Tour Code: 18VNCL2
Dates: 18 Days / 17 Nights
Tour Route: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hanoi - Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An - Nha Trang - Dalat - Saigon - Mekong Delta - Can Tho - Cai Be floating market - Can Tho - Saigon - Cai Rang - Saigon - Cu Chi - Siem Reap - Angkor Temple - Siem Reap
Itinerary Details:
Day 1 Arrival Hanoi
Upon arrival at Noi Bai Airport, you will be met and transferred to hotel in downtown. Take a rest then go to Dong Xuan Market to buy clothes, dress and anything you need. In the late afternoon, enjoy the Water Puppet Show - the unique art only in Vietnam.
Day 2: Hanoi (B, L)
Start at 8:00 from your hotel by car to visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, One pillar pagoda, Tran Quoc pagoda. After lunch, visit to Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam, Army museum (or Art museum, History museum, Women museum is at your choice). Hanoi Flag Tower. Wonder around Hoan Kiem Lake then visit Ngocson Temple and enjoy one hour cyclo trip around the trading area in Hanoi Old Quarter. Tour end about 16.30 pm
Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay (B, L, D)
In the morning, we head for about 3.5 hours drive to the World Heritage site of Halong Bay where our boat and sumptuous seafood feast awaits us. Cruising amongst the limestone islets, you will have a chance to explore various caves including Dinh Huong Island, Fighting Cock Island, Dog Island, Sail Island, Cave of Surprise - the natural cave of beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
Enjoy swimming at Titov Beach. Passing across a fishing-floating house and bargain some fresh shrimps, crabs and fishes. Overnight on board.
Day 4: Halong Bay - Hanoi (B, L)
After a night on board our deluxe junk, you will awake to see daylight filtering through the early morning mist and the towering rock formations, leaving you with unforgettable memory of your visit. Lunch on board.
Transfer to Hanoi in the afternoon. It is your free time to discovering the city and shopping. Have dinner on your own and overnight in Hanoi
The custom-design service of IOT is absolutely free!
Day 5: Hanoi - Hue (B,D)
Have breakfast at your hotel, free time. Take flight to Hue. Arrive Hue at noon; we drive you to hotel, check in and have lunch on your own. Visit the Forbidden Purple city and discovering the outstanding architecture of Nguyen Dynasty. Hue is the only ancient capital that keeps the complex of legacies of the last Vietnamese feudal dynasty in a fairy perfect place. Refresh yourself by boating on Perfume River.
Day 6: Hue - city sightseeing- Da Nang- Hoi An (Vehicle) (B, L)
The tour begins with Thien Mu Pagoda, then King Khai Dinh Tomb, King Tu Duc Tomb. Come back to Hue for lunch at local restaurant. After lunch, depart to Hoi An, passing Da Nang with stopovers to visit the Marble Mountain, also known by their Vietnamese name of Ngu Hanh Son (Five Mountains Range) and the China Beach en route.
Day 7: Hoi An (B)
Free time for shopping and tailor made.
Day 8: Hoi An (B, L)
In the morning, take a private car from Hoian town to My Son Holy Land, was a capital and religious center of Cham people, one of the World Heritages of Vietnam. Back to Hoian for lunch. After the relax, take a light excursion to go around tiny town of Hoian and visit 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants' house. Tour ends at about 16.30 pm.
Day 9: Hoi An - Nha Trang (B)
Transfer to Da Nang Airport to fly to Nha trang. We are free to enjoy the beachfront and swim or relax in the shade of a thatched umbrella or swaying coconut palm, and take advantage of a massage and manicure.
Day 10: Nha Trang - boat tour of islands (B, L)
Start from your hotel to Cau Da port. Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Mieu Island is the first place to visit, many sea species of Nha Trang/Khanh Hoa province make a small ocean world there. Mun Island is the best island for snorkeling where you can see lots of lives colorful corals and fish. Visit a fishing village and taking a fresh lunch at the island. On the way back you will be able to see caves in which the sea swallows make their nest.
Day 11: Nha Trang - Dalat (B,L)
Leaving the golden sands behind, we visit the remarkable Cham Towers of Poklon Garai before commencing our ascent into the mountains of the South Central Highlands. Panoramic views of the costal plains pine clad mountains and crisp cool air herald our approach to the scenic French Hill Station of Da Lat.
Day 12: Dalat - Saigon . (B, L)
After breakfast transfer to airport and take flight to Sai Gon. Check in hotel then have lunch. After that start to visit Ben Thanh, Binh Tay market.
Day 13 Saigon - Mekong Delta - Can Tho, Cai Be floating market. (B,L,D)
Start the tour at 8:00 from your hotel and after 02 hours driving through the green rice paddy fields stretching towards the horizon, arrive Caibe floating market. On arrival, get on private boat to visit Cai Be floating market where sellers and buyers bargaining and exchanging their goods from their boats, then ride on the maze of shady canals to visit the An Binh islands, enjoy the local tropical fruits and see how local people cultivate their orchards, make their livings from ceramics, popcorn and rice paper. Have a nice chance of bicycle riding, roaming through the village and looking at the local handicraft shops. Stop and walk around the village to enjoy the daily life of local people. Continue driving to Can Tho. Overnight at Can Tho
Day 14 Can Tho - Saigon - visiting Cai Rang (B, L)
After breakfast, cruise along the small and picturesque tributaries by rowing boat to Cai Rang floating market. enjoy the beautiful scenery and take part in the daily activities of the locals who live along the Mekong canals. Back to Hochiminh and free time for shopping at your own time. Overnight in Hochiminh.
Day 15: Saigon - Cu Chi - Siem Reap (B, L)
A drive to Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, allows us to witness the hypnotic noontime service and eclectic architecture of the Cao Dai religion. In the afternoon we explore the phenomenal underground tunnel network and former Viet Cong stronghold at Cu Chi, before returning to Ho Chi Minh airport and take flight to Riep. Arrival Siem Reap. Check-in your hotel. Free at your leisure and overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 16 Siem Reap - Angkor Temple (B, L)
Breakfast at hotel
08:00 Drive out of city to Angkor Thom to discover the impressive Angkor Thom: South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphoun, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of Leper King and Phimean Akas Temple.
12:00 go to local restaurant for lunch.
15:00 the tour start with the visiting to the famous temple: Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from Hindu mythology and enjoys a romantic sun set view form Bakheng hill.
18:30 Having dinner with dance Apsaras show at local restaurant (guest's account)
Day 17 Siem Reap (B, L)
Breakfast at hotel
08:00 Morning, visit Banteay Srei, nearly everyone's favorite site. The special charm of this temple lies in its compact size, remarkable state of preservation, and the excellence of it decorative carvings, visit Banteay Samre.
15:00 You will visit Angkor Ruin: Thomonon, Chao Say Tevoda, Takeo, Banteay Kdey, Sras Srong and we continue to visit the fabulous Ta Prohm embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers.
Day 18: Siem Reap - Australia (B)
AM: breakfast at hotel, then transfer to take the Tonlé Sap Cruise Lake, visit floating village, fish man life, and back to visit Chantier Ecole-Artisant d'Angkor. Free tour of the classes and workshops offer glimpse Cambodian artistry. Lunch at the local
PM: do shopping at old market and some souvenir shop till transfer to the airport for flight departure
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