6 DAYS VIETNAM STOPOVER
DAY 1 : HANOI ARRIVAL – HALONG BAY (D)
Meet on arrival and proceed to Halong city. Enjoy the landscape of the Red River Delta country side and have a short break on the way. Check-in your hotel.
Dinner and overnight in Halong ( shopping at night market included ).
DAY 2 : HALONG BAY – HANOI (B,L,D)
After breakfast, we will be transferred to boat station and borading on cruise. Enjoy 4 hours cruising aound the magnificiant bay for sightseeing. We will visit Dau Go and Thien Cung caves at are the most beautiful caves in H Ha Long bay with great stalactites and stalagmite. Seafood lunch served on boat.
Return to Hanoi. Check-in hotel. Dinner followed by water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi.
DAY 3 : HANOI – HOCHIMINH (B,L,D)
In the morning, we visit Ho Chi Minh complex inclusive of Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum and Museum, house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda, temple of literature, Army museum.
After lunch, proceed to airport for flight to Hochiminh city.
Welcomed at Tan Son Nhat airport & transferred to hotel for check-in. Dinner and overnight in HCMC.
DAY 4 : FULL DAY CUCHI – CITY TOUR (B,L,D)
After breakfast, we depart for Cuchi. This underground tunnels network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during our struggle for independence. Before exploring the system, we watch a short documentary film of how this extraordinary tunnels constructed. We then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels ( with 3 levels ). Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of war.
After lunch, transferred back to city center for orientating tour.We will visit to the Independent Palace ( take photo from outside ) which was the residence of the President Ngo Dinh Diem of the former South Vietnam until 1975; continue to the War remnant museum which comprehensively documents the travails of the long Vietnam - American War; the rest of time, strolling along DONG KHOI STREET, formerly known as the Rue Catinat, the main shopping thoroughfare and heart of old colonial Saigon. Pass by classic European-style landmarks such as the ornate City Hall, the Opera House (only be viewed from the outside), and pay a qick visit to the neo-Romanesque Nortre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. Our last stop is Ben Thanh market. Dinner and overnight in Hochiminh city.
DAY 5 : FULL DAY MEKONG DELTA (B,L,D)
More than 1 hour driving to My Tho. On arrival, boat trip on the Mekong river for sightseeing: the view of the river’s banks, fish - floating market and islands of Dragon, Unicorn,Turtle, Phoenix. Visit to the Houseboat fishfarms in the Mekong Delta. After that, landing on Unicorn island. Stop at local orchards and try seasonal fruits, listening traditional music. Get on horse cart going through country lanes. Another stop at local farm to see bee farm, coconut candy workshop, taste honey bee tea…
Take rowing boat onVam Chua natural canal (Ben Tre province ) before back to big boat. Lunch with local specialty “crispy fried elephant ear fish”. Return to Hochiminh city late afternoon. Free at leisure till dinner. Overnight in HCMC.
DAY 6 : HOCHIMINH DEPARTURE (B)
After breakfast, free time until transfer to the airport for your departure flights.
Inclusion
- Land transportation as per itinerary
- Hotel accommodation as per itinerary
- Well experienced English Speaking guide
- All entrance fees, cyclo, boat trip, water puppet show
- Meals : 05 breakfasts + 04 lunches + 05 Dinners
- 02 bottles of mineral water/pax/day tour
- All private tour
Exclusion:
- Personal expenses not mentioned above
- Tip for guide/ driver
- International air ticket
- Domestic Airticket HANOI-SGN : from USD 89/way inclusive of taxes
- Visa, airport tax ( if any )
- Beverage during meals
- Travel insurance