12 Days Best Treasures of Vietnam Tour

Meet you at Noi Bai Airport, out local tour guide will escort you to Hanoi capital for hotel check-in. Spend your free time having a good relax to eliminate the tiredness and adjust to the pace of Hanoi. 

In the evening, appreciate a wonderful performance of Water Puppet Show, and then you will be invited to attend a welcome dinner. Enjoy the delicious cuisines and drinks. Overnight in Hanoi. 

After breakfast, set out for Halong Bay at 8:00am from Hanoi. On arrival at Halong city at about 11:30am, get on a private boat to explore the UNSECO World Heritage - Halong Bay, in possession of an outstanding, universal aesthetic value. 

Savor a featured seafood lunch on boat while the boat cruises across caves, grottoes, floating villages and beaches. Stop to visit Surprise Cave, one of the biggest, nicest caves in Halong Bay. 

Finish cruise about 3:30pm. Drive back to Hanoi and end tour at 7:00pm. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

At 8:00am drive to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where Vietnam leader read the Declaration of Independence in 1945, and the neighboring Ho Chi Minh Museum. Visit One Pillar Pagoda, one of Vietnam's two iconic historic Buddhist temples, and appreciate the picturesque view of Tran Quoc Pagoda. 

After lunchtime, Temple of Literature (National University), the oldest university in Vietnam with five courtyards, is waiting for your arrival. Army Museum, also called Art museum and Women museum, shows you a record of women’s roles in Vietnam's many military conflicts and in commerce. 

Later head to Hanoi Flag Tower and wander around Hoan Kiem Lake. Ngoc Son Temple is also on your visit-list. In the evening, take the train to Sapa. Overnight on the train.

This day is highlighted by an adventurous trek over Sapa, which boasts mountains, colorful markets and hill-tribe minority communities. 

Upon arrival at Lao Cai at 6:00am, our tour guide will pick you up at train station and escort you to Sapa. After freshening and relax, take a trek to Lao Chai Village and Ta Van Village to meet and talk with Giay people and to explore their rural lifestyle and distinctive customs.

Later, back to Sapa and stay overnight at Sapa town.

After breakfast, take a private car to admire Silver Waterfall which from afar looks like a white dragon looking down from the sky, and head to Heaven Gate, the provincial border of Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces, to appreciate the beautiful mountainous view. 

Enjoy a picnic lunch on the way before visiting Dzao and H’mong people in Tafin Village. Later, you will be transferred to Lao Cai train station to take the night train back to Hanoi. Enjoy a cozy night on train.

Arrive at Hanoi at 6:00am, take a break and enjoy a delicious breakfast. We will escort you to the airport to take the flight to Hue. 

Upon arrival, the sightseeing tour starts with a visit to Imperial Citadel, a walled fortress and palace in the former capital of Vietnam, followed by Khai Dinh Tomb and Tu Duc Tomb. Thien Mu Pagoda is also on your visit-list, housing Vietnam’s tallest historic temple. 

Then we will enjoy a boat cruise along Perfume River to admire sunset and enjoy Vietnamese traditional folk song. Overnight in Hue.

Morning drive to Hoi An Ancient Town through Hai Van Pass, Lang Co Beach - one of the most beautiful beaches of Vietnam. Visit Cham Museum on the way, which is the open air collection of Cham sculpture with many of the sandstone carvings. 

After check-in, visit the ancient town which is a showpiece of Vietnamese and colonial architecture. You can optionally wander the streets to learn about local lifestyle or visit the ancient sites to explore the history. Enjoy your nightlife in this ancient town.

In the morning, take a private car from Hoi An town to the stunning My Son Holy Land, Vietnam's most important ancient site of Champa Kingdom, a Unesco World  Heritage site, whose monuments are set in a verdant valley surrounded by hills and overlooked by the massive Cat's Tooth Mountain with clear streams running between the structures. 

Later back to Hoi An for lunch. Enjoy your leisure time in the afternoon for beach activities, e.g. swimming, windsurfing, etc., or relax on the bank of Thu Bon River or go shopping around. Stay overnight in Hoi An.

After having breakfast at hotel, we take the early flight to Saigon. You will receive the warmest greetings from tour guide in Saigon. 

Then enjoy an interesting city tour, adorned with Reunification Palace which was once the home and workplace of South Vietnam’s president in Vietnam War, and War Museum showing you a display of war remnants, as well as Notre Dame Cathedral. 

After lunch, continue to roam around Binh Tay Market and visit Thien Hau Pagoda. On the way back, stop at China Town which should not be missed. Stay overnight in Saigon.

Set out at 8:00am from your hotel for My Tho. On arrival, get on a private boat cruising Floating Fish Market and along small creek to Mekong River estuary, to Phoenix Island and stop at a garden restaurant for Vietnamese lunch. 

The motorized boat cruises more along natural creeks and quiet village in Ben Tre Province. Visit orchards, bee - keeping farm, taste natural honey and honey wine, enjoy tropical fruit, traditional music, wonder around a distillery, explore the local coconut candy production process, taste candy & coconut pulp. 

On the way back to Saigon, stop at a bonsai garden in My Tho. 

Drive along the country side of Vietnam to Tay Ninh, 100 km from Ho Chi Minh city. Proceed to the head quarter of Cao Dai religion to witness the daily ceremony at Cao Dai Holy See, meet followers who come to attend the ceremony, wear colored robes, a symbol of the curious combination of the Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Buddhism. 

Have lunch at a local restaurant, and then continue to Cu Chi, the incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence. Spend your nightlife at Saigon.