A Glimpse of Vietnam

Xin Chao! Welcome to Vietnam. Upon arriving in Hanoi, Dandelion Ad’ tour guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel downtown for check-in. The rest of the day you are free at leisure.

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi City
 

08:00    Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel lobby. Start your tour with a visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, Stilt House and One Pillar Pagoda. Then, visit the Temple of Literature - Confucius temple, this is also known as Vietnam's first university dating from 1070.

12:00    Lunch at local restaurant.

Continue the tour to the Museum of Ethnology, which displays a wide variety of artifacts dedicated to Vietnam's 54 ethnic minorities from the mountains to the coast.
After that, it is a walking journey through traditional craft streets in the 36 old quarters, visiting Ngoc Son Temple located on Hoan Kiem Lake, a unique landmark of Hanoi at sunset on the lake.

17:00    Back to the hotel, free time to walk around.

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi City

8:30    Our driver will pick you up at your hotel for Halong cruise in about 3 hours.

11:30    Our cruise representative will greet you and offer you cold drinks, after introducing the yacht and guiding you through the check-in procedures.

You'll enjoy a seafood lunch on deck while the cruise delves into the heritage area. The journey will pass through hundreds of large and small islands with typical names of Ha Long before stopping at a small island where you can kayak or swimming on the jade green water, without waves.

The cruise will take you to visit a cave under the limestone mountains to a small clear bay, which is home to schools of fish during the breeding season before returning to the yacht for a light drink at sunset over the bay.

19:00        Dinner will be prepared with delicious dishes in a peaceful and interesting space

07:00     Start your day with a tai chi class in the fresh air with small dew drops in the air, then sip a hot cup of coffee in the morning birdsong over the sparkling bay.

Then you will move on a yacht to visit Sung Sot cave with hundreds of years old stalactite columns sparkling in the early morning sunlight through the holes of the cave.
Back on the yacht, you'll pack your luggage on deck and check out.

The yacht will continue to move to new areas in the heritage area and relax on the deck overlooking the panoramic view of the slow-moving bay in the fresh breeze.
The farewell lunch for the crew was thoughtfully prepared while the yacht continued to move to the berth.

11:30    The farewell lunch for the crew was thoughtfully prepared while the yacht continued to move to the berth.
  
Cruise docked and you get on board and disembark.

Our driver will wait for you at the cruise terminal and help you load your luggage into the car for departure to Noi Bai International Airport.

Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

08:00    Our guide & driver pick you up at your hotel.

Cu Chi half-day tour is located about 70 km from Saigon, you will visit the Cu Chi tunnels, the former stronghold of the Viet Cong with a 3-story deep tunnel network extending over 200 km. The network and its sections are deep on many levels, including numerous trapdoors, specially constructed living areas, warehouses, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers, and kitchens.

The Cu Chi Tunnels played an important role in the Vietnam-American War as they allowed the Viet Cong to control a vast countryside just 30 to 40 kilometers from the old Saigon.

Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction, offering visitors unique experiences and a taste of what life underground during the war must have been like.

12:00    Your lunch will be served at a local restaurant along the way.

An afternoon with a journey to explore Ho Chi Minh City, including the Reunification Palace, the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975. Then there is the War Remnants Museum that formerly the Museum of War Remnants, which stores images of the South Vietnam War, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the city center post office, representing colonial architecture from the 19th century.

08:00    Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, traveling to Cai Be.

Upon arrival, start the boat trip to visit Cai Be floating market. Then, you’ll come to Tân Phong island for biking/walk on village paths to see the local daily life. On the way, you can make some stops to see how they make rice paper for spring rolls, sew coconut leaves for cottage roofs and especially see how they wave the dried water hyacinth to make many products: baskets, bags, hats, wallets, and shoes

12:00    Have lunch at a local restaurant with Mekong river specialties. Then back to your boat crossing the Mekong river & some canals to An Binh Island, where you will check in at the local homestay. 

17:00    Dinner made by your & members of local families.

Stay overnight in An Binh(Vinh Long)

08:00     After breakfast and check out for a walk along the village to enjoy the fresh air in the morning & stop having tea at the Coconut workshop.

Then, continues the cruise along the Hoa Tinh canal to see some families making brick, wave bamboo baskets, sewing conical hats, and process to make rice
noodles. Stop at Vinh Long market in the town, where you have a great chance to take photos of fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs, snakes, rice-field rats, tropical fruits, and vegetables. 

Return to the car to visit Vinh Long Temple of Literature, which is a school for Confucian-influenced Confucian scholars or That Phu Mieu Chua Ong Temple, a meeting and worshiping place for overseas Chinese businessmen before leaving for Ho Chi Minh City

12:00    Stop for Lunch at Local Restaurant in My Tho.

16:00    Arrival to Ho Chi Minh City, free to walk around the city or shop for souvenirs

You are free to relax until our driver picks you up and takes you to the airport for your departing flight.

End the tour and say goodbye see you next time