THE VIETNAM BEAUTY PACKAGE IN 14 DAYS

Xin chào! Welcome to Hanoi, we meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel for check-in. Day time is at your leisure to rest or explore, discovering your own first impressions of Vietnam (depending on what time you arrive).

At 06:00 PM, we meet you at your hotel then start our first experience with the local cuisines. Our food-lover guide will take you around the Old Quarter to taste 6-8 dishes, serving in either local restaurant or food stalls, plus a drink. Farewell the host and return to your hotel around 09:00 PM

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, street food tour and hotel

Depart at 8:00 AM from your hotel by van. We begin our day by visiting Tran Quoc pagoda located on the shore of Westlake and Uncle Ho at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum with residential grounds, get shared about his great life. Next stop is the nearby Temple of Literature, known as the Vietnam´s first University. Lunch is served at a local restaurant with authentic Hanoi cuisines.
In the afternoon, choose from one of the numerous museums or temples around Hanoi (Museum of Ethnology, Women´s Museum, History Museum, Fine Art Museum or Hoa Lo prison).
Later on, take a cyclo trip around Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi´s fascinating Old Quarter. This is your chance to explore this bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. We finish our relaxing but informative day by attending a Water Puppet Show - a favorite experience for all visitors to Vietnam. We can help you to get back to your hotel if you wish, but often our guests would rather just spend the evening enjoying a drink with a view of the city. Tour finishes at about 05:00 PM.

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch, puppet show ticket, Vietnam cyclo ride and hotel

At around 07:00AM, hop on a shared limousine bus and transfer you to Sapa (around 5-6 hours by road). Arrival in Sapa, meet our tour guide and he will take you to the Cable Car Station where you get on a 20-minute cable car trip to Fansipan. Enjoy the spectacular scenery during the ride. Upon reaching the altitude of 2800 meters, you will have a good time to see the panorama of Sapa and take photos. You also have chance to visit a pagoda and trek up to 600 steps to reach the peak of Fansipan - the Roof of Indochina. Then come back to the Cable Car Station and return to Sapa town. Overnight in Sapa

*Notes:

- Muong Hoa train trip is not included. If you want to add it on, you can order on arrival.

- For anyone who don’t like to trek, we have funicular option to conquer the Fansipan Mountain.

Inclusion: Transfer, breakfast, tour guide, entrance fee and hotel.

At 08.00AM: We start trekking on small trails down the Muong Hoa Valley toward Lao Chai village of Black H’mong ethnic people. Here we will discover their daily life and how they make traditional clothes, handicraft, indigo...We will visit the biggest valley – Muong Hoa which provides the best view for rice terraced fields in Vietnam. After Lao Chai we walk to Ta Van village of Giay people. It is a small group of ethnic people in Vietnam with a rich culture and beautiful houses located on rice paddy fields. From a high point of the main road, great view of the whole villages open wide to offer the marvelous panorama views, backed by high mountains and facing the river. Here you will enjoy the fresh air, see terraced fields and stream, discover and visit some of Black H’mong families. You can interact them, learn about their culture and customs. Finish the tour and get back to your hotel in Sapa. Take a short rest then get picked up and transfer back to Ha Noi. Overnight in Ha Noi

Inclusion: Transfer, breakfast, local guide, entrance fee, and hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel then get pick-up at around 08:00 AM and leave for Halong Bay trip. Upon arrival, you will check-in and get on board the cruise then starts a trip to discover the World Heritage. Along the way, you will have chance to pass through the grandeur of the legendary bay with thousands of limestone islands. Kayaking or Relaxing on a local rowboat to visit Dark and Bright cave then swimming around the cruise.

Return to the cruise and enjoy the Bay sunset party, cooking demonstration then special dinner at cruise’s restaurant.

Note: Cruise’s activities may slightly different depend on weather and cruise.

Inclusion: Transfer, breakfast, guide on boat, lunch, cruise, entrance fee and dinner

At 6:30AM, you can join in the Tai-Chi Exercise on the sundeck in 30 minutes. Then having breakfast at the restaurant, enjoy the tranquility of the bay. After that, you will pack the luggage. Leave the luggage outside the door. Cruise team will collect and get them ready on the Pier. You may enjoy a brunch at the restaurant after check-out while cruising toward the port.
Meet our driver then hit the road to get back Hanoi. Dinner on your own before you get pick-up to Hanoi train station to take overnight train to Da Nang. You will have a shared cabin of 4 people. Upgrade to private cabin is available with surcharge.

Inclusion: Transfers, entrance fee, breakfast, brunch and train ticket (4 berth sharing cabin)

Upon arrival time around 11:30 AM, our guide will warmly welcome and transfer you to Hoi An ancient town and check in your hotel.

In the afternoon, we take a visit to the Bay Mau Coconut Forest relic with beautiful canals, enjoy fresh air and challenge yourself with the basket boat type of the local river man

After that, we start on walking tour through the quite streets of enchanting Hoi An. The narrow lanes are ideal for a walking tour to visit the old merchants’ house with influences from Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese architecture, then visit the Hoi An Museum, the Assembly Hall of the Chaozhou Chinese Congregation with outstanding wood carvings and the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge. Finish the tour and overnight in Hoi An

Inclusion: Transfer, tour guide, entrance fee and hotel.

We start the day (8.15am) with a welcome drink at 98 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hoi An Ancient – our meeting point. Visit Hoi An’s colourful market, and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of this busy market. We will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about all the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later.

We board the Red Bridge boat for a leisurely cruise (25 minutes) along the Hoi An River to the Red Bridge Cooking School.  On arrival, we explore the cooking school’s herb garden, before learning about some of Hoi An’s and Vietnam’s well-known dishes. The cooking lesson runs for about 2 hours – the Red Bridge chefs first demonstrate each dish before we prepare the same dish ourselves. Included in the class is a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving (plate decoration). After the lesson, we sit down and eat what we have cooked.

*Notes: Tour is small group tour and please walk/taxi to our starting point

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, breakfast, cooking class with lunch, and hotel

Today you can enjoy your leisure time at the beach or wander around the old town and explore its secret on your own, or just simply go for some relaxing at Spa and Massage, going for a hand made costume shop will be a good idea too. Tours on this day can be accommodated if requested.

Inclusion: Breakfast and hotel.

Due to your flight schedule, our driver will pick you up at your hotel for your flight to HCM City. Our people will welcome you at the airport and drive you to hotel for leaving luggage and relaxing.

Take a rest until 14:00PM, meet our tour guide and start our tour with a visit to the War Remnants Museum, which features an extensive collection of exhibits including weaponry, photos and documentation on Vietnam’s wars with the French and Americans, and the Reunification Palace the South Vietnam President’s residence and symbol of the Southern Administration’s reign until end of April 1975. Continue to Nortre Dame Cathedral and Central Post Office which are famous symbols of Ho Chi Minh City. We can have a visit to Ben Thanh Market for some shopping if time permit. Finish the tour and we drive to the habor and boarding the cruise to enjoy a beautiful dinner while cruising along the charming Saigon River. After that, we will get you back to your hotel for overnight.

Inclusion: Transfer, tourguide, entrance fee, dinner on cruise, breakfast and hotel

Meet our tour guide at 9:00AM then heading to Cu Chi. Observe the scenery as it changes from a city view to rice paddies, villagers drying noodles by the side of the road and other scenes typical of southern Vietnam.

Cu Chi Tunnels which consist of an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters (Viet Cong) during both the French and American wars. Start the visit with the Ben Dinh or Ben Duoc sections of the tunnel. After visiting Cu Chi Tunnel, we will head back to Ho Chi Minh and you can have leisure time for the rest of the day for shopping and relaxing. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Inclusion: Transfer, tour guide, entrance fee, breakfast and hotel.

Depart Ho Chi Minh City at 8:00AM in the morning for the drive to Mekong Delta. After a quick visit to Cai Be Town, we’ll come to Tan Phong Island for sightseeing on village paths and get to see the local daily life: orchard, school, church, pagoda, traditional houses... On the way, we can make some stops to see how they wave the dried water-hyacinth to make many products: baskets, bags, hats, wallets, shoes... stop at local garden enjoy some cups of tea when listening to the traditional music. Then, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. After lunch, check in at our friendly homestay. Have biking trip around the local village (Optional). After that, have a fresh shower before cooking some special dishes with the members of local family. We’ll enjoy dinner and overnight at homestay.

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, lunch, entrance fee, dinner, breakfast and homestay.

Have a breakfast and check-out for a walk along the village to enjoy the fresh air in the morning and arrive the local workshop to see how to make rice paper, coconut candy, pop-rice... Enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea. Then take a boat trip to visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay. Our boat will go along the floating village. We will see how to farm catfish on Mekong River. Also, we can visit Vinhlong market in the town. This is the best choice for you to take pictures of fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs, snakes, rice-field rats, tropical fruits, vegetables...

The cruise will end at Vinh Long city and we meet our driver for the transfer back to Ho Chi Minh. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant along the way. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, lunch, entrance fee, breakfast and hotel.

Today is your last day in Vietnam. Enjoy your leisure time for shopping and relaxing. Depend on flight schedule we will get you to the airport for your flight home. Thank you for traveling with us and hope to see you again soon!

Inclusion: Transfer and breakfast.