Day 1: Arrive Hanoi (D)
Arrive at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi), welcome by Hanoi Toserco local tour guide with signboard. Transfer to your selected hotel in air-conditioned coach while luggage is taken care of by porters and transported separately. Dinner and overnight in Hanoi. (The first day’s program can be arranged according to your exact arrival time).
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B/L)
Leave the hotel by bus after breakfast for a morning of sightseeing around Hanoi which includes the One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the former Governor of Indochina’s Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s home and a 20-minute tour of the 36 streets of the famous Old Quarter by cyclo, the Vietnamese version of the rickshaw. After lunch, visit the 11th century Temple of Literature, the Lake of the Restored Sword, Ngoc Son Temple and Quan Thanh Temple. Enjoy a 30-minute performance of Hanoi’s famous water puppets.
Have dinner and transfer back to the hotel for overnight.
Day 3: Hanoi - Ha Long - Hanoi (B/L)
After breakfast in the hotel, drive to Ha Long, stop en route at Hai Duong Soya Bean cake centre for a rest. Arrive at Ha Long Tourist Wharf for a private boat for a five-hour cruise on the magnificent Ha Long Bay with fresh seafood lunch. Halong Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with 3,000 spectacular limestone islands rising dramatically from the emerald green waters of the bay. Transfer back to the wharf and head back to Hanoi for dinner.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 4: Hanoi - Flight to Danang - Hoi An (B/L)
After breakfast in the hotel transfer to Noi Bai Airport for a daily short flight to Danang - in the centre of Vietnam. Upon arrival, welcomed by local tour guide of Hanoi Toserco and transferred directly to the Cham Museum. After visiting the Cham Museum, which contains the finest collection of Cham sculpture in the world, being transferred to the charming historic town and former trading port of Hoi An. Lunch is in a typical local restaurant, the Pho Hoi Garden.
Have dinner and overnight in Hoi An.
Day 5: Hoi An - Danang - Hue (B/L)
Leave the hotel after breakfast and transfer by air-conditioned coach over spectacular Pass of Ocean Clouds to Hue. Hue is the former imperial capital of Vietnam from where the Nguyen Dynasty of emperors ruled from 1802 till 1945. Take a boat trip on the Perfume River to visit the Thien Mu Pagoda and then re-join the coach to visit the elaborate mausoleum of former emperor Tu Duc. Lunch is served in a local restaurant, then followed by an afternoon tour of the Imperial Citadel.
Dinner and overnight in Hue.
Day 6: Hue - Flight to Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After breakfast, transfer to Phu Bai Airport (Hue) for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City, welcomed by Hanoi Toserco's tour guide upon arrival and transferred directly to the hotel for check-in. A morning city tour to visit two fine examples of French colonial architectures, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Saigon Post Office. After lunch, the city tour continues to Cho Lon - the city’s China town, with a visit to Thien Hau Pagoda and Binh Tay Market. At Binh Tay Market, the largest one in Ho Chi Minh City, there is 30 minutes free time for shopping. Leaving chinatown, visit a lacquerware factory and finish the afternoon with a visit to the restored city theatre and a stroll down Dong Khoi Street, the fashionable Rue Cantina of old Saigon.
Enjoy dinner and transfer back to the hotel for overnight.
Day 7: Departure from Ho Chi Minh City (B)
After breakfast, you are free for relax and shopping until being escorted to Tan Son Nhat Airport for onward flight. End of services
Price per person in US$
| Size of Group |
2 pax |
3 - 4 pax |
5 - 6 pax |
7 - 9 pax |
10 - 14 pax |
Single Supp. |
|
01 Jan 2010 - 30 Oct 2010 |
| Comfortable (3*) |
675 |
580 |
465 |
430 |
395 |
180 |
| Superior (4*) |
830 |
735 |
600 |
580 |
540 |
305 |
| Deluxe (5*) |
1020 |
910 |
785 |
760 |
715 |
550 |
Inclusion
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All land transportation by air-con vehicles.
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Accommodation in twin sharing room including breakfast
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Meals as program Breakfast (B); Lunch (L) and Dinner (D)
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English/French speaking guides. (depends on your group)
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Boat cruising on Perfume River (Hue) and Ha Long Bay
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All entrance and sightseeing fees in the program
Exclusion
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Internal flights: Hanoi - Danang/ Hue - Saigon: 120 USD/pax
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International airfares & airport taxes in/out Vietnam
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Early check in and late check out at all hotels
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All drinks & Other meals does not indicate in the program
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Travel insurance
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Visa to Vietnam (We can arrange both visa approval letter and visa on arrival upon request)
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Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping...)
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Tipping/ Gratuities
Hotel selection
|
Base |
Comfortable |
Superior |
Deluxe |
| Saigon |
Oscar / Metropole |
Rex / Continetal |
Sofitel Plaza / New World |
| Hue |
Heritage Hue/ Asia Hue |
Saigon Morin / Huong Giang |
La Residence / Imperial |
| Hoi An |
Hoi An Hotel/Lotus |
Hoi An Beach/ Hoi An Riverside |
Life Resort/ Golden Sand |
| Ha Noi |
Hoa Binh/ Thanglong Opera |
Guoman / Sunway |
Sofitel Plaza / Melia |