Day 1: Noi Bai airport – Ha Noi City

12h30: Our private car pick you up from Noi Bai airport according your flight time table, then transfering you go to your hotel in Hanoi. Free time to relax and visit Ha Noi. Sleep at your hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2: Ha Noi City (B,L)

7h00 – 7h30 Breakfast is service at your hotel.

8h20: Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel, start the tour by visiting the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum - the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho - and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho's final resting-palace Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, built by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.

After that, you’ll have a chance to visit Ethnology museum

12h30: You have lunch at a restaurant with local Vietnamese traditional Cuisines.

13h30: You’ll visit Hoa Lo prision, the Temple of literature, which was Viet Nam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius enjoy egg coffee. After the tour our another tour guide will show you visit Ha Noi train street, Hoan Kiem Lake, the heart and soul of Hanoi.

16h00 – 16h30: Drop you back your hotel, free time to relax and visit Hanoi. Sleep at your hotel in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi – Hoa Lu  – Trang An – Mua Cave – Ninh Binh (B, L)

7h00: Breakfast is service at the hotel, then checking out your hotel.

7h30 – 08h00 The bus/ limousine bus will pick you up at your hotel in Tam Coc in Ninh Binh to departure for Hoa Lu.

10h30 – 10h40 You will reach to Hoa Lu ancient capital of Vietnam. You will visit Dinh King temple and Le King temple in the 10th centery, finding out the heroic histories of this two kings in Chinese Wars.                                                       

11h50 – 12h00 Get on the bus/limousine bus go to the local restaurant for having a lunch with Vietnamese cuisine.

Option 1: 13h00 – 13h05 Get on the bus/limousine bus continue going to Tam Coc wharf, take the sampan go along the Ngo Dong river to visit Tam Coc (three different caves).    

Option 2: 13h00 – 13h05 Get on the bus/limousine bus continue going to Trang An wharf, take the sampan go along the Trang An stream to visit Trang An cave complex.

15h00 – 15h05 Biking to visit the local village in Ninh Binh ( Optional)

15h30 – 15h35 Keep going to visit Mua cave. The place attracts visitors with it’s many interesting stories. In here you can see all the way to Tam Coc, enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the countryside and Ngo Dong river.

16h30 – 17h00 Get on the bus/limousine bus go to your hotel in Ninh Binh. Check in your hotel. Free time to relax and visit Tam Coc in Ninh Binh.

18h50 – 19h00: Dinner is service at the local restaurant. Free time to relax or visit Ninh Binh at night time. Sleep at your hotel in Ninh Binh.

Day 4: Ninh Binh – Halong Bay (B,L,D)

6h30: Early breakfast is service at your hotel, then checking out your your hotel. 

7h00 – 7h30: The bus will pick you up at your hotel to departure for Halong Bay. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta. You will have a short break on the half way.

11h30: Your first stop is our check-in lounge at Tuan Chau island. You will have time to refresh yourself after the long drive from Hanoi and wait for checking-in.

12h15: You will have a lunch and enjoy the stunning views as the boat cruises towards the southeast of Halong Bay, passing Fighting- Cock and Finger Islet. Our cruise will take you go to Titov Island -  where you can go swimming or hiking to the top for another stunning, panoramic view of the Bay

16h00: Back on board, you can enjoy sunset time on our sundeck and take the beautiful pictures during sunset time.

19h00: Delight in the shimmering atmosphere of thousands of stars while eating a fantastic, expertly prepared dinner. This is the perfect time for you to relax with spa treatments or enjoy a cocktail. Besides, we provide free for squid fishing tools at reception or singing karaoke. Overnight on our Cruises.

Day 5: Halong Bay – Ha Noi – Da Nang (B,L)

06h30: You get up early morning sun risers can enjoy Tai Chi lesson on sundeck.

07h00: You enjoys morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee and have breakfast.

08h00 You will arrive Sung Sot Cave (Amazing Cave) and joining with guide to visiting and explore the cave.

10h00 Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay and  prepare for a cooking class

11h00 Enjoy the lunch on cruise.

12h00 Cruise are landing Halong Bay harbor, tourist say goodbye to sailors and finish the cruise.

12h30 Get on the bus/limousine bus leave Ha long back to Ha Noi.

15h30 – 16h00: Drop you off at our office in Ha Noi. Leave your luggage at our office, free time to relax.

16h30: Get on your private car go to Noi Bai Airport to catch your flight leave Ha Noi at 19h30 to Da Nang, Arrive Da Nang at 20h45, my driver and private car will pick you up, transfer you go to your hotel in Da Nang. Check in your hotel. Free time to relax. Sleep at the hotel in Da Nang.

Day 6: Da Nang City – Ba Na Hill – Golden Hand Bridge – Hoi An Town (B, L)

7h00: Breakfast is service at the hotel, check out your hotel.

07h30 – 08h00: Our minivan and tour guide pick you up at hotel lobby, transfer you to Ba Na. Reach Ba Na Hills via Cable Car Spend your time on the most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, visit Dream Stream Cable car Station and see the panorama of Quang Nam - Danang City on high.

After finishing the first cable car, you will visit The Golden Bridge - which has the most exotic structure and also the world's most prominent pedestrian bridges highlighted by the British Guard newspaper, France wine cellar, Le Jardin D’amourn(consists of 9 gardens), Linh Ung pagoda.

Continue the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village - enjoy Street Music, watch Art’s statue , Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome ... Challenge the most popular adventure ride - Slide of Tube Car (free ride)…

Lunch at Restaurant (Buffet lunch). Take the Lava Train from Sun Kingdom to many new attractions for check in such as: Helios waterfall, Time Gate, The Moon Kingdom …Join in Fantasy Park with Walking in Fairy Forest, discover Dinosaur Park, play 5D wild west, enjoy 4D death race ride, watch 3D mega 360 degree, ride on Journey into the underground, enter Jurassic Park, challenge Freefall Tower and participate in adventure in Horror House and over 90 free games.

15h00: Return to the Cable Car for leaving Ba Na Hills

16h45 – 17h45: Our minivan brings you to your hotel in Hoi An.

18h00 – 18h30: Check in your hotel in Hoi An. Free time to visit Hoi An town, Nguyen Hoang market and Thu Bon river at night. Sleep at your hotel in Hoi An.

Day 7: Hoi An – Cam Thanh Coconut – Traditional Basket Boat Ride – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City ( B,L)

7h00 – 8h30: Breakfast is service at the hotel, check out your hotel

9h00: Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel, transfer you go to Cam Thanh Coconut.

09h30: You will meet local fishermen and experience the daily life.

10h00: Take a bamboo basket boat on the Cam Thanh water coconut forest, have a brief introduction to the history there.

10h30: Join local fisherman on the river and enjoy hands-on experience of round net and cast net fishing.

+ Learn to paddle the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat and join in a basket boat race.

+ Explore the now peaceful coconut waterways of a past war.

+ Go catch the crabs, coconut mussel.

+ Make funny tools from coconut leaf.

+ You will have lunch at the restaurant

+ Return fisherman house, say good bye fisherman house go back to your hotel in Hoi An. Free time to visit Hoi An ancient town.

16h00: Get on your private car go to Da Nang Airport to catch your flight leave Da Nang at 18h20 to Ho Chi Minh city.

20h00: Arrive Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh, my driver and private car will pick you up, transfer you to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh. Check in your hotel. Free time to relax. Sleep at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta (B, L)

7h00 am Breakfast is service at the hotel.

7h45 – 8h00: Our tour guide and the bus will pick you up at your hotel to departure for My Tho. On arrived at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view the stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank. Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden. Then aboat ride to An Khanh – a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals, then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of "Southern Vietnamese folk music", performed by locals. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste the delicious coconut candy & observe thepastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village. Meet the private car and return to HCMC.

17h00 – 17h30: Drop you off your hotel. Free time to relax and visit Ho Chi Minh city at night. Sleep at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.

Day 09: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnel (B, L)

7h30 After having breakfast, Our tour guide and the car will pick you up at your hotel to start the trip by visiting Cu Chi Tunnels. Located 60km from HCMC, Cu Chi is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists - the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens. Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone".

Have lunch at the restaurant.

After having lunch, come back to visit Ho Chi Minh city to visit the Reunification Palace, followed by exploring Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. End the trip with a visit to Ben Thanh Market, time for shopping and explore Ho Chi Minh city. Sleep at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Tan Son Nhat Airport – Departure (B):

On this day, after having breakfast, you will check out your hotel, free time to relax, visit, shopping at market in Ho Chi Minh city.

10h30 - 11h00: Check out your hotel, get on your private car go to Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh to catch your flight out.

End the tour!

Have a great trip with Asian Discovery Travel!