Wonders of Vietnam 8 days for Mr. Matteo from Italy (Oct 2019)

Booking Details

• Welcome to Hanoi Noi Bai international airport
• You are welcomed by Impress Travel’s guide & driver then it takes about 50 minutes by vehicle to get into Hanoi city.
• Lunch is served at restaurant
• Afternoon we start the tour with a visit to the President Ho Chi Minh Complex (view from outside only) including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, The President Palace, House on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda)
• Tour continued to visit the Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first National University. It was built in 1070 by Ly Emperor which are dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars.
• Walking tour around Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple or Hanoi old quarter, back to hotel, free time
• Overnight in hotel (Hanoi city)

Day Inclusions: Private A/C transfer, English speaking tour guide, lunch, entrance fees, hotel in Hanoi, water.

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• Breakfast at the hotel, check out
• Pick up at 07:30am, leaving Hanoi city for Halong Bay (distance 160km, a stop for a break time on half way for a refreshment). You enjoy the drive and sightseeing the peaceful country side scenery during the drive (4 hours),
• On arrival at the at Ha Long bay seaport (around noon time)
• 12.00 mid-day, you aboard the cruise, check in & enjoy a welcome drink while your cabin is assigned.
• Check in the cabin and put luggage in, relax or can do a short exploration tour by going around the cruise to learn about the cruise’s properties and facilities
• A sumptuous lunch with fresh seafood meal will be served while cruise slowly gliding out into the Halong bay.
• It’s a wonderful opportunity to admire thousands of islands and islets with magnificent caves and grottoes at the inside the islands, admiring sparkling stalactites and stalagmites like germs and listening to the legends of the Dragons and the land and sea scape in the area,
• Relax, sightseeing and taking photographs
• You may enjoy extra activities organized on board (depends on each cruise’ program, such as visiting a floating village or going kayaking)
• Relax on cruise during the happy hours or may join in a cooking demonstration, watching the sunset on Cruise.
• Dinner is served on cruise
• After dinner, free at leisure time to relax on Cruise and socialize with other guests or can join in some other evening activities such as squid fishing…,
• Overnight in your cabin on the Cruise.

Inclusion: Hotel breakfast, A/C transfer with SHUTTLE BUS, local English speaking tour guide on Cruise only, entrance fee, cruise in Ha Long bay with full meals on board, water

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• Early risers may be awarded a great chance to enjoy the sunrise and enjoy the amazingly peaceful breath-taking beauties of Ha Long Bay’s seascape in early morning.
• Refresh your body & soul with a Tai-chi lesson on sundeck.
• Breakfast will be served
• You continue enjoy the sightseeing tour on the cruise until noon time, sightseeing, taking photographs & relax on board
• At about 09:30 – 10:00, pack up your luggage and check out your cabin while cruising returning to the boat pier.
• Lunch will be served on Cruise
• 11:30 am – Return to prier, and disembark the Cruise & say fare well to all crew member,
• Meet again the driver and the bus for another 4 driving back to Hanoi,
• About 16:00 – Arrival back to Hanoi central city, it depends on the flight time to Hue, you will be picked up and transferred (without tour guide) to Airport for 1 hour flight to Hue city
• On arrival Hue city airport, pick up and transfer to hotel, check in, free & easy
• Free time & Overnight in Hue city

Inclusion: breakfast & lunch on Cruise, A/C transfer with SHUTTLE BUS, English speaking tour guide on Cruise only, entrance fee, cruise in Ha Long bay – disembark at noon time, hotel accommodation, water

• Have breakfast at hotel.
• Visit Hue Imperial City, including the Hue citadel, the Flag tower, main entrance gate with the Noon Gate with the Five Foenix Pavilions, entering through the gate to visit the Thai Hoa Palace (the great Harmony Palace where Nguyen Kings held court), the Royal Theatre, Nine Dynasty Urns, Five Phoenix Tower…
• Lunch is served at restaurant
• In the afternoon, tour is continued with a visit to King Minh Mang Tomb, Minh Mang is one of the greatest kings of the Nguyen Dynasty, and the King’s Royal Tomb is also one of the most majestic, where man made architecture fit harmoniously into the surrounding beauties of the natural landscape.
• Aboard a Cruise for boat trip for sightseeing tour on Perfumed River, the river name taken by one kind of grass with a special fragrance from river’s upstream which scented the river’s water, taking a boat trip is the best way for you to enjoy the landscape along two banks of Huong river, where the tranquility and the pure of the water make you feel in love with the land, the river as well as Hue people.
• 15:30, leaving Hue for Hoi An (140km ~ 3 hours by car/ van/ bus)
• On arrival in Hoi An, check in the hotel,
• Free time & overnight in Hoi An

Inclusion: Hotel breakfast, private A/C transfer, English speaking tour guide, lunch, entrance fee,boat trip, hotel in Hoi An, water

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• Have breakfast at hotel.
• This morning you will make a half day walking tour to visit Hoi An ancient town including the Japanese Covered Bridge, the beautiful Chinese Assembly Halls, the Phuoc Kien Pagoda, and the local market…
• Lunch is served at restaurant
• PM: This afternoon you will take a drive to see My Son holly land – the ruins of Cham People and have chance to enjoy traditional music.
• Leaving My Son site, you are transferred to return Danang Airport for a short flight to HCM city
• On arrival in HCM city, being picked up and transferred to Hotel in HCM city
• Free time & overnight in HCM city

Inclusion: Hotel breakfast, private A/C transfer, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, lunch, hotel in Ho Chi Minh, water

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• Visiting The Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office
• The Reunification Palace
• The War Remnants Museum
• Lunch is served at restaurant
• Watching a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps, the remains of an American tank and numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers. For those interested there’s even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range

Inclusion: Private A/C transfer, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch, hotel in Ho Chi Minh

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• Breakfast at the hotel,
• 07:30am, Pick up from your hotel, leaving for Mekong River Delta to Cai Be
• You enjoy sightseeing the rural area land scape along the way with a stop-over at Mekong Rest Stop for a short break
• 10.00am, on arrival in Cai Be, set off by motor boat on the Mekong river and enjoying the freshness and peacefulness of the real rural area, and enjoy sightseeing the picturesque scenery of the Mekong delta region and the real local life style of the local residents living along the 2 river banks, (Note: Cai Be floating market which is only most busy in early morning)
• We make a stop for a visit a small family business to see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Next, we wander around into the small villages to visit the orchard gardens and fruit plantation, enjoy eating sample of tropical fresh fruits accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music.
• Keep cruising to a series of small canals to experience the charms of the Upper Mekong Delta.
• Arrive in Tan Phong island, enjoy the lunch at a local family restaurant.
• Relax on the hammocks to get back your energy or can cycle around the village path with fruit orchards and bonsai garden. Meet the local islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong delta.
• Take a boat ride back to Cai Be pier, meet the car/van for the trip back to Ho Chi Minh city.
• Arrival in central Ho Chi Minh city17:00, free & easy
• Free time & Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city

Day Inclusions: hotel breakfast, private A/C transfer, English speaking tour guide, lunch, samples of tropical fresh fruits, entrance fee (s), boat trip in Cai Be,  accommodation in Ho Chi Minh city, water

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• Hotel breakfast
• Enjoy your time at leisure if your own flight time permits (check out before 12.00 mid-noon).
• Later, you will be transferred (without tour guide) to the Ho Chi Minh city airport via your schedule flight back home or continue seeing other cities in Vietnam.
• We hope you enjoyed your trip and see you again!

Inclusion: Private A/C transfer, hotel breakfast, hotel accommodation – check out before 12.00 mid-noon

What’s included in this trip

• Double/ Twin-share A/C accommodation with 01 ROOM (01 DOUBLE or TWIN ROOM) with daily breakfast
• Private A/C transfer from Airports to hotel and other tourist destinations according to the itinerary (except travelling to/ from Hanoi – Halong bay with a returned shuttle bus trip)
• 2 day 1 night on Joint Cruise trip in Halong Bay, 01 CABIN (01 DOUBLE or TWIN), full meals on board
• Kayaking in Halong bay (2adults share 1 kayak)
• Meals as indicated in the itinerary. (Breakfast = 7; Lunch = 7; Dinner = 1 )
• Samples of tropical fresh fruits in Mekong Delta in Cai Be site
• English- speaking guides as specified
• Entrance fees
• Boat trip in Hue on Perfumed River
• Boat trip in Mekong in Cai Be site
• Mineral water

What’s excluded in this trip

• All international and domestic flights
• Travel Insurance
• Visa for Vietnam
• Airport taxes
• Flight tickets Hanoi – Hue, Da Nang – Ho Chi minh
• All meals not mentioned
• Tips for tour guide, driver and other tour service attendants
• Other personal expenses not mentioned
• Early check in and late checkout (Note: hotel check in is at 14:00, hotel check out time is 12:00 mid-noon)

ADDITIONAL COST FOR AIRLINE TICKETS

Flight HANOI – HUE, VIETNAM AIRLNES: $98USD/ 01 ONE WAY TICKET

Flight DANANG – HO CHI MINH CITY: VIETNAM AIRLINES: $98USD/ 01 ONE WAY TICKET

(Notice: Economy class, Airport tax included, 7 kg hand carry allowance/ pax, 20kg storage luggage allowance/ pax, AIRFARE is subject to change without prior notice by the Vietnam Airlines)

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