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.