Destination: Hanoi - Ha Long - Hue - Danang - Hoi An - Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta Code: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, G = Guide
Day 1: Arrival at Hanoi (G)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you'll be met and driven to your hotel.
17.15: You'll be picked up to watch the Water Puppet show an art form unique to northern Vietnam, and a good, light-hearted introduction to its rural culture.
18.30: Your Welcome Dinner will be served at one of the best local restaurant.
You'll spend the night in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi city tour (B, G)
After breakfast at your hotel, you'll be picked up to start a Hanoi city tour. You’ll visit Ba Dinh Square, where silent sentries guard the marble and Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum where Ho Chi Chi lies in state (closed on every Monday & Friday and October & November) and see the simple cottage where Uncle Ho lived and worked. You’ll continue to visit the One Pillar Pagoda and hear the legend of its construction, born from the love of an emperor in the 11th Century. You’ll drive to visit the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi, on the banks of Hanoi’s West Lake. You’ll also call the Temple of Literature, built in 1070 and the dedicated to Confucius, it is a serene retreat from the busy streets outside and later become Vietnam’s first university.
After lunch at local restaurant, driver and guide will take you to visit the Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic. Pass by Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Lake of Restored Sword from the legend that surrounds it.
In the afternoon, you’ll take to the streets by walking tour of the Ancient Quarter of 36 streets District. This densely populated corner of the city was once a centre of commerce where goods were sold under the street name of a particular guild. Still a thriving community of sellers today, you’ll see streets name such as Sugar Street, Tin Street and Paper Street. Ancient homes and temples are interspersed with stores in this souvenir hunter’s paradise.
You’ll spend the night in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi/Ha Long (B, L, D, G)
8.30: You'll leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world's largest marine limestone "karst" landscape.
10.00: You'll take a short break at Hong Ngoc Embroidery workshop.
10.30 - 12.00: You'll continue driving to Ha Long Bay.
12.00: You'll board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels. It will take you first to the World Heritage area where you'll visit Amazing Cave and a famous beach in Ha Long Bay. You'll be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay's remarkable seascape. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood.
You'll spend the night on the boat.
Day 4: Ha Long/Hanoi (B, L, G)
7.30: You'll have western breakfast on boat.
8.00 - 8.30: You'll venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan.
8.30 - 11.45: You'll spend the morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch just before docking to the harbour.
11.45 - 15.00: You'll drive back to Hanoi for your overnight accommodation.
Day 5: Hanoi/Danang/Hoi An (B, G)
Your time will be your own until you'll escorted to Noi Bai airport for your flight to Danang. On arrival, you'll check in your hotel in the city centre and have a Hue city tour in the afternoon.
12.00 - 14.00: You'll have lunch at local restaurant and have a brief to visit Cham Museum, a remarkable Hindu statuary.
14.00 - 15.45: Driver and guide will take you to visit Marble Mountain, Stone Carving village where you can admire the stone products of local people.
15.45 - 17.30: You'll continue driving to Hoi An and have a free time to wonder around Hoi An Town, and enjoy its considerable significance in the history of Vietnamtown.
You'll spend the night in Hoi An.
Day 6: Hoi An Cooking Class tour (B, L, G in the class)
In the morning, you’ll join a cooking class in the morning held at the Red Bridge Restaurant. You’ll visit a market to purchase ingredients, then take a boat cruise along Hoi An River to the restaurant where you’ll have chance to explore its herb and vegetable garden before learning how to cook traditional Vietnamese dishes.
Recipes:
Fresh Rice Paper Shrimp Rolls – including the making of rice paper.
Warm Squid Salad served in half a pineapple
Grilled Eggplant stuffed with market vegetables
Hoi An Pancakes (Banh Xeo)
Food Decoration - pineapple boat, three coloured flowers and Vietnamese hand fan
After lunch, you'll return your hotel to explore the old quarter by yourself.
Day 7: Hoi An/My Son/Hoi An (B, G)
8.00 - 8.30: Breakfast at your hotel
8.30 - 11.15: Drive to visit the World Heritage My Son Sanctuary, the guide will show you the remains of the remarkable brick towers, and explain their origins and purpose.
11.15 - 12.00: You'll return to Hoi An. Rest of day will be free perhaps to stroll around the Old Quarter of relax on the beach. You'll spend the night in Hoi An.
Day 8: Hoi An free day (B)
You'll have free time to relax on the beach or shopping as you wanted.
Day 9: Hoi An/Ho Chi Minh City (B, G in Ho Chi Minh City)
You'll be free and then be picked up to Danang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. On your arrival at the Tan Son Nhat airport, you'll be driven to your hotel. You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City tour (B, G)
8.30: Your car and driver will come to take you for your Ho Chi Minh City tour
8.30 - 10.30: You'll be driven to visit History Museum, an exhibition of the 5th century Oc Eo civilisation.
10.30 - 12.00: You'll visit the Museum of War Remnants provides a very partial, but riveting, perspective of the American War
12.00 - 13.15: Lunch will be served at the local restaurant
13.15 - 14.00: You'll visit Centre Post Office with colonial building and the Cathedral Church.
14.00 - 14.45: Drive to visit the Jade Emperor Temple. It's one of the best Taoist temples in Vietnam
14.45 - 17.00: You'll have approximately two hour to visit the Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City and a visit to lacquer workshop.
You'll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City/Tay Ninh/Cu Chi (B, G)
8.30 - 12.00: You'll be picked up to Tay Ninh to visit the Cao Dai Holy See in time to watch the mid-day ceremony.
12.00 - 13.30: You'll be driven to local restaurant to have lunch.
13.30 - 14.30: You'll visit the Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly.
14.30 - 15.45: You'll drive back to Ho Chi Minh City to spend the night.
Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City/Vinh Long/Can Tho (B, G)
8.30 - 10.30: Drive to Vinh Long, a city famous by the Mekong River and floating market
10.30 - 15.30: You'll cruise to visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, some traditional cottage industries. You'll have a lunch at one of the local family and have a shot show of traditional music in Mekong Delta which is operated by the local people.
15.30 - 16.00: You'll have time to wonder around the fruit market to buy some kind of famous tropical fruit such as banana, pomelo, dragon fruit and so on.
16.00 - 17.30: You'll be driven further into the Mekong Delta to Can Tho where you'll spend the night.
Day 13: Can Tho/Ho Chi Minh City (B, G)
8.00 - 10.45: You'll have breakfast at your hotel and then be picked up to Ninh Kieu Harbour. You'll then take about two hour boat trip to cruise along the Mekong River to Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets. You can enjoy the Mekong rural lifestyle.
10.45 - 13.15: You'll travel back to Vinh Long to have lunch at local restaurant.
13.15 - 15.15: You'll return to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight accommodation.
Day 14: Ho Chi Minh City departure (B, G)
You'll be free until you'll be picked up to the airport for your international departure flight.
Prices in US$ per person:
| Number of people | 2 | 3-5 | 6-9 | 10-15 | Single Supplement |
| Two Stars | 909 | 797 | 732 | 638 | 154 |
| Three Stars | 990 | 878 | 813 | 719 | 219 |
| Four Stars | 1,275 | 1,163 | 1,098 | 1,044 | 520 |
| Deluxe | 1,707 | 1,595 | 1,530 | 1,436 | 920 |
Valid from May 15, 2008 until August 30, 2008
