Just a short trip to Vietnam but you still enjoy the most  beautiful cities of Vietnam: Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh city.  Each city has a different beauty. The bustling of Ho Chi Minh contrasts to the quiet Ha Noi with it charming colonial style. Visit the legendary land of Cu Chi tunnels and leisurely cruise on Ha Long Bay dotted with thousands of splendid limestone karsts. Meet the friendly Vietnamese people, enjoy the fantastic scenery. This trip will carve memories  for many years coming in your life time.

Private tour, daily departure with English/ French speaking guide

OVERVIEW ITINERARIES

Day 1: Arrival Saigon (D)
Day 2: Saigon and Cuchi full day (B, L)
Day 3: Mekong day trip (B, L)
Day 4: Saigon - Hanoi half day city tour (B, L)
Day 5: Hanoi - Halong bay day trip (B, L)
Day 6: Hanoi Departure (B)

DETAILS ITINERARIES

Day 1: Arrival Sai Gon (D)
Welcome to Vietnam. Upon arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport, our guide and driver meet and transfer you to your hotel. Free at leisure or touring around Sai Gon. In the evening, taste cuisine at the most super restaurant in Sai Gon.

Day 2: Sai Gon and Cu Chi full day (B, L)

In the morning, we pick you up at 8.30 am at lobby of your hotel. We have an excursion to the famous Cu Chi tunnels. This network of tunnels, which stretches for over 200 km, became legendary during the 1960s. The Cu Chi tunnels played a vital part in the U.S.-Vietnam War in that they allowed the Viet Cong to control a large rural area only 30 to 40 km from Sai Gon. At its height, the tunnel system stretched from Sai Gon to the Cambodian border. The network, parts of which were several levels deep, included innumerable trap doors, specifically constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and feel of what underground life during the war must have been like. The tunnels have been widened for our benefit (otherwise, we would not be able to enter them!) For those interested there is even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range.

Then in the afternoon, coming back Sai Gon to visit the hustle and bustle city after having lunch in town. Do not miss the bustling Ben Thanh Market - a fantastic place for bargains of every kind! There are several interesting sights in Ho Chi Minh City. The War Remnants Museum has a wealth of images from the wars, the most moving being a gallery entitled 'Requiem' which is dedicated to Vietnamese and foreign journalists and photographers who perished during the French and American conflicts. The Reunification Palace was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975 when the North Vietnamese tanks came crashing through the front gates, bringing the U.S.-Vietnam War to a dramatic end. Close to the palace, some of the best examples of French colonial architecture are represented in the forms of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office.

Day 3: Mekong day trip (B,L)
Touring the orchards, paddy fields and swamplands of the Mekong Delta, you could be forgiven for thinking you have stepped onto the pages of geography textbook. This is the biggest Vietnam's rice bowl, an agricultural miracle that pumps out 38 percent of the country's annual food crops. For Vietnamese, the region is known as Cuu Long- Nine Dragons, a reference to nine tributaries of the Mekong River, which wanders through six countries. One of the most enjoyable ways to experience riverine life is on boat trip along canals, visiting islands and biking in the countryside...

Leave Ho Chi Minh at 8.30 am for lush My Tho today. Seventy kilometers out of Ho Chi Minh City, a left fork marks the turning to My Tho, an amiable market town that nestles on the North bank of the Mekong River's northernmost strand, The Tien Giang or Up River. We embark our boat right after arriving in Tien Giang wharf then start the amazing trip today. Visiting honeybee farms, orchards, islands. Having lunch in local family in Ben Tre and then has a rest later on or biking around countryside. This is also good chance to visit coconut production at home business here. We also have a great fun to visit bonsai garden before coming back Sai Gon.

Day 4: Sai Gon -Ha Noi half day city tour (B,L)
This morning, we farewell the busy city to airport flying to Ha Noi.  Upon arriving at Ha Noi airport, our guide and driver will transfer you to your hotel in town. Then we enjoy half-day city tour in the most beautiful in Vietnam. We start our half day at  either Ethnology or History Museum. They are both finest ones in Vietnam especially Museum of Ethnology in down town far from central 12 km. Then come back to enjoy  1 hour cyclo around Old quarter with great fun. The Old Quarter's street names date back fine centuries to when the area was divided among 36 artisan's guilds patron spirit. Even today, many streets specialize so some degree and a surprising number are still dedicated to the original craft or its mordent equivalent.                     

Visit Ngoc Son temple on Ho Guom lake - the heart of Ha Noi and then unique Water puppet show in the late afternoon. Transfer you back to your hotel.

Day 5: Ha Noi- Ha Long bay day trip (B,L)
Ha Long bay, land of legend and splendid natural beauty is one of must- see places in Vietnam. Her charming allures much more people to the Northern coast of Vietnam. Thousand of lime stone islands just out of the emerald sea, sculpted into such as bizarre shapes as to invite comparisons with anything from chickens and dragons to champagne corks or even Dina sours.

Departs Ha Noi at 8.00 am for Ha Long bay through Red River Delta. It takes you around 3.5 hours driving to Ha Long city. Upon arriving to Ha Long wharf, our cruise staffs will meet you and we embark the boat starting 4-hour cruise. Then Sumptuous lunch is served on boat. Navigating the silent, secretive channels, past bobbing clusters of fishing boats and stopping to scramble through ones of the most beautiful grottoes in Ha Long - Thien Cung and Dau Go caves that is a witness of Vietnam glorious victory as well. We fare well Ha Long and come back Ha Noi at roughly 7.30 pm.

Day 6: Ha Noi Departure (B)
Free at leisure then pick up at your hotel transfer to Ha Noi airport flying back home. 

REMARKS:
P = Person
B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
Sgl Sup = Single room supplement (if required)

TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES 

• Hotel accommodation with breakfast (base on twin-sharing)

• Private air-conditioning transportation

• Private Roundtrip airport transfer

• Private boat trip in Ha Long bay and Mekong Delta

• Sightseeing tours with English/French speaking guide as stated in itinerary

• All entrance fees to tour sites throughout

• Meal as stated in program (breakfast at hotel, lunch & dinner at local restaurants)

• Domestic flights: Sai Gon-Ha Noi on Economy Class

• Domestic departures taxes

TOUR PACKAGE EXCLUDES:

• Vietnam Visa beforehand

• Vietnam International Departure Taxes (14 US$)

• Personal expenses such as drinks at meals, camera fee to tour sites

• Meals not mentioned

• Travel Insurance

• International Flights to Sai Gon and from Ha Noi