Our driver welcomes you at airport and transfers you to hotel in Old Quarter area of Hanoi. Rest of the day is your leisure time for walking around and shopping.

You will start the tour by visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ho Chi Minh Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting-palace. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts where he used to live in the past. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, built by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.

Continue to visit the Temple of Literature (Quoc Tu Giam) – Vietnam’s first University constructed in 1070. Its gardens and well-preserved architecture offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past.

Have lunch at a local restaurant. Proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum. After that we will take you to Hoan Kiem Lake, see the peaceful water, and visit Ngoc Son Temple.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

08.00am, our guide comes to your hotel to pick you up for Halong bay. Arrival in Halong bay at 11.45pm. Get aboard and enjoy welcome drink, get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines.

After checking-in your cabin, have lunch while Cruising through thousand amazing islands and islets in Halong bay. Visit many famous places in the bay: fishing village, pearl farm in the north of Vietnam to understand pearl farming and what makes a good pearl.

Sunset: Relax on boat and taking part in a cooking demonstration and food decor with Chef. Dinner is served aboard restaurant.

Night time: Join squid fishing with the crew members, sing karaoke or just laze around or relax in your cabin.

Stay overnight on boat in Halong bay.

Early morning, risers can enjoy Taichi lesson on sundeck. Morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee then have breakfast at sunrise. After breakfast, visit a gorgeous cave in the bay – Amazing Cave (Sung Sot cave). Then going back to the boat and check out your cabin. The boat continue cruising through many islands while you are having lunch.

Disembark at 11.45. Going back to Hanoi.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Morning, Ho Chi Minh City tour. We start the trip by these famous places: Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office, followed by exploring the Reunification Palace, and the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum. (Drop you off at Ben Thanh Market for shopping if we have enough time).

Afternoon, leave Ho Chi Minh for Cu Chi. Arrival at Cu Chi tunnel, before entering the tunnels visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. You will spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war).

Located 60km from Ho Chi Minh city, Cu Chi is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists – the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens.

Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a “Free Target Zone”.

Go back to the city.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Around 8.00am, leave Ho Chi Minh city and head to Can Tho, enjoy the scenic journey along the National Highway bordered by green rice fields. On arrival at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank.

Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to An Khanh, a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shade of the water coconut trees along natural canals. Then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, performed by the locals.

Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through fruit plantations and villages. Transfer to Can Tho city.

Stay overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

Morning, breakfast at hotel in Ho Chi Minh. Your leisure until we transfer you to airport for your departure flight.

End of the journey!