Ha Noi – Ha Long – Pu Luong – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh – MeKong Delta (11 days – 10 nights)

Meet on arrival at Hanoi/ Noi Bai International airport and transfer to your hotel. Dinner at a local restaurant. Evening: enjoy Water puppet show – the unique Vietnamese traditional art. Accommodation.

City tour: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (close on Monday, Friday and the entire months of October and November) and his former residence, One-Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature. Lunch by own arrangement.

Drive to Halong Bay (165 km east of Hanoi), listed as a World heritage Site of outstanding natural beauty. “Dragon descending to the sea” as it is know in Vietnamese, picturesque Halong Bay has more than 1,000 limestone islets rising from the sea, many of them containing beautiful grottoes. Check in at hotel.

Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation.

Take 4-hours boat trip to discover Ha Long bay. Lunch on boat. Boat will back to the Pier at the noon time. Pick up and transfer back to Ha Noi. Arrival Ha Noi, then visit Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple, take a cyclo tour to visit Ha Noi Ancient Quarter. Dinner at restaurant. Accommodation at hotel in Hanoi.

Optional show: Le Tonkin show from 19:00-20:00 (The cost of ticket will be informed latter).

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to visit The journey is approximately 3.5hrs, with wonderful scenery including rice paddies and green mountains. A short break along the way is included.

On arrival at Mai Chau, visit Lac village, home of a Thai ethnic minority group, offers a rustic experience in traditional Thai stilt houses. Villagers will sometimes organize traditional song-and-dance performances in the evenings and anyone is free to join in the fun. Lunch at restaurant.
In the afternoon, driving 20 km more to Pu Luong Natural Reserve. Then start riding bicycle  2 to 3 hour walk through beautiful hill side villages, magnificent rice paddies, seeing hand crafted bamboo water wheels. The highlight on this road is experiencing the beauty of Pu luong Nature Reserve, the everyday life and culture of the white Thai people. Enjoy dinner at Puluong Retreat.

Overnight at Pu Luong retreat.

Breakfast at hotel. Start early to ride bicycle to descend into the beautiful valley facing the Retreat where you ride around tumbling rice terraces, through small paths shrouded in vegetation to slowly reveal a picturesque village sitting at the base of a towering mountain. Your camera will not be able to sit still!

Continuing to the base of the valley, you weave between roads and farmland, villages and wild fields, ponds and rivers, mountains and open land. We see the life style of Thai ethic people.  Lunch at restaurant.

Continue visiting Pu luong Nature Reserve to explore the refreshing water to the nearby river.

15:00: Transfer back to Hanoi. After 5 – 6 hours of driving, we reach to Hanoi. Check in hotel. Dinner at restaurant.

Accommodation at hotel in Hanoi.

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Noi Bai airport to take early flight……..to Danang. Then transfer to Hoi An. Visiting Hoi An Old Quarter with Phuc Kien Pogada… then take the boat trip at Thu Bon river. Dinner at restaurant.

Accommodation at hotel in Hoi An.

Optional show: Hoi An memorial show from 19:30-20:30 (The cost of ticket will be informed latter).

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Bana Hill. Client will take the cable car to Bana Hill to visit Golden Bridge, French village, Nine cellar & Romance Garden. Transfer to Danang airport to take flight to Hochiminh city. Arrive Hochiminh city, pick up and transfer for dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation.

Drive to visit Cu Chi tunnel – 200km underground tunnel built in the war time. Lunch by own arrangement. Continue visiting Tay Ninh with Caodai temple and Caodaism. Return to Ho Chi Minh city. Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation.

Optional show: A O show from 18:00-19:10 (The cost of ticket will be informed latter).

Drive to Mekong Delta – biggest delta in Vietnam where provide most rice and fruit for exporting. Visit Vinh Long, enjoy boat trip to visit Cai Be floating village. Lunch by own arrangement. Proceed to Can Tho. Check in at hotel. Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation.

In the morning: Visit Cai Rang floating market by motor boat. Lunch by own arrangement. Return to Ho Chi Minh city. Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation.

Visit Center Post Office with old architecture, China Town, Opera house. Transfer to Ho Chi Minh city/ Tan Son Nhat airport departure.