Vietnam in Your Eyes 16 days

Itinerary in brief:
 
    Day 01: Arrive in Hanoi
    Day 02: Hanoi sightseeing tour.
    Day 03: Hanoi – Halong Bay
    Day 04: Halong Bay Tours - Hanoi - Sapa
    Day 05: Arrive in Sapa. Enjoy the charm of Sapa town
    Day 06: Sapa - Visit hill tribal villages, explore unique local lifestyle
    Day 07: Sapa - Sightseeing around Sapa.
    Day 08: Arrival Hanoi,flight to Hue - World Heritage Site discovery and sightseeing
    Day 09: Hue sightseeing Tours
    Day 10: Hue – Hoian
    Day 11: Hoian walking tours
    Day 12: Flight to Ho Chi Minh. City tour to important sites and landmarks
    Day 13: Ho Chi Minh City tour – Cu Chi Tunnel
    Day 14: Drive to Can Tho. Boat tour to floating village on Mekong River
    Day 15: Sightseeing on boat to Cai Rang floating market. Back to Saigon
    Day 16: Transfer to airport / or departure for next destination
 
Detailed Itinerary:
 
Day 1: Arrive in Hanoi
Upon your arrival at NoiBai Airport, our guide and driver will pick you up and transferred to a hotel in Hanoi. Check into hotel. If time permits, we will have a brief city tour in Hanoi visiting: the Old Quarter, and HoanKiem Lake.
Welcome dinner in a traditional restaurant
Evening highlight will be a Water Puppet Performance – the unique form of Vietnamese art derived from wet rice civilization of South East Asia.
Meals: Welcome Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
 
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour
After breakfast at hotel, start city tour with Ho Chi Minh Complex for visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum and One pillar pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda. Continue to visit Literature temple, the first University in Vietnam in 16th century. After lunch wevisit Ethnological museum and then have walking around Old Quarter and visit Ngoc Son Temples, HoanKiem Lake.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
 
Day 3: Hanoi - Halong
8.30: Our transport will pick up for a drive to Halong Bay. On the way, we stop for refreshment and photos.
12.30: Boarding Classic Sails Junk. Welcome drink is served.
13.00-14.30: Lunch is served while cruising through Halong Bay. Roam around the labyrinth of the Bay through the Fighting Cock, CanhBuom, and stop for swimming then go for visiting Sung Sot cave (The Sudden Surprise). Kayak to Luon cave, DauNguoi Mountain, Titop beach.
18.30: Docking for overnight.
19.30: Dinner is served.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: On boat
 
Day 4: Halong - Hanoi - Lao Cai Railway Station
08-09.30: Buffet breakfast while cruising back to Halong wharf and visit Fire Island, Dinh Huong Island, floating village.
10.30: Luggage pulls out. Clear all bills.
11.30: Arrive at the pier.
12.00: Shuttle bus will take you back to Hanoi.
16.00: Arrival Hanoi, free at leisure till transfer to Hanoi railway station to catch the night train to Sapa.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: On train
 
Day 5: Sapa - Sin Chai - Cat Cat
Picked up at Laocai Railway station early in the morning. Arrive at Sapa around 8:00 AM. Check in hotel, have breakfast and shower. You will be taken by jeep to the Silver Waterfall: from there you can see stunning views of the surrounding mountains and the lush forests belonging to Hoang Lien National Park continue by car or van uphill to Heaven's Gate, the highest stretch of road in Vietnam as well as the provincial border of Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces. Here you will have a fantastic opportunity to view the magnificent scenery. After the Pass, take off the car to trek down to Fanxipang valley. You follow the paths of the local people in the mountain & reach Sin Chai village. Visit Sin Chai & Cat Cat village of the H’mong people. Then the car waits for you and takes you back up to Sapa roughly 4:00PM.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
 
Day 6: Lao Chai - Ta Van Village
Breakfast before a private car transfers you to Lao Chai village, a village of the Black H’mong. A short walk down to the river will take you to a hill tribe house to see their living style and the local women making their handicraft clothes. Further on along the road, the Tavan village where Dzay people stay can be seen. Visit the village and learn their customs.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
 
Day 7: Sapa – Lao Cai Railway Station - Hanoi
We start the trip after breakfast, heading up to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zdao tribe where you will have lunch. Amazing sceneries and beautiful waterfall are to be seen in the afternoon before going up to the main road where you will be picked up and ride back to Sapa, you might stop some times on the way to take photos of the fabulous valley of Sapa. Leave Sapa for Laocai Station in the afternoon. Have dinner at Lao Cai Station then get the night train to Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: On train
 
Day 8: Hanoi - Hue
Train arrives back in Hanoi at around 6.00am in the morning. Hotel is prepared for shower and breakfast. Relax until transferred to the airport for the flight to Hue. Upon arrival in Hue, you will be picked up and transferred to hotel for check in and discover Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945 including Flag Tower, Noon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy…
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
 
Day 9: Hue City Tour
Pick up from your hotel. A boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River visits Hue’s best-known religious sites, Thien Mu Pagoda. Then visit KhaiDinh and Tu Duc Tomb, enjoy daily life at Dong Ba market.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
 
Day 10: Hue - Hoi An
Leaving Hue in the morning, drive Southward to Hoi An (140km) with a stop at scenic beach of Lang Co for a drink then drive over the 500m high Hai Van pass. From top of the pass, on nice days, you can enjoy the whole vista of Danang, the Tien Sa seaport, Son Tra Peninsula, Cham island and long sandy beaches. You can also stop to visit Mable Mountain before proceeding to Hoi An. Check in your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian
 
Day 11: Hoi An Walking Tour
The ancient architecture of Hoi An is a fascinating combination of Vietnamese traditional characters with Chinese and Japanese influence. There is plenty to see in this delightful town, some of the attractions are the famous Japanese Covered Bridges, the Pottery Museum, the 200 years old Tan Ky House, the Chua Ong Pagoda, the vibrant market. Today we include some of these on a walking tour past many low tiled houses scattered along the small streets and assembly halls which reflect the town's multi-cultural past. A perfect way to round off the day is a boat trip on the Thu Bon River, which also gives us a chance to admire the spectacular countryside and explore a handicraft ceramic village and boat building yards.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian
 
Day 12: Hoi An - Ho Chi Minh City
After breakfastfree and easy tilltransferred to the airport for the flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, picked up and transferred to hotel for check in and relax. Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
 
Day 13: Ho Chi Minh City Tour - Cu Chi Tunnels
Spend full day visiting the city: Ho Chi Minh Cityis the largest and busiest city in Vietnamwith a population of 6 million people. Much of the daily life takes place on the streets, which are lined with shops, stalls and vendors with their wares spread out on the footpath. We start our tour with a visit to the ReunificationPalacewhich was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975. Close to this sight are some of the best French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Saigon Post Office. Visit the Jade Emperor Pagoda, the War Remnant and the bustling Ben Thanh Market. Here anything and everything is for sale. Afterwards we continue to the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, which were an incredible underground network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, plus accommodation and schools, and were used as a military base for the Vietcong in the American war. Turn back to Saigon for relax.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
 
Day 14: Ho Chi Minh - Mekong Delta
8: 00: Pick up at hotel. Transfer to My Tho. Take the motorized boat through the BaoDinh natural canal: view the still-house and the fruit plantation along the canal sides. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise Island. Lunch served in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Tach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruise under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the family business where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son Island, enjoy the rowing boat ride on the creeks before returning to My Tho by rowing boat. Proceed to Can Tho. Check in on arrival.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Can Tho
 
Day 15: Mekong Delta - Ho Chi Minh City
08: 00: After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit floating market with the busy sense right at the time. Keep cruising through the small channels system, visit the rice noodles making village. Experience the “monkey Bridge “in the Delta. Visit the second floating market of Cai Rang. Break time for lunch. Return to Ho Chi Minh City. Stop for visit and rest at the Bonsai garden in My Tho. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
 
Day 16: Ho Chi Minh City - Departure
Free at leisure until time to transfer to the airport for the flight back home.

RATE:  This rates are quoted in US$ per person

Categories	From 1st Jan to 31st Dec 2016
	2 pax	4 pax	6 -8 pax	SS
Superior 3*	1432	1349	1071	417
Deluxe 4*	1680	1597	1319	665
Luxury 5*	2081	1998	1720	1066
Child from 4 – 10 years old	75%

 
Trip Included:

• Accommodations (double/twin sharing) with daily breakfast
• Transportation by A/C car as itinerary
• English speaking guide
• Meals as indicated
• Domestic flight tickets (Vietnam Airline – economy class)
• Boat trips specified the tour program
• All entrance, permission and visiting fees
• Purified water and wet towel.
• Train tickets Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi

 
Trip Excluded:

• Visa stampinto Vietnam
• Personal travel insurance
• International flights
• All personal expenses
• All gratuities and tips to driver and tour guide.