If you want to intersperse leisure with informative excursions to numerous historical sites nationwide, this trip is perfectly for you. The highlight of this tour is definitely the break at the end of the tour on the sparkling Phu Quoc Island.
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival
Arrive in Hanoi. After checking in your hotel, you will have a free day to explore this charming capital on your own. Meals are on your own and overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B, L)
Prepare your energy to join a compact city tour which encapsulates all highlights of Hanoi including Ho Chi Minh complex, the Temple of Literature, the Opera House, Hoan Kiem Lake and the charming Hanoi Old Quarters. The tour completes with an interesting traditional Water Puppet Show before you return your hotel. Dinner is on your own and overnight in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Halong (B, L, D)
In the morning, pick up and transfer to Halong Bay – the most scenic destination in northern Vietnam. Enjoy great views and delicious lunch on the cruise. In the afternoon, spend about 40mins to visit Amazing Cave which features amazing stalagmite & stalactite formations. Return to the boat. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 4: Halong – Hanoi (B, L)
Continues our journey on Halong Bay with an early Tai Chi class and a visit to TiTop Island, perfect for swimming and enjoying great view of Halong Bay on the top of the island. Return to the boat and check out the cabin. You’ll be free to enjoy lunch and beautiful sights while the cruise backs to the pier. Disembark and transfer back to Hanoi. Dinner is on your own and overnight in Hanoi.
Day 5: Hanoi Flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Half Day SG City Tour (B)
This morning, after breakfast, you will catch a flight to Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s most modern metropolis. Upon arrival, join a half-day city tour to have a glimpse of the Reunification Palace, which marked the end of Vietnam War and the War Remnants Museum where houses a large comprehensive collection of war machinery, weapons and touching photograph exhibition. Meals are on your own and overnight in Saigon.
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnel – Tay Ninh (B, L)
After breakfast, you will join an enticing excursion to the incredible Cu Chi Tunnels (60km ~ 1.5 hour). You will watch a short documentary film before starting to explore the Ben Dinh section for the next couple of hours. Afterward, try typical boiled tapioca and hot tea for the first time before you drive to Cao Dai where the Great Cao Dai temple exists and assist one of the four daily ceremonies. Back to Saigon. Lunch included. Dinner on your own and overnight in Saigon.
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta – Can Tho (B, L)
This morning, you will take a 2.5-hour drive from Saigon to Ben Tre for a boat trip to a small brickwork atelier, a coconut processing workshop and a local mat-weaving house. Lunch will be served in a rice riverside restaurant. Relax on a sampan riding along the picturesque canals. Drive to Can Tho. Dinner is on your own. Overnight in Can Tho.
Day 8: Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market – Ho Chi Minh City (B, L)
In the early morning, check out your hotel and continue your cruise trip on a motor-boat to Cai Rang floating market. Then, visit Binh Thuy ancient house which is the site for the romantic film ‘The Lover’ before returning to Saigon. Have lunch en route. Dinner is on your own and overnight in Saigon.
Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City – Flight to Phu Quoc (B)
Morning pick up and transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport to catch the flight to Phu Quoc Island. The rest of the day is free for you to explore Phu Quoc. Meals are on your own. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
Day 10:Phu Quoc – Free At Leisure (B)
Today, you are free! Meals are on your own. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
Day 11: Phu Quoc – Free At Leisure (B)
Today, you are free! Meals are on your own. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
Day 12: Phu Quoc – Fly to Saigon – Departure (B)
After breakfast, catch your flight back to Saigon for your departure flight home.
Bon Voyage!
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