On arrival, you are met by our guide then she/he takes you to hotel for check in. It is much depending on your arrival time and if the time is permitted, you will take an orientation tour of Ho Chi Minh City (or so called Saigon) and also visit some highlight buildings such as: Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, City Hall, and Opera House, or just relax at your hotel.
Ho Chi Minh - Central Post Office
Today, we will enjoy the beautiful scenery in Mekong Delta, hundreds of canal, river system, and the most productive farm in Vietnam. We just take 2-hour drive to My Tho city, which is located on the bank of Mekong River, one of the longest rivers in the world, then take the boat ride to Thai Son Island for visiting fruit farm, bee farm, and local handicraft. We not only enjoy the fruits and honey tea at the farm but also entertain the traditional music show, “Don Ca Tai Tu” which has been selected as the World Intangible Heritage of Humanity. On the way back to Ho Chi Minh, we will have lunch at Mekong Rest Stop restaurant and enjoy local specialty.
Just seat back and relax on our comfortable bus back to the hotel.
My Tho - "Don ca tai tu"
We just take a short flight from Ho Chi Minh city to Danang, then proceed Hoi An. Hoi An, a lovely old seaport city located on the bank of Thu Bon River, is not only famous for its architecture, temples, pagodas, ancient trading houses, tailor shops, but also the hospitality and friendly people.
We just spend our day to stroll along the streets, talking to local people, visiting some local attraction sites: Thien Hau Temple, Japanese Bridge, and Tan Ky House.
Late in the afternoon, we take an hour boat ride on Thu Bon River, and this is a time for us just enjoying the scenery.
Hoi An old town (source: collected)
Morning, we take a half day trip to a World Cultural Heritage site, My Son Sanctuary of Champa Kingdom, which was very powerful and prosperous Kingdom in Southeast Asia from 4th century to 11th century.
We drive 2 hours through rural areas, rivers, paddy fields, mountains to visit this fantastic monument of the Cham people. Enjoy Champa Traditional Dance show.
After visiting this site, we drive to Danang City for our lunch, and then visit Cham Museum which all artifacts were collected in My Son area.
We drive to the Marble Mountains for visiting Huyen Khong Cave, which was used as the hospital during the American and Vietnam War. Continuing our way up the steps to Thien Phuoc Pagoda for a panoramic ocean view.
Finishing our day at the stone carving village.
We drive back to our hotel and enjoy our free time.
World Cultural Heritage site, My Son Sanctuary of Champa Kingdom
Today, we will enjoy the most beautiful distance in Central part of Vietnam from Hoi An to Hue. Hue City, a lovely and romantic city located on the bank of Huong (perfume) River, is the old capital of Vietnam from 1802 to 1945. This city is famous for its Citadel, Imperial City, Forbidden City, and the Royal tombs of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last feudal regime of Vietnam.
After checking in our hotel, we start our excursion by taking a boat trip to Thien Mu pagoda which was built in 17th century on the top of the hill overlooking Huong River and Truong Son Mountain range.
Hue - Thien Mu pangoda
Then we visit the Imperial and Forbidden City, most of the royal buildings were destroyed during the turmoil of the war but there is still the sense of grace and majestic of the rulers. Entertaining Vietnamese royal court music show that is considered World Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
We drive to the royal tombs of Nguyen Dynasty and visit King Tu Duc’s tomb and King Khai Dinh’s tomb.
Hue - Khai Dinh Tomb (Source: collected)
Morning, we take a short flight to Hanoi Capital, a raddle of Vietnamese culture. This thousand – year - old city is definitely a great place for us to stroll around 36 old commercial streets that are named based on the products that are sold such as: Hang Bac, Hang Giay, Hang Dieu, Hang Đao... On our arrival, we will take an hour cyclo ride (pedicab) to the old quarter of Hanoi. We finish our ride at Thang Long theatre. We walk around Hoan Kiem and visit Ngoc Son temple.
Hanoi - Ngoc Son temple.
Check in the hotel, we enjoy our free time.
In the evening, we will entertain the water puppet show, a unique Northern Vietnamese art performance.
Today, we visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Uncle Ho’s house on stilt where he lived and worked from 1958 -1969, his fishing pond and his garden.
Uncle Ho’s house
We visit One Pillar Pagoda built in 1049 by King Ly Thai Tong who ruled from 1028 to 1054. Continuing our excursion, we visit Van Mieu, the temple of literature dedicated to Confucius and his four best disciples built in 1076. This is also the first university in Vietnam to educate Vietnamese bureaucrats, nobles, royalty, and other members of the elites from 1076 to 1779. The interesting thing is the collection of steles of doctorates whose name, birthplace, year of the examination, and the rank of diploma, were engraved onto the marble stone stele placing on the top of the turtle. There are 1307 graduated doctor names on 82 steles in this place.
Hanoi - Van Mieu
After visiting this wonderful place, we will have lunch at a local restaurant.
Later in the afternoon, we visit Ethnology Museum which is very good collection about the ethnic groups in Vietnam. The simple agriculture stools, fish traps, hand weaving cloths, crafts, festivals, folk arts, traditional houses, and lively activities of each tribe, are all here for us to discover.
Finally, we visit history Museum, the exhibits from stone age, bronze age, and rehistoric era, to the modern age to show how the Vietnamese has been strugling for the independence, peace, freedom, and love.
There is no activity for today. Just pack up and relax until your departure flight. The guide and driver will pick you up then transfer you to Noi Bai Airport.
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