Wanderlust Travel Vietnam 14 Days

PRIVATE TOUR – TOUR CODE: CPK01

Wanderlust the must-to-see places of Vietnam in 14-day tour by visit 3 UNESCO World Heritage Halong bay, Hue ancient capital and Hoi An Old quarter. Immerse yourselves in river channels in Mekong delta, “the rice bowl” of Vietnam and visiting Cai Rang floating market to get indepth into the locals’ life. Easy extension to Cambodia and Thailand.

TRAVEL ROUTE: Hanoi – Halong – Hanoi – Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An – Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city) – Mekong delta – Saigon

PRICE (Exclusive of airfares & option tours)

With hotels

No. Persons 2 4 6 8 Single Supplement
Price (US$) per person 700 590 535 528 293

Without hotels

No. Persons 2 4 6 8 Single Supplement
Price (US$) per person 510 396 350 332 90

OPTIONAL EXTRA SERVICES

  • Upgrade to Paloma Halong Cruise (4-star): Surcharge of US$ 80 per person
  • Flight ticket from Hanoi to Hue (1-way), including airport tax: US$ 105 per person.
  • Flight ticket from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city (1-way), including airport tax: US$ 105 per person

INCLUSION

  • 13 nights in hotel plus 1 night on overnight Halong junk
  • Private transportation in private air-conditioned
  • Private boat trip as stated in above sights
  • English speaking guide in each area on touring days as indicated
  • Admission fee to indicated sights
  • Meals as indicated: B = daily breakfast; L = lunch; D = dinner
  • Free luggage handling in hotels
  • Bottles of drinking water per day during the tour

EXCLUSION

  • Optional tours: Please see price and itineraries above
  • Visa arrangement
  • Air tickets with airport tax
  • Meals: lunch or dinner where not stated
  • Single supplement
  • Tip, drinks, personal expenses and others

HOTEL LIST (centrally located, or other similar hotels)

City Hotel/Cruise name Highlights
Hanoi Time Hotel 500m from Hoan Kiem lake
Halong bay Halong Dragon Cruise Seaview room
Hue Festival Hotel/ Asia Hotel Cityview room
Hoi An Lantern hotel Inside Hoi An old quarter
Ho Chi Minh Thien Tung hotel Hotel with swimming pool, 300m from Ben Thanh market
Can Tho Ninh Kieu hotel Riverview room

Tour itinerary

DAY 01 HA NOI – ARRIVAL (no meals)

Upon arrival, you take our private airport transfer with our driver only to the hotel in Hanoi Old quarter (Check in time: 14.00). Free for your relaxation after your long flight. Overnight in Ha Noi.

 

Option 1:CITY TOUR (Half-day) 15:00 – 19:00 – Price: 25 USD / per person – Private tour (Booking allowed for at least 2 people)
At 15:00, you will get around by Electric car “Green Tourism” in 2 hours with tour guide. This is a new mode of Old quarter experience. The car will pick you up from your hotel, driving you around 28 old streets of Hanoi Old quarter including Dong Xuan market, “O Quan Chuong” Old city gate, Hang Buom “candy” street, passing by Hang Gai “Silk” street, stopping at Ngoc Son temple among Hoan Kiem “Sword” lake at the city centre. Visit the temple and walk around the lake. The car will drop you off at Thang Long Water Puppet theatre. Enjoy the night puppet show, an UNESCO World Intangible Heritage, which is a living portrait of traditional life of Vietnam.
Dinner is arranged by yourselves and free leisure in the rest of the day. Walk back to your hotel nearby.
Inclusion: Private electric car (2 hours), entrance fees, English speaking guide, water puppet tickets

DAY 02 HA NOI – FREE LEISURE (B)

Free day at your leisure. Overnight in Ha Noi.

 

Option 2City tour (Full-day) 8:00 – 16:00 Group tour

DAY 03 HA NOI – HA LONG (B,L,D) Group tour

After breakfast, the shuttle bus and tour guide will pick you up from your hotel, departing for Ha Long (170 km from Ha Noi). Boarding Halong junk for a cruise on Ha Long bay – one of the world heritages. It will bring you a pleasant journey with blue sky, emerald water around you and visits of twinkle stalactite caves. Sea food lunch on board relax. Cooking class with “Nem” Vietnamese spring rolls and how to mix “Nuoc mam” Fish sauce before dinner and overnight on board.

DAY 04 HA LONG - HA NOI – OVERNIGHT TRAIN TO HUE (B,L)

Freely on board while cruising around thousands of limestone islets in the morning. Enjoy breakfast and lunch on board. Disembark and transfer back to Ha Noi hotel. Arrive at your hotel in Hanoi at around 17:00.

 

At 18:00, our tour guide will meet you at the hotel lobby, take a taxi to Hanoi Train Station. You take the overnight train to Hue city. Train (Livitrans or Reunification train) leaves at 19:30, arriving at Hue station at 10:00 next morning. 4-soft-sleeper compartment with air-condition will be arranged.

DAY 05 HUE – ARRIVAL (B)

Please be ready ! At 10:00am, you have only 5 minutes to disembark the train. Transfer from HUE airport to hotel in HUE with private tour guide. Enjoy breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Check in hotel at 12:00 noon. Overnight in Hue.

DAY 06 HUE – FREE LEISURE (B)

Breakfast & your own discovery in Hue city. Overnight in Hue.

 

Option 5: HUE CITY TOUR – Time 8:00 – 16:30 – Group tour – Click HERE

DAY 07 HUE – TRAIN TO DA NANG - HOI AN (B)

2-hour Train journey from HUE at 10:45 am to DA NANG at 13:15. It’s really enjoyable because only by train, you can be on “Cloud Ocean” pass, which used to be the natural frontier between North and South Vietnam.
Private transfer from Da Nang Train Station to your hotel in Hoi An with private tour guide.
Overnight in Hoi An.

DAY 08 HOI AN – FREE LEISURE (B)

Free day at your leisure. Overnight in Hoi An.

 

Option 6: Bike tour (Half-day) Time 8:00 – 14:00 – Group tour – Click HERE
TRA QUE HERB VILLAGE (L)

DAY 09 HOI AN – DA NANG - FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH CITY (B)

Transfer from your hotel in Hoi An to Da Nang airport with private tour guide. Take the afternoon flight to Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC). Airport pick-up in HCMC is arranged with a private tour guide. Overnight at HCMC.

DAY 10 HO CHI MINH CITY – CU CHI TUNNELS (B,L) Group tour

Our day will begin with a visit to Cu Chi Tunnels, one of the few monuments remained from the fierce Vietnam War. If you are risky and healthy enough, you can crawl inside a part of the tunnel to experience the real life of the Vietnamese guerrillas, who used to use and live inside this system during the wartime. Return to Ho Chi Minh city in late afternoon.
Overnight at Ho Chi Minh city.

DAY 11 HO CHI MINH CITY – MY THO – THOI SON ISLAND - CAN THO (B,L)

Pick up at hotel. Drive to My Tho (2-hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City) passing through Mekong delta “the rice bowl of Vietnam”. At around 10:30am, you embark at My Tho harbour.

 

Overview floating fish houses by boat. Motorized boat ride to Thoi Son island. Boat through a village to see peaceful tranquil life of villagers, admired marverlous natural setting of Mekong Delta region. The province is home of coconut, you can buy handicraft made from coconut trees.

Vietnamese lunch is served on boat or at a local restaurant. Boating back to My Tho harbour, then drive to Can Tho, the municipality of Mekong region.

Overnight in Can Tho.

DAY 12 CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET - CAN THO (B)

Take a boat trip on Mekong River to visit the bustling and floating Cai Rang market crowded with buyers and sellers moving around in boat with farm products. Free for relax. Overnight in Can Tho city.

DAY 13 CAN THO – MY THO – HO CHI MINH CITY (B)

Free morning at leisure then private transfer to Ho Chi Minh city. Enroute, you visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, a beautiful and well maintained sanctuary and Dong Tam snake farm, a center for breeding snakes producing venom for exportation.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

DAY 14 HO CHI MINH CITY – DEPARTURE (B)

Free leisure until private transfer with driver only to the airport.