Vietnam Adventure

Day 1: Arrival Hanoi (Dinner)
    Upon arrival in Hanoi – capital of Vietnam, you will be greeted by our Local Guide and transferred to hotel for check-in procedure.   
    Enjoy a Vietnam’s must-see cultural spectacle – The Quintessence of Tonkin show (optional) and have dinner in a nice restaurant.
    Overnight in Ha Noi

Day 2: Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch)
        Morning, take part in Hanoi City Tour, firstly visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum (outside view on Monday and Friday), his house on stilt, and photo stop at the Presidential palace while learning about his life and revolutionary activities.
    Visit One Pillar pagoda before boarding the bus to drive to Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple. Take the 1 hour cyclo tour around the Old quarter through its streets which are named after the guilds that used to represent the traditional crafts such as Hang Bac (Silver Street), Hang Gai (Silk Street), Hang Tre (Bamboo Street) etc…
    Tonight, you will join “Hanoi Night Foodie Adventure” to Discover a special Hanoi with exciting nightlife and fabulous taste, enjoy fun riding on the back of a motorbike and explore Hanoi’s charms in neon lights, this tour is a great chance for you to discover another Hanoi with lively scenes of local life and activities after a busy day.  
    Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi – Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
    Today, transfers to Hoang Su Phi, Ha Giang province  (nearly 400 km from Hanoi, takes about 8 hours to get there) and enjoy the beautiful roadside scenery on the way. Arrive in Ha Giang, you wil do check in to Panhou Ecolodge and the rest of the day is your free time.
    Overnight in Panhou Ecolodge.

Day 4: Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
    After breakfast, depart for volunteer trekking tours.
We will have 2 tour guides from Hanoi, should arrange 2 options of trekking-tours: short distance tour (3-4 hours walking) and long distance (6-7 hours walking) with Pan Hou lodge-localguides to take guests on these trekking-tours. Trekking via Red Dao village, Black Dao village, beautiful scene with Terrace Rice Fields, Tea Hill, also experience traditional customs of locals.
    Porter/Cook from Pan Hou Village lodge will carry picnic lunch for the 6-7 hours trekking tour. Pax joining the short 3-4 hours trekking tour should be back to the lodge for lunch. Dinner will be served at Panhou Ecolodge.
    Overnight in Panhou Ecolodge.

Day 5: Hoang Su Phi – Hanoi – Da Nang – Hoi An  (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
    Early morning, Drive back to Hanoi, having lunch on the way at a local restaurant in Tuyen Quang. 
    Arrival Hanoi in the late afternoon. Then, transfer to airport for night flight to Da Nang. 
    Upon arrival at Da Nang airport, pick up and transfer to hotel in Hoi An.
    Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 6: Hoi An (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
    An Eco Tours -Farmer & fisher-man tour including lunch starting in the morning. Tour starts by riding bicycles to Tra Que Village. Scroll around the vegetable village and join the daily activities with local farmers there. Continue to take bicycles along De Vong River to Hoi An Beach wharlf. Embark on the boat to Cua Dai sand dune, enjoy casting net show and learn how to cast net from local fisher man. Fisherman will teach you how to catch the crabs.
    Enjoy special local food such as pancake, Tam Huu spring roll , fried fish …After lunch, learn how to make funny tools with water coconut leaf. Continue to the accient town, experience the daily life of fisher man along Thu Bon River. Get on Bach Dang wharf , take a bicycle back to Hotel.
    Visit Hoi An Ancient Town,  Japanese covered bridge, Hoi An market. Have dinner in a river-view restaurant.
    Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 7: Hoi An – Danang – HCMC (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
    Take morning flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Upon arrival, you will join a tour to visit: Reunification Palace, War Remnant Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office and Ben Thanh Market.
    Tonight, you will experience the special tour to explore the “Saigon by Night – Back of the Bike” and enjoy spectacular “Street Foods of Saigonese”. This will make you an unforgettable memory about Saigon – Ho Chi Minh city.
    Overnight in HCMC.

​​​​​​​Day 8: HCMC (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
    Departing for Tay Ninh to visit the Cao Dai Holy See Temple – A colorful temple and see the noon – mass. Attending the Daily Service of Caodaism at noon.
    After lunch, you will join a tour to Cu Chi Tunnel -one of the branches of the 200km underground tunnels system in Cu Chi. Exploring the tunnels with local guide who's in uniform of the real guerilla during the Vietnam War.
    Back to Ho Chi Minh city. Have dinner and enjoy AO show in the Opera House (optional).
    Overnight in HCMC.

​​​​​​​Day 9: HCMC – Mekong (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
    In the morning, Tour Guide will pick you up at the hotel and depart for Vinh Long. When you arrive to Cai Be, shift to a motor boat to visit a floating market. And watch the locals trading fruit and many other commodities on board their vessels. Visit a small family business to see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Then wander into the small villages to visit the orchard and fruit plantation, accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music. Have lunch at the local restaurant.
    Transfer to Can tho in the afternoon for hotel check in.
    Overnight in Mekong Lodge

​​​​​​​Day 10: Mekong – HCMC airport (Breakfast, Lunch)
    After breakfast. We board a boat to Can Tho market which is a great chance to see the authentic Cai Rang floating market with real trading going on. The Cai Rang floating market is where you can see dozens of boats selling tropical fruits not just to tourist, this might be one of your last chances to capture a bit of the old boat to boat trading atmosphere on the Mekong. Have luch at the local restaurant. Coming back to Ho Chi Minh City, then straight forward to airport.
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