Vietnam Elegance: North to South in
7 Days

Upon arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai International airport, you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to your hotel.

You will have a welcome dinner & a water puppet performance and an overnight stay in Hanoi.

Breakfast at hotel.

You will start visiting first place named Tran Quoc Pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake. Visit Ho Chi Minh’s complex included his mausoleum, the final resting place of Viet Nam’s greatest father, walking along Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived and worked from 1958 to 1969. Visit One-Pillar Pagoda – the one modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi city.

In the afternoon, visit one of Hanoi's museums, either the History Museum OR the Museum of Ethnology. The History Museum is housed in an elegant building from the 1930s and includes exhibits spanning the entirety of Vietnam's history including prehistory, proto-Vietnamese civilizations, the Dong Son Culture, the Oc-Eo Culture and the Khmer Kingdoms. The alternative to the visit of History Museum is the Museum of Ethnology (close on Monday), which brings to life the astonishing ethnic diversity in Vietnam, with art and artifacts from the 54 different ethnic groups that inhabit the country.

Enjoy an hour cyclo tour around Hanoi Old Quarter.

You will visit Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple the focal point of the city. Overnight in Hanoi.

Upon meeting you at your hotel at 8:00 am, we will drive to Halong City, an approximately 3.5-hour drive. Once in Halong City, you will board your boat for a four-hour cruise of this stunning area, stopping along the way to visit one of the most beautiful limestone caves in the area.

After breakfast, we do a half day boat trip to discover wonderful Ha Long Bay. Admire hundreds of wonderful limestone formations arising from emerald, green water, visit the dramatic caves, grottos such as Thien Cung cave (Paradise Grotto).

Lunch will be served on boat with fresh seafood.

Then, you will cruise back to the harbor and return to your hotel in Hanoi for an overnight stay.

You will go to HCMC in the morning and in the afternoon have a private tour of the country's commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops. You will visit the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Post Office, Chinatown & the Thien Hau Pagoda. You'll stroll through the city's main shopping boulevard with fashionable boutiques and hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and houseware. You will have an overnight stay in HCMC.

The Mekong Delta is the southernmost region of Vietnam. It is often referred to as the rice bowl of Vietnam as it produces three crops of rice per year. The fertile Mekong Delta is also famous for its tropical fruits and flowers.

Arrive in My Tho where you board a private local boat for a leisurely cruise along the river past stilt houses, fruit plantations. Continue by boat to Tan Thach in Ben Tre, and board a hand-rowed sampan to float along natural canals shaded by coconut trees, then sample seasonal fruit and honey tea accompanied by locals performing Southern Vietnamese folk music. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, try the delicious coconut candy and observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, try the delicious coconut candy and observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village. You will visit the Vinh Trang pagoda before heading back to HCMC.

Dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight in HCMC.

In the morning you will enjoy a half-day private excursion to the Cu Chi Tunnels. The Cu Chi Tunnels consist of more than 200km of underground tunnels. This main axis system has many branches connecting to underground hideouts, shelters, and entrances to other tunnels. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life was like during the U.S.-Vietnam War.

The afternoon is free, and you will stay overnight in HCMC.

There is no activity planned for today, so you are free to go for souvenir shopping until transfer to the HCMC airport for your departing flight.