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DAY 3: NINH BINH - TRANG AN DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL Xin chao! Welcome to Hanoi, Vietnam. In the evening, your guide will welcome you and go over your itinerary for the following day. Hotel: La Belle Vie hotel – Deluxe room (or similar hotels) Meal: None Pho DAY 2: DISCOVER HANOI Start your day by visiting two important sites of Hanoi: President Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum complex and the Temple of Literature. After lunch, visit the Ethnology Museum, then you’ll come to the Old Quarter in the mid-afternoon - a place you must experience while in Hanoi. Walk to the Hoan Kiem Lake, the symbols of the city. Then head back to the hotel to refresh before heading out for a cozy dinner at Lý Club. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Hanoi Ha Long Bay Ninh Binh Continue with your journey to Ninh Binh and visit Hoa Lu, the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam in the 10th and 11th centuries. Afternoon, board a sampan for a journey along thewinding river lined with trees and Trang An’s limestone mountains. Drive to your Eco lodge and spend leisure time exploring the surroundings. Hotel: Buffalo Eco Garden – Deluxe Garden view (or similar hotels) Meals: Breakfast, Lunch DAY 4: HA LONG BAY - CRUSING DAY Danang Hoi An Vinh Long DAY 8: EXPLORE HOI AN DAY 5: HA LONG - FLY TO HUE Banh Xeo - Vietnamese Pancake Start the day with a calming Tai Chi session. The cruise passes beautiful locations, and you get the chance to explore Surprise Cave before having a buffet brunch on board. Back at the dock you’ll transfer to Hanoi for your evening flight to Hue. En route, stop at a traditional village to enjoy the water puppet show by local artists. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel in Hue. Hotel: Eldora hotel - Deluxe city view (or similar hotels) Meals: Breakfast, brunch In the morning, you will take a boat ride up the romantic Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda. Then you’ll be treated to some of Hue’s history. You’ll be taken to see King Tu Duc’s Tomb of the Nguyen Dynasty and then on to see the Imperial City – Vietnam’s former royal capital, which was ruled by the Nguyen’s for 140 years. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Ho Chi Minh City Cai Be Departure dates 2018 01 jan - 30 apr airfares incl: $1,371 - Single Surcharge: $46O airfares EXcl: $1,197 - Single Sugcharge: $46O 07 Jan 04 Feb 04 Mar 21 Jan 18 Feb 18 Mar 01 Apr 15 Apr 29 Apr 01 MAY - 30 SEp airfares incl: $1,347 - Single Surcharge: $436 airfares excl: $1,193 - Single Sugcharge: $436 13 May 10 Jun 08 Jul 27 May 24 Jun 22 Jul 05 Aug 29 Aug 30 Sep 02 Sep 16 Sep 01 oct - 31 dec airfares incl: $1,399 - Single Surcharge: $469 Today Hoi An is free at your own leisure. Meal: Breakfast DAY 9: METROPOLITAN CITY Fly to Ho Chi Minh City and explore Vietnam’s largest city in the afternoon. You will visit the Reunification Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral - a center of Catholicism in modern Vietnam and the Saigon Post Office, a classic French colonial structure. Enjoy a special dinner – a feast for the senses. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy at your leisure. Hotel: Silverland Yen hotel – Deluxe (or similar hotels) Meals: Breakfast, Dinner DAY 10: MEKONG DELTA This morning, explore the mighty Mekong Delta, from the Vinh Long market to the brick kilns, through the floating village. Lunch will be at a local house. In the afternoon, walk along the village to the local workshopswhere you can see how to make rice paper, coconut candy and popped rice. Come back to the homestay and enjoy cooking with the owners. Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at the house. Accommodation: homestay Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner airfares excl: $1,256 - Single Sugcharge: $469 14 oct 11 Nov 09 Dec 28 oct 25 Nov 23 Dec *Airfares are domestic and regional only for spring-rolls, sew coconut-leaves for cottage roofs and see how locals weave dried water-hyacinth to make many products: baskets, bags, hats, wallets. Another journey on a rowing boat will take you deeper into the peaceful countryside on smaller canals. In the afternoon, transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City. Farewell dinner will be at a cozy restaurant located in a lane of Saigon which was a French villa. Hotel: Silverland Yen hotel – Deluxe (or similar hotels) Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner DAY 12: HCM CITY DEPARTURE The day is free at leisure in Ho Chi Minh City for some last minute shopping before departure. Meal: Breakfast DAY 11: CAI BE - FLOATING MARKET Hue - Forbidden City entrance gate contact us [email protected] Head out to Hoi An via the Hai Van Pass. Stop to admire stunning views over Lang Co Beach. Enjoy lunch at a restaurant by the river side. Spend the afternoon walking the ancient streets of Hoi An, lined with Chinese traders’ homes and wooden houses reincarnated as restaurants, cafés, and outlets for local artists, craftsmen and tailors. Hotel: Vinh Hung riverside resort - Superior Garden View (or similar hotels) Meals: Breakfast, Lunch After breakfast, depart for Halong Bay, one of the most stunning natural wonders of the world. On arrival, board a traditional junk and head out into the Gulf of Tonkin amongst the huge limestone outcrops and emerald waters. You spend the rest of the day cruising the myriad of tiny islands and many grottoes created by wind and the waves over the centuries. Cruise: Bhaya Cruise – Deluxe cabin (or similar cruises) Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner DAY 6: HUE HIGHLIGHTS Hue DAY 7: HOI AN - THE ANCIENT TOWN Get on board to cruise to Cai Be floating market. Then hop back on land for a biking/walking on village paths to visit local farms. You’ll learn how they make rice-net Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica 6 8