Essence of Vietnam 5 Nights

Welcome to Ha Noi – the capital of Vietnam! The driver will be welcoming you at Noi Bai airport; it takes us 35 minutes driving to the center of Ha Noi then check-in at hotel and relaxes.

Please note: Standard check in time is 14:00. Early check in is subject to availability at the hotel.

Overnight at hotel.

Enjoy Breakfast at hotel.

8:30 We pick you up from your hotel and take you to visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969. You’ll also visit the Ho Chi Minh Museum where you can learn about the remarkable man and what he did for Vietnam and the world.

9.30: You’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake. After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of west lake. From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Vietnam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius. Afterwards, you’ll visit Hoan Kiem Lake, the heart and soul of Ha Noi.

Finally, you’ll stop in at MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY. This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labelled in Vietnamese, French and English. Displays portray a typical village market, the making of comical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony; videos show the real thing. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There's also a centre for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.

Overnight at hotel.

Enjoy Breakfast at hotel.

08:00 the driver picks up and head East for more than 3 hours to Ha Long Bay, the pride of the Gulf of Tonkin, a Natural World Heritage as designated by UNESCO in 1994. The road will pass by the Red River delta with green paddy fields and rural villages, where hardworking farmers are busy with their farming jobs, ploughing buffaloes or planting seedling. Upon arrival in Ha Long, we’ll take a big boat to cruise the Bay to discover the magnificent beauty of this “Descending-dragon” bay, created by thousands odd shaped limestone rocks and karst grottoes.

After a lunch of fresh seafood on board, we can visit the Surprising Grotto, stop for swimming or kayaking, passing floating villages and approach islets to enjoy their beauty in close distance. Evening attend activities on the boat or relax at your own leisure.

Overnight on the boat near Titov Beach.

After breakfast, a visit by boat to Luon Cave, a ring-shaped pool inside an island in Halong with an absolutely tranquil landscape and emerald water. Back to the Wharf of Ha Long passing the most dense area with many islands that have been named like the Cock-Fighting Rock, Sail Island, Incense burner rock, or Sea Dog Rock. Arrive at Halong Wharf around 11.00. Return to Hanoi around 4 PM.

The driver picks up and transfers to the airport for a flight to Ho Chi Minh. Arrival in Ho Chi Minh, the driver picks up and transfers to the hotel.

Overnight at hotel.

08.30 AM: After breakfast at hotel, your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby. A one and half hour drive takes you to Cu Chi Tunnels where human knowledge has been enriched by experiencing the web-like tunnels system of more than 200km in length which used to be the shelters of guerrillas during the war against American troops. 

In the afternoon, you will have a city tour covering the War Remnants Museum, central Post office, the Notre Dame Cathedral, and Ben Thanh Market – the central market for the city and one of the liveliest areas.

Overnight at hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel

08:30 am- Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, and drive 1.5 hours to Mỹ Tho. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilet. Upon arrival, we board a motor-boat and cruise along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of the Mekong River, Cross the River to the other side, you will stop at a traditional workshop to witness a step-by-step process on how to make coconut candy, honey farming… while trying some yourself and listening to traditional music. Enjoy what local people offer by hand rowing a sampan along the shady, breezy canal. We will transfer to local transportation called Xe Lôi to travel throughout the villages. Take a rest after local lunch before boarding the motor-boat back to Mỹ Tho. Afterwards, you will be back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Free until the driver pick up and take you to the airport for your flight to back home.

Above mentioned itinerary is a tentative itinerary, date and timings of the tour program can be changed by the local tour operator final itinerary will be handover to guests on arrival.

If you are booking any optional tour from your side or planning to visit any meeting or conferences by your own, kindly coordinate with the ground tour operator for scheduling of your existing tour as your tour operator might not be in a condition to change your sharing tour itinerary. Such tours done on their own & is not the responsibility of the tour operator.