Day 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
Welcome to Hanoi, the thousand year capital of Vietnam. Our driver will be waiting for you at the airport. Then, transfer to your hotel to check in. Relax and comfort yourself for the rest of day after long flight. Overnight in Hanoi
Day 2: HANOI – EXPLORE HA LONG BAY – LAN HA BAY [B/L/D]
08:00 – 08:30 | Pick-up time - private car - no guide
11:30 – 12:00 | Arrive Tuan Chau Harbor
12:00 | Transferred to main boat by tender. Embark on Dragon Bay
Warmly welcome to Dragon Bay Cruises! While enjoying welcome drink, our cruise manager will deliver cruise briefing and safety introduction. After that you will check in your cabin.
13:00 | Enjoy fabulous lunch
Fabulous lunch is served while Dragon Bay Cruises – Luxury Cruises starts his sail into magnificent Ha Long Bay – an extension of Ha Long Wonder which is much quieter and has fewer tourists. He will pass famous Finger Islet, Candle Islet and thousands of uniquely shaped limestone towers and islands.
15:30 | Explore Lan Ha Bay – Ha Long Bay
We will visit the Dark and Bright cave – famous for the pristine natural beauty and poetic, attractive seascape of Lan Ha Bay. Here you will take some photos of the romantic, lyrical local see-sights. This is also the best time for tourists to enjoying bamboo boat or kayaking or swimming – which is an interesting activity to discover the truest beauty of the Limestone Mountains and the blue sky of Lan Ha Bay. Afterwards, visitors immerse in the emerald green water of Lan Ha Bay with exciting swimming activities (Please prepare swimming suite, sun cream, sun class with you).
17:00- 18:00 | Sunset Party, Happy Hour and Cooking Class
Back to Dragon Bay Cruises and relax on cruise. It’s time for Sunset in Ha Long Bay, There’s something magical about sunsets. It’s not only the colors but the feeling, the atmosphere, the temperature. The way you feel at a certain moment. Enjoy our “Sunset Party “and “Happy Hour Deal- Buy 1 Get 1 Free” in all bars on cruise.
Cooking Demonstration is an onboard activity which helps passengers not only to sample fine cuisine but also learns more about Vietnamese culinary culture. Cruise Chef will show and guide you how to make Vietnamese traditional dishes such as fresh or dried springing roll and/ or how to carve different kinds of vegetables and fruits. You may be invited to participate in a fun competition with other passengers to find who is the fastest to make the dish. Finally, you can have your own dish of food, enjoin yourself or share it with your companions. An interesting activity for those who love cooking and cuisine!
Before dinner, our experienced captain will choose the most tranquil area to anchor for overnight
19:00 | Savor deluxe dinner
Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff, night view on Lan Ha Bay is incredible.
21:00 – 23:00: Special activities (Optional)
- Option 1: Enjoy overnight activities on board as squid fishing, the fabulous drinks on our bars, movies, spa therapy, or just relax in your room
- Option 2 (Extra charge): Transferred by tender to a fishing village nearby to do squid fishing then having BBQ party, you can do more kayaking and swimming here. This is a high light- a unique experience only has on Dragon Bay Cruise.
Day 3: LAN HA BAY – HA LONG BAY – HANOI [B/L]
06:00 | Sunrise Tai-chi section on sundeck
Be an early bird for photo hunt and join our Tai-chi session on the sundeck to refresh your body and mind.
07:00 | Have light breakfast
Dragon Bay Cruises continues to passing amazing karst towers. Tea, coffee and light breakfast is served with fresh air and peaceful surroundings.
08:00 | Explore Tra Bau floating village
Our small boat brings you to visit a fishing village names “ Tra Bau “ to Join the kayaking experience to explore the Tra Bau area – the famous filming location for Kong Skull Island (King Kong) in Quang Ninh in 2018. You can visit the fish raft and interact with local fishermen to explore daily life and traditional fishing methods. Our conveyer boat will pass slowly through the pearl farming village so you can see how the locals cultivate pearls.
09:30 | Back to the boat for check-out
10:00 | Brunch time
During the time well prepared lunch is served, Our Cruises slowly navigates emerald water and thousands of Karst Mountains towards the Harbor.
11:30 – 12:00 | Back to Tuan Chau Harbor
Private transfer service by the highway from Halong to Hanoi is available for booking in advance.
Arrive at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter at around 15:00. Overnight in Hanoi
Day 4: HOALU- TUYET TINH COC - TAMCOC - BICH DONG[B/L]
After breakfast, our driver will transfer you to Ninh Binh. We head to Hoalu, the ancient capital of Vietnam from 968 to 1010. However, after a long time, the capital doesn’t remain much for you to see, what you can see is temples of the Kings who ruled Vietnam during the time capital of Vietnam located here. The temples lie in the center of Hoalu, surrounded by high limestone mountains which served as natural citadels to protect Royal City. You will walk around and if you like, you can climb up a mount nearby to have a great view of the region.
Then we will visit Amtien cave where you can enjoy the wonderful scenery of mountains and blue water lake. The lunch is ready for you with local specialties
After lunch, you will get on a sampan boat (for 2 people only) to row along beautiful river and enjoy marvelous nature here; people said that this is the meeting point of Heaven and Earth. Really, it looks like another Halong bay, but all of them are on rice fields! On the way back, we will stop at Thai Vi temple to walk around and enjoy quiet, peaceful atmosphere here, you may be overwhelming by the scenery of this region. It is just like a legendary landscape!
Continue the tour for 45 mins - cycling around the village to discover the life of the local people and visit Bich Dong pagoda.
Come back your car and driver to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 5: HANOI FLY TO HUE - No guide [B]
Free time to relax Then our driver - no guide will transfer you to the airport to catch your flight to Hue. Arrival Hue our driver - no guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to hotel to check in overnight in Hue.
Day 6: HUE CITY TOUR FULL DAY [B/L]
In the morning, board a boat for a trip on the Perfume River to visit the towering Thien Mu Pagoda, one of the most famous Vietnamese landmarks. Differing legends explain how the pagoda came to be - one tells of an old woman who instructed Lord Hoang Nguyen in 1601 to walk contemplatively along the river with a lit incense stick and to build a city at the spot where the incense stopped burning. We will visit one of the tombs of emperors Minh Mang or Tu Duc before driving outside of town for a lunch of classic Hue cuisine at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we return to the center of Hue city. The massive Kinh Thanh Citadel is the most well known and iconic site in Hué. Begun in 1805 by Emperor Gia Long, it is actually a sprawling complex comprised of the Imperial City, several museums, lakes, and lovely gardens, all laid out in a series of concentric circles. We also visit the Forbidden Purple City, originally built in the early 1800s for the personal use of the emperor and staffed by eunuchs who posed no threat to the royal concubines. Then transfer you to Hoian. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 7: MY SON SANCTUARY - FREE TIME IN THE AFTERNOON [B/L]
After breakfast, we start to go to My Son sanctuary. It comprises many Champa temples, in a valley roughly two kilometers wide, surrounded by two mountain ranges. It was the site of religious ceremony of kings of the Champa dynasty, and was also a burial place of Champa royals and national heroes. The My Son temple complex is one of the foremost temple complexes of Hinduism in Southeast Asia and is the foremost heritage site of this nature in Vietnam. Though the complex has been destroyed over time, we still see many majestic ancient ruins of temples in the area. Drive back to Hoian. This afternoon, you will have free time to expolre in Hoian and go to shopping. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 8: HOI AN - DA NANG FLY TO SAI GON - No guide [B]
Free time to relax then our driver will transfer you to the airport to catch your flight to Saigon. Arrival Saigon our driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to hotel to check in overnight in Saigon.
Day 9: CU CHI TUNNELS - SAI GON CITY [B/L]
You will have a half day to visit famous Cuchi tunnels which used to be VC base during Vietnam war. You will have chance to learn much about Vietnam history, especially, Vietnam war or Vietnamese people say American war. You will see how brutal the war is! During the war, local people couldn’t live on ground because of American bombing everyday. So they went underground, day after day, they had created an amazing system of tunnels with more than 200 km length. Today, you can get in one of them to experience the feeling of staying deeply underground.
Lunch will be served at a local restaurant nearby Cuchi tunnels. After lunch, drive back to Saigon and start our half day city tour with a visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. Then to visit the War Remnants Museum where you learn something about serious wars that happened in the country in the last century. Next, admire the special gothic style of century-old Notre-Dame Cathedral and the nearby Central Post Office. Trip finished in the late afternoon at your hotel.. Overnight in Saigon.
Day 10: SAI GON - MY THO - BEN TRE - CAN THO [B/L/D]
After breakfast our driver and tour guide will pick you up start your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands. Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around country lane and seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, folk song music which performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation. Riding a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop. Have lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, transfer you to Cantho. Overnight Cantho.
Day 11: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET - SAI GON [B/L]
Wake up early in the morning for an early breakfast at your hotel, we will start a cruise along Cantho river to visit Cai Rang floating market, joining with local people to buy special fruits or other local products. You can try some local fruits like mango, pine-apples or try some drinks like coffee, cold beers from floating shops… Finish your boat trip at around 10 am, you can have shower before checking out your room, then return to Ho Chi Minh City. Lunch will be served at My Tho City and our trip will finish in the late afternoon. Overnight in Saigon.
Day 12: SAI GON DEPARTURE - No guide [B]
Free at leisure, then say good bye to Saigon - Vietnam, our driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your departure flight. Home sweet home! End of our services
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