14 Night Vietnam North to South

7:45-8:15am: Our guide will meet you at your hotel. The shuttle bus or private car pick up. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta.

12:00 – 12:30 Arriving Tuan Chau Marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Meet the captain, crew and join us for welcome drink as we tell you about life onboard.

12:30: Check in your cabin. Time to refresh.

13:00: Served a delectable lunch while cruising ahead to Ha Long Bay

14:00: Explore the Surprising Cave – the most beautiful cave in Ha long Bay. It is one of the widest grottoes in Ha Long Bay with thousands of stalactites and stalagmites.

15:30 visit the Titop Island – swimming Climbing up to the Top of the Island – take the best view of Halong Bay Continue cruising to the quiet area while enjoy beautiful seascape on the way.

18:00: Enjoy the Sunset Party on sundeck.

19:00 Dinner is served.

20:00 Socialize with other guests or just laze around

Night 2: Overnight on board

6:30 – 6:45 Do Tai Chi or a photo hunt

7:00 Have breakfast on board while the boat starts cruising to the Natural Preservation Zone.

8:00 Kayaking to explore around the area or visit a floating house and learn about the daily life of the local fishermen who live there.

9:00 We board the cruise again .Take time to refresh and relax before checking out. Bags can be left in luggage store.

10:00 Join in the Cooking Class, teaching you how to make our specifically (Spring rolls) before an early lunch is served.

11: 30 – 12:00 Disembark at the harbor, Tuan Chau Marina.

17:00 Arrival back at your hotel in Hanoi

Night 3: Overnight in hotel in Hanoi

06:30 – 7.00: Pick up from the hotel, get on the bus and depart for Sapa

13.00: Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.

The tour guide will be waiting for you at Bus station. Then, please follow the guide to go to hotel

Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures

14.30: A short trek to the gate of Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.

17.00: Come back to Sapa Town.

Trekking Length: 4 – 5 km/Duration: ~2 hours

Have dinner at the hotel’s restaurant

Night 4: Overnight in hotel in Sapa town.

Have breakfast at hotel and prepare light pack for trekking

9.30: Trek from Sapa to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain.

12.30: Picnic lunch at Lao Chai Village

13.30: Heading to Ta Van village – home of Dzay ethnic people.

14.30: Bus picks you up at Ta Van Bridge to Sapa.

15.00-15:30: The tour guide will take you to the bus stop to take bus back Ha Noi.

21.00 – 21.30: Arrive in Ha Noi.

Trekking Length: 8 – 10 km/Duration: ~4 hours

Night 5: Overnight in hotel in Hanoi

Free and easy for shopping and discover Hanoi City by yourself.

You might want to join our optional tours as below:

Optional tour: Hanoi Food tour

Having a chance to try all highlights of our amazing cuisine, visit some famous and specialized- food families or stalls/ local restaurants, shops where they run their business every day. You will be amazed by our traditional local food.

Optional tour: Hanoi City Tour on Motorbike

Explore Hanoi through highway and byway, featured with the part- unknown of the city and also cover all the must- see places such as Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, Hanoi Opera House, French Quarter, etc. Ending your trip with an authentic meal.

Night 6: Overnight in Hotel in Hanoi

Today, you will have free time to discover Hanoi old quarter, until our driver comes to pick you for the flight to Da Nang. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to hotel in Hoi An, check in hotel in Hoi An

Night 6: Overnight in hotel in Hoi An

You will have the whole day free in Hoi An, discover the beautiful ancient town on your own.

In which you can choose to do one of our optional tours as below:

Optional tour: Hoi An cooking class tour.

Our guide takes you to visit Hoi An market to buy ingredients for the cooking class. You then ride to Tra Que village (a short 15 minutes cycle away.) You will be welcomed with a special local soft drink – “É” water or local tea. After your welcome, take a short walk around the vegetable garden to see local farmers at work.

Begin to learn how to cook local delicacies including: Banh xeo, “tam huu” spring roll, “Tra Que” spring roll…

After your cooking class, enjoy the foods cooked by yourself. By bicycle we return back to the hotel.

Optional tour: Ba Na Hill and Golden Bridge- way to paradise.

Spend your time on the most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, then take The Climbing Train to visit the top of the mountain& further, explore Le Jardin D’Amour (consists of 9 gardens), Debay Wine Cellar (old wineries) & Ling Ung Pagoda. Visit the French Village, Watch Carnival Performance Show, Join in Fantasy Park with Walking in Fairy Forest and much more.

Night 8: Overnight in hotel in Hoi An

You will have the whole day free in Hoi An, discover the beautiful ancient town on your own.

Optional tour: My Son Holly Land Tour (Light Lunch included).

The Holyland surrounded by the marvelous mountains, 48km west of Hoi An. My Son was chosen as a religious center, built in the late 4th century under the Cham’s King Bhadravaman. It is a huge religious complex with over 70 towers and temples of different architectures. Wander through the elaborate carvings and sculptures of the Cham people, tourists are welcomed at the Old Tower of the Cham. Spend 2 hours to enjoy and discover the beauty of Ancient buildings at of the Champa Kingdom with our tour guide. A light lunch will be served as well.

Night 9: Overnight in hotel in Hoi An.

Today, you will take bus to Hue in the afternoon. Check out time is 12:00pm. Our driver will pick you from Hotel to Hue by bus. It takes you around 4-5hours- check in Hotel in Hue then free and easy

Night 10: Overnight in hotel in Hue

Pick up you at your hotel at around 8:00 am and then take a full day to discover Hue: visit Emperor Minh Mang Mausoleum and Emperor Khai Dinh Mausoleum.

Stop on the way to see how conical hats and incense sticks are made.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, visit Imperial capital during Nguyen Dynasty: the Royal Citadel, Forbidden City, Hue Royal Museum and the seven – storey Thien Mu Pagoda on the riverbank.

Return by boat on the gentle Perfume River Tour will end 16:00. You will be transferred to your hotel

Night 11: Overnight in hotel in Hue

Enjoy breakfast at hotel, then wait for our driver transfer you to the airport to take flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh and check in hotel. The rest of the day is spent at your leisure, discovering the most active city in Vietnam.

Night 12: Overnight hotel in Ho Chi Minh

07:30 – 7.50am: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and then start drive to Cu Chi which located 60km from HCM city, Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti-American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for Original tunnels system of over 220km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreign visitors.

The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers alongside the road. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destructions, damage and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines, When Cu Chi was” A Free Target Zone “. The remnants visitors will see show Cu Chi still has her evidence to prove the fierce battleground that took place there and visitors will see the remnants.

13:00 Back to Ho Chi Minh City

Night 13: Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh

You will have whole day free and easy in Ho Chi Minh city. You can also choose to take one of our extra tours as below:

Optional tour: Mekong Delta tour

Visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19 th 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. 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. Lunch will be served as well.

Optional tour: Cyclo tour and dinner on cruise:

Enjoy a 1 hour traditional puppetry art show – a very special moment for grownups and children alike. Take a ride on a cyclo for an adventure winding through the sights, sounds & smells of this historic metropolis – the ideal way to experience the city at night. Unforgettable 2 hour scenic cruise along the Saigon River in a traditional junk & Vietnamese / Western dinner.

Night 14: Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Have breakfast at the hotel. Today is your last day in Ho Chi Minh City,

You have free and easy time to go shopping or discover City before our driver comes and picks you to the airport to get flight back home.