Vietnam Essential Tour for family Mr.Francesco Perini

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (-/-/-)                                                     
Upon your arrival, your guide and driver would be ready to welcome you right at the arrival lounge of Noi Bai international airport. Your guide would debrief for you about the whole trip itinerary, and eager to respond to all of your wonderings. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi free time(B/-/-)       
Free time in Hanoi.                                                                           

Day 3: Hanoi – Perfume Pagoda – Hanoi (B/-/-)     
Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Ha Noi Old Quater, Then take 2 hours road trip. Then you take row-boat trip to go visit that land on the Yen stream “romantic time” about 1 hour to Thien Tru harbour. Then you will enjoy time to trekking go up and down visit the main cave so nice~ step by step you will arrive Huong Tich cave on the top of the mountain. To see Golden-Silver tree~ rice stuck….One hour down. Have lunch at bottom mountain in restaurant beside. After lunch time, you will see the Heaven Kitchen pagoda and to know about Buddhism ancient architectural at Le Dynasty. Then you will come back by row-boattrip and 2 hour road trip to Hanoi and arrive at about 18h00. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 4: Hanoi free time – Train to Lao Cai(-/-/-)           
Breakfast at hotel and free time in Hanoi.
At the end of the day, the driver would help your move from your hotel to the Hanoi train station for an overnight train ride to Lao Cai.

Day 5: Sapa Trekking –Lao Chai, Ta Van(-/-/-)             
Arriving in the early morning at Lao Cai station, you would be on a scenic drive to Sapa after the short breakfast at the downtown. You may be catching some wow moments along the way by witnessing spectacular views of rice-terraced mountains besides with hill tribe people (Black H’Mong and Red Dao) walking along the side with unique colorful wares. Then checking in at the hotel, there would be a short walking tour to the market to catch up with the local life of ethnic people from faraway villages converging there. Lunch would be at your own arrangement. Afternoon: Your guide would wait to see you to start the trekking along the vast Muong Hoa valley with terraced fields lying on, heading to Lao Chai and Ta Van villages of H’mong and Tay people. Here, there are 3 options for you: the soft trek (at only 3 km), medium trek (around 6 km) or long trek (nearly 12 km). For each, you would have chance to imbue the well-preserved unique culture and traditions of the north ethnic minorities. Return to Sapa and overnight at your hotel

Day 6: Sapa – Lung Khau Nhin Market-  Train to Hanoi (-/-/-)                 
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Lung Khau Nhin. You will visit Lung Khau Nhin market that is held on Thursday. At market, At the market, ethnic minorities Mong Fiore, Dzao Nero and Nung gather to exchange goods. A brief trekking  and transfer to Lao Cai for train to Hanoi. 

Day 7: Hanoi Arrivo – Ha Long Bay (-/L/D)                     
Your train will arrive in Hanoi at the early morning. Your driver and guide would see you at the station then take you to an restaurant for breakfast, before setting out on a 3.5 hour drive to the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Halong Bay. Then you would have 24 hours on a traditional style Vietnamese Junk Cruise which would set sail at noon and board your junk. Lunch with diversified fresh seafood would be served on board.

8:00 : The Swan shutter bus will pick you up from your hotel and heading to northeast of Vietnam
12:30 : Arrive at Swan office, transferred by tender to Swan Cruise.
12:45 : Enjoy welcome drink, be briefing about safety on boat and activities included then check in cabin.
13:30 : Delicious Vietnamese set menu while leisurely cruising to the core of Halong Bay.
15:00 : Arrive to kayaking area – that is Cap La Island. Enjoy kayaking through the karst and breathtaking nature, swimming and relaxing.
17:30 : Get back to the boat and enjoys Sunset party while our cruise sailing to the overnight anchorage.
19:00 : Sumptuous set-dinner on board.
20:30 : Free time for joining games, you may also try your luck with squid fishing. Overnight on board with Swan Cruise.

Day 8: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (B/L/-)                                 
06:30: Starting your day with Tai Chi on the Sundeck.
07:00: Breakfast will be served in Western style and furthermore with Vietnamese traditional food – ‘PHO’
08:00: Explore the Thien Canh Son.  guide will explain the history of Ha Long Bay and this Cave, made by Mother Nature
09:30: Upon return to the boat you will have 30 minutes to freshen up and finish packing.
10:30:  Vietnamese cooking demonstration on boat.
11:00:  Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese brunch.
12:00: Disembark in Hon Gai pier. 
12:30:  Farewell Halong Bay then returns to Hanoi

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Day 9: Hanoi – Flight to Hue (-/-/-)                                     
Breakfast at hotel. Your driver will take you right to Noi Bai airport for your in-country flight to Hue. Upon your arrival, your driver would meet you at Phu Bai airport in Hue and take you to the hotel for check-in.

Day 10: Saigon – Ben Tre – Can Tho (B/L/-)     
Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast, transfer to Mekong Delta – considered the “rice paddle of Vietnam”. Come to My Tho town to visit  Temple of Caodaism, a religion founded in Vietnam in 1925 that combines Confucianism, Taosimo and Buddhism.

Cross the Rach Mieu Bridge, the longest in South Vietnam. Arrive in Ben Tre where you board for an excursion on the Ben Tre River – one of the main tributaries of the Mekong River.

During the journey you have the opportunity to admire the lively local activities, the fishing along the river, the functionality of the irrigation channels … Stop in a furnace of Mr. Tu Lo to observe traditional brickwork in molds and baking. Visit, along the canal, of one of the many coconuts processing workshops. Stop by a family for tea and fruit in place. With a taxi ride (Xe Loi) or a bike ride we go through local nature: groves, fields of green rice paddies and verdure cultures, a real approach to local farming life. Lunch  at the local restaurant.

With private car transfer to Can Tho. Free dinner and  overnight at hotel in Can Tho.

Day 11: Can Tho – Cai Rang floating market – Saigon (B/-/-)                                           
Breakfast at hotel

07.00. Checking out of your hotel in the late morning, you start boarding out to visit Cai Rang floating market by an motorized boat. This is definitely the time for you to capture every single moments of life with the views of colorful boats laden with fruits and vegetables. There will be an stopover at a Bun Tau noodle factory and a rice husking mill. There, you can even try passing one of many fragile monkey bridges along the canals. You will leave Can Tho and start moving back to Saigon (around 3.5 hour driving).