Tour code: HAPUS365 - Full 7 Days
Tour type: Cultural Tour, Adventure Tour
Wheelchair availability: No
Experience Highlights:
365Aplus Travel offers you the best experiences of Vietnam from North to South, including tours around Hanoi, tours to ancient citadels, kitchen-to-table experiences, and exploring the Mekong delta
Outline itinerary:
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - Welcome dinner
Day 2: Hanoi – Ninh Binh excursion (Hoa Lu & Trang An)
Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay, overnight on cruise
Day 4: Halong – Hanoi
Day 5: Hanoi – City tour – Fly to Ho Chi Minh city
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh city - Mekong delta
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh city - Depart
Detailed itinerary:
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - Welcome dinner (Lunch, Dinner)
Arrive in Hanoi International airport.
Welcome up on arrival by local tour guide and driver then we transfer to hotel.
Have lunch at local restaurant.
After a short rest, we enjoy a 1-hour cyclo tour of the French inspired "old quarter". We will be free for shopping in the old quarter ranges from markets through to designer boutique stores to amazing contemporary art galleries. We will then sit down to enjoy a performance of the city’s famous Water Puppets. After the show, we will have welcome dinner at a fine local restaurant in town.
Day 2: Hanoi – Ninh Binh excursion (Hoa Lu & Trang An) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Pick up at hotel after breakfast, we will be driven to Ninh Binh. On arrival, we will visit Hoa Lu Ancient Capital dated back from 10th and 11th centuries. The area is one of rice fields broken by picturesque limestone mountains. It features several dozen monuments, including King Dinh and King Le Temple & Tombs….We then stop at a local restaurant for lunch.
After visiting the pagoda, we will transfer to a local restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon, we will take a pleasant boat rowing in Hoang Long River to visit Trang An Eco-Tourism complex. The complex is surrounded by picturesque landscape with thousands of hectares with more than 100 caves which can be explored by boat. It is also a home of 600 kinds of flora and over 200 kinds of fauna that many of them in the Red book of Vietnam. It is also a gathering of 31 valleys, 48 cross-water caves and we will visit 3 to 6 of them. On the rowing boat, we can enjoy the fresh air, clean and clear water with under water grass. Experience ourselves the feeling and emotion when we are on the water caves…. In the afternoon, at around 4 PM, we will be driven back to Hanoi for overnight accommodation.
Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay, overnight on cruise (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
08:00 – 08:30 La Regina Grand Cruise luxury limousine picks you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter to start your journey to La Regina Private Lounge. (optional)
11:30 Arrive at La Regina private lounge – Lot 24, Tuan Chau Marina – Ha Long, enjoy welcome drink and express check-in before boarding.
12:15 Transferred by tender to La Regina Grand Cruises. Welcome aboard the cruise, refresh with our welcome drink while Cruise Manager briefing cruise orientation, activities & on board safety. The boat starts to cruising to Lan Ha bay.
13:00 Cruise leaves to explore Lan Ha Bay. You will be enjoying a meal that features the distinctive Vietnamese cuisine taste while relaxing and avoiding the crowds on well-traveled roads.
15:30 You will arrive at Light and Dark Cave – one of the best attractions on Lan Ha Bay which is best known for its pristine and tranquil beatuty. Exploring the area by local boat or kayaking. After that, you can swim in the green emerald and cool water around the cruise.
17:30 Return to the cruise and enjoy the Bay sunset while enjoying the "Happy Hour" special. You may also join our chef in the kitchen to learn how to make traditional spring rolls.
19:00 If the weather permits, enjoy dinner on the sundeck or in Ha Long Bar & Restaurant, which is on the second floor. You will have the chance to savor meals produced from premium, fresh ingredients in a distinctive fusion style that fuses the essence of traditional Vietnamese cuisine with the innovative influences of modern cuisine.
After dinner, it’s your choice for a fun squid fishing, spa (charge fees) or relaxing.
Day 4: Halong – Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch)
06:00 Greet the new day on the sundeck with a tachi session. Enjoy the fresh air on the bay while you unwind with a cup of tea or coffee.
06:45 Enjoy a quick breakfast on board and get your day going with plenty of energy.
07:30 You will join the tour of Cat Ba Wolrd Biosphere. It will take you around 30 minutes to transfer from Gia Luan to Trung Trang – one of the most imperrsive caves in Cat Ba Island, Vietnam.
09:40 Lunch is served in the restaurant while the boat heads back to the harbor.
11:00 Disembark from the cruise as our crew sa farewell, back to Tuan Chau Marina by our tender.
Take a sharing limousine van back to Hanoi. Check in hotel for overnight.
Day 5: Hanoi – City tour – Fly to Ho Chi Minh city (Breakfast, Lunch)
Today we will venture out to explore Hanoi. First up we will drive to the Ho Chi Minh complex where we will spend time at Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, his former stilt-house, the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and One Pillar Pagoda. Followings we visit the Temple of Literature, which originally built as a temple to Confucius.
After lunch, we visit the Museum of Ethnology, which is widely acknowledged as the best in the country and has an extensive display dedicated to Vietnam's 54 Ethnic minority peoples.
Transfer to airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Welcome up on arrival by local tour guide and driver then we transfer to hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh city - Mekong delta (Breakfast, Lunch)
Have breakfast at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Our local guide and driver will pick up & transfer to Mekong delta.
Cruising on the Mekong river for a sight-seeing of the four islands: Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle, Phoenix and Rạch Miễu bridge.
Heading to Thới Sơn (Uniorn island, the biggest island in this area which is about 1.200 square hectare and about 11 km long) to see bee hives and enjoy honey tea at local people’s house.
Continuing to An Hóa Island, Bến Tre province to visit a coconut candy workshop.
Taking horse-carriage (or electric cart) along the village road.
Resting at a farm-house to enjoy some fresh tropical fruits and listen to some traditional music performed by local people.
Rowing small boat (sampan) along a beautiful natural canal and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere in the countryside. Returning to Mỹ Tho city and enjoy fresh coconut on the boat.
Finishing the Mekong tour and get back to hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh city – City tour – Depart (Breakfast, Lunch)
Morning, we visit the Reunification Palace, the former Presidential Palace for the president of the South of Vietnam. After that we will visit War Remnant Museum, where we can see countless artifacts, photographs and pictures documenting about the second Indochina war. We also stop at Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post office to get good shots for our memory of the big, modern city of Vietnam. Then we will visit: Ben Thanh market & transfer directly to airport for your homeward flight. Ending the services.
