Day 1: Arrival Hanoi
Arrive in Hanoi. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Services includes: transfer by private car from the airport to the hotel, english speaking guide, accommodation in Hanoi

Day 2: Free day in Hanoi (B)
Breakfast. Free day. Overnight at hotel.
Services includes: acommodation in Hanoi, breakfast at hotel

Day 3: Hanoi - Halong (B, L, D) Join group tour / Overnight on Imperial Junk
Breakfast at the hotel.
8:00 - 8:15 am: pick-up at hotel. Transfer to Halong. Boarding Bien Ngoc Cruise. Welcome drink is served. Have lunch with seafood.
Roam around the labyrinth of the Bay through several islands such as: Lion, Human Head, Toad. Visit Surprise grotto. Swimming. Go fishing (if the weather permit). Docking for overnight. Dinner is served. Overnight on the Junk.
Services includes: breakfast at hotel, transfer by bus as indicated in the program, entrance fee, english speaking guide, lunch & dinner, one night on junk, boat sharing trip

Day 4: Halong - Hanoi (B, L)

Breakfast at the junk.
Visit Va Gia flottant village. Kayaking. Back to the pier. Transfer to Hanoi. Overnight at hotel.
Services includes: breakfast at junk, kayak, 01 lunch, entrance fee, english speaking guide, transfer by bus as indicated in the program, accommodation in Hanoi, boat sharing trip

Day 5: Hanoi - Hoalu - Tamcoc - Hanoi (B, L) Join group tour
Pick up at your hotel and depart for Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh), enjoying the rural scenery along the road. Visit Hoa Lu old citadel. In the afternoon, take a rowing boat along the tiny canal among the rice fields to visit Tam Coc (Three Grottoes). Transfer to Hanoi. Overnight at hotel.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, transfer by bus as indicated in the program, entrance fee, english speaking guide, lunch, accommodation in Hanoi, boat sharing trip

Day 6: Hanoi (B) free day // sleeping bus
Free time.
Evening: take the bus to Hue. Overnight on bus.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, bus ticket Hanoi-Hue

Day 7: Hue (B)
Arrive in Hue about 8:30 am. You arrive to the hotel by yourself. Check-in early and have breakfast. Free time. Overnight at hotel.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, accommodation in Hue

Day 8: Hue (B, L) Join group tour
Breakfast at hotel. Pick up at hotel. Visit Tu Duc tomb, conial hat village and incense stick village, khaidinh tomb, minh mang tomb.
Continue to visit Imperial Citadel, Thien Mu pagoda. Overnight at hotel.
Services includes: breakfast at hotel, transfer by bus as indicated in the program, entrance fee, english speaking guide, lunch, accommodation in Hue, boat sharing trip.

Day 9: Hue - Hoi An (B) openbus
8:00 am: take the bus to Hoian. Arrive in Hoian about 12:00. You arrive to the hotel by yourself. Free time. Overnight at hotel.
Services includes: breakfast at hotel, bus ticket Hue-Hoian

Day 10: Hoian - Nhatrang (B) sleeping bus
Free time.
7:00 pm: take the bus to Nhatrang. Overnight on bus.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, bus ticket Hoian-nhatrang

Day 11: Nhatrang (B, L) Join group tour
Arrive in Nhatrang about 6:00 am. You arrive to the hotel by yourself. Check-in early and have breakfast.
8:00 am: pick-up at hotell for the boat trip: Visit fishing village, one island. Boat trip and swimming at the coral island. Back to the hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Services includes: breakfast at hotel, transfer by bus as indicated in the program, entrance fee, english speaking guide, lunch, accommodation in Nhatrang, boat sharing trip.

Day 12: Nha Trang (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Free day. Overnight at hotel.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, accommodation in Nhatrang

Day 13: Nha Trang - Muine (B) openbus

Take the bus to Muine. Arrive in Muine about 1:00 pm. You arrive to the hotel by yourself. Overnight at hotel.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, accommodation in Muine, bus ticket Nhatrang-Muine

Day 14: Muine - Saigon (B) openbus
Take the bus to Saigon. Arrive in Saigon about 1:00 pm. You arrive to the hotel by yourself. Overnight at hotel.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, accommodation in Saigon, bus ticket Muine-Saigon

Day 15: Saigon - Mekong delta - Saigon (B, L) Join group tour

Breakfast at hotel. Depart for My Tho. Take the boat ride through the Bao Dinh natural canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river sides. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island. Lunch served in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruise under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the family where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorised boat. Depart for Ho Chi Minh City via My Tho for visiting the flower garden. Overnight at hotel.
Services includes: breakfast at hotel, transfer by bus as indicated in the program, entrance fee, english speaking guide, lunch, accommodation in Saigon, boat sharing trip.

Day 16: Saigon (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Free day. Overnight at hotel.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, accommodation in Saigon

Day 17: Saigon (B) departure
Breakfast at hotel. Pick up at hotel and transfer to the airport. End tour.
Services icludes: breakfast at hotel, transfer by private car from hotel to airport, english speaking guide.

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Accommodation offering in this trip:

Trip Summary:

Where:	Trip starts in Hanoi and ends in Hochiminh city
When:	All year round;
Grade:	Moderate to Strenous;
Accommodation:	Simple guest-houses (Standard), Tourist-class hotels (Superior);
Transport:	Private car or bus, motor-cycle, fishing boat, public ferry, public train, cyclo, etc.;
Meals:	As indicated; (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)

update 12 April 2011