Itinerary: Hanoi - Sapa-Bac Ha- Halong - Hue- Danang - Hoi An - Nha Trang - Saigon - Mekong Delta (16 days)

Price: US$ 1,589 / person

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (--/--/--)

Guests will arrive at Noi Bai International Airport (35 km from Hanoi Centre). The Trans Indochina Travel Tour Guide and car will welcome and transfer to hotel in Hanoi for check in. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi City Tours - night train to Lao Cai (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will take group to visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, House on stilts and One Pillar pagoda. The the Group will continue to go with the Temple of Literature where worship Confucius and Vietnamese Scholars. In the afternoon, the group will be transferred to visit The Museum of Ethnology then back to city centre for visiting Hoan Kiem lake and Ngoc Son temple, taking a cyclo ride around the old quarter streets (an electricity car trip is optional).  All the group will enjoy the Water Puppetry Show in the Thang Long Theater near Hoan Kim Lake. After the dinner on guests own arrangement, the group will go to train station for the night train to Lao Cai province. Overnight on train (A/C soft sleeper cabin).

Note: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays and close for maintenance from October to January yearly

Day 3: Lao Cai – Sapa tourist Town – Lao Chai – Tavabn trekking (B/--/--)

Guests arrives Lao Cai station at about 05:00 am then the tour guide and car will pick up all to go to Sapa. All will have breakfast in hotel. After a short break in hotel, the group will start doing the trekking down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Dzay tribes and have a picnic lunch. On the way guests keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village, which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area. Guests will come back to hotel in Sapa town for overnight in late afternoon.

Day 4: Sapa town - Lao Cai – Giang Ta Chai – Sin Chai Trekking - Night train to Hanoi (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will take to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zdao tribe and Sin Chai villages of Black H'Mong tribe. All will have a chance to enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful scenery along the way. Group will come back to Sapa then the car and guide will take them back to Lao Cai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Overnight on train.

Day 5: Hanoi - Halong Bay Overnight(B/L/D)

The group will arrive Hanoi Train Station at about 5:00 am in the morning. The Trans Indochina Travel Tour guide and car will transfer to the hotel for breakfast and luggage storage. At about 8h00, the group will leave for Halong Bay. At 11h30, the guests will arrive at Ha Long Bay then they will be boarding the boat. Guests will be having lunch on boat then relax. In the afternoon, visiting Thien Cung cave, passing Dog island, Sail island, Head islet. Guests will have dinner and overnight on junk.

Day 6 : Halong Bay - Hanoi (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast on junk then the cruise is continued to visit the Bay. The Junk come back to Ha Long wharf then all the guests are transfer to Hanoi together with tour guide. Check in hotel in Hanoi for overnight.

Day 7: Hanoi - Hue (B/--/D)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will meet and transfer to Noi Bai airport for flight to Hue City. The Trans Indochina Travel Tour guide and car will meet the group in Phu Bai Airport to transfer to hotel for checking in in Hue city. In the afternoon, the guests will visit the Imperial Citadel and Dong Ba Market. In the evening, guests will have a chance to enjoy the dinner cruise on the Perfume river with the traditional Hue's Court songs (the Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO). Overnight in Hue.

Day 8: Hue Pagoda and Royal Tombs (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will meet and take a morning cruise on the Perfume River to visit the Tomb of King Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and The Tomb of King Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Group come back to the city at about 18h30. Overnight in Hue.

Day 9: Hue City - Hoi An Town (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel Tour guide will be taking group heading south to Hoi An Town - the ancient town recognized as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, was originally a trade seaport influenced down centuries by traders from other countries. Group will check in hotel then at leisure. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 10: Hoi An Town - My Son Cham Relics (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide will meet guests to start strolling around the town to visit the Japanese Bridge, the Pottery Museum, Tan Ky Ancient House, the Cantonese Congregation House, the silk street of Hoi An.

In the afternoon, the tour guide and car will take group to visit Myson - another World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO where the Cham people had built a great city thousand years ago. Group will be coming back to Hoi An town for overnight.

Day 11: Hoi An Town - Danang City - Nha Trang City (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel Tour guide and car will take guests to depart for Danang City for a visit of Cham Museum, home to Vietnam's largest collection of Cham culture treasures. The tour will continue to Danang airport for flight to Nha Trang. The Tour guide and car will meet guests in Cam Ranh airport then transfer to hotel in Nha Trang for check in and overnight.

Day 12: Islands in Nha Trang (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the guide and car will accompany guests to visit Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Mieu Island and Mun Island by moto boat. They will visit a fishing village and taking a fresh lunch on one of the islands. On the way back guests will see caves in which the sea swallows make their nest where produce the best swallow nest in the world. Guests will have overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 13: Nha Trang City - Ho Chi Minh City (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will transfer them to Cam Ranh airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon City). The tour guide and car in Saigon will meet and transfer to hotel for check in. In the afternoon, the group will do the city tour to the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam during Vietnam war, and some French architectures like the Notre Dame cathedral, the Old Central Post Office. They will be touring of Chinatown (Cho Lon) and Thien Hau pagoda. In the late afternoon, guests will be walking to visit Ben Thanh market. Overnight in Saigon.

Day 14: Tay Ninh - Cu Chi Tunnels (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will accompany them to Tay Ninh town where the headquarter of Cao Dai religion - a mixture of the Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism locates. On the way back to Saigon, the guests will stop to visit Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground tunnels network constructed by Vietnamese Resistance Soldier in the American War. The group will return to Saigon for overnight.

Day 15: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will be driving them to the Mekong Delta. They will take the motor boat to visit the Cai Be floating market, roaming into the villages to experience the daily life of the local people, enjoy the fresh fruit in the orchards. At aout 16h30, the guide and car will take guests back to Saigon for overnight.

Day 16: Departure (B/--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then at leisure until the tour guide and car will come and transfer to Tan San Nhat International Airport for departure flight. End of the tour.

Includes:

• English speaking tour guide (Other languages are available upon request)
• Twin-shared /double room in hotel
• One night in junk in Halong Bay
• Private land transfer as per program
• Air tickets from Hanoi to Hue, Danang to Nha trang, Nha Trang to Dalat and airport tax (Vietnam Airlines)
• Boat trip in Halong bay, Perfume River, Mekong River
• Admission fees
• Fresh bottled water

Excludes:

• Air tickets to/from Vietnam
• Airport tax if applicable
• Visa to Vietnam 
• Personal expenses 
• Tips and gratuities

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