HCMC - MEKONG DELTA - PHU QUOC - HA LONG BAY
Depart from: Ho Chi Minh City
10 days 9 nights
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival
Day 2: Cu Chi Tunnels And Ho Chi Minh City
Day 3: Mekong Delta (My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho)
Day 4: Can Tho - Cai Rang Floating Market - Rach Gia
Day 5: Rach Gia – Phu Quoc Island
Day 6: Sao Beach Or Snorkeling Tour
Day 7: Phu Quoc - Hanoi
Day 8: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay
Day 9: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi
Day 10: Hanoi Departure
On arrival Ho Chi Minh City, our driver and guide picks you up at the airport and drive to Ho Chi Minh city center. You have free time for leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City Tour And Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L/-)Experience the bustling city of Ho Chi Minh and the historic outskirts of Cu Chi. Venture to the impressive network of tunnels in Cu Chi, and then make your way to the lively city for a tour some of its most popular destinations and markets.
Begin with a convenient hotel pickup in the morning by your guide before making the drive to Cu Chi. Along the way, stop at a rest stop for a quick break at the local handi-craft lacquer workshop where you will have a great chance to meet local disability workers and witness their skill to create such beautiful products.
Upon your arrival, explore how the Viet Cong lived and fought underground in these intricately constructed tunnels. As you head below the surface you see hidden entrances, traps, bunkers, hospitals, and kitchens.
At midday stop for a traditional Vietnamese lunch before the drive back to Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. Here you have the chance to tour the country's busiest city. Make your first stop at the famed Ben Thanh Market where you can find vendor-lined streets with colorful arrangements of produce and crafts. Take time to buy a few unique items and practice your bargaining skills. Next, follow your guide to the War Remnants Museum to view the vast collection of wartime images dedicated to journalists and photographers who died during the French and American conflicts. Step back in time as you witness
renowned French colonial structures, including The Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Central Post Office. Observe the French architectural influence and beauty before being comfortably transported back to your hotel.
* Please note that the orders of those landmarks listed above can be changed without notice but will ensure to visit all of those mentioned places.
The guide and driver pick up guests at the hotel and depart for My Tho. Upon arrival, the group visits a local bee farm to taste fresh honey and learn about beekeeping in the Mekong Delta. Continue to a coconut candy workshop to observe the traditional making process and sample this famous specialty.
Guests then enjoy a performance of Don Ca Tai Tu, a traditional Southern folk music style, before boarding a rowing boat to cruise through the peaceful, narrow canals.
Leaving My Tho, the tour continues to Ben Tre, where guests take a leisurely walk along quiet village paths and experience the daily life of the local people. Lunch is served at a garden-style restaurant.
In the afternoon, the group departs for Can Tho to continue the journey.
Day 4: Cai Rang Floating Market - Can Tho - Bus To Rach Gia (B/L/-)After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the largest floating market in Can Tho (Cai Rang) which is at its busiest at this time of day.
Keep cruising through the small channels system and visit a rice noodle making village. Experience the “Monkey Bridge” in the Delta. Walk through the fruits garden, see the process of noodles making. Break for lunch.
Bus will drive you to Rach Gia City, transfer to the hotel, you are free to enjoy the peaceful landscapes in Rach Gia. Overnight in Rach Gia.
8:00 AM: Hydrofoil from Rach Gia ferry to Phu Quoc island.
10:30 AM: Arrived to Phu Quoc ferry, transfer by van to hotel, check in.
12:30 PM: Have lunch at local restaurant, check in
2:30 PM: Start for Eastern island:
- Pepper garden, be captivated by word of "itsy-bitsy teeny weeny peppercorns" of patient growers
- Ham Ninh ancient village, enjoy fresh seafood (personal charge)
- Tranh Stream: waterfall is beautiful in Phú Quốc.
- Hung Long/ Phap Quang Pagoda located on high hill, overlook to town
- Back to Duong Dong town, stop at a Sim wine distillery, taste the local wine
- Dinh Cau Temple, the savior of local fishermen
Have dinner at local restarant. Back to hotel. Spend overnight in Phu Quoc.
Day 6: Sao Beach Or Snorkeling Tour (B/L/D)After breakfast, start to explore (choose 1 of the following option):
Option 1: Excursion tour
8:00 AM: transfer to the South of island and visit:
- Fish sauce workshop: learn about the fish sauce production and enjoy the unique aromatic flavor of Phu Quoc fish sauce
- Pearl Farm. You may be able to witness how oyster shells are cut open to retrieve pearls and how these pearls are bored, strung or placed on silver or gold ornaments.
- Coconut prision: which was built in 1949-1950 by the French colonists to jail those considered specially dangerous to the colonist government
- Sao Beach - one of the most beautiful beach in the South East of Phu Quoc island. Relax and swimming, have lunch here
Have dinner at local restarant
Option 2: Snorkeling tour
8:00 AM: transfer to the South of island and visit:
- Pearl Farm. You may be able to witness how oyster shells are cut open to retrieve pearls and how these pearls are bored, strung or placed on silver or gold ornaments.
- Go to pier, get on board for snorkeling and fishing. The snorkeling set is ready for you to enjoy the colorful life of coral reef and of the fish under water. Have lunch on board
- Go back to pier and transfer to Sao beach - one of the most beautiful beach in the South East of Phuquoc island
Back to hotel
Have dinner at local restarant.
Spend overnight in Phu Quoc.
Have breakfast at hotel, free at leisure, check out and then transfer to Phu Quoc airport. Take a flight to Hanoi.
Arrive in Hanoi. Our driver will pick you up at Noi Bai airport to hotel. After checking hotel, you have more freedom to sightseeing fantastic landscape nearby. Some places are recommended to visit: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, One Pillar Pagoda, Ethnology museum, Military Museum or Fine Art museum, Dong Xuan market, Hoan Kiem lake, Tay lake...
Overnight in Hanoi.
Our guide will meet and pick you up at hotel. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River Delta.
Comfort break. The time from Hanoi to Ha Long Bay is approximately 3 ½ hours.
Arrive at Tuan Chau marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain and crews in the cruise briefing. Check into your cabin. Time to refresh and unwind
Set sail as lunch is served
Join us for a typical local lunch in the dining room or at the outdoor dining area.
Afternoon:
Arrive at Surprising Cave (Hang Sửng Sốt), explore the cave and find out how the cave was named a Surprising.
Heading to Titop island area. Drop anchor in the calm water surrounded by beautiful islets. Visit Titop island for swimming and snorkeling or do the short trek to the top of island to have the overview of Halong bay from here
Heading back toward the sleeping area
Early evening:
Summit on the sundeck watching the sunset, enjoy Sunset party. It’s ideal time to make acquaintance with new friends, sharing your traveling experience or simply watching the sunset
An authentic Vietnamese menu is served
After dinner, reward yourself with a large selection of cocktails at our bar, or take for you one of our onboard activities: book reading, games, movies, and squid fishing…
For the early risers join us for a Tai Chi session on the sundeck. Tai chi helps focus the mind and condition the body, joining Tai Chi session to full charge your energy for the day.
Local breakfast is served
Mingling yourself in the stunning views of the Bay and it’s dramatic limestone islets as we sail through the calm emerald waters heading to Luon Cave (Hang Luồn). Take your option either exploring the cave yourself on kayak or comfortably on bamboo boat rowed by the locals.
09:00: Check out the cabins, at your leisure while our cruise taking you pass by other beautiful highlights in the bay.
10:00: You will join with our short class of Cooking demonstration, how to make spring rolls before an early lunch is served.
12:00: Return to the shore and disembark from the cruise as our crew say farewell. Transfer to minibus or private and return to Hanoi.
Arrival back at your hotel. Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Breakfast at hotel, free time for leisure. Our car transfer you from hotel to the airport, take the flight back home. See you again.
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- Air ticket from Phu Quoc to Hanoi.
- Boat Rach Gia – Phu Quoc
- Airport levy, ferry transfer
- Accommodation: 8 nights Hotel & 1 night on cruise in Ha Long Bay.
- Meals are mentioned in itinerary
- Entrance fees are mentioned in itinerary
- Beverages and other meals are not mentioned in the program.
- Travel insurance, Visa fees to Vietnam
- Early check-in and late check-out at all hotels
- Personal Expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping...)
- Tipping/Gratuities, Single supplement
- Any additional expenses caused by reasons beyond our control such as natural calamities (typhoon, floods), flight delays, rescheduling or cancellations, any accidents, medical evacuations, riots, strikes etc.
