VB306: HERITAGE OF VIETNAM & LAOS (9Days/ 8Nights)

Day 1 :   Arrival Hanoi –  Good morning Vietnam  

Welcome to Ha Noi, transfer of 45 min to your hotel in town.Dinner at your own . Overnight in Hanoi.   

Day 2:   Hanoi – Ha long Bay of the World Heritage (B,L) 

Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Ha Long in the morning and hotel check-in on arrival. Four-hours boat cruise on the magnificent Ha Long Bay – a World Natural Heritage Site – to enjoy swimming and exploring limestone grottoes. Lunch at local restaurant and Dinner at your own. Back to Ha noi  Overnight in Ha Noi 

Day 3 :   Hanoi – City tour (B,L) 

After Breakfast. Discover  Hanoi history and culture & people and get some more shocks of the culture. This tour draws to: the Ho Chi Minh complex, Temple of literature, the Ethnology Museums with lunch at  local restaurant,  then back to the Old Quarter for some more exploration. Dinner at your own . and Water puppet show at night. Overnight in Ha noi 

Day 4: Ha noi – Saigon. (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the airport for domestic flight to Sai Gon in the morning. Welcome at the airport on arrival in Saigon and transfer to the hotel for check-in. Sightseeing around the city including History Museum, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, Ben Thanh market. Photo stops at famous tourist sites such as City Hall, Grand Theatre, Notre Dame Cathedral and Center Post Office. Lunch & Dinner at your own. Overnight in Saigon 

Day 5: Saigon – Cu Chi – Saigon (B,L) 

Breakfast at hotel. Morning excursion to visit the famous Cu Chi Underground Tunnels which have become well-known worldwide as the symbol of Vietnamese bravery during wartime. Lunch at local restaurant. Return to the city for half-day city tour in the afternoon visiting the War Remnants Hall and bustling Chinatown with Thien Hau Temple…Dinner at your own. Overnight in Saigon  

Day 6 : Saigon – Mekong Delta – Saigon (B,L) 

Breakfast at hotel. Pick up at hotel. Drive to My Tho (2-hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City) and visit Vinh Trang Pagoda. My Tho is a prosperous town of 170,000 inhabitants in the Mekong Delta. It is famous for its extensive orchards and immense rice fields. Lunch at local restaurant. Enjoy a boat ride on the Mekong River and visit an orchard on an island, with lunch en route followed by a visit to a snake farm . Dinner at your own and Overnight in Saigon  

Day 7: Sai Gon – Vientiane (B,L) 

Breakfast at hotel. Free time for relaxing until transfer to the airport for flight to Vientian . You are welcomed by a local guide at Wattay international airport. Then transfer to your hotel. in the afternoon enjoy a city tour to Wat Sisaket with its thousands of miniature Buddha statues, Wat Prakeo, which was the original home of the famous Emerald Buddha, which today lives in Bangkok, also visit Wat Simuang and other sites you will see include That Luang monument, the great sacred stupa, and next door, Vientiane’s own Patouxay (Victory Gate), Centrally located on Lane Xang Avenue, this monument was built in the 1960s to commemorate those who died in past wars. The monument was modeled after the Arc de Triumph in Paris, yet retains its Laotian identity with traditional decorative motifs. Climb to the top for a panoramic view of the city. Last visiting of this day is to take a short walk for the reddish sunset on the Mekong riverbank. You can find dinner on your own at any Lao style and international restaurants around the city central.  

Day 8: Vientiane – Buddha park (B,L) 

Breakfast at hotel, morning visit vegetable market, and then begin a drive to visit Xieng Khuane Buddha Park. The one of Vientiane’s stranger attractions built in 1958 and is the site of a large collection of many kinds of the Giant Buddhist and Hindu sculptures. 24 km in suburb drive from centre of town 20mn. Then return to the city. En route, stop to visit Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge and National cultural park on the Mekong riverbank. Lunch is served at local restaurant. Upon arrival, remainder of day is free at leisure or takes a short walk or has some cool drinks at the bank of the Mékong River. You can find dinner at any restaurants around the city central on your own.   

Day 9: Vientiane – Departure (B,) 

Check out after breakfast, it would be an option to relax or explore the city on your own arrangement until time for transfer to the airport for departure flight..