Hòn Trống Mái Tour

Included Experiences
* Wander through the bustling and narrow streets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter
Free time Add-ons
* Experience a half-day trip to the hundreds-year-old traditional handicraft Bat Trang ceramic village
* Discovery night trip in Ta Hien and Hang Buom streets for street foods and cold fresh beer

Morning: Join in four hours of Hop-On Hop-Off Hanoi City Tour, with a picked-up point from Frog Flower Garden (Bo Ho) to Military and History Museum, Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, Quan Thanh Temple, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex where the father of modern-day Vietnam declared the nation's independence in 1945, Presidential Palace built by the French colonialists in the early 20th century, Ho Chi Minh's House of Stilts and the One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature, Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi Cathedral, Vietnam women’s Museum, Hanoi Opera House.
For your lunch at a local restaurant, as our suggestion, Vietnamese's famous must-try dishes Pho bo and Pho ga (beef and chicken noodle), bun cha nem cua be (grilled pork with noodle and spring roll), Bun cha ca (grilled fish noodle).

Afternoon: You'll choose to learn about Vietnam's 53 ethnic minority groups in the Museum of Ethnology, which displays diverse artworks from the country's northern mountainous tribes. You will see the exterior architectural styles of different ethnic groups, recreated to life-size. Afterwards, visit the intricate Ngoc Son Temple located on Hoan Kiem Lake, which is said to be the home of an infamous 200 kg turtle named Cu Turtle, and head back to the vibrant Old Quarter to explore this bustling commercial centre. In the evening, sit back and enjoy a unique, thousand-year-old Water Puppet performance. Originating in the Red River Delta, the traditional puppet theater uses water as the stage while the gliding puppets are controlled by actors hidden behind the screen. The art form dating back to the 11th century is closely associated with the long-standing spiritual life of Vietnamese farmers.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Maro Hotel 3* (or similar)

Included Experiences
* Explore the Surprise cave or some caves in Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay
* Visit to Titop island or some islets; Climb to the top of such islands and sunbathe and swim in nice weather

Leave Hanoi for a three-hour drive to Halong Bay or Descending Dragon Bay after breakfast. Arrival at the jetty in Halong at noon and check in. Be welcomed onboard and lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay itself. In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and/or activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary) or just spend some time relaxing on board. The end of day the boat sets anchor for the night among the limestone karst formations. Dinner with fresh seafoods is served on board.

Meal provided: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Cruise cabin 4* (or similar)

Included Experiences
* Kayaking exploration around floating houses in bay and learn about the fishermen’s daily life

Enjoy the fresh morning in the middle of the bay, the sun rises on Ha Long in the morning, and breakfast is served (or brunch on some cruises) while the vessels cruise slowly through the magnificent rock formations and back towards port. Disembark and transfer back to Hanoi airport for the flight to Da Nang city. Arriving in Da Nang, transfer to hotel in Hoi An town

Meal provided: Breakfast, lunch
Accommodation: Hoi An Shining Riverside or Sea’s Lavie boutique 3*

Included Experiences
* Hoi An town and old quarter
Free time Add-ons
* Exploration by bike riding through ancient little Hoi An town
* River boat tour rowed by locals
* Visit the lantern and crafts workshop and learn to make flickering beacons
* Visit the myriad of silk and tailor shops for making quick clothes

Hoi An is famous for its yellow French colonial-style buildings and colourful cloth lanterns strewn across the streets. The charm of Hoi An as a famous World Heritage Site. Once an Asian maritime trading port between the 15th and 19th centuries, Hoi An today is a peaceful town with exceptionally well-preserved architecture, lifestyle and traditions. The town epitomizes a fascinating mix of cultures between Vietnam, China and Japan. Highlights to visit include the town's iconic 400-year-old Covered Bridge with a small shrine attached to one side as an outstanding example of Japanese architecture, the Mau Ceramics Museum. Translation, an elegant Vietnamese-style wooden house built in 1858 displays antique pottery. artifacts, the 200-year-old Tan Ky House represents the residence of ancient Chinese merchants, Ong Temple was built by Chinese settlers in 1653 to worship Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese general whose Loyalty, bravery and justice and the local market is vibrant with color and activities.
Every evening, the Old Town is transformed into a dedicated area for pedestrians and visitors to walk along the streets, shop for souvenirs and admire the brilliant lanterns. You'll enjoy the sunset boat ride, dress up in a tailored suit, cycle through the countryside, and shop at the night markets.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hoi An Shining Riverside or Sea’s Lavie boutique 3*

Included Experiences
* Spend leisure time on the Cua Dai and An Bang beach town, swimming and relax
Free time Add-ons
* Bike ride around countryside areas
* Basket boat tour rowed by locals around seven-acre water palm forest
* Visit to Thanh Ha Pottery village and learn how to make it
* Vegetable farming in Tra Que organic vegetable village. Lunch at local family
* Foot massage
* See an evening show of Hoi An Memories Land

Moving down from Hoi An old town toward Cua Dai and An Bang beach. You ride bike to discover surrounding countryside life, ie. visiting Tra Que vegetable village or taking small boat around Cam Thanh seven-acre water coconut forest and spend several time for relax on the deck and take in the beautiful scenery when the sun sets over the river and rural landscape, watch local fishermen hauling their nets. You can have lunch and dinner in one of local cuisine restaurants along the Cua Dai or An Bang beach.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hoi An Shining Riverside or Sea’s Lavie boutique 3*

Included Experiences
* View the Notre Dame Cathedral, General Post Office, Reunification Palace and Opera House
Free time Add-ons
* Motorbike tour in Saigon night
* Street food and fresh beer in Bui Vien street and night open market

Morning, transfer to Danang airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh City, which are called Saigon by Vietnamese citizen. You will be picked up and then taken to your hotel for check-in. Afternoon take a city tour to visit Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica a neo-Roman cathedral built by the colonial French with materials entirely imported from Marseilles. Discover the magnificent neo-Romanesque architecture as you take in the tranquil atmosphere inside. At the opposite Central Post Office, one of the oldest buildings in Ho Chi Minh City, learn about this significant landmark — the busiest post office in Vietnam. Admire the neoclassical style of the post office interior as your guide points out the painted maps of former Saigon, once the capital of South Vietnam. Saigon Central Post Office was designed and constructed in the early 20th Century by the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel.  Then we will visit Cho Lon area or the city’s China Town and the Jade Emperor Temple (Phuoc Hai), a rare Taoist structure in Vietnam built by the Cantonese community in the area in 1909.
You can take a dark tour by motorbike in Saigon by night and must-try freshest traditional foods as Bánh mì (bread), Phở (Vietnamese noodle), Bánh xèo (savoury pancakes), Hủ tiếu (long, thin rice noodles with ground pork, shrimp and fish), Bia hơi (fresh beer) in Nguyen Hue walking street or Bui Vien street or Ben Thanh market.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Huong Sen or Alagon Hotel 3*

Included Experiences
* See local industry demonstrations
* Experience local musical performance
* Take a leisurely cruise by local boat along the Mekong river

Morning, pick up at your hotel to transfer about 136 km to Vinh Long, a riverside town in the vast Mekong Delta, the world’s largest delta. Take a boat cruise to lively Cai Be floating market where sellers and buyers bargain and exchange goods from their boats. Proceed through a fascinating maze of shady canals to Binh Hoa Phuoc Island. Beautiful landscape of zigzag canals, lush vegetation, peaceful villages and activities of rural life will make you a delightful sight. There on the island, visit some local farmers’ homes, interact with warm-hearted hosts and learn about their trades of bonsai gardening, tile and ceramic production and rice paper and coconut candy making. A typical Vietnamese lunch at a local home will be arranged.
Afternoon, transfer by car about 40 km to Can Tho, check in hotel and relax.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: TTC Hotel or Muong Thanh Hotel 4* (Can Tho)

Included Experiences
* Visit ancient temples with Khmer imprints with experience from Khmer culture
* Listen the traditional songs “Don ca tai tu” - Southern Vietnamese folk songs

Lying on the southernmost tributary of the Mekong, Can Tho is the delta’s largest provincial city and commercial hub. Early morning, depart Ninh Kieu wharf by shuttle bus then embark a boat cruise to the Cai Rang floating market where sellers and buyers bargain and exchange goods from their boats. Located on Can Tho River, this is the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta. Like other floating markets in the region, it was initially established to meet the trading meets of local people while the road traffic system was still in its infancy. At the piers, thousands of conical hats bob and weave as exotic fruits and Dong notes change hands. Join the sampan boat traffic jams in the surrounding areas three floating markets, Cai Rang, Phong Dien and Phung Hiep. Today, even if the road traffic network has developed significantly, Cai Rang floating market still play an important part in the local life and culture. To understand more about lifestyle here, keep on going into the small creek called Rach Nho in which the Southern countryside can be seen clearly before cruising back to Ninh Kieu Wharf.

Go to Soc Trang. Visit ancient temple with Khmer imprints. Buu Son Pagoda, a pagoda with thousands of small and large clay statues. Khleng Pagoda, one of the oldest Khmer temples in Soc Trang was built in the mid-16th century. Ma Toc Pagoda is called Bat Pagoda, because there has long been a home for about one million bats.
Continue to Bac Lieu.

You get on the bus to Ca Mau through immense mangrove forests to the end of the Vietnam country. Visit the Ca Mau cape, the southernmost point of Vietnam and lighthouse. Overnight in Ca Mau.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Phu Cuong Hotel 3* Ca Mau (or similar)

Depart from Ca Mau to Can Tho. Then transfer to Can Tho airport for flight to Phu Quoc, a perfect tropical paradise. Arrival Phu Quoc, a Vietnam’s largest island surrounded by 40 kilometers of white sand beaches and turquoise seas, which located inside the Gulf of Thailand and at the extreme southwest of Vietnam territory, a tour guide will meet and pick you up from the airport; drive you around Duong Dong town before dropping you at your hotel/resort.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Resort Phu Quoc or The Shells Resort and Spa 4*

Included Experiences
* A four-islands- speed boat tour

Morning time, you will be picked up at your hotel/resort lobby by a shutter car to An Thoi harbor. You board on a speed boat and start to visit the four small islands of South area of Phu Quoc main island with variety activities: snorkeling and swimming in Mong Tay (Buom) island; Snorkeling around coral reef site and rock formations plenty of sea life in Gam Ghi island; At noon you will stop at May Rut Trong island, having a local seafood lunch be served on it, then exploring white sand lagoon, unique chillout, strolling around the beautiful beach, swimming and hanging loose in May Rut Trong island; Optional sea walker service near Thom island.  Tour end at your hotel at 5:00 pm

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Resort Phu Quoc or The Shells Resort and Spa 4*

Free time Add-ons
* Exploration by Jeep car of Phu Quoc island’s natural sightseeing

Full day free at the hotel/resort to enjoy the fresh sea air, white sand and blue beach
Option tour: You start to explore Phu Quoc Island by heading to the North area of Phu Quoc. Besides enjoying the Jeep car drive on the island roads, you will have one hour hiking tour in the national park, to explore and enjoy the nature. Following the national park, you will continue driving to Rach Vem floating fishing village. Here you will learn about the local fishermen daily routine and swim or sunbathe on the beautiful beach. Optional lunch will be at a local restaurant located at Ganh Dau cape, with a view to Cambodia territory at sea.
On the way back to the hotel, you will have one more stop at the very nice beach-bar to enjoy drinks (optional). Tour end at your hotel at 17:00 pm.

 Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Resort Phu Quoc or The Shells Resort and Spa 4*

Full day free at the hotel/resort to enjoy the fresh sea air, white sand and blue beach. As well as relaxing and taking in the natural scenery, you can go river swimming, navigate old cave systems, or explore by motorbike or take a dip in the ocean and enjoy some deliciously fresh seafood, followed by a cocktail, wine or two.

Meal provided: Breakfast
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Resort Phu Quoc or The Shells Resort and Spa 4*

Enjoy a final breakfast in the morning before the trip wraps up. Domestic flight from Phu Quoc back to Saigon, Vietnam's big and exciting city you will have free time to carry on your explorations or shopping before leaving this wonderful country, Vietnam.

Meal provided: Breakfast