Hanoi Old Quarter.

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

 

Day 12: Hanoi departure (Meal: B)

 

Still have more interest you should explore in Hanoi city. From the street vendor to the old house in the tiny alley on any street, or taking photo of busy traffic while shopping souvenir for family,… you’ll get more and more nice and friendly image in Vietnam.

Driver would like to transfer you to Noi Bai airport for your flight out.

If you did not want to leave, please let us know to extend your vacation.