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You are welcomed at Noi Bai international airport by Origin Vietnam team and transfer you to downtown, check in at the hotel. You have your own exploration on the first day around Hanoi city with special things of Hanoi Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, night life, etc.

O/N in Hanoi.

Morning activities:

After breakfast at hotel, to begin the new day of the full time for exploring Hanoi history city more than 1000 years and also the capital city of Vietnam with rich history and culture.

At first, you start your day trip today at 8.00 am for visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, The President Palace and his Residential place on stilt house

Next, you visit Duong Lam ancient village where you can learn the beauty of an ancient village for hundreds of years. It remains as original with hundreds of ancient houses, traditional careers. As long as you can learn more about village gate, temples, pagoda to get back Vietnam history. Have lunch at the local family to get your experience as local people

Afternoon activities:

After lunch time, you travel back to Hanoi city centre in the afternoon to discover the Museum of Ethnology. Obviously, The Ethnology Museum for its specialty where you can see and get knowledge of 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam and its cultures here.

The special experiences today you make a cyclo around Hanoi Old Quarter to get the daily life of Hanoian.

Enjoy the water puppet show at the theater to get an unforgettable experience of Hanoi’s special culture and spirit which is famous for its uniqueness in the world.

Evening activities:

Whenever, walking around Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter is a fanciful experience to get the local life at night, shopping and try street food to get the real life as a local person

The last thing today is the time for leaving Hanoi busy to get the night train to Lao Cai – Sapa. Spending night on the train – AC soft sleeper – coach 4 leaves Hanoi at 22:00.

O/N on train.

Morning activities:

Today you arrive in Lao Cai train station at 6.00 am and Origin travel team welcome you at train station and travel ahead to Bac Ha Sundays market where you have full day to experience Bac Ha Sundays market. Here is the chance to discover and get more knowledge of tribe groups in Sapa and surroundings.

Yes you visit the biggest and the most original minority market in the highland and get more experience of their cultures, customs and the way they exchange their goods.

Particularly, Bac Ha Sundays market can change into Can Cau Saturdays or Coc Ly Tuesdays market for your arriving time.

Have lunch at local food stall to taste their food.

Afternoon activities:

After that you travel to Sapa town for your next day trip at the famous highland town with fog and rice terrace fields. Finish tour around 5.30 pm on arrival in Sapa town.

Evening activities:

As well as evening is your free time to wander around Sa Pa town to get your own experience around Sapa night market, streets, shopping and taste BBQ foods which are special of Sapa.

O/N in Sapa.

Morning activities:

Truly, this is the day for trekking through the road and path where you can catch the most beautiful of Sapa rice terrace fields. Notably, the highlights today are the trekking through beautiful rice terrace fields where you can catch beautiful photos, meet tribe people group H’mong and homestay at stilt house in Hmong family.

First of all, you leave the hotel in Sapa town at 8.00 am and start your day trekking through beautiful roads along rice terraces and bamboo ranges to reach Lao Chai village. Furthermore, you have a chance to meet and talk with local minority people en route, and children can talk to you in English fluently.

Have lunch en route.

Afternoon & evening activities:

Continue your trek this afternoon through village road to reach Ta Van where you spend your night with local people. Your trekking day will end at Ta Van village after the distance of 7km trekking.

Finally, home-stay at the stilt house of Hmong family, get more of their culture and customs. Enjoy their night life and share experiences with them. You have dinner with the family and taste their local foods as your own experience. O/N in the village.

Morning activities:

To begin the new day, get up early and experience the village life in the morning with the sound animals, chickens, etc. And then you leave Ta Van Village at 8.00 am and back Sapa town in a car/van to get more discovery of Sapa town and surrounding village.

From Sapa town centre, you start the trekking to Cat Cat village of 3km, up and down hill to enjoy the beautiful rice fields. Moreover, at the village there are Hydro – electric power station, traditional handicraft village of Hmong minority people, see the wonderful waterfall

Sightseeing this morning is rice fields, waterfall at Cat Cat Village and sharing the local life of Hmong people at the village.

You can enjoy a traditional music performance at the village to experience more of local culture.

Have lunch at a restaurant.

Afternoon activities:

Trek up Ham Rong Mountain to have the panorama of Sapa town with clouds surrounding the summit. In the morning and late afternoon the image of Sapa in fog you can see clearly from Ham Rong mountain right in town centre. There are Heaven Gate and flower gardens for you to get the view and enjoy its beauties from the mountain.

And then the driver transfers you back to Lao Cai where you spend your own dinner.

Evening activities:

Evening you get on the train to return to Ha Noi, the train leaves Lao Cai at 21.50pm. O/N on train

Morning activities:

Return to Hanoi Train Station at Tran Quy Cap Street early in the morning around 6:00 am then our tour guide and driver pick us up, transfer to a restaurant for having breakfast at a local restaurant to taste Hanoi foods.

And then have a body massage for 75 minutes to relax after a night on the train to get fresh.

Travel out of Hanoi city at 9.00 am to reach Hai Phong. It takes you around 2 hours to reach Hai Phong city on the highway. Arrive in the wharf at noon time and make the way to get on board luxurious Era Cruise

Afternoon activities:

Welcome aboard and greeted with a complimentary drink. Our Crew will conduct a compulsory safety procedures session and then you are free to check into your cabin and freshen up. Take some time to have a look around the vessel or watch the magical landscape go by.

Next you have a special lunch of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites on board. The cruise set sails to Lan Ha Bay and passes through Da Chong where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 years ago.

After that when the cruise enters through the Cua Van area to Lan Ha Bay (as part of Halong Bay), this area is surrounded by a lot of extraordinary limestone karst landscapes. Here you start the journey to explore Ba Trai Dao beach, kayaking to be immersed in the crystal clear waters of the bay and/or enjoy swimming.

You return the main boat at 17:00 pm, and cruising to a place for staying overnight

Happy hour with special drink menu (Buy one get another one for free)

Evening activities:

Join cooking demonstration is a great way to learn how to prepare delicious Vietnamese cuisine. Enjoy a special Signature Dinner in a restaurant on board.

The rest is your free time to relax with an exotic cocktail or whatever takes your fancy. The bar has a wide range of wines, beers and liquors for choice to enjoy the bay in the evening.

You can order a Spa service or take any activities on boat cruise such as watching documentary movies, squid fishing or simply relaxing on a sundeck under the cover of a star filled sky. O/N on board

Morning activities:

Enjoy a sunrise on Lan Ha Bay. Have a Tai Chi lesson on the top deck. Have a morning cup of tea, coffee or juice on board for morning and watch the never ending miraculous scenery unfold before you.

Light breakfast will be served in our restaurant (pastries, tea, coffee).

Then you will visit Dark & Bright cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage. Back to our main board afterwards.

Check out of your cabin as we draw closer to the mainland. After a final early brunch and a last goodbye from our crew at 11:30. Get on the tender and head back to the wharf at noon time

Afternoon activities:

Our driver welcomes you at the wharf and transfers you back to Hanoi city. Drop off at Hanoi Old Quarter and around Hoan Kiem Lake.

Evening activities:

Evening is your own free time to get more experience around Hanoi city, Old Quarter, etc to get more specialties of Hanoi. It is a great time to enjoy Hanoi street foods, fresh beer, etc. O/N in Hanoi.

Morning activities:

After breakfast at the hotel, You leave Hanoi Capital city and Take flight to Dong Hoi city and continue your trip at Phong Nha Caves system which is in the list of Nature World Heritage Sites.

You will start discovering the mysterious depth of Phong Nha Cave with its natural beauty and the wonderful limestone formations in different shapes. You will be making a boat trip through Son River – the longest underground river in the world and Phong Nha Caves – World Nature Heritage Site. It attracts you when you discover both wet and dry caves at Phong Nha Cave system. This is totally exciting as you will love everything from this spectacular location!

Afternoon activities:

Afternoon is the time for you to discover Paradise Cave to get more charmings and beauties of the caves’ kingdom in Quang Binh. Passing throught the very narrow gate with just only one person, it shows you a large cave with amazing scenery of limestone shapes.

You will have 2km walking from the cave to the park each way or can choose electronic transfer through the forest to return to the park.

Evening activities:

Evening is free time to wander around the street along Nhat Le beach and taste seafood. O/N in Quang Binh.

Morning activities:

First you leave Quang Binh and travel to Hue City and have more opportunities to see beautiful scenery along the road. Stopover to visit Vinh Moc Tunnel in Quang Tri to get more knowledge of Vietnam history.

And you can call on La Vang Catholic – A major pilgrimage center for Catholics in Vietnam. You arrive in Hue city at noon time after a long distance on car/van

Afternoon activities:

The balance of day is your relaxing time in Hue city, walk around the city to get your own experience of the tranquil city in Central Vietnam.

Evening activities:

Evening is the free time to wander around Hue city with walking streets, pubs, bars… It is also ideal for you to get and taste local street foods. O/N in Hue.

Morning activities:

How wonderful it is this morning! You have a cyclo tour around streets to experience local life. It is a great time to ride around the city and enjoy its beauty with cyclo riders.

Moreover, you’ll love the Citadel which was the Royal Place of Nguyen Dynasty since 19th century with many constructions including Flag Tower, Five Phoenix Tower, Thai Hoa Palace, Nine Urn Dynasties…

Continue the trip to Thien Mu Pagoda which lies on the north bank of Perfume River to enjoy its beauties and know more of its history for Nguyen King to build the Palace in Hue city.

Afternoon activities:

Have a half day to discover the countryside’s beauties to get more experience. Hue has many villages and beautiful sites to discover.

You travel to Tam Giang Lagoon and discover the large brackish water of Tam Giang lagoon with famous seafoods of fish, shrimp, crab, etc.

Enjoy the sunrise on Tam Giang lagoon which gives you an amazing feeling and enjoy fresh air on Thuan An Beach.

Optional: There are 6 tombs in Hue city with each different style and architecture. If you would like to have more exploration King Mausoleum, you can ask guide and driver to take you for visit (you pay the entrance fee by yourself at Gia Long, Minh Mang, Khai Dinh, Thieu Tri, Dong Khanh mausoleum).

Evening activities:

Once again you have a full evening free as your own way to discover Hue city and enjoy it by your own experience. O/N in Hue.

Morning activities:

Enjoy Ancient Love! Today you will be leaving Hue for Hoi – an ancient town and you will get an amazing chance to discover the coastline and National Highway No1 pass through rice fields, villages, and beautiful beaches. This is going to be awesome! Enjoy National Highway No 1 and see rice fields, water buffalo. Keep yourself relaxed at Lang Co beach.

Check out fishing village in Lang Co and learn more of their daily life as fishermen.

And then continue to Ba Na Hill by cable car and view Da Nang city from Golden Bridge. Furthermore, you can visit and discover more activities on Ba Na Hill such as Wine Tunnel, Fantasy Park, etc. This is just magical!

Have lunch at a restaurant in Ba Na Hill.

Afternoon activities:

Leave Ba Na Hill and continue to travel along the coastline of Da Nang city and through beautiful beaches. You arrive in Hoi An late afternoon. Check in at the hotel.

Evening activities:

Evening is your free time to wander around Hoi An ancient town. Hoi An is one of the famous places for shopping and making tailor. It is very nice to get its hidden charms along old streets, houses, etc. O/N in Hoi An.

Morning activities:

Start the tour at 5.00 and enjoy the wet market right on the river mouth to discover the daily trading of seafood after a night fishing on sea.

Have a chance to enjoy the sunrise over the sea which makes you a memorable moment in your journey.

Now is the day to love Old Things. You have half a day to walk around Hoian Old Quarter with a lot of ancient architecture which will make your visit much more relaxing. The Old Port gave Hoian the harmony of the complex architectures from different countries like Portugal, China, Japan… Roam around old streets with our guide to experience and learn of unique architectures. Have some fun enjoying a traditional music show.

How wonderful it is when you wear traditional clothes Ao Dai and get a special experience!

Afternoon & evening activities:

Have a cycling trip around the countryside to get more experiences. You will visit Tra Que Organic vegetables village to learn local people grow vegetables for restaurants and hotels in Hoi An

Optional with additional charge: You can choose to make a half day visit Hoi An silk village. This is the great opportunity for you to know the process how to raise and make a silk.

Or You can cycle around the village to My An and Cam Thanh to get to the vegetable village and Bay Mau palm forest, etc.

Evening is your own free time to discover the hiddenness of Hoi An town and surrounding. There are many things which you can arrange by yourself.

O/N in Hoi An.

Explore vibrant Hoian in-depth with an unforgettable free day to explore as your own way to get more cultures, walking inside narrow roads, taste street foods as well as shopping and make tailor as your aspiration.

Hoian offers you many activities to experience by cycling, walking, shopping or relaxing on the beach. O/N in Hoi An.

Get once more a free day to relax and get a fresh atmosphere on the beach in Hoi An. When you choose a resort on the beachfront, it is ideal accommodation for staying and spending the whole time on the resort’s beach. O/N in Hoian.

Morning activities:

The morning is your free time to get more enjoyment on a nice sandy beach. You can go shopping to buy some souvenir gifts.

Afternoon & evening activities:

The driver drops off Danang airport for taking flight to Ho Chi Minh city and start the south Vietnam trip with different impression at the busiest one in Vietnam. O/N in HCM.

Morning activities:

Now let’s get to the discovery of the busiest city of Vietnam to sites which still have history values and old architecture. First, you enjoy your visit to The Independent Palace or called Reunification Palace. After that you see The Old Post Office, Notre Dame Catholic to learn more of French architecture.

Afternoon activities:

This afternoon discover ChinaTown and get the diversity of cultures in Ho Chi Minh City. Enjoy a cup of coffee at Do Phu Cafe after visiting this old house where soldiers acted in secret for finding the independence of the country in 1975.

Ending this day trip by enjoying shopping at Binh Tay market. Here is for more discoveries of local people purchasing activities and buying some souvenir gifts for you as well.

Evening activities:

Get more free time in the evening to wander around the city and enjoy pubs and bars. O/N in HCM.

Morning activities:

It’s time to leave Ho Chi Minh City and make a full day trip to visit Tay Ninh Cao Dai Temple – a center of religion in Southern Vietnam. Feel free to be a part of the prayer time at noon time.

Have lunch at a restaurant.

Afternoon activities:

Get lovely Art-works! You continue your trip to visit Cu Chi tunnel. It is the place for you to experience the Vietnam War between America and Vietnam to admire the underground network tunnels of more than 200 km length.

Evening activities:

Get more free time in the evening to wander around the city and enjoy pubs and bars. O/N in HCM.

Morning activities:

Leave Ho Chi Minh city in the morning for the Mekong Delta area. You will get an amazing chance to visit the Mekong Delta which offers a unique opportunity to discover the river life of local people. Mekong Delta is famous for rice fields, tropical fruit gardens, fishing villages, rowing boats through channels and canals. You’re going to love it.

You will travel to My Tho and take a motor boat to enter My Tho city through Bao Dinh natural canal. Also, you enjoy My Tho’s colorful street fruit market alongside the canal to soak up the lively atmosphere. And then you feel free to cruise on Tien River to visit Tortoise Island, view the fishing port, the traditional stilt houses and boat building workshops, and the other three evocatively-named islands – Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn islands. Enjoy lunch at a restaurant in Island.

Afternoon activities:

This afternoon you enjoy the coconut candy mill; take an amazing rowing boat trip along the small canal. Cruise to Ben Tre province “the home of coconuts” to see fruit gardens and taste honey tea before coming back to My Tho. After that you go to Can Tho city and check into a hotel.

Evening activities:

Now is the free time in the evening for you to wander around Can Tho city to discover its beauties. O/N in Can Tho.

Morning activities:

How is amazing boating at floating market! Now is the time to visit and get more insights of the floating markets of the Mekong River. No better way to enjoy river life! This is a totally out-of-the-world experience. You will leave your hotel in the early morning to visit Cai Rang Floating market. In reality, the floating market in Mekong Delta now is not crowdest as previous times because of the development of roads and bridges through the Mekong Delta region.

So if you wish to see its busiest, you should travel on Tet holiday (Lunar New Year) from Jan to mid-Feb yearly. Other times, it depends on each day it is crowded or less.

Continue the trip by walking through a “Monkey Bridge” which is only in Vietnam with only trees to make a bridge for passing through channels. Enjoy the chance to walk around the peaceful village to get more the atmosphere.

Continue to visit Binh Thuy ancient house and learn more about the building of local people in the past and its architecture.

Have lunch en route.

Afternoon activities:

This afternoon you leave Can Tho for return to Ho Chi Minh city. Once again you pass through the Mekong Region with tropical gardens along the road.

Stop en route to visit Vinh Trang pagoda to get more of its unique architecture.

Evening activities:

Get more free time in the evening to wander around the city and enjoy pubs and bars. O/N in HCM.

After a long Holiday in Vietnam you have more free time to walk around Ho Chi Minh city to get more experience or just relax at a hotel before the driver drops you off at the airport for taking a flight to Ho Chi Minh. We are sure that you will have an amazing trip with Origin Travel and do hope to see you again in the future. Once again thank you very much and happy travel!