WELCOME TO VIETNAM!

Upon arrival at Noi Bai Airport, you will meet your guide and driver and travel by car to your hotel. Depending on the time you arrive, take a walk around the Old Quarter in the afternoon, explore the daily life of the locals.

Meals included: none

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Note: Room is at your disposal from 14:00

In the morning, you will explore the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature, also known as the first university of Vietnam. Built in 1070 by emperor Ly Thanh Tong and opened from 1076 as a university exclusively for the princes, children of the nobility and the mandarins. In 1802, Emperor Gia Long transferred the National University to Hue, which had by then become the capital city of Vietnam.

You will have time to stroll through the shaded paths of Van Mieu Park to appreciate the architecture of this historical site as well as admire 82 of the 116 original steles which were used to engrave the names of the graduates.

After that, you will pay a visit to the Ethnology Museum and learn about the different ethnic groups of Vietnam. Created in November 1997 at the Francophonie Summit, it is both a research center and a public museum featuring the 54 ethnic groups found across Vietnam. You will be able to find here an impressive collection of traditional costumes, musical instruments, jewelry, weapons and illustrations of various customs of the 54 minorities, providing an interesting introduction to Vietnamese culture.

The afternoon, enjoy the rickshaw trip in the Old Quarter to see busy city with many narrow streets with different products people selling.

Meals included: Breakfast.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

In the morning, you will travel by private vehicle without guide to Ha Long and arrive around noon. There, you will embark on a cruise in the must-see Halong Bay. This world-famous bay is one of the most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam, with its giant rock islets covered in luxuriant vegetation overlooking the waters. Halong Bay includes some 1,900 islands and islets of rocky peaks, often uninhabited and unvisited. This scene creates a spectacular marine landscape, which earned it UNESCO World Heritage status in 1994. You will be served lunch and dinner aboard with excellent and freshly caught seafood from the bay.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Overnight on the boat

Distance: 155 kilometers - 2 hours 30 mins

Note: Local English-speaking guide on the boat

Early in the morning and depending on the season, you will wake up to enjoy the sunrise over the aquamarine waters of the bay. Then the cruise will tour around the bay until you disembark at the end of the morning. After that, you will then return to Noi Bai aiport for afternoon flight to Da Nang. Pick up at Da Nang airport and transfer with local guide to hotel in Hoi An.

Meal included: Breakfast, brunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Distance Ha Long - Ha Noi: 180 kilometers – 2h45 mins on Expressway

Early in the morning and depending on the season, you will wake up to enjoy the sunrise over the aquamarine waters of the bay. Then the cruise will tour around the bay until you disembark at the end of the morning. After that, you will then return to Noi Bai aiport for afternoon flight to Da Nang. Pick up at Da Nang airport and transfer with local guide to hotel in Hoi An.

Meal included: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

At good time, transfer without guide to Danang Airport for the flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Arrival and transfer with local guide to the hotel to check in. The balance of day is free at leisure.

Meals included: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Note: Room is at your disposal from 14:00 in Ho Chi Minh City

You will leave early in the morning heading towards the Cu Chi Tunnels, located one hour from Ho Chi Minh City. Originally dug by hand by the Viet Minh (Resistance force) during the French Indochina War, this network of underground tunnels was expanded during the Vietnam War. At its peak, it was 200-kilometers long, 3-to-4-meters deep and was very well equipped, including meeting rooms and medical and sanitary posts. Today it is one of the largest historical sites of the Vietnam War. You will begin the visit by watching a documentary on the tunnels and the war in the 60s-70s, then you can pass through various narrow underground ducts in order to discover the rooms: offices, kitchens, meeting rooms, weapons stores and even hospitals. At the end of the tour you will have the chance to taste the specialty of Cu Chi, the khoai my luoc (boiled cassava), a Vietnamese dish eaten daily during the war. After your visit, you will return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Meals included: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Distance: 75 kilometers - 1h 55min

Duration of Cu Chi tour: 1h 30min

Notes: Cu Chi tunnel tour is not recommended for people with claustrophobia

In the morning you will depart from Ho Chi Minh City to explore Ben Tre in the Mekong delta, also known as the “Green Venice” of Vietnam. After visiting a brick factory in Phong Nam where bricks are still hand-made, step onto a boat for a cruise along the Chet Say river (one of the Mekong’s arms). You will make several stops along the way to discover different local workshops, allowing you to understand better the specialities of the local economy. The boat will then cross a small canal and stop at a small village, where you will continue your discovery of the delta by visiting a workshop specializing in carpet-weaving. You will even be able to try this activity yourself, before hopping in a xe loi (a kind of motorized rickshaw) or on a bicycle to wander around the village. You will see traditional farms, rice fields and vegetable plants, before stopping at a small local restaurant to taste a delicious (and generous) lunch made of regional specialties, such as “elephant-ear fish” and freshwater shrimps.

In the afternoon you will get back on the sampan for some leisure time along the narrow canals. You will travel back to Ho Chi Minh City by car.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Transportation: Transfer by car - 90 kilometers - 2 hours

At good time, you will travel by car without guide to Ho Chi Minh City Airport for your international flight.

Meals included: Breakfast

Note: Room is at your disposal till 12:00