VB075: CHARMING OF VIETNAM (11 Days/ 10 Nights)

Day 1: ARRIVAL – HANOI

Your guide will meet you on arrival at Airport and transfer to hotel (Check in at 14.00). Dinner at your own. Free time for discovering to handicraft and Lacquerware workshops in Ha Noi. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: HANOI – CITY TOUR (B)

Breakfast. Morning visit to the historic Ba Dinh Square with Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (if open), Ho Chi Minh Stilts House and One-Pillar Pagoda. Continue to visit Temple of Literature and Museum of Ethnology – the most beautiful and biggest one in Hanoi. Visit Hoan Kiem Lake & Old Quarter of Ha Noi and then enjoy some more walking in the area. Enjoy the evening show of the spectacular Water Puppetry. Lunch and dinner at your own. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 3 :  HANOI – HA LONG (B,L,D)

After breakfast. Then pick up from your hotel for a 3 hours drive through the Red River Delta, green rice fields to HaLong.

11:45  You arrival at Tuan Chau Island is the Lily Cruises check-in lounge. at No15

12:15 After taken to Lily Cruises, you will be checked-in. While enjoying welcome drink, you will be introduced the itinerary and safety briefing by Cruise Manager

13:00 You will have a delicious lunch and enjoy the stunning views when the boat cruises towards the southeast of Halong Bay, passing Fighting- Cock and Finger Islet.
14:45 Visiting Luon Cave or Pearl Farm area by bamboo boat or kayaking.
16:00 You are going to Titov Island – where you can go swimming or hiking to the top for another stunning, panoramic view of the Bay

17:30 Back on board, you can enjoy Sunset party with HAPPY HOUR (from 17:30 – 19:00) – buy 2 get 1 free at bar

18:30 If you are interested in Vietnamese cuisines, please join our traditional Vietnamese cooking class on sundeck under the experienced Chef’s guiding (or in the restaurant in case of inclement weather).

19:00 Delight in the shimmering atmosphere of thousands of stars while eating a fantastic, expertly prepared dinner.

20:30 This is the perfect time for you to relax with spa treatments or enjoy a cocktail.

Besides, we provide free for squid fishing tools at reception.

Overnight on Lily Cruises

Day 4  : HALONG – HANOI– HUE  (B)

6:00 Warm up your day with a Tai Chi lesson on the sundeck with a breathtaking view as the sun rises on Halong Bay.
7:00 Light breakfast is served at the restaurant.
8:00 Your next stop is the magnificent Sung Sot Cave, one of the biggest caves in Ha Long Bay with beautiful stalactites. You will be surprised by the breathtaking panoramic view across the Bay once you exit the cave as well as the stalactites and stalagmites formed over millions of years which have taken on fascinating shapes.
9:30 Back on board, check-out and return to Tuan Chau Island
10:00 Brunch is served at the restaurant and payment
10:45 Disembark at Tuan Chau Marina.

Return to Hanoi and Dinner at your own. In the evening transfer to Railway station to Hue. Overnight on train without guide

Day 5 : HUE CITY TOUR (B,L)

Breakfast at local restaurant. Pick at Hue train station by private car. Enjoy an early morning boat ride on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda & The Imperial Citadel – World Cultural Heritage. Visit the Royal Tomb of Khai Dinh King & VISIT OF INCENSE VILLAGE THUY Xuan. Lunch at local restaurant & dinner at your own. Overnight in Hue.

Day 6 : HUE – DA NANG – HOI AN  (B,L)

Have breakfast. Transfer to Da Nang by Van (the views from top of Hai Van Pass are excellent – you’ll be able to see Lang Co beach and the lagoon far below, and Da Nang spread out before you to the south). You’ll have a brief look at the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum before leaving for Hoi An. Walk with your tour guide to visit around Hoi An town : the old Tan Ky House, Covered Bridge, Phuc Kien Assembly Hall… Lunch at local restaurant & dinner at your own and Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 7: HOI AN – MY SON – HOI AN (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Drive to My Son, a World Heritage, 40 km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. My Son, considered to be in the same league as some of Southeast Asia’s greatest archaeological sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya in Thailand and Borobudur in Indonesia. These towers and sanctuaries was built from the 7 to 13 centuries. Lunch & Dinner at your own and Overnight in Hoi An

Day 8 : HOI AN – DA NANG –  HO CHI MINH (B,D)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the airport for domestic flight to Ho Chi Minh.

Sightseeing around the city including War Museum, Visit Thong Nhat Conference Hall (former Independence Palace), Ben Thanh market. Photo stops at famous tourist sites such as City Hall, Grand Theatre, Notre Dame Cathedral and Center Post Office. Lunch at your own & Enjoy a Dinner cruise on the Saigon River with tranditional show. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 9 : HO CHI MINH – CU CHI TUNNELS (B,L)

Breakfast. transfer to visit Cu Chi Tunnels, Cu Chi was an important base during the American War, because of its strategic location. The Vietcong built a 200km long network of tunnels connecting command posts, hospitals, shelter and weapon factories. Dug out of hard laterite by hand tools without the use of cement, this amazing network was never discovered. Lunch at a local restaurant. Back to Ho Chi Minh. Free time for discovering to handicraft and Lacquerware workshops in Ho Chi Minh. Dinner at your own and Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 10 : HO CHI MINH – MY THO – BEN TRE (B,L)

Have Breakfast.

8:00 AM Departing from your hotel for My Tho city by air-conditioned bus. In My Tho, boarding the motorboat at a pier and cruising on the Mekong River. Here, overlooking floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house (viewing from the motorboat).

Continuing the journey on the river until reaching Cồn Thới Sơn (Unicorn Island), from here taking a horse cart to reach a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử – A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) can be heard and seasonal tropical fruit can be tasted (included).

Afterward, being on a small hand-rowing boat (the main mean of transportation in My Tho & Ben Tre) and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.

Before heading to lunch, passing through bee-keeping farm and enjoying honey tea, a typical Mekong house can be viewed here. Then, it is lunch time after a short walk.

After lunch at local restaurant, boarding the motorboat and heading to learn coconut candies making process from a workshop. Sample of candies can be tasted

Afternoon. Drive back to Saigon. Dinner at your own. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 11: HO CHI MINH – DEPARTURE (B) 

Breakfast at hotel. Free at leisure and transfer to airport for flight departure to country by safety and happy