Day 1: Arrival Hanoi

Welcome to Hanoi. The city is over 1000 years old and is the capital of Vietnam, as well as the political and cultural heart of the country. Upon arrival at the Noi Bai International Airport, you will be welcomed by our guide and driver who will bring you to Hanoi City. After checking into your hotel, it will be free at your own leisure.

Included: Accommodation, & Airport Transfer

Day 2: Hanoi City Tour

After breakfast, your tour around Hanoi city starts with a visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (from outside), the House on-stilts, the One-Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature – built in October 1073 to worship Confucius and considered to be the first university in Vietnam.

After lunch, you will go to the Hoan Kiem Lake where you will get to see the Ngoc Son Temple that commemorates Van Xuong saint and Tran Hung Dao, a former general commander. Later in the afternoon, you will get a chance to enjoy a one-hour cyclo ride around the 36 streets in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.

Included: English-speaking tour guide, Tours, Accommodation,

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay

Today, after breakfast you will travel to the astonishing and mystical Ha Long Bay, which is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and is one of the most beautiful places in the region.

Located in the Gulf of Tonkin, it is a spectacular collection of 2,000 islands covering an area of 1,500km. This forms a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars and cliff faces.

The crew will welcome you on board with drinks and a fresh seafood lunch. You will check into your cabins and start cruising around the bay to see the amazing rock formations (karsts). You will also cruise towards Bai Tu Long Bay, passing the towns of Hon Gai and Cam Pha, Oan Lagoon, Mat Quy (Monster Head) and Am Tich (Teapot) Islets and Vung Vieng fishing village.

Next, we will explore the mystery of Sung Sot Cave which is one of the most beautiful caves in Ha Long Bay. Later on, you will have plenty of time for swimming and kayaking at the Tunnel Cave.

In the evening, relax by the casual and comfortable atmosphere on the boat where you will have an elegant dining experience. In the right season, you can also witness fresh squid being caught the traditional way.

Get your cameras ready for a spectacular sunset, lounge under the clear, star-filled sky and retire to your cabin at your leisure where you will spend the night onboard.

Included: English-speaking tour guide, Tours, Accommodation, & Transfers

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner

Day 4: Ha Long – Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

After breakfast, we will continue to cruise through the karsts some of which, display fantastic and mystical shapes before getting into a small boat to visit the Luon Cave.

Then, we will be back on board for an early lunch before saying goodbye to the boat and crew and heading back on the road to Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi) for your departure flight to Ho Chi Minh city.

Upon your arrival at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport, you will be picked up and transferred to check into your hotel.

Included: English-speaking tour guide, Tours, Accommodation, & Transfers

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City Tour – Cu Chi Tunnels

After breakfast, you will take the drive to the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City for a visit to the amazing Cu Chi Tunnels, a well-known historical vestige of the Vietnamese revolution.

As a distinctive architecture, this cobweb-like tunnel complex is a network of underground dug-outs of over 200 kilometres long, consisting of many layers and turnings with meeting, living and fighting quarters where we learn first hand how the Viet Cong survived the extraordinary underground existence during the Vietnam War.

In the afternoon, we head out to Cho Lon (Chinatown). Explore the highlights of this fascinating area, beginning with a brief visit to Binh Tay Market, the vast wholesale market selling every kind of goods. Continue to visit Thien Hau Temple, build by the Cantonese congregation and dedicated to the heavenly goddess.

End your tour at the central Ben Thanh Market, where vendors display a vast array of goods and handicrafts, appealing to every taste. Free at leisure and spend the night at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Included: English-speaking tour guide, Tours, Accommodation, & Transfers

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Day 6: Mekong Delta

After breakfast today, you will visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda. Enjoy a boat ride on the Mekong River and visit My Tho island.

Vinh Trang Pagoda is a Buddhist temple near My Tho in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is one of the best-known temples in the region.

The beautiful structure features a mixture of Chinese, Vietnamese and Angkor (Cambodian) architectural styles. The pagoda consists of five buildings, two ornamental yards and 178 pillars. The extremely beautiful structures in the pagoda are two triumphal arches bearing an art of inserting bottle and porcelain fragments which create harmonious pictures illustrating the Buddhist legend.

After that, you will take a two-hour drive to My Tho. This gateway to Mekong Delta was founded in the 17th century by Chinese refugees fleeing Taiwan after the fall of the Southern Ming dynasty. The economy is based on tourism, fishing and the cultivation of rice, coconuts, bananas, mangoes, longans and citrus fruit. Visit the local islands to find out the traditional way of living. Enjoy a nice boat ride on the Mekong River.

Later, return to Ho Chi Minh City and transfer to hotel.

Included: English-speaking tour guide, Tours, Accommodation, & Transfers

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Day 7: Departure Ho Chi Minh City

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City to take your departure flight.

Included: Airport Transfers

Meals: Breakfast