7 DAYS CLASSIC VIETNAM TOUR FROM HANOI TO HO CHI MINH/ 2024-2025
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour
Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise
Day 4: Halong Bay – Fly to Ho Chi Minh City
Day 5: Cu Chi Tunnels – Ho Chi Minh City Tour
Day 6: Mekong Delta Excursion
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh City – Departure
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Ideal tour for first-time visitors – It’s possible to extend by one or more nights
Private tour with flexible travel dates and programs. Arrival in Hanoi / Departure from Ho Chi Minh City
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Day 01: Hanoi Arrival
Upon your arrival at Noi Bai Airport in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi, your tour guide will welcome you outside the customs area holding a sign with your name on it. Transfer to your hotel for check-in. The room is at your disposal from 14h00. The balance of the day is free time. Meals on your own.
Stay overnight in Hanoi
Evening optional activities:
1. Hanoi street food tour
2. Cyclo tour with dinner
Day 02: Hanoi City Tour (B/L)
Hanoi is the capital city of Viet Nam. Hanoi is a unique Asian city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes, and oriental pagodas and temples.…
We start our full-day tour of Vietnam’s capital city at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday) and his Stilts House, Presidential Palace, and One Pillar Pagoda nearby. Continue visiting Vietnam’s first university, the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature. Lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch, we head to visit the Ethnology Museum (closed on Monday) where you can discover the diversity of Vietnam’s many ethnic groups.
In the late afternoon, you will enjoy a traditional water puppet show. Dinner on your own.
Remark: Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum closes from 08 September to 08 November for annual maintenance.
* Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Fridays and Mondays and most museums are closed on Mondays.
*All visitors to the mausoleum are required to wear clothes covering their knees and shoulders. This applies to both men and women
Stay overnight in Hanoi
Day 03: Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise (B/L/D)
Have Breakfast at the hotel and check out. at around 08:00 AM, Your private guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer about 3.5 to 4 hours to Halong Bay— with a 30-minute comfort stop.
11:30 - 12:15: Arrive at Halong International Cruise Port.
12:30 - 13:00: Embark on the Halong cruise. Check-in, enjoy welcome drinks, and cruise briefing.
13:00 - 14:30: Enjoy lunch while cruising to magnificent Bai Tu Long Bay, and admire the fascinating formations on the way.
15:30 - 16:30: Explore the well-hidden Thien Canh Son Cave.
17:00 - 17:30: Return to the boat – Swim or relax on sundeck.
18:00: Anchor for overnight in the Cong Do area.
18:15: Pre-dinner cocktail party (complimentary "Halong sunset" cocktail with snacks).
18:30 - 19:00: Cooking class in the restaurant or outdoors.
19:30 - 21:00: Savour a delicious set dinner in the restaurant.
21:00 - 23:00: Night-time squid fishing or relaxing and enjoying the fresh air.
Overnight Cruise in the Famous Halong Bay
Note: The above itinerary is for your reference only as each cruise will have a different itinerary and will be slightly different. Halong Bay Cruise is subjected to weather conditions.
Day 04: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Fly to Hochiminh City (Brunch)
06:30: Enjoy the sunrise on the Bay. Morning Tai Chi session on the sundeck.
06:45 - 07:45: Coffee, tea, and breakfast pastries are served in the restaurant.
08:00 - 08:30: Transfer to bamboo sampan boat to visit Vung Vieng Fishing Village. Rowers are local people wearing traditional costumes.
09:00 - 09:30: Check out of cabins. Start cruising towards the port.
09:30 - 10:30: International buffet brunch served in the restaurant.
10:30 - 11:00: Disembark. Transfer to Noi Bai Airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh by flight …….. Welcome (with a guide) to the airport and transfer to Ho Chi Minh City. Check-in at the hotel. Dinner on your own
Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh
DAY 5: HO CHI MINH CITY – CU CHI TUNNELS (B/L)
A fascinating experience for all travelers, not just those interested in Vietnam's modern military history, the Cu Chi Tunnels are an extensive tunnel network that during the war, stretched for more than 250 kilometers, allowing VC troops to operate and communicate in the area surrounding Ho Chi Minh City. Two short sections of the network can be visited with a guide who'll take you down into the narrow unlit confines, which are not for claustrophobia sufferers. You will be crawling on your hands and knees and some points. You can access the tunnels at either Ben Dinh village (the more popular choice) or Ben Duoc village.
Today, you will be escorted to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels. Discover these amazing systems developed by the guerrillas fighting in the Vietnam War. You'll have an opportunity to see the various weapons used in the war on display. Then learn about the innovative ways the guerrillas survived and fought back in the war. The impressive underground system they built remains to tell the story of the Vietnam War. Lunch at a local restaurant. After that, we head back to Ho Chi Minh city.
In the afternoon, visit the historic sites of the city: President Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Sai Gon Post Office, Opera House, and Ben Thanh Market. Dinner on your own
Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City
Evening optional activities:
1. A O show (bamboo dance, acrobatic & music) – at Saigon Opera (Price from US$ 28 to US$ 45/ per ticket)
2. The Mist Show (modern dance and ballet) at Saigon Opera house (Price from US$ 28 to US$ 45/ per ticket)
3. Saigon’s nightlife & foodies tour by Scooters (2.5 hours – price will be updated)
DAY 6: MEKONG DELTA EXCURSION (B/L)
After breakfast. Full-day tour to Mekong Delta with a boat trip along the Mekong River, visit the farmhouses, and the orchid. Discover the normal life of local people in the Mekong Delta and try to ride the sampan through the Channels. Lunch at a local restaurant or a local house.
Afternoon, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, decorated with mosaics made from broken pottery. Overlooked by a tall white Buddha, it is set amongst lovely gardens overflowing with flowers, shrubs, lotus pools, and tombs, and ornate gates. Return to Ho Chi Minh City in the late afternoon. Dinner on your own.
Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City
DAY 7: HO CHI MINH CITY – DEPARTURE (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, it's your leisure time until we transfer you to Tan Son Nhat Airport (in Ho Chi Minh) for your departure flight. Check-out time: 12h00. A late check-out can be arranged subject to room availability and a surcharge will be applied.
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What is included?
- Hotel accommodation sharing double/ twin or triple bedroom with daily breakfast. If the listed hotel is fully booked, alternative accommodation will be offered
- Halong Bay with an overnight cruise. Cruise on non-private junk in Ha Long bay.
- Flight ticket HAN-SGN (economy class)
- Private A/C transfers on tours, Mineral water on the car
- Meals as specified (no drink) (Breakfast = B, Lunch = L, Dinner = D)
- Private English-speaking guide
- Entrance and sightseeing fees
- Admission and boat fees as specified in the itinerary
What is excluded?
- International flight ticket, Airport taxes, fuel surcharge
- Early check-in or Late check-out
- Vietnam visa arrangements (If required)
- Travel insurance of all kinds
- Tipping for guide, driver and hotel bell boys, etc.
- Surcharge for public holidays (if any).
- Drinks & Other personal expenses
- Others not mentioned in the itinerary
Note:
- All rates are subjected to changes with or without prior notice
- All rates are subject to surcharges during the Peak season and Holiday season if applicable.
- Transfer times are approximate and subject to local conditions at the time of travel and the daily order of sightseeing is subject to change
- Please refer to Hanoi Premium Travel & tour booking terms-and-conditions