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Tour code:    GLTH - VN11D02

DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
DAY 2: HANOI – FULL DAY CITY TOUR
DAY 3: HANOI – HA LONG
DAY 4: HA LONG – HANOI
DAY 5: HANOI – DANANG – HOIAN
DAY 6: HOIAN
DAY 7: HOIAN – MY SON
DAY 8: HOIAN - DANANG – HOCHIMINH
DAY 9: HOCHIMINH – MEKONG DELTA
DAY 10: HOCHININH – CUCHI TUNNEL
DAY 11: HOCHIMINH – DEPARTURE

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DAY 1:     HANOI – ARRIVAL      (D)        
      On arrival at Noi Bai Airport, welcome to Vietnam by our guide and transferred to hotel for check in. HaNoi, Vietnam's capital, is a stylish and gracious city that retains an unique old world charm and some Asia ‘s most striking colonial architecture. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 2:     HANOI
                (B/L/D)
        Morning, Let us take you into the kitchen for your very own cooking class. Start the morning with a delightful wander around a local produce market with your chef. They will help to give you a very "real" shopping experience, providing you with local knowledge of how to select the freshest ingredients. You will then go to back the restaurant with bags full of seasonal vegetables, meat, tropical fruits and all the exotic herbs...
The chef will share her /his cooking secrets with you. Try your hands at cooking typical main dishes, desserts and drinks. After finishing, you sit down and enjoy the lunch with your food you just cook
       Afternoon, visit Vietnam museum of ethnology is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation’s different ethnic groups. We visit these sights before continuing to the peaceful lake of Hoan Kiem with Ngoc Son Temple, take 1-hour cyclo ride to visit Hanoi Old Quarter and enjoy the performance of the famous Vietnamese traditional art of water puppetry at Thang Long theatre. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 3:     HANOI – HALONG   
    
(B/L/D)
      08:00. Our guide and driver pick you up from hotel, transfer to Halong via vehicle  (160km driving one way - 3.5hrs drive). This will be your first opportunity to see some of the rural areas of Vietnam. The drive goes through the Red River delta, so we'll have plenty of chance for taking photo of Vietnamese farmers tilling the vast green paddy field. At half way, we will have a visit to a handicraft workshop with fine clothes and embroidered paintings.
      12h15:     Check-in registration, Boarding on Junk. Welcome drink is served
      12h45:     Start cruising
      13h00:     Have lunch board
    13h30:     A fantastic cruise in Ha Long bay, visit Dinh Huong island, Ga Choi island, Dog island, Sail island, visit Sung Sot cave and a swim at Titov beach. You also have 1 hour for kayaking.
     17h30:     Relax and enjoy sunset
     19h30:     Enjoy dinner on board.
     21h00:     Fishing or relax and spending a night on board.

DAY 4:     HALONG – HANOI – HUE  (FLIGHT 1HR)    
(B/L/D)
      Early risers can enjoy a morning view of Bay's landscapes. Sitting on the upper desk we can
enjoy the breath - taking beauty of the rocky islands rising from the crystal-clear water of the
Bay. We can hear the birds singing, cicadas chirping ashore and the gentle lapping of the waves
against our boat, the perfect soundtrack to accompany the fresh air and  gentle breeze.
     7:00     Have breakfast
     7:30     A morning cruise to visit Man's head island. Tortoise island. Visit to Bai Tu Long bay.
     10:00     Arrange luggage and check out then have lunch on boat.
     11:45     Arrive at the pier and drive back Hanoi. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 5:     HANOI – DANANG – HOIAN            
(B/L/D)
        Morning, free at leisure until transfer to airport for flight to Danang by ….
Arrival Danang, meet our local guide and transfer to visit  Hoian Ancient Town - was declared a World Culture Heritage site by UNESCO in late 1999. It  is a fascinating combination of Vietnamese traditional characters with Chinese and Japanese influence. There are  plenty to see in this delightful town, some of which are  the famous Japanese Covered Bridges, the Pottery Museum, the 200 years old Tamky House, the Chua Ong Pagoda, the vibrant market. Today we include these on a walking tour past many low tiled houses scattered along the small streets and assembly halls which reflect the town's multi-cultural past. Overnight at hotel in Hoian.

DAY 6:     HOIAN                       
(B/L/D)
         Morning, meet our guide at hotel and transfer to cooking class. With a guide of restaurant, we walk to the morning market where you will be showed all the ingredients we will use in our recipes. After the market tour, we board a boat for the 25-minute ride on the Hoi An River to the cooking school. The ride is worth the price.  I love watching the fishermen cast their nets up the water and watching life along the river.  We arrive at a small town and walk to the cooking school. The lesson started in an open-air pavilion next to the river. Chef Thanh will teach you how to cook a good lunch. We watch, we cook, we sample, and then lunch is ready preparation for you, you also taste the food you cook. Afternoon, free at leisure for sightseeing & swimming at Cua Dai Beach. Overnight at hotel in Hoian.
DAY 7:     HOIAN - MYSON                   
(B/L/D)
        Morning, transfer to visit My Son - Vietnam's most important Cham’s site. My son becomes a religious center in the late 4th century and lasts till 13th century – a longest period of development of any monument in Southeast Asia. My son is considered to be Champa’s counterpart to the grand cities of Southeast Asia’s other Indian – influenced civilizations: Angkor (Cambodia), Ayuthaya (Thailand) or Borobudur (Java).
Afternoon, free at leisure for sightseeing & swimming at Cua Dai Beach. Overnight at hotel in Hoian.

DAY 8:     HOIAN – DANANG -  HOCHIMINH     (FLIGHT 1HR)    
(B/L/D)
         Morning, free at leisure until transfer to airport for flight to Hochiminh by ...
Afternoon, take a Sai Gon city tour to visit to War Crime Museum which features a comprehensive collection of the machinery, weapons, photos, and documentation of Vietnam's wars with the both the French and Americans. Reunification Palace which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975. Stop at Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Sai Gon Post Office , former US Embassy, Cho Lon including the Thien Hau Pagoda. The district is home to the city's 400,000 Chinese and has many beautiful temples and pagodas. During our tour we will also visit the Emperor Jade Pagoda (Phuoc Hai), one of the most interesting pagodas in Vietnam. Overnight at hotel in Hochiminh.

DAY 9:     HOCHIMINH – MYTHO, THOI SON ISLAND      
(B/L/D)
        Today we take an excursion to My Tho.  We will be traveling past miles of flat rice fields, along a bustling High Way. On arrival at My Tho, we board a Mekong cruise boat to Thoi Son Island where we will be entertained with traditional music.  We will then change to a paddle boat to cruise through the narrow canals and visit home grown industries like coconut candy and rice-wine making. We next travel by motorized boat to another Mekong island to visit a bee farm and try tea with fresh honey from the beehives and enjoy fresh seasonal fruits. As we return to My Tho there will be a visit to the Vinh Trang Pagoda. 
        Drive back Hochiminh city, we will concludes with a stroll through the famous Ben Thanh Market, whose clock tower over the main entrance to what was formerly known as Les Halles Centrale is the symbol of Saigon.  Opened first in 1914, it features one-way aisles loaded with people clamoring to sell you cheap goods (T-shirts, aluminum wares, silk, bamboo, and lacquer) and postcards. Overnight at hotel in Hochiminh.

DAY 10:     HOCHIMINH – CUCHI TUNNELS                 
(B/L/D)
          Morning, we will travel just north of the city to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels.  The Vietnamese are proud of their resolve in their prolonged history of struggle against invading armies, and the story of the people of Cu Chi is indicative of that spirit.  The Cu Chi area lies at the end of the Ho Chi Minh trail and was the base from which Ho Chi Minh gorillas used to attack Saigon.  As a result the whole area became a "free fire zone" and was carpet-bombed in one of many American "scorched-earth" policies.  The residents of Cu Chi then took their war underground, literally, developing a network of tunnels that, at its height, stretched as far as Cambodia and included meeting rooms, kitchens, and triage areas. 
         Afternoon, free at leisure for sightseeing and shopping. Overnight at hotel in Hochiminh.

DAY 11:     HOCHIMINH DEPARTURE    (B)
         Leisure time until transfer to airport for flight departure.



Trip Includes:
Accommodation: twin sharing basic at above hotels

Trip Excludes:  none

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