Vietnam Superior Treat

You will get picked up from the airport and transfer to Hanoi downtown. Check in your hotel and prepare yourself for an exciting urban adventure.

With its vibrant Old Quarter dotted with ancient temples in a maze of little streets lined with colorful shops and stalls, French colonial buildings and tree lined boulevards, tranquil lakes and graceful pagodas, elegant cafes and hustle street life, Hanoi is one of the liveliest and most charming cities in Asia.

Wander through the colorful streets, soak up with sights, sounds, smells and get yourself adapted to the local atmosphere. Accommodation in hotel in Hanoi centre.

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Hotel in hanoi

Today you will have a day tour to visit Hanoi’s featured sights. Learn about Vietnam modern history through your visit to the Ho Chi Minh Memorial Complex where you will see Ho Chi Minh in a glass sarcophagus and his humble house on stilts. Dig up further into the Vietnamese culture and civilization as you marvel through the Temple of Literature, the first University of the country that built from 1076, where huge stone steles on turtle backs bear names of the country’s men who received Doctor Laureate through royal examinations. Go on with a visit to Hoan Kiem Lake  and Ngoc Son Temple. We end the day with water puppet show – one of Vietnamese unique traditions.

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Private vehicle

Sightseeing hanoi

Breakfast & lunch

hotel in hanoi

Leave Hanoi and drive through spectacular country and mountain sceneries to Mai Chau, a beautiful green valley surrounded by high mountains in Hoa Binh Province, approx 150km from Hanoi. This place is home to beautiful White Thai minority villages and is the chance for you to enjoy the natural setting and to discover the authentic local life and culture.

Take a light trek around villages and green paddies for sightseeing, visit local house, enjoy local interaction and perhaps join with locals at their farm work.

Excellent dinner prepared by your host will be served along with some local rice whiskey. This evening you have chance to enjoy the local dance and music. Overnight home stay in a local house on stilts

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Private transfer

Breakfast, lunch & dinner

Homestay in maichau

If today is Sunday we will drive 1 hour further to enter a weekend hill tribe market at Xa Linh where you can see many ethnic minorities gather around for trading, exchanging, looking for their friend and partners. It is very colorful market with the presentation of the Red and Green Hmong. After lunch we return to Hanoi.

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Private transfers

Breakfast & lunch

hotel in hanoi

Explore the incredible scenery of World Heritage Halong Bay on an overnight boat cruise.

Voted as one of 7 new wonders of the World, Halong Bay is considered one of the most beautiful places on earth. It is a huge body of emerald water that covers a space of more than 1500 square kilometers dotted with stunning limestone islands of different shapes that carved by waves and winds through millions of year.

A sumptuous seafood lunch will be served as you wind your way through the dramatic limestone islands. Visit floating villages, enjoy swimming in the crystal water and discover huge lime stone cave and sharpen your shooting skill with thousands of chance for photos. Overnight on board in a great comfort beneath sky alive with stars.

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halong bay cruise

Breakfast, lunch & dinner

o/n on board cruiser

Wake up early in the morning if you would like to enjoy beautiful sunrise at the bay. Have some coffee and cakes for a small breakfast while the crew is pulling the anchor up for further cruise to other parts of the bay. Have a brunch on boat before reaching the pier and get back to Hanoi for dinner and hop on a night train to Hue. The train is quite comfortable with 4 soft sleeper bunks in each cabin (occasionally six berths depending on seasonal variations), enough space for your luggage and you can lock the door from inside. The train is air-conditioned and there are both western style and squat toilet, each on each end of the carriage.

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Breakfast, lunch & dinner

o/n on train

Arrive in Hue in the morning, transfer to your hotel for breakfast. Free on your own for the rest of the morning.

Located in the central Vietnam, Hue is the old imperial capital and the treasure of the country’s royal past and known for its both historical values and beautiful natural landscapes.

In the afternoon you will take a visit to the Imperial Citadel and Forbidden City. Built from 1804 to 1833 and was the administrative centre of the country from 1802 to 1884 and nominally until 1945, the fortress-like citadel encompasses three courts covering 6 km that surrounded by massive brick walls and protected by a moat system. There were hundreds of buildings that built in a perfect harmony and strict concept of Fengshui. Less than a third of the structures inside the citadel remain due to successive wars especially in 1947 and 1968.

Following with a walk around Dong Ba Market where you can learn more about local’s life. Enjoy shopping here. Royal dinner (optional) would be great experience in the imperial city.

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Breakfast, lunch

Hotel in hue

Board a ‘dragon boat’ and float along the silk-strap-like Perfume River. Take a visit to the iconic Thien Mu Pagoda, the oldest pagoda of the city perching on a hill top by river bank with its 7 storey tower mirror into the water. The pagoda houses a huge bell dating from early 18th century, whose sound can be heard miles away. Continue with a visit to one of the majestic tombs of the former emperors that was built in perfect harmony with the natural setting and ornately decorated with arrangement in the same line of the Royal city.

In the afternoon, you will take a scenic drive through verdant mountains and stunning beaches to Hoi An with stops to explore great view from the top of the Hai Van Pass and optional visit to Cham Museum in Da Nang. Overnight in Hoi An.

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Breakfast & lunch

Hotel in hoi An

Hoi An, a little ancient town nestled on the banks of the Thu Bon River is one of the World Heritages in the country. Before the river silted up, Hoi An was one of the most important trading ports in Southeast Asia. Over the years, merchant ships from both the East and the West docked in Hoi An, making it hustle commercial centre. For now, Hoi An’s architecture, lifestyle and atmosphere is well preserved and combines to produce this unique heritage site.

Spend half a day for tour of little Hoi An. Tour includes Phuc Kien assembly hall, Japanese recovered bridge and one of the most famous old houses in town, Tan Ky house. The rest of the day is yours to relax on the beach or visit to some of the famous tailors of the town where you can have your cloths made! Dinner and overnight in Hoi An

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Breakfast & lunch

Hotel in hoian

Morning departure for Da Nang city for a short flight to Nha Trang.

Nha Trang is the famous seaside resort in the country with its pristine beaches, consistently good weather, green islands dotted amongst the beautiful bay of emerald water that houses the marine life protected areas and boasted the best place in the country for snorkeling and scuba diving.

Upon arrival, transfer directly to Whale Island where you are going to make your first night dive. After dinner, take your motor boat to the Van Phong Bay, an absolutely untouched place where we are sure you will have a good Vietnam dive experience. Overnight in Whale Island.

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Breakfast & lunch

Hotel in whale island

Your free day in Whales island for relaxing. You can also optionally enjoy some resort facilities such as wind surfing, kayaking, fishing or just relax on the white sandy beach in front of your bungalow. Dinner and overnight in Whale Island.

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Hotel in whale island

Breakfast at the resort. Get your speed boat to Nha Tramg mainland. In the afternoon, take a guided tour to visit to some featured sights of the town incluing the Long Son pagoda, Dam market before we experience a mud bath in the afternoon at Suoi Ba mud bath centre. Overnight in Nha Trang.

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Breakfast & lunch

Hotel in nha trang

The Beach is yours!  White sand beneath your feet and a BBQ lunch prepared just for you and your loved one. Have this secluded island to yourself and spend a romantic day just for two. Very well organized by our professional and friendly staff. Relaxing & Enjoying your all day & own beach. Transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Nha Trang.

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Breakfast & lunch

Hotel in nha trang

Transfer to the airport for the short morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

Formerly known as Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in the country that characterized by a vast array of sights and sounds with currents of people rushing about their life from early morning until midnight.

This afternoon you will have a trip to Cu Chi Tunnels, one of the most famous war relics in the country and the world. This spider net underground city, about 75 km from Saigon, stretches 250 km over three levels and took 25 years to build.  Started in the late 1940s by the Viet Minh and then the Viet Cong, it housed up to 10,000 people and contained operation rooms, hospitals, living quarters, kitchens, cinemas and so on… Air filters, airtight covers, booby traps and sentries were all part of the system. It is the chance for you to learn more about Vietnam War and the country recent history as well as how strong people’s determination can be. Back to Saigon in the late afternoon. Overnight in Saigon.

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domestic flight

Breakfast & lunch

Hotel in ho chi minh city

A short flight takes you to Phu Quoc Island.

Known as Pearl Island because of its beauty and is considered the best big resort in Vietnam. With its rugged jungle, squeaking white sands and sparkling cobalt waters, unbroken beach stretches for almost the entire length of the island's west coast, only a small part of it has been developed, Phu Quoc Island has been described as paradise for relaxing.

All afternoon is your dive experience in Phu Quoc. Overnight in Phu Quoc.

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domestic flight

Breakfast

Hotel in phu quoc island

After breakfast you will have a a tour around the island. Visit to fish sauce factory, pepper garden whose products Phu Quoc famous for. Continue with a visit to Cau Castle, a temple built in dedication to the Goddess of the Sea. In the afternoon, take a visit to Sao beach, Phu quoc former prison, a notorious prison used to detain the communist fighters, An Thoi port, the pearl-cultivating farm. Getting on Saigon–Phuquoc boat equipped with neon's, nets, fishing rods… to go fishing and squid-fishing. The fishing time begins at the sunset and the squid-fishing at night. Enjoying grilled seafood and having dinner on boat. Back to the resort. Overnight in Phu Quoc.

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Breakfast

Hotel in phu quoc island

Buffet breakfast then relax or enjoy shopping at local town market before taking flight back to Saigon. Check in the hotel and the remainder of the day is at your leisure. Farewell dinner on a well-lit ship floating on the Saigon River. It is also time to summarize your wonderful experience in Vietnam. Overnight in hotel in Saigon.

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Hotel in ho chi minh city

Today is departure day. Enjoy some free time for last purchases or simply relax before your transfer the airport for your flight home or carry on with more Travel Authentic Asia’s special travel.

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