THE BEST OF VIETNAM

You will he warmly welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and transfer to your hotel for check-in. Check in time is 14:00. On this afternoon, you will explore the most famous sites in city including the impressive Museum of Ethnology, ranked at most favorite museums in Vietnam. You will see many exhibits, photographs and actual houses inhabited by some of the 54 ethnic people in Vietnam. It will offer a truly colorful introduction to these ethnic tribes. From here, you will enjoy a Cyclo tour around Hanoi's vibrant Old Quarter and HoanKlem Lake, the focal point of the city. Lastly, in the late afternoon, you will be enchanted by the legends and stories told at the Thong Long Water Puppet Show that no one should miss while visiting Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, hotel

You will be greeted at your hotel at 7:30 am and drive to Halong City on 4 hours ride. Upon arrival at Ha Long Bay, you will board our boat for a four hour cruise of this stunning Ha Long Bay. The Bay is one of the world's natural wonders dotted with more than 3,000 islands which time, wind and waves have sculpted into fantastic shapes. The best way to appreciate this magical scene is from a boat, cruising between the karst cliffs, which look like Fairdale castles. Complete with rocky spines and hidden caves. As the boat start to cruise, you will enjoy lunch on boat. On the cruising time we will stop to visit one of the most beautiful limestone caves in the area. After 4 hour navigation and explore the bay, you will go back to the harbor for a drive back to your hotel in Hanoi. Flee at leisure on the rest of the day. Overnight in Hanoi.

Inclusion: Shuttle bus, guide, entrance fees, breakfast, lunch, boat, hotel.

This morning city tour will have you drive to Ho Chi Minh's complex, including the mausoleum of the nation, founder and leader. The Presidential Palace and Uncle Ho's wooden stilt house can also be seen here. One of must-see places in the complex is the One Pillar pagoda dating back tothe 11th century. The next stop is the Temple of Literature, the site of Vietnam, oldest university and dedicated to one of the world's most famous scholars, Confucius. Inside the temple grounds, huge steles rest on the backs of even larger stone turtles (in Vietnam, culture, the turtle represents longevity). The stele recorded the names of the successful candidates who later became mandarins in the Emperor's court. Transfer to the airport for the departure flight to Ho Chi Minh City. You will be greeted by your guide upon arrival at HCMCs Tan Son Nhat international airport. You will then be escorted to your hotel in town for a two-night stay. You'll then have a relaxing overnight stay in HCMC.

Inclusion: Transfer, breakfast, entrance fee, guide, hotel.

In the morning you will visit the Reunification Palace, the Opera House and the Hotel de Ville. If desired, you can also visit the moving War Remnants Museum, containing a wealth of images from the Vietnam wars, help you understand the history of Vietnam further.. You'll also be able to explore colorful outdoor markets and Dong Khoi Street, the city's main shopping boulevard with shops selling clothes and accessories by new Vietnamese designers, hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and houseware. In the afternoon you will take a drive to visit Cu Chi tunnels - At its height, the tunnel system stretched over 250km. from Saigon to the Cambodian border and was three levels deep. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the U.S.-Vietnam American must have been like. Back to HCMC and free at leisure. Overnight in HCMC.

Inclusion: Transfer, breakfast, entrance fee, guide, hotel

At 8:00 AM we pick you up at your hotel then we have about 2 hours transfer to My Tho, the first town on the main branch of Mekong. On arrival to My Tho city, we will drive to Rach Mieu suspension bridge with its panorama view of the Mekong surrounds 4 islands here. From this bridge, the Mekong travel approximately 50km to the ocean. These islands include Thoi Son, Tan Long, Con Qui, Con Phung which stretch out more than 15km on the Mekong river. Looking further to your left, this main branch of Mekong will split into Cua Dai and Cua Tieu estuary to the ocean. Further on to the toll gate, you will pass Ba Lai river, another small branch of Mekong that flow to Ba Tri town, a famous area with thousands of birds living in the mangrove forest.

On arrival in Ben Tre, we will get on board for one hour cruise on Ben Tre river, a tributary of Ham Luong – the 4th branch of Mekong river. Sit back and relax on board, drift down the busy branch of the Ham Luong and into the peaceful canal. We visit a brick kiln and a coconut shell husking workshop. See the daily life of farmers and try the hard work taking shell of the coconut that is unique to the region.

As our boat cruise inner the natural waterways, we visit a coconut-candy workshop, a main product that made Ben Tre famous. We disembark at a local market of Nhon Thanh commune and start our walk 500m on village road, explore the market products. We visit a farmer workshop making sleeping mats, an old tradition hand weaving sedge mat or rush mat. Then, the Mekong adventure is on, see what life is really like for locals by explore this quiet island by bicycle or more relaxing way by hop on a Lambretta triporteur an old 1960 traditional tricycle in South Vietnam. This Lambretta adventure will be winding around the coconut palms, bitter melon or cucumber farms to a farmer house that we break for lunch and relax.

In the afternoon, we explore a bit more of coconut farms and fruit orchards of this village on foot. It’s about 700 m promenade through the village, and the villagers will welcome us on their wooden sampan for a paddling on small waterway. This hand-rowing sampan slowly cruise under the canopy of water coconut palms along the canals. Our boat will pick us again and cruise back to the boat landing in BenTre town. Then we drive back to Saigon. If time permitting, we will stop in Ben Luc for a short walk to the rice field, see the process of planting rice and harvest the crop. Our tour end in HCM City around 5:00 PM.

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, local boat, lunch, seasonal fruit, hotel

Meet our driver at the hotel lobby then transfer to Saigon airport for departure flight. Goodbye and see you again soon!

Inclusion: Transfer drop off, breakfast