22 Days Vietnam tour starting from Hanoi

Breakfast at hotel then check out and leave Hanoi to Mai Chau, a beautiful mountainous area inhabited by ethnic Thai and Hmong minority groups. After a 3.5-hour-drive, you'll reach Lac Village, a peaceful valley surrounded by majestic mountains. Take your time to walk around the village to see the life of local people and have lunch at a local house.

After lunch, say goodbye to the host and continue your trip to Pu Luong Nature Reserve. Pu Luong is the name of Thai Ethnic minority which mean the highest mountain in the area. Coming here, you will have chance admire the magnificent mountain ranges, stunning rice terrae fields, scenic rivers and waterfalls and experience the daily life of local people.

Reaching Pu Luong Retreat in the afternoon, check in and unpack your luggage, take your time to refresh in the swimming pool or enjoy the fresh air with stunning view from your stay.

Dinner and overnight at Pu Luong Retreat

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

After breakfast, you will be transferred to a suspension bridge over the Cham River, where you begin your walk in search of stunning water wheels. Get up close to each wheel and discover how water is moved from river to handmade bamboo aqueducts via simple constructions of all sizes.

After around 1.5 hour walking, you will reach a local fisherman’s house where you have a short rest to gear up for the bamboo river rafting with Dinh and his team. Float along the calm river and enjoy the views, in between learning how to paddle and steer your handcrafted rafts.

Arriving at scenic Tan Lap bridge, you disembark to be transferred back to Pu Luong Retreat for lunch.

Enjoy a free leisure afternoon on your own.

Dinner and overnight at Pu Luong Retreat

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

Enjoy your leisure breakfast then check out and start your journey to Ninh Binh via Ho Chi Minh National Road. Reaching Ninh Binh at around noon, have lunch at local restaurant before check in your resort.

Afternoon, enjoy a nice scenic rowed sampan boat through dramatic karst mountains interspersed with the vivid green of rice paddies to visit Tam Coc and Bich Dong Pagoda. Bich Dong Pagoda is built on Ngu Nhac Mountain with 3 separate buildings in ascending order. Climb up the top pagoda and take in spectacular mountaintop views over Hoa Lu.

Have a free evening with your own activities and overnight at resort

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch 

Early breakfast at hotel then departure to Halong for one night over on cruise. Have a short time to relax before embark at the cruise at around noon. Check in your own cabin and enjoy your lunch at the restaurant onboard.

After lunch, continue your journey to discover Halong Bay – the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Vietnam. Each cruise will have different schedule for your trip  and you may visit a beautiful cave, have some swimming or other activities like sunset party, cooking demonstration etc before dinner.

After dinner is your free time. You may choose to enjoy fresh air on the sundeck or playing board games or try your luck with squid fishing.

Dinner and overnight on board

Note: 

Meals Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

An early wake up will give you a chance to try the Taichi class with the crew or just enjoy sunrise on the bay from your cabin or sundeck. Take part in other activities of the 2nd day while the boat cruise back to the Habour.

Farewell with the crew and Halong. Meet your guide and driver again for transfer back to hotel in Hanoi for check in. Then, take a short transfer to a nearby Water Puppet Theatre to enjoy a water puppet show.

Rest of the day is your free day. Overnight at hotel.

Meals Breakfast, Lunch 

Your day will start at Ho Chi Minh Complex with a visit to Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (from outside), the Presidential Palace, the house on stilt, the botanical garden and the One-pillar pagoda. Your next stop is Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam where you will have a talk deep with our guide about education history of Vietnam since a thousand year ago until now.

Lunch at local restaurant before continue your trip to Hoa Lo Prison. Hoa Lo Prison was built in 1896 by the French to house Vietnamese patriots during Indochina War, and later, it was used by Vietnamese to hold American pilots who were shot down during the Vietnam War. 

Wrap your day with one hour for cyclo tour around the Old Quarter - the bustling heart of Hanoi to see the daily life of local people and French architecture along ancient streets. 

Free at leisure until pick up time for transfer to Railway station for overnight train to Dong Hoi.

Overnight on train (SE1/1930-0535/ Sharing 4-berth cabin)

Note: There is no room for day use before transfer to Railway Station

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch 

Upon arrival Dong Hoi Station, meet your guide and transfer to resort in Phong Nha for check in. Have breakfast and refresh yourself until pick up time for transfer to visit Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, home to Son Doong Cave, the largest cave in the world. The park features many beautiful limestone grottoes and boasts lush forestland. You will take a boat trip on the Son River to visit Phong Nha cave system. 

Lunch at a local restaurant before coming back to your resort and relax on the swimming pool or do exciting activities like swimming or kayaking on the lake

Overnight at resort

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner  

Breakfast at hotel then check out and transfer to Paradise or Thien Duong Cave which was discover by a local man in 2005. Your visit to some of the accessible areas of this cave will give you a taste of the wonders that lie its depth.

Continue your trip to DMZ area where you will visit Vinh Moc Tunnel, Ben Hai River and Hien Luong Bridge.

Lunch at local restaurant before keep driving to Hue. Check in at hotel. Rest of the day is your free day.

Overnight at hotel

Meals Breakfast, Lunch

Start your day with a visit to the Imperial Royal Citadel – home to 13 Kings of Nguyen Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam. Then, take a boat trip along Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda and a garden house.

Lunch will be served at local restaurant before continue your trip to visit Khai Dinh and Tu Duc Tombs. End the day with a stop at Dong Ba Market where you could try your ability in bargain to buy some local specialties.

Overnight at hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Morning transfer to Hoi An with 3 hour drive to the south. En route, you will have a short break at peak of Hai Van Pass for photo shot before reaching Danang – the beach city in the Center Vietnam.

You will visit Cham Museum where features extensive and diverse displays of Hindu-influenced Cham sculpture dating from the 7th to the 15th centuries. 

Lunch at local restaurant before continue your trip to Hoi An. Check in your hotel and relax.

Afternoon, take a short walking tour around Hoi An Town across ancient streets of Hoi An, lined with Chinese traders’ homes and wooden houses reincarnated as restaurants, cafés, and outlets for local artists, craftsmen and tailors. Explore 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants' house etc.

Free in the evening. Overnight at hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day at leisure on your own to explore Hoi An town. 

Afternoon, meet our guide for transfer to Danang airport for flight to Dalat, a beautiful Central Highlands town developed by French colonialists as a health resort and hunting center. Upon arrival Dalat, you will be welcomed by your guide and driver then transfer to hotel for check in.

Overnight at hotel

Meals: Breakfast 

 

Today you will take a tour of Da Lat and the surrounding areas. We will visit Bao Dai Palace. From here you visit the rather bizarre and very aptly named Crazy House, a brightly painted concrete house which winds itself around trees, mimicking their shapes. It now functions as a guesthouse. Next visit is Truc Lam Thien Vien and Pagoda. This afternoon, for those interested can take the short train ride on the Cremaillere railway to the village of Trai Mat. 

Free at leisure in the evening. Overnight in Dalat.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch 

Early transfer to Dalat airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh City – formerly known as Saigon, is the bustling and dynamic economic city and the cultural trendsetter of the Vietnam.

Your guide will welcome you at airport and take you to the first visit site: Presidential Palace – the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It witnessed the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.

Close to the palace some of the best examples of French colonial architecture are represented in the forms of Notre Dame Cathedral (outside) and the Central Post Office.

Lunch at local restaurant before transfer to hotel for check in. Rest of the day is your free day.

Overnight at hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

07am, your guide and driver pick you up at hotel and transfer to pier for boat trip to Cu Chi. A light breakfast will be served on board. The speedboat departs at around 07.15 and during more than 1 hour, the guide will share with you stories about the life of local people along Saigon River. Arrive Cu Chi Tunnel at around 0840 and start your discovery the tunnels and know more about one part of our history. Tour finish at around 11 am and you will enjoy lunch at a local riverside restaurant before hop on your boat back to Saigon. 

Free at leisure in the afternoon.

18.00: you will be picked up at hotel and drive to first stop: Café zoom to "watch the world goes by" (quoted by The Lonely Planet) and enjoy cocktail and appetizer (inclusive) before adventuring into favorite local eating spot. You will experience the nightlife of Saigon same way as locals do, all from the back of a vintage Vespa. The tour will start with a ride to part Chinatown and then heading to District 4 through busy streets and alleys to see the night life of locals and enjoy street sea- food and cold drinks, places that foreigner won't be found. Leaving district 4 to district 3 the tour pass through downtown district 1 to take in the sights on the way to Banh Xeo, specialty of Saigon and southern food with the locals. Then the tour will continue to a hidden Vietnamese-style coffee shop to have a taste of Vietnamese music (live) as a local. The final stop is a lively music venue where you could enjoy the drinks with live music. Back to hotel at the late evening. 

Overnight at hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Leave your hotel at around 07.30am to Cai Be and start with a visit of Cai Be floating market. The boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Back to our boat to go across one of the longest river in the world, Mekong River, to come to An Bình Island where you will enjoy lunch at a local house. 

After lunch, have a short walk around the orchard and enjoy a cup of tea while listening to the traditional music; visit the local workshop to see how to make rice paper, coconut candy, pop-rice...; discover on how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay at brick kilns. 

The cruise will end at VinhLong city where you will meet your driver again and continue your trip to Can Tho. Check in your hotel and have a relax evening at Can Tho city.

Overnight at hotel.

Meals: Breakfast. Lunch 

An early start to visit Cai Rang floating market by boat. Take in the daily activities of the locals who live along the Mekong canals and try to buy some local fruits at the market. Back to hotel for breakfast and check out.

Have a stop to visit Binh Thuy Ancient House - a characteristic Mekong Delta house. Here, you will find not only an ancient structure demonstrating a unique combination of French and Vietnamese design features, but also a lush garden with a wide range of plants.

Continue your drive to Chau Doc - a likeable little town with long-standing Chinese, Cham and Khmer communities, Chau Doc's cultural diversity is apparent in the mosques, temples, churches and nearby pilgrimage sites you will see, which makes it a fascinating place to explore.

Check in hotel. Free at leisure and overnight at hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Breakfast at hotel then transfer to the pier for a 2 hours boat trip to visit Floating fish farm - one of the special features of Chau Doc and Cham Village or Muslim Village.

Lunch at local restaurant then continue your trip to Tra Su Cajuput Forest - renowned for both its almost-untouched natural beauty and for its function as a sanctuary of flora and fauna. Boarding a small boat, you will be paddled along a network of scenic canals and try your luck to view storks, cranes, and other tropical birds. After reaching the observation deck, enjoy a panoramic view over the expanse of mangrove forest with its rich bird life and out to several of the area's mountains.

Back to hotel and enjoy your 2nd night in Chau Doc.

Overnight at hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch 

Check out your hotel and take 2 hours transfer to Ha Tien Pier for a speed boat to Phu Quoc Island. Upon arrival Phu Quoc Ferry pier, our driver will pick you up at the port and transfer to hotel for check in.

Rest of the day is your free day. Overnight at hotel

Meals: Breakfast 

Enjoy your time on the beach or explore the Phu Quoc on your own.

Overnight in Phu Quoc

Meals: Breakfast 

Free at leisure until pick up time for transfer to airport for flight to next destination.

Check out time: 12.00. Late check out at surcharge 

Meals: Breakfast