TOUR Itinerary
Arrive at Ha Noi Bai International Airport, welcome by our guide and transfer to your hotel. The transfer distance is approximately 40 munities.
Hanoi or “River-bound City” as its name literally means is Vietnam’s capital with a thousand-year-old history dating back to 1010. The city’s fascinating beauty which is characterized by unique cultural relics, ancient streets of antique houses, elegant French colonial buildings, tree-lined boulevards and romantic lakes has made it one of the most charming cities of Asia.
Overnight stay in Hanoi.
After breakfast at the hotel, proceed for a full day sightseeing tour of Hanoi.
The tour starts with a visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex which features the life of Ho Chi Minh, the nation’s founder. At the complex, visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the colonial Presidential Palace, the One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to the Temple of Literature, known as the first university of Vietnam built in 1070 by the Ly Dynasty to honour Confucius, sages and outstanding Vietnamese scholars.
In the afternoon, continue the tour to one of the following museums of choice namely: the Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Vietnamese History, the Museum of Revolution, the Museum of Military History or the Museum of Ethnology.
Late afternoon, visit Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple located on an islet in the lake. Hoan Kiem Lake is the center point of Hanoi and home to a rare endangered giant turtle species. Its name “Returned Sword” comes from a legend of a sacred sword being lent to an ancient Vietnamese King by a holy turtle from the lake and later returned to the turtle.
Overnight stay at Hanoi.
After breakfast, check out from the hotel and transfer to Ha Long Bay, which is about 160 km or 3.5-hour drive away. On the way, you will see some rural areas of the Red River Delta with plenty of chances to take photos of Vietnamese farmers working in paddy fields. Stop half way to visit a handicraft workshop of fine clothes and embroidered paintings.
Upon arrival in Ha Long City, aboard your cruise ship and proceed for check-in. Start cruising while having lunch on board and enjoy the mighty bay view.
Ha Long Bay meaning Descending Dragon Bay in Vietnamese as legend has it that it was where a holly dragon landed down from sky. The bay, famous as one of the world’s wonders and heritage sites whose formation dates back 500 million years, consists of around 2,000 karst islands and islets scattered over an area of 1,553 km2. The bay cruise will continue with up close sighting of Dinh Huong Island, Ga Choi
Island, Dog Island, Sail Island, a visit to Sung Sot Cave and swimming stop at Titov Beach. Relax to enjoy the bay view at sunset, have dinner after, go fishing and spend a night on board.
Overnight stay on cruise in Ha Long Bay.
In the morning, refresh your body and mind with a Tai Chi exercise on the sundeck at the break of dawn. Have tea and coffee onboard and continue exploring Ha Long Bay sailing across its 2000 islets and visiting some of its major highlights. Normally, check out at 09:30, have a buffet brunch while cruising back to shore.
Afterwards, check out and disembark from the cruise and transfer back to Hanoi airport to catch a flight to Danang. Upon arrival, check in at our hotel there.
Overnight stay at Danang.
After breakfast at the hotel, proceed for a full-day sightseeing tour at Ba Na Hills, pass the sea-shore on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, one of the most beautiful roads of Da Nang City and Red Beach, where the French first landed in Da Nang.
Arrive at the Cable car station at the foot of Ba Na Mountain. Enjoy the first leg of the Cable car, which achieved two Guinness World Records in 2009 for being the longest (5,042m) and highest (1,292m) non-stop cable car. Experience pristine ecological systems of the Ba Na Mountains will leave you with a sense of unforeseeable discovery.
Here, step on Golden Bridge which stands 1,400m above sea level in the Ba Na hills. It extends over the treetops from the edge of a leafy cliff face offering tourists uninterrupted views of the majestic landscape beneath. The gold-coloured
walkway is lined with purple Lobelia Chrysanthemums and extends for almost 150 meters, curving around in an elegant design. Visit Le Jardin, old wineries, remains of French Villas and Ling Ung Pagoda with 27m high Buddha status.
Next take the second cable car to visit the top of the mountain and see the remains of old villas. View the whole Da Nang city under the cluster of white clouds. Leave Peak of Chua Mountain, visit the trail of Dreaming Stream, Rainbow Waterfall, Suspension Bridge, Golden Valley, and the ruined Opera House.
Afterwards, transfer to Hoi An and check-in at the hotel there. Overnight stay at hotel in Hoi An.
After breakfast, proceed for sightseeing tour of Hoi An.
The tour includes visit to the iconic 400-year-old Covered Bridge with a small temple attached to one side. Also visit the Museum of Trade Ceramics which is an elegant Vietnamese style wooden house built in 1858 showcasing antique ceramic artifacts. Next, see the 200-year-old Tan Ky House typifying an ancient Chinese merchant residence and the Ong Temple built in 1653 by Chinese settlers to worship an ancient Chinese general whose character stands for loyalty, bravery and justice and the local market vibrant with colours and activities.
Overnight stay at hotel in Hoi An.
After breakfast, check out from hotel and transfer to Danang airport and catch flight to Ho Chi Minh City (also called Saigon).
Upon arrival, you will be welcomed by our guide and transferred to the hotel for check in. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly named Saigon, is the largest city and economic center of Vietnam, always bustling with activities of modern life. It is where businesses converge and shoppers indulge themselves into unlimited choices.
Overnight stay at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
After breakfast at the hotel, proceed for a full-day sightseeing tour of Ho Chi Minh City
We shall start the tour with visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels, a major underground hideout and resistance base of Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and later on Americans. The tunnels are entirely hand-dug, formed a highly intricate network of interlinked multilevel passageways at times stretched as far as the Cambodian border and totaling over 120 km in length. Its complexity was beyond imagination containing meeting rooms, kitchens, wells, clinics, schools, depots, trenches and emergency exits all aimed for guerrilla warfare.
Afternoon, take a half-day city tour to visit 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
Overnight stay at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
After breakfast at hotel, travel past miles of flat rice fields, along a bustling road to My Tho City, which is part of the world’s largest delta and Vietnam’s rice bowl – Mekong Delta.
On arrival in My Tho City, board a motorboat and navigate through intricate canals while observing the local daily life up close as well as the landscape of waterways and lush islands. Land on Thoi Son Island where you can listen to Southern traditional music performed by native artists. Next, you will change to a paddle boat to cruise through the narrow canals and visit households with traditional occupations of home-based coconut candy and rice-wine making. Continue travel by motorized boat to another island to visit a bee farm and taste tea with fresh honey from the beehives and enjoy fresh fruits.
On the return to My Tho, stop to visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda, a prominent local Buddhist structure built in 1850 with a unique architectural mixture of Vietnamese, Roman, Chinese, and Cambodian styles characterized by a highly ornate façade. At the end of the tour, you will find the way back to Ho Chi Minh.
Overnight stay at Ho Chi Minh City
After breakfast, check out from the hotel and transfer to hotel to catch your flight back to India.
Arrive home with pleasant memories of your Vietnam and Cambodia tour organized by State Express Global Voyages, which we are sure you will treasure for a lifetime.
