Vietnam Highlights - 8 days
Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam 
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Duration: 8 days
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Destinations: Vietnam
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Start: Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
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Finish: Hanoi, Vietnam
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Tour type: Private tour
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Meals: 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 1 dinner
This journey is inspired by Vietnam’s diverse sights, sounds, and flavors. Traveling from South to North, you'll explore fantastic attractions and connect deeply with local life in places like the Mekong Delta and Tra Que Village, experiencing the real essence of Vietnamese culture and hospitality.
Tour Highlights
- Explore Ho Chi Minh city’s historical landmarks and enjoy dinner cruise on Saigon River.
- Discover the vibrant Cai Be floating market in the Mekong Delta, visit local workshops.
- Experience Hoi An’s charming ancient town, Cham Museum, and Marble Mountains.
- Cycle to Tra Que village, join farming activities and cooking class with local family.
- Stroll Hanoi’s Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, and enjoy a traditional water puppet show.
- Visit Hanoi’s iconic sites: Ho Chi Minh Complex and Temple of Literature.
- Relax on a traditional junk cruise in UNESCO-listed Halong Bay, explore caves and seafood lunch.
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Travel style:
Cultural & Classic
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Your guide:
English speaking
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Meals:
7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 1 dinner
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Tour type:
Private tour
You will visit
Vietnam Highlights 8 days - Route Map
Vietnam Highlights 8 days Itinerary
B(breakfast), L(lunch), D(dinner)
Welcome to Ho Chi Minh city - Vietnam’s largest and dynamic city. The driver and tour guide will pick you up and transfer to city centre.
After a short break, admire Ho Chi Minh city’s historic landmarks including the Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office both designed by French architect Gustav Eiffel, then onto the former Presidential Palace, headquarters of the former Saigon Government during the war.
End of the day with welcomed dinner cruise in Saigon river.
Today, you will discover Mekong delta and visit the colorful floating market – Cai Be. Leave bustling Ho Chi Minh city for the 3 hour drive to the delta town of Cai Be. On arrival, board your boat for cruise in the Delta’s waterways.
Start your journey by passing by Cai Be’s floating market, cruising among local barges with full of fruits and vegetables… The cruise will then bring you to some local home factories to discover traditional rice paste making, rice pop corn, coco candies…
After a delicious lunch at the local ancient house, you will have chance admire the scenery and the daily life of the local villagers by rowboat passing through small sampan. Stops on the way can be made upon request for particular visits or photos marking. The excursion will end at around 3.00 pm.
You will return to Ho Chi Minh city in the later afternoon.
Today you catch morning flight to Da Nang. Meet the tour guide and driver at Da Nang airport and then transfer to Hoi An.
On the way, visit Cham museum and Marble Mountain before arriving in Hoi An. Upon arrival, take a walking tour of the ancient town centre to visit former merchants’ houses, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, a Chinese communal hall and the colorful market.
Today, you will have the experience of working and living with the local farmer in Tra Que village - one of famous vegetable village in Hoi An. You will cycle to the village with your guide.
A short stroll will take you around the vegetable garden and then you can join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. Following steps are raking the ground, sowing, watering, picking vegetables and many other gardening activities.
After all these activities, you will take a short rest and enjoy foot bath before getting to preparing lunch with a local family. Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including ‘Tam Huu” spring roll, Banh xeo or local pancake of people in Vietnam middle region. You can join the cooking with the chef on these meals.
After your morning excursions and your lunch, you will take a Vietnamese traditional post-prandial nap before learning how to harvest and wrap the vegetables.
Around 14.00: bid farewell to your host family before riding back to your hotel.
Fly to charming city of Hanoi. In the afternoon, enjoy a walking tour through the Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem lake and Ngoc Son temmple; followed by water puppet show - a unique art which has it origin in the delta of the Red river in the tenth century.
This morning, enjoy a half-day Hanoi city tour before driving to Halong Bay. Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex (Mausoleum and Stilt House), Presidential Palace, nearby One Pillar Pagoda, and Temple of Literature—Vietnam’s first university, highlighting Hanoi's culture and traditional architecture.
After lunch, take a 3.5-hour drive to Halong Bay. Check in your hotel and enjoy free time exploring Halong City.
In the morning, you will board a private traditional junk boat for a four hour cruise of this stunning place, stopping along the way to visit one of the limestone caves in the area. A sumptuous local seafood lunch will be served when you cruise.
After a 4 hour navigation, you will go back to the harbor for a drive back to your hotel in Hanoi.
You have free time until be transferred to the airport for your departure flight. End of the tour. Thank you for using our service.
Your tour package includes
- Accommodation based on twin/double sharing with daily breakfast.
- Experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary.
- Private transportation with AC.
- Flight tickets Ho Chi Minh city - Da Nang, Da Nang - Hanoi with Vietnam Airlines.
- All sightseeing tickets.
- Lunches and dinners as indicated in the itinerary.
- Taxes and services charges.
Exclusions
- International flight tickets and airport tax.
- Visa stamping fee.
- Early check in and late check out.
- Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
- Insurance.
Important travel information
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Tour Price
The tour rate is based on twin/double sharing rooms at 3* hotel category, quoted for a private group of 6 guests. The price will vary slightly depending on the number of people in your group. For an accurate tour price, please click the "INQUIRE NOW" button to discuss with our sales consultant.
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Deposit & Payment
After you have agreed on the tour itinerary and pricing, we will send you an email to confirm and provide information on our payment policy. You can choose your preferred payment method and make payment to us according to the following regulations:
- With tour bookings, you do not need to pay total in advance, we just need 30% for deposit. The balance will be settled before your trip or upon arrival.
- With flight, hotel or train ticket bookings, we require 100% total payment in advance.
The balance will be settled before or upon arrival by cash, credit card or bank transfer. We accept major credit cards such as Visa, Master, JCB and Amex. If you pay by credit card, please add 3% of bank commission.
After receiving your deposit, our team will process your booking and send you the confirmation by email within 1 - 2 working days.
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Food Requirement
If you have any specific food requirement (vegetarian, vegan, food allergies, etc.) please inform us in advance, we will provide notices to our restaurants, tour guides and partners so they would be able to serve you the best.
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Cancellation
We apply non refundable deposit of 10 USD for hotel, air ticket booking, 100 USD/per person for tour package upon service confirmation. Cancellations will be charged as following:
- 30 days before arrival: No cancellation charge.
- 29 - 14 days before arrival: 10% of the tour cost is forfeited.
- 13 - 7 days before arrival: 40% of the tour cost is forfeited.
- 6 days before arrival: 100 % of the tour cost is forfeited.
- No show: 100% of the tour cost is forfeited.
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Child Policy
- Infant under 2-years-old free of charge land tour and 25% of airfare.
- Child under 12-years-old sharing room with adult without extra bed charge 50% of adult land tour and 75% of airfare.
- Child under 12-years-old sharing room with adult with bed charge 80% of adult land tour and 75% of airfare.
- Upon 12-years-old - 100% charge of tour cost.
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