DAY 1: HO CHI MINH CITY ARRIVAL
• On arrival in Ho Chi Minh city, you will be me our local guide at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Flight TBA) and transfer to hotel for check in.
• A short Ho Chi Minh city tour (if time permit): Cho Lon (Big market of Chinese in Saigon), Thien Hau Pagoda, Shopping at China Town.
• Dinner at local Restaurant
• Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals: Dinner
DAY 2: HO CHI MINH CITY - MY THO - HO CHI MINH CITY
• ABF at hotel.
• We will take a full day trip to the watery world of the Mekong Delta, just 1 hour and half by road from Ho Chi Minh City. We will have a full day trip here to catch a glimpse of the famous Mekong River.
• Upon arrival we will take a boat trip along narrow waterways overhung with dense vegetation visiting the fish whalf, the 4 famous islands of Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle and Phoenix. Then take a short tour to the bank of Mekong River visiting a rice farm, candy workshop and honey bee farm, then journey by sampan through the canals and mangrove forests where we watch the fishermen lay their fish traps. Enjoy time on the Unicorn island visiting the local fruit, tea mixed with bee’s honey, and enjoy a locally produced folkshow of traditional Mekong Delta music.
• Visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, the most famous pagoda in the south whose architecture is a mixture of Vietnamese, Kh’mer and Chinese.
• In the late afternoon, transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City.
• Enjoy your dinner at local restaurant.
• O/N at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 3: HO CHI MINH CITY – HANOI - HA LONG BAY
• ABF at hotel.
• Transfer to airport for domestic flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival in Hanoi, our local guide will meet and greet you at Noi Bai International Airport (Flight TBA).
• Then, transfer to downtown for lunch at local restaurant.
• After lunch, leaving Hanoi by vehicle (3hrs of drive) for Halong Bay. Enjoy the journey through the rich farmlands of the Red River Delta and the scenery of rice fields.
• Dinner at local restaurant.
• O/N at hotel in Halong.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 4: HA LONG - HANOI
• ABF at hotel.
• Take a private boat trip to visit Ha Long bay (A Natural World Heritage) with: Thien Cung grotto, Dau Go Cave, Dinh Huong, Ga Choi Islet, etc.
• Lunch on boat with fresh seafood.
• On the way back to Hanoi, we visit Do Temple which worship 8 kings of Ly Dynasty and is marvelous, worthy to the thousand-year-old history of Thang Long. On arrival in Hanoi, shopping at Old Quarter or Dong Xuan Market.
• Dinner at local restaurant & Enjoy the Special Vietnam water puppet show, a unique and famous traditional performance.
• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 05: HA NOI - DEPARTURE/ Good Bye Vietnam
• ABF at hotel.
• Hanoi City Tour: visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum (Close on Monday & Friday), his House on stilt, The botanical garden and the Presidential palace where used to be the residence of the Governor of Indochina. After 1954 it was named the Presidential Palace and became the place where Ho Chi Minh lived and worked until he passed away in 1969. On the way out visit One Pillar pagoda. The pagoda was constructed in 1049 by King Ly Thai Tong according to his dream of Bodhisattva seating on a lotus flower and led him to the pagoda. In 1954, the pagoda was destroyed by the French before their withdrawer. After taking over the city on October 10th 1954, Vietnam Ministry of Culture restored the pagoda. The pagoda of today remains since this restoration. Then we visit Temple of Literature - The first Imperial school in Vietnam built in 1070 during the dynasty of King Ly
• Lunch at local restaurant.
• Free at leisure till drive to Noi Bai International Airport for departure (Flight TBA). Home sweet home.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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