14-DAY VIETNAM EXPLORATION

HCMC| MEKONG DELTA | HUE | HOI AN | HANOI | MAI CHAU | HALONG BAY

PRIVATE TRIP

READY-TO-BOOK
INSTANT CONFIRMATION

TRIP'S BEST TIME

ALL YEAR-ROUND
HIGH SEASON: FROM OCTOBER - APRIL

VIETNAM

FROM HCMC to HANOI
VICE VERSA ON REQUEST

14-Day Vietnam Exploration

  • Destinations: Vietnam
  • Trip type: Culture
  • Duration: 14 days 13 nights
  • Sight-seeing: HCMC-Mekong Delta-Hue-Hoi An-Hanoi-Mai Chau-Halong Bay
  • Trip starting: From HCMC to Hanoi or vice versa on request
  • Hotel : 4-star hotel / 5-star hotel
  • Departure: Daily departure at clients date

Starting from Ho Chi Minh city, within two weeks in Vietnam, you can enjoy and experience everything from city life in places like Ho Chi Minh city or Hanoi to rural life in smaller villages in Mekong Delta, learn more about the Vietnam minority groups in the beautiful Mai Chau, discover the historical Hue Citadel or slow down in the Hoi An Ancient town. The Natural world Heritage Halong Bay offer you a wonderful night on the very luxurious traditional junk is really a life-time experience.   

Day 1. Welcome to HCMC | D | Overnight: HCMC

Warm welcome upon your arrival in Tan Son Nhat International Airport – HCMC – a city full of surprises. The city’s core is still adorned with wide elegant boulevards and historic French colonial buildings and offers plenty of reasons to visit, from its blend of historic, attractions to vibrant shopping, dining and nightlife. Meet your local guide at the airport for a transfer to hotel. Check in. At leisure. Your guide see you again for a welcome dinner at the Bonsai cruise on the Saigon river. Back to hotel. At leisure.

Day 2. HCMC & Cu Chi tunnels | B - L | Overnight: HCMC

In the morning you visit some famous attractions such as Reunification Palace, Municipal Theatre, City Post Office, Notre-Dame Cathedral and War Remnants Museum then having a walk through the city downtown and end up at the Ben Thanh market, the city’s biggest market. Lunch at local restaurant.

Afternoon you drive to visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels. This underground complex is a must-see when you are in HCMC. You are invited to crawl around in the safer parts of the tunnel system or try a shooting range where you can fire a number of assault rifles, such as the M16 rifle or AK-47, as well as a light machine gun like the M60. Back to HCMC. At leisure.

Day 3. Mekong Delta Excursion | B - L | Overnight: HCMC

Today you have an excursion to the Mekong Delta. Surrounded by thousands of crisscrossed canals, life in the Mekong Delta revolves much around the river, most of the villages are often accessible by rivers and canals rather than by road. Upon arrival you take a motor-boat to explore the Thoi Son islet, one of the four famous islets ( Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, Phoenix). Following a village path passing local houses to visit some family-run coconut candy mills then you take a horse-cart from village to village. Enjoy lunch with local special dishes followed by the “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, a very common art activity in the Mekong Delta performed by local people. Back to HCMC. At leisure.

Day 4. Day 3. Fly to Danang – Hoi An Sightseeing | B - D | Overnight: Hoi An.

Enjoy free time until transfer to airport for flight to Danang. Meet your local guide for transfer to Hoi An. Hoi An used to be an international trade center by sea on the east area in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was the busiest trading port during the reign of Nguyen as merchants from Japan, China, Portugal, Spain, Holland stopped over to exchange and purchase commodities. Check-in. At leisure.

Afternoon you have a walk to explore the Hoi An Ancient town with old houses, narrow streets, moss-grown walls, lantern makers. Visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, Chinese Assembly Halls, Handicraft workshop and enjoy traditional arts performance. Dinner at local restaurant.

Day 5. Hoi An Cooking Class | B | Overnight: Hoi An

The cooking class begins with a with a drink at Hai Scout Café followed by a visit the Hoi An colorful market. It is time to get in touch with local sellers and purchase some of the ingredients for your own cooking lesson. Take the Red Bridge boat cruising along the Hoi An river to the cooking school. On arrival, you explore the cooking school’s herb and vegetable garden and learn about some of Hoi An and Vietnam’s well-known dishes. The 2-hour cooking lesson includes a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving . You also have a chance to try some dishes yourselves. Lunch is served included what you have cooked. Relax and back to your hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure.

Day 6. Hoi An – Hue | B – D | Overnight: Hue

Leave Hoi An for Hoi An, another World Heritage site in Central Vietnam. Journey to Hue is travelling over the Hai Van pass where you have a stop for a panoramic view over the Lang Co beach before arriving your hotel in Hue. Located in central Vietnam, Hue used to be the Citadel of the Nguyen Dynasty from 1805 to 1945 and is recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the evening you enjoy a Hue Citadel Royal style dinner at local restaurant.

Day 7. Hue Sightseeing | B – L | Overnight: Hue

In the morning you have a Dragon boat cruising on the Perfume river to visit the Thien Mu pagoda, one of the oldest and prettiest religious buildings in the country. From there you rejoin your car to visit the king Minh Mang’s tomb and king Tu Duc’s tomb. Lunch at local restaurant.

Afternoon you have a private tour to explore the Hue Citadel comprising three circles of Royal Citadel and Forbidden Citadel. Visit Dong Ba market, located on a bank of the Perfume river and is a paradise for snapshots of daily activities.

Day 8. Fly to Hanoi | B - D | Overnight: Hanoi

Enjoy your free time until transfer to Danang airport for an one-hour flight to Hanoi, the one-thousand-year old city and the capital of Vietnam. Meet your guide at the Noi Bai airport for a transfer to hotel. At leisure. Your guide see you again for a water puppet show – a unique art performance in Vietnam. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 9. Hanoi Sightseeing | B - L | Overnight: Hanoi

This full day sightseeing offers you Hanoi’s most interesting places, including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, House-on-Stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, and the Tran Quoc pagoda, the oldest pagoda originally constructed in the sixth century. Lunch at local restaurant. Continue to visit the Temple of Literature, Hoa Lo Former Prison, Ngoc Son Temple. End your day with a cup of Vietnamese coffee at a street-pub. Back to hotel. At leisure.

Day 10. Hanoi – Mai Chau valley | B - D | Overnight: Mai Chau

Depart for Mai Chau valley, an idyllic valley and a world away from the hustle and bustle of Hanoi. Enjoy the mountainous scenery along the way and the superb panorama of Mai Chau surrounded by a green valley and stilt houses. Afternoon you will have a walk wandering from village to village, learning and get in touch with about local people and try some of the local handicraft. Back to hotel. At leisure. Enjoy dinner at local restaurant.

Day 11. Mai Chau – Hanoi | B – L | Overnight: Hanoi

In the morning you discover the Mai Chau valley cycling through this most quintessential of Vietnamese landscapes and paddy fields. Perfect chance for photos shot and a warmest welcome by local people. Stop and join in the local market with people from different minorities is worth. After lunch it is time to say good bye and drive back to Hanoi. Check-in. At leisure.

Day 12. Hanoi - Halong Bay | B - L - D | Overnight: Traditional cruise

In the morning you leave Hanoi for Halong Bay via the Red River Delta. Welcome drink on board upon arrival Tuan Chau Harbor. Cabin check-in. Lunch is served while the cruise is sailing and passing by thousand of unknown islets. Stop at the Pearl Farm village. Take a kayak around Pearl Farm village before sailing to the Titop Island. Time for sunbathing, swimming or climb up to the peak of the Titop for the panorama view of the Halong bay. Return to the cruise. Join in the Cooking demonstration by the cruise chef to prepare some Vietnamese dishes. Enjoy the Sunset Cocktail on the Sundeck. Dinner with Vietnamese set-menu. Evening you are free to join some cruise activities including chat around the bar, watching movies of Vietnamese films, playing cards, playing chess, reading or try your luck with squid fishing.

Day 13. Halong Bay – Hanoi | Brunch | Overnight: Hanoi

Early bird to join Tai Chi on the sundeck. Enjoy sunrise at the bay followed by a light breakfast. Transfer by tender to Sung Sot Cave. Walk up about 100 steps to the cave entrance. It takes approximately 45 minutes to explore the cave one of the most beautiful cave in Halong bay with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Back to the cruise. Cabin check-out . Light lunch is served while the cruise is sailing and passing by thousand of unknown islets. Disembarkation. Rejoin your car back to hotel in Hanoi. At leisure.

Day 14. Departure Hanoi | B

Enjoy your free time at your hotel or you can do last minute souvenir shopping before meeting your guide for transfer to airport for your flight home. Have a nice journey. Thanks for joining us.

Palace Hotel Saigon

Whether you are looking for a business destination or sophisticated leisure hotel in the heart of Ho Chi Minh city, you cannot go pass Palace Hotel Saigon. Located on a very desired address of the renowned street, Nguyen Hue Boulevard, it takes 8km from Tan Son Nhat International Air-Port, few steps for shopping areas, traditional boutique shops and entertainment venues of Dong Khoi and Nguyen Hue Streets, a walking distance to Saigon River, Ho Chi Minh Status square, Opera House, Ben Thanh market, Ho Chi Minh City town hall, Notre Dame Cathedral and Reunification Palace and many commercial buildings around the corners, let the Palace hotel Saigon charm you throughout your stay.

Le Pavillion Hoi An Luxury Resort & Sa

Prominently located on the banks of Bay Mau coconut forest, also called “The Mekong Delta inside ancient town’s heart”. Just 1km to the ancient town and 2km to An Bang Beach, Le Pavillion Hoi An Luxury Resort & Spa features 84 rooms & suites pays tribute to Hoi An’s rich history as the cultural crossroads and best trading port in Asia creating a place of historical charm and modern reflection.

HUE RIVERSIDE BOUTIQUE REOSRT & SPA            

Ideally located on the bank of the Perfume River with a unique view of the Van Thanh Temple just opposite  the river and best place for those who would like to experience a rich local Vietnamese village culture, surrounded by stunning organic rice fields, traditional garden houses from the very moment of your arrival.

MK Premier Boutique 

MK Premier Hotel combines traditional culture and modern design, hosting 65 rooms uniquely designed to give an unexpected experience to Hanoi and its visitors a dynamic and unforgettable hospitality experience. Ideally located at the heart of the beautiful and historic old quarter of Hanoi and Vietnam’s famous 36 streets. MK Premier Boutique hotel offers an atmosphere that is at once refined, remembered and inspires traditional Vietnamese style and old world sophistication.

SOL BUNGALOW

Ideally located in the heart of Mai Chau valley, Sol Bungalows is the most exquisite and tranquil place in the area, surrounded by lush rice paddies, emerald mountains and bamboo gardens. Each bungalow is a guestroom which is inspired by White Thai culture, all decorated with contemporary touches of Thai brocade and handicraft that give each living space a soothing Thai ambiance.

FLAMINGO CRUISE

We are one of few cruises line in Halong Bay with fully equipment, the highest safety standards with sonar, radars. Each cabin is provided modern alarm devices linked to a central monitoring system, smoke sensor, fire extinguishers, hydrant and hoses, life jacket and clear emergency instructions.

REX HOTEL SAIGON

Strategically located at the best of downtown Saigon, the Rex is a luxury 5 stars hotel heritage dating back to early 20th century when it was originally opened as a French garage. For over 90 years, as a landmark, as well as a witness of the ups and downs of the city’s history, the Rex was rebuilt to become one of the city’s most incredible addresses. It prides itself to offer guests many high-class facilities including 286 individually designed guestrooms, a range of function & meeting room’s ideal for wedding, business or events, a health club, and four in-house restaurants, cafe and bar.Situated in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City alongside the Saigon River offering 343 guest rooms and suites, Le Méridien Saigon is your entry point to the many attractions of this storied city. Ben Thanh Market, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Reunification Palace are all located within two kilometres of our front door.

PALM GARDEN BEACH RESORT & SPA

Overlooking the Cua Dai Beach, Palm Garden Beach Resort & Spa is the best charming upscale beachfront retreat in Hoi An. The resort offers a touch of Hoi An’s traditional architectural design combined with a taste of modern luxury. It is a 5 minute to the center of the World Heritage Hoi An Ancient Town & 30-minute to Danang International Airport by car from the resort.

Pilgrimage Village boutique resort & spa 

Pilgrimage Village boutique resort & spa is ideally located in the quiet countryside in rustic village setting surrounding by lush tranquil gardens, yet near to famous historical landmarks and the city of Hue. The resort offers the harmony of soothing natural environment and local culture. Our warm-hearted staff thrive to make you feel at home.

PAN PACIFIC HANOI            

With great views of West Lake of Hanoi’s West Lake, Truc Bach Lake or the Red River, Pan Pacific Hanoi is an oasis of calm in a bustling city. Be it for a short or extended stay, our five-star rooms and serviced suites feature tastefully furnished interiors and thoughtful amenities offer you comfort and convenience.

ALISA CRUISE

The Princess of the Ocean – Expect More Than A Cruise, ALISA CRUISE set out to be a different kind of other cruises. One that not only celebrated cruise with the rich services, but that also brought a feeling of connection among people. 5-star Alisa Cruises, named after as a princess, expressing the luxury, noble and exquisite!

  • Private airport pick-up & drop off
  • Private sightseeing tour with English speaking guide
  • Private boat trip as per tour program
  • Hotel accommodation – Shared in double room
  • Meals as stated in the program
  • Water and tissues on coach
  • All entrance fees
  • All in-tour flights
  • 24/7 hotline support
  • Guarantee 100% money back if not satisfied
  • Complimentary Vietnam visa on arrival pre-approved letter.
  • Tour duration less than 15 days, visitors from the following countries do not need a visa to Vietnam: Kingdom of Great Britain, Republic of France, Federal Republic of Germany, Kingdom of Spain, Republic of Italy Japan, Korea, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Russia. 
  • Vietnam 30-day single-entry e-visa can be applied by citizens of: Ireland ; Germany ;  Denmark; United States of America; United Kingdom ; Sweden….(Total 40 countries)
  • International flights & tax
  • Travel insurance
  • Beverages
  • Personal expenses, tips and gratuities
  • Peak season or Public holidays surcharge if any
  • Compulsory Gala dinner on Christmas or New Year if any
  • Visa fee
  • Other services not mentioned above

``We just got back. I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it was. We loved every place we stayed. You're a gem. As to the countries themselves: I was totally thrilled, fascinated, absorbed. Hope to do another trip to the region soon. Thanks for all your help.``

Loraine Steven | United States | Oct 2016

11-Day Essential Vietnam-Cambodia

Multi-Country

Culture

Only 11 days but you will visit almost the most highlights of Vietnam and Cambodia. with its cities, World Heritages and chance to taste some of world-wide famous local dishes.

MORE INFO

14-Day Trip to Vietnam

Vietnam

Culture

My Vietnam trip 14 days offers almost Vietnam highlights: Hanoi, Halong Bay in the Red River Delta, the Central Vietnam: Hue, Hoi An and HCMC, Cu Chi and the Mekong Delta...

MORE INFO

16-day Amazing Vietnam

Vietnam

Culture

Staring from HCMC, you will explore its historical attractions and colorful outdoor markets then visit the Cu Chi, join in the floating market , explore the Central Vietnam..

MORE INFO

HEAD OFFICE

Address: No. 1 Do Hanh Street
Ha Noi, Vietnam
Tel: (84-24) 3 9334 647
Fax: (84-24) 3 9334 636
Email: [email protected]

PROUDLY MEMBER OF

pr-pata-logopr-asta-logopr-vita-logopr-vntime-logo

© Copyright 2022 Insight Asia Travel

© International Tour Operator License : 01-572 / 2018 / TCDL - GPLHQT