| Home >> Tour Shop :>>SHP113: Vietnam highlights 15 Days Highlights: Hanoi – Halong bay – Hue – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi – Cao Dai – Mekong delta This exciting luxury package allows us to experience the daily life of Vietnamese people in different parts of Vietnam Day 1: Arrival Hanoi Upon arrival, we will be welcome by our guide and transferred to the hotel. After that we will have 1 hour cyclo tour around the old quarter. In the evening, we will enjoy the unique Water Puppet performance; and we will have our welcome dinner at one of the finest restaurants in town. Today Welcome Dinner included. Day 2: Hanoi City tour Our trip starting from your hotel to Ho Chi Minh Complex, where we will spend a couple of hour to visit: Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum, his former stilt-house residence, the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh museum and one pillar pagoda. Keep going to see the Temple of Literature: Originally built as a temple to Confucius, this is the site of Vietnam's first university dating back to 1070. Inside are the stone stele mounted on the backs of turtles, inscribed with the names of the university's graduates. The complex is divided into five courtyards with different paths that would originally have been reserved for the Emperor and his mandarins. One of the courtyards contains the statue of Confucius guarded by two beautiful bronze storks standing on turtles. The temple highlights the importance that Vietnamese society placed then and now on education. Lunch will be served in the restaurant in Hanoi. In the afternoon we have free time at leisure to do shopping or explore the city by your own. Today Breakfast included. Notes: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum opening time: Open from Tuesday to Thursday and weekends from 8am to 11pm. Closed on Mondays and Fridays. The mausoleum is closed for two months of the year, usually October and November, when Ho Chi Minh’s body is maintenance by Russian expert. Day 3: Hanoi - Halong bay Today we are heading to the northeast of Hanoi to Ha Long bay. After few hours drive, we are welcome on board of Halong Ginger and set sail through bay while lunch is served. Passage into the magical bay, where thousands of sculpted limestone islands rise from the waves like dragons’ teeth. After lunch, take a short trek to a nearby summit for a panoramic view of the bay dotted with Halong Ginger golden sails, go swimming on a quite beach or sunbathing on the sundeck. Later afternoon, visit an interesting fishing village with opportunity to interact with fish men who have been living in the bay for almost three generations. At sunset time, kayak or simply take a bamboo rowboat to discover a water tunnel with many coral reefs in a scenic lagoon. Back on board Halong Ginger, enjoy cocktails while watching sunset and later unwind at Ginger restaurant. Today Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included. Day 4: Halong bay – Hanoi Greeting the day with a morning Tai Chi exercise with an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay. After breakfast, visit beautiful limestone grotto then back to the boat for a final glimpse of the Halong Bay while cruising back to the dock for our return back to Hanoi. Today Breakfast included. Day 5: Hanoi fly to Hue (Morning flight) After breakfast, we will be transferred to the airport to take flight to Hue. Upon arrival in the airport, we will be welcomed by our tour guide and transferred to have lunch will be serve in a typical Vietnamese cuisine in Hue l and then transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we will visit Imperial city, Dong Ba market. Overnight in the hotel. Today Breakfast included. Day 6: Hue In the morning, we will take a dragon boat to cruise along the Perfume River. We will pause to visit Thien Mu pagoda, one of the best-loved architectural pagodas in Vietnam considered by many as the unofficial symbol of Hue. It is an active Buddhist monastery with its origins dating back to 1601. One of the most poignant displays is a car belonging to a former monk who, in 1963, drove to Saigon and set himself alight to protest against the treatment of Buddhists by the S.Vietnamese regime. After that, we will continue our boat trip to the majestic and scenic Emperor Minh Mang tomb. You are free at leisure in the rest of afternoon. Today Breakfast included. Day 7: Hue – Hoi An We travel through the high pass of Hai Van with its spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean en route to Hoi An. Once a flourishing trading port servicing south East Asia, this quaint riverside town still boasts a wealth of century’s old traditional architecture. The influences of several Asian cultures can be seen in the old houses and waterside buildings. It is also famous as a place to be instantly created inexpensive tailored outfits. Today Breakfast included. Day 8: Hoi An In 1995, UNESCO recognized Hoian as a world Heritage site. Hoian was a thriving international commercial seaport for Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, and Arab traders. These people came to trade primarily for many things, especially for high quality silk, which are still produced in the area. Today Hoi An is a quaint riverside town popular among tourists for it charming architectures, souvenir and tailor shops, and café. Some of the lovely buildings in the narrow streets have change a little over some hundred years. In the morning today we enjoy the walking tour through the narrow winding streets of the Old town visit FuKien assembly hall, the 200 year old Tan Ky house, the Japanese cover bridge, Hoi An museum, the handcrafts workshops, and Hoian market. In the afternoon we take short boat ride to visit Thanh Ha pottery village, Kim Bong woodcarving village, and the boat-building yard. Today Breakfast included. Day 9: Hoi An You are free at your leisure. Today Breakfast included. Day 10: Flight Danang - Ho Chi Minh (Afternoon flight) Today we will take the flight to Ho Chi Minh City in the early afternoon, after short flight, we will be transferred to the hotel. The rest of the day, you are at leisure. Today Breakfast included. Day 11: Saigon City tour Our tour starts at 08:30 and ends at 17:30. We depart our hotel for the Reunification Palace, the former Presidential Palace for the president of the South of Vietnam. After that, we will visit War Remnant Museum, where you can see countless artifacts, photographs and pictures documenting about the second Indochina war. Before our lunch, we stop at Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post office to get our good shots for our memory of the biggest city in Vietnam. Our delicious lunch will be served at a “Pho 2000” restaurant in the central city. In the afternoon we will visit: Ben Thanh market, Cho Lon, Chinese town and market. Here you can experience our Vietnamese Southern daily life. We will be back our hotel after visiting Giac Lam pagoda, one of the oldest and finest pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City. It is really relaxation here. Today Breakfast included. Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi – Cao Dai temple In the morning we will leave Saigon for the Cu Chi tunnels, otherwise known as the "Iron Triangle" or "Iron Land". On our way there we will drive through pleasant countryside; rubber plantations and rice paddies. Before entering the tunnels, we will see a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, followed by an exploration of the maze of tunnels, some of which have been widened to allow tourist access. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500lb bombs dropped by B52 bombers. Next we drive to Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border. This is home to the unique Cao Dai sect whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name but a few. This religion is an odd mix of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucianism and Christianity. Join Cao Dai worshippers for their daily noontide ceremony where hundreds of worshipers attired in lively red, yellow blue and white, chant religious hymns. Lunch and return to Ho Chi Minh City. Today Breakfast included. Day 13: Ho Chi Minh City - Vinh Long - Can Tho Our trip starts from our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and depart for Cai Be town where we will take the boat ride through the natural canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the riversides. Before boating to the river island where we will enjoy our delicious lunch in the heart of the orchard, we visit the Cai Be wholesale fruit market. After lunch, we continue on cruising through the natural canal in island, and under the shadow of the water coconut trees. We also visit the local family where we can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Walking through the fruit plantation in An Binh Island, we will take the rowing boat ride along the creeks before coming to Vinh Long by motorized boat. Then we transfer to our vehicle to drive to Can Tho city. Overnight at hotel in Can Tho. Today Breakfast & Lunch included. Day 14: Can Tho - Cai Rang – Saigon After breakfast this morning, we will take the morning boat trip to visit the Cai Rang floating market with the busy sense right at the time. Then we keep on cruising through the small channels system, visit the rice noodles making village. Let's try experience the "Monkey Bridge" in the Mekong Delta before returning Ho Chi Minh city via Vinh Long to visit the local snake market. Today Breakfast included Day 15: Ho Chi Minh City departure The day at leisure until we take the van to airport for flight home. Today Breakfast included.
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