Vietnam Highlights: 8-Day Tour from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City

Hanoi(2N) → Halong Bay(1N) → Danang(2N) → Ho Chi Minh City(2N)

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STAY   3✭ hotels

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Hanoi Arrival

You will be warmly welcomed upon arrival at airport in Hanoi and transferred to your hotel. You will have free time. Overnight in Hanoi.

  • Customize your program up to cruise time: 7:30 - 8:00 AM.
  • Take a 3-hour scenic drive from Hanoi to Halong Bay: 12:00 - 12:30 PM.
  • Arrive at Tuan Chau Tourist Wharf and transfer to Halong Cruise by tender: 12:30 PM.
  • Enjoy a welcome drink on the boat and check in to your private cabin.
  • Lunch is served on board while cruising to some magnificent Halong Bay scenes: 1:15 - 2:15 PM.
  • Visit Titop Island where you can swim, sunbathe, and trek: 2:45 - 3:00 PM.
  • Arrive at Pearl Farm Village, where you can explore, swim, and kayak in the bay: 4:30 PM.
  • Return to the cruise and join a cooking class to experience preparing traditional dishes: 5:30 PM.
  • Enjoy tea time on the sundeck.
  • Program customization up to cruise at 6:00 AM.
  • Practice Tai Chi on the Sundeck from 7:00 AM to 7:30 AM.
  • Start your day with a light breakfast while cruising to explore another part of Halong Bay, admiring the beauty of one of the seven new wonders of the world from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM.
  • Arrive at Surprise Cave at 9:30 AM and explore one of the most beautiful caves in Ha Long Bay.
  • Check out and take all luggage outside of your cabin at 9:45 AM, then cruise back to the Tourist Wharf through Ha Long Bay.
  • Enjoy brunch and settle any outstanding bills at 10:00 AM.
  • Return to the Tourist Wharf by 11:30 AM.
  • Depart for Ha Noi at 12:00 PM.
  • Arrive in Hanoi at 4:00 PM, then transfer to the airport for your flight to Da Nang.
  • Overnight stay at a hotel in Hoi An.
  • 8:00 AM: Pick up at the hotel in Da Nang and head to Ba Na Hills.
  • Take the cable car, which has received five world records, to the Ba Na Hills station.
  • Stop at the By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet Hills, Linh Ung Pagoda, and the Old Villas of the French.
  • Continue ascending by cable car to Nui Chua Mountain, the highest point of the Ba Na range, visiting Nghinh Phong Top, Le Nim Villas, and the Orchid Garden.
  • Experience the hill climbing train, the first and only funicular in Vietnam, and visit the Debay Ancient Wine Cellar, Le Jardin D’amour flower garden, and Linh Ung Pagoda.
  • Do not miss walking on the Golden Bridge amidst the foggy hills of the mountain and enjoy the stunning view of Da Nang City.
  • Have lunch at a restaurant.
  • Afternoon: Free time to enjoy games in Fantasy Park, the third largest indoor games zone in Vietnam, featuring a series of exciting games: 4D and 5D films, skiver, The Death Race, and Dinosaur Park (2 hours).
  • 3:00 PM: Return to Da Nang city.
  • End the tour at your hotel.
  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Free time to shop in Hoi An
  • Transfer to the airport
  • Overnight stay at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
  • Itinerary: HCM – My Tho – Ben Tre – HCM
  • Departure: 8:00 AM
  • Return: 5:00 PM
  • Enjoy a scenic journey bordered by green rice fields.
  • Upon arrival at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda.
  • Take a leisurely boat ride along the river.
  • View stilt houses, fruit plantations, and fishing villages along the riverbank.
  • Proceed to Tortoise Islet for lunch in the orchard garden.
  • Enjoy a boat ride to An Khanh, a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre.
  • Cruise on a hand-rowed sampan under the shade of water coconut trees along natural canals.
  • Enjoy seasonal fruit and honey tea accompanied by "Southern Vietnamese folk music" performed by locals.
  • Visit a family business that epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle.
  • Taste delicious coconut candy and observe pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village.
  • Meet the bus for the return trip to HCMC.
  • This trip provides a fascinating insight into daily life in the Mekong Delta.
  • You are guaranteed to take home your own private collection of beautiful memories.
  • Overnight stay at the hotel.
  • Located 60 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi is now a popular destination for both Vietnamese and foreign tourists.
  • The network of over 200 km of tunnels became legendary for its vital role in the war.
  • In their heyday, the tunnels functioned as underground cities, featuring:
    • Numerous trap doors
    • Specially constructed living areas
    • Storage facilities
    • Weapons factories
    • Field hospitals
    • Command centers
    • Kitchens
  • Today, ducks and water buffalo happily coexist in the rivers along the roadside.
  • However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history.
  • Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage, and defoliation caused by bombing and mines throughout this area.
  • There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battles that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone".
  • Start our tour in the morning; before entering the tunnels, visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed.
  • You will spend the next hour exploring the tunnels.
  • Afterwards, enjoy tea and cassava, which was the guerrilla’s food during the war.
  • Return to Saigon.
  • You will have free time in the morning.
  • Breakfast will be served at the hotel.
  • Our guide will pick you up at the hotel and transfer you to the airport for your onward flight.
  • The tour ends here.

Stay & Meal Details

Package Policies

Private transfers from the airport to the hotel and return

English-speaking guide

Accommodation with breakfast at the mentioned hotels

Meals (food only, no drinks) as mentioned in the program

Domestic flights with a 20kg check-in baggage allowance

All entrance fees for the entire trip as mentioned in the itinerary

Service charges, room tax, and baggage handling

Daily provision of 2 mineral water bottles per person

All taxes included

Highly responsive 24/7 support during the tours

High-quality, personally handpicked local guides at all locations, all of whom are government approved

Courteous chauffeur at your service for the tour

Special assistance in the city for smooth check-ins

Drinks in Meals

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Vietnam Highlights: 8-Day Tour from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City

Hanoi(2N) → Halong Bay(1N) → Danang(2N) → Ho Chi Minh City(2N)

4.8 (64 Reviews)

16 Agents for Hanoi

STAY   3✭ hotels

$ 900

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