Trip Highlights:

•  Free single entry 1 month VOA
• Water Puppet show or traditional music in Hanoi
•  Kayaking in Halong Bay
• Trekking to villages in mountainous Sapa
• Insight into Mekong Delta
• Visit the historic Cu Chi Tunnels

 

Day 1:         HANOI ARRIVAL                    

Arrive to Noi Bai Airport. You are welcomed by our driver at exit gate. Transfer to hotel (45min). Check in hotel. Overnight in Hanoi

 

Day 2:          HANOI CITY TOUR (B,L)

8.30, meet up with our tour guide at hotel lobby. Start a day visit Hanoi City with the most interesting sights, including: Ho Chi Minh Complex: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and His Stilt House, Presidential Palace and One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to Temple of Literature. Lunch in local restaurant. In the afternoon visit Ethnology Museum, and after that visit the beautiful West Lake with Tran Quoc Pagoda and Quan Thanh Temple, end of the day by water puppet show (or you can choose traditional music on the night available). Overnight in Hanoi

 

Day 3:           HANOI / HALONG (B,L,D)                 

8.30, transfer to Halong. About 11.30-12.00, you are welcomed on boat and have set lunch while cruising in the bay. Depends on which cruise you choose, the detailed itinerary will basically included visit Amazing cave, kayaking (extra option), and swimming in crystal water and enjoy the landscape.

Dinner and overnight on the cruise. Overnight on Junk

 

Day 4:           HALONG / HANOI / LAO CAI (Brunch)                     

Breakfast on boat. Cruise back to Halong City. Our driver is waiting for you to transfer back to Hanoi at about 4pm. Check in a small hotel nearby train station for the night train to Sapa. Free for your own leisure until dinner. From your hotel, walk to the train station yourself and board the night train to Lao Cai.

Overnight on Train

*You can leave your luggage at the hotel while out for dinner and come back to transfer to Hanoi Train station.* Upgrade to private cabin is upon on request

 

Day 5               LAO CAI / SAPA (B)               

6.00, arrives Lao Cai. Driver and local tourguide are waiting for you at exit gate with your name on signboard. Transfer to Sapa (45min). Breakfast at the local restaurant. 8.30, meet up with your guide again to start trekking to Cat Cat village where the Black H’Mong is located (3km from Sapa). Back to Hotel at noon time. Free for your own leisure in the afternoon.

Overnight in Sapa

*Early check in upon on availability. Getting room for early check in is upon on request.

 

Day 6:           SAPA / LAO CHAI / TA VAN/ LAO CAI / HANOI (B,L)                    

Breakfast at hotel. 8.30, transfer to Lao Chai village, start trekking from here to Ta Van Village where the Red Dzao and Dzay People located. Enjoy the scenery of Muong Hoa Valley. Picnic lunch is included. Back to Sapa in the afternoon. 17.00, transfer to Lao Cai train station.

Overnight on Train

*If today is Tuesday, Thursday, Sat or Sunday, you will have chance to visit some of the most beautiful markets in North West Vietnam

*Upgrade to private cabin is upon on request

 

Day 7:           HANOI / HUE (B)                  

5.00, Arrives Hanoi. Driver and guide pick you up at train station. Get your moment by taking photos of  Hanoi Flower market in the morning and have breakfast in local restaurant. Transfer to airport for midday flight to Hue. Transfer from airport to hotel in Hue and check in hotel in Hue. Afternoon visit The Citadel.

Overnight in Hue.

 

Day 8:          HUE CITY TOUR          (B,L)              

8.30,  Start with a boat trip on Huong River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda, then you continue to visit Minh Mang, Tu Duc and Khai Dinh Tombs. Overnight in Hue

 

Day 9:          HUE / HOI AN (B,L)

Today we will transfer through Lang Co beach, Hai Van Pass, Marble Mountain and reach to Danang. Visit Cham Museum and arrive Hoi An in the afternoon. Check in your hotel. In the afternoon, walking tour to visit The Ancient Quarter included: Chua Ong Pagoda, Chinese Assembly Halls, the 200 year old Tam Ky Ancestral House and the Japanese Bridge.

Overnight in Hoi An

 

Day 10:          HOI AN (B)

Free for your own leisure. Overnight in Hoi An

Extra Option:

·         Cooking Class ½ or 1 day in Hoi An to know-how of Vietnamese Cuisine

·         ½ day visit My Son – the  Cham Ruins an hour from Hoi An Town

·         ½ day visit Tra Que Vegetable village

 

Day 11:          HOI AN / DANANG/ HO CHI MINH CITY (B,L)                     

Transfer to airport for morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City, driver picks you up at airport, transfer to hotel. Check in hotel. Afternoon tour of Ho Chi Minh City including Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post office, War Remnants Museum, Giac Lam Pagoda, China Town with ancient pagodas and temples and bustling Binh Tay Market. Back to Hotel.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

 

Day 12:       HO CHI MINH CITY / CAO DAI / CU CHI (B,L)                    

8.30, drive to Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh to observe the midday service. Cao Daism is a combination of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity. After lunch, we drive to Cu Chi Tunnels – the famous base during US – Vietnam war. Back to hotel.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

 

Day 13:        HO CHI MINH CITY / BEN TRE / HO CHI MINH CITY (B,L)             

Our driver and tour guide meet your guide at your hotel after breakfast, transfer to Ben Tre (about 2 hours). You will get on horse carriage ride along the villages of Mekong Delta, where tourism is not heavily touched, after that, you will enjoy some boat trip along the Delta’s canals, visit orchards and sample some tropical fruits, visit historic temples and pagodas of the area. Visit a family-run enterprise making coconut candy. Upon to your request, we can visit some markets in Ben Tre city to know more about the local’s life. Transfer back to the city.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

 

Day 14:        HO CHI MINH CITY DEPARTURE (B)                        

Breakfast at hotel. Free until departure to airport for flight home.

 

End of services./.

 

Included:

·         Accommodation in twin/ double sharing basis with daily breakfast

·         All private transfer and transportation

·         English speaking tour guide on day trip (except Halong and all airport transfers)

·         Domestic Flight Hanoi / Hue & Danang / Ho Chi Minh City on Vietnam Airlines, economy class

·         Round trip train tickets in soft sleeper cabin

·         Boat trip in Halong Bay, Hue and Mekong Delta

·         Kayaking in Halong Bay

·         1 bottle of water/person/day included in day tours

·         Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast/ L: Lunch/ D: Dinner)

·         Entrance fee and Sightseeing tickets

·         Free Approval document for Visa on arrival 1 month Single entry in Vietnam (no deduct if you arrange it yourselves on package price).

·         Services charges and Government taxes, bank fee if paying by credit cards.

 

Excluded:

·         Meals, Beverages which do not specify in the program

·         Visa stamping fee (25USD for Single entry and 50 USD for Multi Entry at the airport).

·         International flights

·         Personal Expenses, tips and gratuities

·         Travel insurance

Note:

·         Check in is 14.00 and check out is 12.00

·         Prepare 2 passport size photos for Stamping visa at airport on arrival

·         Itinerary can be run in reserve

·         Check in time is normally at 14.00, check out time is normally at 12.00. Early check in or check out is upon on availability of the hotels.

·         The detailed itinerary of Halong Cruises might be different depends on your junk choice.

 

List Of Accommodation Recommended

 

City	Luxury	Deluxe	Superior	Standard
Hanoi	Intercontinental	Silk Path	Conifer	Hanoi Imperial
Halong	Violet Junk	Paradise Cruise	Bhaya Cruise	Orient Sails
Sapa	Victoria Sapa Hotel & Train	Chau Long	Sapa Rooms	Boutique Sapa
Hue	La Residence	Celadon Palace	Romance Hotel	Hue Queen Hotel
Hoi An	Victoria Hoi An	Life Resort	Vinh Hung Resort	An Hoi Hotel
HCMC	Park Hyatt	Sofitel Plaza	Northern Hotel	Asian Ruby Hotel

 

If, at the time of booking, any hotels or rooms in the list above are fully booked, we will endeavor to find accommodation of a similar standard elsewhere. If the only available accommodation is of a higher or lower standard, we will revise the price accordingly and consult you immediately.

Tag: Vietnam holiday, Vietnam holidays

 

PACKAGE RATES (in USD perperson):  Valid until 31 Dec, 2011
Number in group	2	3-4	5-8	S.R.S
Standard	1,373	1,270	1,093	344
Superior	1,623	1,520	1,344	560
Deluxe	2,105	2,002	1,827	1,028
Luxury	3,009	2,907	2,731	1,779

*S.R.S: Single Room Supplement

* Victoria Express does not run every Saturdays, price are different depends on departure date, so please contact for an exact price.

* Price is not applied for Christmas and New Year Period, please contact us if you are travelling in this period, because there are some luxury hotels required to have Compulsory Dinner.

 

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*At the time of quotation, Travel Sense Asia reserves the right to adjust prices to take account of unusual movements in currency markets, hotel and transport costs as a result of inflationary price pressures in oil and other commodity markets.