Vietnam Impressive Tour 14 Days

You are arriving in our one-thousand-year-old capital of Hanoi. Your guide will welcome you at Noi Bai International Airport and escort you to your hotel in the heart of the city. Welcome dinner. Overnight in Hanoi.

Let’s start your morning by visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (viewed from outside on Mondays, Fridays and every afternoon only), his Residential Are with House on Stilt, One-Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda.

In the afternoon, it is your choice to visit one of the following spots including Hanoi Hilton Prison orFine Art museum or Ethnology Museum. Continue your afternoon to Temple of Literature – the firstVietnam National University, then stroll around the Ha Noi Old Quarters for sightseeing and shopping. Your today visit ends with a Water Puppet Performance – a unique art form with puppets from Northern Vietnam depicting rural life scenes, national history episodes or country legends. In the evening, transfer to the central Railway Station for a night train to Lao Cai. Overnight aboard the train.

Arrive at Lao Cai railways station early morning and take a drive uphill to the mountainous town of Sapa where the monotony of the expansive green landscape is enlivened by the color of its hill tribes. Take a short break and breakfast at a local restaurant after a long journey on train before taking your four kilometre transfer out of Sapa to Ma Tra. This valley is close to the town but uniquely quiet with its inhabitants here are still living their own well preserved traditional way. Trek through several hamlets of the Hmong minority scattering on hill sides for two hours. Continue downhill gradually for one hour to Ta Phin village – home to Red Yao people. Car pick up and transfer you back to Sa Pa in the afternoon. Overnight in Sapa.

Drive to Black Hmong’s Lao Chai Village to begin your today visit. Start another light trek through Muong Hoa Valley with beautiful scenery to Ta Van Village of Dzay ethnic people. Pick up at TaVan Village and drive back to Sapa for a short stop in town for shopping before departing to Lao Cai railways station and take the overnight train back to Hanoi. Overnight aboard the train.

Arrive in Hanoi early in the morning, you will check in a mini hotel for breakfast and shower.

After breakfast, you will visit the typical countryside of Northern Vietnam – Ninh Binh Province. Upon Arrive Bai Dinh pagoda complex, get on electric cars to visit massive architecture: 500 stone statues of Arhats; Bell tower with 27 tons and 36 tons bronze bell; Golden statue of Goddess of Mercy, walk up summit mountain where 100 tones in weight – 10 meter in hights bronze statue of Bhudda Sakyamuni located. Amazing views, sacred atmospheres and intriguing Buddhism story presented by our insider guide, you cannot fail to enchant.

Afternoon drive to Trang An Eco Tourism complex, you’ll take row boat from long dark caves to green picturesque cannels, cruising along a stream to 5 main grottos of extraordinary stalactites (from 70 to 320 meters long).

Overnight stay at hotel in Ninh Binh.

After breakfast, depart from your hotel for a three hour and a half transfer to Ha Long Bay – UNESCO World Natural Heritage – where thousands of spectacular limestone islets and grottoes rising from the clear emerald Gulf of Tonkin. Upon arrival, welcome drink on board prior to your check-in. Lunch with fresh sea food will be served while boat is cruising through many stone islets, floating villages, small beaches. Visit a floating fishing village, talk and meet with local villagers prior to your swimming or free time at your own on the sundeck. Dinner would be ready at the time the boat anchors off at a quiet designated overnight area. Overnight on board in Halong Bay.

Note: Itinerary is subject to change without prior notice according to weather conditions or local administration regulations.

Tai Chi class is available on the sundeck for early risers, then your breakfast served while boat continues cruising around Ha Long Bay. She would lead you through many islets named by its shapes such as Dog, Incense Urn, Fighting Cock, Finger … and so on. Follow your boat staff to explore one of the most magnificent caves – Surprise Cave, then return to your boat to cruise towards wharf. Your vehicle is ready awaiting your disembarkation at approximately 1030 for direct transfer from Ha Long to Airport in Hanoi for a domestic flight to Da Nang. On Danang arrival, you will be met and greeted by your tour guide, and transferred to Hoi An. Overnight in Hoi An.

Enjoy your breakfast at Hotel before departing to My Son, built from 7 to 13 centuries, located in a lush valley at 40 km southwest of Hoi An. My Son – recognized as UNESCO World Heritage in 1999 – was a capital and religious center of Cham people, with red brick towers and sanctuaries. The vegetation has now largely been cleared away, yet the tangible sense of faded majesty still hangs over the molding ruins.

In the afternoon, take a light excursion to go around the small  town of Hoi An: 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants’ house. Overnight in Hoi An.

After breakfast, leave Hoi An Town for Hue Imperial City which is about 130km.

On your way to Hue, take a break from the top of the cloudy Hai Van Pass to grab your own Vietnam central coast panoramic view, or another stop at Lang Co beach for visiting fishing village. Check in your hotel upon arrival. In the mid-afternoon, you will board a cruise upstream Perfume River for visiting Thien Mu Pagoda,and Minh Mang King’s Tomb. Overnight in Hue.

In the morning, take a guided visit to the Hue Imperial Citadel with exploration of Flag Tower, Ngo Mon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa Palace, Forbidden City.

Take flight to Ho Chi City. Met by your local guide and go to the city for check-in your hotel room.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.

Welcomed by your tour guide and depart for Cu Chi Tunnels where Vietnamese used to dig themselves up to 12 metres down deeper to the hard ground out of harm’s way, using only rudimentary tools in the late 1940s. The tunnel was used as a base from which they could launch strategic attacks on the French and American in Saigon which is 70 km away from their location to the northeast. Today visitors can drop to their hands, and knees and squeeze underground for an insight into life as a tunnel dwelling resistance fighter once did.

Return to the city for visiting Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Old Post Office in colonial architecture. From there, you could visit Ben Thanh Market for your shopping if you wish. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Leave the bustle Ho Chi Minh City behind for Ben Tre – the coconut kingdom. Arrive in a charming village, hidden under hundreds of coconut palm trees. Welcome at Mekong Home, charming familial house composed of several bungalows, set in a tropical garden and on the Mekong river bank. Fresh coconut juice will be served, then check in your room. Take rest for a while then depart with a member of the family for an introduction to the local fishing.
Return to the restaurant at the end of the afternoon and participate in a cooking class: “Bánh xèo” – Vietnamese pancake made from rice milk. Dinner is ready to serve with fresh dishes include local vegetable, ingredients and flavors cooked in local style such as: caramelized pork, fish soup, spring roll… After dinner, relax by lemongrass and ginger foot bath, a local therapeutic method to relieve the pain and fatigue of the legs.

Overnight in Mekong Home.

Enjoy fresh air while breakfast is served. After that, start cycling trip (from 2 hours to 2.5 hours) to the island of Oc on a concrete track, lined with fruit trees and coconut trees. On the way, pass by the local market where various of local ingredients as vegetable, meat, fruits, are sold. Subject to availability, visit a workshop of baskets made of coconut stems and a coconut processing operation. You will have chance to interact with workshop owner on different braiding techniques. Then return to the bicycles and cross a local Mekong River ferry to reach the island.
From there, cycling on small paths dotted with small huts hidden in lush vegetation while seeing the daily life of the inhabitants of Mekong Delta, governed by artisanal and agriculture activities.
Stop at a fish farm, to know more about two species of catfish: ca tra (Pangasius hypophthalmus) and ca ba sa (Pangasius bocourti), raised in ponds. These catfish are the two main species of fish production in Vietnam. Arrive at the pier where boat is waiting for you. A fresh fruit juice is served on board while the boat splits the waves towards the home. Check out at around 12:00 p.m. Return to Ho Chi Minh City .

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Free time for shopping before departing to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for international flight.