It’s a very Essential 7 days Vietnam tour package. This trip is designed for those who want to visit the most authentic experiences.
With shared group tours, you will meet and make new friends from all around the world and share your stories and experiences with each other.
A budget-but-remarkable trip! You will have a chance to visit the 2 beautiful regions of Vietnam for one week.
Here Go Viet Trip, we are always flexible to arrange tours and travel services to meet our customers’ travel desires and budgets! Please feel free to contact us, if you need any help.
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival
Welcome to Vietnam!Our driver will pick you up from Noi Bai international airport and drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi
(Please note: Check-in time from 14:00, early check-in is not included. Depending on room availability and regulation; hotel early check-in can be available on request)
Afternoon
Option 1
You will take a rest after a long flight or have free time to explore Hanoi by yourself.
Option 2
If you arrive early and feel very well, let’s try your first sight of Hanoi by a half-day trip with our local - good volunteer guide exploring the Hanoi Old Quarter (Optional).
You will have a chance to hear and explore the history, culture of the Hanoi Old Quarter with a local guide
Besides, if you choose to stay in Hanoi, especially on weekends, don’t forget to pay a visit to Hanoi Night Market and Hanoi walking area.
Note: This tour is free AND OPTIONAL. However, if you use the tickets, entrance fees, you will pay your guide and you.
Hanoi street food tour
Night
You will be free, easy in Hanoi or join some famous shows in Hanoi (Pay by yourself)
Watch a Water Puppet Show: Unique performer in the Red River delta, created from rice civilization. It’s describing the daily lives of farmers through tools: drum, wooden bell, bamboo flutes…The show stating every day in afternoon within 1 hour (16h,17h 18h30) Price : from 5USD $ / ticket
Watch My Village Show – If Water puppet is a popular show, My village is a professional show, the show combines music, bamboo and professional artist (Watch acrobats, dancers, and jugglers bring a rural Vietnamese village) The ticket is quite expensive but it is worth. Price: from 30,3 $
Foot on the food tour: You will have a chance to try a lot of special food in Hanoi: Banh Mi (Vietnamese Bread, Pho (Noodle with beef or chicken) Bun Cha (BBQ pork with vermicelli) Ca Phe Trung (Egg coffee)… with local experts guide. Also study more about the culture, history of Hanoi. Price from 20USD/person
Hanoi scooter tour with 3 hours visits surrounding the city (motorbike+helmet+guide). Price from 39$/pax
Cooking class + local market.Price from 32$/pax
Accommodation: 3 stars hotel in the Old quarter for 1 night
Transportation: Private airport transfer (new car - AC)
Meals: There is no meal serving today. Flexibly
Attractions: Dong Xuan market, St. Joseph Cathedral, Bach Ma temple, Train Street, Night market (only weekend).
Day 2: Ninh Binh: Trang An - Hoa Lu - Mua Cave (B,L)
Morning
8h00-8h30 am: Our tour guide will pick you up from the hotel in old quarter to visit Hoa Luu – the ancient capital of Vietnam in the 10th century. We will visit 2 Temple (Dinh & Le) dedicated to 2 King and listen to the history of the Vietnamese wars.
Afternoon & Night
In the afternoon we will have a buffet lunch at a local restaurant – we can try special food in Ninh Binh is Goat meat. Then transfers to Trang An harbor to take the boat trip to visit, Trang An complex – World heritage sites. We will have a chance to see the stunning views from Limestone Mountains and rives.
Then, we keep going to visit Mua cave. Climb nearly 500 stone steps, here you can see the panoramic view of the countryside and Tam Coc boat moving on Ngo Dong river
Then we will back to Hanoi – arrive in Hanoi around 19h30. Free and easy.
Trang An boat tour
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Transportation: Shared Shuttle Bus
Meals: Breakfast (Hotel), Lunch (Ninh Binh)
Attractions: Hoa Lu ancient capital, Trang An complex, Mua Cave, Climbing, Biking
Day 3: Halong bay day tour (B,L)
Morning
09h: 00 – 9h:15 am: Our tour guide will pick you up from hotel Hanoi Old Quarter to start the day Cruise. Then we will go on highway Hanoi – Hai Phong to Halong bay
12h00-12h15:Welcome on the cruise.Enjoy a welcome drink, have lunch on the cruise while you can see a lot of islands and islets of magnificent on Halong bay 6 hours of cruising time.
14h00: Leave the cruise and explore Sung Sot (Amazing) Cave – one of the most beautiful caves on the bay
15h05:The next stop is Luon Cave – the fascinating wet cave. You to choose one as below:
+ Do kayaking in silent waters, enjoying the beauty of the bay. (Highly recommend)
+ Take a sampan boat ride through the Cave, where we emerge into a hidden lake enclosed on all sides by streaked cliffs and their tree-topped peaks.
15h45: Stop at beautiful Soi Sim beach in the core of Halong Bay. You can swim in the crystal clear water or conquer the peak of Soi Sim beach to get a panorama view of the bay.
16h30:Go up on sundeck to enjoy the magnificent sunset over the wonder of nature. Have a Sunset tea break with fruits, snacks, and coffee, relax, and make new friends.
17h30-18h00: Disembark for another comfortable limousine ride back to Hanoi via the new freeway.
19h15:A shortstop for the restroom, about 5-10 minutes.
20h00-20h30: Drop off at your hotel.
Kayaking at Halong bay
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Transportation: Shared Shuttle Bus
Meals: Breakfast (Hotel), Lunch
Attractions: Sung Sot (Amazing) Cave, do kayaking or sampan boat, visit Soi Sim beach
Day 4: Hanoi city day Tour - Flight to HCM City (B, L)
Morning
08:30: Our English-speaking tour guide will meet you up at your hotel or at a meeting point at the confirmed time. The first place we will visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to visit Mausoleum (where we keeping embalmed) stilt house.
09:30 - 09:45: Visit One-Pillar Pagoda where worshipping the Goddess of Mercy – It is the most unique pagoda in the world
10:15: Visit the Lacquer Paintings workshop – the biggest center in Ha Noi
10:45: Continue to visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology – the most interesting museum in the capital.
12:30: Have lunch at a local restaurant with traditional Vietnamese cuisine.
13:30 – 13:45: Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam and the place dedicating to Confucian.
15:00: Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda – one of the oldest pagodas in Hanoi built in Ha Noi in 544.
15: 45: Continue to visit Hoan Kiem Lake (return sword), Ngoc Son Temple,our tour guide will share with you many interesting stories and legends of this lake.
Then you can have free time shopping and visit Hanoi old quarter, do a round of cyclo in Hanoi Old Quarter or watch Water Puppet Theatre. (Optional)
19h:00: Our driver will transfer to Noi Bai airport to catch a flight to HCM City at 21hpm. Once you arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport, our driver will pick you up from here then head to your hotel.
Visitors take photos at Temple of Literature
Night
Get picked up from hotel to airport and fly to HCMC by night
Accommodation: 3 stars hotel in District 1 in HCMC
Transportation: Private airport transfers (new car - AC)
Shared bus (For city tour)
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Attractions: Ho Chi Minh complex, Temple of Literature, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Hoan Kiem Lake
Day 5: Day trip exploring: Cu Chi Tunnel and HCM city tour (B, L)
Morning & Afternoon
Do you see the different things in the morning in HCM city and in Hanoi? I guess you do, right!
8h00:After breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you for around an hour to visit Cu Chi Tunnels.
You can see a lot of document movies about tunnels during Wartime (especially from 1960 to 1972) and understand more about the war with American. Besides that, you will have the opportunity to buy the bullet and try to fire off an AK47 or MK16 or machine guns at the nearby shooting range.
Return to visit Ho Chi Minh City visit most famous spot in the city such as Independence Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, War Remnants Museum.
Cu Chi tunnel
Night
Have free time exploring the city by yourself – all expenses will be covered on your own.
Here is some advice:
Enjoy your nighttime in HCMC with Bui Vien street when you can deeply join in a noisy and funny atmosphere or drink a cup of beer there.
After a long day trip, you can relax with massage service ( from 18 $ /pax )
Watch the Teh Dar show - the No.1 show in HCMC to see the original ways of tribal life on South West Highland of Vietnam vividly recreated on the stage ( Price from 30$/ pax)
Accommodation: 3 stars hotel in District 1 in HCMC
Transportation: Shared bus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Attractions: Cu Chi tunnel, Ben Dinh (Or Ben Duoc), Independence Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, War Remnants Museum
Day 6: Mekong Delta Day Trip (B, L)
Morning & Afternoon
After breakfast you will leave the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and start your trip to visit floating market tour, you can find out the daily life of the local people there.
Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda – Knows as the largest pagoda and most special architecture in Mekong Delta. Then taking sampan and cruising down the river.
We continue to visit Rach Mieu Bridge, stop at Thoi Son Islet that locates on Phoenix Island. Take a leisurely walking on the village paths, visit local people’s and honey bee farms, taste delicious honey tea with lemon that is really good for health. Local people also have python farm for that tourist, who like adventure can take a photo with pythons.
Have lunch at a local restaurant
After lunch is time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meet the local villagers to experience the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Hammock relaxing and enjoy cool breeze for those who can’t join the cycling trip. Return to Ho Chi Minh City.
Mekong delta market
Night
Have free time exploring the city by yourself – all expenses will be covered on your own.
Here is some advice:
Shopping Mall: Vincom Dong Khoi, Takashimaya…
Night market - Ben Thanh night market
Accommodation: 3 stars hotel in District 1 for 1 night
Transportation: Shared Bus
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Attractions: Rach Mieu Bridge, Tan Thach village, Coconut candy workshop
4 islands: Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix, and Tortoise islands.
Day 7: HCM City Departure (B)
If you have free time, you can go shopping and buy some souvenirs for your friends and family.
Then our driver will pick you at from the hotel to Tan Son Nhat international airport for your flight.
Goodbye, Vietnam. We trust you have a good time and see you again.
Accommodation: None
Transportation: Private airport transfer (new car - AC)
Meals: Breakfast
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