The Best Viet Nam Tour

Meals included: None 

Xin chao – Welcome to Hanoi – Vietnam

Starting” highlights of Vietnam – 14 –day- the best Vietnam tour” 

Upon arrival in Hanoi, where you will be met at the airport in the arrival hall by your Guide. You will be transferred for about 45 minutes to your hotel and check into your room.

There is no sightseeing today.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is a charming and richly historic city of lakes, shaded boulevards and leafy open parks. The central is an architectural museum piece housing groups of ochre colonial buildings the air of provincial French towns of the 1930s. It’s Old Quarter, where artisan’s and guilds lived and worked together to produce and sell a wide variety of items reflects the Vietnamese life in the past. 

You will start with the visit to the outside of the Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum where the body of Uncle Ho is preserved. 

Move onward to visit his wooden stilt house and One Pillar Pagoda which are located nearby.

Then, visit the Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam, which is imbued with the profound philosophies of Confucianism.  

In the afternoon, you will enjoy the most well–known of Vietnam soup: Pho Bo – noodle soup with beef or chicken and a cup of egg coffee before visiting the Hoan Kiem Lake. You will cross a scarlet bridge to access the Ngoc Son temple. An enormous tortoise is exhibited in the center hall.

You will also be taking one-hour cyclo ride through the Hanoi’s Old Quarter to catch a glimpse of ancient Hanoi and learn about traditional Vietnamese architecture. 

After that, get back to your hotel.

 Overnight in Ha Noi

NOTE: The egg coffee has a taste almost like a coffee flavored ice cream- more like a dessert than coffee.

Ingredients:  Egg, condensed milk, coffee powder, some butter, some cheese, but we can’t tell you everything , it’s a secret recipe in each place .

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Arrival on Ninh Binh, you will visit Hoa Lu – the ancient Royal Capital of Vietnam in early of tenth century with two temples: Temple of King Dinh and King Le were two first dynasties in Vietnam after Chinese controlled Vietnam nearly one thousand years old.

Afternoon, take a small sampan to discover Tam Coc which means literally “ three caves” viewing of marvelous limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful stream, rice paddies.. Tam Coc really has these all.

Overnight in Ninh Binh.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Transfer to Ha Long Bay. You will board a junk for a cruise among the hundreds of islets of Ha Long Bay.

Enjoy lunch on board as you cruise out into the bay, stopping to anchor for an afternoon of activities. Activities are subject to each cruise and weather conditions.

Drop anchor in the late evening for an overnight stay. 

Overnight on a junk.

Meals included: Breakfast

Early morning, enjoy Tai Chi lesson on the sundeck (lasting for about 30 minutes)

Coffee, tea and breakfast pastries served in the dining room.

Enjoy some morning activities before getting back to your cabin to freshen up and finish packing.

The breakfast is served in the dining room while cruising back to the pier.

Transfer to Noi Bai Airport for your flight to Hue. On arrival, transfer to hotel.

Overnight in Hue.

Meals included: Breakfast

Take a morning boat cruise on the peaceful Perfume River to visit the Thien Mu Pagoda and then take a car to the poetic mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc. 

In the afternoon, proceed to visit the Imperial Citadel. The spectacular Citadel where houses a series of palaces, ornate halls, libraries, residences and colleges. 

End the day with a visit to Dong Ba Market if time permits.

Overnight in Hue.

Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast, meet your Guide at the lobby of the hotel for the drive along the coast and via mountain passes to Hoi An with a stop en route at the photogenic village of Lang Co Beach. 

Also stop in Danang to visit the Cham Museum which houses the world’s finest collection of Cham artworks before proceeding to Hoi An. 

Hoi An was recognized as an UNESCO’S World Heritage site in 1999. It used to be a trading port from the period of the 15th to 19th centuries.

The rest of the day is at your leisure to explore the town.

Overnight in Hoi An.   

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

You will enjoy a wide range of experiences – from learning traditional fishing techniques to paddling the strange and unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boats, learning about BẢ TRẠO cultural folk music of local fishermen life at CỬA ĐẠI fishing village while exploring the now tranquil coconut-palm flanked waterways napalm coconut of a past war.

On this tour we provide an authentic social and cultural insight into the local Vietnamese way of life. As well you will take part in some hands-on activities that are fun, safe and interesting to people all of ages.

Get back to town for a walking tour to explore the ancient Old Quarter. You will visit an ancient merchant house, the Phuc Kien Assembly Hall, the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge and the vibrant riverside market.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals included: Breakfast

Transfer to Da Nang airport to catch your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, transfer to a hotel and the rest of the day is at your leisure.

Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) is the most dynamic and modern city of Vietnam. Saigon is the name of a fantastic river flowing through the city. 

During the 1960s and early 1970s, Saigon was the Pearl of the Orient, which flourished  under  the  American  occupation. In more  recent  times,  it  was  the  seat  of  the  South  Vietnam government until the events  that led to the country’s reunification. Today, the old mixes seamlessly with the new and you can wander through timeless alleys to incense-infused temples before catching up with the present in designer malls beneath sleek skyscrapers.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Meals included: Breakfast

In the morning, you will visit the amazing Cu Chi Tunnels where Vietnamese guerrillas built a labyrinth of narrow tunnels as hideouts during the war. The  Cu  Chi  experience  can  be  emotional  for some  visitors,  but  it  offers  a  fascinating  window  into  the hardship  and  traumas  of  war.

Driving further to Tay Ninh province that it is a headquater of the unique Cao Dai sect, a religion with a combination of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Taoist… The eye above the entrance is the symbol of the sect. You will visit at noon to attend ceremony to witness the daily mass held by Cao Dai followers, which is a very special experience.

Overnight in Ho chi Minh City

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner 

In the morning, you will visit The independence Place where was ended of Vietnam War, The War Remnants Museum and take photos in some beautiful of French colonial building in city such as: The opera house, the oldest Continental hotel, he old Central Post Office designed by Gustave Eiffel , the neoclassic architecture of Saigon Church…

Transfer to China town to explore Cho Lon – officially name’s Binh Tay market, Thien Hau temple. Alternative, you could have a walk through HoThi Ky local flower market.  

Get back to hotel for relaxing

In the evening, take the VESPA TOUR to enjoy tasting the local food. The tour includes unlimited drinks and food. 

VESPA TOUR: SAIGON AFTER DARK

A foodie night out on the town.

This Saigon night tour is part night excursion, part street food adventure. Experience Saigon nightlife the way locals do, all from the back of a vintage Vespa scooter.

To start off this Saigon night tour, enjoy drinks at our Vespa-themed café, Café Zoom, to watch “as the world goes by” (as said in the Lonely Planet guide book). Throughout the night, try a variety of food and drinks at 2 local restaurants and samplings of Saigon’s best authentic local food. Zoom past the famous must-see sights of Ho Chi Minh City while in the bustling traffic. We’ll also go to a Vietnamese-style coffee shop with special live music bar, and then wrap up the evening at an exciting music bar where the new generation of Vietnamese unwind and flaunt their unique styles.

Guests ride pillion behind our drivers to enjoy and experience the Vietnamese nightlife with friends. This tour includes free flowing drinks and all you can eat, so come with an appetite!

*Saigon Night Tour Highlights*- All-you-can-eat & free flow drinks, cocktails & snacks at Cafe Zoom, local seafood restaurant, local Vietnamese pancake restaurant, zooming by famous Saigon sights, live music cafe, live music bar.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Leaving the city behind you will travel overland to Ben Tre province, known as the homeland of coconuts and your first foray into Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region. 

Boat on Ben Tre river exploring the lively activities along river as fishing, water transfer…….see  brick making in handy traditional style by printing and baking. Visit one of plenty of coconut processing workshops located along the canal. Turn on natural scissors creeks where they look smaller and smaller to go to village. Take a walk to family workshop making sleep mats and enjoying some fruits and tea.

  * riding a motor cart (xe l0i) or bike on shady paths, pass by green rice fields and vegetable plains to be able to touch on real life and find out  about tropical culture from Peasants. Lunch at local restaurant.

After enjoying a hearty lunch, you will continue to go Vinh Long province where you will be spending the night. Check in to your charming riverside lodge.

Before dark, you will prepare and cook dinner with local people. Having a dinner. This evening you are led by fire torch to the house of a war veteran turned musician. Listen to his music and interesting stories of his experience in this part of Vietnam.

Overnight in Vinh Long

Meals included: Breakfast

(OPTIONAL TOUR: Enjoy a sunset cruise in Mekong River)

After breakfast, taking boat are already heading to village market and transporting goods such as coconuts from one factory to the other. We also had a chance to see these factories. Situated alongside the river, these are small coconut-processing operations. Once the coconut has been shelled, the coconut fibers are removed from the husk to make rope, which in turn is used to weave rugs. You can watch the whole manufacturing process in a short period of time. Most of the work is done by hand at very low cost. The buyers are mostly foreign companies.        

Select bicycles for a cycling tour in the late morning on quiet village roads passing by a duck farm, green rice paddies, sedge field and small villages. Along the way, you visit one of the many dragon/orange fruit plantations and taste it directly at the garden

Leave in Homestay and drive further to Can Tho. Relaxing 

Optional tour: Enjoy a sunset by boat in Mekong River (detail on request)

Overnight in Can Tho.

Meals included: Breakfast

Early morning, enjoy a boat cruise to visit the Cai Rang Floating market where local and foreign tourists go to learn about the colorful life on the river.
The market, which has thrived for over a century, has been a central for commerce in the city and its neighboring provinces. They traditionally sell all kinds of fruits and vegetables, and recently added coffee, breakfast dishes and even lottery tickets. On boats, products are hung on bamboo poles so tourists and locals can easily know which products each boat is selling.

Get back to your hotel for breakfast. 

Transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for departure