VIET NAM AROUND TRIP 13 DAYS 12 NIGHTS
TOUR HO CHI MNH CITY | DA NANG | HOI AN | HUE | PHONG NHA | HA NOI | NINH BINH | HA LONG | SAPA | HA GIANG
Departure: Daily Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Ha Noi
Table of Content
DAY 1 : HO CHI MINH – DA NANG – NON NUOC STONE – BA NA HILLS – MY KHE BEACH (lunch, dinner)
DAY 2: DA NANG-HUE- IMPERIAL CITADEL (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
DAY 3: HUE – PHONG NHA CAVE / PARADISE CAVE (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
DAY 4: TU DUC MAUSOLEUM – HUONG VILLAGE – HUE – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
DAY 5: SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
DAY 6: HAM RONG MOUNTAIN – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
DAY 7: HA NOI – HA LONG BAY – SURPRISING CAVE (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
DAY 8: HA LONG BAY – KAYAK – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
DAY 9: HA NOI – HA GIANG – QUAN BA – YEN MINH (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
DAY 10: YEN MINH – LUNG CU – MAPILENG PASS – DONG VAN (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
DAY 11: DONG VAN – VUONG HOUSE – HA GIANG – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
DAY 12: DISCOVERY NINH BINH (breakfats, lunch)
DAY 13 : CITY HA NOI or FREE TIME – HO CHI MINH / PHU QUOC (ăn sáng)
DAY 1 : HO CHI MINH – DA NANG – NON NUOC STONE – BA NA HILLS – MY KHE BEACH (lunch, dinner)
- Morning early – Our car take you and go to the airport
- Fly Ho Chi Minh to Da Nang by Vietnam Airlines / Vietjet / Bamboo
- 08:30 – 09:00: Pick-up in DaNang (06:00-08:00). Visit Non Nuoc stone carving village. Is a famous and long-standing traditional craft village of Da Nang, under the talented and skillful hands of artisans, a series of stone sculpture products for daily life and spiritual life such as dishes, vases, etc. flowers, Buddha statues, Arhat statues, Champa statues… are crafted into extremely delicate and beautiful finished products. You can admire the cable car system that has set many world records and is recognized as one of the 10 most impressive cable car systems in the world.
- Afternoon: Lunch Option Buffet at Ba Na (If you do not register to go to Ba Na, you will have to pay for lunch at your own expense). You drop into a beautiful space like France and the wonderful climate is likened to Da Lat of the Central region, visit the flower garden, wine cellar, Linh Ung pagoda, Shakyamuni Buddha Dai, especially admire and take pictures. photo of the Golden Bridge, the bridge has a unique architecture with giant hands supporting the beautiful Golden Bridge. You take the cable back to the center and are comfortable swimming in My Khe beach, which is one of the few most beautiful beaches on the planet.
- Evening: Dinner at local restaurant. You can choose one of two options to take a cruise on the Han River or Option to go to Hoi An Ancient Town (by your own expense).
- Overnight in Da Nang
Included: A/C bus, tour guide, entrance fees, cable car, meals (lunch, dinner), hotel in Da Nang
DAY 2: DA NANG-HUE- IMPERIAL CITADEL (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Morning: Breakfast in hotel and check out
- Leaving DaNang through Hai Van tunnel.
- Afternoon:Lunch at restaurant. After that, explore the Imperial Citadel – The grand palace of the last dynasty of Nguyen and Goddess-heavenly pagoda.
- Evening: Dinner at restaurant and free time. You can take a dragon boat trip to enjoying Hue folksong on Perfume river (by your own expense).
- Overnight in Hue city
Included: A/C bus, tour guide, entrance fees, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), hotel in Hue
DAY 3: HUE – PHONG NHA CAVE / PARADISE CAVE (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Morning: Breakfast in hotel and departure to Quang Binh, stop over at La Vang church.
- Afternoon:Lunch at local restaurant. You continue to visit Phong Nha Cave (Or you can choose Paradise Cave), discover the beauty is called First Wonders with the largest and most beautiful Dry Cave, then take a boat on the Son River to visit the cave. The longest water or you can choose to visit Paradise Cave with a fault leading by a 1km long winding wooden staircase to admire the stunning stalactites called the Royal Palace in the Earth.
- Evening: Dinner and overnight in Hue
Included: A/C bus, tour guide, entrance fees, boat trip, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), hotel in Hue
DAY 4: TU DUC MAUSOLEUM – HUONG VILLAGE – HUE – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
- Morning: Breakfast in hotel
- We’ll visit Tu Duc Tomb – known as one of the most beautiful works of the Nguyen Dynasty, with traditional but delicate architecture, surrounded by a smooth green space of trees and lakes that blend to create Feeling very poetic and charming. You continue to come to the village of making incense and conical hats – a long-standing traditional craft village in Hue, which attracts a lot of tourists who like to live virtual by the brilliant scenery of multi-colored bouquets of green and red incense. , purple, yellow.
- Afternoon: check out hotel and have lunch at local restaurant.
- Leisure time until transfer to Hue Airport and check in airport
- Fly Hue – Ha Noi by Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air
- Arrive Ha Noi, tranfer to our office and relax
- Evening: Departure to Lao Cai –Sapa
By Train : 21:00 – 21:30 – we will go to train station, check in train and departure to Lao Cai. Over night on train
By Sleeping bus : 22:00 – Departure to Sapa. Over night on bus
Included: A/C bus, tour guide, entrance fees, meals (breakfast, lunch), train / sleeping Ha Noi – Sapa
DAY 5: SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Morning early:
- By train: 05:30 Arrive Lao Cai station, Bus take you to Sapa – have breakfast and relax.
- By sleeping bus : 04:00 Arrive Sapa and sleep more on bus until 06:00 am. Our tourguide take you to hotel – have breakfast and relax. Take lug in hotel
- 08:30: Start trek to Cat Cat village of Black H’Mong tribe. On the way, you have a chance to attend the Sapa market to see 3 ethnic minorities group selling or exchanging their products with each other such as veggies, weaving brocades, handicrafts, embroiderers, or traditional clothes…
- 10:30: Then walk down the village to see a beautiful waterfall and power plant built by the French during the colonial time in 1925. From here you will have 40 minutes to enjoy the performance shown by boys and girls from the village.
- 11:15: Continue trek 3,5 km up to Sapa town and have lunch at the lovely restaurant in the center
- Afternoon: check in hotel and free. You can go to visit Moana Sapa or Fansipan (your own expense)
- Evening: Have dinner and over night in Sapa
Included: A/C Bus, tour guide, entrance fees, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), hotel in Sapa
DAY 6: HAM RONG MOUNTAIN – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
- Morning: After breakfast in hotel. and our guide take you around Sapa centre before climbing the mountain Ham Rong – one of spectacular and wonderful peak of Sapa, where you can exercise your health and discover the natural beauty of From the top of this peak, you can have a panorama over the surrounding area
- Noon time: have lunch in local restaurant – check out hotel
- Get back Hanoi by sleeping bus, check in hotel and free time
Included: A/C Bus, tour guide, meals (breakfast, lunch), hotel in Ha Noi, Sleeping bus Sapa – Ha Noi,
DAY 7: HA NOI – HA LONG BAY – SURPRISING CAVE (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Morning:Have breakfast and check out hotel và trả phòng,
- 08h00 – 08h30 am: Our guide will pick you up and departure to Halong Bay for 3.5 Hours
- 10h15 am: Arrive in Hai Duong province , and have 20 minute short break.
- Noon time: Arrive to Tuan Chau Harbor, and welcome to cruise and Enjoy welcome to drink and get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Check- in your cabin with Air-Conditioning.
- 12h30 am:Enjoy a special lunch with Vietnamese traditional dishes ,while cruising in the magnificent Halong Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay. Afternoon Activities:
- 15h00 pm: Visiting Sung Sot Cave (Surprising cave)
- 16h00 pm: Our cruise will take you to the Titop Island, It is noted for having a viewpoint at its peak which affords splendid views all around Halong Bay or you can enjoy your swimming on romance sandy beach.
- 17h15 pm: Come back to cruise then take a shower, Relax on sundeck, sunset watching in comfortable lounge chairs while drinking a cocktail or reading a book in the most magical moment.
- 18h00 pm: Enjoy welcome sunset party and Cooking class . How to make fresh noodle roll, you can enjoy product which you make it.
- 19h00 pm: Enjoy your dinner when sitting by overlooking sea view window in the night romantic Bay.
- 20h30 pm: Free time on boat, Playing some sports games like: Fishing, karaoke, dancing…
- Over night on Ha Long cruise
Inluded: Bus, English speaking guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, room in cruise
DAY 8: HA LONG BAY – KAYAK – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
- Wake up in the early morning to see sunrise on sundeck .
- 07h15 am: Morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea of coffee. Have breakfast
- 08h00 am: Do kayaking to explore Halong Bay
- 09h00 am: Visit Pearl farm. The pearls in Halong are the most renowned in Vietnam. The process of farming and retrieving pearls takes years.
- 10h00 am: Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay.
- 10h45 am: Enjoy the lunch while Cruising back to Tuan Chau Harbour.
- Noon time: Ha Long cruise is landing Halong Bay harbor, tourist say goodbye to sailors and finish the cruise.
- 12h30 pm: Get back Ha Noi by shuttle bus.
- 14h30 pm: Stopover in Hai Duong province for short break.
- 16h30 pm: Arrive Ha Noi, check in hotel.
- Evening: Free time
Included: Bus, English speaking guide, meals (breakfast, lunch), entrance fee, hotel in Ha Noi
DAY 9: HA NOI – HA GIANG – QUAN BA – YEN MINH (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Morning : Have breakfast in hotel and check out hotel.
- 06h00 am – 06h30 am : Our guide will pick up you. Beginning of the excursion with Ha Giang. Have breakfast on the way (paid by yourself).
- 11h00 am: You will stop by and have lunch at the restaurant (in Ham Yen, Tuyen Quang Province). After having lunch, you continue your trip beside Lo River.
- 15h00 pm: At that time, you will reach the downtown of Ha Giang, and it is the time for you to take some pictures of “0th km” in the middle of Ha Giang city.
- 16h30 pm: Next stop is Quan Ba Sky Gate. Enjoy your time here seeing the beauty of Twin-Mountain and all Tam Son Town from the higher place. Don’t forget to take pictures when you are in such a wonderful place like that. On the way to Yen Minh, you will have the chance to get a good look at the must-see Bucket Flower Fields and photograph them (the best time to see those Fields is between September and December).
- 18h30 pm: Arrive Yen Minh, check in to the hotel and have dinner there. Free at night. You are going to spend your night at Yên Minh.
- Evening: Have dinner and free time. Over nigh in Yen Minh
Included: Bus, English speaking guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, hotel in Ha Giang
DAY 10: YEN MINH – LUNG CU – MAPILENG PASS – DONG VAN (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- 06h30 am: Check out from the hotel, have breakfast, and go sightseeing in Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark. During the visit, you will stop at:
- Pho Cao (Cao street) for watching the unique house of Hmong people, with the rock fence bounding it (you can also take pictures with Peach Blossoms and Plum Blossoms at Tet holiday, and visit Pho Cao Market on Day of the Dog and Day of the Dragon).
- Sung La village, visit Hmong’s Ancient house – the place where the film “Story of Pao” is produced in
- Visit to the King family mansion lying inside a valley of Sa Phi This is the wealthiest and most powerful family of Dong Van in the early of 20th century.
- Travel throughMapileng Pass . This is the most beautiful path of the “Happy Way”. Come to Mapileng Canyon (800m depth) – the deepest canyon in Vietnam and indulge in the terrific view there..
- 12h00: Lunch will take place at Dong Van town.
- 14h00: Get on car and go to visit Lung Cu Flag Pole – the northernmost place in Vietnam.
- 17h00: Arrival in Dong Van town. Have dinner and free at night. You can take your time at Dong Van Ancient Town, a place that lives with time nearly one century. And you can enjoy a coffee break at “Café phố Cổ” shop – a very famous coffee shop there (self payment). Overnight in Dong Van town.
Included: Bus, English speaking guide, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee, hotel in Dong Van
DAY 11: DONG VAN – VUONG HOUSE – HA GIANG – HA NOI (breakfast, lunch)
- 06h00 am: Check out from the hotel and have breakfast, and then visit Dong Van weekly market – only opened on Sunday morning.
- 07h00 am: Get on the car and go-back to Hanoi.
- 12h00 pm: Lunch time at Ha Giang.
- 19h30 pm: Arrival in hotel Ha Noi. Check in hotel and free time
Included: Bus, English speaking guide, meals (breakfast, lunch), entrance fee, hotel in Ha Noi
DAY 12: DISCOVERY NINH BINH (breakfats, lunch)
You’d like choose opition 1 or option 2 as:
Option 1: Visit Mua cave – Tam Coc
- Morning: have breakfast in hotel
- 08h00 – 08h30 am: Depart to Ninh Binh on the way you can see the picture of rural in VietNam with fertilizer green fields, buffalos are eating grass, ducks are swimming…
- 10h45 am: Arrive at Hoa Lu Temple – the first capital of Vietnam was buit from 10 century. You will spend few minutes for overview.
- 11h15 am: Arrive Mua cave which is constructed following the model of “miniature Great Wall” in China with nearly 500 steps up to mountains to conquer. You will spend abour one hour to do hard trekking up to the top of the mountain for overview the impressive panoramic view of Tam Coc, Trang An & Ninh Binh city
- 12h30 pm: Get on bus to Tam Coc,then have luch with special Vietnamese foods
- After that – Get on small boat for visiting Tam Coc about two hours and haft.The local people will take you to discover beauty of landscape where is called”Ha Long Bay On Land” and sightseeing two green rice fields with great lime stones and wonderful caves. Finish visting by small boat you have about 30 minutes for biking to visit countryside or shopping at some embroidery shop where they sell handcraft goods
- 16h30 pm: Get on bus to come back Ha Noi, Arrive Ha Noi
- 19h00 pm: Arrive hotel and relax. Over night in Ha Noi
Opition 2: Visit Mua cave – Trang An
- Morning: have breakfast in hotel
- 08h00 – 08h30 am: Depart to Ninh Binh on the way you can see the picture of rural in VietNam with fertilizer green fields, buffalos are eating grass, ducks are swimming…
- 10h45 am: Arrive at Hoa Lu Temple – the first capital of Vietnam was buit from 10 century. You will spend few minutes for overview.
- 11h15 am: Arrive Mua cave which is constructed following the model of “miniature Great Wall” in China with nearly 500 steps up to mountains to conquer. You will spend abour one hour to do hard trekking up to the top of the mountain for overview the impressive panoramic view of Tam Coc, Trang An & Ninh Binh city
- 12h30 pm: Get on bus to Restaurant, then have lunch with special Vietnamese foods.
- 13h30 pm: Depart to visit Trang An Eco-tourism, take boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou, Sinh Cave, Si Cave…etc.
- 16h30 pm: Get on bus to come back Ha Noi, Arrive Ha Noi
- 19h00 pm: Arrive hotel and relax. Over night in Ha Noi
Included: Bus, English speaking guide, meals (breakfast, lunch), entrance fees, boat trip, hotel in Ha Noi
DAY 13 : CITY HA NOI or FREE TIME – HO CHI MINH / PHU QUOC (ăn sáng)
- Morning: Have breakfast in hotel. You can enjoy City Ha Noi or free time : shopping, walking, ….
- Afternoon: Check out hotel and tranfer to airport
- Fly Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh /Nha Trang / Phu Quoc
- Finish tour. Have a nice trip
Included: Car/bus , breakfast in hotel