Vietnam Heritage Sites Tour

Arrive in Hanoi - Noi Bai International Airport. You will be met at the airport by your English-speaking guide and transferred to your hotel in downtown Hanoi.

Overnight in Hanoi

08:00 A.m: We will visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum & Museum, the One Pillar Pagoda, The French colonial Styled Presidential Palace, and the historical Temple of Literature, the first university of VietNam, built in 1070 in honor of Confucius

In the afternoon we will see the Museum of Ethnology and then attend a traditional Water Puppet show. This art originates from rural festivals in Vietnam. The artists – men and women – stand waist-deep in the water to manipulate the puppets, making them move about, talk and laugh and even dance on the surface of the water. The audience is meant to experience the atmosphere of a village festival. Then visit Hoan Kiem Lake (The Restored Sword Lake) and the Ngoc Son Temple, which is on an island in the northern part of the lake. We will enjoy a Cyclo tour along the narrow streets of the Old Quarter of Hanoi. The Old Quarter includes 36 old streets with each name representative of the type of merchandise sold in it.

Note: Please kindly note that Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (the inside) will be opened only in the morning. It will be closed every Monday and Friday. Besides the outside of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, you can still visit Ba Dinh Square, Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s House on Stilt, and One pillar pagoda as usual. The Museum of Ethnography also closed every Monday." 

Overnight in Hanoi.

After breakfast, drive to Halong Bay (3 hours), a UNESCO World Heritage site. Whoever comes to Vietnam should not miss the chance to visit Halong Bay, a picturesque blend of harmonious transition between the mountains and the sea.

The program will be changed depending on which cruise choosing.

Halong Bay is in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf and stretches over an area of 1,500 km2 with three thousand green islands that look like jewels. Upon arrival at the harbor, we will embark on a junk. We will enjoy a fresh seafood lunch on the boat while experiencing the majestic beauty of Halong Bay. The Junk is a wooden sailboat designed in a traditional Vietnamese style while offering a full range of modern amenities.

Visit the fascinating Dau Go Cave called “The Cave of Marvels” and Thien Cung Cave, the “Heavenly Palace Cave” surrounded by spectacular stalactites and stalagmites.

After dinner, enjoy fishing with local fishermen. The reflection of the limestone outcrops, the sight of fishing boats lit up in the darkness; enjoy these precious moments in one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world.

Overnight on boat

Morning alarm to practice Tai Chi and admire the sunrise. Coffee and biscuits on the junk. Continuation of the cruise to visit the caves. Brunch on board before leaving the room. Landing and departure by car to Ninh Binh. Upon arrival and check in the hotel in Ninh Binh.

Overnight in Ninh Binh. 

8:00 – 8:30: Tour guide and car pick you up at your address to depart for Ninh Binh province (98 Kms). Start tour Trang An – Bai Dinh Pagoda.

10:30 – 12:00: Arrive in Buddha Prayer place in Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight.

12:30: Have lunch in local restaurant with some local special dishes such as Goat meat with elderberry, pork …. (Lunch paid by yourself)

14:30: Depart to visit Trang An tourist attraction, take boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see scenery of mountain and rivers. Trang An is considered as  Ha Long on the land.

Overnigth in Ninh Binh

8:00 am: Our experienced driver and guide will pick you up at your hotel to be transferred to Thung Nham and get on small rowing boats to travel along the canals and admire the natural beauty of limestone peaks. Get on land and walk about 300m to visit Thien Ha Cave. The cave is 700m in length. Stalactites inside show up a fanciful space. This cave used to be buried in deep mud and has recently been discovered. You can row the boat by hand to explore Thien Ha Cave and enjoy the natural scenery, mysterious caves, and mountain.

The end tip in Ninh Binh .Getting back to the pier in Thung Nham where the driver is waiting and transfers you back to Hanoi.

We take the car and come back to Ha Noi airport for flight to Hue. 

Distance Hanoi Central – Ninh Binh: 100 km => 2hour 10 minute transfer

Arrive in Hue - Phu Bai Airport. You will be met at the airport by your English-speaking guide and transferred to your hotel in downtown Hue.

Overnight in Hue

In the morning, you will have a boat ride on the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda, built on a hill overlooking the Perfume River. We continue with King Tu Duc and King Khai Dinh’s tombs, which are of unique architecture and design. They were designed by the emperors in preparation for their life after death. A delicious lunch will be served on a boat. In the afternoon, you will visit Imperial City and Forbidden City and shop around the Dong Ba market

Overnight in Hue

After breakfast

Transfer by car to Hoi An, crossing Cloud Hill, with the possibility of making a stop to take photographs. Upon arrival in Da Nang, visit the Museum of Cham Sculpture. The afternoon is reserved for visiting the ancient city of Hoi An: the Hoi An market, the ancient house of Tan Ky, the Chinese Phuc Kien Temple, the Japanese covered bridge, the silk workshop, and free time for purchases. Overnight in Hoi An. 

Breakfast at the hotel.

The guide and driver pick you up at your  hotel and  transfer to Danang to visit Ba Na Hill.

25 km to the southwest of Da Nang at an altitude of 1,487m, Ba Na Hills are considered “One temperate place in the tropical forest” because the climate is cool all year round and you can enjoy four seasons within a single day.

Ba Na cable cars hold two Guinness World Records: the world’s longest single cable car system (5,042.62 m long) and the world's highest gap between its departure and arrival station (1,291.81 m high). Bana is still being invested in and expanded to offer tourists more attractive options. Sports leisure centers, food, and cultural exhibition are being designed. Eco-tourism destinations, nature exploitation, and other new-fangled ideas about the hidden mountain and forest areas are continuously taking shape. All of these features promise a changeable, unheard-of, and unique space, beckoning near and far tourists to come and fly up with Ba Na.

You can visit:

Golden Bridge

The image of a yellow bridge supported by giant hands only appeared on social networks not long ago but immediately attracted the community.

Located in the middle of the mountain, the bridge is designed to look soft and charming, with the entire bridge covered with a magnificent yellow. From a distance, the bridge is like a silk strip floating in white clouds. What makes the bridge more special is the large supporting hand.

Standing on the bridge, a majestic natural landscape will appear in front of you with white clouds and mountains.

After finishing Bana Hill, transfer back to Hoi An

End of your trip at hotel in the afternoon. 

Overnight in Hoian. 

Breakfast at hotel.

Free at leisure by yourselves. 

Overnight in Hoian. 

Free time at leisure for last-minute shopping before transferring to the airport for short flight to Saigon.

Arrive in Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon)- Tan Son Nhat International Airport. You will be met at the airport by your English-speaking guide and transferred to your hotel in downtown Saigon

Overnight in Saigon

08:00 am.  Morning departure to the small town of Cu Chi, located 35 km from Saigon (1h30), an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence.

Visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels Network which became legendary during the 1960s for its role in facilitating Viet Cong control of a large rural area. At its height, the tunnel system stretched from the South Vietnamese capital to the Cambodian border; in the district of Cu Chi alone, there were over 250 km of tunnels. The network, parts of which were several stories deep, included innumerable trapdoors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers, and kitchens. The tunnels of Cu Chi were built over a period of 25 years beginning in the late 1940s.

Return to Saigon for Saigon city tour. 

Visit: Reunification Palace and Ben Thanh Market.

Visit Notre Dame Cathedral (1877-1883) right on the square and the beautiful French-style Post Office (1886-1891), with its glass canopy and iron structure designed by Gustave Eiffel.

Then, visit the famous War Remnant Museum, with armored vehicles, artillery pieces, bombs, and infantry weapons displayed both outside and inside. 

Overnight in Saigon.  

Ho Chi Minh Central – Cu Chi: 50 km => 1-hour 20-minute transfer

8:00 am: Heading out of town we travel by roads to the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's largest rice bowl.

On arrival in My Tho, we embark on a boat navigating around the intricate small canals in the delta region, which is a great way to observe the local lifestyle close-up. This thrilling excursion will pass the lush green vegetation before arriving on an island. Here we have opportunities to visit some fascinating local industries, stroll around an orchard and taste many delicious seasonal fruits. After feasting on a huge lunch we return to Ho Chi Minh, stopping off along the way to see the beautiful Vinh Trang Pagoda.

The trip ends after arrival back in Ho Chi Minh

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Free time at leisure for last-minute shopping before transferring to the airport for departure home

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