Tour route: Vietnam: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Ho Chi Minh
Upon arrival at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, our tour guide greets you at the airport with Indochina Odyssey Tours welcome sign and escorts you to hotel for check-in. Have some leisure time on your own.
Overnight: Hanoi
Today explore the charming city of Hanoi from the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday & Friday), Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts, Presidential Palace, One Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and the Quan Thanh Temple.
Afternoon is a visit to the interesting Museum of Ethnology containing many life-size structures dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority peoples, followed by a rickshaw ride along narrow streets of the Old Quarter. Last stop is the beautiful Hoan Kiem Lake to enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Show.
Overnight: Hanoi
Meals: breakfast, lunch
Upon arrival in Hanoi, take a short rest in hotel and set out for a rich Halong Bay cruise. After a 3-hr scenic drive to the pier, check into your private cabin and start the cruise. Besides admiring the stunning scenery and taking a short excursion to Surprise Cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Halong Bay, you will also enjoy optional activities such as kayaking, swimming, cooking class, etc. Spend a romantic night on board at Halong Bay.
Overnight: onboard
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Today get up earlier to learn ancient art of Tai Chi on the sundeck. Later enjoy a big brunch before check out at late morning. Then drive back to Hanoi airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, our guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.
Overnight: Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: brunch
This morning set out for the incredible underground Cu Chi Tunnels, and then drive back to Ho Chi Minh City to visit the War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace (the former Presidential Palace), Ben Thanh Market, Old Saigon Post Office and Dong Khoi Street (formerly Rue Catinat) absolutely nice choices for a free stroll.
Overnight: Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: breakfast, lunch
After breakfast at hotel, today we take a special one day Mekong Delta tour with homemade meal.
Overnight: Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: breakfast, lunch
After breakfast at hotel, you will have some free time before being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.
Meals: breakfast
Recommended Accommodation for Your Journey
It is no doubt your journey enjoyment will be increased by a good choice of accommodation. Our well-established network with key hotel chains around Indochina area will bring you more benefits of competitive rates and guaranteed hotel quality with availability.
We pick hotels for you based on:
Location: most of properties we selected are either located in downtown area with main city attractions or close by main transportations. These conveniences will certainly improve your holiday experience.
Facility & Service Quality: all hotels are inspected strictly and regularly, must be with great performance on accommodating English speaking customers, and excellent feedbacks from our pervious clients as well.
Variety in Choice: many styles and grades of hotels are available for different budgets, tastes and culture backgrounds.
Hotel Standards
3-Star Class It will meet the basic requirements for a comfortable stay, good size and clean guest rooms with AC, TV, hot water, shower and private bathrooms. On-site restaurants with breakfast included and lunch or dinner at your own pick up. A small fitness center or spa can be expected.
4-Star Class Across Indochina, a wide range of comfortable boutique hotels are available with shopping, dining and entertainment facilities nearby. Featuring quality service, fully furnished rooms, restaurants, fitness center with spa (and swimming pool in most cases), the hotels are expected to offer an above-average accommodation experience.
5-Star Class Top-notch services and an extensive range of facilities for an excellent accommodation experience. Multiple restaurants on site and a wide range of choice for buffet breakfast, good size of swimming pool, fitness center and concierge service round out the experience.
Meals
Normally Indochina Odyssey Tours includes two meals each day during tour: Breakfast and Lunch. You will have the freedom to make your own dinner choice.
It is normally served at the hotel where you stay. Depending on the hotel, the breakfast would be in western style, local style, or a combination.
Lunches are usually set menu at handpicked local restaurant with comfortable dining environment where you can rest assure to taste the local flavor. All restaurants arranged by Indochina Odyssey Tours selected carefully and evaluated constantly based on customer feedback and our on-site inspection.
Dinners will not be included in your meal plan unless you have that requirement. Enjoying the local food could be one of your best experiences in “tasty” Indochina area. This is why we provide you this flexibility of food choice. Your private guide will always give you good suggestions based on your preferences.
If you have certain food allergies or special requirements such as vegetarian food, let us know. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Private Guide & Transfer
You will have a private tour guide, private driver, and an air-conditioned vehicle escorting you at every destination you travel across Southeast Asia. This will provide you with maximized personal care, security, and flexibility
All tour guides of Indochina Odyssey Tours are qualified professionals and registered English Speaking Tourist Guides who are reassessed annually. All of our tour vehicles are clean and in excellent condition, manned with licensed & experienced drivers.
You will always be greeted punctually on arrival at each destination airport. At every departure, you’ll be escorted & assisted until you have checked in and passed through the security checkpoint.
All of our tour guides in every destination are locals. Knowing the area well, they are good at guiding you around and telling background stories of the tour sites, as well as showing you the secret spots for best photos.
If any change of itinerary is needed for unexpected reasons, your private tour guides will be more than accommodating in suggesting alternatives to ensure that you always have a wonderful experience.
With our comfortable and safe private transportation, your tour will be more relaxing and less tiresome, keeping you in the best spirits to make the most out of your journey across Southeast Asia.
Your vehicle in each destination is air conditioned, insured, clean, and regularly maintained. Your private driver is licensed and always put your safety first.
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