Hanoi – Sapa – Halong – Hochiminh city – Cuchi Tunnel – Mekong Delta 11 days 10 nights

Discover Vietnam in 11 days with the charm of Vietnam north and south. Experience the beauty of Halong, Sapa, Ninhbinh. Enjoy cultural experiences, local cuisine, and thrilling activities.

Highlight

Day 1: Noibai airport – Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi – City tour

Day 3: Hanoi – Ninhbinh – Sapa

Day 3:  Sapa

Day 5: Sapa - Hanoi

Day 6: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hanoi

Day 7: Hanoi – Hochiminh City

Day 8: Hochinh city tour – Cuchi

Day 9: Hochiminh Mekong Delta

Day 10: Hochiminh city 

Day 11: Hochiminh city - Departure

Day 1: Arrive – Hanoi city

Pick up at Noibai airport, take to hotel, check in and free time to relax.

Day 2: Hanoi – city tour (B/L/) Dinner with noodle soup (Vietlink Travel invite)

After breakfast, check out

8:00- 8:30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City

08:45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake

It is the oldest pagoda in HaNoi built in the 6^th century.

09:30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived and worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Goddess of Mercy – It is the most unique pagoda in the world

Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed for at least 2 months (15^thJune -15^thAugust) for the annual maintenance but still you can take pictures of the Mausoleum and visit around that area.

From June 13th to the end of August 14th, Uncle Ho's Mausoleum will be closed for 2 months for annual maintenance. During this time, the Hanoi City Tour is still held as usual. Still visiting the area of ​​Uncle Ho's Mausoleum (Including Ba Dinh Square, Stilt House - Fish Pond - One Pillar Pagoda) In addition, other attractions still follow. old schedule

11:15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

Special Note: we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12:45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine

with 8 delicious dishes.

14:00 – 14:15: Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11th century

15:15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which was originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton”.

16:15 -16:30: Tour end, back to hotel for free time, have dinner.

Day 3: Hanoi – Ninhbinh – Sapa ( B/L/)

After your breakfast at hotel, check out

07:30 – 07:45: Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay and start 110km on Bus-journey through verdant landscape of countryside. Short-brake en route.

10:00: Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17^th Century.

12:00: Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.

13:30: Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which literally means “three caves” (1.5hour boat trip). With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, a very good opportunity for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

15:30: Leisure cycling on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with backdrop of a maze of limestone mountains.

16:45: Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi

18:45: Drop you off at your hotel/stay, have free time.

Everning, bus pick up to Sapa around 8:00pm – 9.00pm. Overnight on bus.

(The car picks you up at the meeting point in Hanoi, departing for Sapa by high-quality sleeper bus. You stay overnight in a luxury sleeper bus. The bus is fully equipped with pillows, blankets, free wifi, and mineral water on the bus).

Day 4: Sapa – Fansipan Legend( B/L/D)

5:30 - 6:00: Go to Sapa. You move back to the hotel. Leave items at the front desk, personal hygiene and have breakfast at the hotel.

8:00: After breakfast, the car picks you up and departs for FanSipan cable car station, taking the world's longest 3-wire cable car with a length of 6,292.5m. You will be able to see the sea of clouds, Muong Hoa valley and the beautiful Hoang Lien Son range from above. After 15 minutes by cable car, you continue to climb 604 steps to reach Fansipan peak. Please take pictures to save this memorable moment.

Then you return to the cable car station to move down.

11:00: Get in the car to return to town.

12:00: Have lunch and check in to rest.

14:30: In the afternoon, you go trekking to explore Ham Rong Mountain park, visit the Indochina orchid garden with all kinds of colorful flowers; Visit Heaven's Gate, Cloudy Yard - where heaven and earth meet. You start by conquering the peak of Ham Rong Mountain - a geological area made up of volcanic lava, with very unique shapes. and wonder. Visit places: Orchid Garden 1-2, Pear Garden, Apple Garden, Central Flower Garden, Broken Stone, Heaven Gate 1, Heaven Gate 2, Dragon Head, Crocodile Island, Meteorite Forest Area, Lady Buddha Island, Cloud Field, TV tower..., You explore Ham Rong tourist area, watching the panoramic view of Sa Pa from above from the foot of the TV tower. In particular, you can also enjoy and participate in ethnic dances and songs of the Northwest mountains and forests...

19:00: You have dinner at the hotel restaurant. Then freely roam around, enjoy mountain town cafes, go to Sapa culinary market to enjoy grilled specialties here... Overnight in Sapa.

Day 5: Sapa – Catcat – Hanoi (B/L/)

7:00: Guests have breakfast at a hotel.

8:00: After breakfast, you continue to depart to visit Cat Cat village, trekking to explore Cat Cat village and Hydroelectric waterfall, enjoy musical performances and learn about culture and customs. shop of ethnic minorities here. The tour guide takes you to visit Cat Cat village where the Black H'mong people live, a charming landscape in the valley located at the foot of the majestic Phanxipang peak. The local tour guide will introduce you to the daily life of the ethnic people here, then you continue walking to Cat Cat waterfall, Cat Cat hydroelectric station built by the French in the early years of the 20^th century. Guests have fun taking souvenir photos.

11:00: Get in the car to return to town.

12:00: Check out of the hotel and have lunch

13:00 - 20:00: Guests get on the bus to return to Hanoi.

20:00: Arrive in Hanoi, check in hotel and free time.

Day 6: Hanoi – Halong bay – Hanoi (B/L/)

After your breakfast

08:15 – 08:45: Our bus and tour guide pick you up from hotel/homestay if you book the bus and follow the new highway to depart for Tuan Chau Island, Halong City, stop for a rest on the way.

12:00: Arrive Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing

Wego Cruise will take you on an 5 to 6 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoy Vietnamese mouth-watering lunch on boat.

13:45: Arrive Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, then go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon.

Visit Titov Island with sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the Bay, and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.

16:30: Return to Cruises and cruise back toward Tuan Chau harbor. Enjoy local tea and cakes. enjoy the beauty of Halong Bay.

17:40 - 18:00: Disembark for going back on the new highway to Hanoi.

20:30: Drop off at your hotel, have free time to relax.

Day 7: Hanoi – Hochiminh city (B/)

After breakfast, have free time ultil driver pick up to Nobai airport for the flight to Hochiminh city.

Arrive in Hochiminh city, driver pick up to hotel, check in hotel for free time.

Day 8: Hochiminh city tour – Cuchi tunnel (B/L/)

After your breakfast

Around 07:00: bus pick up for trip.

Firstly, excursion Cu Chi Tunnels; an underground tunnels network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. It took about 25 years to build this underground city, which has living rooms, kitchens, hospitals, weapon factories, storage facilities and command centre. The tunnel system was an excellent way for the Vietcong to move around the countryside undetected by the Americans and home to around 10,000 people who lived underground for several years.

Before we go underground, we watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. We then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers.

Have lunch at the restaurant, then we drive back to Saigon arriving at approximately 14:00: Secondly, Notre Dame Cathedral: Located in the heart of the city and it was built by the French in the late 1877s. Notre Dame is not just the oldest Christian church of Vietnam but also a unique and excellent architecture of Saigon.

Thirdly, General Post Office (Designed by Gustav Eiffel, the Post Office is a testament to the French presence in the late 1800s. The look and feel of this grand building are like an elegant railway station. Fourthly, you'll then be driven to visit the Jade Emperor Temple. It's one of the best Taoist temples in Vietnam, with superb effigies, remarkable carved panels of the descent to Hell and some what incongruous terrapin and tortoise sanctuaries. You can choose to visit Jade Emperor Temple or War Museum or Reunification Palace.

Fifthly, then you'll have approximately two hours to visit Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Saigon, is packed with every conceivable commodity and a visit to lacquer workshop to see the complex processes and meticulous workmanship involved in this traditional Vietnamese craft product.

Finish the Cu Chi Tunnels & Saigon City Tour full day with us, back to hotel for free time.

Day 9: Hochiminh city – Mekong delta ( B/L/)

After your breakfast, our car and tour guide will pick you up at 8 am at your hotel for Mekong Delta Tour.

After around 2-hour driving from Saigon, we will reach the port to take leisurely cruise on the Tien River to see 4 islets which are represented as four mythical animals in Southeast Asia: Dragon, Kirin, Tortoise, and Phoenix.

Then we will visit honey bee farm and taste delicious honey tea with lemon that is really good for health. Moreover, is to enjoy a lot of tropical fruits featuring the typical characteristic of Mekong Delta. Local people also have a python farm for those who are looking for adventure can touch pythons and take photos with them.

Visit coconut candy workshop to know how to make delicious candies by hand.

On Classic Mekong Delta Tour, you can enjoy the melody of "Don Ca Tai Tu", a genre of traditional folk music which is an indispensable spiritual cultural activity in Mekong Delta people's lives and officially recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Furthermore, we can relax on the rowing boat going through a mangrove palm canal, and continue to ride by horse-drawn carriage through the village as the way locals did in the 19th century.

You cannot leave Mekong Delta without visiting Vinh Trang pagoda, considered as the biggest and oldest ancient pagoda in Southern of Vietnam influenced by Asian and Western architecture and culture, which is located in My Tho Town.

End Classic Mekong Delta Tour.

Day 10: Hochiminh city Free ( B/)

Have breakfast and free time to relax

Day 11: Hochiminh city Departure

Have breakfast and free time until departure to airport for the flight.

The cost: 425 Usd/ pax (Joined group tour + Private )

425usd*5pax = 2.125usd ( 3.100Aud )

Inclusion:

• Transfer as in itinerary.
• Hotel 3 star (Check in: 14:00; check out: 12:00 noon. Early check in is subject to availability) room for 2 adult. Central Hotel in Hanoi and Hochiminh city.
• Meals: local meals (B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner)
• Boat trip: halong, Ninhbinh, mekong delta.
• Car/Van Quality: Using new AC car or van depending on your group size.
• Tour guide: English speaking guides (on site).
• Entrance ticket.
• Vietnam insurance (2.000usd)
• Water bottle on car/van

Exclusion:

Drinks, personal expenses, others not mentioned in details, tips are welcome (3usd/ pax per day)

- Domestic flight Hanoi – Hochiminh city, about 80usd per ticket.

- Fansipan cable car (cost around 33usd)    

* What to Bring: Passport, change of clothes, sunglasses and hat, toiletries, sunblock, insect repellent, flashlights, proper hiking boots/trekking shoes, personal first aid kit and medicines, small VND notes for buying drinks.