6 days - 5 nights Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hoi An - Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi - Mekong Delta Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)  Vietnam at a Glimpse You are welcomed at Noi Bai airport by our guide and he will accompany you to your hotel. In the afternoon, we start the tour with Hanoi sightseeing. We will present you Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one hour cyclo tour around the Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old quarter streets. You are then attend the Water Puppets show. Enjoy welcome dinner and over night in Hanoi. Day 2: Ha Long Bay – the World heritage (B/L/D) This day, you will visit Halong, a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. The travel start at 8 am, after 3 hour and a half, you will arrive at Halong. Embark in the Traditional style wooden junk around noon, you are be served with fresh seafood lunch. With 4-hour boat trip, you are cruising around islets, caves and grottos. You then will visit Sung Sot grotto (The Cave of Surprise). Drive back to Hanoi for dinner & over night in Hanoi. Day 3: Hanoi- Danang - Hoi An - the Ancient town (B/L/D) After breakfast, you check out and transfer to Noi Bai airport, stop at the Museum of Vietnam Ethnology – the most interesting Museum in Hanoi for one hour. Taking the noon flight to Danang. On arrival at Da Nang Airport, you are transferred to a local restaurant in the city for lunch, and then visit to Cham Museum (rich collection of Cham sculptures from in 14-15 century back with Indian influences) before transferring to Hoi An town, which was originally one of major trading centers of Southeast Asia in the 16th century. Visit of Hoi An Town with mixed the culture of Vietnam/Chinese/Japanese with Chinese tiled houses, Chinese temples, Japanese covered bridge. Enjoy the very peace dinner on the bank of Thu Bon river. Over night in Hoi an town. Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi tunnel (B/L/D) Leave your hotel early for morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Arrive in HCMC around noon time, take a quick view of the busiest city of Vietnam by visiting the Independence Palace and China Town. Lunch at local restaurant before checking in hotel. This afternoon, you will visit Cu Chi tunnels, the “Iron Triangle”, our Viet Cong basement in the American war. Back to Ho Chi Minh city late after noon. Dinner & over night in Ho Chi Minh City. Day 5: Ho Chi Minh city - Mekong Delta (B/L/D) Leaving the busy city, you are going to visit country side of Vietnam. Water, the base life of the South of Vietnam. On arrival at Cai Be, of course, the only way for you to observe the local lifestyle is getting on a boat navigating around the small canals in the delta region. You will see he floating market with sellers and buyers bargaining and exchanging their goods from their boats. Roaming around and observe how the people make the living from fruit trees such as coconut, corn and other local product. On the way back to Ho Chi Minh city, we are stop along the way to see Cho Lon, Saigon's China town. Dinner & over night in Ho Chi Minh City. Day 6: Departure (B) You are at leisure for shopping or relax before transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for departure. Tour end at the airport. | Type of tour: | Private tour. (This is the sample tour, you may go with all details above or we can modify to fix your way of travel) Easy tour | | Departure: | Any day | | Feature of tour: | This holiday tour organize for travelers with limited time in Vietnam, but want to visit the whole country as well as understand Vietnamese people. You will visit the most known of Vietnam: Natural beauty Previous and present daily life Vietnam The war with America in the past and the Peace today | | Tour cost per person (in USD): | | Size of Group | 2 pax | 3 - 4 pax | 5 - 9 pax | 10 - 14 pax | Single Supplemental | | 01 Jan 2007 - 30 Sep 2007 | | Mid-range (3+*) | 603 | 543 | 449 | 420 | 105 | | Superior (4*) | 696 | 636 | 542 | 513 | 187 | | Deluxe (5*) | 765 | 705 | 611 | 582 | 257 | | Premium (5+*) | 915 | 855 | 761 | 732 | 429 | | | Accommodation: | | | Mid-range (3+*) | Superior (4*) | Deluxe (5*) | Premium (5+*) | | Hanoi Hotels | Hoa Binh, Majestic Salute | Guoman, Sunway, Fortuna | Sofitel Plaza, Melia, Horison, | Sofitel Metropole | | Hoi An Hotels | Hoi An Hotel, Ancient House | Vinhung Resort, Hoi An Beach | Life Resort, Golden Sand | Victoria Hoi An | | Ho Chi Minh City hotels | Palace, Oscar, Liberty 2 | Majestic, Rex, Equatorial, Omni | Renaissance Riverside, New World | Caravelle, Sofitel Plaza Saigon | | | Inclusive: | Domestic flight (Hanoi - Da Nang & Da Nang - Ho Chi Minh City) Hotel accommodation as specific or similar, base on twin sharing Private car/mini van Private junk/boat in Ha Long All entrance fees English/French speaking guide. Other languages can be arranged upon request All meals as per program | | Exclusive: | Drinks, except otherwise mentioned International flight and international airport tax on departure Insurance Personal expenses & Tips Vietnam Visa - this can be done with our Visa service | |