HOV10
10 days
Vietnam
Explore Vietnam’s natural beauty and rich culture. Walk through lush rice fields, historic temples, and narrow lanes to explore ancient traditions, fascinating landscapes, and unique culture. This highlight of Vietnam 10 days tour to Hanoi, Hoi An, and Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam’s culture is a surprising blend. Tradition and French influence blend in Hanoi’s West Lake and temples around the country, as in the Hanoi Opera House and Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City. Beautiful Ha Long Bay or Da Nang’s Marble Mountains provide the backdrop. Experience such influences in the country’s great cuisine, arts, and lifestyle.
From the ancient Japanese Bridge in Hoi An to the war-era Cu Chi caves, fascinating sites are scattered along your itinerary. History shapes this country’s culture.
No matter the season, this place will be with you forever. Vietnam shocks at every turn, from Hanoi’s stunning Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) to Ho Chi Minh City’s gilded Buu Long Pagoda to the city’s brutalist-era architecture.
Xin Chao! Welcome to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
When you arrive, your driver will meet you in the arrivals lobby, holding a welcome signboard with your names, and transport you directly to your hotel in the city center.
After checking in, you will have time to unwind and adjust to the speed of Hanoi City.
The most dynamic and diverse metropolis in Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), formerly known as Saigon. There has been a creative and development boom in HCMC, which is home to both modern office complexes and French colonial architecture. The metro is constantly expanding, and new speakeasy bars are springing up in alleys and on roofs.
Note: Please be aware that your travel documents include a Visa-on-Arrival letter (unless otherwise specified). Please pack this in your carry-on luggage. Your Visa-on-Arrival letter must be handed to Customs upon entering the country.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
Start the day with a healthy breakfast, and then go on a trip to the Mekong Delta. Around 7:15–7:30 am, the guide will meet you in the hallway of your hotel. You will then be taken to My Tho, which is on the left bank of the Mekong River.
When you get there, get on the sampan and take a ride down the river between the four beautiful islands, which are called Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix, and Tortoise. Take a break at Unicorn Island, stroll through the country roads, and check out the flower farms. View fruit farms and enjoy tropical foods and music played by locals in the form of folk songs.
Then, take a sampan that you row by hand through Thoi Son canal and enjoy the fresh air and scenery. You can try honey tea and coconut candies at the honey-bee farm and family workshops.
After a traditional Vietnamese lunch to get some energy, you can ride your bike around the Tan Thach town and meet the people who live there to learn about their daily lives in the Mekong Delta. Feel free to spend some time in a hammock and enjoy the cool breeze if you don’t want to go on a bike trip. After that, you’ll go back to where you are staying.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll leave for the Cu Chi caves. It will take about an hour and a half to drive there. When you get there, there will be a short introduction and then a movie about how the tunnels were built and how the people who lived there during the war did it.
Then, take your time visiting the rest of the area and tunnel systems. These included the bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, and storage areas, as well as military facilities such as weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers, and storage areas. All of this was done to help the people who lived in the caves meet their basic needs. Also, for safety reasons during the war, there are a lot of secret trap doors and dangerous traps in the maze-like tunnels. After that, there will be special tea and cassava, which was used as a wartime food by guerillas.
Then you’ll go back to Ho Chi Minh. Before transfer to the airport for a short flight to Da Nang International Airport (approximately 90 minutes), you will be transferred to the Hoi An hotel for check-in.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
It would be great if we could get a close-up and personal look at the local fishing and cooking groups. As soon as you are picked up from your hotel in Hoi An, you will begin your journey to the neighborhood market, where you will shop for the ingredients you will need for the day. In order to prepare for the culinary lesson that will take place later, you need follow the guide and head to the village of Cam Thanh to purchase organic veggies. On the other hand, before we start this session, let’s go on our boat and go on a river tour. During this trip, we will get the opportunity to interact with local fishermen and have a firsthand experience of traditional net fishing. As you navigate the canals of the coconut palm paradise, you will also have the opportunity to paddle the one-of-a-kind bamboo basket boat that is traditional to Vietnam. By taking this tour, you will have the opportunity to gain a cultural perspective on the ways of life of both our farming and fishing communities.
You will then be able to enroll in a cooking lesson, during which you will learn how to prepare dishes such as deep-fried spring rolls, papaya salad with shrimp crackers, pork or fish cooked in a clay pot with steamed rice, and Banh Xeo, which is a rice pancake topped with fresh salad combined with seasonal fruit for dessert. It is now time for lunch.
Overnight in Hoi An
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Today is a day off, so you can take use of it to travel about the wonderful city of Hoi An.
You are free to take your time as you stroll around the bustling Hoi An Market, which is filled with a wide range of street stalls selling homemade lanterns, woodwork, pottery, paintings, and other products.
Overnight in Hoi An
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, return to Da Nang International Airport (approximately 50 kilometres) for your flight north to Hanoi (approximately one and a half hours). Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel for check-in.
Afternoon
Your guide meet you at the hotel. Then, go to a traditional restaurant that serves dishes like pillow cake, shrimp cake, Pho rolls, and spring rolls. Try some great Vietnamese dishes that are very famous.
The next thing you should do is eat pho, which is Vietnam’s most popular dish. This is a new and different kind of Pho, though. It’s dry-mixed Pho with a special sauce. The chicken versions will blow your mind with how good they taste.
Then go to a nearby place and order a Banh Mi, a signature baguette filled with a wide range of tasty things. Also, don’t miss the treat called Kem Xôi, which is sticky rice with ice cream. Sink your teeth into the sweet ice cream, the sticky rice, and the crunchy coconut.
You will be full and happy after a few dishes. Take a cab and go straight to the train street. Even though the plan says they should come every day, they don’t always. If you’re lucky, you might see one and feel the huge train pass right in front of you.
While you’re here, enjoy egg coffee at a nice shop next to the track and take in the unique atmosphere.
After your drinks, take another cab back to the meeting point, where the tour ends.
Overnight in Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast, street food tour
The guide will collect you from your hotel in the morning and drive you through the verdant Red River Delta countryside to the world-famous Halong Bay, where you’ll spend the night aboard a traditional Vietnamese junk boat. Your leisurely voyage will be set against an ethereal backdrop of limestone karsts and tropical islets that rise from the emerald waters of the bay. As soon as you arrive, you will be escorted to your junk boat, which will take you on a tour of the bay’s numerous limestone islets and caverns.
Following a sumptuous on-board lunch, you will have the opportunity to relax on the sundeck while taking in the serene beauty of the harbor. Sung Sot Cave, also known as “Grotte des Surprises,” is a natural wonder that you will discover later on. Gently glide past stunning limestone formations adorned with myriad stalagmites and stalactites. Keep cruising. Hidden coves, powdery beaches, and floating towns await you as you wind your way around the islands.. With so much free time, you may do anything you want onboard or explore the lovely Bay. Take a dip in the verdant seas or relax at the ship’s spa. You will set sail toward the overnight mooring spot as the day winds down. When the enchanted “blue hour” arrives, Halong Bay’s real, breathtaking splendor comes to light. Before indulging in a delectable dinner, you can take in a breathtaking sunset from the upper deck or witness the chef’s culinary demonstration.
I shall have the remainder of the evening to myself. Before you head to bed, unwind with a movie or go squid fishing with the crew.
Please take note that an extra night on board allows you much more time to unwind and enjoy the breathtaking scenery, therefore we strongly advise doing so if your schedule enables. Deeper into the Bay, away from the crowds, is where your boat will take you.
Overnight on board in Halong Bay
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Just as the local custom of Tai Chi gently eases you into your day, so does the practice itself. Take a morning class with a “Local Specialist” aboard a junk boat while taking in the breathtaking scenery. There are peaceful beaches in Halong Bay perfect for an early morning dip, and if you’re in the mood for some adventure, you can rent kayaks and paddle through the Dark and Bright Caves, taking in the glistening stone walls as you go.
While cruising back to port, you can enjoy a complete breakfast buffet after checking out of the accommodation. You will return to Hanoi by disembarking at around noon.
Overnight in Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Morning, you have breakfast at your hotel. Driver pick you up from 8:00 – 8:20 am. Begin your day trip from Hanoi with a visit to the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and and Ho Chi Minh Museum and hear tour guide talk about the man who led Vietnam’s campaign for independence from French colonial rule. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts and lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, which lies in the campus of the complex. Continue your tour at Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature), the first Imperial University in Vietnam which was built in 1070. Then visit the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda at West lake, and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of one of the oldest pagoda in Hanoi.
Have lun lunch local restaurant.
Afternoon, the trip continues with the Ethnology Museum, a unique museum of peoples in vietnam. Leave the Ethnology Museum, The bus takes you to Hoan Kiem lake. see the peaceful water, and visit Ngoc Son Temple.
And if it wasn’t enough for the second day, we will also attend a spectacular Water Puppet Show, or in the other hand, you can also join a bike tour around the Old Quarter… 36 streets of discovery and excitement!
Overnight in Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Today is the last day in Vietnam! You will be picked up at your hotel and taken to the airport for your flight back to home or start another trip. It will have been an amazing trip.
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