DAY 1 : ARRIVE HANOI (D)
- Arrival to HANOI - Meet & Transfer to hotel .
- Visit : Hoan kiem Lake, Ngoc son temple , The Huc bridge -Excursion
by cyclo in the old quarters – Dinner - Evening : Puppet water show-
O/N in HANOI
DAY 2 : HANOI - NINH BINH (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel - Morning visit : Historical
museum or Ethnological museum - Drive for NINH BINH. – Boatting cruise
on Hoang Long river , visit Kenh Ga thermal source – Pcnic lunch - Back
to Ninh Binh , Visit : Hoa lu ancient capital , the temples of Dinh ,
Le dynasties - Checkin at hotel – Dinner - O/N in NINH BINH
DAY 3 : NINH BINH – THAI BINH - HAI PHONG - HA LONG (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel - Drive for HA LONG by the road
across the Red Delta via Nam Dinh – Thai Binh – Kien An –. Stop by Hai
Phong for sigh-seeing around the downtown (Du Hang ancient pagoda ,
Hang Kenh temple) – Arrive Ha Long at noon time – Embarkation on Junk ,
welcome drink and starting 2 days cruise on Ha Long Bay (World's
natural heritage – one of 25 the best bays of the world) , visiting and
exploration the caves and lagoons , you can Rowing / Diving / Fishing
on bay – visit the Surpris cave , the fisher floating village , Titov
beach - Sunset view with dinner on boat – O/N on JUNK
DAY 4 : BAI TU LONG BAY – DONG TRIEU – HAI DUONG - HANOI – LAO CAI (B, L, D)
- Sunrise breakfast - Explore caves of Luon or Three
Palaces – Boat trip through the best Bai Tu Long with a lots of
magnific scenery - Lunch on boat – Debarkation – By car return to Ha
Noi , via DONG TRIEU (Ceramist village) and HAI DUONG (Pan-cake city)
– Arrive Hanoi at late afternoon , Dinner then transfer to Hanoi
Railway Station , by Train for Lao Cai – Dinner & O/N in Train (A/C
sleeper 4 soft-berths cabinet)
DAY 5 : LAO CAI / SAPA (B, L, D)
07:00 Arrive Lao Cai – After breakfast , by car
visit the border market then departure for Sapa – Check in at hotel –
Visit Sapa market where to meet a lot of VN’s minorities of the
North-West to be their traditional multicoloured dress such as :
H’mong (Flower , Great-hair , Black , Red , White ..) , the Daos (Blue
, Red , Silver …) , Xapho , Nhang …. After Lunch , trekking in the Ta
Van valley , visit a village of Giay minority to research the way of
life of the minorities. – Dinner – Saturday night participate the
famous night-market of the minorities : Love Market - O/N in SAPA
DAY 6 : SAPA / BAC HA / LAO CAI / HANOI (B , L, D)
Breakfast at hotel – Departure for Bac Ha , the
greatest kermess of the minorities in North-West ( Sunday only) – PM
back to Lao Cai, by Train for Hanoi –Dinner & O/N in Train (A/C
sleeper 4 soft-berths cabinet)
DAY 7 : HANOI (B, L , D)
06:00 Arrive Hanoi – Breakfast , visit Hanoi : Ho
Chi Minh stilt-house , One pilared pagoda , Litteratury Temple – Lunch
- PM free for shopping – Dinner & O/N in HANOI
DAY 8 : HANOI / HUE (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel - Transfer to airport for flight
to Hue – citadel Hue is the world cultural heritage - Arrive Hue -
Check in at hotel - Visit the forbidden imperial citadel – Lunch – PM
boat trip on Huong river , visit Thien mu pagoda and Minh Mang
mausoleum – Diner-royal and enjoy the Hue traditional folk songs - O/N
in HUE
DAY 9 : HUE – MY SON - HOI AN (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel – Visit Dong Ba market then
departs for Da Nang – across-over the Hai Van Tunnel – Via da nang ,
visit the Cham museum , Marble mountain – PM Drive for My Son , visit
the Sanctuary of Cham empire – Back to Hoi An ancient town (World's
cultural heritage) - Dinner - O/N in HOI AN
DAY 10 : HOI AN One day being Hoianian (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel – This day in Hoi an as the
Lantern-making tour : One day being Hoianian , this tour takes you to a
ancient house making lanterns, guests enjoyed themselves to make a
lantern under the introduction by owner. You will receive a lantern
gift, the rest time of tour the guests explore the ancient town : Japan
bridge, Fuken club-house , Artisanats house – Dinner - O/N in HOI AN
DAY 11 : HOI AN – KON TUM (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel – Overland for Kon Tum by the
beautiful mountainous road (formerly the Ho Chi Minh trail) on Truong
Son mountain , belongs the border VN-Cambodia - Visit some minority
villages such as K’tus , Sedang … Enjoy with the landscapes of
East-Truong Son mountain and to have Picnic lunch - Arrive Kon Tum ,
visit the Wood-Cathedral and Kon Tum market , where to meet the VN’s
mnority ethnics of Central High-landx – DinNer & O/N in KON TUM
DAY 12 : KON TUM – PLEIKU – BAN ME THUOC (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel – Departs for Ban Me Thuoc via
Pleiku , visit a village of Jarais at Iam Nong , walking to visit the
Great Grave House with the wood-status – After lunch at Pleiku , drive
for Ban Me Thuc – Installation at Don village (as named as Elephant
vilage) – Visit the village and meeting the Ed’hes – Dinner Ed’he style
researching the way of life of the minority ethnics of Central ighland
and listening the chief of village told about hunting the elephants –
O/N in village
DAY 13 : BAN ME THUOC – DAKRU – BINH DUONG – SAIGON (B, L, D)
Breakfast at village – Elephant driving around the
village and into the Yok Don National Parc , visit the Tomb of
Elephant’s King , across the logest suspending bridge over the Serepok
river to visit Ino island , you can swim or bathing in river – Picnic
lunch – PM drive trip to Saigon by the road No. 14 with immense the
coffee and Caoutchoux plantations – Stop by Binh Duong to visit the
ceramic village Tuong Binh Hiep – Arrive Saigon at late afternoon –
Checking in hotel - Dinner & O/N in SAIGON
DAY 14 : SAIGON / MYTHO / BENTRE / SAIGON (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel – Visit Binh Tay market and
China-town then drive to MY THO - Boating cruise on the Tien river to
Phoenix island, visit Tropical fruit gardens , Artisanats village –
Lunch with specialities of Mekong in an orchard – PM Boat back to My
Tho then drive back to Saigon – Dinner & O/N in SAIGON
DAY 15 : SAIGON / CU CHI / PHAN THIET - MUI NE (B, L, D)
Beakfast at hotel – Visit Notre-Dame de Saigon
,poste office then departs for Cu Chi , visit the famous underground Cu
Chi with more than 200 km of tunnel has been created by hand – After
lunch , drive for Mui Ne (Phan Thiet) – Checking in seaside resort -
Dinner - O/N in MUI NE
DAY 16 : MUI NE (B)
Breakfast in resort – Full day free for sea-bathing / relaxing at resort – O/N in MUI NE
DAY 17 : MUI NE / SAIGON (B)
Beakfast at resort – 12h00 Drive back to Saigon – Checking in hotel – Free for shopping - O/N in SAIGON
DAY 18 : SAIGON DEPARTURE (B, L, D)
Beakfast at hotel - At leisure before check out - Transfer to Airport for departure. - GOOD BYE V.N.