Vietnam Highlight Tour (Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi)

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh Arrival
Arrive at Tan Son Nhat International airport. Welcome by our driver with your name on board. Then transfer you to Ho Chi Minh center. Lunch/dinner at your account. Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Tour (B,L)
Breakfast at your hotel.
08:0-08:30AM. Pick up at your hotel. We will visit Reunification Hall which was the residence of the President of the former South Vietnam until 1975. You will see many interesting things: formal meeting rooms, private bedrooms, war situation rooms 10 meter beneath earth’s level.
This address today still holds many important functions in HCMC. We have guide who speaks your language to tell you important historical facts about this building and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral (built in 1877), General Post Office, City Hall.
Afternoon: War Crime Museum, China town is the biggest Chinese community and Binh Tay market is wholesale market. With a stop for a while at a lacquer shop, you can buy some gifts for your friends, beloved relative.
17:00 Back to hotel. Dinner at your account.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

Day 3: Cao Dai Temple - Cu Chi Tunnel Full Day (B,L)
Breakfast at your hotel.
08:00 - 08:30 Our driver will take you to Tay Ninh - a province 95 kms South East of HCMC, close to Cambodia border. The Cao Dai Temple is like a Walt Disney fantasia of the East. Its exterior is decorated with multi-colored dragons of all shapes and sizes competing for space with a number of swastikas. Above the main entrance is the all-seeing holy eye, the symbol of the Cao Dai sect. The interior is just as engaging as statues of Jesus Christ, Buddha and the Hindu god, Brahma, stand side by side.
At about 13.00 pm, after lunch, will leave Tay Ninh and travel to Cu Chi. Once in Vietnam, you must visit this spot. This is where guerilla warfare optimized and exemplified. You’ll learn the clever design of the tunnels and the strategic use of trap doors. Even with B-52 bombers dropping 30-ton loads of explosive, turning the jungle into a pockmarked moonscape, 30 thousand American troops failed to conquered the area! You’ll have a chance to crawl around a portion of the 121 km long, multiple-layered tunnel. You’ll learn how thousands of guerillas managed to stay underground many days at a time, also their great technique to conceal smoke from their cooking. There’re a lot more to enjoy, even a chance to fire real AK bullets…17:30 Back to hotel. Dinner at your account.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

Day 4: Mekong Detal Tour My Tho - Ben Tre (B,L)
07:30AM, Pick up at your hotel or 28/13 Bui Vien str, travel by shuttle bus to My Tho - 9:30 AM, board a wooden motor boat to Unicorn Island. On this boat along the river’s bank, you’ll be passing through natural creeks and quiet villages and watch rural people going to work. You will see an interesting fishermen’s port,stilt houses. One of the boat’s stops during this trip is at a large orchard that has many different types of tasty tropical fruits for your enjoyments. Another boat stop is for the Turtle Island 1 hr from the previous one. Here, on a small row boat, you’ll see interesting transportation modes that local people use to move around. From there, we’ll take you to a bee farm where you have a chance to taste a tasteful cup of authentic honey tea while checking out the folk music that is typical to only the people in Southern Vietnam.
After that we’ll take you to a village where you can smell the flavor of coconut candies being made many yards away. This is a great chance to witness how village people make candy and handcrafted items from coconuts. You might learn that those people can amazingly make dozens of useful products out of coconut trees. Dinner at your account.
Over night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh - Da Nang Tour (B,L,D)
After breakfast.
07:30 Our driver will pick off you to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, take a flight to Da Nang city.
09:30 Your flight depart. Arrive in Da Nang at 10:40. Then pick-up guests for lunch - enjoying the Danang local food and check-in hotel. Cross the Thuan Phuoc Bridge to visit Son Tra Penisula named as Monkey Moutain. Drive around the Son Tra peninsula to admire the beauty of the whole city below . Visit Linh Ung Pagoda and enjoying swwming at My Khe beach- classified as one of the most attractive beaches on earth. Dinner, enjoy the Viettamese traditional art show.
Overnight in hotel in Da Nang city.

Day 6: Marble Mountain - Hoi An ancient town - Da Nang (B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel. Then visit Marble Mountains - named as 5 elements of universe and stone carving village of Hoa Hai. Depart for Hoian ancient town for lunch. Take a walking tour around the old sections (charming and wonderfully preserved, combining Chinese, Japanese and European influences), enjoy traditional music at 15:15 p.m. Explore Cua Dai Beach. Dinner at restaurant. Free to discover the “Hoi An ancient night”, get yourself back to the 17th century, relax and soak up the atmosphere. Then back to Da Nang city.
Overnight in hotel in Da Nang city.

Day 7: Da Nang - Hue Imperial City (B,L,D)
Breakfast and check-out. Leaving Da Nang for Hue Imperial City, through Hai Van tunnel, en route, stop-over for photos at the top of Cloud - Ocean pass, overlooking the scenic Lang Co fishing village. Luncheon and hotel check-in. Afternoon, visit the Imperial Citadel - The grand palace of the last dynasty of Nguyen and Goddess-heavenly pagoda. Dinner at restaurant and take a dragon boat trip to enjoy Hue folksong on Perfume river.
Overnight in hotel in Hue city.

Day 8: Hue - Ha Noi City Tour (B,L)
06:00 Breakfast at hotel.
06:45 We will pick off you to Hue airport, take a flight which depart at 08:00 depart to Ha Noi capital.
09:10AM Arrival in Ha Noi. Pick up to hotel in Ha Noi city. Put your luggages there, then you will join Ha Noi City Tour. Continue to visit the Quan Thanh Temple (Taoist - dating from the Ly Dynasty) and the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on the West lake (One of the oldest pagoda in Vietnam). Then visit Bat Trang pottery village (apply on Mon, Wed & Fri). Lunch at local restaurant..
PM : After lunch we’ll proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum (apply on Sun, Tue, Thu & Sat), the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. We’ll also see Vietnam’s first university, constructed in 1070 - it’s gardens and well-preserved architecture will offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past. We will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake to see the peaceful waters, and the beauty of Ngoc Son temple. For the last part of the tour we’ll journey through Hanoi’s Old Quarter, where you’ll then have a chance for some shopping and exploration. Then enjoy Water Puppet show which is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century CE when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. Back your hotel around 17h00. Dinner at your account.
Overnight in your hotel.

Day 9: Ha Noi - Ha Long (B,L)
7:30 - 8:00: Our driver will pick you up at hotel in Ha Noi Old Quater. Enjoy the interesting 3.5 hour drive to Ha Long city. Arrive in Ha Long city. Lunch. Then take a boat trip about 4hrs journey. Cruise through the emerald waters between the limestone outcrops and long corridors~ visit THIEN CUNG cave or SUNGSOT cave. Back to Halong city where your minibus will be waiting for you to take you back to Hanoi. 20h30 Arrive in Hanoi.
Overnight in Ha Noi city.

Day 10: Ha Noi Departure (B)
After breakfast, you will get free time until your flight depart. Our driver will pick off you 3 hours before departure time.
Tour end here.