Day 1: Noi Bai airport – Ha Noi City – Water Puppet Show

Our private car pick you up from Noi Bai airport according your flight time table, then transferring you go to your hotel in Hanoi. Check in your hotel in Hanoi, free time to relax.

Then our tour guide to pick you up at your hotel to start your Hanoi city tour. Our tour guide will guide you join an exciting easy walk through Hanoi Old Quarter to visit all most famous and beautiful places such as Hanoi Old train street ( one of unique places in Hanoi to take nice pictures and lern about Hanoian people who living near train street), then continue going to visit Hanoi church ( It is is a church on Nha Chung Street in the Hoàn Kiếm District of Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a late 19th-century Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic style) church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi. After finish visiting Hanoi church, next places, it is Hanoi Ancient house ( it is one of unique and symbol Hanoi ancient style house) and O Quan Chuong old gate of citadel ( One of old relic of Thang Long citadel), Hoan Kiem Lake, Turtle tower, The Huc bridge and Ngoc Son Temple. Finally you will have a chance to enjoy the Thang Long water puppet theature ( one of comic and famous show in Hanoi city). After that, get on the car back to your hotel in Hanoi or visit Hanoi city. Sleep at your hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2: Ha Noi City Private Tour (B,L)

7h30: Breakfast is service at your hotel in Hanoi

8h00 – 8h30: Our tour guide and private car will pick you up from your hotel, start the tour by visiting Long Bien bridge, The red river and Thang Long ancient citadel.

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

13h30: You’ll visit Tran Quoc pagoda and west lake and the Temple of Literature, which was Viet Nam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius. Finally you will have chance to enjoy cyclo – unique traditional transportation style in Hanoi and enjoy the most famous and delicious egg coffee of Hanoian people.

17h00: Drop you off at your hotel in Ha Noi. Free time to relax and visit the night market in Hanoi city. Sleep at your hotel in Hanoi city.

Day 3: Ha Noi – Perfume Pagoda (B,L)

7h50 – 8h00 am: After having breakfast. The bus will pick up from your hotel departure for Perfume Pagoda with about 2-hours bus trip through Vietnamese villages. You will have a short break on the half way

10h30 On arrival, take a short walk long the beautiful landscapes to Yen wharf for enjoy a rowing boat along Yen stream with crossing by many Buddhist shrines and pagodas.

Visit Trinh temple and take cable car go up to the "Huong Tich" cave on the top of the mountain

In the afternoon, take cable car down and time for lunch before enjoy a leisure time around for visit Thien Tru pagoda, shopping, worshiping and breaking. After that coming back Thien Tru wharf get on your rowing boat back to Yen Wharf for getting on the bus back to Ha Noi.

19h00 – 19h30 pm: Drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. Free time to relax and visit Hanoi city. Sleep at your hotel in Hanoi.

Day 4: Hanoi – Ban Craft Village – Quang Phu Cau Insence Making Village – Sapa (B,L)

7h30: Breakfast is service at the hotel. Check out your hotel.

8h10: The private car and tour guide will pick up from your hotel departure for visiting Quang Phu Cau Insence making village.

09h40: Arrive Insence making village. Our tour guide will show you visit Quang Phu Cau Incense plays an important role in the Vietnamese spiritual life as it is used in temples, pagodas, shrines and other worshipping places. Quang Phu Cau has long been one of the largest incense stick makers in Vietnam. Each stick is the end of a long process, from cutting bamboo shoots to splitting them into smaller rods, then sticks. Red is often the color of the dye, as it represents luck and happiness. What makes it truly photogenic is when these sticks are dried. Since they’re tied in bundles, the workers would then stand and spread each bundle to make sure the sticks get dried more quickly. Numerous bundles are laid in the yard, each shapes like an umbrella. After finish visiting ensence making village, get on your private car go to the restaurant for having lunch. After lunch, keep going to visit Ban craft village in Hung Yen. Ban soy sauce is so popular because it is made from large-grain sticky rice, small-grain soy bean, and in particular dinged-well water. There is only one well in Ban Village to supply the water to make the soy sauce, which is its sole purpose. Therefore, coming to Ban village to witness the sauce’s production in Hung Yen is recommended to tourists as it is a fascinating sight around harvest time. After finish visiting Ban craft village. Come back your hotel. Free time to relax and visit Hanoi city until 21h00 get on your sleeper cabin bus leave Hanoi to Sapa. Check in your sleeper cabin bus. Sleep over night on the bus.

Day 5: Sapa – Cat Cat Village – Moana – Sapa Town (B, L, D)

On this day, you will arrive Sapa early in the morning about 4h30 – 5h00 am. You will have early check in.

7h30 – 8h30: Breakfast is service at the hotel.

8h30 – 9h00: Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel, show you go to visit Moana. A check-in area with man-made structures but arranged in harmony with nature to create a unique, strange, and beautiful landscape. This place consists of seven categories, attracting young people and family by many unique miniatures. There are Bali heaven gate, Moana girl statue, infinity lake, golden hand, death swing, lonely tree, and coffee area.

12h00: Lunch is service at the restaurant.

After lunch, continue going to visit Cat Cat Village, this is the village of Black H’Mong hill tribe. The village is on the slope of the hill and easy walking, rice and corn are grown here. Visiting Cat Cat village, you will have a chance to visit a big waterfall on the stream and the old Hydro Electric Power Station built by French people. That is the image of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful designs. A note worthy is that H’Mong women use indigo plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll around and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their colors durable.

17h00: Get on your private bus/ car come back to your hotel. Free time to relax.

Evening: Dinner is service at the restaurant, You are free to explore Sapa town, Sapa Church, Sapa market. Especially on Saturday night or Sunday night, you can visit the Love Market which is one of unique cultures of ethnic minorities HMong, Dzao in Lao Cai in particular and North West of Vietnam in general. Sleep at the hotel in Sapa.

Day 6: Sapa – Muong Hoa Valley – Lao Chai – Ta Van Village – Sapa Town – Sapa Church (B, L, D)

7h00: Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant.

8h00 – 8h30: You will begin your second day trek about 10 – 12 km trek on small trails down the Muong Hoa Valley towards the Black H’mong village of Lao Chai. The Muong Hoa Valley contains some of the most beautiful views of rice paddy fields in Asia. After having lunch along the Muong Hoa river in Lao Chai, you will continue along the bottom of the valley to get to the Dzay tribe village of Ta Van to experience their way of life. After that, you will be transferred back to the restaurant in Sapa for having lunch, free time to relax, visit or shopping at Sapa local market, Sapa area.

16h00: Get on your private bus/ car come back to your hotel. Free time to relax.

Evening: Dinner is service at the restaurant, You are free to explore Sapa town, Sapa market at night. Sleep at the hotel in Sapa.

Day 7: Sapa – Sunplaza – Muong Hoa Train – Fansipan Peak – Sapa Local Market – Hanoi (B, L)

7h00 – 7h45: After having breakfast, check out your hotel.

8h00: Pick you up at your hotel, transfer to Sun Plaza for getting your Muong Hoa Train go through Muong Hoa Valley to go to Fansipan Cable Station for an amazing trip to reach the Indochina Roof, 3143m above the sea level: Starting by cable car and step up to the Peak, enjoy the fresh air and the beautiful landscapes from the high.

11h40 – 11h45: Come back the hotel for having lunch, free time to relax, visit or shopping at Sapa local market, Sapa area.

14h00: Come back your hotel, get back your luggage, get on our luxury limousine bus back to Hanoi.

20h00 – 20h30: Drop you off your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. Check in your hotel. Free time to relax and visit Hanoi city. Sleep at your hotel in Hanoi city.

Day 8: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hanoi – Group Tour (B,L)

7h00 – 8h00: Breakfast is service at your hotel.

8h00 – 08h30: The tourist bus will pick up your hotel and start the trip with 2.5 hours to the harbor by new highway with 01 short break on half way for about 20 minutes.

11h40 – 12h00: Arrive Halong harbor, get on the boat and enjoy Vietnamese set menu lunch while cruising through the the most beautiful Islets on Halong bay such as Dog Islet, Incense burner Islet, Fighting cock Islet..

13h20 – 12h30: You will visit Sung Sot Cave ( Surprising cave) – one of the most beautiful cave of Ha Long bay.

14h45: Keep cruising to Luon cave (water cave) Area with some options:

You can join bamboo rowing boat to visit Halong bay. If you don’t want to play these activities, you can relax on the big boat if you prefer to have more free time by yourself.

15h45: Visit Titop Island. From here, you can hiking up to Titop peak for taking photos with panoramic view of Ha Long bay or visit Titop beach.

16h30 – 17h00:  Enjoy sunset time on the sundeck or at the restaurant.

17:30 – 17:40: Back to Ha Long harbor, get on the tourist bus back to Hanoi by new highway.

19h50 – 20:h10: Arrival to Ha Noi. Drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi. Free time to relax and visit Hanoi. Sleep at your hotel in Ha Noi.

Day 9: Ha Noi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc – Mua Cave – Hue (B,L)

7h00: Breakfast is service at the hotel

7h30 - 7h45: Our tour guide and luxury van will pick you up at your hotel departure to Ninh Binh. It’s take more or less 2,0 hours to go Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh with a short break about 20 minutes on the half way.

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 van/bus go to the local restaurant for having a lunch with Vietnamese cuisine.

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

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. Climb up to Mua Cave, In here you can see all the way to Tam Coc, enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the countryside and Ngo Dong river.

16h45 - 17h00: Get on the car go to visit Bich Dong pagoda, then taking to our office in Tam Coc. Free time to relax and visit Tam Coc town.

19h30 – 20h00: Get on your sleeper cabin bus leave Ninh Binh to Hue. Sleep overnight on the sleeper cabin bus.

Day 10: Hue Arrive – Hue City – Private Tour (B,L)

On this day. You will arrive Hue around 7h00 am. When you arrive Hue bus station, my driver will pick you up and transfer you go to your hotel in Hue city, free to relax.

8h00 Our tour guide and tourist bus will pick you up at your hotel go to visit Minh Mạng Tomb , Ho Thuy Tien Water Parke. Khai Dinh Tomb.

 Noon: Have a lunch with Vietnamese cuisine

Afternoon: 13h00 continue going to visit The Citadel, Trang Tien bridge, Thien Mu Pagoda, take a picture of the Perfume River view.

Back to town at 4h30 pm. Free time to explore Hue. Sleep at your hotel in Hue.

Day 11: Hue – Thanh Toan Brige – Da Nang (B)

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

9h00: Our private car will pick you up at your hotel in Hue, transfer you go to visit Thanh Toan Bridge – one of old bridge in Hue, then keep going to Da Nang.

14h00 – 14h30: You will your Da Nang hotel. Check in your hotel , free time to relax or visit Da Nang. Sleep at your hotel in Da Nang.

Day 12: Da Nang – Ba Na Hill – Golden Hand Bridge (B, L)

7h00: Breakfast is service at the hotel

07h30: 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 Da Nang. Free time to visit Da Nang city. Sleep at your hotel in Da Nang.

Day 13: Da Nang – Marble Mountain – Linh Ung Pagoda – Cam Thanh Coconut – Hoi An Town (B, L)

7h00 – 7h30: Breakfast is service at the hotel. Check out your hotel.

8h00 – 8h15: Pick you up at your hotel in Da Nang. Your first stop is Son Tra, nicknamed ‘Monkey Mountain’ by American troops. The national park stands 693 meters above sea level, and its location on a peninsula affords breathtaking views of the surrounding sea.

Whilst there, Linh Ung pagoda - home to the tallest statue of the Goddess of Mercy in Southeast Asia will be one of your unforgettable memory. The 67-meter tall statue is located on top of a lotus-shaped platform and features 21 miniature Buddha sculptures.

Next, you’ll be definitely impressed by the Marble Mountains. Admire beautiful caves, and historic Buddhist pagodas, spend time exploring and absorbing knowledge about religions, and gain insight into differences between Buddhism and Hinduism. Move to the Stone Carving Village of Non-Nuoc so that you can admire stone fine art and buy some nice souvenirs.

11h30 - 12h00: Enjoy some local cuisine at a local restaurant before visiting Cam Thanh Coconut Jungle and Hoi An Ancient Town.

13h00 Continue your adventure with Cam Thanh Coconut Jungle and spend your time enjoying the peaceful, green space of Coconut Forest and hands-on experience of round net and cast net fishing, especially enjoying basket boat rowing.

14h30 Then Hoi An Ancient town welcomes you to visit Phuc Kien Pagoda, Phung Hung ancient house, the Japanese Bridge, Museum, Ba Mu temple gate... Shopping at Hoi An Central Market. Walk around the historic old town and be amazed by the influences from China, Japan, and Vietnam.

17h30 – 18h00: Take lantern boat trip to visit Hoai river. Then going back to your hotel for checking in, Free your time with the night market and enjoy the shimmering space of Hoi An. Sleep at the hotel in Hoi An.

Day 14: Hoi An Town – My Son Holly Land – Hoi An Town (B, L)

7h00: Breakfast is service at the hotel

7h30 – 7h45: Our guide picks you up at your hotel and departs to My Son Sanctuary - The World Cultural Heritage.

9h30: Arrive at My Son and we'll have 2 hours to discover the site by walking through the landscape, learning histories with our local English-speaking guide, and enjoying the Champa's traditional performances.

11h45: Get back to the minivan and move to a local house to learn how to make rice paper, you will enjoy your own hand-making product later on!

12h30: Back to the van and have lunch at another local house. relax with cold herbal tea, nice food, and fresh air.

13h30: Take a boat trip to Hoi An with the nice and cool breeze onboard, and beautiful river scenery on the biggest river in Central Vietnam named Thu Bon River.

14h00: Arrive in Hoi An, change to private car go to visit Ban Thach Mat village, then taking you back your hotel. Drop you off at your hotel. Free time to relax and visit Hoi An ancient town. Sleep at your hotel in Hoi An.

Day 15: Hoi An Town – Da Nang – Da Lat (B)

5h30: Our private car will pick you up at your hotel in Hoi An, transfer you go to Da Nang Airport for catching your flight leave  Da Nang around 7h45 to Da Lat. You will arrive Lien Khuong Airport in Da Lat around 9h25. When you arrive Lien Khuong airport, my driver will pick you up, transfer you go to your hotel in Da Lat. Then taking you go to visit Linh An Tu pagoda. After that, free time to relax and visit Xuan Huong Lake, Da Lat city. Sleep at your hotel in Da Lat.

Day 16: Da Lat City – Ho Chi Minh City (B, L)

7h00: Breakfast is service at the hotel.

8h00: Our tour guide and private car will pick you up, transfer you go to visit

Truc Lam Tu and Roller Coaster at Dalanta waterfall. You will have lunch at the restaurant

Afternoon: Visit Green Hills where you can see different versions of Gates of heaven in Bali, Torii gate in Japan, infinity pool, the wilder nest, etc …  

Visit Crazy House

16h00: Drop you back your hotel, you will have free time to relax and visit Dalat.

22h00: Get on your sleeper bus leave Da Lat to Ho Chi Minh city.  Sleep overnight on the sleeper bus.

Day 17: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnel (L)

5h30: You will arrive Ho Chi Minh bus office, our private car will pick you up, transfer you go to your hotel. Free time to relax.

7h30: Our tour guide and private car will pick you up at your hotel for take the morning trip to visit the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office, Anh Sao Bridge, Museum of Fine Arts, Sai Gon Skydeck, Dong Khoi street and City Hall.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Depart for Cu Chi tunnel by tourist bus, the trip will take approximately one and a half hours bus driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served.

Break time for relax or time for those who want to try the real shooting gun.

18h30 – 19h00: Drop you off your hotel, free time to relax and visit Ho Chi Minh city. Sleep at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 18: Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta (B, L)

7h00: Breakfast is service at the hotel.

7h30: Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel for leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and start your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Then  boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.

Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around country lane and seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, folk song music which performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.

Riding a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.

Have lunch at local restaurant. Break time.

In the afternoon, time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meet the local villagers to experience the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Hammock relaxing and enjoy cool breeze for those can’t join the cycling trip. Return to Ho Chi Minh City.

17h30: Drop you off your hotel, free time to relax and visit Ho Chi Minh city. Sleep at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 19: Ho Chi Minh City – Ba Den Island – Hindu (Cao Dai ) Temple

07h30: Have breakfast at your hotel.

8h30: Our tour guide and private car will pick you up at your hotel, transfer you go to Black Lady Mountain, approximately 3.5hrs to the Northeast of Tay Ninh. Ba-Den Mountain is a definite must see for you to Tay Ninh. Modern European cable car system, which take you swiftly to the top the top of the mountain, where you can see the highest Buddah statue with bronze in Vietnam. Nice complex at top, statues and water features, flower gardens, etc. This is a nice complex at top, statues and water features, flower gardens, etc. It's a great view of the wide river, city, and landscape below.

After mountain top, you will take the cable car down to the bottom of the mountain. You will have a lunch at the restaurant. After lunch, continue going to visit Cao Dai Temple for the midday service which was unbelievable here - do not miss this. After finish visiting Cao Dai temple, get on your private car back to your hotel.

16h00: Drop you off your hotel, free time to relax and visit Ho Chi Minh city. Sleep at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 20: Ho Chi Minh City – Tan Son Nhat Airport – Departure (B)

On this day, after having breakfast, you will have free time to visit Ho Chi Minh city for shopping at the local market to buy the gifts for your family and your friend. Then coming back your hotel, get back your luggage, get on your private car go to the airport to catch your flight back home.

End The Tour!

Have a great trip with Asian Discovery Travel!