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14 days 13 nights
Offered in: English
Overview

The journey focuses on three different regions from Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south, and along the way, we witness aspects of Vietnam that may have disappeared in a few years. In addition to encompassing all the best cultural and natural experiences, this trip also emphasizes getting to know the Vietnamese people. Everywhere we went, we were welcomed with unconditional hospitality, whether visiting villages on land or at sea, being invited into private homes, visiting small family-run businesses, or cycling along narrow country roads.

Vietnam is also a great experience for the taste buds! We learned more about Vietnamese cuisine by tasting different regional dishes at local eateries, exclusive restaurants, markets, and private homes – and at cooking school, you’ll gain new culinary skills ready to use in your home kitchen. This North-to-South Vietnam tour is unsurprisingly our best-seller – some truly adventurous Vietnamese experiences await you.


• You experience aspects of Vietnam that tourists rarely see.

• You experience the hospitality of the Vietnamese people everywhere we go.

• A small cruise awaits you with an overnight stay at the beautiful UNESCO-listed Ha Long Bay.

• You have a beach holiday in Phan Thiet, overlooking the East Sea.

• You dine at carefully selected eateries, offering everything from 5-course meals to local dishes.


What's included

INCLUDED:

  • Transport: Private minibus with air conditioning
  • Water on coach: 02 bottle/person/day tour
  • Domestic air tickets: Ha Noi/ Hue and Da Nang /Sai Gon from US$ 250.00/person
  • Hotel as mentioned in the program, Twin share with daily breakfast
  • English speaking guide, Local spot guide
  • Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner)
  • All sightseeing tickets
  • 01 FOC base on twin room sharing for group 16 pax up (but they have to pay for air ticket (US$ 250.00))

 

EXCLUDED:

  • International air ticket to Vietnam
  • Visa
  • Personal services not mentioned in the Included services
  • Peak season or public holidays surcharge (if any)
  • International travel insurance
  • Vietnam Visa stamp fee: us$ 25.00/pax.
  • Drinks in all meals
  • Compulsory Gala dinner on Christmas or New Year (if any)
  • Tip for guide & driver: recommend $ 3.00/day/person
  • Other services not mentioned in the Included item
Meeting and pickup

·         Meeting point: Ha Noi

·         End point: Saigon

What to expect

Day 1: HA NOI (D)

Arrive at NoiBai Airport at 12.30 It is 13.15 with Emirates. Meeting with guide and transfer to the Ha Noi.

17.00 The Lake of the Restored Sword: Turtle Tower and Sunbeam Bridge

17.15 60-minutes tour of the 36 streets of the famous Old Quarter by cycle, the Vietnamese version of the rickshaw.

18.15 Cycle stops at Hang Da Market – we walk or transfer to Hanoi Garden Restaurant (or local restaurant) for dinner

Overnight in Ha Noi.

 

Day 2: HA NOI – PHUC AM VILLAGE – HA NOI (B,L,D)

Breakfast at hotel.

08:30 Exploring the North country life at Phuc Am village - not far from Ha Noi (50km), is a village with more than 20 families known for carrying the production of making votive offerings.

The village is busiest during the full moon in July (lunar calendar) or around 23rd December (lunar calendar). Back in the days, older traditional of joss paper goods such as paper servants, horses were popular. However, they slowly have fallen out of used and be replaced with modern items like cars, villas, mopeds, households’ electronics to paper iPads and iPhones. “Hell bank notes” that imitate US and EU currency, credit cards, or tradition “ghost money” found in Chinese communities are in demand. Some places even got creative with business cards that included email address and mobile numbers of Steve Jobs so that their deceased in the underworld could contact the Apple’s CEO for any troubles with their devices 😊. Back to Ha Noi.       
12:00 Lunch at local restaurant.

Visit the literature temple, the One Pillar Pagoda, Visit to the Ha Noi “Hilton” – Hoa Lo.

18:30 Dinner at local restaurant

Overnight in Ha Noi


Day 3: HANOI –HALONG (B, L,D)

09:30 Leave Ha Noi to Hai Phong(2-2,5 hours drive).The Gulf of Tonkin was once the haunt of Vietnamese and Chinese pirates. At Halong Bay the romance of old Vietnam still lingers, with bizarre karst islets randomly scattered and the odd red sailed junk clipping across the waters. With 3,000 limestone and dolomite islets sprinkled over an area of 1,500 square kilometers, Halong Bay offers a wonderland of karst topography. After breakfast, depart to Halong Bay for three-hour journey through the scenic landscape of the rural northeast.

Arrive Tuan Chau ferry at Ha Long. Cruise proceeds to Da Chong islet, where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 years ago. Have International Buffet Lunch while passing via the islets of Con Vit area. These amazing limestone karst formations rise up out of the sea in an impressive manner. Take the Sampan at the Dark & light caves area.  Sea bathing at Tra Bau. Returning CRUISE, you can watch the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin. Onboard you may join a traditional cooking class. Our chef will instruct you in the making of some Vietnam dishes. In the early evening the boat has its Happy Hour deal.

Dinner and overnight on board

 

Day 4: HA LONG -HANOI - HUE (Brunch, D)

Enjoy sunrise on Halong Bay.

Why not rise early to witness the bay at its very best whilst enjoying an invigorating Tai Chi session on the sundeck; after which we serve light breakfast. Upon completing breakfast continue our journey and cruise the route via the Cat Ba Island - Thoi Quyt area - Coc Ngoi islet - through Gia Luan area where is belong to Cat Ba National Park. We progress to Trung Trang cave by our bus on Cat Ba island which is located in the middle of Cat Ba National Park with Kim Giao forest around the cave. After that, back to the cruise for brunch.

11h00 back to the land then transfer to Ha Noi airport. Take an afternoon flight to Hue. Arrive at Hue airport. Meet and greet the local driver at the airport. Transfer to your hotel. Check in the hotel. Overnight in Hue.

Dinner with Bún Bò at Morin hotel/ or Chả Cá Thăng Long in Ha Noi (in case the flight delay)


Day 5: HUE (B, L, D)

08:00 The take a boat trip on Huong (Perfume) river to visit Thien Mu pagoda, one of the most beautiful and ancient architectural structures of Worship in Hue, built on the 14th century. After Thien Mu pagoda, group visit Khai Dinh tomb.

13:30 Have a local restaurant,

Afternoon visit the citadel.

Visit Mr Nguyen’s villa and have a demonstration cooking class - Dinner

Overnight in Hue.

 

Day 6: HUE – DA NANG – HOI AN (B, L, D)

In the morning, Leave Hue to Hoi An via Lăng Cô and Hai Van pass (If the weather permit). Have a lunch at local restaurant at Da Nang beach. After lunch, leave Hue to Hoi An via Mable mountain. Overnight in Hoi An.

 

Day 7: HOI AN (B, L)

08:30 In the morning, take a bicycle to visit The Tra Que Village at the countryside of Hoi An.

10:30/10:45 Back to Hoi An. Visit Hoian: Japanese Covered Bridge, Tan Ky Old house…

Overnight in Hoi An.

Dinner on their own 

 

Day 8: HOI AN– DA NANG/SAIGON (B, L, D)

08:00 Visit fishing village by boat from Hoi An to Duy Hai. Back to hotel for refreshment and check out. We check finally out in themorning.Visit Chinese Temple. 11:45 lunch

Leave Hoi An to Da Nang airport.

Take the flight to Saigon. Transfer to the hotel. Light Dinner with Cơm Tấm (Broken rice).


Day 09: SAIGON– CAI BE – SAI GON (B, L)

07:30 transfer to Cai Be. we have one day for exploring the local life on Mekong delta.

Arrive at Cai Be. Take a sampan to explore the small channels and see the local life along the channels. Take on board and Sailing along floating market. Landing at Cai Be market. Take a biking through alleys to Visit ancient house. after visiting Bà Kiệt’s house, continue a short biking to boat. Visit the poprice factory. Continue to ride a boat to Le Longanier restaurant.

After lunch at local restaurant, a short walk in small along village to back to your own private transportation vehicle will await you for your transfer to back to Saigon. On the way visit the Kimy chocolate factory

Dinner at Hoa Túc Restaurant or similar Overnight in Saigon.


 Day 10: SAIGON (B, L, D)

07:30 Visit the 200-meter underground, Cu Chi Tunnels, to know how the Vietnamese guerillas survived and struggled for the Vietnam Independence in the morning.

10:45/11:00 Head back to Saigon. Lunch at Khoái Restaurant

After lunch, War remnants museum, you visit the Reunification Hall, Main post office and Notre dame cathedral of Saigon.

18:00 Enjoy a water puppet show at Sai Gon.


Day 11: SAIGON – PHAN THIET (B, L, D)

06:00 Wake up early for join the tour: ‘Good morning Vietnam” from 06:00 to 07:00.

07:00 Back at the hotel

08:30 Check out the hotel. You will visit the Reunification Palace,Thich Quang Duc’s mount, old apartments on Nguyen Thien Thuat. Lunch at local restaurant.

12:00 lunch at local restaurant

Leave Saigon to Phan Thiet beach (250km) 200 km. Arrive at Phan Thiet.
Check in the hotel. Overnight in Phan Thiet. Dinner at resort.


Day 12: PHAN THIET (B)

Free and relax at the beach. Overnight in Phan Thiet.


Day 13: PHAN THIET (B)

Free and relax at the beach. Overnight in Phan Thiet.

Activities with use of bus


Day 14: PHAN THIET – SAI GON Departure (B, D)

13:00 Leave Phan Thiet to Saigon. Arrive at Saigon. Before you have a long flight back to your home land, you have a 45 minutes foot massage Dinner at Pho Phu Vuong in Saigon then check in the airport before 20h00 for take the flight back to Denmark at 23:55.

Additional info

Price effective from October 2024 to December 2024 (base on twin sharing – ROH)

Tour fee for children (base on price of adult)

  • 0-2 years old: 0%
  • 3-5 years old: 30% (sharing bed with parents) – If use single bed, single supplement is applied.
  • 6-11-year-old: 75% (sharing bed with parents)

Domestic air fare for children:

  • Under 2 years old: 10% fare of adult
  • 2-12-year-old: 90% fare of adult
  • Over 12 years old: 100% fare of adult
           

Hotel list:

Ha Noi

Hồng Ngọc Dynastie hotel

or similar

Ha Long

Orchid cruise

or similar

Hue

Morin hotel

Hoi An

Vĩnh Hưng riverside resort

Saigon

Hato Saigon hotel

Or similar

Mui Ne

Aroma resort

Or similar

Operated by: Global DMC
Cancellation Policy

+ 100% Refund for cancellations from 10 days in advance
+ 50% refund for cancellations from 7days - 4 days in advance
+ 30% refund for cancellations from from 3 days in advance
+ Non-refund for cancellations up to 2 days in advance

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