The Vietnam Highlights 8 days 7 nights

The Vietnam Highlights overview

The Vietnam Highlights tour is our most compact program that invites you to experience Vietnam's geography and culture.

Within 8 days of travel with Vietnam Travel Leader, from North to South, you will explore the colonial elegance of the Hanoi capital, The World Heritage site of Halong bay, Ancient citadel in Hue, Hoian town and Saigon...

Brief Itinerary

Day 1 – Arrive Hanoi 

Day 2 – Hanoi City tour 

Day 3 – Halong Bay Cruise – Hanoi – Fly to Danang

Day 4 – Hoian

Day 5 – Hoian – Hue

Day 6 – Hue – Fly to Saigon

Day 7 – Saigon – Day trip to Mekong delta

Day 8 – Departure from Saigon

Itinerary 

Type of trip: Private

Trip Duration: 8 Days

Starting: Hanoi, Vietnam

Finishing: Saigon, Vietnam

Destinations: Hanoi - Halong - Danang - Hoian - Hue - Saigon - Cuchi

Day 1 – Welcome to Vietnam – Arrive Hanoi (D)

Upon arrival at Hanoi International airport, our tour guide & driver will well come you and transfer you to hotel in town. If time permits, we will have a brief city tour in Hanoi visit: the Old Quarter, and Hoankiem Lake.

Enjoy welcome dinner in at the restaurant 

Evening highlight will be a Water Puppet Performance – the unique form of Vietnamese art derived from wet rice civilization of South East Asia.

Meal: Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 2 – Hanoi City tour (B/ L )

In the morning:

08:00 – 08:30 a.m: Our guide and driver pick you up from your hotel and start to visit Ho Chi Minh complex, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or Uncle Ho

President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house – where Ho lived on and off from 1958 to 1969, then visit Ho Chi Minh’s museum where tourists will learn what he had done for Viet Nam and some other countries and a lot of information about President Ho Chi Minh.

The next place is One Pillar Pagoda which is a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square pond.

Leave One Pillar Pagoda for the Temple of Literature the first college of Viet Nam dedicated to Confucian. Have lunch at a restaurant.

In the afternoon:

After lunch, drive to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, Which is on the shore of West Lake, the Museum of Ethnology. The last place of city tour is Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword Lake), Ngoc Son Temple. Drop off at your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 3 – Halong Bay Cruise – Hanoi – Fly to Danang (B/L)

07:30 - 8:30 Meet our tour guide and bus then take a 3.5-hour bus drive through fertile rice fields to Ha Long Bay. Have a break en-route in Hai Duong City to free your legs.

12:30 Board our Dragon Cruise and start cruising among limestone islands and photograph of stunning landscapes of Ha Long.

13:00 Savor your lunch on board while passing by beautiful Stone Dog, Incense Burner islets

14:00 Stop at a fishing village to see local fish-men community and know more about their life. Cruising further to take photos of Ha Long Bay symbol, a “Fighting cock” rock.

15:00 Visit Thien Cung “Heavenly Palace” cave, the most beautiful in Ha Long Bay. Get back and cruise more around emerald water.

16:15 Stop at the harbor again to catch the bus to Hanoi.

20:00 Arrive back in Hanoi. Private car will pick up you and tranfer to Noi Bai Airport  for the flight to Danang.

On arrival in Danang, our driver will welcome you and take you to your hotel in Danang

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Danang

Day 4 – Hoian (B/L)

Our guide pick you up at hotel and trafer you to Hoian at 08:00 am for day trip in Hoian town

Start our morning by strolling around the Hoi An ancient town: Chua Cau or Japanese Covered Bridge - considered the symbol of Hoi An the finest example of Japanese architecture.

Step back in time to discover the Chinese street with stunning Phuc Kien Hall and Phung Hung old house typical of Hoian original architecture.

We then visit Hoi An vibrant market and ancient port to explore the rythm of local daily life and savor the true color, flavor and taste of the oriental.

Finally, we visit Phuc Thanh Pagoda – the oldest pagoda in Hoi An built in 1454 with Chinese bonze.

Have lunch in the local restaurant with signature specialties of Hoian: the Cao Lau noodle and White Rose dumpling.

Transfer back to the hotel around noon. Evening free at leisure.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Accommodation: Hotel in Danang.

Day 5 – Hoian – Hue (B)

Meet the driver at the lobby of the hotel and leave Danang in the morning, drive to Hue over the 500m high HaiVan pass with a stop at the scenic beach of Lang Co for a drink before proceeding to Hue.

This afternoon we embark on a tour of Hue City including the Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City, the Imperial Museumand Dong Ba market.

Meal: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Hue

Day 6 – Hue – Saigon (B)

Free until transfer to airport for flight to Saigon. Arrival Saigon, pick up and transfer to your hotel.

Afternoon you will have a city tour visiting the central post office, Notre Dame Cathedral, Reunification Palace, BenThanh market.

Rest of the day we suggest you tour Saigon’s down town with it’s many gift shops and galleries.

Meal: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon

Day 7 – Saigon – Day trip to Mekong delta (B/L)

Our driver will meet you at the hotel lobby and we will drive to My Tho.

Enjoy the scenic journey along the National Highway bordered by green rice fields. 

On arrived at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view the stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank. Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden.

Then a boat ride to An Khanh – a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals, then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of "Southern Vietnamese folk music", performed by locals.

Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste the delicious coconut candy & observe thepastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village.

Meet the bus and return to HCMC. This trip provides a fascinating insight into daily life in the Mekong Delta and you are guaranteed to take home your own private collection of beautiful memories.  

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Saigon

Day 8 – Saigon Departure (B)

Free on your own until time to transfer to the airport for departure flight..

Meal: Breakfast

Accommodation: N/A

Price & Inclusion

This is a sample itinerary so the cost really depends on your hotel choice, number of people in your group and time of travel.

Please enquire for availabilities & the most up dated price.

Tour Cost included:

- 2 Domestic Flights

- Accommodation in single rooms

- Daily breakfast

- Transportation by A/C car as itinerary

- English/French speaking guide.

- Entrance fees, boat trips & excursions

Tour Cost Non Included:

-Meals and drinks, except thoses mentioned

-International flights, airport tax, tipping, and other personal expenses

Children Policy:

- Free Of Charge for child under 5 years old sharing cabin with parents, maximum 1 child per room.

- Children under 5 years old : free of charge 

- Children from 5 – under 10 years old sharing bed with family charge 50% rate , put extra bed charge 75% rate

- Children from 10 years old: pay as adult rate

The Vietnam Highlights

The Vietnam Highlights

The Vietnam Highlights