21 DAYS DISCOVERING AWESOME VIETNAM

HOCHIMINH - MEKONG - NHATRANG - HOIAN - DANANG - NINHBINH - HANOI 

OUTLINE ITINERARY

Day 1 Ho Chi Minh Arrival [Guide]
Day 2 Ho Chi Minh Cu Chi Tunnel Half Day Tour [Guide/B]
Day 3 Ho Chi Minh Mekong Delta [Guide/B/L/D]
Day 4 Mekong Delta Ho Chi Minh [Guide/B/L]
Day 5 Ho Chi Minh To Nha Trang [Guide/B]
Day 6 Mia Nha Trang Luxury Resort [B]
Day 7 Mia Nha Trang Luxury Resort [B]
Day 8 Mia Nha Trang Luxury Resort [B]
Day 9 Mia Nha Trang Luxury Resort [B]
Day 10 Mia Nha Trang Luxury Resort [B]
Day 11 Nha Trang - Flight To Da Nang [Guide/B]
Day 12 Hoi An Ancient Town And My Son Sanctuary [Guide/B]
Day 13 Hoi An Rural Tour And Basket Boat Dancing [Guide/B/L]
Day 14 Hoi An Bana Hill Marble Mountain [Guide/B]
Day 15 Hoi An Free And Easy [B]
Day 16 Hoi An/ Da Nang Flight To Hanoi [Guide/B]
Day 17 Hanoi Ninh Binh [Guide/B]
Day 18 Ninh Binh - Ha Long Bay [Guide/B]
Day 19 Ha Long Bay Hanoi [Guide/B]
Day 20 Hanoi Free And Easy [B]
Day 21 Hanoi Departure [Guide/B]

DETAILS ITINERARY:

DAY 1HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL [GUIDE]
Arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, our guide will pick you up to hotel for check in and take a rest.
Check in time is at 2PM onward.
Overnight in HCMC.
DAY 2 HO CHI MINH CU CHI TUNNEL HALF DAY TOU [GUIDE/B]
After breakfast at hotel, you will transfer directly to Cu Chi Tunnels. The ingenious tunnel
complex was initially started in 1948 to protect the Viet Cong guerrillas from the French air and ground sweeps. The tunnels also served as communication routes, storage facilities for food and weapon caches and contained hospitals and living quarters for guerrilla fighters throughout the American War.
Back to Ho Chi Minh.
In the afternoon, you will discover History Museum, which shows you the rich cultural heritage of Vietnam as you explore various exhibits and artifacts on display.
Then you will visit Reunification palace. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the president of the Republic of Vietnam. It was the site of the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 that ended the Vietnam War, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates. Finally, you will visit Old Post Office, constructed from 1886-1891 and depicts classic elements of Gothic, Renaissance and French colonial design.
Back to hotel and take a rest.

DAY 3 HO CHI MINH MEKONG DELTA [GUIDE/B/L/D]
Transfer to Coco Riverside Lodge, Trung Nghia - Vung Liem within 2,5 hour drive via Bentre
and 3 hours through Vinh Long province by your own arrangement. Upon arrival, you will meet a representative and you are led to the lodge along countryside path. After just a short walk you will be treated to a welcome drink. Check in and have lunch at lodge's restaurant
After a chance to rest, you select bicycles for a cycling tour around village paths leading us to home of Mr. Cong where you watch how he makes pop rice, shows you the blend of traditional and modern agricultural method that sustains the local village. He will reveal the secret of making 'rice pop'. This unique and nutritious foodstuff will become a gift for locals or children in school. Your guide explains how the animals are raised and shows you the way they collect 'biogas' to make free and sustainable cooking food.
Continuing riding on quiet village roads passing by a duck farm if we get a chance, green rice paddies, sedge field and small villages. Along the way, you visit one of the dragon or orange fruit plantations and taste it directly at the garden. This is a relaxing time with plenty of chances to capture the picturesque Asian sun set scenes. Enjoy the beautiful sunset before returning to the lodge on your bicycles.
Shower and refresh, you start to walk to home of neighbor who fought during the Vietnam war and be shared with the story, experienced of "poon" lights and traditional music. End of the show, we walk back in hand of traditional torche made of dried coconut leaves.
You are the chef! A traditional cooking class with Vietnamese pancake made by you. A great
learning experience that means you can take a little of Vietnam home with you. Dinner is served at lodge's restaurant Accommodation at Coco Riverside Lodge
DAY 4 MEKONG DELTA HO CHI MINH [GUIDE/B/L]
Breakfast, loaded boats are already heading to local squatting market and transporting goods such as coconuts from one factory to the other, crossing local ferry to visit beautiful Cao Dai temple. We also had a chance to see these factories. Situated alongside the river, these are small coconut- processing operations. Once the coconut has been shelled, the coconut fibers are removed from the husk to make rope, which in turn is used to weave rugs. You can watch the whole manufacturing process in a short period of time. Most of the work is done by hand at a professional way. The buyers are mostly foreign companies.
Back to the Lodge, if time permitted, take some activities as to harvest some water coconut leaves and weave them up by you. These leaves are a key building material in the Mekong Delta as they are used to build the walls and roof of the houses. The local people will show you not only how they use these leaves but also how to make the 'poon' sticks that illuminated in the previous night.
Check out and transfer back to Saigon.
Lunch at local restaurant
Check in at hotel and take a rest
Overnight in Saigon.
DAY 5 HO CHI MINH TO NHA TRANG [NO GUIDE/B]
Free and easy, then transfer to airport for flight to Nha Trang.

Arrival in Nha Trang, check in at hotel and take a rest.
Overnight in Nha Trang.
DAY 6 MIA NHA TRANG LUXURY RESORT [B]
Free and easy
DAY 7 MIA NHA TRANG LUXURY RESORT [B]
Free and easy
DAY 8 MIA NHA TRANG LUXURY RESORT [B]
Free and easy
DAY 9 MIA NHA TRANG LUXURY RESORT [B]
Free and easy
DAY 10 MIA NHA TRANG LUXURY RESORT [B]
Free and easy
DAY 11 NHA TRANG - FLIGHT TO DA NANG [NO GUIDE/B]
Free and easy, then transfer to airport for flight to Da Nang.
Arrival in Da Nang, transfer to hotel, check in and take a rest.
Overnight in Da Nang.
DAY 12  HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN AND MY SON SANCTUARY [GUIDE/B]
Breakfast at hotel, then you will discover Hoi An Ancient town in the peaceful morning.
The slow life, quiet without buslting as in the evening, you will have time to discover amazing and colorful Hoi An ancient town. Visting Chua Ong Pagoda, the Chinese Assembly Hall, the 200- year old Tam Ky ancestral house, Hoi An ceramic museum and Japanese Bridge.
Lunch on your own In the afternoon, you will visit My Son Sanctuary – “the spirit and art valley” is a symbol for a brilliant period of Champa kingdom. Since 1999, My Son has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Arrive in My Son Temple, a special electric car will pick you up at the main gate and take you to the place where was chosen to build the temple tower of the Champa Royal for nearly 1000 years with many ancient towers hidden in a discreet valley. The place where the most exquisite focus of ancient Champa culture – is considered to be the Holy Land. There, you will hear the stone bricks tell about the dancing gods, tell about the gods of worship in the Champa culture, and so many secrets that until now still have no explanation and maybe you will be the first decode them.
After visiting and listening to the tour guide talk about the mysteries here, you will be back to the main gate of My Son Ruins by special electric car. Leave My Son Holy land behind. Transfer to hotel, check in and take a rest.
DAY 13 HOI AN RURAL TOUR AND BASKET BOAT DANCING [GUIDE/B/L]
Hoi An Rural Tour - Basket boat in water coconut forest
08:30am: Your guide will meet you in your hotel lobby, than you will cycle around Hoi An
towards the Tra Que vegetable village - About 150 farmers and 400 owners live on there and
cultivate about 20 types of vegetables and herbs such as mint, lettuce, basil, cilantro, broccoli and many more. From the more than 40 hectares of land 8 tons of Village Tra vegetables are sold every year. The vegetable growers do not use pesticides or GMOs, using natural fertilizers instead, including seaweed found in the river and harvested by gardeners every morning. Walk in Tra Que vegetable village and meet local people working in the garden. During the walk, you will cross vast rice fields in the countryside and quiet road, far away from the tourist trails.
You will see the activities of the inhabitants through the villages of Hoian.
The local farmer will teach you all about cultivation methods and how to protect developing vegetable from the insects as well as join the farmers in preparing gardening activities such as raking the ground, sowing, watering greens, transplanting and tending greens. Continue riding through paddy field, Ba Le market, kindergarten ... until reaching Van Lang fisherman village and Bay Mau coconut water forest - about 7 hectares, surrounded by mangrove forests, canals, houses covered by coconut water leaf . This place had ever been the refuge for people and local soldiers during the Vietnam War. Nowadays, it is famous for providing
the most seafood products.
You will be warmly welcomed at Mr. Han – a 3 generations family, taste of green tea and stroll through the village. You will row a basket boat within the hands of skillful locals and discover their techniques of traditional fishery in water coconut forest.
Back Mr. Han’ family for enjoy a foot bath with medicinal herbs, traditional therapeutic
practice before getting ready to prepare lunch with a local family. Lunch will feature many local delicacies, such as Tam Huu spring rolls, BanhXeo local pancakes, grilled fish in banana leaf and others. Take a short rest before returning to your hotel about 15h30. Free time at your leisure.
Overnight in Hoi An.
DAY 14 HOI AN BANA HILL MARBLE MOUNTAIN [GUIDE/B]
In the morning, transfer to Bana Hills Station. You have a chance to ride on a modern system
of cable cars helps you get a bird’s-eye view, very miraculous and attractive while enjoying a
feeling of flying in the blue sky amidst the clouds and wind. You will visit some old French villas en route, as well as the suspension bridge, Nui Chua & the Mountain Peak (at the height of 1,487m). Visit Linh Ung Pagoda, Golden Bridge, Sakyamuni Buddha’s monument and Ba Na.
Leave Bana behind, you will visit Marble Mountain - a cluster of five marble and limestone
hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains
are named after the five elements: Kim, Thuy, Moc, Hoa and Tho.
DAY 15 HOI AN FREE AND EASY [B]
Free and easy
DAY 16  HOI AN/ DA NANG FLIGHT TO HANOI [NO GUIDE/B]
Free and easy, then our driver will pick you up to airport for flight to Hanoi.
Arrival in Hanoi, check in and take a rest.
Overnight in Hanoi.
DAY 17 HANOI NINH BINH [GUIDE/B]
Breakfast at hotel, then our guide will pick you up from hotel to Ninh Binh in around 2.5 hours.
Arrival in Ninh Binh, you will visit Hoa Lu, an ancient capital dating back to the 10th century,
packed with temple & fortress ruins.
Then you will visit the Temple of King Dinh and King Le and learn more about Vietnamese
history under the Dinh, Le, and Ly Dynasties.
Lunch by your own account In the afternoon, you will visit Trang An, a World Heritage Site recognized by UNESCO in
2014. While you’re there you can spend 2 hours on the boat ride to enjoy the beauty of this
place, which owns a wonderful tunnel cave system and appears in the New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island”. We continue to visit Mua Cave, also known as the “Great Wall of China” in Vietnam, and climb 500 steps to reach the peak of Ngoa Long Mountain, overlooking the amazing view of the city and Tam Coc below.
Overnight in Ninh Binh
DAY 18 NINH BINH - HA LONG BAY [GUIDE/B]

Breakfast at hotel then you will transfer to Ha Long. On the way, you will stop for refreshments, and upon arriving in Halong City, you will take a tender transfer to your junk and set sail through the bay while lunch is served. As you cruise the magical bay, you will notice thousands of sculpted limestone islands rising from the waves like dragons' teeth. Back on board, you'll enjoy cocktails or a cooking class while watching the sunset, and later you can unwind at a restaurant with a lavish dinner. To end the day, you can enjoy some evening activities such as movie night, board games, or a beauty treatment, before an overnight stay on the junk.
***Special Note: Cruise Itineraries may be subject to change due to weather condition without prior notice.
DAY 19 HA LONG BAY HANOI [GUIDE/B]
Wake up on the bay to the sounds of waves and bird welcoming the new day. You will have an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay. After breakfast, visit a beautiful limestone grotto then walk back to the boat for a final glimpse of Halong Bay while cruising back to the dock. Disembark on cruise, then back to Hanoi.
Free and easy
DAY 20 HANOI FREE AND EASY [B]
Free and easy
DAY 21 HANOI DEPARTURE [NO GUIDE/B]
Free and easy, then our driver will come and pick you up to airport for flight home.
Trip end!

We look forward to seeing you again on your next adventure with Vinasoul Travel!

SERVICE INCLUDES

+ Private door-to-door pick-up & drop-off services;
+ All private transfer and transportation, except for SIC Tour/ Shuttle bus sharing
+ Shuttle Bus Transfer Hanoi – Mai Chau – Hanoi (No guide)
+ Accommodation shared in Twin/Double room with daily breakfast
+ Tissues and water on coach; Services charges and government tax; Exclusive and personalized single agent/single customer service; No extra charge after services confirmation; 24/7 hotline support guaranteed;
+ All Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast ; L: Lunch ; D: Dinner)
+ Halong Bay cruise program as specific
+ Domestic Flights: Saigon – Da Nang, Hue to Hanoi, Economy class
+ Experienced English-speaking guide during all tours and transfers
+ Private boat trip for sightseeing as mentioned in the program, Entrance fees for all visits as
mentioned in the itinerary

SERVICES EXCLUDES

+ International flight tickets

+ Meals, if not specified in the itinerary

+ Tipping for guides, drivers, hotel staff, restaurant staff, boat rider, etc. Personal expenses, such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc. All other services not specified in the itinerary Surcharge for Peak season, Tet Lunar New year holidays, and compulsory dinner at some hotel & resort on Xmas and New year’s Eve

+ Travel insurance (we highly recommend that you purchase adequate insurance).

Suggestions for tipping and gratuities: 

+ Group under 6 pax: 20 USD per Group per day.

+ Group from 6 pax up: 3 - 5 USD per pax per day 

+ Group under 6 pax: 10 USD per Group per day. 

+ Group from 6 pax up: 2 USD per pax per day