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Best of Vietnam 10 days/ 9 nights

Best of Vietnam 10 days/ 9 nights
Best of Vietnam 10 days/ 9 nights

This tour give you the best chance to understand Vietnam, the soaring destination in South East Asia for Tourism. It will take you to major...

Departures date : everyday
Duration : 10 days/ 9 nights
Travel Route : HANOI, HA LONG, NINH BINH, HUE, HOI AN, HO CHI MINH CITY
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Tour highlight

 
  • Hanoi: Capital of Vietnam with French style old buildings, lakes, Old Quarter Area
  • Ha Long Bay: UNESCO world heritage site, famous for its fresh and calm water filled with thousands of islands and islets
  • Ninh Binh: The ancient capital of Vietnam
  • Hoi An: Only 30KM from Da Nang, Hoi An is a beautiful, old town with historic architecture, traditional culture and textiles.
  • Ho Chi Minh City: Biggest city of Vietnam which is famous with Ben Thanh market and war relics, nightlife
  • Mekong Delta: Vietnam’s biggest agricultural region, the country’s rice basket with colorful floating markets, fruit orchards, rice paddies, bird sanctuaries and quaint villages

Intinerary

DAY 01: HA NOI ARRIVAL (-/-/D)

Welcome to Vietnam, on arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport, our tour guide will greet you and transfer by private car through the city to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi
The rest of the day is at leisure.


Accommodation: Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Please note: You will need to advise us of your flight details (flight schedule, arrival time…) before your departure date.
Please head outside the arrival hall and look out for your representative holding an Oriental Tours Vietnam” sign with your name on it.


Day 02: HA NOI CITY TOUR (B/L/-)

After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy morning tour to Ho Chi Minh Complex including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s House on Stilt and One Pillar Pagoda, then visit Temple Of Literature.



In the afternoon, you will enjoy a 1-hour rickshaw tour to explore the fascinating Old Quarter and its hundreds of special shops selling silk clothing, lacquerware, embroidered linens, furniture, bamboo, cooking utensils, ceremonial objects and more, and also Dong Xuan Market. Finish city tour today by a Water Puppet Show.

Note: Hochiminh Complex close every Monday and Friday
Accommodation: Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi

 

Day 03: HANOI- NINH BINH (B/L/-)

After breakfast, our car & tour guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel.
Enjoy your 2 hour drive with the rural life of the rice fields and the water buffalo. Have a half hour break on the way for toilet, resting or enjoy some tea, coffee…
10:30 - Arrive at Bai Dinh pagoda complexes, the largest pagoda in Southeast of Asia

These pagoda complexes stunningly boast an array of the most massive and magnificent architecture of Vietnamese tradition refined ever built that it take a full day to explore all. So you will visit some of the highlights that owned the national:
- 500 stone statues of “La Han” (Arhats)
- 2 huge bronze bells, one weighs 27 tons, other weighs 36 tons
- Three bronze statues of Tam The (50 tons each)
With sacred atmospheres and intriguing Buddhism story which presented by Oriental Tours Vietnam insider guide,
The visit ends with a walk-up the summit mountain to see the 100 tones statue of Buddha Sakyamuni made of bronze and enjoy the panoramic view of picturesque landscape dotted with limestone mountains.
 Enjoy your lunch at local restaurant with some special dishes such as goat meat, pork storage vessel, fresh vegetable…
Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massive at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields.
Deep into the linked chains of towering mountain are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle.

Embark on a traditional sampan gently rowed down the exquisite river through numerous caves: Hang Toi ( Dack )  cave, 320 meter long, Sang  (light) cave, 90 meter long, and Hang Nau Ruou (Cooking wine) cave, 250 meter long…  Every passages bring new surprise of mystery hidden inside isolated valleys of tranquility that likely transformed to the other world and time. The fauna and flora is rich and a scene of a goat jumping from one cliff to the other is a common sight
come back to Hanoi

Day 04: HANOI- HALONG BAY (B/L/D)

In the morning, have breakfast at hotel
Around 8:00 am: The driver will pick you up at the lobby to start the trip to Halong Bay

You will have a wonderful night by staying on cruise in this world famous bay.
We leave the bustle and hustle of city behind, it takes you 3h 30mins drive to Halong Bay. We stop at half way in Hai Duong province for break time about a half hour
Keep going to Ha Long bay.
Arrive Halong pier around 12 am, the captain and crew on boat will pick you up, we board on boat later

After a welcome onboard, lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay.
In the afternoon, enjoy some sightseeing, on-board activities like caving, swimming, kayaking…. (Depending on each boat’s itinerary)

Towards the end of the day the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations. Dinner is served on board

Transport: 
 Transfer by shuttle bus
Accommodation: Stay overnight on cruise
Please note: Our tour guide will not accompany aboard the cruise in Halong Bay. Resident English speaking guide on board available.
Most cruise itineraries are similar, exact cruise name and itinerary shall be reconfirmed according to your choice


Day 05: HALONG BAY- HANOI- DA NANG- HOI AN

Wake up early in the morning enjoy fresh air of the bay, if you are lucky today you can see sunrise
We start an amazing trip today by practice Tai Chi on the sun deck.

Continue sightseeing in the wonderful bay, check out your cabin and enjoy brunch on board while cruising back to mainland.
Enjoy morning view of the bay’s landscapes. From the upper deck of the boat, the beauty of the rocky islands rising from the crystal-clear waters of the bay is breathtaking. The quiet of atmosphere, the birds singing and cicadas chirping onshore, along with the gentle lapping of the waves against the boat, provide the perfect soundtrack to accompany the sense of calm and the fresh

Around 11:00am arriving at the harbor, you will be picked up for transferring back to Noi Bai airport to Danang
Then transfer to Hoi an
Accommodation: Stay overnight at hotel in Hoi An


Day 06: HOI AN- HUE (B/L/-)

After breakfast, we take a walking tour to Hoi An ancient town

The first, we take a walk to Hoi An ancient town. We will start the walk from small alley from Phan Chu Trinh Street to Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street. This is the typical ancient street of Hoi An, that can show you great atmosphere of the ancient town. Visit the Japanese Cover Bridge – the symbol of Hoi An.
After that, we visit Tan Ky, the most well- known and authentic ancient house in town. Then take a walk along the Nguyen Thai Hoc – the ancient street of Hoi An to the market of the town.
Visit the local market of Hoi An and Phuc Kien Congressional Assembly Hall, the communal place for Chinese community from Fukien province in China as well the worshiping temple to Thien Hau, the Goddess protecting people on the sea – that was so important for the Chinese Merchant and Fishman in the past. Then you have free time for discovering the town on your own or shopping.
Have lunch, you have time for breaking

In the afternoon, you will take a boat trip on the picturesque Thu Bon River to Kim Bing Village on Cam Kim Island to see the woodworkers and shipbuilding families.
Transfer to Hue by car
Accommodation: Stay overnight in Hue

 

Day 07: HUE CITY TOUR (B/L/-)

Have breakfast at hotel, Are you ready for an amazing trip today
After having breakfast at your hotel, Our guide will pick you up for a  full day city tour around Hue.
So peaceful city, gentle, beautiful… a lot of words talk about this city

Hue is famous for the Old royal architectural works and the highly traditional Vietnamese lifestyle. You will discover the incredible scenes of ancient Vietnam from the Royal Citadel, Forbidden City, Hue Royal Museum and bustling Dong Ba market.
We have a lunch in a garden house restaurant in the traditional Hue style
After that, we take a Dragon boat to Thien Mu Pagoda, Minh Mang Tomb and enjoy the view along the river

Head back to hotel for stay overnight
Accommodation: Stay overnight in Hue


Day 08: HUE- HO CHI MINH CITY (B/L/-)

Breakfast at the hotel then take the short flight to dynamic Ho Chi Minh City,
Upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh, you will be welcomed and picked up by our tour guide and driver.

Head to your hotel and we have lunch

This afternoon, you will start a haft daily tour at Reunification Palace where the Vietnam America war ended in 1975. Today the grand building is a museum and hall for official receptions.
Near the Palace are the colonial style Post Office and the Notre Dame Cathedral- it was built between 1877 and 1883, these two places known as the symbol of  Ho Chi Minh.
The evening is your time to explore the city by walking to night market or walking street.


Accommodation: Stay overnight in Sai Gon

Day 09: HO CHI MINH CITY- MEKONG DELTA (B/L/-)

This tour is on the highlight in the south of Vietnam where you can have a look deeper into daily life of local people
After breakfast, we will take you to the rivers of the mighty Mekong Delta. Enjoy a brief walk on an island, sampling delicious native fruits. Visit a bee farm and try some honey tea. Float along the rivers on a traditional sampan.
Continue to Tan Thach commune to visit a family-run enterprise making coconut candies.


After lunch, you will hop aboard a boat to Phu Tuc Village where you will stay overnight. You can enjoy fishing and sightseeing during a late afternoon rowboat trip.
You will visit a local family home to have a dinner and join in a performance of traditional rural music.
Back to Sai Gon
Accommodation: Stay overnight in Saigon

 

Day 10: HO CHI MINH CITY DEPARTURE (B/-/-)

Saying goodbye Vietnam, we hope you have a beautiful time with memories, we do not want to say “goodbye”- we just want to say “see you again”
After breakfast at hotel, you can relax until it is time for your airport transfer.
Your driver and guide will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the airport for your return flight.
Please note: You need to advices us your flight information. Or if you would like to stay in Ho Chi Minh longer time


Prices

This tour is private and sample only. A suggested cost will be listed below. However, the rate always depends on your hotel, number of travelers in your group, and dates of travel. Please contact us to customize this itinerary and rate in order to meet your demand and budget.

 

6 - 9 pax: 567 USD/ pax

3 - 5 pax: 706 USD/ pax

2 pax:       809 USD/ pax

 

Tour Policy

Includes:

  • Transportation in private  
  • Accommodation in twin/double shared room with daily breakfast 
  • Boat trip as stated in above sights 
  • English speaking guide 
  • Admission fee to indicated sights 
  • Domestic air ticket as itinerary

Excludes:

  • Visa fee on arrival 
  • Travel Insurance in all kinds 
  • Single room (quoted separately) 
  • Other foreign language guide 
  • Peak tourist season or special event rates 
  • Tip, drinks and other personal

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