ITINERARIO

• Day 1: Arrive Ho Chi Minh

  No meal included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide.

  ▪️ Upon arrival at Ho Chi Minh city‘s Tan Son Nhat International airport, Viet Prestige’s driver (no guide) will welcome tourists and transfer to local hotel for relaxing after a long flight.

  ▪️ Enjoy the night in the dynamic city and overnight in Ho Chi Minh city
  

• Day 2: Ho Chi Minh city tour

  Breakfast, lunch included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.

  ▪️ After breakfast, begin your urban experience in bustling Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), the country’s commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops.

  ▪️ Visit Chinatown, the Thien Hau Pagoda, the Reunification Palace, the Opera House and Hotel de Ville. If desired, also visit the moving War Remnants Museum.

  ▪️ Explore colorful outdoor markets and Dong Khoi Street , the city’s main shopping boulevard with shops selling clothes and accessories by new Vietnamese designers, hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and housewares. The urban modern Ho Chi Minh City with its numerous shopping malls, cinemas, discotheques and a bewildering number of bars.

  ▪️ Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

  
  

• Day 3: Ho Chi Minh - Cao dai temple & Cu chi tunnel

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.

  ▪️ Enjoy breakfast at local hotel.

  ▪️ This morning, driver will take visitor to Cao Dai Temples in Tay Ninh to observe the midday prayer. Cao Dai religion is a hybrid of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity. The Cao Dai Temple at Tay Ninh has been described as a Walt Disney fantasia of the East. The temple’s exterior is decorated with multi-colored dragons of all shapes and sizes competing for space with a number of religious symbols. Above the main entrance is the all-seeing holy eye, the symbol of the Cao Dai sect.

  ▪️ Afterwards you will go to the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, which were an incredible underground network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long fight for independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, plus accommodation and schools, and were used as a military base for the Vietcong in the American war. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitors a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the U.S.-Vietnam War must have been like.

  ▪️ Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

  
  

  
  

• Day 4: Ho Chi Minh - Mekong Delta

  Breakfast, lunch included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee, boat trip on Mekong Delta.

  ▪️ Enjoy breakfast at local hotel and check-out.

  ▪️ Leave Ho Chi Minh City for lush My Tho, where you will cruise on a private boat through the green canals to orchard.

  ▪️ You will be treated to a delicious lunch in a local restaurant in the heart of the Mekong, complete the meal with Vietnam tropical fruits.

  ▪️ Visitors will also visit the snake farm Dong Tam that breeds snakes for, among other things, snake wine, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, a combination of Asian and European pagoda before heading Can Tho city-the heart of the Mekong Delta.

  ▪️ Overnight on cruise in Can Tho.

  
  

  
  
  

• Day 5: Mekong Delta - Ho Chi Minh

  Breakfast, lunch included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee, boat trip.

  ▪️ Waking up early to the sounds of the Mekong River welcoming a new day, the boat continue to join in the Cai Rang floating market. This is one of the most bustling floating markets in Mekong Delta with hundreds of small boats barging and jostling for space to sell their goods and to experience the Mekong rural lifestyle.
  

  ▪️ After sampling local fruits, our guide will take the guests back to the hotel through myriad canals.
  

  ▪️ Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

  
  

  
  
  

• Day 6: Ho Chi Minh city - Nha Trang

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang.

  ▪️ After breakfast, check out and head to Tan Son Nhat airport to take a flight to Nha Trang.

  ▪️ Arrive to Cam Ranh airport, our Viet Prestige Travel driver will pick you up and transfer to a leisure resort by the beach.

  ▪️ Spend free time and overnight in Nha trang.

  
  
  

• Day 7: Nha Trang

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation.

  ▪️ Full Day discover the Nha Trang Bay with some stop for snorkeling and swimming.

  ▪️ Overnight in Nha Trang.

  
  
  

• Day 8: Nha Trang

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation.

  ▪️ Full Day discover the Nha Trang Bay with some stop for snorkeling and swimming.

  ▪️ Overnight in Nha Trang.

  
  
  

• Day 9: Nha Trang - Danang - Hoi An

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation, flight to Danang.

  ▪️ The driver will directly take tourists from Cam Ranh airport for a short flight to Danang.

  ▪️ Once arrive at Danang airport, our driver (no guide) will pick up visitors and then head to Hoi An.

  ▪️ Overnight at the hotel in Hoi An.

  
  

  
  

• Day 10: Hoi An ancient town

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation.

  ▪️ Discover Hoi An on your own preference.

  ▪️ From the 16th to 18th centuries, Hoi An was a thriving international commercial port for Chinese, Dutch, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Arab traders. These people came primarily to trade in the high grade silk, which is still produced in the area, as well as ceramics. Today, Hoi An is a quaint riverside town, popular with tourists for its eclectic architecture, tailors shops, and numerous cafes. Some of the buildings in the narrow streets have remained unchanged for more than a century.

  ▪️ We recommend 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, and the Japanese Bridge.
  

  ▪️ Around the town we can see a numerous art galleries and tailor shops, get some made-to-order clothes if you like.

  ▪️ You can ride a “Xich Lo" or pedicab through the opposite site of Hoi An River bank where you can take a panorama of Hoi An town. Keep on the “Xich Lo” through the tiny lanes of Hoi An countryside, passing the fields of corn, sweet potatoes, beautiful local fruit-garden.

  ▪️ Then, you should spend more two hours boat trip on the Thu Bon river to enjoy the natural view and discover the normal life of local fishing people.

  ▪️ Following the tour there will be free time to shop or relax.

  ▪️ Overnight in Hoi An.

  
  
  

• Day 11: Hoi An - Danang - Hue

  Breakfast included.
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.

  ▪️ Enjoy breakfast at local hotel and check out.

  ▪️ Leave Hoi An to travel to Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. You will travel over the Hai Van pass - one of the most beautiful road in Vietnam with crystal clear sea view on the left and tropical mountains on your right.

  ▪️ On the way you will stop for seeing Non Nuoc stone carving village, where the local skillful sculptors create many marble products which are exported to many countries worldwide.

  ▪️ The car will stop in Danang for a visit to the Cham Museum Here displays approximately 300 sculptures, among which some are made from terracotta from the period between the 5th and 15th.

  ▪️ Have lunch at a local garden in Hue.

  ▪️ Visitor start with a visit to the Hue Citadel, containing the Hue Imperial City and the Forbidden Purple City-the Emperor’s private residence. Built in 1804 under the Nguyen Dynasty, one of the most long-lasting values is definitely the architecture. The Forbidden Purple City was built under the supervision of the most skillful architects and feng shui experts.

  ▪️ The Imperial City created in the 19th century and inspired by the Forbidden City in Beijing. There are many palaces and temples inside. The Imperial City was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 and has still maintained original with nearly 140 small and large constructions.

  ▪️ Overnight in Hue.

  
  

• Day 12: Hue Sightseeing

  Breakfast included.
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee, boat trip on the perfume river.

  ▪️ Enjoy breakfast with local cuisine in hotel and begin to explore this fabulous historical city.

  ▪️ Tourist will board a private boat for cruising across the romantic Perfume River. Relax and get closer to nature as you pass by lush forest trees and colorful flowers on full bloom by the river bank.

  ▪️ Continue to the King’s tomb site, Hue is surrounded with ancient tombs of emperors past, and a visit to some of these tombs will be on the itinerary for today.

  ▪️ Visit Lady Pagoda (Thien Mu Pagoda) - the tallest pagoda in Vietnam and is considered as the unofficial symbol of Hue. Setting in the converge of rivers, and gives you a great view on the Perfume River and surrounding area. From here we will cruise further to the ornate Minh Mang’s tomb.

  ▪️ Enjoy lunch on cruise before depart and our driver will take you to explore the Khai Dinh Royal Tomb, and see its graceful combination of Western and oriental architecture.

  ▪️ Overnight in Hue.

  
  
  

• Day 13: Hue - Ha Noi

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee, flight from Hue to Hanoi.

  ▪️ After breakfast, check out before head to Phu Bai airport to flight to Hanoi. Capital city Hanoi is a unique Asian city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental pagodas and temples.

  ▪️ Then our driver will take you from Noi Bai airport to a local hotel in centre of Hanoi to check-in and have lunch.

  ▪️ In the afternoon start to explore Hanoi, visitors will visit Hanoi Old Quarter also known as the ‘36 streets’. Take a walking tour through charming Hang Be Market and around Hoan Kiem Lake. This bustling area of narrow streets and alleys is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. It's a great place to explore with plenty of photo opportunities.

  ▪️ Also visit Hanoi ‘s main cultural attractions, including the Fine Arts Museum and the Temple of Literature.

  ▪️ Overnight in Hanoi.

  
  

• Day 14: Hanoi - Lao Cai

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee, train night from Hanoi.

  ▪️ Start to explore Hanoi on your own preference.

  ▪️ We recommend seeing the most notable landmark of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (close on Mon. and Fri.). This imposing marble and granite monument was built towards the Ba Dinh Square, or the One Pillar Pagoda rising from the center of a square lotus pond, ascending on a single pillar and resembling a blossoming lotus flower.

  ▪️ The Water Puppet show is also remarkable for visitor. This is a uniquely northern Vietnamese art form depicting scenes from rural life and episodes of national history.

  ▪️ Your adventure trip to Sapa begins with an overnight train from Vietnam's capital city to the border town of Lao Cai.

  ▪️ Overnight on train on King Express or similar train.

  
  

• Day 15: Lao Cai - Sapa

  Breakfast included.
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.

  ▪️ The train arrives at Lao Cai train station, a private minivan will transfer visitor to Sapa. Sight-seeing through window car the changes of landscapes from plat plains to mountainous jungle.

  ▪️ Once arrive at Sapa, tourists will check-in at local hotel and have breakfast at the hotel restaurant.

  ▪️ After breakfast, enjoy a free morning to explore around town. We recommend you go to a local cafe with mountain view to see cloud falling from the highest mountain of Indochina area.

  ▪️ In the afternoon, you will take a walking tour to the hill tribe villages of Cat Cat, home to the H’mong hill tribes minority peoples. Enjoy the breathtaking view during 2km walkway in Cat Cat village, explore the Ancient Rose Garden, Thuy Dien waterfall, delight in cultural performances and discover the customs of local ethnic minorities. Here you have the opportunity to share cultural experiences with the families that live in the area.

  ▪️ Overnight in Sapa.

  
  
  

• Day 16: Sapa - Lao Cai - Train back to Hanoi

  Breakfast included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee, train night from Lao Cai.

  ▪️ After breakfast, take time to explore the Sapa market, the market showcases the rich cultural diversity of the region with local ethnic minorities proudly displaying their handicrafts, textiles, and traditional wears.

  ▪️ You will set out on 3-4 hour trek that will take us along buffalo paths through several hill tribe villages of Lao Chai and Ta Van, home to H’mong, and Dzay people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet.

  ▪️ Visitors will stop for a picnic lunch on the way to Ta Van village with many local delicacies.

  ▪️ Transfer to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi.
  

  ▪️ Overnight on train.

  
  

  
  

• Day 17: Hanoi - Halong Bay

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included.
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.

  ▪️ The train will arrive in Hanoi around 5am.

  ▪️ Our guide will pick up visitors from here and transfer to local restaurant for breakfast and morning coffee.

  ▪️ Leave Hanoi for Halong by private vehicle at 8:30 a.m. Arrive at the jetty around 12:30 p.m.

  ▪️ Our crew welcomes tourists on board at the Deluxe Cruise. Enjoy a welcome drink and check-in your cabin.

  ▪️ A fresh seafood lunch with local delicacies will be served.

  ▪️ At that time, you will begin 3.5 hours cruise through mystic Halong Bay to see the amazing karsts with different formations: Mat Quy (Monster’s face) islet, But Moc islet, Cap De islet, Trong (Drum) cave, Trinh Nu cave, floating fishing village, with its unique way of life. Then head to Luon cave, enjoy swimming, sunbathing in the bay's clear waters reveal a vibrant underwater world, kayaking is another recommend for customer who like to explore pristine nature.

  ▪️ Back to the cruise, enjoy Halong seafood feast for dinner. By night tourists can experience specially activity on cruise is night fishing.

  ▪️ Overnight on cruise.

  
  

• Day 18: Halong Bay - Hanoi

  Breakfast, lunch included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.

  ▪️ Awakening to the gentle rhythm of bay waves, tourists can experience a early morning swim before enjoying breakfast.

  ▪️ You should wake up early to enjoy the dawn on the sea in the early morning. The Vietnamese call the "East Sea" by a point-oriented name "Eastern Sea", so you may guess how miraculous seeing the sunrise over the islets of the Bay.

  ▪️ After breakfast our boat will continue to cruise in marvelous areas, arrive at Amazing cave (hang Sửng Sốt), explore the cave and find out how the cave was named Amazing. Check out your room and have brunch on board while the cruise coming back the pier.

  ▪️ Visitor will check-out at 11:45 am and disembark at the harbor by noon.

  ▪️ The driver will directly take tourists from Halong to Hanoi then head to the hotel in the city centre to check in.

  ▪️ Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.

  
  

  
  
  

• Day 19: Hanoi - Departure

  Breakfast included
  Included: Ground transportation, guide.

  ▪️ Enjoy your free time for souvenir shopping until transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

  ▪️ Tour end, have a safe flight and hope to see you again!