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Vietnam 2 week Itinerary - Travel Package from North to South
- Classic Route along Vietnam to explore both of culture and glorious nature.
- Get more time to connect to amazing nature of Vietnam.
- Experience variety kind of activities with river and sea.
- Senior accommodations and programs, but still keep several days to live in the typical rural countryside.
- Leisurely travel and impressing scenes that is full of senses.
- First-level cruises in Halong Bay and Mekong Delta.
- Authentic, boutique and spectacular.
Vietnam 2 week Itinerary is a different classic route to discover more about glorious scenes of Vietnam from the North to the South. You will have more time to live amongst the marvelous nature in Halong Bay and Nha Trang by cruise excursions. Furthermore, you also take a lot of time to experience the rich of culture cities by basic city tours in Hanoi, Hue, Hoian, and Saigon. The last highlight in this Vietnam Travel Package is an authentic Mekong Delta with rural countryside and simple daily life. It is not too long with 14 days, but it is amazing to open a magical door that helps you indulge your expectation about an old-age culture and breathtaking nature.
In other side, Vietnam is always known as a cuisine paradise which even though the gourmets all over the World must be admire and want to research about it. Vietnam 2 week Itinerary from North to South is a great chance to taste Vietnam’s cuisine for you. Despite of our delicious meals, you can spend more free time to explore Vietnam’s foods, especially in Hanoi, Hoian and Saigon.
Itinerary
Water Puppet show is a cultural beauty of wet-rice agriculture
In the afternoon meet our Guide for short Cyclo And Walking Tour Around Hanoi Old Quarter.
Firstly, start walking tour in old quarter “36 streets” to visit some famous and specialized- food families or stalls/ local restaurants, shops where they run their business every day, certainly you will watch and taste some particular dishes (We can customize vegetarian food or special requirement) The Old Quarter in Hanoi is over one thousand years old and today retains much of the old flavor that made the area special in earlier times. Then visit Dong Xuan Market and Hoan Kiem lake. Visit Hanoi by cyclo to dive in the soul of Hanoi (about 1 hour). This “authentic” way allow visitors discover the city center in intense emotions. It’s like you are in the center of a whirlwind of movement, wrapped in a cacophony of horns and the bustle of people who trying to make their way in the middle of all this excitement. At the end of our Hanoi tours you enjoy Water puppet show and enjoy your free night time.
Overnight at Hotel in Hanoi.
Exploring the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of West Lake
08.00 Meet your tour guide and visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to explore the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts and lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, which was founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 - the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.
After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of west lake (One of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam). From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Viet nam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius.
Lunch is not included.
In the afternoon, depart for Bat Trang ceramic village which is about 20 km away from Ha Noi, this is pottery village with a half- millenary historic development.
Take the car come back to your Hotel in Hanoi.
Cruising to Vung Vieng Fishing Village
08.00 Get pick up for transfer to Halong. After 3 hours and 30 minutes, the vehicle reaches Hon Gai Tourist Wharf.
12.15 Embark on cruise. The staff provide the safety instruction and give the key to your room.
13.00 Lunch is served on board while the boat is sailing to your first destination- Vung Vieng Fishing Village. You admire the amazing scenery of Bai Tu Long Bay with hundreds of limestone islets, caves with special ecological system. In Vung Vieng Village, you can choose one in two options written below:
• Option 1: You hop on a small boat rowed by local people to move around to explore the village, observe the daily life of fishermen.
• Option 2: You can kayak by yourself around the village with the instruction of the tour guide.
17.30 Come back to the boat, take a shower and relax on sundeck in sunset. It is time for Happy Hour at the bar and on deck. In this trip, a cooking lesson is included and it is perfect for anyone who loves cooking and wants to learn about Vietnamese traditional cuisine. The chief will teach you how to make some dishes and enjoy your works with your partners.
19.00 Have dinner in our restaurant. After that, you are free and easy. You can hang out with other people at the bar, sing and dance, take a rest in your room or join in the group of squid fishing on board. Those activities are available till 22.00.
Overnight on Cruise at Cong Do area.
The spectacular Thien Canh Son Cave
07.00 Enjoy the morning sunrise with a cup of tea or coffee, have breakfast while the boat sails to Thien Canh Son Cave. The cave attracts a lot of tourists because of the wild natural beauty, incredible stalactites in different shapes and cool atmosphere.
You return to the Cruise, pack your stuff, check out and transfer your luggage to the reception area.
We cruise back to the harbor and disembark at around 12.00. Early lunch is served on board on the way back.
12.00 You get in vehicle to set off for Hanoi and reach the destination around 16.30.
Check in the room closed to the Hanoi train station. Then in the night time, go to train station for the night train to Hue.
Hue Imperial City- the last royal city of Vietnam
Arrive Hue in the morning (9-10am). One Day to feel the peaceful of ancient capital Hue
Get pick up by car for the transfer to your Hotel in Hue. Check in hotel if the room are available.
After that you explore Hue City by the best way with Thien Mu pagoda, Imperial Citadel, Dong Ba market, Colonial hat making village.
Firstly our destination is Imperial Citadel which is the home of Vietnam’s last royal dynasty – the Nguyen Dynasty. Then you embark to a dragon boat on the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu pagoda, it was a symbol of Buddhism central Vietnam in its majestic period. Moreover, seating on board and going along the river, you will feel the pensive, ancient, and dreamlike beauty of Hue.
Lunch is not included.
After lunch we come over Phu Cam conical hat making village, where holds a part of Hue’s cultural spirit. The tender Hue woman is inherent in the violet long dress and Bai Tho conical hat. The difference of Hue would be not completed without Dong Ba market where the locals come over every day.
Overnight at hotel in Hue.
Tu Duc tomb with sophisticated architecture
Breakfast at your hotel. Get pick up for transfer to Tu Duc Tomb before going ahead to Da Nang/Hoi An. The tombs offer the sophisticated designs of the Kings of Nguyen Family. Located outside of Hue city, the tomb owns a sophisticated architecture with the perfect merging imagine of mountains and rivers.
After visit, take leave of poetic Hue – Experience fabulous Hai Van Mountain Pass on the way to Da Nang – Stop at My Khe beach on the way – Visit the Cham museum – Move to Hoi An: the romantic city of colorful things.
Overnight at the hotel in Hoi An.
One of the most impressing sculpture statues of Cham - Apsara dancer
After the breakfast, we take a bike for riding around Hoi An to Tra Que vegetable village, which is placed on the edge of Hoi An. It is a pretty small village, but it provides clean and sweet scented vegetables for both of Hoi An and the region Da Nang – Hue. If you love the great culinary of central Vietnam, the vegetable of Tra Que is an integral spice in those dishes. On 4 hours visiting the village, you will try to work as a famer and study from the hosts how to grow vegetable. Let enjoy the fun of raking the ground, sowing, watering and picking vegetables.
Before the lunch time, you can together with the local to prepare the dishes as spring rolls, Xèo cake … and other Vietnamese foods. You also have a short rest with foot massage by blind people.
12.00. Enjoy the meal that you contributed lots of effort.
After lunch, you have a half day to admire the originally great architecture of Hoi An’s Ancient Town, we go for an easy walk to visit the classic places here such as Japanese Covered Bridge, Quan Thang Ancient House, Phuoc Kien Assembly Halls, Thu Buon River, Tan Ky Ancient House, etc. Wandering in the preserved houses of the town, you are certainly attracted by its original architecture. Hoian was a busy commercial port with the merchants from Japan, China, Portago, etc. For this reason, you still see the influence between Japanese and Chinese architectures in this old town.
Overnight at the hotel in Hoi An.
The historical Ponagar Cham Temples
In the afternoon take Nha Trang city half day tour: Ponagar Temples – Long Son Pagoda – Cathedral – around sightseeing/shopping
Nha Trang city, a small city on the south central coastline of Vietnam, is a famous beach city of Vietnam. Travelers like to travel to Nha Trang, not because of its beach, but also by its historical relics from Cham civilization represented as Po Nagar tower, a sacred Hindu site dating back to the 7th century, Stone Church built in French colony time, to Long Son Pagoda - Buddhist pagoda built in commemoration of the monks and nuns who died whilst fighting the Diem Government.
Overnight at the hotel in Nha Trang.
Diving or snorkeling when coming to Mun & Mot island
Overnight at the hotel in Nha Trang.
Upon arrive, meet our driver then go ahead to your Hotel in Sai Gon.
Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Visit Cu Chi Tunnels to learn more about Vietnamese history
In the afternoon, we are heading to Hoc Mon District to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, is 70 kilometers Northwest of down-town Ho Chi Minh City. The Cu Chi Tunnel system had been created long time back, from 1948 to assist Viet Minh in the combat with French.
Back to the hotel in the late afternoon.
A great diner is waiting for you at cruise restaurant that cruising on Saigon river.
Overnight at Hotel in Saigon.
Visiting coconut candy making workshop
On arrival in Hung vương Pier. Boating on Ben Tre river – one of tributaries of Mekong river- is along mangrove tree from town to country. Witness lively activities in morning as fishing, coconut cargo boats carrying on river.... Stop at traditional brickwork to see how to make bricks by hand. Go on by boat to My Long village, walking to hamlet to see making rice paper and enjoy some rice cake. Turn on Cai Son canal winding through coconut jungle, visit coconut workshop, have a look stages of coconut processing from husk off, prize out to peel out by hand. Go on small waterway and stop at a bee garden, enjoy some fruits, honey tea and listen to local music as well. Visit milk candy making workshop and enjoy some sweet by the way. Continue short walking to visit farmer house who making sleepmats.
Cycle rural tracks or drive tuktuk through coconut grove, vegetable plains (cucumber, bitter melon...). Keep going by row boat on shady palm tree canal. Boating back Hùng Vương pier by motorboat and proceed to Can Tho. Check in the room and relax.
Overnight at the hotel in Can Tho city.
An animated holding picture of Cai Rang on Mekong River
Then return to Ho Chi Minh. Check in Hotel and relax.
Overnight at Hotel in Saigon.
Saying goodbye to Vietnam & Far East Tour Team see you again.
Services & Price
Inclusion
- The English speaking guide as guided time
- Accommodation based on double/twin sharing with daily breakfast
- 1 nights on cruise in Halong Bay
- Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
- All transfers with the air-conditioned private vehicle.
- Private boat trip in Mekong delta region
- Soft-sleeper train Hanoi – Hue (sharing cabine for 4 pax with Air con)
- Mineral water & cool towels on car during the trip
- Government taxes & service charge.
Exclusion
- International airfare from / to your country (with associated airport taxes)
- 2 Internal Flights: Danang – Nha Trang, Nha Trang – HCM city: from 165$/pax.
- Drinks and meals not mentioned
- Personal travel insurance. Personal expenses such as Telephone and Laundry bills
- Any service not clearly identified in the program
- Vietnam visa stamp fee (25usd / pers)
- Early check in/ late check out
- Tips and gratuities.