VIETNAM ACTIVE DISCOVERY

DURATION

13 Days 12 Nights

DESTINATIONS

Ho Chi Minh City– Cu Chi -Ben Tre – Can Tho – Hoi An – Bana Hills- Hanoi – Cuc Phuong National Park – Tam Coc – Halong

RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Best fit for families with kids from 5 years old
  • Best time to go: Mar, April, May, Sep, Oct (nice weather, dry and with rice crops in Pu Luong)

  • Experience variety of accommodation, from a nice central hotel, ecolodge in a national park and luxury cruises.
  • Walking in underground tunnels system of Cu Chi
  • Visit local home with a cricket farm, and taste cricket spring rolls
  • While discovering Vietnam, take part in many outdoor activities such as cyclo ride, bamboo rafting, kayaking, boat rowing, motorbiking tour etc
  • Discover each place differently by getting closer to local life, history, arts and handicraft workshops
  • Private tour to visit Gold Bridge on Bana Hills with roundtrip cable car
  • Private tour to learn about wildlife saving project in Cuc Phuong National Park
  • Cruise in outstanding natural beauty of Halong Bay
 INCLUSIONS
 Accommodation at hotel/resort with daily breakfast as mentioned 
✔ Two-day-one-night cruise trip package in Ha Long Bay.
✔ Land transfer services with private air-conditioned car  
✔ Meals as listed in the program
✔ Tours with English speaking guide
✔ Private Cu Chi tour with cricket farm visit
✔ Private tour to Ben Tre and Can Tho with private boat
✔ Private motorbike tour to explore Hoi An countryside and walking tour
✔ Lantern making workshop and souvenir
✔ Private tour to Bana Hills with roundtrip cable car
✔ Private city tour around Hanoi with handicraft workshop at Van Phuc Village
✔ Coffee/tea for break at train track in Hanoi
✔ Cyclo ride in the old quarter of Hanoi
✔ Private tour to Cuc Phuong National Park
✔ Private tour to Tam Coc and Hang Mua
✔ Kayaking for Halong Bay tour (twin share basic)
✔ Bottled drinking waters and wet wipes in car on touring days
✔ Government taxes
EXCLUSIONS
 Optional tour or activities
✘ Drinks and other meals not clearly mentioned
✘ Entrance fees, permits and guide service during free time.
✘ Travel Insurance, gratuities and personal expenses
✘ Surcharge for public holidays (if any)
✘ All kind of airfare and airport taxes
✘ Visa stamping fee
All other service not stated in the program









 

For complimentary
  • Invitation letter for your on arrival visa to Vietnam (if required)
  • Ticket for water puppet show on day 12
 
IMPORTANT REMARKS:  
  • Check in time: 14.00. Check out time: 12.00. Early check-in or late check-out time is subject to availability and with additional charge. Let us know beforehand check in & check out time you expect for proper arrangement.
  • Accommodation based on the indicated room category of each selected hotel. Higher room grade can be arranged subject to availability and additional charge
  • Flight tickets allowed to re-book (change date, change flight), re-route (change itinerary) without fee and refund (with fee). Full fare including airport tax, one pack of 12kg hand-carry and one pack of 23kg check-in luggage
  • Airfares are not guaranteed and subject to change until final purchase
 Public Holidays in 2022 and 2023.
Christmas & New Year period: from 22 to 25 Dec 2022. From 30th Dec 2022 to 9th Jan 2023.
Vietnam Lunar New year: from 21st Jan 26th Jan 2023.
Liberty day from 30th April to 2nd May 2023.

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PROGRAM

Day 1 Arrival in Ho Chi Minh City

Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, you will be welcomed by our guide and transferred to your hotel in the city center to check in.
 
Overnight stay in Ho Chi Minh City
Meal: None

Day 2 Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi- Cricket farm

After breakfast at the hotel, you head out to Cu Chi tunnels, through urbanized areas and a typically lush southern Vietnamese countryside. The tunnel complex was dug in 1948 for the guerrillas to hide from French air and ground sweeps. It was also served as communication routes and food and weapon caches as well as hospitals and living quarters for guerrilla fighters throughout the American war. Visit the underground villages to better understand the tunnels’ history, life in the tunnels and the Vietnamese’s resilience during the combats.
After discovering Cu Chi Tunnels, our guide brings you to a local farm where you will learn about feeding crickets and how local people making special dishes from crickets. Green tea to be served by your friendly host, and you are invited to taste some cricket spring rolls. Such a fun way to experience local life!
In the afternoon, you will explore Ho Chi Minh City’s with visit to the War Remnants Museum, the Reunification Palace. Walking down to take a quick view of Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office which are beautiful examples of architecture from the French colonial period.
 
Overnight stay in Saigon
Meal: Breakfast

Day 3 Ho Chi Minh City –Ben Tre- Can Tho in Mekong Delta

The “rice bowl” of Vietnam, the Mekong Delta is carpeted with rice paddies, floating markets, crisscrossing rivers and canals. Ben Tre, known for growing coconut, attracts visitors to its fresh-aired environment of large green coconut & fruit gardens. Join us, experience the slow-paced delta life, meet very friendly locals, feel the generous hospitality and blow away the stresses of modern life.
Set off for Mekong Delta by road, after 2 hours, we reach Ben Tre for an interesting experiences day with many outdoor activities for kids and parents: Take a rowboat through winding water-coconut canals; ride bike along lush rural roads; take tea with honey; meet local families and see how local traditional methods utilize every bit of the coconut, and enjoy lunch served with Mekong specialties. Relax, enjoy the tour and have memorable experiences.
After Ben Tre, our driver will bring you to Can Tho, the metropolis in the vast Mekong Delta.
Overnight stay in Can Tho
Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Day 4 Can Tho – Da Nang- Hoi An

This morning, you will hop on a motorboat to visit Cai Rang Floating Market that has shrunk over the years thanks to the development of roads and bridges, however, it is still fascinating to watch the wholesale boats navigate the river. 
Enjoy a local coffee while having an opportunity to take some colorful pictures. Afterward, we will visit a local rice noodle factory and cacao farm, and a great opportunity for you to learn the process of marking the traditional product of this area.
Go back to your hotel for freshen up and check out. Take a short flight to Da Nang, which is in the central of Vietnam.
You will be met by our local guide and go to your hotel in Hoi An for overnight.
 
Overnight stay in Hoi An  
Meal: Breakfast

Day 5 Hoi An – charming town discovery and outdoor activities

This morning is fulfilled with interesting activities. Setting off from your hotel, your motorbike driver will ride you to the Hoi An rural area to visit traditional boat manufacturing workshop, local families producing local craft as mat weaving, and rice crackers. Chat with friendly locals about daily routine as well as their farming and why not hands-on for own interesting experience. Zig-zag ride through peaceful villages, passing rice paddies and farmlands will drive you to the water coconut river to have a bamboo basket boat rowing and experience Hoi An street food for lunch. Save fun experiences!
In the afternoon, explore Hoi An Ancient Town, including the rich architectural fusion of 300 years old Chinese temple, 400 years old Japanese covered bridge, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchant home influences by visiting Hoi An narrow streets where each house façade is dangled with lanterns. End of the afternoon with a visit to the home of a local craftsman where you can learn how to create or decorate a lantern and take it home as a souvenir
 
In the evening, you are suggested to join the unique activity for public at the outdoor stage along the Hoai River nightly: Bai Choi singing, a folk music genre practiced in Viet Nam’s central region, has been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Firstly, you will learn the rule of the game and you are invited to join the performance or just being an audience.
 
Overnight stay in Hoi An.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch.

Day 6 Hoi An – Ba Na Hills

Built in 2017, the Golden Bridge soon became the newest famous tourist attraction in Da Nang, Vietnam. Located on the top of Ba Na Hills, more than 1,400m above sea level, 85km from Hoi An Ancient Town and 125km from Hue Imperial City, the Golden Bridge can be reached by modern cable car system. It offers breathtaking views of Da Nang City & the Ocean from Ba Na Hills.
 
After breakfast, you will check out of your room and be picked up by our guide then take one hour transfer to Bana Hills cable station. Take the cable car to the main cable station (about 20 minutes). Enjoy the time at the famous Golden Bridge.
Enjoy your free time on Ba Na Hills for further activities: walking, visiting the wine cellar, playing inclusive games... Lunch on your own expense.
Be ready at the meeting point before the journey (by cable car) downhill and go back to Hoi An City.  
 
Overnight stay in Hoi An.
Meal: Breakfast 

Day 7 Hoi An – Hanoi

Leave Hoi An for Hanoi on a morning flight, you will be greeted at airport in Hanoi, and go to the city for visiting the Museum of Ethnology where presents the recognition of Vietnam as a multi-ethnic country and socio-cultural diversity. From here, we will experience Hoang Hoa Tham Street, which is full of bonsai, flowers and pet shops before reaching to your hotel for check in and free time for lunch.
In the late afternoon, your will explore local life along the train tracks: Every day, the old-fashioned trains pass through what otherwise functions as a narrow alley in this residential area, a normal routine for people who live here. Make a stop at a vintage coffee shop, where you sit on very small chairs as is the special style of Hanoi while watching the train passing by (your guide will advise you the best time to visit based on the train schedule). This allows you to feel an interchange between the old and modern vibes of this city.
 
End up the day with an hour of cyclo tour in Old Quarter. Seat back and relax while your driver weaves through the busy streets, dodging speeding motorbikes and rolling past the Old Streets. Stop at Hoan Kiem Lake to learn about the legend of the lake.
 
Overnight stay in Hanoi.
Meal: breakfast

Day 8 Hanoi – Handicraft workshop

Let’s start our busy day with many interesting activities and visits that can’t be missed when you are with family in Hanoi.
First, you will visit to Van Phuc village, an over century craft village renowned for its traditional silk weaving techniques and high-quality products. Learn all about the village and people during a walk around while observing the process of making beautiful fabric paintings of Vietnamese scenes of daily life from silk scraps. 
Visit a local workshop, located inside the heart of the village, which helps the village export silk products and is also a vocational school for disabled people in the village. Have a chat with some local artisans to see how they make beautiful fabric paintings of Vietnamese scenes of daily life from silk scraps Experience a hands-on demonstration of how to create your own designed pictures from leftover silk scraps under the guidance of local skillful artisans and take it home as a unique souvenir. 
Second, on the way back to the downtown, spend a fascinating hour with a family of musicians that owns a mini-museum with collection of more than 200 traditional Vietnamese musical instruments of ethnic minority groups, representing the effort of a meritorious artist over half a century. Meet with the artist and his wife to learn about traditional musical instruments and listen to wonderful melodies from bamboo, or stone and find out how to play and exchange music passion with the family member. 
Drive back to the downtown for more sightseeing. Visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam, the Temple of Literature & Vietnam’s first university, constructed in 11th century, then pass by Ba Dinh square for a quick view of President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.  
 
In the evening, instead of having dinner in a fancy restaurant, spend your relaxing time at a local family in Ha Noi to get an overview of the way of living of a real Hanoian and to sample a traditional home-style meal which is really important in Vietnamese culture. The home-hosted meal will offer an authentic experience that could not be offered without our arrangements.
 
Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner.

Day 9 Hanoi- Cuc Phuong National Park

This morning, take two hours and a half drive toward the southwest of Ha Noi to Cuc Phuong National Park for a different and meaningful approach. As the first Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Education Center in Vietnam, Save Vietnam's Wildlife aims to rescue, rehabilitate and captive-born carnivores, pangolins and release them back to the wild nature. Meet with a wildlife ambassador and tour the center for insights into their meaningful tasks “Wildlife rescue and Rehabilitation, Site protection, Education Outreach, Conservation Breeding, Species Conservation, Advocacy”. Stroll around Wild Animals- the education ambassador at the Center and see how they live happily in their natural habitat. Visit the Pangolin Education House while the ambassador will explain to you how this animal is added to the endangered list. 
 
After lunch, take a journey to the heart of the National Park to visit Cuc Phuong Botanical Garden. Enjoy a fascinating walk through the diverse flora and fauna and picturesque scenery of the old-growth forest. While strolling in the gardens, you can even listen to wild gibbons and birds singing.
Spend a peaceful night in the mid of nature
 
Overnight in Cuc Phuong National Park.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
 
Notes:
  • The best time to hike the Cuc Phuong National Park in the dry season (from November to February). If you want to see the butterfly, you should be there from April to June. The flower season is from February to April 
  • Trekking level: Medium, on dirt trails inside the jungle

Day 10 Cuc Phuong – Tam Coc – Ninh Binh

Wake up with natural sounds, and enjoy fresh air from your place. Enjoy breakfast, then transfer to the park center for a 7km loop trail to see the 1000-year-old tree. Immerse in the beauty of natural scenery and discover its secrets as you will hike through the tropical jungle and your guide will explain to you what makes this place become one of the most important sites for biodiversity in the country.
Around noon, we leave Cuc Phuong National park for Tam Coc by road. A short rest for lunch at local restaurant, then we start from the boat quay, a local skilled rower will take you on a magnificent waterway lined with rice paddies to discover (three caves), known as “Ha Long Bay on Land.
Next, visit Hang Mua (Dance Cave which is located inside Ngoa Long Mt, one of the highest mountain of the region), for a panoramic view of rural villages, winding rivers, and picturesque rice fields of Tam Coc area beneath. Challenge yourself by climbing up 465 uneven limestone steps to the top point for great photo opportunities. 
 
Overnight in Tam Coc, Ninh Binh
Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Day 11 Hanoi- Ha Long Bay- Overnight cruise

After breakfast, check out of your room and depart for Halong Bay – UNESCO World Natural Heritage – where thousands of spectacular limestone islets and grottoes rising from the clear emerald Gulf of Tonkin. Upon arrival at the port, check in procedure. Enjoy welcome drink on board before having lunch. Relaxing time while the boat is cruising through many stone islets, floating villages, small beaches. Visit a floating fishing village, talk and meet with local villagers prior to your swimming or free time at your own on the sundeck. Dinner would be ready at the time the boat anchors off at a quiet designated overnight area.
 
Overnight stay on board in Halong Bay.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
 
Note: Itinerary is subject to change without prior notice according to weather conditions or local administration regulations. Your private tour guide waits for you on land during your cruise trip. 

Day 12 Ha Long Bay- Hanoi

Halong Bay, designated a UNESCO world heritage site for its limestone rock formations, is home to about thousands of isles and islets of different shapes and sizes, creating a truly breath-taking seascape. 
Awake early and join the Tai Chi session on the sundeck or enjoy the breath-taking views of the bay while the boat cruises leisurely in Halong Bay.  
Cave excursion after breakfast. Then go back to your cabin for freshen up and check out of your room. Enjoy brunch on board while cruising toward the pier and disembarking around early noon.
Our tour guide and driver are ready to take your family back to Hanoi.   
 
Overnight stay in Hanoi  
Meals: Breakfast, lunch or brunch.
 
Complimentary: ticket for Water Puppet Performance – a unique art form with puppets from Northern Vietnam depicting rural life scenes, national history episodes or country legends.
Show time: 17.00; 18.30; 20.00
Included: 1st classic show ticket

Day 13 Hanoi – Departure

Morning breakfast at your hotel before transferring to the airport for your departing flight. End of our service. 

COLORFUL PARADISES OF VIETNAM

NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGES OF LAOS

SPLENDID ANGKOR AND RUSTIC COUNTRYSIDE

VIETNAM ACTIVE DISCOVERY

VIETNAM HOLIDAY FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS

WOW VIETNAM

AMAZING VIETNAM

VIETNAM FOODIE JOURNEY

AUTHENTIC COLORS OF NORTH VIETNAM

CRAFT VILLAGES JOURNEY

HUNDRED-YEAR ROYAL SILK VILLAGE

CAPTIVATING ROYAL MARTIAL ARTS

BAMBOO CRAFTING DELIGHT

VIETNAM LUXURY HOLIDAY

ELEGANT AND INSIGHTFUL VIETNAM

SERENE VIETNAMESE TEA CEREMONY

SUOI GIANG TEA PLANTATION HOUSE

HIDDEN GEM UNDER LANGBIANG MOUNT’S FOOT

MASTER CHEF-STYLE COOKING JOURNEY

PHỞ FOODIE JOURNEY

ELEVATE YOUR DINING EXPERIENCE

GOURMET LUNCH AT HOME WITH RENOWNED CHEF

SUNSET DINNER IN A RICE FIELD

COOKING MASTERCLASS WITH CHEF

VIETNAMESE CULINARY EXCELLENCE: ANAN

SAIGON STREET FOOD ON VESPA

MANG DEN - AN APPEALING TOWN

MAJESTIC SAM MU FOREST

HIDDEN GEM - BACH MA NATIONAL PARK

NAM CAT TIEN NATIONAL PARK

VIETNAM'S RICE TERRACE PARADISE

HOANG SU PHI: A RICE-TERRACED DISTRICT

ENCHANTING PHU DAY FESTIVAL JOURNEY

SOC TRANG'S OK-OM-BOK FESTIVAL

GONG FESTIVALS IN VIETNAM'S HIGHLANDS

DALAT FLOWER FESTIVAL

GLIMPSE OF MEKONG DELTA

EXPLORE HOME OF COCCONUTS

KHMER LIFESTYLE OF MEKONG DELTA

HIDDEN GEMS OF THE MEKONG DELTA

MEKONG CROSSROADS ON SONG XANH SAMPAN

THE MEKONG DELTA IN DEPTH

IMPRESSIONS OF MEKONG

THE BEAUTY OF MEKONG RIVER LIFE

COLOR OF NAM CAT TIEN NATIONAL PARK

The Wildlife Of Nam Cat Tien National Park

VIETNAM PILGRIMAGE JOURNEY

HIDEAWAY GREEN LAKE PARADISE

COLORS OF MOUNTAINS AND RICE TERRACES

VEDANA LAGOON, RETREAT PARADISE IN VIETNAM

A ROMANTIC VIETNAM FOR LOVERS

SOUTHERN VIETNAM PILGRIMAGE

NORTH OF VIETNAM CATHOLIC TOURS

SAVOUR VIETNAM

ULTIMATE LUXURY WELLNESS ESCAPE IN VIETNAM

RETREAT & RELAXING IN NORTH VIETNAM

VIETNAM LUXURY WELLNESS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE