Day 1 : Arrival (D)
Arrive to Tan San Nhat airport. Welcome by Far East Tour’s guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel. Take an orientation tour in the afternoon (if time permits). Welcome dinner. Overnight in Hochiminh City.
Day 2 : Hochiminh city tour (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel. 08:0 AM, start 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. Have lunch at a local restaurant. 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 guests‘ account. Overnight in Hochiminh City
Day 3: HCMC - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (B, L)
7:45 AM, Far East Tour picks you up at your hotel in Hochiminh City. Depart for My tho. Take the boat cruise through Bao Dinh Canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river side. 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. Trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son Island, enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorised boat. Proceed to Can Tho. Dinner on guests' account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho.
Day 4: Phong Dien - Cai Rang (B, L)
7:00 AM, after breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the Phong Dien floating market with the busy sencery right at the time. Keep cruising through small chanel system, visit the rice noodle making village. Experience the “Monkey Bridge" in the Delta. Visit the second floating market of Cai Rang. Break time for lunch. Return to Hochiminh city via Vinh Long to visit the local snake market. Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh
Day 5: Ho Chi Minh - Hue (B, L) Flight
Breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport to catch the flight to Hue. Arrive airport, welcome and then transfer to the hotel in Hue. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, visit Dong Ba market, the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945, the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hue.
Day 6: Hue city tour - Hanoi (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. 08:00 AM, take the morning boat trip to visit the royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Lunch at local restaurant and then transfer to airport for boarding to Hanoi on flight. Picked up at Noi Bai airport by Far East Tour tour guide, transfer to your hotel in the Old Quarter. Welcome dinner with Hanoi's specialty. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hanoi.
Day 7: Ha Noi City tour (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts and One Pillar pagoda. After lunch, continue with the Temple of Literature, Vietnam's first university, Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple, Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple. In the evening, you will join Water Puppet Show, a traditional art of Vietnam. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hanoi.
Day 8: Hanoi - Halong (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up at your hotel from 08:00 and depart for Halong. Enjoy the 3 hour drive to Ha Long city. Arrive Ha Long Bay. The seafood lunch will be served on board. Then you enjoy a four hour cruise on the bay to visit the Thien Cung Cave (The cave of the heavenly - famous for its stalagmites and stalactiles) which has been open to public since 1998. One hour kayaking to explore the real beauty of Halong Bay. Visitors then admire the newly - discovered DAU GO grotto (wooden stakes deep inside the cave prior to a battle with an invading Mongol army). Boat ride back to Ha Long city. Road trip back to Hanoi. Finish your day trip around 20:00 PM .Overnight at your proposed hotel in Hanoi.
Day 9: Departure (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to Noi Bai airport for departure. Tour ends. Far East Tour hopes to serve you next time.
Accommodation list:
| Hotel |
3* |
4* |
5* |
5*+ |
| Saigon |
Lavender,Tan Hai Long
|
Grand, Rex |
Duxton, Legend |
Sofitel Plaza, New World |
| Can Tho |
Saigon Cantho |
Golf 4 |
Victoria Hotel |
Victoria Hotel & Resort |
| Da Lat |
Le Petit Paris |
Blue Moon |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Resort |
Sofitel Dalat Palace |
| Nha Trang |
Violet |
Diamond Bay resort |
Sunrise Beach resort |
Vinpearl Resort&Spa |
| Da Nang |
Riverside |
Sandy Beach resort |
Sandy Beach resort |
Furama Resort |
| Hoi An |
Lotus |
River Beach, Hoi An Beach |
Life Resort |
Swiss Bel, Palm Garden |
| Hue |
Festival |
Huong Giang, Century, Riverside |
Imperial |
La Residence |
| Hanoi |
Luxor, Viet |
Flower Garden, Sunway |
Movenpick, Sofitel Plaza |
Sofitel Metropole |
| Sapa |
Holiday |
Chau Long |
Victoria Resort&Spa |
Victoria Resort&Spa |
| Halong Junk |
Phoenix, Classic Sails |
Paloma, Emotion |
Jasmine, Prince |
Violet, Indochian Sails |
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