Stunning Holiday from South to North of Vietnam

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City – the largest city in Vietnam. Our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check-in. The room is at your disposal from 02:00 PM onwards. The balance of the day will be free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

08:00 – 08:30 AM: Pick up at your hotel and start the city tour included:

• Independence Palace (the Reunification Palace) was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace.
• War Remnants Museum which has a vast display of both the Indochina wars.
• Notre Dame Cathedral & Central Post Office the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times
• Jade Emperor Pagoda with the peaceful atmosphere &o many stories behind each detail of the pagoda.

12:30 PM: Lunch time with a famous Phở restaurant (Vietnamese noodle soup).

02:00 PM: Depart around 1,5 hours through the pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi Tunnels – the historic site where Vietnamese soldiers used as a shelter during wartime. This fantastic network stretches over 250 km and is the shelter of Vietnamese soldiers during the wars. There is a shooting range where you can try to fire automatic or semi-automatic weapons for a fee (this fee is not included)

06:00 – 07:00 PM: Be dropped off at your hotel. Dinner on your own account. Overnight at the hotel.

08:00 – 08:30 AM: Depart from Ho Chi Minh and head straight to Ben Tre, crossing the impressive Rach Mieu Cable-stayed Bridge. Board a small boat to visit typical workplaces including small brick factories, a coconut processing workshop and a local mat-weaving house.

Stop at a quiet village, take a short walk to experience local life and hop on your Xe-lôi (a kind of motorized rickshaw).

12:30 PM: Enjoy lunch at a local riverside restaurant.

01:30 PM: Take a short cycling tour to explore the surrounding fields before boarding a sampan for a tranquil trip along the picturesque canals. Come back to the port and return to Saigon

05:00 PM: Be dropped at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Free on your own until our driver comes to pick you up to transfer to the airport to take a domestic flight to Hanoi. Once arrival, you will be warmly welcomed by the tour guide and driver to transfer to the hotel to check in. The room will be at your disposal from 02:00 PM.

02:00 PM: Start the city tour to see the most famous sightseeing included:

• Ho Chi Minh Complex (outside) where the great President Ho Chi Minh rests in peace.
• The traditional stilt house and the respected One-Pillar Pagoda, the special pagoda with a particular structure.
• Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to Tran Hung Dao – General Commander for his struggle against Mongolians.
• Old Quarter tour by electric car – a fun and environmentally friendly way to discover the local life around Hanoi Old Quarters.

05:30 PM: Back to the hotel. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

07:45 – 08:15 AM: Picked up from your hotel and we will depart to Ninh Binh City.

10:00 AM: Arrive Hoa Lu Ancient Capital – the ancient capital of Vietnam dating back to the 11th century. Visitors can see temples built in honor of the emperors Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Dai Hanh their sons, and Queen Duong Van Nga, who was married first to Dinh Tien Hoang and then to Le Dai Hanh

11:00 AM: We will move into Trang An Grottoes (the Wolrd Natural Heritage site). Enjoy 2 hour on rowing boat to trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see scenery of mountain and rivers Halong Bay on land of Ninh Binh. Next visit, our tour guide will show you the Kong: Skull Island filming location the aboriginal village (Skull Island Village)

Get back to the Wharf and enjoy the lunch at local restaurant.

02:00 PM: Cycling to Bich Dong pagoda – a series of atmospheric caves filled with ancient shrines. The pagoda surrounded by many limestone mountains was very ancient and famous.

03:45 PM: Get back to shuttle bus and return to Hanoi

06:00 PM: Drop off at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

07:30 – 08:00 AM: Pick up at the hotel and start 3.5-hour scenic drive to Halong Bay.

12:45 PM: Arrive at Tuan Chau Harbor, and then embark a Day cruise followed by a short cruise briefing. Have lunch and cruise through the emerald water passing by the Dog Stone, the Burning Incense islet, stop at Ba Hang fishing village for kayaking or sit in a sampan boat rowed by locals. Visit Fighting-Cock islet and the Heavenly Palace (Thien Cung) cave. Have tea break while enjoying local finger food and sunset in Halong Bay.

04:45 – 05:15 PM: Back to the harbor. Disembark and get on the bus back to Hanoi.

08:30 PM: Drop off at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

You are free to relax until being transferred to the airport (without tour guide) for your departure flight. The room is at your disposal until noon time. Meals on your own. End of the tour.