DAY 1: SAIGON ARRIVAL   (-/-/D)

Upon arrival, you will be received by your guide and transferred  to  your hotel for check-in.

Overnight in Saigon

Meal                 Dinner at Tandoor Restaurant (or similar) - Authentic Indian Cuisine
Distance         Airport – Central: 7 – 8km à30 minute transfer

DAY 2: SAIGON – CU CHI TUNNELS – HALF DAY CITY (B/L/D)

Morning start with Cu Chi Tunnels which were never discovered by American Force. These tunnels are stretching over 200 km and were important Viet Cong  base during the American War. This underground network, dug by hand connected command posts hospital shelter and weapon factories.

Afternoon, You will come to:

- Mariamman Hindu Temple: 45 Truong Dinh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Sri Thendayutthapani temple:  66 Ton That Thiep, Quan 1 (District 1), Ho Chi Minh City.
- Reunification Palace which formerly was Independence palace of the South Vietnamese President.  Continue to visit the Centre Post Office and the Cathedral of Notre Dame

Overnight in Saigon

Meals                 Breakfast at hotel
                            Lunch at Ganesh Restaurant (or similar) - Authentic Indian Cuisine
                            Dinner at Asokha Restaurant (or similar) - Authentic Indian Cuisine
Distance           Saigon Central – Cu Chi Tunnels: 75 km à2 hour transfer

DAY 3: SAIGON – MY THO – SAIGON (B/L/D)

Transfer to outskirt of Saigon and begins the tour on the beautiful countryside  road

Start at Tourist Boat Station (My Tho), cruising on Tien (Mekong) river and seeing four islands: Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, Phoenix. Enjoy fresh coconut juice. To visit fish floating market and Fish-craft village along Tien River. Stop at Thoi Son island, go walking around countryside road, seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits and listen to traditional music. Take a rowing boat on small canal with beautiful scenery of country side, to visit honey-bee farm and enjoy honey-tea. Stop at Phoenix island to visit Coconut Monk Temple andCrocodile-pond. To boat up Tien River to Tan Thach canal (Ben Tre) visit coconut candy workshop and handicraft workshop.

Overnight in Saigon

Meals             Breakfast at hotel
                         Lunch at Hao Ai Restaurant (or similar) – Vietnamese Cuisine (no beef and no pork)
                         Dinner at Tandoor Restaurant (or similar) - Authentic Indian Cuisine
Distance        Saigon Central -  My Tho: 75km à2 hour transfer

DAY 4: SAIGON – HOIAN VIA DANANG AIRPORT (B/L/D) 

After breakfast transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for the short flight to the central port city of Danang. On arrival in Danang transfer to Hoi An, a major Asian trading port in the 17th and 18th centuries whose architecture and relaxed lifestyle has changed little over the years. Take a walking tour of the ancient town centre to visit the former merchants homes, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge and the colorful market. Rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight in Hoian

Meals               Breakfast at hotel
                          Lunch at Ganesh Restaurant (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine
                          Dinner at Namaste Hoi  An (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine
Distance         Saigon Central – Saigon Airport: 7 - 8km à30 minute transfer
                          Danang Airport – Hoian: 35km à45 minute transfer

DAY 5: HOIAN – HUE (B/L/D)

Leave Hoi An for Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Its mesmerizing tombs and mausoleums of the last emperors of Vietnam reveal fascinating insights into the lives of the imperial families and their subjects. The ancient citadel reflects the pomp and ceremony of the dynastic rulers as well as the scars of many years of turmoil, both ancient and modern (the Royal Citadel was badly damaged in the latter stages of the war) but retains a sense of grace and majesty even today.

Drive through Danang before climbing over the Pass of Ocean Clouds and dropping down to the wonderfully photogenic fishing village of Lang Co. In Hue visit the Imperial Citadel where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945. Latter visitKhai Dinhs Tomb which is traditional Vietnamese in design with a European touch making it unique from other tombs in Hue.

Overnight in Hue

Meals            Breakfast at hotel
                        Lunch at Omar Khayyams Indian (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine
                         Dinner at Omar Khayyams Indian Restaurant (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine
Distance         Hoian – Hue: 155km à3.5 hour transfer included breaktime on the way

DAY 6: HUE – HANOI (B/-/D)

Breakfast at hotel and free at your own time till transfer to airport for your flight to the next destination. Upon arrival in Hanoi, our local guide will pick you up and transfer to hotel for check in.

Have dinner at Indian restaurant.

Overnight in Hanoi

Meals            Breakfast at hotel
                        Dinner at Food Shop 45 (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine
Distance        Hue Central – Phu Bai Airport (in Hue): 15 km à45 minute transfer
                         Noi Bai Airport – Hanoi Central: 35 km à45 minute transfer

DAY 7: HANOI FULL DAY TOUR (B/L/D)

In the morning, start your half day city. Your first stop will be the Ho Chi Minh Complex, where the father of modern-day Vietnam declared the nation’s independence in 1945. Discover the reverence with which the  Vietnamese treat their “Uncle Ho” at this pilgrimage site. Continue your tour at sites such as the Stilt House, Presidential Palace, and One Pillar Pagoda. Then drive to the Temple of Literature, built in honor of Confucius by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong in 1070,which is also used to be thefirst university of Vietnam in the 11^th century.

Afternoon, you will visit The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, which is a museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, which focuses on the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups in Vietnam. Then visit Hoan Kiem Lake  (Sword Lake) and Ngoc Son Temple with Sunrise Bridge.

Evening highlight will be a Water Puppet Performance – the unique form of Vietnamese art derived from wet rice civilization of South East Asia.

Overnight in Hanoi                                                                                                    

Meals             Breakfast at hotel
                         Lunch at Namestee Restaurant (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine
                         Dinner at Tan Door Restaurant (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine

Note:               On Monday and Friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed.

DAY 8: HANOI - HALONG – HANOI (B/L/D)

After breakfast at hotel, depart to Halong Bay. We arrive at Bai Chay wharf, welcome by crew team and we start enjoying 4 hour boat trip. A delicious seafood lunch will be served when we are completely relax on boat. We are both having seafood and seeing the wonderful sightseeing outside. Our lunch time ends is the time we walk into the Thien Cung cave (Heaven Palace cave) to see thousands of stalactites and stalagmites colored by hundreds of neon lights. After 1 hour stay in the “Heaven Palace”, we are back to the boat for cruising along the World Nature Heritage part to see the Incense Bowl islet, Cock fighting islets Sail islet, Turtle island….

At 16:00 PM, we finish our boat trip and back to our vehicle for transferring to Hanoi with stopovers at Ceramic and Hand Embroidery Workshop en route.

At around 20:00PM we will be back to Hanoi. Dinner at Indian restaurant.

Overnight in Hanoi          

Meals             Breakfast at hotel
                         Lunch on boat - Vietnamese Cuisine
                         Dinner at Foodshop Restaurant (or similar) – Authentic Indian Cuisine
Distance        Halong –Hanoi: 165km à4 hour transfer included breaktime on the way

DAY 9: HANOI DEPARTURE (B/-/-)

Free time for relax and shopping until your transfer to the airport  for your onward flight.

Meals              Breakfast at hotel
Distance         Hanoi Central – Noi Bai Airport: 35 km à45  minute transfer

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