Essential Vietnam 7 Day 6 Nights Group Tour

Discover Essential Vietnam 7 Days 6 Night on a group tour to Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An, Saigon, Chu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta with English Speaking Guide.

Highlights

Small groups of maximum 16 travelers

Professional English Speaking Tour Guide

Tour the One Pillar Pagoda and the Women’s Museum

See The Heavenly Palace (Thien Cung Cave)

Taste traditional Vietnamese dishes

Tour the Royal Citadel and the Imperial Museum

Visit The Minh Mang Tomb

See Thien Mu Pagoda, considered the iconic symbol of Hue,

Walk the famous Japanese Covered Bridge - The Hoian Symbol

What's Included

Inclusions

2 internal flights: Hanoi – Hue; Danang – Saigon (with Vietnam Airlines, economy class)
Small groups of maximum 16 travelers
Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
Entrance fees for all mentioned sights visited
English-speaking guides as mentioned in the itinerary
Services of drivers and air-conditioned vehicles
Tours, transfers and all services as mentioned in the itinerary
Accommodation with daily breakfast at selected hotels (on twin-share basis, 3-star hotels)

Exclusions

Vietnam Visa fees
Personal travel insurance
Tips for guides and drivers
Personal expenses (such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.)
Early check-in and late check-out at hotels
Meals other than those mentioned in the itinerary

Itinerary

Hanoi -Vegetable Village - City Tour

This morning you travel out of Hanoi city centre to the suburban areas for a half-day eco-tour discovering the local life.  You will get picked up from your hotel lobby around 7:30 am then set out on a 45-min drive to Tien Le Vegetable village, about 18km to the west of Hanoi.  Arrive in the peaceful village, our local host and guide will take you on a beautiful visit to a market in the countryside. Wandering around the stalls selling food, meat, veggie, etc...you can try bargaining for some ingredients used in the coming cooking session.All of them are newly harvested and fresh!  When you get back from the market, you will put on farming clothes and bring farming tools to the field, where many local people are working since early morning.  Prepare to get dirty as you will be doing some farming activities like ploughing, growing vegetables, watering and fertilising.Come back to your host family for a cooking session and lunch.  In the afternoon, take a guided tour visiting some main sites of Hanoi: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex (you just pass by), the One Pillar Pagoda and the Women’s Museum. In the evening, enjoy the Water Puppet Show - a traditional art form having its roots in wet rice culture.

Hanoi - Halong Bay Day Trip (SIC)

At around 07h30 – 08h00, you will be picked up at the hotel and start the scenic 3.5-hour drive to Halong Bay. Enjoy the landscape of the Red River Delta countryside and have a short break on the way.  You arrive the Tuan Chau Habor at around noon then embark the day cruise followed by a short cruise briefing.  Start a dreamy cruise to stunning scenery with thousands of limestone mountains and have seafood lunch (we serve you with traditional Vietnamese dishes, in case you are vegetarian, we have other food options for you).  While cruising through the emerald water passing by the Dog Stone, the Burning Incense islet, stop at Ba Hang fishing village for kayaking or sit in a bamboo boat rowed by locals. After the visiting  Fighting-Cock island and the Heavenly Palace (Thien Cung cave) – which has opened to the public since 1998 with stalagmites and stalactites.  Back to the cruise and continue cruising back to the jetty. We will be back to Tourist pier at around 16:45. Disembark and get on a bus to Hanoi.