DAY 01: HO CHI MINH – HA NOI ARRIVAL (MEALS: NO MEAL)
Morning: The car pick you up from Noi Bai airport (in Ha Noi) take you get in the heart of the city, it takes 40 minutes to drive. You will be free to discover many ancient and beautiful places such as: Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, Dong Xuan Market…. Evening: You also have chance to enjoy water puppet show and go wander to see its landscapes. You can try to go out by Cyclo, a traditional transports of Viet Nam. Overnight in Ha Noi.
- Hotel: Skylark Hotel ( 3* ), 15 Phan Dinh Phung, Ba Dinh, HN
DAY 02: HA NOI CITY TOUR 1 DAY (MEAL: B, L)
In the morning:
07:45 – 08:00: Our bus & tour guide will pick you up at the hotel in Ha Noi old quarter depart to Hanoi city tour full day.
09:00: Visiting first place named Tran Quoc pagoda on the West Lake the oldest pagoda in Vietnam.
09:30: Visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum to explore the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts and lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One-Pillar Pagoda which was founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 – the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.
11:00: Visit the Bat Trang Pottery Village
In the afternoon:
13:00: Bus takes you to a local restaurant in Hanoi Old Quarter, have a rest and enjoy the lunch.
14:00: Visit Temple of Literature, the most famous temple situated in Hanoi, also functioned as Vietnam’s first university. It was first constructed in 1070 under King Ly Nhan Tong and dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars. A vast structure that has existed to present day.
15:30: Drive to legendary Hoan Kiem Lake, visit Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to Van Xuong saint and former general commander Tran Hung Dao for his struggle against Mongolians. You also see the beautiful Vietnamese and French architecture around the lake.
16:00: Arrive back to your hotel. Tour ends !
Notes:
- Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum closes on Monday and Friday morning.
- The itinerary can be changed due to weather, tide levels and operating conditions.
- Hotel: Skylark Hotel ( 3* ), 15 Phan Dinh Phung, Ba Dinh, HN
DAY 03: HA NOI – HA LONG BAY ( MEAL: B, L, D )
07.30 – 07:45 approx: Our guide will meet you at your hotel. The shuttle bus or private car pick up
– Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta
– Get your camera ready to take photos. Comfort break. The time from Hanoi to Halong bay is approximately 3 ½ hours.
12 – 12.30 approx: Arriving Tuan Chau marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing.
– Check into your cabin. Time to refresh and unwind
– Set sail as lunch is served
– Join us for a typical local lunch in the dining room or at the outdoor dining area.
Afternoon:
Arrive at Surprising Cave (Hang Sửng Sốt), explore the cave and find out how the cave was named a Surprising.
Heading to Titop island area. Drop anchor in the calm water surrounded by beautiful islets. Visit Titop island for swimming and snorkeling or do the short trek to the top of island to have the overview of Halong bay from here
Heading back toward the sleeping area
Early evening:
Summit on the sundeck watching the sunset, enjoy Sunset party. It’s ideal time to make acquaintance with new friends, sharing your traveling experience or simply watching the sunset
An authentic Vietnamese menu is served
After dinner, reward yourself with a large selection of cocktails at our bar, or take for you one of our onboard activities: book reading, games, movies, and squid fishing…
- Ha Long Bay: Aclass Legend Cruise, No4, 5A Zone, Bai Chay Street, Halong city, Vietnam
DAY 04: HA LONG BAY – HA NOI – DA NANG ( MEAL: B, L )
06:30: For the early risers join us for a Tai Chi session on the sundeck. Tai chi helps focus the mind and condition the body, joining Tai Chi session to full charge your energy for the day.
07:00 – 08:00: Local breakfast is served
08:00: Mingling yourself in the stunning views of the Bay and it’s dramatic limestone islets as we sail through the calm emerald waters heading to Luon Cave (Hang Luồn)
Take your option either exploring the cave yourself on kayak or comfortably on bamboo boat rowed by the locals.
09:00: Check out the cabins, at your leisure while our cruise taking you pass by other beautiful highlights in the bay.
10:00: You will join with our short class of Cooking demonstration, how to make spring rolls before an early lunch is served.
12:00: Return to the shore and disembark from the cruise as our crew say farewell.
Transfer to minibus or private and return to Hanoi.
Arrival back at your hotel approximately 16:30
17:30 Driver will pick you up at Skylark hotel to go to the airport for your flight to Da Nang.
Flight: VN0197 – HAN DAD – 20:00 – 21:20
21:20 Arrive Da Nang Airport – Driver will pick you up then tranfer you to Hoi An. Check in hotel – free time!
- Hoi An: Green Apple Hotel, 36 Phan Đinh Phung, Son Phong, Hoi An, Quang Nam
DAY 05: HOI AN COOKING CLASS (MEAL: B, L )
08:00 – 08:30 Pick up at hotel, transfer to the meeting point at Hai Café (98 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hoi An)
Visit Hoi An’s colourful market, and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of this busy market. We will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about all the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later. We board the Red Bridge boat for a leisurely cruise (25 minutes) along the Hoi An River to the Red Bridge Cooking School. This is a chance to view local river life, so make sure your camera is handy. On arrival, we explore the cooking school’s herb garden, before learning about some of Hoi An’s and Vietnam’s well-known dishes. The cooking lesson runs for about 2 hours – the Red Bridge chefs first demonstrate each dish before we prepare the same dish ourselves. Included in the class is a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving (plate decoration). After the lesson, we sit down and eat what we have cooked.
Drop off to hotel. Free time. Overnight in Hoi An.
- Hoi An: Green Apple Hotel, 36 Phan Đinh Phung, Son Phong, Hoi An, Quang Nam
DAY 06: MYSON LUXURY – DA NANG – HCMC ( MEAL: B, L )
Checkout hotel and leave your luggage at reception.
07:30 – 07:50 our guide pick you up at your hotel and depart to My Son holy land – the world cultural heritage.
10.00: Arrive at My Son and we’ll have 2 hours to discover the site by walking throughout the landscape, learning histories with our local English speaking guide, enjoying the Champa’s traditional performances.
11.30: Get back to mini van and move to a local house to learn how to make ricepaper, you will enjoy your own hand-making product later on!
12.00: Back to the van and have lunch at another local house. relax with cold herbal tea, nice foods and fresh air.
13.30: take a boat trip to Hoi An with nice and cool breeze on boarding, beautiful river scenery on the biggest river in the Central of vietnam named as Thu Bon River.
14.30: arrive at Hoi An, we will drop you at your hotel and have free time!
17:00: Driver will pick you up then transer to Da Nang Airport for your fight to HCMC.
Flight: BL685 – DAD SGN – 19:45 – 21:15
21:15 Driver will wait at the arrival gate of Tan Son Nhat airport, take you to hotel for check-in.
- HCMC: Saigon Hanoi Hotel, 19 Trương Định, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh
DAY 07: CU CHI TUNNELS – NIGHTLIFE HCMC ( MEAL: B, D )
07:45 – 8:00 We depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi Tunnels for 60km from Ho Chi Minh city. Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti – American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for its tunnels system of over 220 km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreigner. The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers along the side of road. You 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 you will see that Cu Chi still has her evidence to prove the fierce battleground that took place there. Ever wonder what it feels like to fire an AK-47? Visit Cu chi tunnels, you have a chance to find out!
15:00 The tour finish at our company.
17:30 We depart by a cycle, take you go around city, and then going to Water Puppet Theater. Enjoy Water Puppet Show at the theater. Water Puppetry – part of Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage. A living portrait of Vietnam’s history and culture… Watching the Vietnamese Water Puppetry is also the best way to discover the history and traditional cultural life of Vietnamese people. This program has been presented in various international festival and carried our cultural exchanges activities with other countries. After show, you will together take cycle or car to Nha Rong port, have a look before going ship. Take some picture with cruise. Then we start boarding one of the ships: Bonsai, Indochina Junk, Ben Nghe Cruise, …. The ship leaves Bach Dang port and leisurely cruises around Saigon River. Dinner will be served on board while tourists are being stunned by the colorful view of Saigon riverside by night. We can also experience Southern Vietnamese fork music or dance with fire by dancer or sing together show or live music….
21:30 After dinner, send back to your hotel. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
- HCMC: Saigon Hanoi Hotel, 19 Trương Định, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh
DAY 08: MEKONG DELTA 1 DAY ( MEAL: B, L )
07:45 – 08:00 Our tour guide will welcome at the hotel lobby before heading to My Tho city by bus. Enjoy the scenery and green rice paddies during the one and a half hour bus ride. Along the way, we will visit Vinh Trang pagoda, the biggest pagoda in the Mekong delta. Continue to My Tho, where we take a boat trip along the Mekong River, where you can see fish cages and floating houses on the river.
The boat takes you to a small canal, escaping the hustle and bustle of the town. We disembark at a coconut island in Ben Tre and enjoy a walk around the village. Stop at a local family home to enjoy tropical fruit, taste the honey tea and honey wine and listen to Vietnamese traditional music performed by the villagers. Check out the coconut candy shop and learn how to make candy, and see handicrafts made from the coconuts.
Take your time snapping photos and enjoy the natural scenery before we head to the local restaurant. Lunch is set with special Vietnamese food. Enjoy your lunch outside under the shade of the trees. After lunch, enjoy your time relaxing, walking around the village, or perhaps going for a short bike ride. Travel back to Saigon.
- HCMC: Saigon Hanoi Hotel, 19 Trương Định, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh
DAY 09: SAIGON – PHOMPENH BY BUS ( MEAL: B, D )
06:00 Our bus will pick you up at your hotel to take bus to Phnompenh (without tour guide).
12:30 – 13:00 Welcome to Phnom Penh!
Arrive in Phnom Penh by boat or bus, you will be met and greet by our friendly guide at pier or bus station and transfer to check in hotel.
Afternoon visit Royal Palace, the incredible solid silver-floored Silver Pagoda is the pagoda which in the Royal Palace campus, where have thousands of silver tiles on the floor of pagoda and have the biggest golden Buddha statue. Silver Pagoda is in the Royal Palace Compound made of 5000 silver tiles. Raung Damrei Museum. Afterward, experience Cambodia Cyclo tours for 01 hour on your first day in charming Phnom Penh you will be treated to a fun cyclo tour, a traditional mode of transport. Then it will be stopped at Independent Monument: the Naga (total 100) or snake motif is one, which can be seen in historic, cultural and modern-day.
Last visit the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum (also known as S21), ironically a former school, located in a quiet Phnom Penh suburb, this was the infamous Khmer Rouge prison / torture center.
Welcome dinner at local restaurant.
Overnight in Phnom Penh, at your selected hotel.
- Phnom Penh: Samnang Laor, No 130, Street 304, Sangkat Olympic, Khan Chamkamon, Phnom Penh
DAY 10: PHNOM PENH – SIEM REAP ( MEAL: B, D )
Breakfast at hotel.
08:00 – 08:30 In the morning, you will be transferred to bus station (public bus – SIC – without guide) for departure from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, a gate way of Angkor Wat temple. Approximately, you will need to spend around 06 hours, which across 3 provinces: Kandal, Kompong Cham, Kompong Thom. Have lunch with your own account.
On arrival in Siem Reap, our tour guide will pick you up from bus station to hotel for check in.
Then you take a short 15km drive to Phnom Krom the large hill that looms closer, and enjoy a relaxing cruise on the on the Tonle Sap lake, the largest lake in South East Asia. You will see the traditional floating village of Chong Kneas and witness the residents going about their daily life – it is quite a sight seeing a whole bamboo village complete with homes, gas stations, schools, hair dressers, and even karaoke bars floating on a lake. On the way back to Siem Reap you will call in at Artisans d’Angkor, an interesting boutique workshop where you can observe young Cambodians learning traditional Khmer handicraft techniques, such as stone & wood carving, and lacquering & gilding – a great opportunity for last minute quality souvenirs.
Dinner at local restaurant with our Apsara Traditional Dance Show.
Overnight in Siem Reap, at your selected hotel
- Siem Reap: New Riverside Hotel, #1500m, East of Old Market, Chunlong, Sala Kamroek Commune, Siem Reap City, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia.
DAY 11: SIEM REAP TOUR ( MEAL: B, L ) – DEPARTURE
Breakfast at hotel. Check out of hotel.
08:00 Today you will get experience by Tuk Tuk to enter the South Gate of Angkor Thom Temple and marvel the wonders of the eerie Bayon, Baphoun, Phimeanakas, the Elephants terrace and terrace of Leper King. Before lunch, visit Ta Prohm Temple unlike most of the other Angkor temples, the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor’s most popular temples with visitors.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Afterward, it’s the time for visit to Angkor Wat– one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in between the 9th – 13th century, its general view are five ancients towers’ figure that embroidered or printed to the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Flag now, Enjoy this temple till sunset over there. Then Return to the hotel.
Have dinner with your own account
Overnight in Siem Reap, at your selected hotel Note: During the visit of the Bakan Tower of Angkor Wat Temple -Visitors are required to wear proper attire, covering shoulders and knees (no short, miniskirt or short trousers). -Visitors have to be in the queue and waiting to climb up the Bakan Tower of Angkor Wat -Children under twelve years old are not allowed to climb up this tower.-It will be closed on the Buddhist Sabath Days, the Buddhist religious days (four days a month).
18:00 Driver will pick you up at your hotel then transfer to the airtport for your flight home!
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