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ITINERARY
DAY 1 • Depart U. S. Fly to Hanoi, Vietnam.
DAY 2 • Arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam Arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam, and transfer to your hotel, where you’ ll be joined by travelers who took our optional Hill Tribes of Vietnam: Journey into Ancient Cultures pre-trip extension and those who arrived early in Hanoi before the main adventure.
May De Ville Corner Hotel or similar
DAY 3 • Hanoi • Cyclo-rickshaw ride Enjoy an orientation tour of Hanoi this morning. Explore on your own this afternoon before taking a cyclo-rickshaw ride through the Old Quarter. Later, gather for a Welcome Dinner.
Meals: B, D | May De Ville Corner Hotel or similar
DAY 4 • Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum & One Pillar Pagoda • Water puppet demonstration
Today we visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the resting place of the late leader, as well as the iconic One Pillar Pagoda. Then, visit a local water puppet master and his family who will show us how these intricate puppets are made.
Meals: B, L | May De Ville Corner Hotel or similar
DAY 5 • Hanoi • A Day in the Life of Tho Ha Village We’ ll stop at a local market and take a ferry across the Nhu Nguyet River to reach Tho Ha, a rural village where we’ ll experience A Day in the Life of a local family who earns their living by making rice paper.
Meals: B, L | May De Ville Corner Hotel or similar
DAY 6 • Hanoi • Bat Trang • Controversial Topic: Land reform • Optional Hanoi local life & food adventure
Visit Bat Trang, a village known for its unique ceramic pottery. Here, you’ ll meet with an artist and their family at a ceramics workshop. After, we’ ll learn about the Controversial Topic of Vietnam’ s land reform from two former landlords. Later, you might join an optional tour to discover Hanoi’ s local life and food using local transport.
Meals: B, L | May De Ville Corner Hotel or similar
DAY 7 • Halong Bay • Overnight cruise Depart for Halong Bay, where we’ ll board our private boat for an overnight cruise. Spend our afternoon plying the bay’ s emerald waters, stopping to explore a grotto.
Meals: B, L, D | Traditional Vietnamese boat
DAY 8 • Halong Bay cruising • Fly to Hué Spend the morning soaking up the scenery of Halong Bay while our boat cruises back to port for our flight to Hué.
Meals: B, D | Cherish Hotel or similar
DAY 9 • Explore Hué • Meditation lunch with local nuns • GCF visit: Minh Tu or Hope Orphanage
Tour the Citadel of Hué this morning, then continue to a Buddhist pagoda where we’ ll join some local monks and nuns for lunch. Later, visit either the Minh Tu or
Hope Orphanage, both supported in part by Grand Circle Foundation.
Meals: B, L, D | Cherish Hotel or similar
DAY 10 • Hoi An • Thien Mu Pagoda boat cruise Board a boat and cruise to Thien Mu Pagoda where we’ ll discover this temple’ s rich history. From there, drive to the coastal village of Hoi An. Along the way, stop at My Khe Beach— also known to Americans as China Beach.
Meals: B, L, D | Hoi An Central Boutique Hotel or similar
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
On Day 4, enjoy a traditional water puppet demonstration in Hanoi, a cherished Vietnamese cultural heritage with ancient roots.
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