HANOI-HALONG-HOCHIMINH-CUCHI (6D5N) - SIC 24

• ITINERARY BRIEF

* Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - Free and easy (No meal)-Driver only, No guide

* Day 2: Hanoi - Halong-Hanoi (Breakfast/Lunch)-Join Tour

* Day 3: Hanoi city tour full day (Breakfast/Lunch)-Join Tour

* Day 4: Hanoi - Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) - Free and easy (No meal)-Driver only, no guide

* Day 5: Saigon City tour Cuchi (Breakfast/Lunch)-Join Tour
* Day 6: Saigon - Departure (Breakfast)-Driver only, No guide

• JOURNEY HIGHTLIGHTS

• ITINERARY IN DETAIL

DAY 1: ARRIVE HANOI-FREE AND EASY (NO MEAL)-DRIVER ONLY-NO GUIDE

Arrival at Noi Bai Airport, you will be warmly welcomed and transferred to hotel by private

Tiptop Tour driver with signboard, check in, relax (the room may not be available until 12:00 PM).

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

DAY 2: HANOI-HALONG-HANOI (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)-JOIN TOUR

After breakfast at hotel, Make an early morning departure from Hanoi and drive 3.5hours through the Red River Delta on your way to Halong City.

Arrive in Halong Bay at noon, board a traditional wooden junk and start the cruising trip to the Bay.

Fresh seafood lunch (vegetable menu available) is served while the boat is gliding out.

Get ready for exotic photos and absorbing the most magnificent natural splendors, limestone bedrocks and sheer cliffs of tiny islands highlighted with fanciful names: Fighting Cocks (symbol of Halong Bay), Duck, Swan, Incense Burner, and Stone Dogs. Visiting the most beautiful cave named Thien Cung (Heaven Palace Grotto) and explores huge chambers adorned with stalactites and stalagmites of all kinds. Continue to enjoy this relaxing cruise on the way back to Ha Long harbor after 4hours trip.

Driver is waiting and takes you back to Hanoi city.

Trip ends at your hotel around 19h30-20h00pm.

DAY 3: HANOI CITY TOUR FULLDAY (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)-JOIN TOUR

AM : 08:00-08:30 Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. Then visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho”s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda~ founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi . Continue to visit the Quan Thanh Temple ( Taoist~ dating from the Ly Dynasty ) and Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lake ( One of the oldest in Vietnam ). Lunch.

PM : After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum~ continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Vietnam”s first university constructed in 1070~ it”s gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam”s past. We will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake~ see the peaceful waters~ and visit Ngoc Son temple. For the end of the tour journey visit by coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarter. Free for shopping.
 

Note:
+ On Monday and friday morning~ Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed – Bat Trang pottery village will be arranged as substitution.
+ On Saturday and Sunday~ enjoy the water puppet show in Museum of Ethnology and 01 hour visiting the Old Quarter by Cyclo.

Overnight in Hanoi

DAY 4: HANOI-SAIGON FREE AND EASY (BREAKFAST)-DRIVER ONLY

After breakfast, transfer to the airport  for the flight to Saigon.

Arrive Saigon, the driver pick you up at the airport, transfer to check in hotel.

Free to visit Saigon city.

Overnight in Saigon
 

DAY 5: CUCHI TUNNEL-SAIGON CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)-JOIN TOUR

08.00 AM: Pick the group from the hotel depart for Cu Chi tunnels .

09.30 AM: Arrive Cu Chi tunnels, View short video film and presentation about Cu Chi tunnels, before try a real experience with the world well known tunnels. After that travelers can try delicious manioc which is the main food in Cu Chi during the war.

For those interested there is an opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range. Have lunch at local restaurant, then we drive back to Ho Chi Minh city arriving at approximately 02.00 PM

02.15 PM: We will visits the War Remnants Museum - originally opened in September 1975, it displays old military equipment and other related items from Vietnam War. We continue to visit the Reunification Palace, formerly known as the Presidential Palace that was the sight of South Vietnam's surrender in April 1975. Walk down to see Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office which are beautiful examples of architecture from the French colonial period.

And we will have approximately one hour to visit Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh city, is packed with every conceivable commodity and a visit to lacquer workshop to see the complex processes and meticulous workmanship involved in this traditional Vietnamese craft product.

Overnight in Saigon City

DAY 6: SAIGON-DEPARTURE (BREAKFAST)-DRIVER ONLY

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

Say goodbye Vietnam.
Thank you for traveling with Tiptop Tour.