EXPLORING SAIGON TO HANOI IN 10 DAYS(Ho Chi Minh - Cu Chi - Mekong -Danang -Hoi An -Hanoi -Ha Long)

About this tour

Vietnam has no shortage of beautiful natural landscapes and amazing cultural and historic sites to explore stretching across the country. During this Vietnam tour package, you are offered a chance to delve into a range of most scenic destinations from South to North including the bustling city of Ho Chi Minh, the dynamic and fascinating Da Nang city with its plenty of natural wonders, the charming capital of Hanoi and of course, the World Heritage Site of Halong Bay – famous for its stunning natural beauty.

What you can expect

• Cu Chi Tunnels – a wonderful place to explore the long-lasting history of Vietnam during wartime
• A day trip to the Mekong Delta with charming scenery and amazing local way of life
• Join a city tour of Danang and delve into the endless charm of natural beauty and cultural legacies
• An exploration of Hanoi city is an absolute delight of any trip in North Vietnam
• Unwind in the serene natural beauty of Halong Bay on a spectacular cruise

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh Arrival

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City – the largest city in Vietnam. Our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check in. The room is at your disposal from 02:00 PM onwards.

Meals on your own. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: None
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide for airport pick up
• Transfer: Private car

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Tour - Cu Chi Tunnels (B, L) - Joint in Tour

08:00 – 08: 30 AM: Pick up at your hotel and start the city tour including:

• Independence Palace (the Reunification Palace) was built on the sight of the former Norodom Palace.
• War Remnants Museum which has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.
• Notre Dame Cathedral & Central Post Office the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times
• Jade Emperor Pagoda with the peaceful atmosphere &o many stories behind each detail of the pagoda.

12:30 AM: Lunchtime with a famous Phở restaurant (Vietnamese noodle soup).

02:00 PM: Depart around 1,5 hours through the pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi Tunnels – the historic site where Vietnamese soldiers used as a shelter during wartime. This fantastic network stretches over 250 km and is the shelter of Vietnamese soldiers during the wars.

There is a shooting range where you can try to fire automatic or semi-automatic weapons for a fee (this fee is not included)

06:00 – 07:00 PM: Be dropped off at your hotel. Dinner on your own account. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group Transfer

Day 3: Day Trip to Mekong Delta (B, L) - Joint in Tour

Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, and drive 1,5 hours to My Tho. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilets.

Upon arrival, we board a motorboat and cruise along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of the Mekong River, including four famous islands “Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle, and Phoenix”.

Stop at one of the floating fish houses, in nets and wire baskets under their house, the villagers cultivate freshwater fish and shrimp – a major export product of the region.

Cross the River to the other side, you will stop at a traditional workshop to witness a step-by-step process on how to make coconut candy, honey farming… while trying some yourself and listening to traditional music. Enjoy what local people offer by hand rowing a sampan along the shady, breezy canal. We will transfer to local transportation called Xe Loi to travel throughout the villages.

Lunch will be served at a riverside restaurant with a Vietnamese 5-course set menu. Please request in advance if you have a food allergy, you are a vegetarian, or you observe Halal.

Take a rest after lunch before boarding the motorboat back to My Tho. We drive to Vinh Trang Pagoda, an ancient southern architectural gem built in the middle of the 19th century. There are many Buddha statues including some that are over a hundred years old.

We drive another 1,5 hours back to Ho Chi Minh city and drop you at your hotel. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh - Fly to Danang (B)

At the good time this morning, you will be transferred to the airport for a short flight to Danang city. Upon arrival to Danang, our tour guide will pick you up and transfer to the hotel in Hoi An to check in. Meals on your own. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

Day 5: Marble Mountains - Am Phu Cave - Monkey Mountains (B, L, D) - Joint in Tour

We’ll pick you up at hotel and transfer to Danang City (around 30km).

Arrive in Marble Mountains and stop for a walk along the site to see local factories of stone sculptures – the most impressive handicrafts village in Danang. Check in the Marble Mountains by climbing up to the top (elevator is optional). Here we will see beautiful pagodas which were built in the 19th century by the last dynasty of Vietnam monarchy, visit Huyen Khong and Tang Chon caves.

Keep going to see the biggest fascinating cave named Am Phu. You will learn interesting philosophies of Buddhism and take photos of amazing natural creations.

Have lunch at the local restaurant with local and authentic Vietnamese cuisines.

Our van will transfer you to the next stop – Monkey Mountains. A giant statue of Lady Buddha with beautiful backgrounds such as mountains and huge garden of bonsai would draw your attention. You will definitely get lost in the garden of heaven with gripping stories when gently walking and enjoying a fresh breeze.

The car and tour guide will transfer you to the local restaurant to enjoy your dinner. Back to your hotel and overnight at a hotel in Hoi An.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Day 6: Day Trip to Ba Na Hills & Golden Bridge (B, L) - Joint in Tour

09:00 AM: Be picked up at hotel in Hoi An. Transfer to Ba Na Hills (35km) and take Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na Hills station. Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, The Old Villas of French, the Golden Bridge…

Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Ninh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden… Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour. Buffet lunch will be severed at the restaurant.

In the afternoon, you will be free for joining games in Fantasy Park – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with series of interesting games: 4 – 5D film, skiver, The death race, dinosaur park… (2 hours). Or discover Ba Na hills on your own.

03:00 PM: Back to the hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Day 7: Danang - Fly to Hanoi (B)

Free at your leisure until being transferred to the airport to take your domestic flight to Hanoi.

Once arrival, you will be warmly welcomed by our tour guide & driver to transfer to the hotel to check in. The balance of the day is at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide for airport pick up
• Transfer: Private car

Day 8: Hanoi City Tour (B, L)

After breakfast, meet the guide and start the trip with Tran Quoc Pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake.

Visit Ho Chi Minh’s complex, the final resting place of Viet Nam’s greatest father; his house-on-stilts and One Pillar Pagoda – modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi.

Arrive Ethnology Museum to learn about the cultures of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam.

In the afternoon, we will visit Temples of Literature constructed in 1070 – dedicated to Confucius, sages and talented scholars. It is the most famous temple in Hanoi, also functioning as Vietnam’s first university.

Leave for a legendary Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to a former general commander Tran Hung Dao for his struggle against Mongolians.

Arrive back to your hotel. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

Day 9: Hanoi - Halong Bay (B, L, D) by shuttle bus

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Ha Long Bay. On the way, you will see some rural areas of the Red River Delta with plenty of chances to take photos of Vietnamese farmers working in paddy fields.

Stop halfway to visit a handicraft workshop of fine clothes and embroidered paintings. Arrive in Ha Long City at 11:30 AM and check in aboard the booked junk right after the welcome drink is served. Start cruising while having lunch on board and enjoy the mighty bay view. Ha Long Bay means Descending Dragon Bay in Vietnamese as legend has it that it was where a holly dragon landed down from the sky. The bay, famous as one of the world’s wonders and heritage sites whose formation dates back 500 million years, consists of around 2,000 karst islands and islets scattered over an area of 1,553 km2. Relax to enjoy the bay view at sunset, have dinner after, go fishing at 09:00 PM and spend a night on board.

Note: They only serve local food on the cruise, vegetarian food is upon as request.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Overnight on cruise
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Tour guide: English speaking guide on the cruise
• Transfer: Shuttle bus

Day 10: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Departure (B, Brunch)

In the morning, refresh your body and mind with a Tai Chi exercise on the sundeck at the break of dawn. Have tea and coffee onboard and continue exploring Ha Long Bay sailing across its 2000 islets and visiting some of its major highlights. Normally, check out at 09:30 AM, have a buffet brunch while cruising back to shore. Disembark at 11:00 AM and transfer back to Hanoi.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: None
• Meals: Breakfast, Brunch
• Tour Guide: None
• Transfer: Shuttle bus & Private car

Note: Our tour's itinerary is carefully designed only for travelers from India by team of local travel experts with more than 10 years' experience.

This customizable tour can be arranged for single traveler, couple, family and group tour. Final Prices vary according to hotel standard, when you travel, how many people you travel with, the level of private guiding required and the overall arrangements. We can easily customize the itinerary based on your budget, interests and schedule. Please contact us to discuss your individual requirements

Tel/Zalo/WhatsApp: (+84)0989661264 (Mr Truong John)

E-mail: vietnambooker.com@gmail.com

ROUTE MAP

INCLUSIONS

Meals: 9 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 2 Dinners, 1 Brunch

*Indian/Vietnamese/Veg .. Food

Acommodations: Ho Chi Minh (3 nights), Hoi An (3 nights), Hanoi (2 nights), Halong Bay (1 night)

Transports: Car, Boat, Plane, Shuttle Bus

Included Services:

• Accommodation in 01 Double and 01 Twin room share with daily breakfast
• Tours and transfers as mentioned by air-conditioned vehicle
• Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
• Join in tour for Cu Chi Tunnels, Mekong Delta, a day trip to Bana Hill & Golden Bridge
• Local English speaking guides
• Meals where mentioned (B: Breakfast; L: lunch; D: dinner)
• Entrance fees
• Government taxes and service charges

EXCLUSIONS

• International flight ticket
• Vietnam visa fee 
• Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, drinks, tip…)
• Travel insurance
• Single supplement for single room
• Internal flights in economy class as mentioned in the itinerary:
• Ho Chi Minh – Danang
• Danang – Hanoi

Tel/Zalo/WhatsApp: (+84)0989661264 (Mr Truong John)

E-mail: vietnambooker.com@gmail.com