9 Day Trip: From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival
Upon arrival, pick up and transfer to your hotel in Hanoi downtown. Overnight inHanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi – Halong – Hanoi (B)

At 7:00 am, tour guide picks you up at your hotel. Start 2.5 hour drive to Tuan Chau Pier, Halong. Transferred by speedboat to Jadesails cruise at 9:30 am. Enjoy welcome drink, receive safety briefing and start cruising and explore Halong Bay. Enjoy Vietnamese fusion lunch onboard while cruising through limestone mountains. Stop at Dark and Light Cave where you can kayak on your own or sit leisurely on a bamboo boat rowed by a local to admire the scenery. Later, the cruise progresses to a quiet area for swimming. Join a short class of cooking demonstration and a sunset party and Happy Hour deal. Massage service available (extra charge). Back to Tuan Chau Pier at around 17:20. Return to Hanoi by bus. Arrive at your hotel in Hanoi at around 19:30. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi City Tour (B)

Breakfast at your hotel. At 9:00 am, start the day tour with highlights of Hanoi such as Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday), the traditional stilt house, One-Pillar Pagoda, Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda. Take a visit to the first university – Temple of Literature before enjoying lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Ethnology Museum (closed on Monday) and Ngoc Son Temple at Hoan Kiem Lake. In the evening, enjoy a traditional water puppet show before dinner. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Hanoi – Flight to Danang – Hoi An (B)

Breakfast at your hotel. Transferred to Noi Bai airport for your flight to Danang and then to Hoi An by private vehicle. Explore Cham Museum and handicraft villages at the foot of Marble Mountain on the way. Check in your hotel in Hoi An. Free for leisure for the rest of the day. Meals are on your own. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 5: Hoi An Free Day (B)

Breakfast at your hotel. Today you are free to explore the ancient town. Meals are on your own. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 6: Hoi An Free Day (B)

Breakfast at your hotel. Today you are free to explore the ancient town. Meals are on your own. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 7: Hoi An – Danang – Fly to Ho Chi Minh City– Sightseeing (B)

Breakfast at your hotel. Transferred to Danang Airport for the flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Take a glimpse of the most dynamic city in Vietnam with Reunification Palace, Central Post Office, Notre Dame Cathedral, War Museum and Ben Thanh Market. Meals are on your own. Overnight in Saigon.

Day 8: Saigon – Cu Chi Tunnels – Mekong Delta – Saigon (B, L)

After breakfast, transfer from Saigon to Cu Chi for 1 hour. Visit Cu Chi Tunnels and learn about the history, the tenacity of the Vietnamese, and how Vietnamese soldiers use the tunnel in war. You may want to experience crawling through the tunnels to understand the harshness of war. Have lunch at restaurant on the way.

In the afternoon, cruise along Mekong River, take a rowing boat through narrow canals, visit a bee farm, and enjoy honey tea and tropical fruit. Back to Saigon. Dinner is on your own and overnight in Saigon.

Day 9: Saigon Departure (B)
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Transferred to the airport to catch your departureflight.