Destinations:Ho Chi Minh- Mekong Delta - Cu Chi  -  Hoi An- Hanoi- Halong

Duration: 10 Days
Price From: 1888 USD

Pick up from the airport to hotel in HCMC. Arrive Hotel, check in hotel, get welcome drink.  After that you are free to visit HCM City by yourself.  

Note: Check in time is 13:00 P.M.

Night 1: Overnight in 4 star hotel

8: 00    Pickup from hotel/stay.

08:15   Start drive to Cai Be. Short time to take photos at Tan An town over the flat rice fields.

10:30   Start the motorized boat to visit the Cai Be Floating market, experience how people exchanging goods, fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Visitors then roam into the small villages to visit the orchard, fruit plantation. Keep cruising to Vinh Long through small canals to enjoy the charm of the Upper Mekong Delta. Visit some handmade family business products such as the coconut candy mill, the crispy rice popcorn.Arrive in Binh Hoa Phuoc village the green pearl of Vinh Long town where you can indulge yourself into the nature.Have lunch with fresh river food served in the heart of the garden. Enjoy the southern Vietnamese traditional folk music. Take a nice walk through the bonsai garden, in Vinh Long. Head home to Ho Chi Minh City.

18:30 Arrive your hotel.

Night 2: Overnight in 4 star hotel

07:30am Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and then start drive to Cu Chi which located 60km from HCM city, Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti-American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for Original tunnels system of over 220km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreign visitors.The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers alongside the road. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destructions, damage and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines, When Cu Chi was" A Free Target Zone ". The remnants visitors will see show Cu Chi still has her evidence to prove the fierce battleground that took place there and visitors will see the remnants.

12:00 Have lunch in a local restaurant

13:00 Back to Ho Chi Minh City

14:00 Arrive in your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Night 3: Overnight in 4 star hotel

After breakfast, you will be free and easy until time to take a taxi to train station and take a night train to Danang.

Night 4: Overnight on train

We will pick you up at Da Nang train station and transfer you to Hoi An for checking in hotel.

Get welcome drink and stay in leisure time.

Night 5: Overnight in 4 star hotel

 

8:00 - 08:30: The  bus  and  tour  guide  pick  you  up  at  your  hotel  (in Hoi An  ancient  town  area).

8:30: Leaving Hoi An for My Son HolyLand.

9:30: Arriving in My Son - the Holyland surrounded by the marvelous mountains, 48km west of Hoi An. My  Son  was  chosen  as  a  religious  center,  built  in  the  late  4th  century  under  the  Cham’s  King Bhadravaman. It is a huge religious complex with over 70 towers and temples of different architectures. Wander through the elaborate carvings and sculptures of the Cham people, tourists are welcomed at the Old Tower of the Cham. Spend 2 hours to enjoy and discover the beauty of Ancient buildings at of the Champa  Kingdom with our tour guide. 12.00: Leaving My Son for Cau Lau boat station and taking a boat trip on Thu Bon river. You could visit the living of the local people and feeling the fresh air. You will have soft lunch on the boat before stopping for visiting at Kim Bong Carpentry Village – The traditional work village.

14:30: The boat trip will finish at Bach Dang Boat station. End your trip!

Night 6: Over night in 4 star hotel

After breakfast, you will stay in leisure time until our driver come to hotel to pick you up to the Da Nang Aiport and take a short flight to Hanoi.

Arrive in Hanoi, pick up from the airport. Check in hotel in Hanoi – Free and easy time.

Night 7: Overnight in 4 star Hotel

7:45 - 08:15: Pick up at hotel.

12:15: Embark at Tuan Chau Marina pier (Tuan Chau island, Halong city). Enjoy complimentary drink at Gray Line private lounge.

12:30:  Transfer to Gray Line Halong Cruise by tender. Welcome drink, followed by cruise briefings. Check in your cabins.

13:00: Enjoy a great set lunch. Relax on sundeck and grab the unparalleled scenery of Halong Bay while cruising ahead to the Bay. Cruise through Hoa Cuong floating fishing village.

14:30: Arrive at Me Cung Cave ( Bewitching Grotto).  Join tour with guide to explore the cave. Climb up several rugged stone stairs to see a great lake considered as a royal garden and surrounded by mountains.  Its water is blue all year round.

16:00: Back to the cruise and head to Bright Cave - a very beautiful lagoon belongs to Lan Ha bay, Cat Ba Island. Forget about the distance of geography, the cave now introduced by Gray Line Cruise. Visit some tunnel caves by Kayak or bamboo boat. Time to savor the beauty and amazing islet’s stalactites in detail.

 Enjoy swimming around the cruise ( upon weather condition). Relax on the sundeck. Enjoy fantastic views and take stunning pictures of gleaming sunsets.

18:30: Join Cooking demonstration on the sundeck. Learn how to make the fresh/fried spring rolls and mix fish-sauce.

19:30: Enjoy fabulous buffet BBQ dinner (available for group 15 pax and above+) served with a variety of Vietnamese and Western foods.

21:00: Evening activities: watching film at the outdoor bar, playing board and Card games; squid fishing on boat.  Enjoy squid cooked after fishing.

22:00: Overnight at the quietest sleeping area.

Night 8: Overnight on Gray Line Cruises in Halong

06:30: Tai Chi class on the Sundeck.

07:30: Have breakfast with Coffee, tea and bakeries on board.

08:30: Arrive at Gray Line exclusive floating house, Rang Dua area by tender – one of few existing houses left after the regulation of Management to relocate the traditional floating village to main land.

Spend about 1 hour to experience how different life compared to mainland.  Learn about their foods, how they earn a living, their children, their culture and their pearl farm.

Just for Gray Line customer only.

09:30 - 11:00: Check out cabin. Relax on the sundeck or in the dining room to enjoy the bay scenery on the way back to Tuan Chau pier. Farewell Lunch served on board

11:45: Disembark at Tuan Chau Marina. Relax at Gray Line private lounge. Transfer back to Hanoi

Night 9: Overnight in 4 star Hotel

This day you are free to visit Hanoi for buying souvenirs or relaxing until transfer to Noi Bai airport for your flight back home. Trip ends.

TERM OF THIS DEAL

If you wish to exend your stay or travel Hanoi to from Ho Chi Minh City , extensions and trip adjustments may be available for a surcharge – please contact Vietpalmtravel for more information.

Various options for an extra stay in Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An or Ha Noi, Ha Long Bay or extra tour to Sapa, Nha Trang, Hue, Da Lat may also available. Upgrades for accommodation may also be availble.

Upgrade available to exchange train transport for a flight from Hanoi to Da Nang and add 1 night at hotel for $USD55 per person, payable directly to Vietpalmtravel - subject to availability.

Passport, visa fees, service charges, beverages, travel insurance, International flights, tips and personal expenses not included.

Double/twin sharing will join a four berth cabin on train to Danang

Upgarde to all 5 star accommodations will incur surcharge (double/twin share) payable directly to Vietpalmtravel - subject to availability.

Upgrade to private tours in Hoi An instead of group tour available payable directly to Vietpalmtravel - subject to availability.

Upgrade to small group or private tours in Ho Chi Minh payable directly to Vietpalmtravel - subject to availability.