FANTASTIC IMPRESSION VIETNAM TOUR – 14 DAYS
Itinerary: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Ha Long – Hue – Hoi An – Saigon – Can Tho – Saigon
Code tour XSEV 0029 - ADVENTURE & TREKKING
Highlights:
- Explore Sapa local market and walking tour through the villages of several different ethnic minorities, H’mong people, Red Zao people & Tay people
- Discover the Wonder of the World – a Ha Long Bay with its bewitching scenes. Cruise in Bai Tu Long Bay, the less visited part of Ha Long Bay (Oriental-designed cabin with large windows and en-suite bathroom, Explore Ha Long Bay by kayak, visit the cave and a bamboo boat trip to floating village, Authentic Vietnamese cuisines onboard…..)
- Discover the significant landscapes and cultural sites along the country from Saigon - Hoi An - Hue to Hanoi - Ha Long. Specially see Hoi An, Hue through a different perspective as you explore around the countryside, with local farmers and local people and learn about their lives…
- You will enjoy discovering the colonial district, the historic buildings in Saigon and the exotic atmosphere of Cho Lon district. Then, get to know the daily life of the Mekong Delta’s inhabitants throughout its villages.
Overview
Just 14 day trip to Vietnam for adventure Vietnam, This is the perfect tour for those wishing to get a taste of the country whilst staying in comfort to visit the all of attractive destination of Vietnam as Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Sapa, Hue, Hoi An, Mekong Delta, Cu Chi tunnels, Ho Chi Minh..
Tour summary:
- Day 01 : Hanoi arrival
- Day 02 : Hanoi sightseeing – Night train to Lao Cai (B, L)
- Day 03 : Lao Cai - Cat Cat - Muong Hoa valley - Sapa (B, L)
- Day 04 : Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van village - Lao Cai night train to Hanoi (B, L)
- Day 05 : Hanoi arriva - Hon Gai Harbor - Bai Tu Long Bay - Cong Do - Cap La Island (B, L, D)
- Day 06 : Tra San - Thien Canh Son - Hon Gai border - Hanoi fly to Hue (B, L)
- Day 07 : Hue sightseeing (B, L)
- Day 08 : Hue - Tam Giang Lagoon - Hoi An town (B, L, D)
- Day 09 : Hoi An Village cycling adventure (B, L, D)
- Day 10 : Hoi An - Flight to Saigon (B)
- Day 11 : Ho Chi Minh - Ben Tre - Can Tho (B, L)
- Day 12 : Cai Rang floating market - Saigon (B, L)
- Day 13: Cu Chi tunnel - Sightseeing (B, L)
- Day 14 : Saigon departure (B)
DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
Distance: NoiBai Airport – Hanoi Central: 35 km 45 minutes
Arrival in NoiBai airport, you will be picked up then transferred to the hotel in city center and transfer you to your hotel for check-in
(Check-in time is 14.00 PM, early check-in is not included in itinerary and subject to availability). Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: None
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hanoi
(Check-in time is 14.00 PM, early check-in is not included in itinerary and subject to availability). Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: None
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hanoi
DAY 2: HANOI - SIGHTSEEING - NIGHT TRAIN TO LAO CAI (B,L)
Private driver & Tour guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
After breakfast, the day starts with visit to the complex dedicated to Ho Chi Minh – the nation’s founder, containing Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (viewed from outside on Mondays, Fridays and every afternoons due to closure), and the house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda. Next up visit Tran Quoc Pagoda – Hanoi’s oldest pagoda on the bank of West Lake & Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university which was constructed in 11th century. Lunch is at the local restaurant.
In the afternoon, take a cyclo ride around the Old Quarter streets which were named after the specific goods once offered for sale at these places. Stop at HoanKiem Lake to learn about legend of the lake and visit Ngoc Son Temple, followed by the Water Puppet show – a uniquely Northern Vietnamese art form depicting scenes from rural life and episodes of national history. Check in the hotel for a short relaxing, Dinner is on your own
21:00: We will stay at Hanoi Railway Station to transfer to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: On Train – Soft berth in sharing cabin with AC
After breakfast, the day starts with visit to the complex dedicated to Ho Chi Minh – the nation’s founder, containing Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (viewed from outside on Mondays, Fridays and every afternoons due to closure), and the house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda. Next up visit Tran Quoc Pagoda – Hanoi’s oldest pagoda on the bank of West Lake & Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university which was constructed in 11th century. Lunch is at the local restaurant.
In the afternoon, take a cyclo ride around the Old Quarter streets which were named after the specific goods once offered for sale at these places. Stop at HoanKiem Lake to learn about legend of the lake and visit Ngoc Son Temple, followed by the Water Puppet show – a uniquely Northern Vietnamese art form depicting scenes from rural life and episodes of national history. Check in the hotel for a short relaxing, Dinner is on your own
21:00: We will stay at Hanoi Railway Station to transfer to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: On Train – Soft berth in sharing cabin with AC
- Our tour guide will not accompany during the train trip
- Private compartments on request at surcharge.
- Train journeys are part of a great local experience. Cabins are shared with other local passengers (unless private cabin is requested and all berths paid for – with supplement). Restrooms at either end of the carriages complete the local experience.
DAY 3: LAO CAI - CAT CAT VILLAGE – MUONG HOA VALLEY - SAPA (B, L)
Private driver & guide
Wake you up into the pleasure morning in amongst of Sapa’s mountains
05.00 AM: Arrival at Lao Cai Railway Station very early.
05h15 you will arrive at the last arrival station – Lao Cai station transfer direct to Sapa for check in and breakfast.
9:00AM: Trekking from Sapa to Cat Cat Village to see its waterfall and meet H’mong family and learn more about their way of life. Cat Cat is a small but bustling village situated at the foot of Fansipan Mountain. Here you will see traditional H’mong homes at their best and you will be able to meet a H’mong family to learn more about their way of life. The village is also the perfect place to see traditional clothing being made, hemp being dyed and women weaving. From Cat Cat we will follow the MuongHoa Valley for 3km through rice terraces and small dwellings to Sin Chai. This village is a little off the usual trekking route and less visited, but offers the opportunity to see traditional wooden homes built using the indigenous Pumu tree. Transport will be waiting in Sin Chai to take you back to Sapa.
17h00: Arrive in Sapa, check in hotel – free time to enjoy Sapa. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Sapa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : at a selected hotel in Sapa
05h15 you will arrive at the last arrival station – Lao Cai station transfer direct to Sapa for check in and breakfast.
9:00AM: Trekking from Sapa to Cat Cat Village to see its waterfall and meet H’mong family and learn more about their way of life. Cat Cat is a small but bustling village situated at the foot of Fansipan Mountain. Here you will see traditional H’mong homes at their best and you will be able to meet a H’mong family to learn more about their way of life. The village is also the perfect place to see traditional clothing being made, hemp being dyed and women weaving. From Cat Cat we will follow the MuongHoa Valley for 3km through rice terraces and small dwellings to Sin Chai. This village is a little off the usual trekking route and less visited, but offers the opportunity to see traditional wooden homes built using the indigenous Pumu tree. Transport will be waiting in Sin Chai to take you back to Sapa.
17h00: Arrive in Sapa, check in hotel – free time to enjoy Sapa. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Sapa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : at a selected hotel in Sapa
DAY 4: SAPA - Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI & TA VAN - LAO CAI - NIGHT TRAIN TO HANOI (B, L)
Private driver & guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Beginning of the trip is the moment for admire the panorama view of the town and then the valley from the main road. After 4km on the main road, we start going down to the valley by the small trails through the terrace rice fields to get to Y Linh Ho hamlet, a small village of the Black Hmong people.
From Y Linh Ho village, we go along the river to go to Lao Chai village (means old village in the local dialect). It is time for you to visit the local families, listen to your guide’s explanation about the local culture: how they live, way of building the traditional house, technique of making clothes… or listen about the way of treatment for a sick person.
Stop for lunch. The lunch is served in one of the local refreshment restaurants on the side of the river.
In the afternoon, we leave Lao Chai to continue to Ta Van village, the Giay people’s residence. The guide to bring you into some family: listen about their life, enjoy some green tea, Learn about the differences of their culture from the other hill tribes even they leave close to each other. Quitting Ta Van, we head up to the main road where the car will pick up us to tranfer back to Sapa.
Free and easy until transfer to Lao Cai Station to take a railway to Hanoi. Overnight on train.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: On Train – Soft berth in sharing cabin with AC
Beginning of the trip is the moment for admire the panorama view of the town and then the valley from the main road. After 4km on the main road, we start going down to the valley by the small trails through the terrace rice fields to get to Y Linh Ho hamlet, a small village of the Black Hmong people.
From Y Linh Ho village, we go along the river to go to Lao Chai village (means old village in the local dialect). It is time for you to visit the local families, listen to your guide’s explanation about the local culture: how they live, way of building the traditional house, technique of making clothes… or listen about the way of treatment for a sick person.
Stop for lunch. The lunch is served in one of the local refreshment restaurants on the side of the river.
In the afternoon, we leave Lao Chai to continue to Ta Van village, the Giay people’s residence. The guide to bring you into some family: listen about their life, enjoy some green tea, Learn about the differences of their culture from the other hill tribes even they leave close to each other. Quitting Ta Van, we head up to the main road where the car will pick up us to tranfer back to Sapa.
Free and easy until transfer to Lao Cai Station to take a railway to Hanoi. Overnight on train.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: On Train – Soft berth in sharing cabin with AC
DAY 5: HANOI ARRRIVAL - HON GAI HARBOR – BAI TU LONG BAY – CONG DO – CAP LA ISLAND – TRA SAN(B, L, D)
Shuttles bus & Tour guide on cruise
Explore Ha Long Bay by deluxe cruise.
Notes: Ha Long Itinerary is subjected to change based on weather conditions and each Cruise. Arrival early morning in Hanoi around 04:25AM–We will arrange a hotel near the train station for your group to relax and take a nap before the trip to Ha Long Bay.
08:00 – 8:30: We will pick you up from your hotel and head to northeast of Vietnam
12.30: Arrive Ha Long, transferred a by tender to Cruise on BaiTu Long bay
12.45: Enjoy a welcome drink with all staffs on board, listen briefly to safety on boat and activities included then check in cabin.
13.30: Delicious Vietnamese set menu while leisurely cruising to the core of BaiTu Long Bay.
15.00: Arrive to Cap La Island the beautiful area in BaiTu Long bay. Enjoy kayaking through the karst and breathtaking nature, swimming and relaxing
17.30: Get back to the boat and enjoy sunset tea (enjoy tea and fresh fruit).This time is regarded as “Happy hour”- Buy two get one free while our cruise sailing to the overnight anchorage.
19.00: Sumptuous set-dinner on board.
20.30: Free time for joining games, you may also try your luck with squid fishing.
(Please inform our guide if you want to join in karaoke activity)
Overnight in Bai Tu Long bay cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation : Overnight on Ha Long cruise
Notes: Ha Long Itinerary is subjected to change based on weather conditions and each Cruise. Arrival early morning in Hanoi around 04:25AM–We will arrange a hotel near the train station for your group to relax and take a nap before the trip to Ha Long Bay.
08:00 – 8:30: We will pick you up from your hotel and head to northeast of Vietnam
12.30: Arrive Ha Long, transferred a by tender to Cruise on BaiTu Long bay
12.45: Enjoy a welcome drink with all staffs on board, listen briefly to safety on boat and activities included then check in cabin.
13.30: Delicious Vietnamese set menu while leisurely cruising to the core of BaiTu Long Bay.
15.00: Arrive to Cap La Island the beautiful area in BaiTu Long bay. Enjoy kayaking through the karst and breathtaking nature, swimming and relaxing
17.30: Get back to the boat and enjoy sunset tea (enjoy tea and fresh fruit).This time is regarded as “Happy hour”- Buy two get one free while our cruise sailing to the overnight anchorage.
19.00: Sumptuous set-dinner on board.
20.30: Free time for joining games, you may also try your luck with squid fishing.
(Please inform our guide if you want to join in karaoke activity)
Overnight in Bai Tu Long bay cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation : Overnight on Ha Long cruise
DAY 6: TRA SAN – THIEN CANH SON CAVE – HON GAI HARBOR- HANOI FLY TO HUE (B,L)
Distance: Ha Long- Hanoi : 160 km à 4 hours
Shuttles bus& Tour guide on cruise
06.30: Freshen up your new day with doing Tai Chi
07.00: Breakfast will be served in Western style and furthermore with Vietnamese traditional food. Tea and coffee is available
08.00: Explore ThienCanh Son cave. Your guide will explain the history of Ha Long Bay, BaiTu Long Bay and this Cave, made by Mother Nature
09.30: Back to your boat by tender then finish packing.
Please remove all of your belongings from your cabin, you may leave heavy luggage outside of the cabin (staff will transfer directly to the pier).
10.30: Cooking demonstration is organized by our guide at this time. You have a chance to make Vietnamese cuisine- “BanhCuon” by yourself.
11.00: Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese lunch.
12.00: Disembark in Hon Gai pier
12.30: Say goodbye Halong Bay then returns to Hanoi and transfer to airport fo your flight to Hue. At your arrival you will be welcomed by your driver and transfer you to hotel for check in. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Hue
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : Hue hotel
DAY 7: HUE - SIGHTSEEING (B, L, D)
Private driver & guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
City tour in Hue which declared Patrimony of UNESCO: Visit the citadel built in ‘Vauban’ architectural style, pursuit to the Imperial City and the majestic royal palace, discover the magnificent temple of the Nguyen Dynasty.
Road towards a local family restaurant on the river bank. Taste a homemade lunch with specialty of Hue “Bánhkhoai” and fig salad. Cruising on a Dragon boat ride through the Perfume River. On the way, assist to the manufacturing of conical hats and incense sticks. Then visit the Pagoda of the Celestial Lady and the tomb of TuDuc.
The next stop will be a local family that make many kinds of Hue traditional cakes. Warmly greeted by your host, seat down and learn how to make some traditional cakes such as Nam and Loc Cakes. For dinner, the “imperial” menu: succession of tasty well decorated dishes with carved vegetables, just as the emperor himself in his time. Night at the hotel downtown.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hue
The next stop will be a local family that make many kinds of Hue traditional cakes. Warmly greeted by your host, seat down and learn how to make some traditional cakes such as Nam and Loc Cakes. For dinner, the “imperial” menu: succession of tasty well decorated dishes with carved vegetables, just as the emperor himself in his time. Night at the hotel downtown.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hue
DAY 8: HUE- TAM GIANG LAGOON – HOI AN TOWN (B,L,D)
Private driver & guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Begin with pickup at your Hue hotel, then travel to Thuan An Beach by car, a roughly 20 minute trip. Board a wooden boat to the Tam Giang Lagoon, then switch to a traditional sampan. Go deeper in to the lagoon by sampan, which can navigate even the shallow parts of the tidal lagoon. Watch for fishermen who use handmade, conical traps to catch fish, beating the water with long, wooden poles, then pull up alongside their boats and try the traditional technique yourself. You’ll see the sun set over mainland Vietnam as you continue across the lagoon – sunsets here are particularly scenic, as they illuminate the rolling terrain around Hue, which make the perfect backdrop for photography.
Heading to Hoi An and check in the hotel. Walking tour around the ancient town of Hoi An; visiting the ChucThanh Pagoda, the Fujian Chinese community house and the charming colonial buildings. Walk among the 800 buildings of historical heritage. Stop by the Japanese covered bridge, an historic symbol of the city. Boat tour on the river to get in touch with the life of the river bank. At the end of the day, stroll in a lively local market.
For dinner you will try a dishe known as BanhVac or “White Rose” which consist of rice ravioli stuffed with shrimp paste, speciality of Hoi An. Night at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hoi An
Begin with pickup at your Hue hotel, then travel to Thuan An Beach by car, a roughly 20 minute trip. Board a wooden boat to the Tam Giang Lagoon, then switch to a traditional sampan. Go deeper in to the lagoon by sampan, which can navigate even the shallow parts of the tidal lagoon. Watch for fishermen who use handmade, conical traps to catch fish, beating the water with long, wooden poles, then pull up alongside their boats and try the traditional technique yourself. You’ll see the sun set over mainland Vietnam as you continue across the lagoon – sunsets here are particularly scenic, as they illuminate the rolling terrain around Hue, which make the perfect backdrop for photography.
Heading to Hoi An and check in the hotel. Walking tour around the ancient town of Hoi An; visiting the ChucThanh Pagoda, the Fujian Chinese community house and the charming colonial buildings. Walk among the 800 buildings of historical heritage. Stop by the Japanese covered bridge, an historic symbol of the city. Boat tour on the river to get in touch with the life of the river bank. At the end of the day, stroll in a lively local market.
For dinner you will try a dishe known as BanhVac or “White Rose” which consist of rice ravioli stuffed with shrimp paste, speciality of Hoi An. Night at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hoi An
DAY 9: HOI AN TOWN – VILLAGE CYCLING ADVENTURE (B, L, D)
Private driver
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
You will be picked up by our guides at your accommodation and taken to the green, clean and picturesque TraQue vegetable village where most of the vegetables and herbs you find in dishes served throughout Hoi An are grown. Here you can get your farming skills on and pick your own veggies – which will later be used for lunch/dinner. Don’t be afraid to get your hands muddy!
You will then get on a bicycle and ride through this tranquil village, past rice paddies, gardens and ponds and watch as the local farmers cultivate, care for and harvest their produce. Not only that, on beautiful days, there will be lots of water buffaloes lounging about in the mud and if you’re feeling adventurous enough, you can even try ride one. The photo opportunities will be endless.
Next, after you have the opportunity to experience riding a water buffalo, you get to paddle a sampan (wooden fishing boat) along De Vong river. Before your meal, you will make one last stop at a Japanese graveyard and learn about the historical connection between Hoi An and Japan.
Using the ingredients we collected throughout the tour for lunch/dinner, you will get to sit down with a lovely local family, all the while chatting about what rural life is like, learning about their lifestyles, traditions and etiquette.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hoi An
You will be picked up by our guides at your accommodation and taken to the green, clean and picturesque TraQue vegetable village where most of the vegetables and herbs you find in dishes served throughout Hoi An are grown. Here you can get your farming skills on and pick your own veggies – which will later be used for lunch/dinner. Don’t be afraid to get your hands muddy!
You will then get on a bicycle and ride through this tranquil village, past rice paddies, gardens and ponds and watch as the local farmers cultivate, care for and harvest their produce. Not only that, on beautiful days, there will be lots of water buffaloes lounging about in the mud and if you’re feeling adventurous enough, you can even try ride one. The photo opportunities will be endless.
Next, after you have the opportunity to experience riding a water buffalo, you get to paddle a sampan (wooden fishing boat) along De Vong river. Before your meal, you will make one last stop at a Japanese graveyard and learn about the historical connection between Hoi An and Japan.
Using the ingredients we collected throughout the tour for lunch/dinner, you will get to sit down with a lovely local family, all the while chatting about what rural life is like, learning about their lifestyles, traditions and etiquette.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hoi An
DAY 10 : HOI AN / DANANG – FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH(B)
Distance: Tan Son Nhat Airport – Saigon Central: about 10 km à 30 minutes
Private driver
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
You have half day free & easy in Hoi An beach/ Town until transfer to Da Nang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh.
At your arrival you will be welcomed by my driver and transferred to the city. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Ho Chi Minh
Private driver
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
You have half day free & easy in Hoi An beach/ Town until transfer to Da Nang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh.
At your arrival you will be welcomed by my driver and transferred to the city. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Ho Chi Minh
DAY 11 : SAIGON- BEN TRE – CAN THO (B,L)
Distance: 130km – 2,5 hours for transferring
Private driver & Tour guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
08.00 Meet tour guide at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city and transfer to Ben Tre On arrival in Hung Vuong Pier. Boating on Ben Tre river– one of the tributaries of Mekong river- is along mangrove tree from town to country. Witness lively activities in the morning as fishing, coconut cargo boats carrying on the river…. Stop at traditional brickwork to see how to make bricks by hand. Go on by boat to My Long village, walking to hamlet to see making rice paper and enjoy some rice cake. Turn on Cai Son canal winding through coconut jungle, visit coconut workshop, have a look stages of coconut processing from husk off, prize out to peel out by hand. Go on small waterway and stop at a bee garden, enjoy some fruits, honey tea and listen to local music as well. Visit milk candy making workshop and enjoy some sweet by the way. Continue short walking to visit farmer house who making sleep mats. Cycle rural tracks or drive tuktuk through coconut grove, vegetable plains (cucumber, bitter melon…). Keep going by rowboat on shady palm tree canal. Boating back HùngVương pier by motorboat and proceed to Can Tho. Check in the room and relax. Overnight at the hotel in Can Tho city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Can Tho
Private driver & Tour guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
08.00 Meet tour guide at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city and transfer to Ben Tre On arrival in Hung Vuong Pier. Boating on Ben Tre river– one of the tributaries of Mekong river- is along mangrove tree from town to country. Witness lively activities in the morning as fishing, coconut cargo boats carrying on the river…. Stop at traditional brickwork to see how to make bricks by hand. Go on by boat to My Long village, walking to hamlet to see making rice paper and enjoy some rice cake. Turn on Cai Son canal winding through coconut jungle, visit coconut workshop, have a look stages of coconut processing from husk off, prize out to peel out by hand. Go on small waterway and stop at a bee garden, enjoy some fruits, honey tea and listen to local music as well. Visit milk candy making workshop and enjoy some sweet by the way. Continue short walking to visit farmer house who making sleep mats. Cycle rural tracks or drive tuktuk through coconut grove, vegetable plains (cucumber, bitter melon…). Keep going by rowboat on shady palm tree canal. Boating back HùngVương pier by motorboat and proceed to Can Tho. Check in the room and relax. Overnight at the hotel in Can Tho city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Can Tho
DAY 12: CAN THO – CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET SAIGON (B, L)
Private driver & guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Morning will start early with visiting Cai rang floating market, the largest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta. While floating down the river, you will glimpse life along its shores. You’ll pass vibrantly painted boats anchored along the shore, merchant vessels carrying loads down the river and houses built on stilts over the water. Embark the harbor,
Transfer back to Saigon around 16:00PM. Check in and relax.Dinner is on your own. Overnight at Hotel in Saigon
Meals: Breakfast ,Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Saigon
OPTIONAL TOUR: STREET FOOD BY CYCLING TOUR
Late afternoon, meet your guide again at your hotel’s lobby for street food tour by traditional cyclo(traditional three-wheel bicycle). Vietnam cuisine has brilliant balance of flavors, heat, sweetness, sourness, and fish-sauciness. It mixes together a range of flavors and tastes, but balance between fresh herbs & meats and a selective use of spices. Taste Vietnamese dishes and be satisfied mouth-feel during the dining enjoyment. In Vietnam, street eateries are everywhere to delight in either your stomach or your appetite at any time. We will slowly ride through bustling Saigon’s streets, visit local markets and taste some popular Saigon street food in the hidden area. Sampling a variety of street food while learning about the special significant of each dish; discover the delicious variety of tastings, simplicity and find out why Saigon street food experience is becoming popular over the last few years.Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Morning will start early with visiting Cai rang floating market, the largest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta. While floating down the river, you will glimpse life along its shores. You’ll pass vibrantly painted boats anchored along the shore, merchant vessels carrying loads down the river and houses built on stilts over the water. Embark the harbor,
Transfer back to Saigon around 16:00PM. Check in and relax.Dinner is on your own. Overnight at Hotel in Saigon
Meals: Breakfast ,Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Saigon
OPTIONAL TOUR: STREET FOOD BY CYCLING TOUR
Late afternoon, meet your guide again at your hotel’s lobby for street food tour by traditional cyclo(traditional three-wheel bicycle). Vietnam cuisine has brilliant balance of flavors, heat, sweetness, sourness, and fish-sauciness. It mixes together a range of flavors and tastes, but balance between fresh herbs & meats and a selective use of spices. Taste Vietnamese dishes and be satisfied mouth-feel during the dining enjoyment. In Vietnam, street eateries are everywhere to delight in either your stomach or your appetite at any time. We will slowly ride through bustling Saigon’s streets, visit local markets and taste some popular Saigon street food in the hidden area. Sampling a variety of street food while learning about the special significant of each dish; discover the delicious variety of tastings, simplicity and find out why Saigon street food experience is becoming popular over the last few years.Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 13: SAIGON- CU CHI TUNNEL – SIGHTSEEING(B,L)
Private driver & Tour guide
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Walking tour around the old colonial district. Photo stop in front of the Reunification Palace.Visit of the central post office, designed by Gustave Eiffel’s workshop, followed by Notre Dame Cathedral. Walk on the ex-Catinat street to the city hall, the municipal theatre and the historic“Continental” hotel. Tour in Chinatown very commercial area, the great BinhTay Market, the herbalists alleys the plants growing there are essential in traditional medicine. After this we will visit the ThienHau Temple, known for his glazed ceramic statuettes
Enjoy lunch at Pho Hoa Pasteur – one of the best places to sample Vietnam’s most popular noodle soup. The restaurant has been run by successive generations of the same family which adds a little history to your meal. The broth recipe here is a family secret which helps create a little mystique around the flavors. Served with your bowl of pho is a plate of deep fried bread called “qouy”. This bread is actually of Chinese origin but it is finding favor as a daytime side dish.
Transfer to Cu Chi Web -like tunnels system which were never discovered by American Force . These tunnels are stretching over 200 km and were important Viet Cong base during the American War. This underground network, dug by hand connected command posts hospital shelter and weapon factories. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Saigon
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Ho Chi Minh
DAY 14: SAIGONDEPARTURE (B)
Distance: Tan Son Nhat Airport – Saigon Central: about 10 km à 30 minutes
Private driver
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Free and easy until you will transfer to airport for flight home.
Since this can be private or group tour, the price per person varies and depends on many aspects, such as your group size, the hotel ratings and your departure date. If you want to get a custom price quote for this tour, please fill out the online inquiry form and give you as much information as possible about your trip. Your online travel consultants will be at your service and help you make the most of your travel time and dollars!
NOTES
1/ He weather & our latest advice on the weather
Light clothes regardless of the season in the south but for the visit of temples and pagodas, make sure you have a top with sleeves (shoulders must be covered) and bottoms going at least up to the knee. From November to March it can get pretty cold in the North, make sure to have warm clothes for mornings and evenings.
Northern Vietnam:
- Dec – Feb: 10°C to 25°C, mostly dry, grey.
- March: 15°C to 30°C, season change, dry.
- April – June: 25°C to 35°C, some heavy showers.
- Sept – Oct: 25°C to 35°C, clear weather, occasional showers.
Note: from 5°C to 10°C less in the mountains; make sure you have warm clothes.
Central Vietnam : Hoi An, Hue
- Dec – Feb: 15°C to 30°C, mostly dry, grey.
- March – Aug: 25°C to 35°C, dry, ideal.
- Sept-Nov: 23°C to 32°C, rain risk due to atmospheric depressions.
Note: Occasional bad weather on the beaches from October to January.
Southern Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh, Mekong Delta
- All year: 25°C to 30°
- Nov – June: 22°C to 34°C, dry and enjoyable especially from December to February.
- July – Oct: 25 to 35°C, showers late afternoon, especially in September.
2/ Visa
- To go to Vietnam you must have a valid passport valid at least 6 months after the date of return.
- The Government of Vietnam promulgates the Resolution on Vietnamese Entry Visa Waiver for Citizens of Five European Countries: UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. This exemption is applied for a maximum period of 15 days regardless of passport categories and purpose of entry into Vietnam, and is valid until June 30, 2021.
- For any stay lasting more than 15 days, or for a multiple entry stay in a period of less than 15 days, a visa is required. A period of 30 days is required after the last exit from Vietnam in order to once again benefit from the visa waiver measure for a stay not exceeding 15 days.
To get more info => Click Here
3/ International flight
- Our offer does not include international flights between your country and Vietnam for two reasons:
- International flights from your country are more expensive if purchased in Vietnam. It is therefore more beneficial for you to buy them from a ticketing agency in your country.
- The payment and booking conditions for international flights are strict while it is difficult for us, a local agency, to apply the same conditions to you (full payment before travel). Since international financial transactions give rise to significant bank charges, you will be led to pay unnecessary surcharges.
4/ Which language?
- The official and most widely spread language is Vietnamese.
- English is spoken in all touristic areas.
5/ Cancellation Policy:
- More than 30 days before arrival: no cancellation charge will be done (Client’s non-refundable deposit will be forfeited)
- 14-29 days before arrival: 10% of the cost of the tour is forfeited
- 10-13 days before arrival: 40% of the cost of the tour is forfeited
- Within 10 days before arrival: 100 % of the cost of the tour is forfeited
6/ What to Bring
- Sun Glasses, Sun Block, Wide Brim Hat, Insect Repellent, Swimming Suits
- Warm Clothes (in winter from November to April)
- Original Passport
ACCOMMODATION
LIST OF OUR HOTELS:
The hotels offered by Xuan Son Travel classified from 02 to 05 stars at international standard, comfortable with all the required services.
- Homestay/local homestay: we have developed fair tourism, through contacts with the local population, the possibility of sleeping with locals and sharing their daily lives. The conditions of these accommodations that we offer you are well assured and with the best possible conditions
- Standard Category: 2 stars. The rooms are decent, clean, equipped with bathroom, satellite TV and air conditioning.
- Superior Category 3 stars. The rooms are generally spacious and the services and facilities are more numerous.
- Deluxe category: 4 stars. The rooms are luxurious and spacious, with a wide choice of quality services have swimming pool, spa, Jacuzzi
- Luxury Category: 5 stars. Hotels with excellent comfort and a wide range of excellent services. Swimming pool, spa, Jacuzzi…)
| CITIES /AREAS | HOME STAY | HOTEL-STANDARD | HOTELS-SUPERIOR | HOTEL-DELUXE | HOTELS- LUXURY |
| HANOI | …. | Maison d’Orient Hotel.. | Hong Ngoc Dynastie/ Icon 36/ Flower / Hanoi Era/Gondola hotel.. | La Siesta Classic Premium / Golden Silk/ Pearl/ Thang Long opera/Flower Garden | Sofitel Legend Metropole / L’Opera/ Movempick Hotel |
| CRUISE | …. | …. | Oriental Cruises/ V’Spirit Cruises…. | Swan Cruises/ Renea cruise/Calypso cruise/ Victory cruise …. | Dragon Legend cruise/ Heritage/Dynasty/Orchird/ Genesis cruise…… |
| HUE | Hue homestay | …. | Serene Shining/ Serene Palace/ Thanh Lich 2/ Rosaleen hotel or similar | Emm Hue/ Thanh Lich Royal Boutique/ Romance/Eldora /Saigon Morin or similar | Pligrimage Village /Imperial/Azerai la residence Hue or similar |
| SAIGON | …. | …. | Chez Mimosa Petite / Queen Ann hotel / Bloom hotel or similar | Cicilia hotel/ Silverland Charner/ Grand Silverland / Eden Star hotel or similar | The Mys Dong Khoi hotel/ Hotel des Arts/ Majestic / Caravel Hotel or similar |
| HOI AN | An Bang homestay | …. | Kim An hotel / Pho Hội riverside /HT village/ Hoi An ancient house resort or similar | Le pavilion Boutique/ Muca resort / Belle Maison/ Hoi An ancient Village or similar | Sunrise Premium resort/ Palmy Garden resort or similar |
| SAPA | Sapa homestay | …. | Sapa Aroma hotel | Sapa charm/Lotus Arora hotel/Amazing/Bamboo Sapa hotel/ Pistachio.. | Silk path Grand resort |
| HOI AN | An Bang homestay | …. | Kim An hotel / Pho Hội riverside /HT village/ Hoi An ancient house resort or similar | Le pavilion Boutique/ Muca resort / Belle Maison/ Hoi An ancient Village or similar | Sunrise Premium resort/ Palmy Garden resort or similar |
SERVICES & PRICE
SERVICES & PRICE
TRAVEL PRICE:FANTASTIC IMPRESSION VIETNAM TOUR – 14 DAYS13NIGHTS
From…. To… usd /per
Excluding international flights
Inclusion
- The English speaking guide as guided time
- Accommodation based on double/twin sharing with daily breakfast
- 1 night on Ha Long Bay Junk (sharing cruise, not private) in private cabin with ensuite bathroom
- Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
- Private boat trips in Mekong Delta as mentioned
- All transfers with the air-conditioned private vehicle
- Train 2 ways: Hanoi – Lao Cai, Lao Cai – Hanoi (soft berth in sharing cabin with AC).
- Mineral water & cool towels on car during the trip.
- Government taxes & service charge
Exclusion
- International Flight tickets from/to your Home
- 2 Internal Flights: Hanoi- Hue, Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh
- Early check in/ late check out
- Meals, drinks & beverage not indicated
- Vietnam visa stamp fee (about 25$/pax) & personal travel insurance
- Personal expenses such as Telephone and Laundry bills
- Tips and gratuities
Customize this tour
This tour is designed with balanced activities and pace. If you want to customize it, you may always change its itinerary and accommodations according to your needs.
Contact us
- +84 914374251
- xuansontravel@yahoo.com.vn
My name is Nicky, English & French speaking advisor at Xuan Son Travel. I have been the specialist in tailor-made trips to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia for 18years. I love the charm of the small streets of Hanoi as well as the charm of the countryside, with magical landscapes, warm and smiling inhabitants in all regions of Vietnam. As a Travel Consultant, I put it at your disposal and will assure you that your wishes and desires are perfectly suited to your trip to Asia.