Wonders of Vietnam tour 15 Days

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh Arrival
On arrival at Tan San Nhat Airport, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel to check in. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the center of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. This bustling metropolis, in contrast with its northern counterpart, Hanoi, has a more cosmopolitan atmosphere with numerous modern shopping areas and popular sidewalk cafés, in addition to its cultural and historical attractions.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi Tunnels (Lunch)
Begin your half day tour of the city’s major sights in the morning after breakfast at your hotel.
Pass the now demolished wartime American embassy on the way to the Reunification Palace which was the residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 1975. Near the palace are some striking examples of French colonial architecture including Notre Dame Cathedral and the old Sai Gon Post Office. Visit the Jade Emperor Pagoda and the War Remnants Museum before finishing the tour at the central Ben Thanh Market where anything and everything is for sale.
After lunch, drive to the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, an amazing underground network constructed by Vietnamese fighters in the long struggle for national independence. The tunnels included hospitals, schools and living quarters, and were used as a military base for the Viet Cong during the American war. Return to Ho Chi Minh City to enjoy a free evening to explore the city further and dine in one of its many fine restaurants. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 3: Mekong Cycling and cooking (Lunch)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up and transferred to Cai Be where you will board the Mekong boat around noon and enjoy a complimentary drink on the way to Cai Be.
Take a local boat through the maze of small waterways to the famous floating market and see local people making pop-rice and sweets along the way. Visit beautiful colonial buildings, old houses, and delightful flower gardens, sample local coconut candy and see how edible rice paper is made. Return to the boat and continue to Cochien.
Lunch served at local restaurant
Walk or cycle along the country footpaths to discover tropical fruit orchards and observe the local lifestyle. Visit a cottage industry, a local farm, and sample seasonal fruits. Continue your leisurely cruise on the Mekong while taking in the beautiful scenery and enjoying a sunset aperitif before having dinner. Overnight in Mekong Stil EcoLodge Resort

Day 4: Can Tho Floating Market - Fly to Dalat
Have breakfast and watch the bobbing commotion of Mekong River life waking up for another beautiful day as you cruise to Can Tho through the tributaries and canals. Transfer to Cai Rang to visit one of the busiest floating markets on the Mekong then walk along the canals and palm-shaded creeks to see the local houses and lush, green orchards, observing the boat building yards, rural life and water activities in full swing. Return to the boat at noon and enjoy a welcome back drink.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Day 5: Transfer to Dalat
Pick up at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and have a shared limo transfer to the highlands resort city of Da Lat (Flight is optiona). The scenic drive passes by tea,coffee and mulberry plantations. Da Lat is located 1.500 m above sea level and is called “City of Eternal Spring” for its all-year-round spring-like cool weather. It is set in pine-covered hills and has elegant French-colonial buildings. Lunch is taken at a restaurant on the way.

Day 6: Dalat City Highlight (Lunch)
Da Lat is not only a famous tourist destination but also one of Vietnam’s premier agricultural areas.
You will first visit the town's bustling central market, filled with local specialities such as strawberries and artichokes. The pretty Crémaillère Railway Station designed by French architects and opened in 1938 is visited next. Continue either by train (tickets on own account) or car to Trai Mat village. After discovering the village and Linh Phuoc Pagoda with its fascinating three-dimensional ceramic mosaics, visit Truc Lam Zen Buddhist Temple with one way by cable-car and see the Da Lat Cathedral. Enjoy lunch at a restaurant.
Discover Da Lat’s countryside this afternoon. You will visit a silkworm factory and inspect the entire process of silk production, from the sorting of locally grown cocoons to boiling them and then spinning silk thread. See a coffee plantation and visit a weasel coffee farm. The civets are fed with Arabica coffee berries, which are relatively undigested and intact in their droppings. These are collected, cleaned and processed for sale. Experts say the enzymes inside the weasels’ stomach give the undigested coffee beans a distinctive aroma. Stop at a flower and a strawberry farm and pass by a minority village on your way back to Da Lat.

Day 7: Dalat - Nha Trang
Today you will drive through the undulating terrain to the coastal town of Nha Trang by bus, known for some of the world’s most beautiful beaches. Check in to your hotel in Nha Trang and enjoy a free evening to relax and perhaps enjoy a dinner of luscious local seafood. Overnight in Nha Trang. 
OPTIONAL TOUR - Beautiful Islands Trip and Snorkeling
This day tour from Nha Trang, cruise out across the bay and visit up to five different islands.
Explore the sea caves and go snorkeling at Mun Island, visit the Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Mieu Island,
Enjoy optional water sports at Mot Island, and swim and snorkel at Tranh Beach island and Mini Beach island.
Plenty of stops to swim, snorkel, and enjoy water sports Delicious lunch of fresh seafood at an island restaurant
Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your Nha Trang hotel

Day 8: Free time on the beach- Flight to Danang
The year round sunny weather, the tropical climate, excellent seafood, the turquoise blue water and the stunning white sandy beach along the entire length of the city are all features of Nha Trang, one of the premier beach resorts in Vietnam.
You will have lots of time for swimming and snorkeling in the clear blue water or just lazing on the one of the world’s most beautiful beaches before transfer to airport for your hours flight to Danang, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Overnight in Hoi An
The year round sunny weather, the tropical climate, excellent seafood, the turquoise blue water and the stunning white sandy beach along the entire length of the city are all features of Nha Trang, one of the premier beach resorts in Vietnam.You will have lots of time for swimming and snorkeling in the clear blue water or just lazing on the one of the world’s most beautiful beaches.
The year round sunny weather, the tropical climate, excellent seafood, the turquoise blue water and the stunning white sandy beach along the entire length of the city are all features of Nha Trang, one of the premier beach resorts in Vietnam.
You will have lots of time for swimming and snorkeling in the clear blue water or just lazing on the one of the world’s most beautiful beaches. Transfer to airport for your hours flight to Danang, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Overnight in Hoi An

Day 9: Hoi An Acient Town and My Son Sanctuary (Light meal)
A smooth one-and-half-hour bus ride through rice field scenery along National Highway 1 brings you to the beautiful rural district of Trung Luong. We will take the boat ride on the Ba Lai River in Ben Tre. The motherland of coconut to understand how the locals not just only have coconut for juice, but for other manufacturers, including coconut candy and coconut oil. Cruising to discover the local culture of the South and to see how the locals live their life such as lively activities on waterways by cargo boats, fishing boats, kinds of fish traps, and handicraft factories of coconut process. Continue the journey to visit coconut charcoal ovens – make products from coconut shells as active charcoal (a kind of material for battery). Taking the rowing boat which is paddled by the local people on the amazing beautiful coconut canal in Ben Tre. Hop on a tuk-tuk (cycling is optional) through the coconut grove of the village to see how the locals make sleeping mats. We will have a set menu of delicious Southern local lunches in the riverside family restaurant. After lunch, you might Relax and keep going by rowing boat on a shady palm tree canal. Overnight in Can Tho

Day 10: Ba Na Hills and Golden Bridge (Lunch)
07:00 am – 07:30 am: Our Minivan and a tour guide pick you up at the hotel lobby. Reach Ba Na Hills via Cable Car
Spend your time on the most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, visit Dream Stream Cable car Station and see the panorama of Quang Nam – Danang City on high.
After finishing the first cable car, you will visit The Golden Bridge – which has the most exotic structure and also the world’s most prominent pedestrian bridges highlighted by the British Guard newspaper, France wine cellar, Le Jardin D’amourn(consists of 9 gardens), Linh Ung pagoda.
Continue the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village – enjoy Street Music, watch Art’s statue, Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome …Challenge the most popular adventure ride – Slide of Tube Car (free ride)…
Lunch at Restaurant (Buffet).

Take the Lava Train from Sun Kingdom to many new attractions for check-in such as Helios waterfall, Time Gate, and The Moon Kingdom …Join in Fantasy Park by Walking in Fairy Forest, discovering Dinosaur Park, playing 5D wild west, enjoying 4D death race ride, watch 3D mega 360 degrees, ride on Journey into the underground, enter Jurassic Park, challenge Freefall Tower and participate in an adventure in Horror House and over 90 free games.
15:00: Return to the Cable Car for leaving Ba Na Hills
Transfer to the airport for Hanoi. When you arrive at Noi Bai international Airportin Hanoi, your tour guide and driver will pick you up and bring youto your hotel in the Old Quarter of Hanoi City. Transfer to Airport for flight to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 11: Hanoi Sightseing with cyclo and puppet show (Lunch)
After breakfast you will have time to explore Vietnam caplital, Hanoi is Vietnam’s historic 1000 year old capital, boasting one of the most beautiful city centers in the world with romantic Hoan Kiem Lake, scenic Ngoc Son temple and the Turtle Tower. Take a tour of the city to see some of Asia’s most striking French colonial architecture and the many lakes and parks that are beloved by locals and visitors alike. Visit the vibrant Dong Xuan Market, the oldest and largest in Hanoi, and end the tour with a traditional cyclo ride through the intriguing 36 trade guild streets of the ancient Old Quarter for a taste of the real Vietnam.
Enjoy a free evening to watch a water puppet show, dine in one of the city’s many restaurants and perhaps stroll around the lake with the locals.
Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 12: Hanoi - Halong
Our driver will pick you up at your hotel at 8:00 and drive you through the countryside to arrive in Ha Long around noon.
Our crew will welcome you on board a traditional junk to check into your cabin and enjoy a complimentary drink before a lunch featuring local seafood. Your 3.5 hour cruise into beautiful Ha Long Bay, one of the New Seven Natural Wonders of the World, begins at 13:00 and takes you past amazing limestone karst formations including Mat Qui (the Monster’s face), But Moc, and Cap De islets, and Trong (Drum) and Trinh Nu caves. Stop by a floating fishing village to see this unique way of life, then explore Luon cave from 16:40 to 17:30 where there will be plenty of time for swimming and sun bathing.
Enjoy a sunset dinner on board the boat and relax under the starlit sky before retiring to the comfort of your cabin. Overnight on junk.

Day 13: Halong  - Hanoi
Early risers will enjoy the morning view of the Bay’s landscapes while sipping with a cup of tea or coffee and snacking on fresh fruit. From the upper deck you will experience the stillness, fresh air and gentle breezes as you view the breathtaking beauty of the rocky Islands rising from the crystal-clear waters, accompanied by the tranquil sounds of birds singing and cicadas chirping ashore and the gentle lapping of the waves against the boat. Explore Sung Sot (Amazing) cave and swim and relax at Titop beach before starting to cruise back to the harbor.
A brunch buffet will served from 10:30 to 11:30 and you will arrive back in Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 14: Hoa Lu - Tam Coc - Hanoi
After breakfast at the hotel, take a trip to Hoa Lu, the capital of Vietnam before Thang Long-Hanoi from 968 to 1010 AD in the Dinh and early Le dynasties. Visit the two ancient temples, each nearly a thousand years old, dedicated to the Dinh and Le rulers, then climb 200 steps up to the top of Mount Ma Yen for a fantastic view over the surrounding landscape. Travel on to Tam Coc (Three Caves), known as the “inland Halong Bay” and take a relaxing boat trip on the Ngo River through the quiet, tranquil countryside with lush rice fields surrounded by stunning limestone formations to see the fascinating grottoes of Tam Coc.
Drive back to Hanoi and have the evening to spend at your leisure. Overnight in Ha Noi.

Day 15: Hanoi Departure
You will have free time to relax or further explore Ha Noi after breakfast before our driver takes you to Noi Bai International Airport for your departure flight.

INCLUSION

• Air-conditioned vehicles with experienced driver
• English speaking licensed guide
• All admission fees as mentioned in the program
• VAT 7% and all Government taxes (no service charge)
• Accomodation based on twin/double/Triple sharing room

EXCLUSIONS

• Lunch meal
• Food and drinks
• Travel insurances
• Gratuities
• Sinlge Suplement