Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City You will be warmly welcomed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, then our friendly tour guide and driver take you to the hotel to check in to your room. You will be free at your leisure before enjoying a welcoming dinner at a local restaurant. You will spend the first night in Ho Chi Minh City – formerly named as Saigon.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: hotel in Hanoi Meal: Breakfast, lunch– Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon After breakfast, proceed to the Cu Chi Tunnels, comprising more than 200 km of underground tunnels and standing as a witness to the searing memories of the Vietnam War. The main axis system branches out to underground hideouts, bomb shelters, and entrances to other tunnels. Its underground system is comprised of numerous trap doors, living areas, sleeping chambers with bamboo beds, storage facilities, weapon factories, field hospitals, command centers, and kitchens. Nowadays, the remaining parts have become a major tourist attraction, offering its visitors a unique insight into life during wartime. Go back to the city center for lunch on your own arrangement. After lunch, tour around the city with en route visits to The War Remnants Museum, the Reunification Palace, the centuries-old Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office, and The People’s Committee Hall. Stay overnight in HCMC.

Activities : Museums

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner/Accommodation: on Cruise Cao Dai temple8-8.30am: Picked up at your Hotel in HCM and then transferred to Cai Be 11.00-11h30: Aboard the LE COCHINCHINE junk. Enjoy a welcome drink. Enjoy lunch on board as you cruise along the Mekong River to Cai Thia. Embark on a lovely cycling excursion on the bank of the peninsula roaming around several verdant villages. Pay a visit to the gardens and orchards, local houses with ample opportunities to meet and interact with people for a more intimate insight into local life in the Mekong Delta. Visit Cao Dai Temple on the way to My Thuan. Continue your cruise towards Sa Dec – a lovely tranquil town overlooking the Mekong River. Visit Sa Dec Market to bask in its lively atmosphere and discover its rich pickings of food before heading over to a primary school headed by Marguerite Duras. Take a leisurely stroll along the village’s paths and familiarize yourself with rural activities by watching farmers working in rice fields, vegetable farms, and fish farms. Go back to your boat for a cruise downstream. Relax on board while sipping an aperitif. Dinner and overnight on board.

Activities : Boat Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner/Accommodation: on Cruise Have breakfast on board as you cruise the waters of the Mekong. Head over to Binh Hoa Phuoc Island for a walk through the islets, sampling local fruits, watching the production of local handicrafts, and interacting with the locals. You will then be transferred to a local boat for an extensive visit to Cai Be Floating Market, zigzagging through a maze of waterways and watching the production of puffed rice and sweets. Pay a visit to some old houses, colorful flower gardens, and local manufacturers of coconut candies and rice paper. Enjoy lunch served on board as the Le Cochinchine proceeds to the Co Chien River. Go for a pleasant jaunt along the footpaths of the countryside through tropical fruit orchards and watch local life go by. Visit a cottage industry, a local farm, and you will also have the opportunity to sample seasonal fruits. Go back on board and chill out with a welcome-back drink on the deck and watch the reddish-orange hue of the sky deepens as dusk creeps over the horizon. Dinner will be served by the crew as the Le Cochinchine cruises the waters of the Mang Thit River.

Activities : Boat Safari

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch/Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City Wake up to the effervescent liveliness of the Mekong Delta as it stirs from its slumber, and enjoy breakfast on board while your cruise proceeds to Can Tho through a system of tributaries and canals. You will be transferred to Cai Rang Floating Market – one of the most bustling floating markets in the region. Embark on a pleasant stroll along the canals and then a creek shaded with sprawling palm trees for a glimpse at local houses, verdant orchards, shipbuilding yards, and watch rural and water activities in full swing. Go back on board at noon and enjoy a welcome-back drink. 11h00: Disembark in Can Tho to get transferred back to Saigon. Stay overnight in Saigon.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Da Lat After breakfast at the hotel, you get to Tan Son Nhat International Airport to for a flight to Da Lat City. Upon arrival in Nha Trang airport, our friendly tour guide will meet you and then you continue travelling to Da Lat City – known as the City of Eternal Spring by plane. By late afternoon, you will be able to take a short walk to get a feel for this delightful city. You enjoy your dinner in one of the best restaurants in town, and you spend the first night in Dalat.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Da Lat Da Lat – the City of Love – is the next destination to be featured on our Vietnam holiday packages. From exciting city nightlife to relaxing lakes and mouth watering central Vietnamese food, Da Lat has everything to offer. After breakfast, you will embark on an exploration of Da Lat and the surrounding areas. Start with a visit to Bao Dai Palace – built in the 1930s on a hill surrounded by pine groves as a luxurious retreat for the royal family. From here, you will pay a visit to a rather bizarre place with a spooky name – Crazy House, a brightly painted concrete house which winds itself around trees, mimicking their shapes. It now functions as a guest house. During the day, you will visit Truc Lam Thien Vien and Pagoda – admired for its peaceful ambiance and natural beauty. In the afternoon, you can take a short train on the Cremaillere railway to Trai Mat Village. In the evening, you will enjoy a fine dining experience with delectable food at a local restaurant. Stay overnight in Da Lat City.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang Hon Chong Promontory - Nha TrangIn the morning, set out on a 3-hour drive from Da Lat to Nha Trang. In the afternoon, take a city tour with visits to Po Nagar Cham Towers and Hon Chong Promontory. Stay overnight in Nha Trang.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch/Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang In the morning, you will be transferred to Cau Da Port to embark on a cruise in Nha Trang Bay to visit Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Mieu Island to enjoy hundreds of nice and precious marine species. You will continue the trip to Mun Island – the best island for snorkeling with a variety of colorful living corals and fish. Enjoy a fresh lunch on Con Se Tre Island and relax before heading back to your hotel. Stay overnight in Nha Trang City.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch/Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang You are free at your leisure in Nha Trang relaxing and unwinding at the resort overlooking beautiful Bay.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An You will leave Nha Trang City early in the morning for your flight to Da Nang. Our tour guide will meet you and transfer you to the atmospheric town of Hoi An perched on the northern bank towards the mouth of the Hoani River. You enjoy a full-day excursion of Hoi An – once a major entrepot in Southeast Asia from the 15th century to 19 century, harboring foreign traders from China, France, Nederlands, Japan, Poland, and Arab; formerly known as “Faifo” amongst Western traders. In the afternoon, you will take walking tour exploring the architectural consistency of buildings and the grid formation of narrow lanes and alleys, with visits to Chua Ong Pagoda, the Chinese Assembly Hall, the 200-year old Tan Ky ancestral house, and the famous Japanese Bridge. At the end of the day, you will embark on a relaxing sunset boat trip. Stay overnight in Hoi An.

Activities : Boat Safari

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch/Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An In the companion of your tour guide, saddle up and enjoy a leisurely bike ride along the country paths to watch rural life at its very own pace. You will pass by a lovely organic vegetable village, where you get to plant and water vegetables like a farmer, ride water buffalo in a rice paddy, see ducks swimming in the flooded rice fields or farmers tending their crops. Along the way, you will be greeted by the friendly locals. Later on, embark on our river cruise on our Jack Tran’s boat to meet and interact with local fishermen and try your hand at traditional net fishing. You will also experience balancing the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat and explore the coconut palm-shaded waterways. This boat trip offers you an intimate insight into the local way of life of both our farming and fishing communities.

Activities : Boat Safari

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Hue After breakfast, set out on a memorable journey heading up north with breathtaking views along the way. You will pass through the majestic Hai Van Pass and Lang Co, and over a spur of the Truong Son Mountain Range that juts into the Southeast Sea. Stop mid-way to have a relaxing time at My Khe Beach, which gained a reputation thanks to the American TV series with the same name. It stretches for many miles north and south of the Marble Mountains. Upon arrival in Hue City, check in to your hotel, you take a rest, and enjoy a night in Hue City.

Activities : Beaches Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Hue After breakfast at your hotel, get ready for a full-day exploration of Hue City that was the seat of the 13 Nguyễn Dynasty emperors (1802 – 1945) and one of the cultural, educational, and religious juggernauts of Vietnam. Here you will get to visit the Imperial City, located in the Citadel. The Imperial City, constructed in the early 19th century, was inspired by the architectural style of the Forbidden City in Beijing. You will also explore the Thai Hoa Palace, with its spacious hall and ornate roof of huge timbers supported by 80 carved and lacquered pillars. Visit the Halls of the Mandarins, the Nine Dynastic Urns, and the site where the Forbidden Purple City once stood. You will spend the night in Hue City.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: Hotel in Hue Board your flight from Hue to Hanoi. In the afternoon, take a walking tour around Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, Old Quarter, and Dong Xuan Market. Later in the afternoon, you will enjoy a traditional Water Puppet performance for an intimate insight into Vietnamese rural life throughout its history. Originated in the Red River Delta in the 11th century, water puppetry hails from the country’s wet rice culture, sketching a lively and colorful picture of an agricultural society typical of the North with a humorous twist to every skit. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodation: on train (shared 4 soft sleeper cabin with AC) The capital of Hanoi is a quintessential visit in any Vietnam holiday packages if you are looking forward to digging deeper into Vietnamese culture. Today you have a full day to explore the capital of Vietnam, with en route visits to its main attraction sites: the Ho Chi Minh Complex that includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, One Pillar Pagoda, and the Presidential Palace), the Temple of Literature, West Lake with Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda, and the most beautiful attraction museum in Hanoi – The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology or History Museum. Enjoy dinner on your own arrangement before getting transferred to Hanoi Railway Station for an overnight train to Lao Cai.

Activities : Museums

Meals: Breakfast/Accommodations: Hotel in Sapa You will arrive at Lao Cai Station early in the morning. Lao Cai is a town near the Chinese border. You will be greeted by our local tour guide and then transferred to Sapa town. Have breakfast and relax for a while before starting to trek to Mường Hoa Valley – known for its breathtaking scenery and being the largest farmland for rice cultivation in SaPa. You will trek along the Muong Hoa River through terraced fields, passing by some hamlets of the H’Mong. The trek will take you from Lao Chai Village – inhabited by Black H’mong People to Ta Van Village – inhabited by the Zay, offering an intimate insight into different ethnic traditions and costumes. Go back to your hotel and stay overnight in Sapa.

Activities : Trekking

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch./Accommodation: on train (shared 4 soft sleeper cabin with AC). The walk starts from Sapa through the beautiful gardens and lush pine forests. On the way, you will pass by Matra – a a small, remote tribal village of the Black Hmong. Continue trekking through rice terraces and the scenic mountainous landscape of Sapa, and enjoy lunch served en-route to Taphin Village. This village has its visitors captivated by the unique cultural life of the Black Hmong and Red Dzao minorities – he 2 largest ethnic groups inhabiting the area through anecdotes told by the elders. You will also have the opportunity to visit some traditional houses here before returning to Sapa in a car.

Activities : Trekking

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner/Accommodation: on Cruise No best Vietnam holiday packages can be complete without the ravishing seascapes of Halong Bay to feed your love for tropical beaches. After breakfast, you will leave Hanoi for Halong Bay – a UNESCO Heritage Site known as one of the largest and most ethereal karst seascapes on earth. Here you will board a private wooden junk that takes you through the Bai Tu Long Bay area to its most secluded places, for a swim at some quiet sandy beach or a caving expedition to one of the least visited caves. This agenda is to avoid the throng, which includes a very quiet location for your overnight stay. For your 3-day Halong excursion, board on one of the Princess Junks – amongst the best wooden cruise ships in the bay. Inspired by the design of old Chinese royal vessels with three barge sails, a wide transom, a rectangular superstructure, and only one cabin, you will be the King and Queen on board. The air-conditioned cabin with 10 square meters of floor space has windows overlooking the bay. It is furnished with two twin beds or one double queen-size bed and equipped with a wardrobe, pillows, white cotton sheets, an ensuite toilet and shower with a good selection of high-quality toiletries. All meals, mostly made with fresh seafood, will be served on board. Kayaking is available and included in the price.

Activities : Beaches Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner/Accommodation: On Cruise After breakfast, you will pay a visit to an interesting fishing village, where you get to interact with the inhabitants and kayak around hidden lagoons. After a BBQ lunch al fresco on a deserted sandy beach, you will be free at your leisure to relax or continue your kayak exploration of the bay. Stay overnight on board the cruise in a very quiet location of the Bay.

Activities : Beaches Sightseeing

Meal: Breakfast/Brunch – Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi Kickstart your day with an early Tai Chi Session on the sundeck and you will be rewarded with an unparalleled visual glory of the sun peeking above the watery horizon. After breakfast, you will visit an enigmatic limestone grotto and then go back to the ship for a final glimpse of Ha Long Bay as you cruise back to the dock. Check out as the ship arrives at the harbor by noon and drive back to your hotel in Hanoi and stay there for the night.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meal: Breakfast – Accommodation: NA After breakfast at the hotel, our guide will accompany you to the airport to catch your scheduled flight. Hopefully, you will be able to make the most of your time here with our Vietnam holiday packages.

Activities : Sightseeing