HO CHI MINH CITY - HANOI CAPITAL - HALONG BAY

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Day 1 : ARRIVAL SAI GON – HO CHI MINH CITY

Arrival in Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City – a biggest city of vietnam. Special welcome with cold water and wet handkerchiefs to everybody. On the way transfer to hotel for check in, we stopover at Neo-Roman Notre Dame Cathedral , Municipal Post Office , Ho Chi Minh City People Committee (also the old French City Hall before 1975), and Municipal Theatre built in 1899. Check-in (at noon) and time of rest. Evening, we highly recommend a good dinner cruise (not included) on Saigon River in a floating restaurant and getting the admirable feel of the charming views of Saigon river and city-by-night during a short river-cruising. O/N in SAI GON
 

Day 2 : HO CHI MINH FULL DAY TOUR (B)

In the morning, you will visit the Reunification Palace – a symbol of Saigon old Government before 1975. Then drive slowly along a historical boulevard which the impressive buildings as the old US Embassy. Keep on visiting the War Remnants Museum . Afternoon, time for shopping at the Tay Son lacquerware / Silk factories/shops and Handmade Workshops and Ben Thanh Market and at the streets of handicraft shops in the heart of Saigon … all at extremely attractive price. Back to hotel and free at night. O/N in SAI GON.

 

Day 3 : SAIGON - HANOI – HALONG BAY( 2 Hours By PLANE, 175 km ) (B)

After breakfast, check out and transfer to the airport for flight VN214 09.30 – 11.30HRS to Hanoi Then the Noi Bai airport drive straight to Ha Long Bay – a beautiful Bay absolutely recognised as the World Natural Heritage by UNESCO. O/N in HA LONG BAY.

 

Day 4 : HALONG BAY – HANOI . (175 km) (B)

Enjoy a sailing boat to cruise 5 hours on the Bay, visit the imposing caves, grottoes, shapely islets and calm beaches . Seafood lunch on board. Drive back to Hanoi on afternoon. And visit then Return-Sword Lake, Ngoc Son - Heroic Temple, But Tower, where you will be fascinating with legendary stories from 600 years. An interesting tour by the Tricycles, the small rickshaws will carry you strolling around Old Quarter and shopping streets, St. Joseph Cathedral to relax and view to daily-life surrounding. Rickshaws will return back at Return-Sword Lake, a moment free in Garden of Hoan Kiem Lake to enjoy the lovely Hanoi landscapes in the sunset until the time of water puppet show, a unique art form of Vietnamese. Free at hotel. O/N in HANOI.

 

Day 5 : FLY BACK HOME FROM HANOI – WELCOME HOME ! (B)

This morning, let’s experience the basic concepts of political Vietnam currently by visit to the Chairman Palace area, Ho Chi Minh museum, Ba Dinh National square, Stilt House; One Pillar Pagoda, a nice group picture should photo in the parade yard of Ba Dinh National square with the great back view of Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, continuing to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, then Temple of Literature known as Vietnam's first university built on 11th century.