07 Days – Classic Vietnam

Welcome to Noi Bai International airport by our guide and transferred to your hotel. Visiting Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, Old Quater by a green car. Overnight in Hanoi. Street Food is obtainable everywhere and you should eat as much as possible. Hoan Kiem Lake is a must visit place and it is indeed a beautiful and charming lake with amazing views.

Today we leave Hanoi to Halong bay, "Dragon Descending to the Sea". Upon arrival, we will embark to a boat for a cruise around Halong Bay. While the junk cruising caves, grottoes, floating villages and beaches on the bay, having fresh seafood lunch on boat. Stop for a while for an excursing to explore one of the most beautiful grottos among others and swimming, if weather permitted. Have dinner on boat. Overnight in Halong Bay. Most of the island are abandoned and protected by dense, green foliage, offering the area a sense of pure tranquility.

Rise early for a lesson in Tai Chi or just to enjoy a hearty breakfast. The boat will make its way back to the port stopping at the Cave of Surprises, full of stalagmites and stalactites. From here, it’s clear sailing back to the main harbour and the return drive to Hanoi. Take flight to Saigon. Upon arrival, guide pick up and check in hotel. Overnight in Saigon. You can spend the time travelling the sandy seashores and kayaking to explore the beautiful rock foundations all around.

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Cu Chi Tunnels that were central to a few of the war’s strategic operations, including the famous 1968 Tet Offensive. They served not only as living quarters, but as supply routes, hospitals and munitions dumps for thousands of guerilla fighters. See the various man-traps, bomb craters and other remnants of war that remain. Have lunch before we drive back to city. Overnight in Saigon. Cu Chi Tunnels are among the top 7 most glamorous terminuses in Southeast Asia and has been listed as one of the world’s coolest spaces by The New York Time.

Breakfast @ hotel. Your tour guide will pick up for Saigon City Tour. Visit Independent Palace, Notre Dame Catheral, Central Post Office, City Hall, Ben Thanh Market. Have lunch at local restaurant. Then back to hotel. You have free time for shopping. Overnight in Saigon. Ho Chi Minh uses the Vietnam currency called Dong (VND) Soviet-style housing blocks and French-inspired buildings and museum can be seen.

Depart from Saigon, we drive via Mekong Delta paddle fields. En-route, stop for visit Pineapple Workshop and learn how pineapple products are made here while enjoying sample pineapple jam and candies. Next, stop by or stroll along the way where local family craftsmen workshops make straw bags, boats, incense and mush- rooms... You will be welcome by very friendly people and get to explore life as it has traditionally been. Arrive at Thien Ho market and get on boat. Get off bus at this Mekong town market and walk around to take a look at local lifestyle while stretching your body a bit before getting on a boat to tour around the area. While boating, stop by some places to visit a fish farm, a rice process factory and a plantation. Lunch at local house, then drive back to Saigon. En-route, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, the oldest Buddhist Temple in the Delta featuring a mixture of Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodian architectural styles. This is the most important venues of Meditation Buddhism Discipline in Mekong Delta. Overnight in Saigon.

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