Full Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Hanoi
Upon your arrival at Noi Bai Airport, you will be picked up and transferred to the hotel in Hanoi for check-in and relax.
Overnight in Hanoi
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B, L)
8.00 – 8.30: After breakfast, our guide will pick you up in your hotel for a full day Hanoi City Tour. You will have time to explore many of the city’s fascinating historical and cultural sites as well as local people’s life.
You stop at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum first and listen about his great life. Then, the tour continues to Temple of Literature – The first National University of Vietnam.
Lunch will be served in a local restaurant.
After that, we visit the Museum of Ethnology where you can learn about the diversity of the ethnic minority group in Vietnam. Back to the city and take a cyclo tour in 1 hour through the bustling and exciting Old Quarter to explore marketplace shops and old houses. You’ll end your day with a water puppet show - a unique Vietnamese art formed from Southeast Asia’s wet-rice culture.
Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay on Aclass Legend Cruise (B, L, D)
Accommodation: Aclass Legend Cruise or other cruises as your request
07.45 – 08.15 approx
– Our guide will meet you at your hotel.
– Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River Delta.
– Get your camera ready to take photos. Comfort break. The time from Hanoi to Halong bay is approximately 3,5 hours.
12 – 12.30 approx
– Arriving Tuan Chau Marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing.
– Check into your cabin. Time to refresh and unwind.
– Set sail as lunch is served.
– Join us for a typical local lunch in the dining room or at the outdoor dining area.
Afternoon
– Arrive at Surprising Cave, explore the cave and find out how the cave was named a Surprising.
– Heading to Titop island area. Drop anchor in the calm water surrounded by beautiful islets. Visit Titop Island for swimming and snorkeling or do the short trek to the top of the island to have the overview of Halong bay from here.
– Heading back toward the sleeping area.
Early evening
– Summit on the sundeck watching the sunset, enjoy Sunset party. It’s an ideal time to make acquaintance with new friends, sharing your traveling experience or simply watching the sunset.
– An authentic Vietnamese menu is served.
– After dinner, reward yourself with a large selection of cocktails at our bar, or take for you one of our onboard activities: book reading, games, movies, and squid fishing.
Day 4: Tai Chi – Breakfast – Luon Cave – Cooking Demonstration – Lunch – Farewell at your hotel
06.30 am: For the early risers join us for a Tai Chi session on the sundeck. Tai chi helps focus the mind and condition the body, joining Tai Chi session to full charge your energy for the day.
07.00 – 08.00 am: Local breakfast is served.
08.00 am
– Mingling yourself in the stunning views of the Bay and it’s dramatic limestone islets as we sail through the calm emerald waters heading to Luon Cave (Hang Luồn).
– Take your bamboo boat rowed by the locals to visit how beautiful of the cave.
09.00 am: Check out the cabins, at your leisure while our cruise taking you to pass by other beautiful highlights in the bay.
10.00 am: You will join with our short class of Cooking demonstration, how to make spring rolls before an early lunch is served.
12.00 pm: Transfer back to Hanoi. Our driver will take you to Noi Bai airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Check-in in hotel and overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
Day 5: Ho Chi Minh – Cu Chi Tunnel (B, L)
8.00: After breakfast, you will be picked up and transferred to Cu Chi tunnel to explore the network of mysterious underground tunnels where witnessed fierce Vietnam – American war in the past. It was a city where around 10.000 people virtually lived underground for years with living areas, kitchens, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, contributing to resistance to American forces. Today, it becomes a popular tourist attraction, reflecting a part of Vietnam history.
After lunch, you’ll back to Ho Chi Minh City and spend this afternoon exploring the dynamic city. Visit Reunification Palace, the former palace of President Thieu and his predecessors; War Remnants Museum; Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta – My Tho ( B, L)
At 8.00 am, our tour guide will meet you at the lobby of the hotel then we leave Ho Chi Minh City and head to Vietnam's rice basket, the Mekong Delta. We will go through rural scenes until we arrive at My Tho, a peaceful town on the bank of the Mekong River and stop to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda.
Next, we will have a boat ride on the Mekong, visiting local homes and orchards, a coconut candy workshop, try a taste of seasonal fruit and enjoy a performance of traditional Southern singing. Then transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh Departure (B)
You are free until your car arrives and take you to the airport for your flight. Trip ends. See you again.
Inclusion
– Hotel accommodation
– Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
– Transfers by private air-conditioned vehicles
– English speaking local guide
– All entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary
– Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
– Cruise in Halong Bay
Exclusion
– Visa stamp fee
– International air ticket
– Other meal, drink, personal expenses
– Tip to guide and driver