Others

√ All sightseeing tickets according to the itinerary √ Tissues and water on coach √ Service charges and government tax √ Exclusive and personalized single agent/single customer service √ 24/7 hotline support guaranteed

Flights

Domestic flight from Ha Noi to Hue City ( Vietnam Airline included 20kg luggage) Domestic flight from Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City ( Vietnam Airline included 20 kg luggage) ** The cost of internal airfares is paid separately upon arrival to Realistic Asia as a local payment. The airfare fees are separated from the main tour cost because the prices of internal airfare can vary based on a number of factors, such as travel period, availability of flights, and fuel taxes. We keep it as a local payment to benefit our travelers by keeping tour costs lower and providing more flexibility during the booking process, and ensuring that travelers have a smooth and stress-free experience while on their trip.

Meals

B = Breakfast L= Lunch D= Dinner

Transport

- Door-to-door pick-up & drop-off services by private car - Air-conditioned bus between Hanoi and Halong Bay (2-way) - Air-conditioned bus or private cars for the excursions

Guide

Experienced English-speaking guide French/German/Spanish/ Russian/ Chinese speaking guides are available upon request. The surcharge will be applied

Accommodation

4 stars Hanoi: Tirant hotel Halong: Sky Cruise Hoi An: Le Pavillon Luxury Hotel Hue: Eldora Hue Ho Chi Minh City: Cochin Zen 5 stars Hanoi: The Oriental Jade Hotel Halong: Era Cruise Hoi An: Palm Garden Hotel Hue: Silk Path Hue Ho Chi Minh: The Myst Dong Khoi

Not included:

Others

Beverage, Personal expenses, tips, and gratuities X Travel insurance X Public holiday surcharge (if any) X Compulsory Gala Dinner on 24 Dec and 31 Dec X Early check-in and Late check-out (If not mentioned) X Visa stamping fee on arrival at the airport (Vietnam: 25$/person; Cambodia: 30$/ person) X Surcharge for airport cabs from 12:00 am – 05:00 am X Other services not mentioned above

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Day 1 Welcome To Vietnam - Hanoi Arrival
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Welcome To Vietnam - Hanoi Arrival

Your trip begins with arrival in Vietnam. Your private driver will meet and greet you at the airport. You will be escorted to the hotel by the private transportation. Check-in to the hotel and get over the jet lag.

You can mooch through the streets of the city. Historic charm, architectural marvels, and products’ variety are splashed all over this area.

After enjoying the first day yourself and return to the hotel for a relaxing sleep.
Day 2 Explore The Depth Of Culture (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Explore The Depth Of Culture (B/L)

8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City

08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake

It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine

with 8 delicious dishes.

14.00-14.15 : Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century

15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton

16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes. Back to hotel
Day 3 Discover The Ninh Binh Province (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Discover The Ninh Binh Province (B/L)

07:00 – 07:30 - Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay and start 110km on Bus-journey through verdant landscape of country side. Short-brake en route.

10:00 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.

12:00 – Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.

13:30 – Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which means literally “three caves” (1.5 hour boat trip). With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, a very good opportunities for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

15:30 Leisure cycling on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with back drop of a maze of limestone mountains.

16:45 – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi

18:45 – Drop you off at your hotel/stay. Trip ends.
Day 4 Admire The Pace Of Life In Countryside (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Admire The Pace Of Life In Countryside (B/L)

Duration: 01 day

Location: Moc village, Ba Vi district, Hanoi (About 68km from central Hanoi city, about 1.5 hours by car)

Highlight:

Harvesting tea leaves on a traditional, 30-year-old Tea Plantation

Cooking with a friendly local host

Visiting local workshops in the village

Cycling across the rice field and villages

Traditional Foot Soak with herbs following the traditional recipes of Muong ethnic minority

08:00 – Private guide and car pick you up at your hotel/residence.

09:30 – Arrive to Ri village where you will start the trip at your host’s house with a welcome drink. Meet Duoc (Mr.) – a Vietnam War veteran and tea-farm owner who tells historical stories with his own experience.

10:00 – Follow Duoc to his vast tea-farm and learn how to harvest tea leaves. This is a green and peaceful place where you can enjoy beautiful scenery of the village. You may then help him pick tea leaves, and be shown how to collect the best part of the tea tree to make the most wonderful beverage of Vietnam – the traditional tea. Carry on with the process of producing tea at his small workshop, most of the works there are manual.

11:15 – Have a ten-minute drive to visit another host family in Moc village where you will enjoy a fun cooking class with Chin (Mrs.). She will show you how to cook some Vietnamese dishes and you will then enjoy lunch with food you helped cook.

13:30 – Stroll around the village and visit some local families to understand rural lifestyle and learn how tofu, conical hat and other local products are made.

14:45 – Enjoy a cycling trip through beautiful paddy fields and interact with local farmers by chance.

15:30 – Wrap up your countryside tour by a traditional foot bathing in warm water with herbs, following the traditional recipes of Muong ethnic minority. This will relay you (and your feet!) after cycling around the village.

16:00 – Drive back to your hotel/residence in Hanoi.
Day 5 Discover The Royal Charms (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Discover The Royal Charms (B/L)

Have breakfast at the hotel, have a free leisure time until there will be a private cab transfer you to the airport, and ready for the next flight to Hue
Day 6 Learn About The Feng Shui Element (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Learn About The Feng Shui Element (B)

Get to know the Feng Shui Principle which Asians base on to arrange pieces in the living spaces to gain balance. It plays an important part in the Imperial Citadel’s construction. Rambling on an excursion around the Citadel to visualize Feng Shui’s application to building this royal site. Later, you will have a sit-down dinner in Princess Ngoc Son’s garden home. Through a pleasant sharing of royal descendants that now is living in the house, you will acquire some knowledge about the life of the royal family and the Feng Shui elements of the century-old home.
Day 7 Visiting The Ancient Villages (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Visiting The Ancient Villages (B/L)

Thanh Toan Villages which dates back to the 16th century will give you an insight into the life of people in the past. After that, you will transfer to 500-year-old Phuoc Tich Village which is well-preserved with 30 houses that are aged a century. Wander around the village and pass by an iconic Hue-style wooden house and a pottery shop. After the visit, you will have lunch in the ancient home and have a cheery conversation with the family owner.
Day 8 Gorgeous Drive Through Hai Van Pass (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Gorgeous Drive Through Hai Van Pass (B)

Drive through Hai Van Pass to enjoy spectacular views of verdant mountains and crystal clear sky. As it juts out of the East Sea and crosses over the spur of Annam Mountain so you will have a chance to see the breathtaking scenery. Arrive at the Southeast Asian trading port, you are in the World Heritage Site - Hoi An Ancient Town. You will have a glimpse of the unique architecture, exclusive local cuisine, and tranquil surroundings.
Day 9 Local Life And Enjoy The Cooking Class (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Local Life And Enjoy The Cooking Class (B/L)

Taking part in a cooking class is not only a fun activity but also offers great insight into

local culinary culture. In addition to learning awesome recipes, you get to make

delicious food and memories to last a lifetime. Specially, we offer you cooking class

with the local villager to see the real of Vietnam.

This morning you will be met at your hotel’s lobby by our local host who will lead you

to the local market where not many tourists know. The best way to see the real culture

is to ride the bicycle with our local host, so please not to be ready for this. Our local

host will take you around and explain you a lot of kinds of cooking spice and how

Vietnamese cooks our healthy meal. Arriving to the local family, you will enjoy the

basket boat around the water palm garden in front of the house just for fun before you

do the hand-on cooking with our local chef. For our Vietnamese cooking, you will learn how to make green papaya salad, Hoian spring rolls, and Hoian special pancake, fish in the clay-pot or chicken with lemon grass. Lunch will be served with what you cook you back to the hotel for your free time.

• Note: trip lasts around 4 hours, Local menu for cooking: Local Pancake (Banh Xeo) - Spring rools of Tam Huu – Green Papaya Salad – Pork/Fish/Chicken in clay-pot
Day 10 My Son Sanctuary And Cham Temples (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

My Son Sanctuary And Cham Temples (B/L)

7:45 – 8:15: Our Minivan and a tour guide pick you up at your hotel and depart to My Son Sanctuary - The World Cultural Heritage.

9:30: Arrive at My Son and we’ll have 2 hours to discover the site by walking throughout the landscape, learning histories with our local English speaking guide, enjoying the Champa’s traditional performances.

11:45: Get back to mini van and move to a local house to learn how to make ricepaper, you will enjoy your own hand-making product later on!

12:30: Back to the van and have lunch at another local house. relax with cold herbal tea, nice foods and fresh air.

13:30 take a boat trip to Hoi An with nice and cool breeze on boarding, beautiful river scenery on the biggest river in the Central of vietnam named as Thu Bon River.

14:00: arrive in Hoi An, we will drop you off at your hotel. Tour ends!
Day 11 Danang Fly To Ho Chi Minh (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Danang Fly To Ho Chi Minh (B)

Have breakfast at the hotel, have a free leisure time until there will be a private cab transfer you to the airport, and ready for the next flight to Ho Chi Minh
Day 12 Ho Chi Minh City Tour And Cu Chi Tunnel (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ho Chi Minh City Tour And Cu Chi Tunnel (B/L)

The next destination will be the most dynamic and vibrant city in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. Although rapid development, it still shows an interesting linkage with the past. Enjoy a half-day tour on the comfortably chauffeured vintage motorcycle sidecar to take in breathtaking views of country landmarks. To let you have explicit knowledge of the American War through the eyes of the Vietnamese, you will have a visit to the War Remnants Museum. You will reinforce your knowledge through an excursion to Cu Chi Tunnel which was built by the Viet Cong during the war. You might be overwhelmed by how resilient Vietnamese people are during the fight and the considerably hard life in such a narrow tunnel underground.
Day 13 Time To Say Goodbye - Ho Chi Minh Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Time To Say Goodbye - Ho Chi Minh Departure

Relish a healthy breakfast on the final day of your trip. Complete the hotel check-out formalities after which you can visit the local markets and buy souvenirs for your loved ones. Later, proceed for departure and board your flight back home.

Trip Ends.

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13 days tour

Vietnam’S Heritage & Traditions: A 13-Day Journey - Private

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Itinerary of your trip Vietnam’S Heritage & Traditions: A 13-Day Journey - Private

Welcome To Vietnam - Hanoi Arrival

Explore The Depth Of Culture (B/L)

Discover The Ninh Binh Province (B/L)

Admire The Pace Of Life In Countryside (B/L)

Discover The Royal Charms (B/L)

Learn About The Feng Shui Element (B)

Visiting The Ancient Villages (B/L)

Gorgeous Drive Through Hai Van Pass (B)

Local Life And Enjoy The Cooking Class (B/L)

My Son Sanctuary And Cham Temples (B/L)

Danang Fly To Ho Chi Minh (B)

Ho Chi Minh City Tour And Cu Chi Tunnel (B/L)

Time To Say Goodbye - Ho Chi Minh Departure

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