Vietnam Discovery Tour: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta (11 Days / 10 Nights)

HANOI ARRIVAL – FOOD TOUR ( MEALS: D) Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer to your hotel in city center. In the afternoon, you’ll join food tour and discover every corners of the Hanoi Old Quarter. You’ll enjoy amazing local food including: Banh Cuon: Vietnamese steamed rice rolls Bun Cha: rice noodles with barbecue pork. Hoa Qua Dam: fruit beams - one of the most popular cooling dishes for young people on hot summer days. In the sweltering weather, enjoying a cup of sweet, refreshing, and cool beams of fruit is a wonderful thing that everyone loves. Egg – coffee: a Vietnamese drink traditionally prepared with egg yolks, sugar, condensed milk and robusta coffee Finnally, we are heading to Ta Hien street. It’s known as “ beer corner of the Hanoi Old Quarter”. Our guide’ll take you back your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

• Airport welcome & hotel transfer
• Guided Hanoi Old Quarter food tour
• Taste Banh Cuon, Bun Cha, fruit dessert & Egg Coffee
• Visit Ta Hien Beer Street
• Overnight in Hanoi

HANOI CITY TOUR ( MEALS: B,L) After breakfast, our tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby. We will visit Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh Complex that completed in 1975. We visit outside Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The complex includes the Presidential Palace, House-on-Stilts, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and One Pillar pagoda. After that we will visit the Temple of Literature that was originally built as a temple to Confucius, this is the site of Vietnam’s first University dating back to 1070. The temple highlights the importance of Vietnamese society for education. Have lunch at a nice restaurant in city center. After lunch, we continue our trip to visit Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake: The Ngoc Son temple is set on a tiny island on the Hoan KiemLake, its history dating back to the 13th century. The temple is reached by crossing the The Huc Bridge which literally means the ‘Place Touched by Morning Sunbeams’. The Hoan Kiem Lake is the local point of the city and the source of many legends. After that, we take 45 minutes Cyclo Tour through the Old Quarter: Also known as the 36 streets, this bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. Originally, each of the 36 s names’ was related to the products being sold there. It’s a great place to explore on foot with numerous photo opportunities. Before back to your hotel, we will enjoy the water puppet show at Thang Long theatre - a tradictional performance of Vietnamese. Overnight in Hanoi.

• Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex (outside Mausoleum)
• Presidential Palace & One Pillar Pagoda
• Temple of Literature tour
• Ngoc Son Temple & Hoan Kiem Lake
• Cyclo ride through Old Quarter
• Traditional Water Puppet Show

HANOI – HA LONG BAY ( MEALS: B,L,D) After your breakfast, we leave Hanoi for Halong Bay in 3 hours drive. Ha Long Bay is known as the most famous World Heritage Site in Vietnam for its beautiful seascape, thousands of spectacular islands and islets jutting out from the sea, amazing caves with marvelous stalagmites and stalactites in different sizes and shapes. Upon arrival, you'll be welcomed on board. Lunch will be served while the boat is sailing to Halong Bay. In the afternoon, we’ll join some activities: sightseeing, kayaking, swimming, visit cave...(depending on each cruise’s itinerary). Stay overnight on the cruise.

• Scenic drive to Ha Long Bay
• Board overnight cruise
• Lunch onboard while sailing
• Kayaking, cave visit & sightseeing activities
• Sunset views & overnight cruise stay

HA LONG BAY – NOI BAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ( B,L) Enjoy the morning view of the beautiful landscape with a cup of coffee or tea then have breakfast. After breakfast, the cruise will bring you on a trip to explore deeper inside the bay. The brunch will be served on the way sailing back to the port and our driver will pick you up and transfer to Noi Bai International Airport Noi Bai International Airport for Hue. Upon your arrival, our driver picks you up and transfer to hotel in Hue city. Overnight in Hue.

• Morning cruise & breakfast onboard
• Continued bay exploration
• Return to port & airport transfer
• Flight to Hue
• Hotel check-in & overnight in Hue

HUE CITY TOUR ( MEALS: B,L) After breakfast, a full day trip to visit the old capital city of Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty ruled from 1802 to 1945, with first stop at the Imperial Citadel giving you a better understanding of the beauty of Vietnamese Royal architecture and culture. Then we will take a beautiful dragon boat trip along Perfume River and visit to Thien Mu Pagoda – one of the most popular attractions in Hue. It is located on the banks of poetic Perfume River with typical traditional architecture of Hue pagodas and famous for the event that buddhist monk from this temple, Thich Quang Duc, burn himself to death for anti- government protest in 1963. The next stops will be King Ming Mang and King Khai Dinh tombs which are the most beautiful works of royal architecture of the Nguyen dynasty. Overnight in Hue.

• Visit Imperial Citadel
• Dragon boat trip on Perfume River
• Explore Thien Mu Pagoda
• Visit Minh Mang & Khai Dinh Royal Tombs
• Cultural history exploration

HUE – DA NANG CITY TOUR ( MEALS: B,L) After breakfast, our driver & tour-guide pick you up and drive to Da Nang. Today, we discover Da Nang city with amazing tourist sites: The first destination is Ngu Hanh Son, also called Marble Mountain, where you can behold impressive natural caves as well as exquisite sculptures, admire wonderful view from the from the top mount and call on some mysterious pagodas. Lunch is served at local restaurant. Following that, you'll pass the seacoast along Hoang Sa – Truong Sa street to Son Tra Peninsula, then visit Linh Ung Pogada to see the highest Lady Buddha Statue in Vietnam and pray for good fortune. Next, we are heading to Museum of Champa Sculpture, which shows the most complete collection of rare and valuable items of the famous Cham Culture. In the afternoon, visit Han Market, one of the city's main traditional markets, which is well-known for its fresh seafood, vegetables, and local specialities. After visiting Da Nang, we move to Hoi An. Check in hotel & overnight in Hoi An.

• Drive to Da Nang
• Explore Marble Mountains caves & pagodas
• Visit Linh Ung Pagoda & Lady Buddha statue
• Cham Sculpture Museum visit
• Han Market exploration
• Transfer to Hoi An

HOI AN – MY SON HOLY LAND ( MEALS: B,L) After breakfast, our driver & tour-guide pick you up for Hoi An discovery. Today, we’ll visit Hoi An ancient town with merchants' homes, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, Phuc Kien Pagoda and the colourful riverside market. Lunch is served at local restaurant. In the afternoon, we are heading to visit My Son Holy Land, once the spiritual capital of Champa Kingdom that dominated South East Asia for nearly a thousand years and occupied most of the central parts of Vietnam from 2nd century to 16th century with very rich in history and culture. Contemplate its remarkable red brick towers and sanctuaries dating from between the 7th and 13th centuries. Back to hotel in Hoi An. Overnight in Hoi An.

• Walking tour of Hoi An Ancient Town
• Japanese Covered Bridge & Phuc Kien Pagoda
• Riverside market visit
• Excursion to My Son Holy Land
• Explore Cham temple ruins

HOI AN – HO CHI MINH CITY ( MEALS:B) After breakfast, you are free at your leisure. Today, you have a chance to discover Hoi An ancient city on your own or relax on amazing beaches. In the afternoon, our driver picks you up and transfer to Da Nang International Airport. Upon your arrival at Tan Son Nhat international Airport, our driver picks you up and transfer to hotel in city center. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

• Free time or beach relaxation
• Transfer to Da Nang Airport
• Flight to Ho Chi Minh City
• Hotel check-in & leisure evening

HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR ( MEALS: B,L) After breakfast, our guide and car will meet you at your hotel in HCM city center and start the tour to explore HCM city. The first place to visit in the tour will be the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of the war in April 1975 . After Reunification Palace, you can walk to see some French colonial structures including Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Central Post Office. Continue on to Chinatown, Thien Hau pagodas, which is dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea. Explore the highlights of this fascinating area, beginning with intricate friezes, carved tableau and impressive incense coils make for some great photos. Then observe street life through the narrow streets to Binh Tay market that sells everything from clothes to dried squid. In the afternoon: Have Lunch at a local restaurant, then continue to visit War Remnants Museum where there is a vast display of the both the Indochina wars. In courtyard massive military vehicles are for exhibition as well as tiger cages for the visitor to get a feel on how it was to be a prisoner during wartime. In the museum building itself, each floor will represent a separate theme from the war and the war crimes committed towards the Vietnamese people. We end the city tour with Ben Thanh market where anything and everything is for sale. We drive back to hotel. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

• Reunification Palace visit
• Notre Dame Cathedral & Central Post Office
• Chinatown & Thien Hau Pagoda
• Binh Tay Market exploration
• War Remnants Museum
• Shopping at Ben Thanh Market

: HO CHI MINH CITY – MEKONG DELTA ( MEALS: B,L) Around 08:00, our tour guide picks you up at your hotel lobby, then driving to the mighty Mekong Delta where boats, houses and market float upon the uncountable rivers and canals. We get on the boat, it will cruise along the river (a branch of the Mekong) and stop off at various local workplaces including a brick works, a coconut processing workshop and a mat weaving house. The boat will then stop at a quiet village where you can have a short walk to experience real Delta village life and take a bicycle ride through dense coconut plantations. 12:00 Have lunch at a local restaurant right at the rural area. 13:30 Continue to Can Tho – the heart of Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Check in on your arrival, time at leisure and overnight in a Can Tho hotel.

• Drive to Mekong Delta
• Boat cruise through canals
• Visit coconut workshop & local villages
• Bicycle ride through plantations
• Local rural lunch
• Transfer to Can Tho

: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET – HO CHI MINH CITY – TAN SON NHAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ( MEALS: B) In the early morning, we take a river boat to visit the Cai Rang floating market - highlights of Mekong Delta where you will enjoy the beautiful scenery and see the daily activities of the locals who live along the Mekong canals, you will roam through the village to visit a rice husking mill, a rice noodles making shop which are nice chances to discover the daily life of Vietnamese people in Mekong Delta. NOTE: Cai Rang floating is busier and less tourisic in the early morning. You are advised to wake up at 06:00 and be ready for boat trip at around 06:30. The breakfast will be served during your boat trip at a local home. After that, you are free at your leisure. In the afternoon, our driver & guide transfer you to the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

• Early morning boat trip to floating market
• Visit rice noodle workshop
• Experience local river life
• Leisure time
• Transfer to Ho Chi Minh Airport