10D / 9N - Highlights of Vietnam
Local Agent : Ms Thuong
Duration : 11 Days/ 10 Nights
Let us guide you to discover the wonders of Vietnam, from the North to the South of the country. Visit this real gem country that withholds fascinating mountains and valleys, rice fields, lakes and encounter the ethnic minorities. Beautiful colorful tribal costumes, ancient customs in communal longhouses are awaiting !
| DAYS | Summary |
| Day 01 | INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT |
| Day 02 | ARRIVAL > HANOI |
| Day 03 | HANOI > KY SON > HANOI |
| Day 04 | HANOI > NINH BINH |
| Day 05 | NINH BINH > HALONG |
| Day 06 | HALONG > HANOI > HUE |
| Day 07 | HUE > HOI AN |
| Day 08 | HOI AN |
| Day 09 | HOI AN > SAIGON |
| Day 10 | SAIGON > CAI BE > SAIGON |
| Day 11 | SAIGON > DEPARTURE |
Arrival in Hanoi. Welcome at the airport by your local English-speaking guide. Transfer directly to your hotel ideally located in the city centre (about 45min). Rooms will be available from 2pm.
Early check-in upon option: Possibility to have your rooms immediately upon your morning arrival with breakfast included. +25USD/pers in standard category +35USD/pers in a deluxe category. Subject to availability.
Hanoi is a real museum of colonial architecture on the banks of the Red River. Hanoi, the capital of unified Vietnam, has managed to preserve the outdated charm of the French colonial era. The modernization of the city undertaken by the French from 1882 extended until 1955 and Hanoi today has yet still today still remains alike.
Lunch in a local restaurant.
City tour with the famous "Ba Dinh Square - Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (outside) - Single Pillar Pagoda". Then, hop on a bicycle through the lively alleys of the old guild district, around the lake of the Restored Sword.
Dinner in a local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel
Set off to Ky Son village. Arrival at the "Jardin de Lune" cottage located in this small village. Fresh green tea from the garden will be offered to you as a welcome gift. Free time to discover the Gîte and the village (small local market, kindergarten...)
You will participate in a cooking class and then have lunch before a "Hand Spa" (where you will dip your fingers in a perfumed water for a small hand massage). Then, free time to rest or exchange with family members to share culture and learn about Vietnamese customs and traditions. It is possible to participate in a short course on the basics of the Vietnamese language taught by family members if you want to become familiar with Vietnamese.
Bike ride in the villages of Ky Son, Tam Son, Van Minh and Cham stopping at any house you wish to have a cup of tea and talk with the locals about their daily lives and farm work. If you wish to understand the daily life of a farmer, you may participate in their agricultural activities such as: ploughing, transplanting, planting, harvesting rice, maize or sweet potatoes depending on the season. Visit of the kindergarten (if open).
Return to your hosting home to relax. You will be offered a special tea made from the local herbs. Whilst your feet soaked in hot water with ginger, salt and medicinal herbs from wormwood or Ngai Cuu, you can drink and enjoy local products such as sweet potatoes or corn, peanuts, manioc... or some traditional desserts offered by the owner of the house according to the season.
Return to Hanoi.
Dinner in a local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel
Departure for Ninh Binh, where you may admire the road lined with mountains and rice fields. You then enter one of the most bucolic landscapes in North Vietnam. Arrival in Ninh Binh, visit of terrestrial Halong Bay.
Lunch in a local restaurant.
Join a splendid boat trip on the river that winds between the gigantic karst gables and rice fields to visit the Van Long nature reserve. Superb poetic landscapes will come before your eyes. The walk on these shimmering waters lasts about 1h30, the natural wild landscape reflects tranquillity, the limestone cliffs are rocked by the waters like islets and the birds seem to swirl from trees to cliffs.... (Replacing Tam Coc, which has become too touristy).
Visit of "Bich Dong" pagoda (Jade pagoda), a sanctuary within the rock. It houses three small and old pagodas built at the beginning of the 18th century on three different levels. From above, you can enjoy a magnificent view of the fields and the surrounding countryside.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at your hotel.
Departure for Halong Bay, made famous by the film "Indochina". Its landscape is marked by the 1969 karst islands that have now been renowned and listed as World Heritage List.
Ha Long Bay extends over more than 1,500 km2. It has nearly 2,000 islands and islets, karst reefs full of caves that rise from the sea like strange sculptures. The sampans and junks that silently slide on the transparent waters reinforce this impression of unreality. Ha Long means "the descending dragon" in Vietnamese. The legend has it that a great dragon once left its den in the mountains to throw itself into the sea, digging deep cracks in the ground with its tail. When he dived into the ocean, the water submerged the crevasses, creating a multitude of islands.
Embarkation around noon on your junk and installation in your cabin. Your cruise then begins in the labyrinth of sugar loaves of the bay. The setting is magical: 2,000 islands and islets dot its clear emerald waters.
Welcome drink followed by lunch. Visit of a natural cave. Superb panoramic view of the bay at sunset.
Dinner and overnight aboard your junk under the stars, somewhere...in the East Sea.
Possible activities on board the junk:
• If the weather allows to, you can learn about squid fishing. You will feel like a real fisherman. Members of staff will give you some hints and then you may enjoy the cooked tasty squids.
• Relaxation on deck: relax on the deck by admiring the beauty of Halong Bay or by admiring the dawn and dusk on the bay. Sunrise and sunset on the bay will remain unforgettable moments.
• In addition: possibility of kayaking (1 kayak for 2 people)
• The water in Halong Bay is quite warm even in winter, so kayaking is a pleasant experience all year round. Try to keep your balance and paddle around for a beautiful adventure in the middle of a magical landscape.
Breakfast on board.
Sunrise on Halong Bay. Possibility of initiation to Tai Chi on board, a Chinese martial art that increases strength and muscle tone and reduces stress. Continuation of the cruise and discovery of the Thien Canh Son cave.
Brunch on board.
NOTE: The itinerary and visits on Halong Bay can be modified according to the tide and weather.
Disembarkation and transfer to Hanoi airport for your flight to Hue. Once arrived in Hue, your driver will meet you at the airport and then transfer you to the city. Settle down at your hotel
Former imperial capital from 1802 to 1945 under the Nguyen dynasty, the city of Hue is nowadays the cultural and intellectual centre of the country. The city was classified as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1993.
Imperial dinner in costumes.
Overnight at your hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Day dedicated to the discovery of Hue, the imperial capital, also considered as "an architectural poem". Indeed, here it is the architecture that is generated by the landscape and not the other way around.
Visit of the Imperial Citadel built between 1805 and 1832 under the model of the Chinese imperial palaces before reaching the pagoda of the Celestial Lady (Thien Mu), typical of the Hue region which, together with the citadel and the royal tombs, constitute the true soul of the city.
Lunch in a local restaurant with Bun Bo Hue specialities (rice vermicelli soup with beef and aromatic herbs. You will discover the tomb of King Minh Mang (the most distant and majestic).
It is one of the most beautiful examples of harmony between architecture and nature. Inspired by Chinese sanctuaries of the Ming era, these tombs were built in the middle of mountains, rivers and pine forests.
Set off to reach Hoi An, via Danang via National Road 1, the old Tangerine Road (about 03h30). Upon arrival, check-in and installation at your hotel.
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this charming city, spared by the war, rises on the banks of the Thu Bon River, 5km from the coast and 30km south-east of Danang. Hoi An really took off in the 15th century under the name of Faifo before becoming one of the largest commercial ports in Southeast Asia under the aegis of the Nguyen lords.
Dinner in a local restaurant.
Overnight at your hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Walking tour of the old town: Fujian Sanctuary, Phuc Thanh Pagoda, Phuoc Kien Communal House, old wooden houses and the famous Japanese bridge.
Lunch in a local restaurant.
Visit the villages in the countryside of Hoi An: the Thanh Ha pottery village, then the Tra Que village famous for its plants and aromatic herbs.
Dinner in a local restaurant.
Overnight at your hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free time to discover the surroundings and shop at your own rhythm until your transfer to Danang airport to catch your flight to Saigon. Arrival in Saigon and welcome at the airport by your local English-speaking guide. Transfer to the city (about 30min).
Ho Chi Minh city was nicknamed, when it was still only called Saigon, the "Pearl of the East" and the "Paris of Asia". Founded under the Second Empire, Saigon was the capital of Cochinchina (now Nam Bô), the only territory constituted as a French colony (the other two, Tonkin and Annam, being protectorates).
Lunch in a local restaurant.
Check-in and installation at the hotel.
First panoramic tour of the city: the Central Post Office, the Opera House (outside) but also the Notre Dame Cathedral (outside), remains of the French colonial period. Continuation by the Presidential Palace, renamed the Reunification Palace or the Liberation Palace, a true symbol of the fall of Saigon on April 30th, 1975.
Dinner with a tasting of Banh Xeo, a very popular dish consisting of a crispy hot pancake with bean sprouts, pork slices and shrimp.
Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at your hotel.
Departure with your guide to Cai Be in a private air-conditioned vehicle (about 02h30), a city located in the Mekong Delta. Before arriving in Cai Be, visit of a Caodaitist temple.
Caodaism is a religion that was founded in the 1920s by a Vietnamese civil servant. He created Caodaism by taking the best of the great religions of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
Arrival at Cai Be port, and board for a boat trip to Binh Hoa islet. Set off by foot between the arroyos of the river. Visit of an artisanal rice cake and puffed rice factory (tasting).
Specialty lunch of "elephant ear fish" at Mrs. Ut Trinh's house.
Continuation by boat to Vinh Long. Disembarkation and return to Saigon.
Dinner in local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free time until your transfer to Saigon airport for your return flight. Arrival and assistance with formalities.
Late check-out option: Possibility to have your rooms available after 12:00 pm. +35USD/pers base in a standard category +45USD/pers in a deluxe category. Subject to availability.
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PRICE PER PERSON |
low SEASON
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| Superior rooms - 3-4* (local standards) | Deluxe rooms - 4* (local standards) | |
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2/3 pax |
1268 $ | 1347 $ |
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4/5 pax |
907 $ | 913 $ |
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6/7 pax |
786 $ | 865 $ |
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8/9 pax |
781 $ | 860 $ |
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10/11 pax |
734 $ | 813 $ |
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12/13 pax |
703 $ | 782 $ |
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14/15 pax |
680 $ | 759 $ |
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16/17 pax |
676 $ | 755 $ |
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18/19 pax |
662 $ | 741 $ |
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20/21 pax |
650 $ | 729 $ |
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22/23 pax |
640 $ | 720 $ |
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24/25 pax |
633 $ | 712 $ |
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26/27 pax |
637 $ | 716 $ |
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28/29 pax |
630 $ | 709 $ |
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30/31 pax |
625 $ | 704 $ |
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32/33 pax |
620 $ | 699 $ |
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34/35 pax |
615 $ | 694 $ |
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36/40 pax |
619 $ | 699 $ |
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Single Supp. |
+258 $ | +330 $ |
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PRICE PER PERSON |
HIGH SEASON
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| Superior rooms - 3-4* (local standards) | Deluxe rooms - 4* (local standards) | |
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2/3 pax |
1326 $ | 1409 $ |
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4/5 pax |
949 $ | 955 $ |
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6/7 pax |
822 $ | 905 $ |
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8/9 pax |
817 $ | 899 $ |
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10/11 pax |
768 $ | 850 $ |
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12/13 pax |
735 $ | 817 $ |
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14/15 pax |
711 $ | 794 $ |
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16/17 pax |
707 $ | 790 $ |
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18/19 pax |
692 $ | 774 $ |
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20/21 pax |
680 $ | 762 $ |
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22/23 pax |
670 $ | 752 $ |
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24/25 pax |
661 $ | 744 $ |
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26/27 pax |
666 $ | 749 $ |
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28/29 pax |
659 $ | 742 $ |
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30/31 pax |
653 $ | 736 $ |
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32/33 pax |
648 $ | 731 $ |
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34/35 pax |
643 $ | 726 $ |
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36/40 pax |
648 $ | 730 $ |
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Single Supp. |
+258 $ | +330 $ |
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PRICE PER PERSON |
peak SEASON from 20/12/2018 until 03/01/2019
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| Superior rooms - 3-4* (local standards) | Deluxe rooms - 4* (local standards) | |
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2/3 pax |
1499 $ | 1592 $ |
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4/5 pax |
1072 $ | 1079 $ |
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6/7 pax |
929 $ | 1023 $ |
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8/9 pax |
923 $ | 1017 $ |
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10/11 pax |
868 $ | 961 $ |
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12/13 pax |
831 $ | 924 $ |
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14/15 pax |
804 $ | 898 $ |
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16/17 pax |
799 $ | 893 $ |
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18/19 pax |
782 $ | 875 $ |
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20/21 pax |
768 $ | 862 $ |
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22/23 pax |
757 $ | 850 $ |
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24/25 pax |
748 $ | 841 $ |
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26/27 pax |
753 $ | 846 $ |
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28/29 pax |
745 $ | 838 $ |
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30/31 pax |
738 $ | 832 $ |
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32/33 pax |
732 $ | 826 $ |
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34/35 pax |
727 $ | 821 $ |
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36/40 pax |
732 $ | 826 $ |
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Single Supp. |
+258 $ | +330 $ |
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prices for domestic flights per person (Prices Variable) |
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Hanoi – Hue |
+115 $ |
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Danang – Saigon |
+110 $ |
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our local agent
“Hi, my name is Thuong, specialist of tailor-made discovery tours in Vietnam. After studies in the university of foreign languages and having great passion for the tourism field, I decided to challenge myself in a travel agency. I would be pleased to introduce you to the landscapes of my country and allow you to exchange and even to participate in the daily activities with the local population. With my expertise, together, we will build your dream holidays that fit your desires and your budget. See you soon in Vietnam wonders.”
+84 (0)28 2211 8187
