Option 1: From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh
Option 2: From Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi

Option 1:

PROGRAM FROM NORTH TO SOUTH:

Day 1: ARRIVAL HANOI (D)
Arrive in Hanoi, welcome by your guide and transfer to hotel.

Evening enjoy water puppet show before having dinner.  All puppets are made of woods, moving on the water following the rhythm of live folk music.  Fire crackers, smoke, fire and lights make it more picturesque.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: HANOI (B)
A full day city tour of Vietnam's capital. Hanoi is a unique city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental temples. The city tour includes such sights as Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and his house on stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, the Quanh Thanh Temple and the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the edge of West Lake. After lunch in town continue to the Museum of Ethnology and end the afternoon with a visit to the Lake of the Restored Sword and a cyclo tour of the Old Quarter.

Day 3: HANOI - HALONG CRUISES OVERNIGHT ON BOARD (B,L,D)
08.30 am: We will be pick up from our hotel in Hanoi. Drive around 4 hours along Red river Delta to Halong bay. On the way, we will stop at Hong Ngoc Humanity center for break. Also visit shops that sell the products be made from disable children.

12h15:  Check-in registration,  Boarding  Huong Hai Junk or similar  Bai Tho 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. 

17h30:  Relax and enjoy sunset

19h30:  Enjoy dinner on board.

21h00:  Fishing or relax and spending a night on board.

Day 4:  HALONG BAY - HANOI - FLIGHT TO DANANG - TRANSFER TO HOIAN (B)
7h00: Have breakfast

7h30: A morning cruise to visit Mans head island, Tortoise island, visit Luon cave by small bamboo boat, Bai Tu Long bay

10h00: Arrange luggage and check-out

10h30: Have lunch on board

11h45: Arrive Halong wharf.

You will be transfered to the hotel in Hanoi.

Drive back to Hanoi. Lunch in Hanoi then free time till transfer to Airport. Flight to Danang and transfer to Hoi An. Dinner in town and overnight in Hoi An.

Day 5: HOIAN - DRIVE TO HUE (B)
Hoi An was a major Asian trading port in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its architecture and relaxed lifestyle have changed little over the years. Take a walking tour of the ancient town centre to visit the former merchants' homes, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, a Chinese communal hall and the colourful market. Leave Hoi An after lunch for Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. The scenic route passes through Danang before climbing over the Pass of Ocean Clouds and dropping down to the wonderfully photogenic fishing village of Lang Co. Arrive in Hue late in the afternoon and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Hue.

Day 6: HUE (B)
Visit the former imperial capital of Vietnam. A boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River visits Hue's best-known religious site, Thien Mu Pagoda, and the mausoleum of former emperor Minh Mang, in a tranquil setting of gardens and lakes. In the afternoon visit the elaborate mausoleums of emperors Tu Duc and Khai Dinh and the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945.

Day 7: HUE - FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH CITY ( FORMER NAME SAIGON )(B)
Transfer to Hue Airport after breakfast for the short flight to dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals. A full day city tour takes in the city's bustling Chinatown and begins with a visit to the Thien Hau Temple, from where you will take a cyclo ride; the most appropriate and unusual way to explore Cholon, literally meaning 'big market'. The ride will take you to the lively Binh Tay Market. Then visit a lacquerware factory to witness workers continuing a Vietnamese ancestral tradition. After lunch visit the War Museum and the former Presidential Palace, from there on you will go on foot (the car will be available at all times) to visit the major sights of colonial Ho Chi Minh City: the Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Saigon Post Office, Dong Khoi Street (formerly Rue Catinat), Continental Hotel, Opera House and City Hall. After this historical visit, enjoy some wonderful ice cream at Fanny's, a quaint little parlour with a French atmosphere, before exploring the trendy boutiques on Ton That Thiep Street.

Day 8: SAIGON - MEKONG DELTA - SAIGON (B,L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up at hotel. Transfer to My Tho. Take the experience boat through the Bao Dinh natural canal, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the canal 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 business where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Trekking through the fruit plantation in Thoi Son island, enjoy the rowing boat ride on the creeks before returning to My Tho. Road trip back to Hochiminh city.

Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Day 9: DEPARTURE SAIGON (B)
Departure day. At leisure for shopping until transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for onward flight.

Option 2:

PROGRAM FROM SOUTH TO NORTH