Routes: Hanoi – Sapa – Halong – Ninh Binh – Hue – Danang – Hoi An – Nha Trang – Saigon – Cu Chi – Mekong Duration: 21 days in the Short Route Day 1: Morning HanoiDay 2: Hanoi city tour in 1000 years old capital of the Day 3: Hanoi – Tam Coc – Hoa Lu – Sapa, overnight Day 4: Sapa – Ta Phin, trekking and Homestay (4 hours) Day 5: More trekking and back to SapaDay 6: Sapa – Tam Duong by JeepDay 7: Tam Duong – Sapa – Hanoi, via night train HanoiDay10 Day 8: Hanoi – Halong Bay Day 9: Halong Bay – one day your free HanoiDay11: Hue, city tour Day 12: Hue, boat trip – HoianDay 13: Hoian, walking from the old townDay 14: Hoian – 15 TrangDay NHA: Nha Trang, island cruise Day 16: Nha Trang – Saigon, city tour Day 17: Tay Ninh and Cu Chi Tunnels Day 18: Saigon to the fertile Mekong Delta (Cai Be – Can Tho) Day 19: Can Tho – SaigonDay 20: Free day in SaigonDay 21: Departure Saigon, Goodbye Vietnam in Detail Day 1: Good morning Hanoi Welcome in Hanoi, we meet and transfer to hotel, check into your hotel , then today is free at your leisure to rest or at your own pace around. Overnight in Hanoi. Included: transfer, guide, hotel Day 2: Hanoi city tour of the city will leave at 8:00 in 1000 years, after checking out of the hotel by car. We will start the day with a visit Uncle Ho, learning about life in its great Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, his residence. Next stop is near the Temple of Literature. Vietnam’s first university Regions’, built in the twelfth century, Royals Confucian theory of learning. There’s also a chance for a show of traditional music show. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant for an authentic taste of Pho Hanoi. In the afternoon, choose one of the many museums and temples around Hanoi (Museum of Ethnology, women ‘s Museum, Quan Thanh Temple and Museum). A late afternoon walk around Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi’s Old Quarter for some interesting fun, shopping, cuisine and traditional roadside. This is your chance to be a part of Hanoian typical style of traditional Vietnamese culture. We finish our day relaxing, but attending an informational Water Puppet Show, a favorite experience for all visitors to Vietnam. We can help you return to your hotel if you want, but often our guests would just rather spend the early evening enjoying a drink with a view over the city. Dinner on your own. Included: Retire to your hotel for the night. All meals, car / bus, entrance (s) Day 3: Hanoi – Tam Coc – Hoa Lu – Sapa, night train from the hotel Pick-up 8:00, we have a two hours drive (110 km south) in the city Ninh Binh, also known as the ancient capital and inland Halong. It will be an exciting day are indicated by a two-hour cruise on a boat down the aisle with bamboo hand Tam Coc streams enjoying spectacular scenery surrounded by rice fields and towering peaks of limestone mountains. After lunch at a local restaurant in Riverside at a short distance (4 km) in a quiet country road to Hoa Lu, Vietnam capital for eleven centuries old. Here are two temples dedicated to King Dinh and King Le, the founder of the ancient capital during the 10th century. Return to Hanoi around 17:00. 8:30: Transfer of a default in meeting your night train to Sapa. Included: all meals car / bus fee (s), guide, hotel, train tickets AC Day. 4: Sapa – Ta Phin, trekking and Homestay (4 hours) Cai train arrives in the U.S. around 6:30 PanViet where your guide will welcome you. Look for signs PanViet Travel “when out of the station. Take a morning drive through the clouds by car / bus to Sapa (about 1. 5 hours). When you arrive in Sapa you will be taken to a local restaurant for a morning shower and breakfast. Then we take a short ride from Sapa to our trekking base where we start our journey through terraced rice fields and Hmong villages. Opportunities to meet and talk with the locals in the field are numerous. We will break for a picnic lunch, continue trekking to Ta Phin village route Dao people (4 hours). Dao your family welcome you to their traditional home where we will share in an ethnic style dinner and overnight. Included: transfer, guide, all meals, entry fee (s), Home-stay Day 5: More trekking and back to the first glimpse of the day SapaAt, sees and hears the sounds of village life in the morning. You can contact them in some of their activities, such as animal feed, house cleaning, gardening or preparing breakfast. After breakfast we will end our journey on the path of the main valley road (4 hours), which connects the U. S. Cai and Sapa. On the other hand, for this long trip, you can choose a short walk in the morning around the village about one hour, resulting in more time spent with family and other villagers. For both options you are supported by our car / bus back to Sapa (30 minutes). When we arrive back in Sapa we will check into the hotel, shower, and lunch. At 14:30 we will visit the beautiful gardens of Ham Rong Mountain and participate in a show of traditional ethnic music made by people from ethnic minorities. Back at your leisure with free time for the secrets of this colorful city. Overnight at hotel in Sapa town. Included: transfer, guide, hotel, all meals
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