North and South of Vietnam Essentials

Welcome to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, you will be collected by our local guide at the airport and transfer to hotel for check-in. The room is at your disposal from 02:00 PM onwards.

Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

08:15 – 08:30 AM: You will be picked up by our tour guide and driver at your hotel. Spend today to explore our capital – Hanoi with the most highlights included:

• Tran Quoc pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake.
• Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, the final resting place of Viet Nam’s greatest father; his house-on-stilt and One pillar pagoda – modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi.
• Temple of Literature – the first university of Viet Nam.

12:30 PM: Relax and have lunch at a local restaurant in Hanoi Old Quarter.

• Explore daily life of traditional ceramics village of Bat Trang. Visit showrooms and see how they model the products.
• Arrive legendary Hoan Kiem lake. Visit Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to Tran Hung Dao, General Commander for his battle against Mongolians.

03:30 PM: Drop you off at your hotel.Dinner on your own and overnight at the hotel.

07:45 – 08:30 AM: Picked up at your hotel. From there start your 100km bus trip through the green landscapes. Here is the itinerary for this trip:

10:30 AM: Visit the glimmering Bai Dinh pagoda complexes, the largest pagoda in Southeast of Asia where 500 stone statues of ‘La Han’ (Arhats), 2 bronze bells and 3 bronze statues of Tam The are located.

12:30 PM: Have lunch at a local restaurant.

01:30 PM: Visit Trang An Grottoes, an outstanding natural beauty with majestic limestone massif. Cycle down the rural roads along the extensive canal network and through small villages.

06:30 PM Arrive Hanoi and drop-off at the hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

07:30 – 08:30 AM: Meet our tour guide and bus then take a 3.5-hour bus drive through fertile rice fields to Halong Bay. Have a break en-route in Hai Duong City to free your legs.

Board our Dragon Cruise and start cruising among limestone islands and photograph of stunning landscapes of Halong.

01:00 PM: Savor your lunch on board while passing by beautiful Stone Dog, Incense Burner Islet.

Stop at a fishing village to see the local fish-men community and know more about their life. Cruising further to take photos of Halong Bay symbol, a “Fighting cock” rock.

Visit Thien Cung “Heavenly Palace” cave, the most beautiful in Halong Bay. Get back and cruise more around emerald water.

Stop at the harbor again to catch the bus to Hanoi.

08:00 PM: Arrive back in Hanoi. Tour ends.

Free on your own until being transferred to the airport for a flight to Phu Quoc, a beautiful island in the South of Vietnam.

Once you arrive in Phu Quoc, you will be picked up and transferred to the hotel for check-in (driver only).

Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

09:00 AM: Picked up from the hotel by bus at the lobby

• Pearl Farm – Learn about the history of pearl farming on Phu Quoc Island
• Sim Wine factory – See the manufacturing process and taste locally made wines
• Pepper Farm – Learn about pepper harvesting
• Ham Ninh Fishing village – See daily life and check out the Ho Quoc pagoda
• Sao Beach – Enjoy lunch (Relaxing–Swimming–Sunbathing)
• Coconut Prison – Learn about the history of Vietnam
• Fish Sauce Factory – See the production process
• Tranh stream – Stop for the rainy season only from May – October

04:30 PM: Return to your hotel.

Today is at your disposal. Enjoy some beach time and try scuba-diving in one of the most remarkable beaches in Vietnam.

Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Enjoy the very last moment at the mesmerizing island before you are taken to the airport for the flight back home (without tour guide).

End of tour.