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(16 days)
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Day 1: Hanoi – Arrival
You’ll be greeted at the Airport and transferred downtown to check into your hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you may have time to explore a little of downtown and enjoy a stroll around Hoan Kiem Lake. Overnight in Ha noi
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Day 2: Hanoi – Ha Long
Depart Ha Noi at 8.30am and drive by private coach to Ha Long city (2.5 hr) passing verdant farmland and witness the daily life of the local peasant farmers. Arrive in Ha Long at noon, board your boat and enjoy lunch including fresh seafood as u embark on a 4 hr cruise into the Bay of the Descending Dragon. You’ll stop to explore one of the many expansive grottoes here then continue cruising to a quiet firth There will be lots of time for swimming and sun bathing. Cruise to a quiet firth and enjoy a great sunset dinner, relax under the starlit sky before retiring to the comfort of your cabin. Overnight aboard the boat.
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Day 3: Ha Long - Hanoi
After breakfast at the base camp you’ll transfer back to your boat and continue your cruise around the bay, passing Cua Van floating village to witness this unique way of life. By noon arrive at the pier in Ha Long city where you’ll enjoy a lunch of Vietnamese food and live traditional music in a seaside restaurant. Bus back to Ha Noi, arrive 5.30pm. Overnight in hotel.
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Day 4: Hanoi city tour
On this insightful day through Ha Noi’s busy tree lined boulevards, you’ll explore such interesting and historic sites as The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, One pillar pagoda and Temple of Literature. This amazing 3 hour Cyclo tour of the historic 36 street Old Quarter is both a shoppers and photographers delight as the streets are alive with shops and vendors making and selling everything imaginable.
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8:30pm Depart by private coach to Rail way station to catch the night train to Lao Cai (9:30pm-5:30am). |
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Day 5: Hanoi - Sapa
Board the Bus or Van for a 1.5 hour drive up the stunning mountain range sculpted with tiered rice terraces to the town of Sa Pa nestled at 1632 meters. Lots of sight seeing en route. After checking into your hotel you’ll have free time to explore the town and its great market. After a lunch of Vietnamese food in a local restaurant you’ll take a 3 hour trek down the valley to visit a H’mong hill tribe village. Return to Sa Pa and overnight in hotel.
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Day 6:
Start early (6.00am) to Binh Lu market. Your chance to see Lao, Lu, Black (flat) Dzao and Blue H’Mong minority. Transfer to Tam Duong Dat market. Another amazing Red H’Mong, Tay, Dzay will be seen here. Return to Sapa and enjoy a free afternoon exploring the town. Drive back to Lao Cai for the Night train back to Ha Noi.
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Day 7:
Arrive in Hanoi 4.30 am. Check in the hotel. You’ll welcome this free day to relax and recover from you journey north. Lots of time to explore more of Hanoi, shop and pick up lots of souvenirs, explore the old quarter on foot and enjoy the many parks and lakes of historic Hanoi. Pm go to airport flight to Hue
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Day 8: Hue – Hoi An
8.00 Boat trip on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda, Hon chen temple, Minh Mang tomb and Dai Noi citadel . Lunch at the hotel or boat then go to Hoi An by car arrive at 7 pm check in Hotel . Dinner and free
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Day 9: Hoi An – Nha Trang
8.00 visit the ancient in Hoi An town such as Japanese bridge pagoda, Trieu chau temple, Phuc kien temple, Quan cong temple, Quang Dong temple, Phung hung ancient house and Sa huynh museum. Lunch in hotel. Pm: go to Da Nang airport for the flight to Nha Trang, check in Hotel
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Day 10: Nha Trang city tour
Boat trip to visit Yersin Museam, the beach, Ponagar Cham Tower, Long Son Pogoda, and having lunch. Pm flight to Ho Chi Minh city . pick up airport transfer to hotel . Dinner
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Day 11: Half day city tour - Cu Chi
Am : Visit Reunification Palace and War Museum. Lunch to be arranged in nice restaurant. Visit CuChi tunnel in the afternoon. 17:00 back Saigon. Dinner and free in the evening. Overnight at hotel.
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Day 12: Mytho - Mekong delta (B,L,D)
Drive southward to Mekong delta. Boat trip in MyTho through tiny canals and quiet villages. Lunch in nice restaurant inside garden. Afternoon transfer back Saigon with stop over in VinhTrang pagoda for visiting. Dinner and overnight in Saigon.
Day 13: Saigon - Chau Doc
AM: Drive to CaiBe, boat trip visit floating market and cruise over mighty Mekong river to island, promenade around fruit ochards, lunch break, board a boat to VinhLong.
PM: Coach trip to Sa Dec where it is made famous by the film L’Amant, the Marguerite Duras story and explore the village before heading onto ChauDoc via Long Xuyen for the first night.
Night: Overnight in Hotel.
Day 14: Chau Doc - Can Tho
AM: Up early for a cruise through the amazing riverside market with all its bustling activity and smorgasbord of sounds, colors and smells. We also cruise through the floating village with tons and tons of fish farmed underneath hundreds of shelters
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PM: Discover the ethnic Cham village with its famous Mubarak Mosque and watch the locals go about their traditional weaving. After visiting the famous Lady Chua Xu Temple (1820) we walk to the sacred Sam Mountain with its panoramic view over the vast plains into Cambodia. After lunch we continue on to CanTho, with a stop at a bird sanctuary, for our second night.
Night: Overnight in Hotel.
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Day 15: Can Tho - Saigon
AM: A morning boat trip to CaiRang & PhongDien floating markets before heading up a quiet canal for a walk along a country road to enjoy the beautiful Delta scenery and meet the locals.
PM: We take a ride on a xe loi along the country roads. In the afternoon we head back to Saigon, with a stop at a MyTho bonsai garden, and arrive in SaiGon.
Night: Overnight in Hotel.
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Day 16: Departure Saigon
Airport drop off in Saigon.
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Standard
Accommodation
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Deluxe
Accommodation
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Cost per person
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$868USD
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$1,141USD
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Single supplement
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$305USD
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$508USD
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Prices quoted are based on a minimum of 2 pax
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Tour Cost includes:
- Full transportation as tour program indicated.
- Full meals as indicated.
- Domestic flight : Hanoi – Hue and Danang – Nhatrang – Ho Chi Minh City
- English or French speaking guide
- Entrance fees.
- Private Boat trip in Halong Bay, Perfume River, Nhatrang.
- Hotel 3 - 5 stars.
Tour Cost excludes:
- Airport taxes; Visas; travel insurance; tips; personal expenses, emergency transfers.
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