Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival

You will be met at the airport and transferred to your centrally located hotel. The rest of the day is free at leisure.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city

Day 2: Mekong Delta (B/ L)

After breakfast we travel out of Ho Chi Minh city and spend full day floating through waterways on an exploration of the lush Mekong Delta region. Upon arrival Cai Be province, we take a boat ride visit a local orchard and the Cai Be floating market, an interesting style of market in the Mekong Delta. Everyday, the boats filled with fruits, vegetables and other local products anchor along the banks of the River, waiting for traders and customers. Here we can see local people being selling, buying, and exchanging goods from their boats.

Leave Cai Be, we will see the coconut candy, rise crispy cake, rice paper making workshop… continue to visit the local house and strolling on the village paths. For lunch, the local people will serve you the local delicacy - an Elephant’s-Ear fish. After that you walk around the village to sea local's daily activities if you wish. We will visit Vinh Long local market before return to Saigon in late afternoon. Free evening at leisure and dinner on your own.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh city – Danang – Hoi An (B)

This morning, we explore city’s grand boulevards, visiting the Re-Unification Palace, the former palace of President Thieu and his predecessors. Today this building is a museum and venue for Government official receptions. Inside you can visit the President’s room. Nearby is the Central Post Office and the Notre Dame Cathedral, built between 1877 – 1883 and is one of the city’s major landmarks. Neo-Romanesque in form, the Cathedral is the major seat of the Catholic religion in modern Vietnam. We continue to visit the War Remains Museum, where you can learn a lot about the Vietnam War. End the day for shopping at Ben Thanh market.

The afternoon is free for further exploration of the city until take a short flight to Da Nang and then transfer to ancient town of Hoi An.

Overnight in Hoi An

Day 4: Hoi An (B)

In the morning, we will enjoy a half-day 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, the Japanese Covered Bridge and the colorful local markets.
The afternoon is free to relax or hire a bicycle to ride to the nearby beach.

Overnight in Hoi An

Day 5: Hoi An - Danang - Hanoi (B)

After breakfast we transfer to Da Nang airport for  your flight to Hanoi, the charming capital of Vietnam.

In the afternoon, we start our city tour with visit to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university dating to 1070. We then explore the fascinating Old Quarter of Hanoi by cyclo, a series of 36 ancient streets named after the traditional products they sell. We continue walking around the picturesque Hoan Kiem Lake to visit Ngoc Son pagoda before enjoy a performance of the unique art of traditional water puppetry.

Overnight in Hanoi

Day 6: Halong Bay (B/L)

Breakfast at hotel. We then enjoy three hour scenic drive to Halong Bay, crossing paddy fields and villages in the Red River Delta with one stop for refreshment en route (20 mins). Upon arrival Halong, we take a 4-hour fantastic cruise on a traditional junk through the emerald waters between the limestone outcrops and long corridors. We visit Dau Go Cave "Grotto of the Wooden Stakes" and take a short walk away to visit the Thien Cung Cave "Grotto of Heavenly Palace", famous for its stalagmites ans stalactites. A seafood lunch will be served on board.

Continuing on, the trip passes Con Cho Da (Stone Dog), Lu Huong (Incense burner), and the many other strangely-shaped islets in this area. 1km on from Lu Huong Islet, the trip reaches Ga Choi (Fighting Cocks) Islet.
Then cruise back to Halong Tourist Wharf for return Hanoi in the early evening.

Overnight in Hanoi

Day 7: Hanoi Departure (B)

Free at your leisure until transfer to airport for your return flight.

Trip concludes./.

(B): Breakfast
(L): Lunch
(D): Dinner

Hotels to be used:

In Ho Chi Minh City:
Deluxe: New World Hotel/ Caravelle Hotel/ Renaissance Riverside Hotel/ Legend Hotel/ Equatorial Hotel or similar
Superior: Rex Hotel/ Kim Do Hotel/ Continental Hotel/ Grand Hotel/ Park Royal Saigon Hotel/ Windsor Plaza Hotel or similar
Standard: Bongsen 1 Hotel/ Palace Hotel/Vien Dong Hotel/ Metropole Hotel/ May Hotel/ Thang Long-Oscar/ Tan My Dinh II Hotel/ Le Duy Hotel or similar
Economy: Empress Hotel/ Chancery Hotel/ Saigon Hotel/ Elios Hotel or similar

In Hoian:
Deluxe: Victoria Hoi An Resort/ Palm Garden Resort/ Golden Sand Resort/ Life Heritage Resort or similar
Superior: Hoian Beach Resort/ Hoian Riverside resort/ Hoian Trails Resort or similar
Standard: Ancient House Resort/ Hoi an Hotel/ Vinh Hung Resort or similar
Economy: Thuy Duong 3 Hotel/ Vinh Hung 2 Hotel/ Hoai Thanh Hotel/ Sea and Sand Hotel or similar

In Hanoi:
Deluxe: Melia Hanoi Hotel/ InterContinental Hanoi Westlake/ Sheraton Hanoi Hotel/ Sofitel Luxury Hanoi Hotel or similar
Superior: Zephyr Hotel/ Sunway Hanoi Hotel / Fortuna Hotel/ Serenade Hotel or similar
Standard: Rosaliza Hotel/ Maison D’Hanoi/ Jasper Hotel/Majestic Salute Hotel/ Galaxy Hotel/ Hoa Binh Palace Hotel or similar
Economy: Gia Bao Hotel / Hong Ngoc Hotel / Anise Hotel/ Flower Hotel or similar

* All flights & hotels are subject to availability