Vietnam Luxury Tour 11 Days of Unforgettable Experiences

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.

• Arrival at Noi Bai International Airport
• Meet & greet with guide and transfer to hotel
• Explore Hanoi Old Quarter
• Guided Vietnamese street food tour: Banh Cuon (steamed rice rolls) Bun Cha (grilled pork with noodles) Hoa Qua Dam (fresh fruit dessert) Traditional Egg Coffee tasting
• Visit Ta Hien “Beer Corner”
• Overnight stay 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 & House-on-Stilts
• One Pillar Pagoda
• Temple of Literature (Vietnam’s first university)
• Visit Hoan Kiem Lake & Ngoc Son Temple
• Cyclo ride through Old Quarter (36 Streets)
• Traditional Water Puppet Show
• Overnight stay in Hanoi

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
• Welcome drink & lunch onboard
• Cruise through limestone islands
• Kayaking / swimming / cave exploration (depending on cruise)
• Sunset views on deck
• Dinner and overnight on cruise

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 tea/coffee with bay views
• Tai Chi or relaxing cruise activities
• Brunch onboard
• Return to harbor
• Transfer to airport for flight to 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 (Nguyen Dynasty)
• Dragon boat ride on Perfume River
• Visit Thien Mu Pagoda
• Explore King Minh Mang Tomb
• Visit King Khai Dinh Tomb
• Learn about royal Vietnamese architecture
• Overnight stay in Hue

HUE – HOI AN ( MEALS: B,L) After breakfast, our driver & tour-guide pick you up and drive to Hoi An. 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.

• Drive from Hue to Hoi An
• Explore Hoi An Ancient Town: Japanese Covered Bridge Merchant houses Phuc Kien Pagoda Riverside market
• Lunch at local restaurant
• Visit My Son Holy Land (UNESCO Site)
• Explore ancient Cham temples
• Return to Hoi An hotel
• Overnight stay in Hoi An

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.

• ee time in Hoi An: Shopping Beach relaxation Self exploration
• Transfer to Da Nang Airport
• Flight to Ho Chi Minh City
• Hotel transfer & check-in
• Overnight stay in Ho Chi Minh City

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.

• Visit Reunification Palace
• Notre Dame Cathedral (outside view)
• Old Central Post Office
• Old Central Post Office
• Visit Thien Hau Pagoda
• Walk through Binh Tay Market
• Lunch at local restaurant
• Visit War Remnants Museum

HO CHI MINH CITY – MUI NE ( MEALS:B) This morning, we take a private transfer to Phan Thiet ( 5 hours). Once a part of the Cham Kingdom, it’s now a perfect stop for Vietnam Beach holidays and send to end your Vietnam Holiday, an unremarkable town with a reasonable beach, some decent hotels and a very good golf course. In a nice setting with white sandy beach and coconut trees, the beach resort of Phan Thiet is also endowed with amazing spots such as sand dunes, natural lakes and astonishing red canyons. Phan Thiet still has sizeable populations of Cham and Raglai ethnic minority groups. The former are a part of the area’s Cham heritage. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel, free time at leisure. Overnight Phan Thiet/Mui Ne.

• Private transfer to Phan Thiet / Mui Ne
• Scenic coastal journey (approx. 5 hours)
• Resort check-in
• Free leisure time at beach
• Relaxation or resort activities
• Overnight stay in Mui Ne

JEEP TOUR – MUI NE – HO CHI MINH CITY ( MEALS: B) 4:30AM Driver will pick you up at your hotel/ resort by private jeep. We’ll visit White sand dunes. At the top of the sand dune, catching the first sunrise of the day. Other activities can be taken: riding quad bike over sand dunes and ostrich riding (at own expense), sliding down sand dunes’ slopes with sand boarding Continue with your jeep to visit Red sand dunes, slopes are less steep than the White sand dunes, but great opportunity for taking photo as red colour of the sand is great contrast to background scenery Visiting the fishing village, observing the daily lives of fishermen, morning catch is hauled to shore and women are busy sorting out the catch and fishing boats are lining up and waiting to depart Visiting Fairy stream (Suoi Tien) where the small stream running through the middle of the red sand dunes. It is like a mini version of Red Canyon Returning back to your hotel/resort. You are free at your leisure. In the afternoon, our driver takes you back hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.

• Early morning jeep safari (4:30 AM start)
• Sunrise at White Sand Dunes
• Optional quad biking & sandboarding
• Visit Red Sand Dunes
• Fishing Village visit
• Fairy Stream walk (mini red canyon)

HO CHI MINH CITY DEPARTURE ( MEALS: B) Today, you are free at your leisure. Depending on your flight today, our driver’ll pick you up and transfer to the airport.

• Breakfast at hotel
• Free time for shopping or relaxation
• Airport transfer as per flight schedule
• farewell to vitenam