Day 1: Arrive in Hanoi (D)
Pick up at Noi Bai Airport, you are met and transferred to hotel for check in. Then, visit the old quarter streets and Hoan Kiem Lake by cyclo to discover the local people life, see the peaceful water, and visit Ngoc Son Temple. Evening: Water puppets show, the unique Vietnam traditional art. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Day 2: Hanoi (B)
Driving to visit West Lake, visit Tran Quoc pagoda. Continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam - Vietnam's first University constructed in 1070. Its gardens and well-preserved architecture offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam's past.. Proceed to visit Museum of Ethnology - the most interesting museum in Hanoi with many different things relating the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Day 3: Hanoi - Hoa Binh (B)
Pick up from Hanoi and leave for Hoa Binh province also know as the land of ricefields and hill, with it's beautifully green pastoral landscape. Situated 45km to the west of Hanoi, the heart of a beautiful Muong hamlet, La Ferme is a remarkable refuge. This intensely green and relaxing heaven always surprises its refugees with its traditional houses and protected natural surroundings. Flowers and trees mingling with water lily ponds and lakes, hills and rice fields in the hamlet of Luong Son make your stay unforgettable. La Ferme du Colvert, a stone's throw away from the Dap Dom Lake, is set aside from the neighbouring towns and busy tourist sites...surrounded by tea hills in the shape of an oyster...and the Black River, which has meandered for some thousands of years through the surrounding land....
An ideal stay and sports-loving individuals alike : swimming pool, bicycle rides or walks, kid's garden, spa care, discovering the countryside...combine comfort, well-being and nature. Massage in the perfumed hamman - Vietnamese style; with bamboo leaves, lemongrass, grapefruit, Bo Ket and coriander seeds (Tre, Buoi, Sa Mui, Huong Nhu, Cuc Tan...) this traditional ritual is the perfect recipe for a great night's sleep. 60 minutes massage per person at the Muong with oil of lemon and honey. 30 minutes per person Hammam or Sauna.
Our eco-village offers a homelike and convival welcome for small groups. As well as this, we offer an ecological approach to tourism, a certain joie de vivre, comfort and refined decoration, which reminds one of the beautifully warm colours of ancient Indochina. La Ferme, reconciling man and his environment...
Overnight in Arecanut, Lakeshore or Lotus.
Day 4: Hoa Binh - Ninh Binh - Hoa Lu - Tam Coc (B)
Morning, visit the market local in Luong Son by walk or by bicycle. Transfer to Ninh Binh, enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas on the way. Arrive Hoa Lu, the sight of Vietnam's capital during 10th and 11th century. Visit of Dinh and Le Temples, visit the the two temples of King Dinh and King Le in the 10th century, finding out the heroic histories of this two Kings in Chinese Wars. After that, we go to Tam Coc (10 km far from Hoa Lu).
and then continue to Tam Coc, a boat trip on a river through " Ha Long inland" - the quiet and peaceful landscape of rice fields surrounded by limestone formations to visit three grottoes of Tam Coc. you will get on bamboo boat - rowed by the local people to visit Tam Coc (three caves) on the way. Overnight in Ninh Binh.
Note: Possibility visit Trang An instead of Tam Coc
Day 5: Ninh Binh - Halong (B,L,D)
Departure for Ha Long. On arrival in Bai Chay- Halong, embarking on a traditional junk. Have lunch with fresh seafood on board. Then we start cruising by junk for a half- day to visit grottoes, fishing villages and beach. This is a junk in wood of 30 m long and and 10 m large that is propelled by two magnificent veils and two other japanese motors of 45 horses' power each. It has been constructed following the traditional methods by the fishers in Ha Long. Currently it is one of three privileged junks that can offer you a cruise on board for several days in Halong bay instead of the usual cruise for some hours by normal boats. The cabins are spacious with luxury furniture and arranging toilet and shower. For the best conditions of comfort, the junk can only accept about ten passengers. The cabin has a ventilated fan. Air-conditioning is not necessary, the Halong bay is favorable with special climatic condition. Dinner and night on board.
Day 6: Halong - Hanoi - Hue (B,L)
If Hanoi was Thang Long, "Ascending Dragon", the Halong bay, "Descending Dragon". This name is originated from a legend explaining the present of its rocky peaks that are the remains from a fierce battle of a great dragon. The fantastic peaks cutting the horizon in bluish teeth or sunken mountains which emerge only their summits, caves and grottoes where the streams disappear, game of mists and clouds. The most typical is that these peaks with the strange shapes seem floating on the surface of water and here the silence of This spreads sea dominates everywhere, sometimes broken by the scream of a sea bird. We continue to cruise on the bay for a half- day. Lunch on board. Transfer to Noi Bai airport and fly to Hue. On arrival in Hue. Overnight in Hue.
Day 7: Hue (B)
Start at 08:00am, we cycle to visit the Imperial City, After noon, transfer to the boat dock for our cruising on the Perfume River, viewing the city and the tranquil villages on the riverbank. We will walk up to visit the Thien Mu pagoda, a nicely located pagoda, overlooks the Perfume River and the beautiful scenery beyond, where you get to learn more about the Buddhism in Vietnam. visit to the splendid royal tombs, there are actually more than 6 tombs but we will only visit the best of them: Minh Mang and Tu Duc. After having viewed the splendid landscaped gardens and ornate architecture of the kings' final resting places we return to Hue. Overnight in Hue.
Day 8: Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An (B)
Travel by vehicle from Hue to Danang - Journey south along Highway 1 past the Hai Van Pass and Lang Co. In Danang, you can visit Cham museum, Marble mountain and China Beach. Lunch. Visit Hoian Town. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 9: Hoi An - Tra Que - Hoi an (B,L)
Morning, take a bicycle ride to a local farm in Tra Que Village. passing rice fields Enjoy landscape and history of the area Discover and join the farmer in work such as raking, sowing, watering greens Here you will be introduced the history of the village, the cultivation of the vegetables as well as discovering the use of vegetables in traditional Vietnamese medicine. You will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. Other activities will include: raking, sowing, and watering greens, picking greens, etc. Then, relax and massage food. Spend the rest of the morning for do-it-yourself session, before breaking to prepare lunch with a local family. Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including 'tam huu' spring roll, Banh xeo or local pancake of people's middle region. Come back in Hoi An. Free shopping ou in the sea Cua Dai. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 10: Hoi An - Da Nang - Nha Trang (B)
Free relax before transfer to Airport for the flight to Nha Trang. Picked up at Nha Trang airport and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Nha Trang.
Day 11: Nha Trang (B)
Morning: Take a mud bath at source thermal on the hill of eucalyptus. Afternoon: Visit Ponagar Cham tower, Hon Chong Promontory, Long Son Pagoda, Dam Market ... then, relax on the beach. Overnight in Nha Trang.
Day 12: Nha Trang (B)
The tour will depart from your hotel to Ba Ho Waterfall ("three lakes"), 25km North of the Nha Trang City, where you can climb the rocks and dive into the crystal clear waters. If you are daring, leap from the highest peak!!! Go to Doc Let Beach, one of Vietnam 's most stunning beaches, with it's blue waters and chaulk-white sands. Back to Nha Trang. On our return journey, you can see the salt fields and take photos of the striking countryside landscapes. Overnight in Nha Trang.
Day 13: Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh city (B)
AM : Transfer for morning flight from Nha Trang to Saigon. Arrive Saigon ,Sightseeing Saigon and Cholon (Chinatown), Notre Dame Catheral, Central Post Office, Reunification Hall, War Remnant Museum, Vinh Nghiem Pagode, Thien Hau Pagoda. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 14: Ho Chi Minh city - My Tho - Ho Chi Minh city (B)
After breakfast, depart on My Tho, visite Vinh Trang pagoda. We take a day trip to My Tho in Mekong Delta. Boat on Mekong River, take a wonderful boat ride on the Upper Branch of the Mekong River, visiting local houses and workshops of making pop rice, coconut candies, fruit gardens, boating through small canals. ; Have Lunch with local specialties.
Drive back to Ho Chi Minh. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
Day 15: Ho Chi Minh - Departure (B)
You will have free time until we transfer you to Saigon Airport for your departure
