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Our genuine experts explored the destinations time and again and finally worked out the itinerary taking you to experience the highlights in various ways that others might miss.
Itinerary Details
The following itinerary is for your inspiration. Our experts will customize your own tour according to your interests, schedules, hotel tastes and budget. All can be tailor-made!
You Can
- Extend/cut down length
- Adjust activities to your interests
- Change a hotel
- Everything you want
Day 1 - Hello Hanoi!
Today you will fly to Hanoi. On arrival, your private guide will welcome you at the arrival hall and transfer you to your hotel with a private car and driver. Your guide will help you with luggage and hotel check-in and ensure your arrival is worry-free.
Day 2 - Hanoi City Tour & Water Puppets Show
Today you'll jump into Hanoi's sights and sounds on a tour that covers all the essentials. You'll visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes the Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh's former stilt-house residence, The Hoa Lo Prison, The One Pillar Pagoda and The Temple of Literature, which, dating back to 1070, is Vietnam’s oldest university.
After lunch, you will explore the enthralling Museum of Ethnology, which contains an extensive display of life-size structures dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minorities. Next, enjoy an hour-long cyclo ride winding through the narrow, chaotic streets of the Old Quarter - a must for any visitor to Hanoi! The day finishes with a traditional performance of the famous Vietnamese Water Puppets Show.
Day 3 - Halong Bay Overnight Cruise
After breakfast, you will take a private transfer for about 3 hrs to Halong City, where you will begin your one and a half days' Halong Bay cruise. You will board the tradtional Vietnamese junk in the afternoon and cruise around the Halong Bay's limestone islets and caves doted the sea and see the sun set over the clam waters at the deck. Enjoy a wonderful dinner at evening. All meals are included during your stay on board. There are also a variety of optional activities waiting for you. Such as swimming, kayaking, diving...etc.
Day 4 - Fly to Da Nang & Transfer to Hoi An
Wake up early this morning to catch the sunrise over the bay with a Tai Chi lesson on the sundeck. Continue cruising and you can choose either kayak or traditional rowing boat to around discovering local life on the waters. Disembark at Tuan Chau International Passenger Port at around 11:00, where your guide and driver will wait for you and drive you to Hanoi airport for your onward flight (arrive at the airport at around 1:30 pm).
Upon arrival at Da Nang airport, your guide will pick you up and escort you to your hotel in Hoi An.The rest of the day is free at your leisure.
Day 5 - Hoi An Sightseeing
Today, explore some historical sites in the small town of Hoi An, including the Japanese Bridge, the renowned Chinese Temple, and Vietnamese former merchants’ houses. After that, you will learn about how to make a lantern through a visit to the home of a craftsman, exploring the authentic rural life, and you are able to keep the lantern you make as a souvenir.
Day 6 - Flight to Ho Chi Minh City
You will take a private transfer to Da Nang for your onward flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, our guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to relax.
Day 7 - Cu Chi Tunnels & Ho Chi Minh Highlights
This morning set out for the incredible underground Cu Chi Tunnels and then drive back to Ho Chi Minh City to visit the War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace (the former Presidential Palace), the Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Saigon Post Office and Dong Khoi Street (formerly Rue Catinat) absolutely nice choices for a free stroll.
Day 8 - Mekong Delta Tour
Today, you will drive to Mekong Delta area to enjoy One day Mekong Delta tour (My Tho) with visiting to villages and markets.
After breakfast at hotel, leave Saigon for Mytho for one day trip. Arrival in Mytho city visit to Vinh Trang Pagoda, this is one of the most beautiful & ancient pagoda in Mekong Delta. Continuous to My Tho boat station .cruise on the Mekong river for sightseeing: fish floating market, islands of Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle, Phoenix. Take a walk to visit Thoi Son orchid garden, visit a bee-farm, enjoy honey-tea. Going around Thoi Son island by Xe Tau Mo (Pedicap by bike). Stop over at an orchard of Ms Ba’s. tropical fruits Enjoy seasonal fruits and listen to Southern traditional music. Take a short walk to rowing boat quay, get on the rowing boat to discover natural canal and the daily procession. The last visit is coconut candy workshop, taste fresh candies in coconut island before have lunch at Mien Tay riverside restaurant. Back to pier. Transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City for overnight.
Day 9 - Fly to Bangkok
Your guide will escort you to airport for your onward flight to Bangkok. On arrival, your private guide will welcome you at the arrival hall and transfer you to your hotel with a private car and driver. Your guide will help you with luggage and hotel check-in and ensure your arrival is worry-free.
Day 10 - Bangkok Must-See Temples
Today you will enjoy a private guided tour of Bangkok. Start with the the dazzling, spectacular Grand Palace. It's undoubtedly the city's most famous landmark. You will see the Palace, which is used for many different occasions, and you will see The Coronation Hall, the Funeral Hall, the Royal Guest House, and the mysterious, famous Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), the most revered Buddha image in Thailand. Continue to Wat Pho, which is one of Bangkok’s oldest and largest temples. Wat Pho was built by King Rama I about 200 years ago and houses the gigantic, gold-plated Reclining Buddha image. This unique image is 49 meters long and 12 meters high with beautifully inlaid mother-of-pearl soles. After lunch at a local restaurant, you will walk to the pier and take a water taxi to visit the Wat Arun, which is also called "The Dawn Temple". Then return to the hotel.
Most temples & palaces in Thailand are sacred place, you'll need to respect the strict dress code in place. You'll need to wear pants or a dress/skirt that extends well past your knees, and a top that fully covers your shoulders. No shorts, mini-skirts, short skirts, tight fitting trousers,tights,see-through shirts, culottes or quarter length trousers,sleeveless shirts or vests and Sandals (without ankle or heel straps) etc.
The Grand Palace does offer a clothes rental service in which you can borrow some stylish trousers and/or tops for a refundable 200 baht deposit from an office near the entrance. Hang onto your claim ticket, however, as you will need it to get that deposit back.
The heat in Bangkok is no joke and, inside the Grand Palace grounds, you'll find it almost unbearable. You absolutely must take a hat or even an umbrella with you, to shield you from the sun (and your kids). We also strongly recommend packing on sunscreen and wearing clothing th
Day 11 - Kanchanaburi Elephants World & Eco-Friendly Floating Raft
Check out from hotel.Today you will visit Elephants world in Kanchanaburi.Elephants World, a peaceful shelter for elephants, is a non-profit-organization, which functions as a "retirement home" for elephants and offer close contact between animals and human beings. We pick you up at your hotel to the sanctuary. Your daily program here includes meeting and feeding the elephants, observing the elephants’ behavior, cleaning fruit/vegetables, preparing and cooking sticky rice for old elephants and washing and grooming the elephants. Buffet lunch served at noon.
In the afternoon, you will check in at a featured floating resort. Rarely found in other places in the world, the bungalows float on a flowing river surrounded by thick green jungle and tranquil lake. With the eco-friendly operation in mind, the resort is built from local materials.
1. Please note that small deviations in the itinerary are sometimes necessary, depending on road conditions and other factors.
2. Please bring a change of clothes for you will get dirty and wet while washing and swimming with elephants. After those activities, you can have a bath on the bathroom there.
3. Please bring sunscreen, a hat, mosquito repellent, of caurse your camera and if you can some yellow bananas for our old elephants!
Day 12 - Damnoen Saduak Floating Market & Fly to Phuket
Early morning check out from your hotel. You will take a private car from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok. En route, you will visit the 100-year-old Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, one of Thailand’s most famous attractions. Day in and day-out from about 8 am to about 11 am, the Floating Market is routinely crowded with hundreds of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. You will have a chance to take a ride on a long-tail boat to get a real sense of a floating village. After the long tail boat cruise around the village, you will stop at a transit point where you can choose to further explore the floating market by a 4-seat boat (at your own expense) or stroll around by the river's banks. Then transfer to Bangkok.
You will transfer to Bangkok airport for your internal flight to Phuket. On arrival, your private driver will take you to the hotel for check-in.
Day 13 - Chilling Time
Day of leisure. Relax at your hotel or explore the surrounding area.
Accommodation
- 2 Nights in Hanoi
- 1 Night in Ha Long Bay
- 2 Nights in Hoi An
- 3 Nights in Ho Chi Minh City
- 2 Nights in Bangkok
- 1 Night in Kanchanaburi
- 3 Nights in Phuket
Overlooking peaceful views of the popular Hoan Kiem Lake
Located in the heart of Old Quarter just a 10-minute drive to Hanoi Train Station
Noi Bai International Airport is a 45-minute drive away
Lotus Central Hotel features a restaurant, outdoor swimming pool, a fitness center and bar in Ho Chi Minh City. Among the facilities at this property are a tour desk and luggage storage space, along with free WiFi throughout the property.
A short walk from the BTS skytrain
Daily shuttle services from the hotel take guests to popular shopping venues
Offers ticket service, laundry and currency exchange
Facilities available at the hotel include a rooftop swimming pool, garden, fitness center, and business center
2 minutes walk from the beach
Offers free WiFi, 2 outdoor pools and a restaurant
It offers outdoor dining and evening dance performances
What's included
Carefully selected accommodation with breakfast
Accommodation based on two people sharing (for each person not sharing a room, the single supplement will be added)
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Well screened Hotels
Handpicked hotels with good service and spacious room.
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Super nice location
Downtown location with convenient transportation and many good restaurants nearby.
All mentioned internal flights, trains, and cruises
Private & air-conditioned vehicle with ample space
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Best-time flight
No early get up. No late arrival.
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Better seats
Select seats for you as spacious as possible, such as exit row or bulkhead with more legroom.
All meals specified in the itinerary
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Satisfying food
Your special request on food can always be satisfied, no matter it relates to religion or medical purpose!
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Local specialities
Traditional local food is delicious and its specialities are worth searching out with our local guide!
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Little snack
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Bottles of drinking water and cold towels per guest per day
24/7 helpline while you are travelling
All excursions specified in the itinerary
All entrance fees specified in the itinerary