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An impressive journey to discover Vietnam Best Landscapes from the North, Central to South of S-shaped country in 10 day itinerary. Vietnam tourism highlights, typical values about nature, culture and history of UNESCO World Heritage Center, friendliness, hospitality or even customs and habits of local people… will be most clearly and fully portrayed by comfortable schedule with the best service quality.
Day 1: Welcome to Hanoi – Old Quarter discovery by Cyclo tour – Water Puppet Show. Overnight in Hanoi (L)
Day 2: Halong Bay discovery, UNESCO World Heritage by cruise of 2 days. Overnight on board (B/L/D)
Day 3: Halong Bay – Hanoi. Overnight in the city center hotel (B/L)
Day 4: Hanoi – Ninh Binh day tour (Bai Dinh Pagoda – Trang An Landscape Complex, UNESCO World Heritage). Overnight in Hanoi (B/L)
Day 5: Hanoi City tour ½ day tour – Afternoon flight to Hue Imperial City. Overnight in Hue city (B/L)
Day 6: Hue Imperial City, UNESCO World Heritage ½ day tour – Hoi An Ancient Town. Overnight in Hoi An (B/L)
Day 7: Hoi An Ancient Town discovery, UNESCO World Heritage by walking tour – My Son Sanctuary discovery UNESCO World Heritage ½ day tour. Overnight in Hoi An (B/L)
Day 8: Morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City – Ho Chi Minh City ½ day. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city (B/L)
Day 9: Mekong River Delta discovery full day tour (My Tho – Ben Tre). Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city (B/L)
Day 10: Drop off airport (B)
Abbreviation: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
A backpack
A travel pillow
A quick-dry towel
Diarrhea treatment
Trousers
Flip flops (can buy in arrival cities later)
Travel adapter
Portable phone charger
Sun protection, a hat, sun-glasses
Waterproof jacket (a light-weight one, can buy in arrival cities later)
Sprays
Good photo-maker/ camcorder
Other things you think necessary
Special policy: *SPECIAL OFFER* if Booked & Paid for the Tour Package 1 month prior to the Tour Date.
i,e., * Vietnam's "Visa Approval Letter" would be provided Free of cost (FOC). Tipping is not compulsory.
Welcome At Hanoi in to our mesmerizing Viet Nam.
Your guide and the driver warmly welcomes you & picks you up at the Noi Bai International Airport,after you are done with the Immigration process & picking up your bags. With a comfortable drive of around 30-45 minutes, you arrive to Check-In to hotel, in Hanoi center.
The first tour activity to enjoy Hanoi is Cyclo tour with one-hour. Your cyclo (a "bicycle taxi" pedaled by a driver behind you) gives you an unobstructed view, perfect for snapping photos during your tour. The heart of Vietnam's Capital, Hanoi Old Quarter, home to many of the must-sees, like the Hanoi Citadel, and the Hanoi Opera House. Ride at the perfect pace to enjoy some of the 36 tree-shaded streets of this historic district.
Exchange your seat on the cylco for a seat at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre to watch an hour puppet show the quintessential Vietnamese art of water puppetry—begun over a thousand years ago by farmers in the Red River Delta. A complex system of underwater poles, rods, and strings brings these elaborate puppets to life. Puppeteers bring magic to the water’s surface as they spin tales of Vietnamese legend—knights on horseback, princesses, unicorns, and fire-breathing sea dragons.
Spending night time on enjoying our capital by yourself.
Our guide and private transfer will pick you up at the hotel to world famous destination, Halong Bay (recognized as one of the 7 new natural wonders) on cruise to contemplate picturesque scenery of thousands of limestone islands with some stops to enjoy some tour activities, such as: beautiful fishing village, Kayaking or Rowing boat, Swimming at beach, Exploring cave…
Overnight on Halong Bay cruise.
Note: Cruise itinerary might be changed because of the tide level, weather status and other objective reasons.
Morning: continue to cruise around Ha Long Bay until lunch.
Afternoon: transfer to Hanoi city.
Arrive at hotel in Hanoi. Check in and free to go around the city or take rest at the hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi city.
Our guide will pick up at hotel, takes the group to visit the biggest Pagoda in Vietnam.
On the way, you will have chances to take the outlook of Vietnam rice fields with the hardworking farmers going about their work in the large rice fields.
Discover Bai Dinh Pagoda with more than 500 La Han statues, where you can find the biggest Buddha statue made in bronze of 10 meters height, 100 tons in weight!
Enjoy lunch in local Vietnamese restaurant with local Vietnamese dishes.
We will transfer from Bai Dinh to Trang An Landscape Complex, UNESCO World Heritage. Upon arrival, we will take the boat trip around Trang An visiting the cave complexes (Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou Cave), all caves are mystical and in wilderness, you also have chances to admire the beautiful scenery of mountain and rivers of the popular countryside of Vietnam.
Getting on the bus for returning to Hanoi.
Arrive in Hanoi, to check-in to your hotel and free time, through the evening.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Leading Travel’s guide will pick up at hotel and take you to visit Ho Chi Minh Complex (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace and Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House where the President lived and worked until his last breath).
After that, you have chance to visit and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and charming beauty of Tran Quoc Pagoda, one of the oldest pagoda in Hanoi.
Continue your tour at Temple of Literature (Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam), the first Imperial University in Vietnam which was built in 1070.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with local Vietnamese cuisine.
Leaving our nice and charm Hanoi Capital, the guide and driver will drop you off airport Noi Bai airport for taking a domestic flight to discover the next UNESCO World Heritage, Hue Imperial City.
Overnight in Hue Imperial City.
Note: Monday and Friday, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum closes, will visit outside of the mausoleum.
After hotel breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up at the hotel lobby to start to discover Hue Imperial City by joining a half day tour there with visiting the most beautiful places, such: Thien Mu Pagoda by river boat trip, Tu Duc King Tomb.
Lunch will be served at popular restaurant there.
It would not be enough if you just stop discovering the Imperial city by visiting Thien Mu pagoda and The King Temple. Should spend a half day more to get more understanding and enjoying the city.
The most attractive and impressive place of city is Purple Forbidden City (Dai Noi). Spending time there is good chance for any tourist to get valuable knowledge about our Nguyen Dynasty…
Leaving our Hue Imperial City, keep taking the group straight to the next UNESCO World Heritage, Hoi An Ancient Town.
Check in hotel in Hoi An. Free time to enjoy the town by night and overnight there.
Leading Travel’s guide will pick you up at hotel to discover must-see UNESCO World Heritage Hoi An Ancient Town in around 3 hours by walking tour.
The one different thing you can not have anywhere that space of the ancient town becomes more peaceful and quiet with “town for primitive vehicles and pedestrians”. You will have experience a living museum of architecture and urban lifestyle.
Walk to the Hoi An Ancient Town to visit the most famous attractions: Kwan Temple, Fujian (Phuc Kien) Assembly Hall, Tan Ky Old House, Japanese Covered Bridge and Historic…
After lunch, driving 40 Km through countryside area, arrive My Son Sanctuary, UNESCO World Heritage.
Between the 4th and 13th centuries, an unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of temporary Vietnam. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower-temple located in dramatic site that was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for most of its existence.
Arrive Hoi An town after 1.5 hour driving. Free time to enjoy Hoi An by night and overnight night there.
After hotel breakfast, our driver will transfer you to Da Nang airport for morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Your private guide and driver is always ready to welcome you, take to Ho Chi Minh City, one of the most modern, active cities, center of economy, culture and politics in Vietnam.
After lunch time, spending the rest of day to visit some most popular places in the city, such as: Reunification Palace (Independence Palace), Central Post Office building, Ben Thanh Market.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City center hotel.
08.00 – 08.30: Tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and start on journey to My Tho – Ben Tre. On the way you will see Southern village’s rustic aesthetic on Vam Co Dong River and paddy-field along the sides of the road.
09.50: Arrive in the first stop in My Tho, get some rest and free time for your personal activities about 15 minutes. Go on the itinerary, you will contemplate Rach Mieu Bridge which across the biggest river of West, connect My Tho with Ben Tre.
10.30: get on the cruise and begin for travelling in the river. The cruise will go along Tien River and pass through Mekong Delta's 4 Holy Animal Islands : Long (dragon) – Lan (Unicorn) – Quy (Turtle) – Phung (Phoenix)
11.00: Arrive in Thoi Son Island (Cu Lao Thoi Son) you will walk down on the road to the village, visit the house of residents here, see orchards and enjoy Various kinds of fruite depending on the season. Especially, you will appreciate Harmonious sounds with “Don Ca Tai Tu” (folk song) – A specific characteristic of Southern culture.
11.45: Go canoeing, weave along through the small river and see rows of coconut palm. Go to the next, go and have a look around the beekeeping places and enjoy delicious flavour of honeysuckle tea with pollen.
12.30: Return the cruise and have a lunch with steak dishes of Mekong.
Subsequent destination is fishing village, you can learn how to raise fish on the river. There will also be entertainment, fun and relaxation for everyone with fish.
13.00: Go down Tien River and come to Ben Tre, you will visit the place is producing coconut candy – a famous specialty of Ben Tre. Let’s find out how to process and try your hand to make, cut and pack coconut candy. And while you’re there, you can visit place is producing girdle- cake and enjoy many other specialties such as snake wine, coconut milk girdle-cake, coconut cream… as well as buy souvenirs.
Afterward, you will get on the carriage, let’s continue with your tour on the way of Tan Thach Commune to look again orchards and keep in mind a serene and simple life of people here.
14.50: Return the dock, you will visit Vinh Trang Pagoda. The tour guide will introduce to you the history of Vinh Trang Pagoda- the oldest pagoda of South, it has the most specialist architecture of Mekong Delta, is combined between Viet- Khmer culture and original Western Europe architecture.
17.00: Return Saigon. End of the tour.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city center hotel.
After your breakfast, Check-out of the hotel & Leading Travel’s driver will transfer you to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, for your home bound flight.
Thus, completing the memorable holiday in Vietnam, with Leading Travel.
We bid you goodbye, thanking you with gratitude for your decision to come visiting our Vietnam and choosing Leading Travel services to enjoy this trip. We hope to see you again, and fervently wish getting your kind recommendations to your relatives and friends. Bon Voyage!
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Service quality
Group size & Price (USD per person)
08 – 12
people
05 – 07
03 – 04
02
3* Service quality
538
557
634
716
4* Service quality
648
667
744
826
5* Service quality
999
1019
1096
1177
Accommodation list:
*** Accommodations are subject to change due to availability at the time of booking.
Accommodation
location
3*
4*
5*
Hanoi
3 nights
Hong Ha Hotel
Superior room
Thang Long Opera Hotel
Movenpick Hanoi Hotel
Superior Room
Ha Long Bay
1 night
Aclass Legend Cruise
Deluxe window view cabin
Stellar Cruise
Stellar Of The Seas Cruise
Junior Suite balcony cabin
Hue
Serene Palace Hotel
Eldora Hotel
Deluxe room
Indochine Palace Hotel
Hoi An
2 nights
Venus Hoi An Hotel
Standard room
Atlas Hoi An Hotel
La Siesta Resort & Spa
Ho Chi Minh city
Roseland Point Hotel
Roseland Corp Hotel
Premium Deluxe room
Grand Saigon Hotel
Children policy:
- Under 3 years old: 100% free, share with parents everything (maximum 2 children in a cabin/room)
- 3 years old and above and below 8 years old:
+ 70% will be charged, sharing bed with parents
+ 80% will be charged, but extra bed/mattress
- 8 years old and above: 100% will be charged (adult price) with extra bed/mattress
- Maximum 3 adults in 1 cabin/room
Cancellation Policy:
- All cancellation must be made in writing
- Any cancellation at 45 Days prior to arrival date: No charge
- Any cancellation between 44 Days – 30 Days prior to arrival date: 50% of tour fare charge
- Any cancellation between 29 Days – 15 Days prior to arrival date: 75% of tour fare charge
- Any cancellation less than 15 Days: 100% of tour fare charge
- As mentioned on particular booking and depends on each period
- In some situation: after deposit or full payment, cancellation is not accepted (no refund)
Peak season surcharge: will be applied depend on detail departure tour date.
Private transfer in new vehicle with experienced driver for private tour activities and airport
Shuttle bus for group tour activities
2 bottles of water/pax/day tour on transfer (500ml/bottle)
01 bottel of water/pax/way of airport transfer (500ml/bottle)
Single cyclo
Group boat in Trang An trip
Group boat in Mekong River Delta
Share electric car in Bai Dinh pagoda (from parking to pagoda & back)
Private professional and knowledgeable English speaking tour guide for private tour activities
Share professional and knowledgeable English speaking tour guide for group tour activities
Halong bay cruising itinerary
Kayaking or bamboo rowing boat in Halong bay
Meals as mention in itinerary (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch)
Hotel accommodation: Double/ Twin room
Halong Bay cruise accommodation: Double/ Twin cabin
All entrance fees and sightseeing tickets
Tax, service charge
24/7 service support
All kinds of beverages
Airfares (international & domestic)
Visa approval
Travel insurance
Tips
Bank fees
Other things not mentioned in inclusion list
Any part of this itinerary can be altered to fit your need, e.g.accommodation, add/skip city, tour length..