Upon arrival at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City and after clearing immigration and customs, meet with your driver with a welcome signboard marked “The Time Journeys’s LOGO & your name”. Then your tour guide will transfer to your hotel in centre. The rest of the day is at your leisure to explore city.
Meals: NA
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Breakfast at your hotel,
AM: HCM City : We start the trip by visiting Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office, followed by exploring the Reunification Palace, and the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum.
PM: Cu Chi Tunnels : Located 60 km from HCMC, Cu Chi is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists – the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens.
Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a “Free Target Zone”. Start our tour in the morning, before entering the tunnels visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. You will spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war). Return to Sai Gon. Drop you off at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Ho Chi Minh City
Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city and start the trip to My Tho. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th 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 in the village paths to contemplate orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, and Vietnamese folk music performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation. Be rowed in a small sampan through the Thoi Son canal and treat yourself to the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business & bee-keeping farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.
Have lunch at the local restaurant. Break time. The afternoon is time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meeting the local people to experience their daily life in the Mekong delta. Relaxing on hammocks to enjoy the cool breeze is for those do not want to join the cycling trip. Proceed to Can Tho City and overnight in Can Tho.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Can Tho
Breakfast at the hotel. Take a leisure boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong River (Bassac River) then visit to Cai Rang floating market which is the liveliest one in the whole of region. Walking trip to visit the fruit plantation and local noodle factory. Visit Binh Thuy communal house and Munir Ansay Pagoda – a Khmer pagoda, renowned for its unique structure. Have lunch and return to Ho Chi Minh City. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, drop you off at Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Breakfast at your at your hotel, free time for relaxing until the private car pick you up and transfer you to airport for a flight to Nha Trang. Arrive in Nha Trang, private car pick you up and transfer you to hotel. Check in hotel. Free time on beach.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang
Breakfast at your hotel. Bus will pick you up at your hotel or rendezvous, move to Cau Da port. From here, you will be on the vessel to begin the journey.
09:00 -12:00. Visit of Mun island. Mun island is the first park for conservation of marine life in Vietnam, where is appropriate for the growth of corals and tropical marine species. When coming here, tour guide will also give you the support equipment such as snorkel, goggles, life jackets for snorkeling to see corals and many other colorful sea creatures.
12:00 – 13:00. Time for lunch with grilled fresh seafood – Barbecue
13:00 – 14: 30. Visit Mot island. We also have performance showed by our own music band to help tourists interact and relax. We make sure that it will give you unforgettable memories in the romantic Nha Trang sea. Next, you will enjoy “Floating Wine Party” on the sea near Mot island, enjoy wine and fruits on the ocean, which is not same any bar in the world.
14:30 – 16:45. Visit Tam island with 4 – star entertainment zone. Here, you can swim next to a white sandy beach or in a swimming pool with 2,700 square metres wide. Visitors also visit play area for children, visit the Old house and golf yard, enjoy the music and dance, kayaking , tent chair. If you like strong feelings, you can participate in water sports such as banana float, parachute pulled by boat, Jetski, water motorbike … (costs excluded). Then, you will enjoy “tropical fruits party” on the boat
16:45. The vessel come back to Cau Da port. Bus and tour guide will take you back to your hotel. Free time.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang
Breakfast at your hotel. Free time for relaxing on beach
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang
You’ll have breakfast at the hotel and some morning free time. Free time until private car with driver pick you up and transfer you to airport for a flight to Danang. Arrive in Danang, the private car pick you up and transfer you to your hotel in Hoian. Check in hotel. Free time.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian
Breakfast at your hotel. Free time for relaxing on beach. 12:00 check out hotel, the guide pick you up and transfer you to visit Hoi An Acient town, with: Japanese Bridge: This only remain of Japanses culture is now considered as a symbol of Hoi An. Taking a walk on the street along the Hoai River, enjoy the night life of Hoi An Town. Colorful lanterns are hung on in front of the houses, across the streets and paths all around the town, which is going to make you feel peaceful, serene and want to last this walk forever. Then transfer you to Danang, on the way to visit Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountain), Marble Mountain is a complex consisting of Kim (Iron Mountain), Mộc (Wood Mountain), Thủy (Water Mountain), Hỏa (Fire Mountain), Thổ (Earth Mountain) symbolizing for 5 main elements of the universe in Asia Culture. You will discover the mysterious beauty of caves combining the sacred atmosphere of Buddhism. Visiting Tam Thai Pagoda, Linh Ung Pagoda. You will admire the masterpieces of exquisite stone sculptures created by the skilful hands of artisans in Non Nuoc village at the foot of the mountain. Check in and free time
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Danang
Breakfast at your hotel.
08:00 am: Our guide and driver will pick you up fromyour hotel, depart for Ba Na Hill through one of the most beautiful seaside streets of Central Vietnam.
09:00: Arrive in Ba Na, you will have a chance to experience the two – UNESCO – record cable system up to the top of the hill and enjoy the beautiful sight of Mo stream, Toc Tien waterfall with the impressive dazzling white spume. Sightseeing on Ba Na Hill to: Hand of the gods hold Vietnam’s Golden Bridge. L’Jardin Zone with French Architecture Building: Tinh Tâm Garden, French Stable, one hundred year-old pomelo tree, Old Villas. Linh Ung Pagoda, 27 meters Buddha Statue, Loc Uyen Garden.
11:30 am From Debay station, you will get on the second cable system to move to Nui Chua Peak – the rooftop of Da nang City. Enjoy lunch.
Continue the tour with Fantasy Park – one of the most modern indoor game centers of the Asia. Visit Linh Chua Linh Tu temple, enjoy a panoramic view of the whole Da Nang city and Da Nang bay through the mist in a romantic afternoon on Ba Na peak. Go down by the cable system. Get on coach and return the city centre. 16:30 -17:00 Drop off at your hotel. Free time in the evening.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Danang
Breakfast at your hotel, 08:00 Driver and guide pick you up from your hotel, depart to Hue crossing Hai Van Tunnel, Which is the longest and the most modern tunnels in the Southeast Asia.
09:30 Arrive in Hue, you will visit Khai Dinh Tomb – the most beautiful royal tombs of Nguyen’s Dynasty Kings.
12:30: Have lunch, take a break in restaurant.
13:30: After that, we will continue to visit:
– Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue’s oldest and most beautiful pagoda, considered as the symbol of religion and spirit of Hue people.
– Hue Citadel: which was recognized by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage in 1993. Experienced many vicissitudes of history, Hue Citadel is still long-lasting and remain the cherished values. Learn about the 13 Nguyen dynasty kings ruled for over 140 years
17:30 Drop off at your hotel. Free time in the evening.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
Breakfast at your hotel. Free time. 12:00 check out hotel. Free time until private car pick you up and transfer you to Railway station for a train to Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast/
Accommodation: Overnight on train – Soft sleeper on train
04:00 am: Arrive in Hanoi, pick you up and transfer you to your hotel.
After the breakfast at your hotel. The guide pick you up and transfer you to visit – The One Pillar Pagoda, the beautiful Temple of Literature, West Lake’s Tran Quoc temple and Quan Thanh pagoda as well as the fascinating Ethnology Museum. Enjoy lunch at local restaurant.
Follow your guide, you will weave through the bustling Old Quarter’s 36 streets. All named for the producs historically sold here. After visiting Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple, you will transfer you to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
6:30: Pick up at hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, get on a big bus and depart for Sapa Town. 9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city and have the first rest stop.
11.00: Second rest stop in Lao Cai before heading to Sapa
13.30: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, and Tay ethnic people. And wait at the bus station for the tour guide and driver to pick you up to the hotel.
• Welcome beverage and itinerary overview
• Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes and check-in procedures.
14.30: A short walk to the gate of Cat Cat village, which is the 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 photos with the bridge and waterfall; then you will walk up hill for the bus to pick you up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon. The trekking distance is about 2.5km and it lasts for 2 hours. 17.00: Come back to Sapa Town.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
7.00 – 8.30: Have breakfast at the hotel, check out the room, and prepare a light pack for trekking. (Large luggage is kept in the hotel.)
8.30: Start hiking through 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. After that, head to Ta Van village – home of the Dzay ethnic people. The trekking distance is about 9km and it lasts for 3.5 hours
12.30 – 13.30: Have lunch at local restaurant.
13.30: The bus arrives at Ta Van Bridge and transports you to Sapa.
14.00 – 14.45: Relax and enjoy yourself, and if you want, take a shower in the hotel’s public bathroom.
14.45 – 15.00: Meet all the group members at the hotel to get ready for Hanoi.
16.30: Get on the bus to go back to Hanoi with two rest stops.
21.30-21.45: Arrive Hanoi drop you off at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Breakfast at your hotel: 8h00: Get picked up by our friendly guide then depart for Ninh Binh province
09h15: Have a short break for 15 – 20 minutes to relax
10h30: Visit Hoa Lư ancient capital of Vietnam between 968 and 1010. You have a chance to learn about Vietnamese history in the feudal system under Dinh, Le, and Ly Dynasty
11h45: Have a buffet lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods such as goat meat, fish, chicken, and fried rice…Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch
13h00: Visit by 1.5-hour bamboo boat. You will be surprised by the charming beauty here with paddy Tam Coc fields, river, water, cloud, sky, and a stunning cave system during the boat trip. All make a masterpiece thatthe Vietnamese people called “Ha Long Bay on land”
15h00: Continue the tour for 45 mins – cycling around the village to discover the life of the local people.
Meals: Breakfast /Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ninh Binh
Breakfast at your hotel. The guide pick you up and transfer you to Halong Bay. On the way to Halong Bay, the bus will stop over for 15minutes. Arrive at Tuan Chau island – Take break and welcome drink at Halong Cruise Lounge. Transfer to Halong Cruise
Welcome drink – receive cruise briefing, safety instructions and check in. Start cruising and explore Halong Bay – one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. Enjoy buffet lunch with Vietnamese dishes served while cruising through the bay, passing the most beautiful and quiet areas, such as Incense Burner, Dog Stone Islet, Fighting Cock, Soi Sim beach, Coconut Three Island
Visiting Tung Sau area, is covered by the leaping rocks, cultured pearl fishery. You can wit yourself the process of the jewel, from culturing to harvesting and sculpting, Moreover, you have a chance to do kayaking based on your preference. Enjoy busy space with pearl maker, you can experience the completion of pearl.
Visiting the beautiful Ti Top beach for swimming (if the weather permits), Ti Top Beach is especially famous for its fresh atmosphere, clean water, and smooth white sand that create a great ambiance for tourists to relax or passengers can take steps to reach on the top of Ti Top beach to have a whole panorama view of Halong Bay. Back to the boat and free time while sailing to Luon Bo area, and anchor overnight.
Option: Massage service available. Please book with Cruise Manager directly (please see massage menu)
Attend the Cooking class on sundeck – How to make Vietnamese spring rolls – traditional Vietnamese food. Then enjoy Happy Hour (Buy one drink-get one free). It is time for chit chat and relaxing. Watch the magnificent sunset over Halong Bay.
19.30 – 23.00: Dinner – Deluxe Vietnamese BBQ Set Menu Dinner
Evening activities include: Leisure time to enjoy a chat around the bar, watching movies and many sort of Vietnam cultural films, relaxing and spending a romantic night on Halong Cruise’s music, playing cards, chess are available, reading magazines in room and dining room. You may also try your luck at squid fishing & fishing from the boat.
23.00: End of Program for Day One. (Please note that live music is not available on Mondays.)
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Accommodation: Cruise in Halong Bay
The day starts early onboard with Tai Chi session on the sundeck. Tai chi also called Tai chi chuan, combines deep breathing and relaxation with slow and gentle movements.
Coffee, tea and pastries for breakfast are served in the dining room with morning view of bay’s landscape.
08.00 – 11.30: Transfer by tender to Sung Sot Cave. Walk up about 100 steps to the cave entrance. It takes approximately 45 minutes for cave visiting. Visit Sung Sot Cave, one of the most biggest cave in Halong bay with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Return to the boat by tender. Proper shoes are highly recommended. Back to Pelican Halong Cruise. Check out and settle your bill at reception. Have a buffet brunch while cruising back to the Tuan Chau Wharf. Relaxing on the sundeck or in the dining room enjoying the bay scenery while approaching the wharf. Disembark to Tuan Chau Wharf. Say goodbye to the crew.
12.00: Say goodbye to the crew at main harbor and your driver will meet you when you disembark and transfer you back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi, drop you off at your hotel. Free time.
Meals: Breakfast/ Brunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Breakfast at your hotel. Your time will be your own until your private car and driver arrives to take you to the airport for your departure flight. Your journey with The Time Journeys is now complete…
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Time check out is 12:00
Have a nice journey!
The time journeys can arrange additional customized trips for you if the above itinerary does not match your expectations.
Vietnam is a dynamic country in Southeast Asia where traditions are thousands of years. Vietnam Tours offer you the vast knowledge and expertise in Vietnam. From the untamed mountain terrain in the north to the vast emerald rice fields in the south. Include in your tours a visit to many UNESCO World Heritage sites such as incredible Halong Bay on cruise, Trang An, Phong Nha & Ke Bang National Park, Hue, and Hoi An and uncover the mysteries of the Mekong Delta in the South. Or experience the rice terraces in Sapa or Mai Chau. Soak up the sun and exploring below the sea in Nha Trang and Phu Quoc island. Vietnam is filled with a rare beauty.
Everything you need to know about Vietnam!
• Hotel accommodation sharing double/ twin room with daily breakfast.
• Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner).
• English speaking local guide
• All entrance fees as indicated in itinerary.
• Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary (Mekong Delta, Hue, Ninh Binh)
• Train tickets
• Cruise in Halong Bay
• Cold water and towel during tours
• E-visa to Vietnam
• Other meal, drink, Tip to guide and driver, personal expenses
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