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Sai Gon - Cu Chi Vinh Long Sai Gon - Nha Trang Hoi An - Hue Ha Noi Sapa Ha Noi Ha Long

Day 1: Sai Gon Arrival Upon Arrival in Saigon, our car and tour guide will meet you at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Transfer to your hotel in centre city for check-in and enjoy your rest of the day at leisure. (D) Day 2: Sai Gon Cu Chi Vinh Long Through the rubber forest to Cu Chi Tunnels in the morning, you can explore the maze of tunnels on arrival. The tunnels display various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters. After lunch at a local restaurant, you will head to Vinh Long for a night. (B, L) Day 3: Vinh Long Sai Gon Boarding a private local boat to visit Cai Be floating market and its surroundings, you then move to local family workshops and learn how to make pop-rice or rice paper. Back on board and cruise to an ancient house on An Binh Island for enjoying fresh tropical fruits and good local folk music of the wealthy Delta. Take a rowing sampan to a bonsai garden restaurant for lunch, you then drive back to Sai Gon and have free evening until time for a night train to Nha Trang (SE4 23:00). (B, L)

Day 4: Nha Trang Pick you up at railway station 5:40am then go for breakfast. Today excursion takes you to visit a selection of the numerous attractions in Nha Trang City. Take a drive to Cau Da for a visit to Vietnam Oceanographic Institute, you then go to Long Son Pagoda, Chong Promontory Rocks and Po Nagar Temples. This day tour will end after your visit to local Dam Market and back to your hotel for staying. (B, L) Day 5: Nha Trang Hoi An You have free time at leisure for hanging around, tasting some local foods or just relaxing at the hotel. Transfer to Da Nang by night train. (TN2 18:36) (B) Day 6: Hoi An 07:50 pick you up at railway station then go for breakfast with traditional food in Da Nang before drive to Hoi An. continue with our private car to a World Heritage My Son Holy Land, a capital and religious center of Cham people. After lunch, it is light excursion to go around tiny town of Hoi An for city tour to Japanese Bridge, Chinese temple, Vietnamese former merchants' house. Overnight in Hoi An (B, L) Day 7: Hoi An Depart from the hotel at 9:00 am, you bike to Tra Que Vegetable Village for one day living and working with local farmer experience which includes working in the field if you like, or merely observing and learning about the system and the fresh ingredient. Upon returning to the house, you are all treated to an herbal foot massage followed by a session of cooking local dishes then biking back to the hotel. (B, L) Option: You can spend more time for relax at An Bang Beach when the tour end.

Day 8: Hoi An Hue Leaving Hoi An to Hue City in morning, you will stop for seeing Non Nuoc stone carving village and Cham museum in Da Nang. Passing the spectacular Hai Van pass and the scenic fishing village of Lang Co, you then reach to Hue and have lunch at a local garden. Afternoon, you will visit Imperial Citadel of Nguyen Dynasty ruled from 1802 1945. Stay overnight in Hue. (B, L)

Day 9: Hue Ha Noi Today, you will take a boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River to visits Hues bestknown religious sites, Thien Mu Pagoda then take a drive to tombs of emperors Tu Duc & Khai Dinh. This guided tour will gives you a deep understanding about Kings philosophy of geomancy and how this affected royal life. You are free until take a night train to Ha Noi (SE4 17:11). (B)

Day 10: Ha Noi 05:00am pick you up railway station then go for breakfast and take coffee. Your tour today includes a visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ethnology Museum, One Pillar Pagoda, Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda. You will have free afternoon and overnight in Ha Noi. (B, L)

Day 11: Ha Noi Sapa Leave Ha Noi at 08:00am, you head south for a 2-hour drive then spend one hour visit the Dinh and Le sanctuaries before move on to Tam Coc for a boat trip along the Boi River with caves and ancient temples along the way. After lunch you can make a visit to Bich Dong Pagodas. Drive back to Ha Noi for a night train to Lao Cai. (B, L)

Day 12: Sapa Arrive in Lao Cai Station in early morning, you will be picked up by private car then transfer to Sapa. After breakfast, you follow a road going through a market and downhill to Cat Cat village. You will stop by a waterfall and a hydroelectric station for a while before trek on a dirt trail through rice paddy terraced with spectacular scenery along a narrow river. You return Sapa by car for free time shopping and stay overnight. (B)

Day 13: Sapa Ha Noi You will have a free day to explore unique Sapa with baking food along the road, local market or Ham Rong Mount nearby the town. At 17:00pm, you are transferred to train station for a night train back to Ha Noi. (B)

Day 14: Ha Long Bay 05:00am pick you up at Ha Noi railway station then go for breakfast and coffee shop before drive to Ha Long Bay with a stop for handicraft shopping on the way. Embark on Oriental Sails at noon, you will savor a delectable lunch while cruise further along the limestone islands of Fighting Cock, Turtle Island After a visit to Amazing Cave and kayak along the hidden parts of the Bay, you have free time for swimming, snapping photos or just relax on the beach. Overnight on board. (B, L, D)

Day 15: Ha Long Ha Noi Start your day with swimming, doing exercise or photo hunting with breakfast at sunrise. You then cruise to Ba Hang Fishing Village, pass Dog Rock and Incense Burner. Disembark Oriental Sails at noon for a drive back to Ha Noi, you have free time on arrival for shopping, have dinner or just relax at your hotel. (B, L)

Day 16: Ha Noi Departure You have free time at leisure until time transfer to the airport for departure flight. (B) Price per pax (USD) Adult Child (2-9 year old) $1,364 $750 The price based on 2 travelers in group. Single Supplement $305

Inclusions Full transportation by private car & Boat trip as tour program indicated Accommodation & Meals as indicated in the itinerary Train tickets as indicated (Soft sleeper in cabin of 4 persons) English Speaking Guide Full entrance fees Travel insurance Exclusions Airport taxes, Visas Tips & Personal expenses