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HANOI – HALONG – SAIGON 9 days 8 nights
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Vietnam - Hanoi & surrounding areas, Halong Bay, Ho Chi Minh & surrounding areas
13:00
HANOI ARRIVAL
Arrival at Noi Bai international airport, meet local guide and transfer to hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi.
09:00
HANOI FULL DAY CITY TOUR
Morning, start your full day city to visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum - The mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh who was the president of Viet Nam in the year 1945. After that, you will come to visit One pillar pagoda, one of the most ancient pagoda of Vietnam. Visiting West lake, this is the largest lake of the capital and a popular place for recreation with many surrounding gardens, hotels and villas. A small part of West Lake is divided by Thanh Nien road to form Truc Bach Lake. Then, continue your tour at Tran Quoc Pagoda.
After lunch, you continue to visit Temple of Literature - the first University of Vietnam and Feudal system education had been built in 1010. The following is Hoan Kiem Lake was already considered the most beautiful lake in Hanoi.
Overnight in Hanoi
Meals Breakfast at hotel
Distance Noi Bai Airport – Hanoi Central: 30 km 45 minute transfer
Note: Please kindly take note that Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (the inside) will be opened only in the morning. It will be closed every Monday and Friday and every afternoons. Besides the outside of Ho chi Minh Mausoleum, you can still visit Ba Dinh square, Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s House on stilt, One pillar pagoda as normal.
09:00
HANOI – HALONG AT HOTEL
Morning, you will free shopping at 36 streets Old Quarters and Aon Mall Long Bien.
Afternoon, transfer to Halong.
Overnight at Halong
Meals Breakfast at hotel
Distance Hanoi – Halong: 165km à 4 hour transfer
09:00
HALONG – HANOI
After breakfast, we start enjoying 3 - 4 hours boat trip. We walk into the Thien Cung cave (Heaven Palace cave) to see thousands of stalactites and stalagmites colored by hundreds of neon lights. After 1 hour stay in the “Heaven Palace”, we are back to the boat for cruising along the World Nature Heritage part to see the Incense Bowl islet, Cock fighting islets, Sail islet, Turtle island…. A delicious seafood lunch will be served when we are completely relax on boat. We are both having seafood and seeing the wonderful sightseeing outside. At 12:00 at noon, we finish our boat trip and back to our vehicle for transferring to Hanoi with stopovers at Ceramic and Hand Embroidery Workshop en route. At around 17:00PM we will be back to Hanoi. Free time to explore Hanoi city.
Overnight in Hanoi
Meals Breakfast at hotel
Lunch at on boat – Vietnamese food
Distance Halong –Hanoi: 165km 4 hour transfer included break time on the way
08:00
HANOI – BAI DINH PAGODA – TRANG AN
Our tour guide and driver will pick up at your hotel in Hanoi city to depart for Ninh Binh province (120 Kms).
Start tour Trang An - Bai Dinh Pagoda.
Arrive in Buddha Prayer place in Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight.
Depart to visit Trang An tourist attraction, take boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see scenery of mountain and rivers Halong Bay on land of Ninh Binh.
Getting on the car for returning to Hanoi.
Back to Hanoi at your hotel, Trang An - Bai Dinh Pagoda Tour ends.
Overnight in Hanoi
09:00
HANOI – SAIGON BY FLIGHT
After breakfast, transfer to airport for departure flight to Saigon.
Upon arrival Tan Son Nhat airport, our tour guide and driver will pick up the clients to the hotel for check in.
Overnight in Saigon
Meal Breakfast at hotel
Distance Saigon Central –Tan Son Nhat Airport: 7 – 8km à 30 minute transfer
Suggested Flight VN229 HAN SGN 10.30 12.40, arranged by clients
The rate is 138 USD/way/ticket (Eco Flex). Airfare subject will be changed without prior notice and excluded in our quotation.
09:00
SAIGON – CU CHI TUNNELS – HALF DAY CITY
Morning start with Cu Chi Tunnels 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.
Afternoon, you will come to Reunification Palace which formerly was Independence palace of the South Vietnamese President. Continue to visit the Centre Post Office and the Cathedral of Notre Dame. After that, we will be shopping at Ben Thanh Market.
Overnight in Saigon
Meals Breakfast at hotel
Distance Saigon Central – Cu Chi Tunnels: 75 km à 2 hour transfer
09:00
SAIGON – MY THO – SAIGON
Transfer to outskirt of Saigon and begins the tour on the beautiful countryside road.
Start at Tourist Boat Station (My Tho), cruising on Tien (Mekong) river and seeing four islands: Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, Phoenix. Enjoy fresh coconut juice. Visit fish floating market and Fish-craft village along Tien River. Stop at Thoi Son Island, go walking around countryside road, seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits and listen to traditional music. Take a rowing boat on small canal with beautiful scenery of country side, to visit honey-bee farm and enjoy honey-tea. Stop at Phoenix Island to visit Coconut Monk Temple and Crocodile-pond. Driver back to Saigon.
Overnight in Saigon
Meals Breakfast at hotel
Distance Saigon Central - My Tho: 75km à 2 hour transfer
10:00
SAIGON DEPARTURE (B/-/-)
Free time for relax and shopping until your transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Meals Breakfast at hotel
Distance Saigon Central –Tan Son Nhat Airport: 7 – 8km à 30 minute transfer