THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH OF VIETNAM – 14DAYS

(Itinerary: Saigon- Ben Tre- Can Tho fly to Nha Trang fly to Hoi An- Hue- fly to Hanoi- Ha Long)

Tour code :XSE 0016 - CLASSIC TOUR

Highlights:

Classic 14 days route along Vietnam to explore both of culture and glorious nature
Get more time to connect to the amazing nature of Vietnam
Experience variety kind of activities with rivers at Mekong and sea at Nha Trang & Ha Long
Discover the Wonder of the World – a Ha Long Bay with its bewitching scenes
You will get to know the daily life of the Mekong Delta’s inhabitants throughout its villages. You will discover their culture, their traditions and customs as well as their handicraft. Cai Rang floating market is the most authentic one of the area

Overview

Vietnam 14days Itinerary is a different classic route to discover more about glorious scenes of Vietnam from the South to the North. You will have more time to live amongst the marvelous nature in Ha Long Bay and Nha Trang by cruise excursions. Furthermore, you also take a lot of time to experience the richness of culture cities by basic city tours in Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, and Saigon. The last highlight in this Vietnam Travel Package is an authentic Mekong Delta with the rural countryside and simple daily life. It is not too long with 14 days, but it is amazing to open a magical door that helps you indulge your expectations about an old-age culture and breathtaking nature.

Tour summary:

DAY 1: SAIGON ARRIVAL

Private driver

Distance: Tan Son Nhat Airport – Saigon Central: about 10 km à 30 minutes
Arrival in Tan Son Nhat airport, you will be picked up then transferred to the hotel for check-in.Overnight in Saigon (Check-in time is 14.00 PM, early check-in is not included in itinerary and subject to availability).
Meals: None
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Saigon

DAY2: SAIGON – BEN TRE- CAN THO (B,L)

Private driver & guide

Distance130km – 2,5 hours
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
8.00 Meet tour guide at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh city and transfer to Ben Tre . On arrival in Hung Vương 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 stage 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 houses whose 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 Hùng Vương 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

DAY3: 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, our Guide will lead you to visit some fruit garden here, it’s a chance for you to admire and enjoy the abundant fruit garden of the Mekong Delta region.
Then return to Ho Chi Minh. Check in Hotel and relax. Dinner is on your own. Overnight at Hotel in Saigon.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Saigon

DAY4: SAIGON SIGHTSEEING – CU CHI TUNNEL- DINNER ON SAIGON CRUISE (B,L, D)

Private driver & guide

Distance Saigon- Cu Chi tunnel 70km-> 2 hours
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
08:00 Start to downtown of Ho Chi Minh for touring along the famous Dong Khoi street , passing by the Opera House, Town Hall, Notre Dame Cathedral & central Post Office and Independent Palace. In the afternoon, we are heading to Hoc Mon District to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, is 70 kilometers Northwest of down-town Ho Chi Minh City. The Cu Chi Tunnel system had been created long time back, from 1948 to assist Viet Minh in the combat with French. Back to the hotel in the late afternoon. A great diner is waiting for you at cruise restaurant that cruising on Saigon river. Overnight at Hotel in Saigon.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner on cruise
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Saigon

DAY5: SAIGON – FLIGHT TO NHA TRANG BEACH (B)

Private driver

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Free and easy until transfer to airport Then return to Ho Chi Minh airport for Flight to Nha Trang. Upon arrival, meet our driver for the transfer to your Hotel. Check in Hotel and relax on beach. Overnight at Hotel in Nha Trang
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Nha Trang

DAY6: NHA TRANG BEACH FREE & EASY (B) OPTIONAL: DIVING TOUR MUN ISLAND

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
You have full day free & easy in Nha Trang. Stay overnight in Nha Trang.
OPTIONAL TOUR: DIVING TOUR MUN ISLAND
Start at 8.00 am from your hotel to Cau Da port. Cruise to Mun & Mot islands, where you stop for diving & snorkeling around these islands. You can try 2 dives for the tour, which is 45 minutes per dive. The distance between 2 dives are about 2-3 hours, depending on escorted diving instructor & guests’ health status. Light Lunch, tea, coffee will be served on boat after the first dive. Enjoy the panorama of the sea, the whole collection of live sea creatures in Nha Trang Bay. Especially view the beautiful live coral reefs at the sea bottom. Pick up & transfer back to the hotel. Tour ends around 2.00 pm.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Nha Trang

DAY 7: NHA TRANG FLY TO DA NANG – HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN (B,D)

Private driver & guide

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Pick up and transfer to airport for flight to Da Nang
Arrival Da Nang, our guide & driver will welcome you and transfer to Hoi An. Lunch is on your own
In the afternoon, Hoian’s Ancient Town, we go for an easy walk to visit the classic places here such as Japanese Covered Bridge, Quan Thang Ancient House, Phuoc Kien Assembly Halls, Thu Buon River, Tan Ky Ancient House, etc. Wandering in the preserved houses of the town, you are certainly attracted by its original architecture. Hoi An was a busy commercial port with merchants from Japan, China, Portago, etc. For this reason, you still see the influence between Japanese and Chinese architecture in this old town. For dinner you taste the “Cao Lau” noodle soup, pork and vegetables, culinary specialty of the town or try dishes known as Banh Vac or “White Rose” which consist of rice ravioli stuffed with shrimp paste, specialty of Hoi An. Overnight at Hotel in Hoi An.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hoi An

DAY 8: HOI AN TOWN TRA QUE VILLAGE – CAM THANH COCONUT VILLAGE (B,L)

Private driver & guide

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Start cycling to Tra Que village, Known for its vegetables. Greeted by a local family, you will be learning farming techniques and help the villagers in their daily tasks.
We will do a Bike ride in the surroundings with a surprise on the way: a buffalo ride an unforgettable experience. Continue your ride on beautiful routes to the jetty of the Cam Thanh village. Boarding on a traditional boat you will try different fishing activities: raising a large plaice net, learn how to bait fishs and practice hawk net fishing. Back to Cam Thanh to enjoy delicious local meal prepared by a fisherman’s family. Boarding on a basket boat known as “Thung Chai” for a ride on the canals lined with coconut trees, possibility to fish the famous coconut crabs. Taking the road back to Hoi An. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Hoi An
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hoi An

DAY 9: HOI AN – DA NANG PASS OF THE OCEAN CLOUD – HUE SIGHTSEEING (B,L)

Private driver & Tour guide

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Heading to Hue through the astonishing “Pass of the ocean cloud”. Photos stop on the top of the path to admire the view and Homemade lunch in a cottage away from the center of the city, friendly family and delicious local cuisine. After that you explore Hue City by the best way with Thien Mu pagoda, Imperial Citadel, Dong Ba market, Colonial hat making village. Firstly our destination is Imperial Citadel which is the home of Vietnam’s last royal dynasty – the Nguyen Dynasty. Then you embark to a dragon boat on the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu pagoda, it was a symbol of Buddhism central Vietnam in its majestic period. Moreover, seating on board and going along the river, you will feel the pensive, ancient, and dreamlike beauty of Hue. Lunch is at the local restaurant After lunch we come over Phu Cam conical hat making village, where holds a part of Hue’s cultural spirit. The tender Hue woman is inherent in the violet long dress and Bai Tho conical hat. The difference of Hue would be not completed without Dong Ba market where the locals come over every day. Overnight at hotel in Hue.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hue

DAY10: HUE SIGHTSEEING- FLY TO HANOI (B)

Private driver & tour guide
Distance: Noi Bai Airport – Hanoi Central: 35 km à 45 minutes
Breakfast at your hotel
Get pick up for transfer to Tu Duc Tomb before going ahead to Da Nang/Hoi An. The tombs offer the sophisticated designs of the Kings of Nguyen Family. Located outside of Hue city, the tomb owns a sophisticated architecture with the perfect merging imagine of mountains and rivers. Free and easy until transfer to airport for flight to Hanoi.
Upon arrival Hanoi, pick up and check in the hotel. Stay overnight in Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hanoi

DAY 11: HA NOI- BAI TU LONG BAY-KAYAKING-VUNG VIENG FISHING VILLAGE (B,L,D)

Distance Hanoi – Ha Long: 160 km à 4 hours
Shuttles bus & Tour guide on cruise
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
11:30 Ready at Athena check-in lounge
12:00 Boarding time.
13:00 Check-in your cabin.
13:15 The Cruise Manager will give a welcome speech with all the cruise information and Safety instructions.
13:30 Enjoy the Buffet Lunch with the best products of the Bay. 14:45 Visit the Vung Vieng Floating fishing village by kayak or bamboo boat 15:30-16:30 If you want to relax on the boat instead of participating in other activities feel free to use our sauna for no extra cost.
16:30 Relaxing time: the right moment for a massage or to take some pictures of the spectacular sunset in the bay.
17:00-18.30 Happy Hour: buy 01 get 01 drink
17:30 The Cooking Demonstration is waiting for you to discover the secrets of Vietnamese Cuisine
19:00 Dinner is ready in the restaurant. Fill your senses with a selection of Western fusion food and Vietnamese traditional dishes.
21:00 Enjoy the Squid Fishing activity.
Free time on the boat. The bar is open late to serve you. Overnight at Cong Do Area
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Ha Long

DAY 12: BAI TU LONG BAY-THIEN CANH SON CAVE- HA NOI (B,L)
Distance: Ha Long- Hanoi : 160 km à 4 hours
Shuttles bus & Tour guide on cruise
06:30      Practice one of the oldest traditions of East Asia: Tai Chi – A beautiful and relaxing experience on the open deck. Tea and coffee are served.
07:00      Light breakfast is served.
07:30      Explore Thien Canh Son cave in Ha Long Bay. Witness its beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
Note: there are about 200 steps to get up to the cave.
09:00      Check out time.
Please put your luggage outside the cabin and the key at the reception desk.
Our staff will transfer your luggage to our lounge for you. Bill settlement at the reception desk.
09:30- 10:45      Brunch is served at the restaurant on the 2nd deck.
11:30 The boat arrives at the pier, Say goodbye Ha Long Bay then returns to Hanoi and drop off at your hotel around 16:30. Free and easy. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hanoi

DAY 13: HANOI – ORIENTATION NIGHT – BAT TRANG VILLAGE (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. Back to your hotel and be free for lunch at your own expense.
Transfer by car to Bat Trang ceramic village, the center of traditional Vietnam ceramic. Bat Trang is renowned for its hand-made ceramics and pottery kilns for almost 500 years. At the village watch the real production of ceramics and walk around to find some light but fine and sophisticated porcelain. You can find in a factory workmen mixing clay or dipping burnt vases into glaze to highlight their crackled lines, and the paint masters, usually young girls with dexterous hands drawing on raw terracotta before they are heated at 900oC to 1,700oC ovens. Rest of the time is for visiting around and shopping. Return to Hanoi city, transfer back to your hotel, tour ends. Check in the hotel for a short relaxing, Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hanoi

DAY 14:HANOI DEPARTURE (B)

Private driver

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
Free and easy until you will transfer to airport for flight home. End of services.
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 :

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:

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.

Nha Trang :

All year: 25 to 35°C
Nov – Dec: occasional showers.

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.

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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
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
NHA TRANG	….	….	Starlet hotel / Majestic hotel or similar	Majestic Premium / Michelia Hotel / Novotel or similar	Sunrise hotel/ Sheraton hotel/ Diamond bay hotel /Intercontinental 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
CAN THO	Homestay	….	Anh Dao Mekong2 hotel/ Kim Tho/Hau Giang/ Ninh Kieu or similar	Nam Bo boutique/ Irish Can Tho/West hotel/ Ninh Kieu riverside or similar	Azerai Can Tho resort / Vinpearl Can Tho or similar

SERVICES & PRICE

TRAVEL PRICE: THE SOUTH & CENTER OF VIETNAM-12 DAYS 11NIGHTS

Inclusion

The English speaking guide as guided time
Accommodation based on double/twin sharing with daily breakfast
Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
Private boat trips in Can Tho/ Cai Rang as mentioned
All transfers with the air-conditioned private vehicle
Mineral water & cool towels on car during the trip.
Government taxes & service charge

Exclusion

International Flight tickets from/to your Home
4 Internal Flights: Ho Chi Minh- 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

TRAVEL PRICE: THE SOUTH & NORTH OF VIETNAM-14 DAYS 13NIGHTS
From…. To… usd /per
Excluding international flights

Inclusion

The English speaking guide as guided time
Accommodation based on double/twin sharing with daily breakfast
2 days 1 nights on cruise in Ha long Bay
Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
All transfers with the air-conditioned private vehicle.
Join Cooking class in Hoi An
Private boat trip in Mekong delta region
Mineral water & cool towels on car during the trip
Government taxes & service charge.

Exclusion

International airfare from / to your country (with associated airport taxes)
2 Internal Flights: Saigon – Nha Trang, Hue- Hanoi:
Drinks and meals not mentioned
Personal travel insurance. Personal expenses such as Telephone and Laundry bills
Any service not clearly identified in the program
Vietnam visa stamp fee (25usd / pers)
Early check in/ late check out
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.

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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.