Classic Vietnam: Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City – 7 Days 6 Nights

Our guide and driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. Free at your leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.

Optional tour: Hanoi Street Food, Vietnamese traditional water puppet, My village.

Meal: NA

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

After breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel to depart for Halong Bay, one of the great natural wonders of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Upon arrival, the boat crew will welcome you and transfer you to the junk for check-in and enjoy a cruise around Halong Bay. At the same time, you can behold thousands of limestone islands and grottoes rising from the clear, emerald water. After lunch you’ll join some activities on a boat to discover the beauty of the bay such as visiting a cave, kayaking or enjoying swimming in the sea before disembarking the boat and back to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

In the morning, your breakfast will be served while floating on the sea to explore the beauty of Ha Long Bay before disembarking time. Joining some more activities on the boat and then checking out the cabin. The early lunch will be served before getting back to the main dock and you’ll then be transferred back to Ha Noi. Stay overnight in Ha Noi.

Meal: Breakfast, Brunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

We started to visit the Ho Chi Minh complex, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature, and Ngoc Son Temple – the symbol of Hanoi tourism. The early lunch will be served before getting back to the main dock and you’ll then be transferred back to Ha Noi and take a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, check in your hotel and free time.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Depart to Cu Chi Tunnels. At its height, the tunnel system stretched over 250 km. From Ho Chi Minh city to the Cambodian border was three levels deep. The network included innumerable trapdoors, 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 during the U.S. – Vietnam American must have been like. Transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city after lunch. Then, start city tour.

We visit War Museum, Reunification Hall, formerly known as the Presidential Palace. It was towards this modern building that North Vietnamese tanks seized on the morning of April 30, 1975, as Ho Chi Minh city fell. This fascinating building is filled with history still fresh in the minds of many. Continue to the Old Post Office, the Notre Dame Cathedral. The last stop is Ben Thanh – the central market for the city and one of its liveliest and most colorful areas.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Departure to My Tho, and get the boat on Tien River, you can see the fishing village and Four Islands of Long, Lan, Quy, and Phung. To Thoi Son Island, pay a short visit to a coconut candy factory and savor the taste of this special, visit a local house to enjoy the taste of honey tea and fresh fruits while listening to traditional music “Tai Tu” – the lovely and romantic melody of one of the tribes in Mekong Delta. Relax on a sampan through one of the small canals of the Mekong River. Lunch will be served at the restaurant. Come back to the boat station. Transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City. 

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Have breakfast at the hotel, pack your luggage, and freely enjoy your last time in Ho Chi Minh City. Due to your flight time, a driver will pick you up, get to the airport, and say goodbye to Vietnam.

Meal: Breakfast

Accommodation: NA

• Tours and transfers as mentioned by air-conditioned vehicle
• Boat trip as mentioned in the itinerary
• Accommodation is overnight in a shared twin/double room with air-conditioning (AC)
• English speaking guide
• Admission fee to indicated sights
• Meals: Lunch or dinner as mentioned (foods only)
• Government tax

• Visa stamping fee
• International & domestic flights
• Travel Insurance of all kinds
• Meals: Lunch or dinner where not stated
• Tip, drinks, personal expenses and others
• Surcharge for Christmas, New Year and public holidays