• Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days, the best of Vietnam from Hanoi

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This Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days offers you the best of Vietnam to visit. This trip is personalized for those who have time and want to visit all famous parts of Vietnam. You will star from Hanoi with visits to the most attractions of the capital city of thousand year old. Mai Chau is famous for spectacular landscape and the local White Thai people with their unique traditional life style. Hoa Lu was capital of Dai Co Viet and Dai Viet from 968 – 1010 under Dinh, Le and Ly Dynasty. Trang An a World Natural and Cultural Heritage is really worth to visit. Halong Bay is absolutely not able to be missed for any traveler to Vietnam, unique landscape of Halong bay will fascinate you right at the first glance.

Say goodbye to Northern Vietnam you will take short flight to Hue city in center of Vietnam. Hue is a beautiful, quiet and relaxing city, rich in nature, architecture and art. Hoi An was listed as UNESCO heritage in 1999, Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. You will also take 2-days tour to Mekong delta is one of the best ways to experience Southern Vietnamese rural life.


Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days’ destinations: HanoiMai ChauNinh BinhHalong BayHueHoi AnHo Chi MinhMekong Delta.


Brief Itinerary – Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Mekong Delta Tourist Attractions 4

A fruit garden in Mekong delta

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival and Street food tour (D)

Day 2: Hanoi City Tour Full day + Water Puppet Show (B,L)

Day 3: Hanoi – Mai Chau , Homestay White Thai People (B,L,D)

Day 4: Mai Chau trekking tour full day (B,L,D)

Day 5: Mai Chau – Ninh Binh, Hoa Lu Trang An Complex (B,L,D)

Day 6: Ninh Binh – Halong, Overnight On Cruise (B,L,D)

Day 7: Halong – Hanoi, Flight To Hue (B,L)

Day 8: Hue City Tour, Transfer To Hoi An (B,L)

Day 9: Visit Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary (B,L)

Day 10: Hoi An Free Day, Flight To Ho Chi Minh (B)

Day 11: Sai Gon – Mekong Delta – Can Tho (B,L)

Day 12: Mekong Delta – Sai Gon (B,L)

Day 13: Visit Ho Chi Minh City Tour, Departure Flight (B,L)


What is included in this Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days?

  • Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
  • Accommodation based on shared twin/double room including daily breakfast
  • Meals as indicated in the program, B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner.
  • Experienced English or French speaking guide (for other languages supplements apply)
  • All sightseeing fees for mentioned visits
  • Domestic flight tickets Hanoi – Hue, Danang – Sai Gon
  • Hanoi traditional foot massage
  • Homestay in Mai Chau
  • Private deluxe cabin on Halong Cruise
  • Bottled mineral water
  • Hanoi free food tour
  • Vietnam SIM Card with wide band 3G, internet access and calls
  • International airfare and other not mention up above
  • Personal expenses (Laundry, telephone, etc …)
  • Tips & travel insurance
  • Bank charge fees for payment
  • Early check-in and late check-out at hotels
  • Other services not mentioned
  • The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed in the afternoons, on Mondays and Fridays, and from early October to early December.
  • Activities on Halong Bay are subjected to change upon customer’s specific request for the cruise.
  • Most museums are closed on Mondays. In case your trip coincides with these days, alternatives will be suggested.
  • Please dress modestly for the temple visits. Non-sleeve shirts and short trousers are NOT allowed inside the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

Detailed Tour Program – Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Day 1: Hanoi arrival | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Ma May St, Hanoi Old Quarter

Hanoi Tours Expert welcomes you to Ha Noi, Vietnam’s bustling colonial capital. There are so many things to do in Hanoi. Travel to Hanoi you will have opportunities to explore many architect culture buildings which built since feudal time to colonial time. Beautiful landscapes of nature, unique craft villages existed for hundreds of years, interesting traditional cultural festivals, all will attract you during your stay in Hanoi.

Your driver and guide will meet you outside the baggage claim of Noi Bai Airport and take you to your hotel in the city center.

Depending on your arrival time, we will manage some visits for you to have first experiences with our capital city such as walking tour in the Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ho Chi Minh complex, Temple of Literature or attending Water puppet show – a fantastic art form, unique to Vietnam and best seen in Hanoi.

Tonight our guide will take you for Ha Noi food on foot tour to taste several special and delicious foods in Ha Noi.

Meals: dinner 

overnight: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi city tour | Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Nightlife in Hanoi Old Quarter

Today you have a full day to explore Vietnam’s charming capital. With its wide tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and ancient oriental pagodas, Ha Noi is an eclectic mix that offers something for everyone.

Your city tour will take you to Ha Noi’s key sites: the Ho Chi Minh Complex (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and stilt house), the nearby One Pillar Pagoda; the Presidential Palace; the Temple of Literature; the Quan Thanh Temple, the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda & West Lake

Lunch in local restaurant, then continue to visit one of the city’s museums (a choice between the History Museum and the Ethnology Museum). In the evening enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Performance – a unique Vietnamese Art form hailing from Southeast Asia’s Wet-rice culture.

Today will be a very interesting experience with culture, history and local life and also traffic of the city. Our experienced tour guide will introduce the hidden charms of Hanoi that you would never know from any guide books.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch 

Overnight: Hotel in Hanoi 

Day 3: Hanoi – Mai Chau | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

The scenic Mai Chau valley

Mai Chau is home to several hill tribal groups, including White Thai people. Most of them live in stilt houses with thatched roofs and make a living out of terraced rice field cultivation and brocade weaving. Mai Chau is the unique place, offering the paramount in natural relaxation and cultural exploration. Mai Chau is an ideal place for trekking tours and homestay tours.

Depart at 8.00 am. The distance from Hanoi to Mai Chai is about 150km to the southwest and the journey takes about 4 hours. Right after Hoa Binh city, you drive up a long pass, the road weaves through spectacular mountains, beautiful villages and fertile lands.

On the top of the Thung Khe Pass you have great opportunity to take photos of entire Mai Chau Valley, leave the main road after five kilometers you arrive Mai Chau Town, surrounded by spectacular mountains and hills and rice paddies.

After having lunch in local family your guide will take you for short trek around the villages, the trek offers you opportunities to chat with local people, to see their daily life and even take part in their activities.

Enrich your travel experiences by sharing the night in the White Thai family, you can learn a lot more about their fascinating culture first hand.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner  

Overnight: Homestay in Mai Chau 

Day 4: Mai Chau Full day trekking to villages | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Trekking in Mai Chau

Enjoy breakfast then transfer by car to Hang Kia (45 minutes), passing villages of Muong and Dzao tribal groups. Stop on the way to visit Pa Co and Xa Linh communes, home to H’mong people with their interesting ethnic market (every Sunday morning in Xa Linh). Arrive in Hang Kia, a typical H’mong village, peacefully nestled in a small valley at 1200m altitude.

The trek today is consider as the most beautiful trekking route in Mai Chau area. Your trek will start from Hang Kia, goes through the beautiful village of Hmong people, rain forests and maize fields before reaching villages of White Thai People on the other side of the mountain where our car is waiting for your for transfer to Mai Chau.

If your day is Sunday you will have chance to visit Pa Co market. Pa Co Sunday Market which is 40km away from Mai Chau is H’mong ethnic market opening on every Sunday from 6am to 10am. Visiting H’mong’s Pa Co Sunday market, visitors will see H’mong boys and girls in their traditional colorful costumes going to the market to buy, sell essential items and especially see their lovers.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner  

Overnight: Homestay in Mai Chau 

Day 5: Mai Chau – Ninh Binh | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Boat tour in Tam Coc, Ninh Binh

After breakfast depart for the 4 hours drive to Ninh Binh, along the way please be sure you have your camera ready for when you reach to the top of the Mai Chau Valley itself, the views are super.

Ninh Binh region is one of the most beautiful parts of Vietnam with it’s dramatic scenery and historical temples. The rice fields here become other – worldly and the mountains have earned the area the nick name “Dry Ha Long Bay or Ha Long Bay On Land”, a moniker borne out by the limestone karsts which dominate the landscape.

Upon arriving visit Hoa Lu, ancient capital of Vietnam since the 10th century, having lunch in local restaurant then board your private sampan for a boat trip through Trang An complex, the area has recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage. Pass through cave formations and lotus fields (in the summer) and reach a quaint pagoda before returning on the same route. Spend the night at hotel in Ninh Binh.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch  

Overnight: Hotel in Ninh Binh 

Day 5: Ninh Binh – Halong | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

A corner of Halong Bay, Vietnam

Halong Bay is a famous tourist destination of Vietnam, located in the West Bank of the North Sea in the North East Coast of Vietnam. With thousands of magnificent islands, miraculous formations of natural creation, Ha Long Bay has been recognized by UNESCO as the natural heritage of the world. Ha Long tourism has the advantage of beautiful scenery, attractive to both domestic and international tourists.

After breakfast depart for the 4 hours drive through the Red River Delta to Ha Long City for your overnight boat trip on Ha Long Bay. Check in procedures and transfer to your boat for the overnight journey into the Bay.

Lunch is served on board as you cruise into Ha Long Bay. Cruise by rock formations with such names as Sail, Dog and Incense Pot. Towards the end of the day set anchor for the night as the sun sets followed by dinner. Spend the night on private cabin Halong bay cruise.

Note: we offer wide ranges of Halong Bay cruises from Luxury cruises to budget cruises. Please let us know your need then we will select the right cruise for your desire and budget.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner   

Overnight: Halong cruise 

Day 7: Halong – Hanoi – Hue | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Ba Hang fishing village on Halong Bay

Rise early to witness the dramatic sunrise over the bay and enjoy a Tai Chi demonstration on the sun deck. Relax with a cup of hot coffee or tea before departing for the splendid Sung Sot grotto where stalactites hanging from the high ceiling take on numerous shapes and forms.

Enjoy a late buffet brunch on board while cruising back to shore. Drive back to Hanoi with a short stop at a pottery workshop, drive to Hanoi airport for your onward flight to Hue.

Take rowing boat to one of the fishing villages on the Bay. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The coastal fishing villages in Ha Long are peaceful, fresh, and is interesting stopover destinations for visitors. The destination for this experience could be Vung Vieng fishing village, Cua Van fishing village, Ba Hang fishing village …

Arrive Hue city in the evening, pick up by local guide for transfer to hotel for check in.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Overnight: Hotel in Hue

Day 8: Hue city tour | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Hue’s girls in traditional Vietnamese dress

Breakfast at hotel. 8:00 am, guide pick up at hotel for cruise on Perfume River to visit to Thien Mu pagoda, the Imperial Citadel where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945.

You will also stop to visit the Flag Tower, Noon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa Palace, and the Forbidden Purple City.

Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch we will visit other key sites of Hue before taking 2-hours drive to Hoi an.

Khai Dinh tomb: The tomb of Emperor Khai Dinh (1885 -1925) the 12th King of Nguyen dynasty.

Minh Mang tomb: The tomb of Emperor Ming Mang (1791-1841) the 2ndh King of Nguyen dynasty.

Conical hat village: To see and learn how the locals make the conical hat (non la). Non la is traditional indispensable accessory expressing the hidden charm and simplicity of women.

Incense stick making village: Observe how locals make sandalwood and cinnamon incense.

Car pick up for 2 hours drive over Hai Van Pass to Hoi An ancient town.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Overnight: Hotel in Hoi an 

Day 9: Tour to Hoian and My Son | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

My Son holy land, 50km from Hoi An

Hoi An is a small coastal city in the center of Vietnam, 800km away from Hanoi and 30km away from Da Nang city to the south. Hoi An is absolute a “must see” for any one travel to Vietnam, whether you start your trip from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.

Breakfast at hotel then enjoy a walking tour around the ancient town centre and take in the former merchants’ house, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge and the colourful market with its stalls brimming with local specialties. Lunch in town then drive to My Son, a World Heritage, 50 km southwest of Hoi An.

Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries.

My Son, considered to be in the same league as some of Southeast Asia’s greatest archaeological sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya in Thailand and Borobudur in Indonesia.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Overnight: Hotel in Hoi an 

Day 10: Da nang flight to Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Hoi An ancient town, Central Vietnam

Today you are free on your own to discover Hoi An till catch the flight in the afternoon to Sai Gon.

Spend the day at leisure on the beach, learning the secrets of Vietnamese cuisine with a cooking class or having clothes made by one of Hoi An’s famous – and famously inexpensive tailors! Your day is free to do as little or as much as you like.

Hoi An does not offer famous tourist attractions only but also handicraft villages with many types of handicrafts such as weaving mats, weaving fabrics, pottery, lacquer …

We will suggest other option is take cycling trip to countryside villages around Hoi An, if you wish to do this option please contact us or tell your local guide in Hoi An.

Arrive Ho Chi Minh late in the afternoon, check in hotel then free at your leisure.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Overnight: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh 

Day 11: Ho Chi Minh – Mekong | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Discover Mekong delta on boat

Today you leave Saigon and travel to the Mekong River Delta. Enjoy an early breakfast at the hotel before driving to the riverside town, Cai Be. Along the way, stop at a candy factory and orchard garden, where you have an opportunity to listen to traditional music.

Enjoy a relaxing lunch at a riverside restaurant, then cross the Mekong by motorized boat to visit some fluvial islands and explore the countryside by bicycle. Your driver and will meet you at Vinh Long jetty and take you to Can Tho City for the night.

Note: today you can spend the night at hotel or Mekong cruise or homestay. Please tell us your favourite choice then we will arrange to match your travel interest.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Overnight: Hotel in Can Tho 

Day 12: Mekong – Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Floating market on Mekong river

The Mekong Delta is fertile land created by the alluvial of the Mekong. Mekong delta has more than 54,000 km long of water system that help to feature a typical culture with floating markets which are is not found anywhere in Vietnam. Floating markets are associated with local people since the land reclamation, floating market is a place to live, trade and exchange goods and is a distinct tourist attraction in the region of Mekong delta.

Wake early and leave the hotel to visit the famous Cai Rang floating market by motorboat.

Continue the boat ride to visit the Mekong Delta’s famous orchards and sample the fresh, exotic fruit.

Then venture deeper into the countryside, passing traditional houses made of wood and palm leaves as you observe the activities of the local people.

Return to Can Tho for lunch then drive back to Saigon, arriving in the late afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Overnight: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh 

Day 13: Ho Chi Minh departure | Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days

Vietnam Tour Package 12 Days

Ho Chi Minh central church

The city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh in 1976, but most Vietnamese people still call it Sai Gon. Depending on your departure flight today we will arrange visits to match your time schedule.

Visit Presidential Palace, The Old Saigon Post Office. After this historical visit continues to the War Remnants Museum where exhibition halls display imagery of both the French and ‘American’ wars.

Continue to the Jade Emperor Pagoda located on the fringes of District 1.

Dating from 1909 and built by Cantonese Buddhists this quiet oasis was designed using feng shui principles showcasing ornate statues and effigies. After visiting you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home. End of all services of the Vietnam Tour Package 13 Days.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch


 

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