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Day 1: Arrival Ho Chi Minh City (D)
Arrive at Tan Son Nhat Airport (Ho Chi Minh City), warmly picked-up and transferred to the
hotel for check-in. The rest of the day is at leisure or shopping.
Have dinner and overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L/D)
A morning city tour of dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, takes in
the former Presidential Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Saigon Post Office, a
lacquer ware factory and Thien Hau Pagoda in the city’s bustling Chinatown. In the
afternoon, visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, an incredible underground tunnel network
constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence.
Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh - Cai Be - Can Tho    (B/L/D)
AM: Pick up at hotel. Transfer to Cai Be. Have a motorized boat ride to see round Cai Be
floating market with local people being selling. Buying, exchanging goods from their boat.
Walk around to see orchard, rice paper making, rice crispies producing process,
etc…Lunch.
FM: Continue have boat trip through a village to see peaceful tranquil life of villagers,
admire marvelous natural setting of Mekong delta region.
Have dinner and overnight in Can Tho.

Day 4: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City   (B/L/D)
Breakfast at the hotel, have 03 hour boat trip discover the beautiful Cai Rang Floating
market and its surroundings. Visit a vermicelli making shop, a rice husking mill, fruit gardens.
Enjoy tropical fruits. See the peaceful life in the rural area. Have lunch in Can Tho before
back to Ho Chi Minh City. Stop to visit Vinh Long Market and Bonsai Garden in My Tho.
Back to Ho Chi Minh city in the afternoon.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City - Phan Thiet - Mui Ne   (B/L/D)
Leave Ho Chi Minh City for a scenic drive through rubber and tea plantations en route to the
cooler climes of Phan Thiet, 200kms from Ho Chi Minh City. Arrival at the resort and free for
relax and sunbath.
Overnight in Mui Ne

Day 6: Mui Ne - Phan Thiet - Nha Trang   (B/L/D)
Leaving for Nha Trang after breakfast, the road descends to the arid coastal city of Phan
Rang. Break the journey here to visit the 13th century Po Klong Jarai Cham Towers perched
high on a rocky hill surrounded by prickly pear cacti. After Phan Rang Highway One turns
north and follows the coast past salt ponds and vivid green rice fields to Nha Trang.
On arrival in Nha Trang transfer to hotel. An afternoon city tour includes the Po Nagar Cham
Towers and Long Son Pagoda with its enormous white Buddha statue.
Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 7: Nha Trang   (B/L/D)
At leisure. Water sports abound including parasailing, jet skiing, water skiing and relaxing
boat trips to the outlying islands. If you prefer to keep your feet dry then hop into a taxi or
take a cyclo for an exploratory trip around Nha Trang.
Overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 8: Nha Trang - Danang - Hoi An (B/L/D)
Transfer to Cam Ranh Airport for a short flight to Danang.
Upon arrival, being escorted 30km or so to the centre of the charming historical town of Hoi
An for hotel check-in. You will spend the rest of day visiting the town of Hoi An - walking over
the Japanese Bridge, visiting the different Chinese Assembly Halls and pagodas and old
houses.
Hoi An is also a wonderful town to shop for silk and cotton cloth, especially fast tailor-made
clothing that you can get within a day.
Have dinner and overnight in Hoi An.

Day 9: Hoi An - Hue   (B/L/D)
In the morning, you are free to browse for souvenirs in Hoi An or perhaps hire a bicycle to
ride to the nearby Cua Dai Beach for relax. After lunch, leave Hoi An for Hue, the former
imperial capital of Vietnam. The scenic route passes through Danang before climbing over
the Pass of Ocean Clouds and dropping down to the wonderfully photogenic fishing village
of Lang Co.
Arrive in Hue late in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Hue boat trip along Perfume river   (B/L/D)
A boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River visits Hue’s best-known religious site,
Thien Mu Pagoda, and the mausoleum of former emperor Minh Mang, in a tranquil setting of
gardens and lakes. In the afternoon visit the elaborate mausoleums of emperors Tu Duc
and Khai Dinh and the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802
and 1945.
Overnight in Hue.

Day 11: Hue - Flight to Hanoi Capital (B/L/D)
At leisure until transferring to Phu Bai Airport (Hue) for a flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, being
escorted to the centre for hotel check-in. Hanoi is a unique city with tree-lined boulevards,
French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental temples. The city tour includes
such sights as Ho Chi Minh House-on-stilt, One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature.
After lunch, continue to the Museum of Ethnology and end the afternoon with a visit to the
Lake of the Restored Sword and the Old Quarter. In the evening enjoy a traditional
Vietnamese water puppet show.
Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 12: Hanoi - Ha Long (B/L/D)
Transfer by road to Ha Long. A morning cruise in a private junk on the emerald green
waters of Ha Long Bay, among the 3,000 spectacular limestone islands. The cruise ends
with a fresh seafood lunch on board. Return to Hanoi by road in the afternoon.
Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 13: Hanoi - Hoa Lu - Tam Coc - Overnight train to Lao Cai (B/L/D)
After breakfast in the hotel, leave Hanoi for a 2-hour drive to Ninh Binh, 100km South of
Hanoi, you will reach the old capital city of Vietnam in 10th century, before Hanoi took over
this role. Very few traces of the citadel and palace remain here after fierce battles of every
century, but the natural landscape is outstanding with mountain ranges running along a
small riverway, where you must have a boat trip rowed by the locals to go thru long caves
formed by the water erosion to enjoy the scenery and relax. The official name of the area
Tam Coc (three caves or grottoes) comes from these three caves, but the site is very often
compared with Guilin (China) and Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) by every visitor. After the boat
trip, taste a lunch of delicious local specialties including goat meat and water escargots
before going on to Bich Dong charming pagoda, which leans in a mountain cliff. Drive back
to Hanoi in late afternoon for dinner. Take the overnight train to Lao Cai.

Day 14: Lao Cai - Sapa (B/L/D)
Arrive in Lao Cai in the early moring, transfer for breakfast at local restaurant and then
transfer to Sapa town, there are many photo opportunities along the way. Road winds up
the terraced hillsides to Sapa, a former French hill resort and home to some of Vietnam's
most colourful ethnic groups. Visit Black Dao and Flower H'mong villages en route.. Transfer
to hotel.
Overnight in Sapa.

Day 15: Sapa Trekking   (B/L/D)
A morning walking tour of Sapa visits the busy market where Red Dao, Black H'mong and
other ethnic minority people converge from the surrounding countryside to sell their
embroidery, silverware and handicrafts and to buy provisions. In the afternoon visit some of
nearby hill tribe villages, such as Cat Cat or Ta Fin.
Overnight in Sapa.

Day 16: Sapa - Overnight train back to Hanoi (B/L/D)
Light trekking or mountain bike riding to further explore the rustic villages scattered among
the valleys and hillsides. Back to Hanoi, stop at Sapa Market, colourful market extreme in
North of Viet Nam, where thousand of local people in their traditional attires busily buy and
sell the local products.
In the evening, drive to Lao Cai Station for night train back Hanoi.
Overnight on train.

Day 17: Departure from Hanoi   (B/L/D)
Arrive Hanoi after the overnight train. You are at leisure until being transferred to Noi Bai
Airport for your departure. End of our services

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