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Slow Journey Viet Nam

Slow Journey Viet Nam

Price: 1,690 $

Tour code: SJ01

Trip Duration: 18 days 17 nights

Operating: On request

Schedule: Hanoi, Halong, Danang, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Mui Ne, Sai Gon, Mekong Delta

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Itinerary: HA NOI –HA LONG –DA NANG - HOI AN-NHA TRANG  – MUI NE – SAI GON – MEKONG DELTA
Vehicle: Airplane, Car, Cruise
Places of visiting: Hanoi, Halong, Danang, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Mui Ne, Sai Gon, Mekong Delta    

DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL (D)
Arrive in Noi Bai Airport. Pick-up and transfer to Hanoi for check in hotel
Welcome dinner at local restaurant
Free at the leisure

DAY 02: HA NOI HALF DAY CITY TOUR (B)
After breakfast at hotel.
Morning city tour, we take a 20 minutes-drive from your hotel to the very impressive Museum of Ethnology, among the finest of Vietnam museums. You will see many exhibits, photographs and actual houses inhabited by some of the 54 ethnic people in Vietnam. It will offer a truly colorful introduction to these ethnic tribes. From here, we enjoy one hour cyclo tour of Hanoi vibrant Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake, the focal point of the city. This is great fun! Lastly, in the late afternoon, you will be enchanted by the legends and stories told at the Thang Long Water Puppet show that no one should miss while visiting Hanoi - Enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Performance – a unique Vietnamese art form hailing from Southeast Asia’s wet-rice culture .
Evening: Free at the leisure

DAY 03: COUNTRYSIDE AT DISPOSAL ABOUT 60 KILOMETER (B)
After breakfast at hotel, We visit Tho Ha village – Where used to be famous for the ceramic products Tho Ha village used to be famous for the ceramic products, along with Bat Trang and Phu Lang ceramic villages. The ceramic works in Tho Ha village lasted 8 centuries, from the 12th to 20th centuries. Since 1980 to date, the traditional work no longer existed and the locals changed to make rice papers and noodles, as well as raising pigs and making rice wine. To visit the place, tourist needs to take a local ferry to cross Cau River.You will discover here a real country life with the special walls have attracted film producers, painters, and photographers.
Visit Bac Ninh folk-lore song, which are performed on various occasions such as the worshipping of protection gods, fertility rituals or village festivals, and are recognized and transmitted by their communities as a symbol of local and regional identity
Visit Cuu village - the village of hundred-year-old villas in the outskirt of Hanoi
Visit lacquerware village . You will come up with a memorable and fulfilling experience in a lacquer village and have many special beautiful souvenirs for your family and friends. The traditional craft village promises to bring you more surprises.
A journey to Duong Lam village is a trip to trace back the origin of Vietnam’s culture and traditions. This is also the great chance to explore architecture of ancient structures while you wander along its narrow alleyways, visit temples dedicated to the two kings born there, and most interesting of all, chat with the inhabitants, the owners of a national treasure.

DAY 04: HA NOI – HA LONG + KAYAKING (B/L/D)
Morning: Breakfast at hotel. Tranfer to Halong city by road.
Kayaking in Halong Bay is the best way to explore the breathtaking beauty of Halong Bay. Paddle through islets; visit hidden caves, lagoons, unspoiled beaches and floating fishing villages…Kayaks go where other big boats cannot. Depending on trip length, visitors have different kayak route and time frame
After the briefing and check in we have a bit of free time till lunch is served. Lunch is a multi-course Vietnamese and Western set menu. Any and all dietary needs will be catered to. During lunch we cruise through the Bai Tu Long Bay, cruising through the most beautiful and quiet area in Bai Tu Long Bay and Halong Bay to visit Cua Van Fishing Village. Cua Van Floating Fishing Village (the largest fishing village on the Bay). At the village, which has a population of about 600 residents living in about 150 floating houses, guests can choose between kayaking through the village or visiting on small bamboo boats (sampans) rowed by the villagers.
Back on board after visiting the village there will be free time of about one and a half hours before the Cooking Class on board will be held by our Chef and all the passengers could attend to this. During that time the chef will conduct a Cooking Class showing the guests how make some Vietnamese food which is traditional food in Vietnam and guests will taste the food after the class.
Dinner is a sumptuous buffet featuring an array of salads, seafood, meat dishes, seasonal fresh fruits and deserts. 
After dinner guests can relax in the dining room and lounge or on the upper deck.

DAY 05: HA LONG (B/L/D)
The morning coffee, tea and breakfast pastries are on offer. Tai Chi lessons are led by our tai chi master
Transfer to the  boat, a spacious and comfortable wooden junk with lounge and dining room and a sundeck with lounging furniture.  Lunch is served on board mid-day and passengers return to the boat for free time on board
After dinner guests can enjoy their second evening on the Bay relaxing in the dining room and lounge or on the upper deck . Board games and playing cards are available and massage services as well (massage service is available throughout the cruise). Also, everyone can have another chance to try their luck at squid fishing from the boat with help from the crew.

DAY 06: HA LONG – DA NANG (B, L)
Awake early and participate in Tai Chi on the top deck or simply relax and enjoy the sunrise over the bay’s towering islands. Enjoy a morning cup of coffee or tea, before setting out to explore nearby islands by rowboat. Return to the junk for breakfast then take advantage of the sundeck and admire the amazing rock formations of Bai Tu Long Bay as you navigate back to Halong City. Your driver will meet you at the Halong jetty and take you back to Hanoi to catch your in-country flight to Da Nang. Upon arrival to Da Nang airport, driver will be await for you and transfer you to hotel.
Free at the leisure. Overnight in hotel

DAY 07: FREE AT THE LEISURE (B)
Breakfast at hotel
Danang is an ancient land, closely related with the Sa Huynh cultural traditions. Many imposing, palaces, towers, temples, citadels and ramparts, the vestiges from 1st to 13th are still to be seen in Cham Museum.
After having breakfast, We visit some various interesting attractions as Ba Na Tourist Resort, Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) as well as the Linh Ung Pagoda, Han River, and My An, Non Nuoc beaches.
All days for relaxing and discovering. Get out of the big cities and enjoy life on the beaches
                                                 
DAY 08: HOI AN AT DISPOSAL(B)
Breakfast at hotel and check in.
Explore the old town of Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Group can shopping, walking, cooking.
Lunch at local restaurant
Free at leisure
 
Day 09: FREE AT LEISURE (B)
After breakfast, we spend an hour biking along My Khe beach or Bach Dang
All days for relaxing
Afternoon, We visit Han River
 
DAY 10: DA NANG – NHA TRANG (B/D)
Breakfast at hotel and check out
Pick up and transfer to airport for flight to Nha Trang
Visit Mun Island first, for swimming, sunbathing, and snorkelling at a nearby coral reef, then to Mot Island for lunch and drinks at a floating bar. Then Tam island, where there is a resort, more sunbathing (and more drinking) and then to Mieu Island to visit a fishing village.
Visit Thap Ba Hot Spring Centre. As the advertising billboards around town boast, 'soaking in mineral mud is interesting'. Not only is there the chance to take a mud bath, but also soaking in mineral water, steam bath and massage, and a warm mineral water swimming pool are available.
Free at leisure
Dinner at hotel

DAY 11 : NHA TRANG (B)
Breakfast at hotel
Also within an easy bicycle ride of the beach is the Long Son pagoda, which houses an impressive sitting Buddha statue high in its gardens on the hillside, and which is visible for miles around. This is the biggest and most worthwhile pagoda to visit whilst in the city, and also the most convenient for its location .
Lunch at local restaurant on your account, then visit Thap Ba Hot Spring Center -  a famous tourist for mud spa in Nha Trang. It is believed to make your skin smoother and healthier after the mud bath
Visit Tram Huong Tower . When you walk on the beach road, you will not miss it, an orange color lotus-shape building. This building gave Nha Trang beach an unique indentity. This beauty building comes together with stunning beach views along with mountains and islands, across the street there were colonial style buildings with restaurants, hotels, and an exhibition hall. 
 
DAY 12:  NHA TRANG – PHAN THIET (B, L, D) (Drive on car)
After breakfast, we visit the white lakes, where white sand dunes reflect themselves on the still water and colored Mui Ne sand dunes, a perfect place for photographers. The coast offers spectacular views at sunset along the beach drive.
Lunch on the way.
Afternoon spend the whole day relaxing on the beach and enjoying the resort facilities. Dinner at local restaurant and stay overnight in Phan Thiet.
 
DAY 13 – 14: PHAN THIET (B/L)
After breakfast , We visit Thuy Tu Temple and the school where Ho Chi Minh used to teach
Visit Phu Hai – where remains of the Cham civilization are on display at a series of still standing towers set against the sea. The distinctive ruins pale in comparison to My Son or Angkor Wat, but they remain impressive nonetheless.
Lunch at local restaurant, then go to Ham Tien, the major destination is the Fairy Spring, a 30 minute hike up a babbling creek bed. Cut through the canyon and up to the waterfall, splashing upward progress and admiring the surrounding red clay canyon as you do.
Visit Mui Ne - the area’s most famous attractions, the Red and White Sand Dunes, allow travellers to imagine the Sahara and ride down the slopes on rickety homemade sleds. Local children will be happy to assist in the fun, earning themselves a nice tip in the process.
Further out, climb Ta Cu Mountain to see the gigantic sleeping Buddha, on its side with a look of eternal contentment.
 
DAY 15: PHAN THIET – SAI GON (B, D)
Breakfast at hotel, check out and transfer to Sai Gon
In the afternoon you will visit such sites as the Reunification Palace, the War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office and Ben Thanh market. Enjoy the rest of the day free at your leisure. Dinner at restaurant
 
AY 16: SAI GON – CU CHI – TAY NINH - CAO DAI (B)
After breakfast at hotel, we proceed to Cu Chi tunnels, view short video film and presentation about Cu Chi tunnels, before try a real experience with the world well known tunnels. After that travelers can try delicious manioc which is the main food in Cu Chi during the war.
Arrive Cao Dai Temple, see the ornate temple of  Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day service when the followers fill the hall wearing colored robes, a symbol of the extra combination of the Confucianism, Christianity, Taoism and Buddhism. 
Overnight in Sai Gon
 
DAY 17: SAI GON - MEKONG DELTA – SAI GON (B, L)
Having breakfast on board , We meet locals as you explore the villages and islands along the Mekong River
Take a private longtail boat ride along the Mekong River
Enjoy the local Mekong delicacies and travel by sampan along the canals under the green canopy of water coconuts trees. Sample exotic fruit and tour a coconut candy farm
Lunch on board
In the evening, Group will return to Ho Chi Minh City.
Relax and overnight at hotel
 
DAY 18: FLIGHT FOR DEPARTURE
Breakfast at hotel and check out. Free until transfer to airport for departure.
End of our services .

All above itinerary is flexible, depending on arrival, departure flights of passengers and real situation.

Included:
 
- All transfer and transportation with air-conditioning
- Hotel accommodation base on twin sharing room
- Entrance fees
- Meals as indicated  in the program, please inform on other needs or vegetarian diety
- Boat // Cruises trip in Halong and Mekong Delta,
- Local English or French speaking tour guide with good knowledge and experience (other language upon request).
- Mineral water and wet towel
 
Not included:
- Visa
- International and domestic airfare
- Single room
- Tax
- Other meals and drinks
- Personal expenses, travel insurance
- Everything’s not mentioned in the tour
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