Day 1: Hanoi Arrival
Upon arrival in Hanoi, you will be picked up from airport to a hotel in Hanoi for check in and relax.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B,L)
08.30 AM: Our guide will pick up at your hotel
Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.
Have lunch at local restaurant.
PM: After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum, continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Vietnam’s first university constructed in 1070, it"s gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past. We will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake, see the peaceful waters, and visit Ngoc Son temple. For the end of the tour journey visit by coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarter. Free for shopping.
Then our car transfers back to your hotel for relax.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Phoenix Cruise (B,L,D)
8.30 AM: Our guide will meet you at your hotel. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta. You will have a chance to take photos.
Comfort break.
12.00: Embark on Halong Phoenix Cruiser. Welcome drinks would be served before receiving cabin and cruising route briefing. Enjoy a delicious seafood lunch while our boat slowly cruises through amazing limestone seascape.
15.15: Visiting Sung Sot cave, one of the most amazing caves in Halong Bay. The two chambers that form this amazing grotto are decorated with thousands of spectacular stalactite and stalagmite forms.
16.25 Enjoy easy kayaking around the fishing village, then return to the vessel for your own leisure. Fresh fruit platter will be served on the sundeck.
17.45: Keep cruising to the overnight anchorage area
19.00: Seafood set-dinner on board
21.00: Enjoy evening activities – Movies (Night), Board Games, Fishing or karaoke
Overnight on Halong Phoenix Cruiser.
Day 4: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi – Hue (B,L)
A new day has come with beautiful sunrise view from your cabin
5h30: Optional to wake up for sunrise or swimming.
7.30: Breakfast with complimentary tea & coffee.
8.00: Be transferred to nearby Ti Top Island for swimming or climb up to the top to see the outstanding scenery of the bay.
9.00: Return to Phoenix Cruiser.
Check out and settle the bill
9.30: Discover the mystic recipes of the Vietnamese cuisine by joining cooking class on the sundeck. The vessel cruises leisurely back to harbor.
11.00: Set menu lunch is served on board
12.00: Disembark and back to Hanoi
13h00: Road trip back to Hanoi with stop-over in Hai Duong province. Arrive in Hanoi about 17h00.
Our waiting car will pick up and transfer to airport for your departure flight. You will be greeted and transferred to hotel in Hue for check in and relax.
Overnight in Hue.
Day 5: Hue City Tour (B,L)
1. Tu Duc Tomb
2. Minh Mang Tomb
3. Khai Dinh Tomb
4. Conical Hat Making Village and Incense Making Village
Noon: Back to town for lunch at 12.30 pm
BUFFET (50 TRADITIONAL HUE FOODS, ASIAN AND WESTERN DISHES)
Afternoon: Continue at 2.00 pm
BY BOAT:
5. Fishing village along Perfume river
6. Phu Mong Garden House
7. Thien Mu Pagoda
Back to town at 4:30 pm
Overnight in Hue.
Day 6: Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An (B,L)
AM: Check out. Transfer to Hoi An, stop for sightseeing: Lang Co beach, Hai Van tunnel, Cham museum. Check in hotel.
PM: Visit the Hoi An ancient town with the Japanese - covered bridge, Tan Ky old house, the Cantonese congregation, shopping at the silk streets of Hoi An.
Overnight in Hoi An.
Day 7: Hoi An - Da Nang - Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnel (B,L)
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for the flight to Saigon at 08: 00 AM. Arrival in Saigon at 09: 10 AM, you will be picked up for city tour: The sightseeing tour acquaints us with the city's some major sights. We pass the now-demolished wartime American Embassy before we visit the Reunification Palace was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975.
After lunch, continue the trip to Cu Chi, visit the incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence.
Back to Ho Chi Minh City for short city tour passing Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and Ben Thanh Market.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 8: Mekong Delta Tour (B,L)
7.30 AM: Our car will pick you up at your hotel.
A smooth one-and-half-hour car ride through rice field scenery along National Highway 1 brings you to the beautiful rural district of Trung Luong. Take a motor boat to enter My Tho city through Bao Dinh natural canal. Then pay a visit to My Tho's colorful street fruit market alongside the canal to soak up the lively atmosphere and watch the locals trade their produce.
Take a leisurely cruise on the Tien River to Tortoise island. En route, view the fishing port, the traditional stilt houses and boat building workshops, and the other three evocatively-named islands - Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn islands. Enjoy a sumptuous lunch served right in the heart of the orchard to the accompaniment of Southern Vietnamese folk music performed by the islanders.
After visiting the coconut candy mill, take an amazing rowing boat trip along the small canal. Then continue to Ben Tre province, "the country of coconuts", to see a typical agricultural model known as "Garden - Pond - Cage". Enjoy a relaxing cup of honey tea before returning to My Tho via Tan Thach natural canal, cruising under the shadows of water coconut palms. Towards the end of the day we drive back to Saigon. You will across Rach Mieu bridge. One of the most beautiful bridges in Mekong delta.
5.30 PM: Arrival in Ho Chi Minh City.
Overnight in hotel in Saigon.
Day 9: Saigon - Departure (B)
Relax until our car will pick up at hotel and transfer to airport for your ongoing flight.
