Vietnam Grand Discovery 16 days

After landed to NoiBai airport – take your time to pick up real Viet Nam visa at immigration counter. Pick up all your luggages

Our tour operator will pick you up at HaNoi airport by private car then transfer to HaNoi hotel ( It takes approximately 55 minutes). Meeting & talking with Mr. Giang then check in hotel and take free time for relax after the long flight.

At 08h00 AM: Experience the best Hanoi Motorbike Tours that start right from your hotel in and around Hanoi Old Quarter. Our guide and driver will greet you at your hotel lobby or our meeting point and provide a safety briefing before we embark on our adventure.

During the first part of our Hanoi Motorbike Tours, we’ll show you the REAL HANOI with day-to-day life experiences on the streets of Vietnam’s capital. Explore the maze of backstreets, tiny alleyways, local homes, schools, markets, and black markets that are off the beaten path. We show you not only the good, but also the bad and the weird of your destinations, providing you with an authentic picture of Hanoi.

For the second part of our Hanoi Motorbike Tours, we stop by and visit the MUST-SEE places of Hanoi, such as Ho Chi Minh mausoleum-the Mecca of Vietnamese, The 1000 year-old Buddhist temples of Tran Quoc, the amazing Hanoi TRAIN-STREET, the enchanting French Quarter, The hustling & bustling Old Quarter, the romantic lakes of Hoan Kiem and West lake & famous Long Bien bridge.

The last part of your Hanoi Motorbike Tours is all about food! We’ve got AUTHENTIC, HEALTHY & ORGANIC FOOD at the Hidden Gem Cafe where we savor the tastiest dishes of Hanoi. And if you’re vegan or vegetarian, don’t worry – our menu has ample options for everybody.

Finish around 13h00 at your hotel. You have free time until

At 18:00 from hotel lobby - Departure a street food by walking tour with an insight into traditional Vietnamese food at different eateries. 

Along the lively streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, families have been perfecting their recipes for generations. The result is some of the most flavorful Vietnamese foods in the country, prepared with heart, but often disguised behind door steps tucked into mazes of motorbikes. On our Hanoi Street Food Tour.  

Hanoi’s rich and compelling flavors are expressed in every bite.

From the Hotel, we will be walking around the old quarter of Hanoi. The walking distances should start from 5 km to 8 km depending on our destination and Food choices. Vegetarian menu always availble for customers.

Durations: 3 hours ( Flexible )

Optional : Sit down at a local "Bia Hoi" ( Local draught beer ) restaurant, have a cold beer, and learn the lifestyle of Hanoian while enjoying some dishes that are rarely served to tourists

Morning time: After breakfast at hotel restaurant then check out hotel

At 7h00 a.m We departure from Hanoi to Sapa by 16 seats car.

At around 13h30, arrive in Sapa town–Our guide will pick you up then take time for lunch. After that we’ll start for the tour today to LaoChai -TaVan.

After Lunch - we will walk from Sapa towards Muong Hoa valley where can admire magnificent landscape. Here you will discover the wonderful scenery of Hoang Lien mountain ranges and meet Black H’mong tribes in LaoChai village. Trek through terraced rice paddies and minority villages along the Muong Hoa River.

We then cross the suspension bridge towards the Zay village, arriving at Ta Van walking around village to see activities daily of hill tribe people here .

 The tour will be finished at your bungalow. Check in your bungalow then free in the evening                     

After having breakfast at hotel restaurant then

At 09h00 a.m – we departure for trekking day. For those who love to explore the majestic natural scenery, want to be immersed in the vast sky, with the immense sea of ​​clouds, with idyllic villages, Sau Chua is a destination not to be missed every time you have the opportunity to Sapa.

From your hotel we'll take a car to HangDa ( approximately 15 minutes). From here we'll start trekking to SauChua.

Blessed with majestic scenery, surrounded by mountains and deep valleys, Sau Chua is located at an altitude of more than 1700m above sea level, 200m higher than the center of Sapa so the temperature is here, the year-round is lower than Sapa by 2-3 degrees Celsius, thanks to this feature, in the last days of the year when the fog covers Sapa, here is the endless sea of ​​clouds.

Coming to Sau Chua at the end of the year, it is easy for visitors to come across majestic scenes that seem to be lost in the fairyland at dawn or when sunset falls into the clouds.

After the tour we’ll back to your hotel. Free in the evening

Wake up & take time at bungalow

After breakfast, check out hotel – leave all luggage to Van. Today you will travel to silver waterfall, heaven gate ( activities flexible depending on guests ),

Option: Cable car to visit Fanxipan – depending on weather condition ( surcharge $35/ person ) A cable car system that smashes two Guinness World Records was opened to visitors atop a famous mountain: Fanxipan peak.

At 14:00 driver will pick you up at hotel back to Hanoi ( 5 hours). Arrive at HaNoi hotel around 20:00. Check in hotel & relax.

Hoa Lu was the capital city of Vietnam under the Dinh Dynasty between 968 and 1009. Some of the sanctuaries and tombs have survived the years and can still be seen today. Apart from the historical interest, the river boat trip in Tam Coc is wonderful for photo hunters, especially when local people come to harvest the water rice planted along the river, or when they transplant some seedling for the next crops. Tam Coc sight is also known as Halong bay on land. Morning time – Early wake up, have breakfast at hotel restaurant. Ready at  lobby around 07:30 a.m .

AM :8:00 Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, then leave by private van to Hoa Lu (2.5 hrs). Visit the historic capital of Viet Nam and the famous ancient temples of Le and the Dinh Dynasties.

Then our car will transfer you from Hoa Lu to Tam Coc for lunch around at 12:30PM.

After Lunch – Check in hotel - Then boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which means literally “three caves” (2.5 hour boat trip). With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, a very good opportunities for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

Next point you can also visit Bich Dong pagoda nearby and climb up the mountain to have a wonderful perspective view of the Bich Dong and Tam Coc.

( Option) Visit Mua Cave - Climb up ( 500 steps ) to the top of Mua Island to get great view to see or take pictures of Tam Coc. ( ~ 1 hour for this )

Finish Ninh Binh tour at hotel – Dinner by own

After breakfast at hotel restaurant then check out hotel

At around 07h45 a.m Departure to Halong Bay – It takes around 03 hours to Cruise ship.

11:30: Arrive at the Scarlet Pearl check-in area at Halong International Cruise Port – Where we will complete the check-in process and other procedures.

Transfer to Scarlet Pearl Cruise. Welcome aboard! Enjoy a welcome drink during the cruise briefing, including safety instructions, before check-in to your cabin.

A splendid lunch is served at Tahiti Restaurant while cruising into the primitive Lan Ha Bay.

15:00 Cruising to Ao Ech - Frog Pond area on Cat Ba Island to Swimming, Kayaking, Jumping from boat. The Frog Pond area is one of the tourist attractions on Lan Ha Bay, famous for its pristine beauty and tranquility. The whole area is a pristine landscape created by rocky mountains surrounding clear water and pristine small sand beaches.

Frog Pond is also an ideal place for water sports, especially kayaking. Exploring Lan Ha Bay by kayak will bring new experiences that cruise ships cannot have. Traveling through small islands and caves, kayaks let you get closer to the rocky mountains and see the countless vistas of the sea world under the clear blue water.

Return to Scarlet Pearl Cruises to relax and admire the sunset on our sundeck.

17:00 Back to big boat for relaxing, seeing sunset.   19:00 It is time to enjoy your a la carte dinner.  21:30 Enjoy evening views of the bay at the bar. Try your hand squid fishing, or chat with your friends and family on the top deck. The bars are open until late.

06:30: Begin your new day with a Yoga session, take photos, or enjoy the sunrise from your cabin window. Enjoy a light breakfast in the delighted and peaceful beauty of the bay, followed by coffee, tea, and pastries.

7:30 Visit Dark & Bright Cave which is the perfect destination for our excursion, a serene round lake encompassed by abundant trees and high stone walls.

Take your pick either exploring the cave by yourself in a kayak or comfortably on local bamboo boat rowed by the locals.

09:00: Return to the ship and checkout. 10:00 - 11:00 Enjoy an excellent brunch on board and then disembark at Halong International Cruise Port.

11:30 Return to Harbour.  Our luxury limousine car will transfer you to airport  to take flight to DaNang airport ( HaNoi – Danang ( 16:45 – 18:10).  Our driver in Danang airport will pick you up then transfer to hotel in HoiAn. Check in hotel then free – dinner by own.

Morning time free in HoiAn town :

Morning: Wake up & take time for breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant.

Then take your free time in this morning

In the afternoon: Experience the authentic countryside lifestyle of Vietnam with Hoi An Countryside Jeep Tour. This immersive day trip will take you on a journey through rural areas surrounding Hoi An, providing you with unforgettable memories and a genuine insight into Hoi An’s culture, tradition, and daily activities.

At 14h00 Our guide and driver will greet you at your hotel lobby or our meeting point and provide a safety briefing before we start your Hoi An Countryside Jeep Tour.

Visit a local farm, learn about rice, vegetable, and cereal crop cultivation, and experience the daily life of local farmers.

Discover traditional occupations in the countryside, such as weaving, rice-wine making, and woodcarving. Learn about newer industries like bird’s nest farming and aquaculture.

After that we head to a local family’s home for a delicious home-cooked meal, providing you with a unique insight into the lives of middle-class Vietnamese people. Reflect on your experiences and the new friendships formed during your day in the countryside.

Around 18h30 Say goodbye to your local hosts and return to the designated drop-off location by shuttle transfer, bringing with you the memories of an unforgettable journey through rural Hoi An.

Morning: Breakfast at HoiAn hotel – Check out, leave all luggage to the Van .

08h30: Our guide will pick you up at the hotel and take you to the local market. Here you will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about the ingredients you will use in the cooking lesson later. Make sure your camera is handy.

9h00: Up to our boat, go along the Thu Bon River Marathon, enjoy the beautiful views of the River, taste some delicious traditional cakes 

10h00: Moving through the  bamboo basket boats  and start your journey  exploring  the small channels, go deep into the forest of coconut , hear about the history of the coconut forest in  Vietnamese wars, visit around coconut island.

10h30: Tourist will be taught to boating, fishing( optional), catch the river snails, and fishing by the local fisherman, experience a mazing performance with basket boat dancing, have souvenir handmade from coconut leaves, and visiting the old Houses in coconut leaf along river.

11h00: Learn the traditional ways of preparing and cooking Vietnamese food, made some flowers and animals by vegetables for decoration. After the lesson, enjoy what you have cooked. Cooking class will be finished around 13h00 – 13h30. After the class you will be free in the rest of time of the day to discover HoiAn by your own

Breakfast then check out hotel. At 09:00 a.m You will have private van with tour guide from Hoi An to DaNang, on the way go to Ba Na and take cable car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hill station.

Take first cable car ( Hoi An station gate ) directly to Golden bridge – new special point in Bana hill complex – take a great time to see DaNang city with over view & nice photo here.

Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nginh Phong top, Old wine tunnel, Orchid Garden.

Then, visit one of the largest indoor gaming zone of Vietnam. This is a huge fantasy park and is an amazing entertainment for people of every age.

There are 3D, 4D and 5D cinemas, journey into the underground ride, free fall and other challenging rides. You can also explore a horror house and play more than 90 free games.

End of the fun day. Our driver will drop you back to the hotel at Hoi An.

Dinner by your own.

Take your time for breakfast at hotel restaurant, then please be ready at hotel lobby at 09h55 - our driver will pick you up then transfer you to DaLat airport - check in flight DaNang – SaiGon (13:10 – 14:55) Our driver in SaiGon will pick you up then transfer to your hotel, takes approximately 40 minutes. Check-in hotel, take free time by your own then

At 18.00: Our English-speaking tour guide will pick you up at your hotel or a specified place.

You will have a quick look on the itinerary so that you can make it clear that where will we go and what will eat.

At first, we enjoy our dinner at a local restaurant. It will be beef noodles soup – one of the specialties of our country or also known as a traditional food in the Central of Vietnam, sugarcane juice – a kind of drink made by pressing the sugarcanes, grilled beef wrapped in betel leaves – an indispensable dish in Vietnam cuisine.

After the meals, your guide driver will take you to Nguyen Thiet Thuat Street - a “food heaven” in Saigon. Street food sold here is diverse since people in the area come from many places and have different taste. By coming here, you have a chance to get your stomach satisfied with a wide range of delicious food and drink.

Then we will go through the area and explore a typical night of residents as well as know more what had happened in this place through the flow of history.

The next destination is the biggest flower market located in district 5. Flowers sold there are believed to be collected from every part of Vietnam so that you can easily buy any kind of flowers you like as well as enjoy the sweet smell or the beauty of them.

Otherwise, in district 5, we will stop for minutes for eating Vietnamese pancake - a portion of delicious food that is eaten with a wide range of vegetable.

Back to the tour, the guide will take you to Nguyen Trai Street - a busy street where almost everything is sold: clothes, souvenirs, etc. After that, on Nguyen Van Cu Bridge, you will be impressed by the whole view of Saigon in the night time, feel the peaceful moment when looking at Saigon river with fresh cool air after several hours going in the city.

Next, we will stop at district 4, which is regarded as the smallest district. Many people from other places in Vietnam move to live there so the lifestyle and tradition of residents are extremely various there. That is such a special place to get experience while you are in Saigon.

Say goodbye to district 4, we will next join BBQ seafood party held by street food restaurants. We can share our happiness with others eating there. The party may consist of seafood, beer and other fascinating dishes that are recommended by Saigonese.

After all, we will take you back to your accommodation and wish you a nice dream.

Breakfast & take a rest. At 08h00 a.m  ---- Departure trip to Visit SaiGon city .

Still called Saigon by many locals, is a center of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. This bustling metropolis ,contradiction of its northern counterpart, is crowded with bikes and motorbikes, excited by numerous shopping area and sidewalk café.

There are 2 options for city tour

Option 1: A city tour takes us in the Reunification Palace which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975. Close to the palace are some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Sai Gon Post Office.

Visit China town, Thien Hau pagoda. After seeing the War Remnant, we continue to the bustling Ben Thanh Market for an appreciation of local life.

Option2: With this city tour schedule, we will try to let you experience the most unique features of this place, the people here, and see the lives of local people in the most authentic way, not just tourist destinations... you will visit the local market, sit on a cyclo to slowly look around Cho Lớn market, experience local coffee where local people come to enjoy, go to the flower market.... Besides, if you want to visit the places that I wrote in the old city itinerary, you can tell the tour guide to go there.

In general, we recommend the city points above, when you meet the tour guide, the tour guide will discuss with you in more detail about your wishes and we will follow the itinerary that you most desire.

After breakfast, check out hotel .

 07:30am: This morning we will start Mekong Delta to compare among how Cai Be and Cai Rang floating market are. On our dedicated car you can see the green paddy fields extending towards the horizontal.

10.30am: When you arrive in Cai Be, you’ll board a motorized boat that takes you to the floating market which is one of the biggest and famous floating markets in Mekong Delta. Furthermore, you can enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and experience the daily life of rural people.

Next, we walk to visit a coconut candy, a crispy rice cake factory (served free with premium hot tea) and you might buy coconut candy and hand-made items from coconut trees of Mekong Delta for souvenir.

When you feel it's enough for the serenity, let's get back to the large motor boat for enjoying something difference in An Binh Island (or Tan Phong Island). It is famous for fresh fruits the whole year. On the way , we have an excellent opportunity to look the sightseeing along 2 long sidess' river and find out the life of rural people in Mekong Delta.

The time now should be around 12 noon. Time for lunch! Let's go to the local people's house for that (in the seasonable fruits garden).

After lunch, we are divided into many groups and get on small row boats. During this 20 minutes trip, your boat will zigzag through a maze of shadow canals to enjoy the fresh air along the canal and wonderful water coconut tree scenery. Then we will ride bicycles (if weather permits) and roaming through a village about 20 minutes to check out our natural scenery with quiet and peaceful villages or we can relax on a hammock for a short rest in Mekong Delta.

The next we travel to Can Tho.

Over night in Can Tho.

In the morning, early wake up. Have breakfast.

Tour guide will pick you up again. We will take a motor boat trip visit the floating market (the biggest floating market in Mekong). There  are thousand boats from small to big gather on a part of river to do their daily business with the agriculture produces like fruits and vegetables (many kind of fruits & vegetables of the tropic weather).

Later, we will stop at the rice noodle and the rice husking mill village to see how the local people produce their produces. Then, the boat made another cruises around the small countryside of Can Tho. Here, we will have a chance to experience how to pass a “Monkey bridge” which is built by only one bamboo before the bus transferring back to SaiGon. Check in your hotel in SaiGon - Say goodbye with tour guide . Then free time in city

After breakfast at hotel restaurant then please be ready at hotel lobby at THE TIME, our driver will pick you up then transfer to SAIGON Airport to take flight to next destination

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