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Day 1
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Hanoi Arrival
Arrive at Noi Bai international airport. Visa arrangements. Welcome by your local tour guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel in the city centre.
O/N in Hanoi.
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Day 2
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Hanoi city tour (B / L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh''s house on stilts and One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam''s first university. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple, Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple. Cyclo ride around the old quarter streets. Dinner on guest’s account. Enjoy the water puppet show in the evening.
O/N in Hanoi.
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Day 3
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Hanoi - Halong Bay (B / L / D)
8h00 pick up to Ha Long. The drive from Hanoi to Halong Bay takes approximately 3 hours by road. You will have time to refresh yourself at Hai Duong province where you will have a good chance to taste Green bean cake with Vietnamese Green tea at local shop. Then keep driving to Halong city, you will be at Halong harbor at noon around 12:00. After that, you get on board, have lunch on boat. Then, a cruise of this stunning area, stopping along the way for a swim as well as a visit to one of many limestone caves in the area – Sung Sot Cave – where you can view magic and wonderful stalactites and stalagmites.
Have dinner and overnight on board.
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Day 4
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Halong – Hanoi - Hue (B/L)
More cruising to the other part of Halong bay. Sunbathing on the desk and taking some pictures before back to the harbor and have lunch in Halong city.
13h00: take the bus back to Ha Noi. Transfer to Noi Bai airport for flight to Hue.
O/N in Hue.
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Day 5
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Hue (B / L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Take a morning cruise on the Perfume River to visit the royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and the mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. In the afternoon, visit Dong Ba market, the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between1802 and 1945, and the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City. Enjoy a night boat trip on the Perfume River enlivened by a performance of Hue folk songs.
Overnight at hotel in Hue.
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Day 6
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Hue - Danang - Hoian (B / L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Hoian, stop for photos and sightseeing at the Hai Van pass, Lang Co beach, the Marble mountain. In the afternoon, stroll around the town, visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, the Pottery Museum, Tan Ky old house, the Cantonese congregation, the silk street of Hoi An, and the Chinese-style temples and pagodas.
O/N in Hoian.
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Day 7
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Hoian - Danang - Ho Chi Minh City Tour (B / L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Danang airport for boarding to Ho Chi Minh City. Pick up and transfer to hotel. A sightseeing tour to the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975, and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame cathedral, the Old Central Post Office. Tour of Chinatown and Thien Hau & Quan Am pagodas. After seeing the Emperor Jade Pagoda and the War Remnants Museum we end the city tour with Ben Thanh market where anything and everything is for sale. Dinner on guest’s account.
O/N at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 8
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Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta ( B / L )
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for My Tho. Take the boat ride through the Bao Dinh natural canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river sides. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island. Lunch served in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruise under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the family where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Walking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorised boat.
O/N at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
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Day 9
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Ho Chi Minh City - Cu chi tunnels ( B / L )
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Cu Chi to visit the underground tunnels. Transfer to the airport for departure. End of services.
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