12-day Wonderful Vietnam Tour

Upon your arrival at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Indochina Odyssey Tours will meet you with IOT (short for Indochina Odyssey Tours) welcome signboard and then drive you to your hotel. Check in and have some free time on your own.
Ho Chi Minh City, living its old name as Saigon, presents some amorous feelings and countless magnificence in every thronging street and every street side vendor, making it the major gateway for all the Vietnam tour makers. Enjoy your first night for your Indochina holiday!
Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Lit up much by the war-related yesterdays, Ho Chi Minh City holds many a historian sites. Today, you will be picked up by our English-speaking guide to visit Cu Chi Tunnels. This tunnel system was established and used by the Vietcong during the war of independence. From 1988, two sections of tunnels have been open for Vietnam tours visitors. This gigantic underground network connects villages around, making it a wonderful destination for all kinds of Vietnam tours. Have lunch and we will be back to Ho Chi Minh City.
In the afternoon, explore the city at your own pace. Shopping is another hot keyword when people google Vietnam tours or words alike, why don't you get some great deals in this spectacular metropolis?
Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Today, your Vietnam holiday starts with a nice colonial center with broad promenades, squares, French colonial-era style buildings, temples and pagodas. Our stops are inclusive of Reunification Palace, Jade Emperor Pagoda, Notre Dame Cathedral and Thien Hau Pagoda. Living in its good old days with the name of Saigon, what this riverside metropolis reveals to all the Vietnam tours makers is the seamless blend of yesterdays and todays, as well as western and eastern cultures. Have lunch in a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, you will be free in the city.
Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Heading out of the bustling city, we ride along rice field to My Tho, a famous stop for any Vietnam tours in Mekong region. Upon arrival, we embark on a boat navigating around the small canals in the delta region, which passing My Tho fruit market. Joining in with daily activities of local people and enjoy the atmosphere of water world along the canal and along the Tien River. The exciting cruise continues to Unicorn Island, here you can taste many seasonal fruits and enjoy the local traditional music, performed by the islanders. Have lunch at a typical country garden house.
Next stops are the coconut candy, work shops and then we will be back to Ho Chi Minh City for late flight to Hue.
Upon arrival in Hue, you will get picked up and transferred to your hotel.
Stay overnight in Hue.

Have breakfast in your hotel and then we follow the cobbled paths through the grounds of the Imperial Citadel and tour the Forbidden Purple City. Following the design of the Forbidden City in China yet with distinctive inspiration, Hue proudly holds this site as its major attractions luring world-wide Vietnam tours fans. Later, you can get some great deals done at the local Dong Ba Market. Have lunch in a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we will sail the Perfume River by royal dragon boat to serene Thien Mu Pagoda and drive to visit the majestic Royal Tomb of King Ming Mang. Back to Hue before sunset.
Stay overnight in Hue.

We drive our way to Hoi An in the morning, the view of the coast and Danang from the top of the Hai Van Pass makes your Vietnam holiday journey very interesting and you are in for an excellent photo shooting. We will also visit the famous Marble Mountain, which stands for the five essential elements that establish nature. Sure the folktale will be quite an amusement for your Vietnam tours! Have lunch en route.
We will arrive in Hoi An in the afternoon, check in upon arrival and have some free time on your own.
Stay overnight in Hoi An.

My Son Holy Land, once a capital and religious center of Cham people, one the World Heritage of Vietnam. For a Vietnam tour into the heart of the ancient Vietnam, you might need My Son to guide you. This morning, we will drive away from Hoi An to this fairy land. Have lunch in a nearby restaurant and then we will be back to Hoi An.
After lunch, take a light excursion to go around tiny town of Hoi An and visit 400-year-old Japanese Bridge, 300-year-old Chinese temple, 200-year-old Vietnamese former merchants' house. Numbers don't mean anything, history thickness behind does. After today's Vietnam tours, you will be free in Hoi An, enjoying its enchanting tinge.
Stay overnight in Hoi An.

How about becoming a great Vietnamese cook after one Vietnam holiday? The experience starts with a walk accompanied by the best chef in town of a local restaurant to the local market, where you get a chance to learn all about Vietnamese ingredients. Chop chop chop, sit back and enjoy your cooking, make it a lifetime memory from the Vietnam tours!
Be back to your hotel in the afternoon and enjoy your relaxing free time. At night, we will take a flight to Hanoi. Check in upon arrival.
Stay overnight in Hanoi.

After breakfast at hotel, we will take a 3-hour scenic drive from Hanoi to Halong Bay, a doubtless highlight for your Vietnam tours.
One of the great things IOT offers you is, no matter which junk you choose from our long list, you will enjoy the world-known bay in a spectacular way in your Vietnam holiday! The selection of your junks are all well equipped with facilities to meet your needs. Itineraries are different, however, you won't miss Bai Tu Long Bay, Coc Island, Cap De Island, Bo Cau Island, Vong Vieng fishing village,Trong Cave,Ho Dong Tien Cave, which are all the golden nuggets for your Vietnam holiday. In IOT's cruise junk list, you will certainly find a favorite one to enlighten your Vietnam holiday.
Stay overnight on the junk.

Ending your Halong Bay cruise with a brunch on deck whilst the junk navigates in the tranquil water. At noon, we will disembark, leaving your Vietnam holiday an endless echo of the beauty.
Your local guide will meet you at the wharf and then drive you back to Hanoi.Check in upon arrival.
Stay overnight in Hanoi.

In the morning, you will visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his House on Stilt, One Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda and Quan Thanh Temple,making it a memorable day for your Vietnam tours! Have lunch in a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, get a deeper reading into Hanoi with the visit to Van Mieu Temple. Later, you will make a one-hour cycling ride around the Old Quarter. Stop at Ngoc Son Temple for a short visit, then attending a Water Puppet Show at Thang Long Theatre.
Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Have breakfast in your hotel. Enjoy your free time before the departure flight.
IOT's private van will drive you to the airport, we will say goodbye and welcome you back for the coming Vietnam tours!