CLASSIC OF VIETNAM (VNP-11)

Day 1 : Arrival to Hanoi ( D )
Arrive at Noi Bai international airport. Visa arrangements. Welcomed by your local tour guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel in the city center. Take an orientation tour on the cyclos ( If time permits ). Welcome dinner. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2 : Ha Noi City Tour ( B/L/_)
Breakfast at hotel. Visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidence Palace, Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts and One Pillar pagoda. Continue with the Temple of Literature Vietnam's first university. Lunch at local reaturant. Afternoon, visit the Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple, Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple. Cyclo ride around the old quarter streets from Hang Dau to Hang Gai. Dinner on guest's account. Transfer to train station for departure to Sapa with the night train ( schedule: 21:00 - 05:00 ). Overnigh at the A/c soft sleeper cabin. 

Day 3 : Lao Cai - Sapa ( B/L/_ )
Arrival to Lao Cai station at 5:00 in the morning. Pick up at Lao Cai Station then transfer to Sapa. Have breakfast and shower in hotel before the trip starts. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Day tribes. Have a picnic lunch on the way then keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village, which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area. Return to Sapa. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Sapa.

Day 4 : Sapa - Lao Cai- Hanoi ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at hotel. We start the trip after breakfast, heading up to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zdao tribe where you will have lunch. After lunch you check out and leave your luggage in the hotel then get yourself ready before heading down to Cat Cat and Sin Chai villages of Black H'Mong tribe. Enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful scenery along the way. Dinner on guest's account. Transfer to Lao Cai for overnight train back to Ha noi. Overnight on the A/c soft sleeper cabin. 

Day 5 : Ha Noi - Ha long ( B/L/D )
Arrive Hanoi around 5 : 00 am in the morning. Pick up at the train. Transfer to the restaurant for breakfast. Then, Leave for Ha Long Bay. Arrive Ha Long Bay and board the junk board. Check in. Have lunch then visit Ha Long Bay, Thien Cung cave, Dau Go cave, round over Tuan Chau island , Dog island , Sail island, Ti Top Beach, have dinner on junk, enjoy sunset, drink and over night on the junk. ( Optional : Kayaking ).

Day 6 : Ha long - Ha noi - overnight train to Hue ( B/L )
Have breakfast. Visit man's head island, Tortoise island, Toad island, Bai tho mountain. Return and have lunch on junk. Back to Ha Long wharf. Coach trip back to Ha Noi . Dinner on guest's account. Transfer to Hanoi railway station for a night train to Hue (soft sleeper)

 Day 7 : Hue ( _/_/D )
Pick up and transfer to hotel. Free. Afternoon : visit Dong Ba market, the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945, the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City. Enjoy the dinner cruise on the perfume river and the Hue's folk songs. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hue.

Day 8 : Hue ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at hotel. Take a morning cruise on the Perfume River to visit royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Free at lsire in the afternoon. Dinner on guest account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hue.

 Day 9 : Hue - Danang- Hoi An ( B/_/_)
Breakfast at hotel. In the morning drive toward Hoi An (about 4 hours). Drive along Lang Co beach and through Hai Wan Pass to Danang city. Continue toward Hoi An, which was originally a Cham seaport influenced down centuries by traders from various cultures. On the way stop at the Marble Mountains. The charm of Hoi An makes it one of the most delightful places to visit in Vietnam. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your proposed hotel.

Day 10 : Hoi An (B/_/_)
Breakfast at hotel. Visit Myson holy land. PM : Free time to stroll around the town, visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, the Pottery Museum, Tan Ky old house, the Cantonese congregation, the silk street of Hoi An, the temples and pagodas of Chinese appearance. Afternoon- Return to Hoi An. Dinner’s on guest’ account. Overnight at your proposed hotel. 

Day 11 : Hoi An - Danang - Nha Trang ( B/_/_ )
Breakfast at hotel. Free for shopping in hoi an. Depart for Danang for a visit of Cham Museum, home to Vietnam's largest collection of Cham treasures. Transferring to Danang airport for boarding to Nha Trang on flight No VN 337 ( 14 : 10 - 15 : 30 ). Pick up at Cam Ranh airport anf transfer to hotel. Free at leisure in the beach sity. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Nha Trang.

Day 12 : Nha Trang and it offshore islands ( B/L/_ )
Breakfast at hotel. Take the morning boat trip to visit the Tri Nguyen Aquarium, the off shore islands around Nha Trang with the Mun mot island. Enjoy your swiiming and beach activities. Lunch at Tam island with fresh seafood. Return to Nha Trang. Dinner on guest’ account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Nha Trang. 

Day 13 : Nha Trang HCMC, City Tour (B/_/_)
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Cam Ranh airport for boarding to Ho Chi Minh City on flight No 451 ( 8 : 15 - 9 : 30 ). Pick up and transfer to hotel. A sightseeing tour to the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975, and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame cathedral, the Old Central Post Office. Tour of Chinatown and Tien Hau & Quan Am pagodas. After seeing the Emperor Jade Pagoda and the War Remnants Museum we end the city tour with Ben Thanh market where anything and everything is for sale. Dinner on guest ‘s account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in HCMC.

Day 14 : HCMC - Tay Ninh - Cu Chi - HCMC (B/_/_)
 Breakfast at hotel. Driving west to Tay Ninh, head quarter of Cao Dai region. On arrival we attend the fantastic mid-day temple service when the followers fill the hall wearing colored robes, a symbol of the curious combination of the Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. On the way back a stop for a visit Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground tunnels network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, accommodation, etc. and were used as a military base for the Vietcong in the American war. Driving back to HCMC. Dinner on guest ‘s account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in HCMC.

Day 15: Sai Gon - My Hiep - Sadec - Can Tho - Phong Dien (B, L_)
8:00 Pick up at hotel. Depart for Cao Lanh. On arriving at My Hiep, take the motorised boat to get into the Xeo Quit base - a former Viet Cong base. Enjoy the boat cruise around the swamps and the forest. Lunch. Across the Upper Mekong delta by boat to admire the charm of the river, get to Sadec, visit the Tu Ton flowers garden. Drive to Can Tho. Take the boat at Ninh Kieu Wharl to get into Phong Dien village. Join the cooking with the family. Overnight at your " Vietnamese family " in the village.

Day 16: Phong Dien - Cai Rang (B/L)
7:00 After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the Phong Dien floating market with the busy sence right at the time. Keep cruising through the small chanels system, visit the rice noodles making viallge. Experience the " monkey Bridge " in the Delta. Visit the second floating market of Cai Rang. Break time for lunch. Return to Hochiminh city. Stop for visit & rest at the Bonsai garden in My Tho. Finish the trip around 17h30pm in HCMC.

Day 17 : HoChiMinh City (B)
Free day in HoChiMinh city.

Day 18 : HoChiMinh departure (B)
Free until transfering to the airport for departure

• Joinning tour of all excursion.
• Domestic flights : Nha Trang - HCMC ( Economic class )
• A/C soft sleeper train ticket Ha noi - Lao Cai - Ha Noi, Hanoi - Hue, Danang - Nhatrang
• All pick ups and transfers from/to airport ; From/to boat quay
• English speaking tour guide
• All entrance fees
• Hotel accommodation based on 2 guests sharing a Twin or Double.
• Half board package meals indicated as : B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner.

Group tour : To join with other people on available daily tours. These tours are fixed itinerary and deparute time. It is possible to join in even your group of only 1 or 2 people.Customer do not to find other people to form the group. It is our company duty to gather the tourists for each tour.For these tours, you have to share the coach, boat and tour guide with other tourists who come from different nationalities. The number of people of this group is normally less than 16 persons.