Vietnam 12-Day Tour: Ultimate Cultural and Adventure Journey

Arrive at Noi Bai Airport. You will be warm welcomed & picked up by private driver then transferring to a hotel in Hanoi. Check-in registration. Relax and stay overnight at hotel.
Meal: N/A
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Have breakfast at hotel
Our guide will pick you up between 8h00 and 08h30
08h30: Arrive Tran Quoc Pagoda –  the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
09h00 – 9h15: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world
11h00: Visit one of these
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam.
12h30: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.
13h30 – 13h45: Continue visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century
15h45: Leave for Hoan Kiem Lake to visit Ngoc Son Temple, which honors General Tran Hung Dao in 13th certury.
16h15: Tour finishes. Back to hotel
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

07:00 – 07:30 – Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay and start 110km modern Bus-journey through verdant landscape of country side. Short-brake en route.
10:45 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Centuries.
12:00 – Enjoy the lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisines.
13:30 – Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountain are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle. Embark on a traditional sampan gently roweddown the exquisite river through numerous caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave,…and Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…
15:30 – Arrive Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain for
watching the spectacular rice valley with specious view of the nature.
Transfer another car to bungalow in Ninh Binh. Free at leisure. Have Dinner with host.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Bungalow in Ninh Binh

Having breakfast at hotel
Today we leave Ninh Binh to Halong bay. Upon arrival, we will embark to a junk for a cruise around Ha Long Bay. While the junk cruising caves, grottoes, floating villages on Ha Long bay, have delicious lunch with seafood on boat. Stop for a while for an excursing to the Caves, and Swimming, Kayaking if weather permitted. In the evening, enjoy the night fishing (if weather permitted).
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: On Cruise

In the morning, cruising more in the Halong bay before return to the Halong pier. Enjoy lunch on Halong before return back Hanoi.
11h30-12h00: Pick up and transfer back to Hanoi.
Then transfer to airport for flight to Danang.
Up on arrival in Danang, pick up and transfer to hotel. Free and Overnight in Danang.
Meal: Breakfast, Brunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Danang

Having breakfast at hotel
Free at leisure on the beach in Danang – known for its pristine white sands and crystal-clear waters. It’s a great spot for swimming, sunbathing, and water sports
– 12h00: Check out hotel
– 15h30-15h50: tour guide will meet you at the hotel to start a tour to visit: Five Marble Mountain and Hoi An tour.
Transfer to Five Marble Mountain: a cluster of five limestone peaks in Vietnam
– 16h30: Continue to visit Hoi An – World Heritage – walking tour through the narrow winding streets of the Ancient Quarter visiting Chua Ong Pagoda, Chinese Assembly Halls, the 200-year-old Tam Ky ancestral house, and the Japanese Bridge and free at leisure on the beach or wandering around the town
– Have dinner in Hoi An
Then transfer to hotel in Hoi An for overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian

Having breakfast early at 6h45-7h15am
7h30am:  Pick up at hotel in to Ba Na hills. Take a Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station.
Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden… Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar) (fee on your side) , flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda.
Have buffet lunch at restaurant.
Afternoon: Free for joining games in Fantasy Park – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with series of interesting games: 4 – 5D film, skiver, The death race, dinosaur park… (2 hours).
15h30 Transfer to Hoi An.
Free and Overnight in Hoi An.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Have breakfast at hotel.
Free at leisure till our driver picks you up to the airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh city
Arrival Ho Chi Minh city, pick up and transfer to hotel. Free at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

08:00 AM: Take the morning trip to visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. The Independence palace is a widely known landmark of Ho Chi Minh City and was designed by the architect Ngo Viet Thu.
Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office.
Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum the museum has a vast display of both the Indochina wars.
12:00 PM: Have lunch at the local restaurant.
Then continue to Cu Chi Tunnel:

• You’ll have a chance to watch the documentary and see self-made weapon, bamboo traps,…and see how guerrillas dug , lived and fought inside the tunnels as well as learning how the strength of will against sophisticated weapon.
• You can crawl in the tunnels if you wish.
• Know how the locals make rice paper, rice wine.
• Try to fire AK-47. (600.000 VND / Bullets ) and the steamed cassava
• 18:00: Leave Cu Chi, return HCM center

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation:  Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Depart for Cai Be, stop for photos at Tan An town over the flat rice fields. Arrive to Cai Be, start the motorized boat to visit the Cai Be floating market, experience how people exchanging goods, fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Visitors then roam into the small villages to visit the orchard, fruit plantation. Keep cruising to Vinh Long through small canals to enjoy the charm of the Upper Mekong Delta. Visit some hand-made family business products such as the coconut candy mill, the crispy rice popcorn. Arrive in Binh Hoa Phuoc village the green pearl of Vinh Long town where you can indulge yourself into the nature. Enjoy the southern Vietnamese traditional folk music. Take a nice walk through the bonsai garden. Return to Ho Chi Minh city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation:  Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Have breakfast at hotel
Free at leisure in Ho Chi Minh city
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city

Breakfast at hotel.
Free at leisure until transferring to the airport to take departure flight onward. HOME SWEET HOME!!!
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city