AUTHENTICITY OF VIETNAM 12 DAYS 11 NIGHTS
AUTHENTICITY OF VIETNAM 12 DAYS 11 NIGHTS
ITINERARY IN BRIEF
| Day | Date | Trip in Brief | Hotels 5* | Guide & Driver |
| 1 | Hanoi arrival / walks in the Old Quarter of 36 corporations (-). Flight arrival ? | The Oriental Jade 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 2 | Hanoi/ visits & discovery of Culture, Tradition & History (B,L) | The Oriental Jade 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 3 | Hanoi - Halong Bay, cruise & activities (B,L,D) | Rosy Junk 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 4 | Halong Bay / cruise - Ninh Binh (Halong Bay land) (B,L) | Emeralda Resort 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 5 | Ninh Binh / visits & walks & discovery of beautiful landscape - Hanoi & flight to Hue (B,L). Flight about 18:00 | Silk Path Grand 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 6 | Hue / visits et discovery of Old capital under Nguyen's dynasty (B,L) | Silk Path Grand 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 7 | Hue / Visits - Cloud Pass / Danang - Hoi An (B,L) | Silk Sense Resort 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 8 | Hoi An / discovery outside with the activities (B,L) | Silk Sense Resort 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 9 | Hoi An - Danang & flight to Can Tho (Mekong)/ Visits & walks (B,L).
Flight about 15:00 |
Sheraton 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 10 | Can Tho / Floating market – Saigon (B,L) | La vela Saigon 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 11 | Saigon/ Visits & discovery (B,L) | La vela Saigon 5* | Guide & Driver | |
| 12 | Saigon/ Free time - Transfer to Airport (B). Flight departure | Guide & Driver | ||
| Remark: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
English Speaking Private Tour Guide Private Driver with Private Car/ Minivan/ Autocar |
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Remark
Check-in and check-out times in hotels are generally very strict and applied according to international standards:
+ Check in (rooms available): From 02:00 PM
+ Check out: Before 12:00 PM
Failure to respect these times will require an additional 50% of the total price of the night:
+ Check out after 12:00 and before 06:00 PM: 50% of the public room price
+ Check out after 06:00 PM: 100% of the public price
Hotel’s list during the trip
| Place | Hotel’s Name | Room Category | Web |
| Hanoi | The Oriental Jade 5* | Sapphire Old Quarter View | https://theorientaljadehotel.com/ |
| Halong Bay | Rosy Junk 5* | Executive Room | http://rosycruise.com/ |
| Ninh Binh | Emeralda Resort 5* | Superior Room | https://www.emeraldaresort.com/ |
| Hue | Silk Path Grand 5* | Classic Room | https://silkpathhotel.com/en/Hue/ |
| Hoi An | Silk Sense Resort 5* | Deluxe River View room | https://silksenseresort.com/ |
| Can Tho | Sheraton 5* | Deluxe room | https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/vcasi-sheraton-can-tho/overview/ |
| Saigon | La Véla Saigon 5* | Luxury room | http://lavelasaigon.com/ |
Program in details
| Day | Date | Descriptions in details | Hotels 5* |
| 1 | Hanoi arrival / walks in the Old Quarter of 36 corporations (-).
Arrival flight ? At your arrival, meeting with our tour guide & driver for the transfer to hotel. With a Tour Guide, you Take A walk in the Old quarter of 36 corporations for the 1st discovery in Hanoi – Capital of Vietnam. The rest of day is free at leisure or for a first discovery of the city by yourself. Overnight in Hanoi |
The Oriental Jade 5* | |
| 2 | Hanoi/ visits & discovery of Culture, tradition & history (B,L)
Breakfast at hotel. 08h30: Your guide welcomes you at hotel and starts by visiting the Museum of Ethnology which includes costumes, tools, musical instruments and some houses of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups (closed on Mondays). Then we visit the Temple of Literature, the "first university of Vietnam" and Tran Quoc Pagoda built in the 5th century. Visit the beautiful Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son Temple. A walking tour in the Old Quarters of Hanoi allows you to understand the local life before attending the evening Water Puppet Show. A visit of Street Train for the photos Free dinner.Night in Hanoi. |
The Oriental Jade 5* | |
| 3 | Hanoi - Halong Bay, cruise & activities (B,L,D). Night on board
After breakfast, Meeting with your team of tour guide & driver for the departure for Halong Bay, passing the traditional Vietnamese countryside with its villages, markets, rice fields. Stop for a short break, visit a workshop manufacturing ceramics and a school of training of all traditional artisan crafts of Vietnam. Arrival in Halong around noon, boarding the junk. Stop at the Surprise cave, we visit a mysterious atmosphere by thousands of stalagmites and stalactites, then climb the top of Titov island or go swimming at the beach if time permits. Back to cruise, admiring the sunset on the sundeck of the Junk, attend the cooking class and enjoy the Happy hour (buy two drinks, get one free). Dinner and overnight on board. |
Rosy Junk 5* | |
| 4 | Halong Bay / cruise - Ninh Binh (Halong Bay land) (B/L)
After breakfast, continue the cruise through the Bay passing very beautiful places on return direction. Before landing, we take lunch on board early. At the pier, driver and guide await to take you to Ninh Binh, crossing the Red River delta. On the way to Ninh Binh, visit and explore the ceramic village of Dong Trieu. Arrival in Ninh Binh. Free dinner and overnight in Ninh Binh. |
Emeralda Resort 5* | |
| 5 | Ninh Binh / visits & walks & discovery of beautiful landscape - Hanoi & flight to Hue. (B/L)
Flight about 18:00 Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast your guide will take you to Tam Coc, a bamboo rowboat awaits you for an unforgettable 2 hours ride through a natural landscape with visiting the caves of Tam Coc. A show at once sublime and relaxing. Afterward take a bike ride to Bich Dong Pagoda located on the hillside. Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, get on the bus for a drive to the airport for your flight to Hue. On the way make a stop to visit the Bai Dinh Pagoda a large complex with many buildings. Inside you can see a bronze Buddha Sykamuni statue 10 meters high and 100 tons heavy which is certified as the biggest statue in Vietnam. Arrive in Hue, welcomed by local guide and driver then transfer to hotel for check in. Free dinner & Overnight in Hue. |
Silk Path Grand 5* | |
| 6 | Hue / visit et discovery of Old capital under Nguyen's dynasty (B,L)
After breakfast, One day of discovery & visits in Hue. The capital of the Nguyen dynasty between 1802-1945, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1993, Hue offers its visitors a perfect picture of harmony between many well-preserved charms of the milieu of natural historical sites. You will begin the city tour by boat to Thien Mu Pagoda, located along the Perfume River. The cruise takes you to the Minh Mang tomb, this majestic tomb reflects the Eastern philosophy of harmony between man and nature. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the Imperial Citadel, a Vauban style architecture, built between 1805 and 1832 in the style of the Chinese Imperial Palace. At the end of the day, a walk to Dong Ba market where you will find the best conical hats in Vietnam. Free diner & Night at the same hotel. |
Silk Path Grand 5* | |
| 7 | Hue / visits - Cloud Pass / Danang - Hoi An (B,L)
After breakfast. We will visit a village specialized in the manufacture of conical hats and incense sticks then we will go to see the tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, located in the middle of frangipani trees and pines. It is not a simple tomb, it evokes the idea of eternal life more than death. Let's continue with a visit to the old Tu Hieu pagoda and its magnificent architecture. Lunch in a local restaurant before taking the road to Da Nang, passing by the famous Cloud Pass road. We will have a very nice view of tens of kilometers of Lang Co peninsula’s beach. In Danang city, we will visit the Dragon Bridge. Continue to Hoi An, once called Hai Fo or Fai Fo, was among the most active commercial ports in all of Asia, during the 17th to 18th centuries: Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Indonesians, then French and Dutch rubbed shoulders there. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, this charming city fascinates us not only by the authenticity of the architecture, the romantic landscapes of the river and the beach, but above all by the phantasmagorical light of the lanterns after sunset. Free dinner at a local restaurant & Overnight in Hoi An. |
Silk Sense Resort 5* | |
| 8 | Hoi An / discovery outside with the activities, & visit of Old town Hoi An (B,L)
Breakfast at the hotel, Meeting with the guide at 08:00 AM for a day of visits and discoveries on bike the city of Hoi An and its suburbs. Take the bike ride to the authentic villages of the suburbs of Hoi An, then a sampan basket ride to the nautical palm arroyos to see the fishing activities. We continue the bike rides towards the villages of Cam Thanh and Kim Bong where you will rest at home and attend the family cooking class. Have lunch with the inhabitants. Relaxing with traditional foot massages, a siesta and return to Hoi An to visit historical sites such as the old traditional Vietnamese houses, the house of the Chinese congregation, the Japanese covered bridge in the old town. Return to the hotel or stay in town for your personal discoveries. Free dinner in a restaurant in town and overnight in Hoi An. |
Silk Sense Resort 5* | |
| 9 | Hoi An - Danang & flight to Can Tho (Mekong)/ Visits & walks (B).
Flight about 15:00 Breakfast at the hotel, check-out And then meeting with the driver for the transfer to Danang airport for the flight to CAN THO. Arrival in CAN THO, welcome by the local team and then transfer to hotel for check-in In the afternoon, you make the visits and walks in places: the old houses, the pagoda and visit a garden of exotic fruit trees + tasting of these fruits on site. Free dinner & overnight in Can Tho. |
Sheraton 5* | |
| 10 | Can Tho / Floating market - Saigon/ Visits (B,L)
Breakfast Early departure (around 07:00) for a boat trip on the 2nd arm of the Mekong. Visit the floating market of CAIRANG, the liveliest and most typical of the delta. Disembark then take the road to Saigon via the Mekong Delta, with stop lunch at local restaurant with the local specialty "Elephant Ear Fish" Arrival in Saigon, visit to: ChinaTown - Cho Lon with its congested streets and Binh Tay market full of goods: fruits, vegetables, fish, plants, roots and dried seaweed constituting the basic ingredients of the traditional Chinese pharmacopeia. Photo stop in front of the Reunification Palace: built from 1962 to 1966 in place of the Palace of the Governor General of Indochina dating from 1865. The palace has 95 rooms, each of which is decorated according to its function. There are also two showrooms, a 33-room house to accommodate guests, and several facilities for entertaining such as a tennis court and stilt houses. On April 30, 1975, tanks of the North Vietnamese army smashed through the heavy wrought iron gates of the palace. South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh and 45 members of his government surrendered without resisting. Notre-Dame Cathedral: built in red brick in a neo-Romanesque style between October 1877 and April 1880, it has two square bell towers 40 m high, topped with iron spires. The Central Post Office: built by Gustave Eiffel, it offers a very beautiful glass roof framed in iron. Free dinner & Overnight in Saigon |
La vela Saigon 5* | |
| 11 | Saigon/ Visits & discovery (B,L)
Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, meet with your guide and driver for a full day discovery of Saigon. First you will visit to Opera House and City Hall, both were built during the colonial time and bear clear mark of French colonial architecture. Then go to War Remnants Museum where there is a vast display of machinery, weapons, photos, and documentation of Vietnam War. In the courtyard massive military vehicles are for exhibition as well as tiger cages for the visitor to get a feel on how it was to be a prisoner during wartime. In the museum building itself, each floor represents a separate theme from the war and the war crimes committed. After lunch, continue the day with a visit to Ngoc Hoang Pagoda (Jade Emperor). The pagoda boasts a set of about 300 ancient statues, including 100 made from cardboard, presenting a meeting of genies with the Jade Emperor. Using only paper and bamboo laths, artisans created lively statues with an august nuance. Afterward go shopping at Ben Thanh Market. Free dinner & Overnight in Saigon. |
La vela Saigon 5* | |
| 12 | Wednesday, 2 January 2024 | Saigon/ Free time - Transfer to Airport (B).
Departure flight ? After breakfast Free time until the check-out Meeting with your guide & driver for the transfer to Airport for your Back flight. |
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enjoying your trip !
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Tipping Policy
The question of tips is always very delicate. At first it is not compulsory, but it is a very present custom in tourism, by basing itself on the degree of satisfaction regarding services provided.Actually, it became traditional to give a tip to the baggage handlers in hotels, the drivers of rickshaw, the driver and especially guides. This fact is practical and depends on a scale at least.
Secondly we advise you not to give too small tips. It's better to give nothing than to give a too modest sum.
