Classic Vietnam Tour

Day 1: Colombo to Hanoi by Flight

• Good morning, then pick up at NoiBai International Airport, and transfer to Hanoi Capital city.
• Check-in hotel (Notice: hotel official check in is from 14:00)
• Free time for shopping.
> Overnight at Hanoi.
> Day Inclusions: A/C Transfer
>Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Hanoi city tour

• Enjoy Breakfast at Hotel.
• 08:00am>pick up at hotel, the sightseeing tour begins by a visit to President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday, every afternoon, and whole from 15 June – 15 August for annual maintenance), a sightseeing of the President Palace (view from outside), President‟s fishpond, House on stilts, and the famous One Pillar Pagoda.
• Next is a visit to the Temple of Literature, where Confucius – the founder of Confucianism is worshiped, this place also served as the first National University of Vietnam for hundreds of years where many kings, mandarins and talented people of Vietnam were trained!
• Lunch is served at Local restaurant
• Next is a visit Tran Quoc pagoda is located on an island east of West Lake. with 1500-year history. Tran Quoc Pagoda is famous for its sacred Buddha land, which attracts many Buddhists and visitor to Vietnam.
• Next is a visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology This is the most recent yet probably the largest and undoubtedly the most interesting Museums in Hanoi and Vietnam.
• Return to the hotel and overnight at Hanoi.
> Day Inclusions: A/C Transfer, Local English-speaking tour guide, Entrance fees
> Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Hanoi > Halong Cruise

• Breakfast at your hotel.
08.00-09.00: Shuttles bus pick up and departure in the morning from Hanoi. We drive across the Red River delta and reach the coast a little before noon. We then embark on a beautifully crafted junk for an overnight cruise in the legendary seascape of Ha Long Bay. Once on board, we are served a delicious seafood-based lunch, while the surrounding limestone outcrops make for a truly magical setting. In the afternoon, we reach a less travelled area where we will devote ourselves to pure relaxation. The program is not fixed and depends on the time of the year and weather, but there will be an opportunity to visit a cave as well as explore a floating village or do a little bit of kayaking over the course of these 2 days. We end the day on the sundeck as the sun sets on this magical seascape. This evening, you can enjoy an aperitif or attend a cooking demonstration before dinner. Overnight in a comfortable private cabin with an en-suite bathroom.

Note: Cruise itinerary and schedule are subject to change due to weather, tide levels and operating conditions. Swimming or kayaking excursions may be cancelled due to poor weather.
* Day Inclusions: A/C transfer, English-speaking tour guide, Entrance fees, cruise in Ha Long bay
with Lunch & Dinner on board
Overnight: in your cabin on the Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi – Fly to Ho Chi Minh city

For those early birds, start the day with a proposed Tai Chi session, while tea and coffee are served as the sun rises and illuminates the surrounding seascape. We then continue our exploration of the bay. Upon returning to the boat, check-out of your cabin and enjoy a light brunch while cruising back to the pier. We disembark and transfer back to Hanoi
You are met in the lobby of your hotel for a 30-minute drive to the airport. Embark on your flight to Ho Chi Minh city, the big metropolis of the South. You are greeted upon arrival and driven to your hotel in the city center, historically called Saigon.
* Day Inclusions: Halong Bay cruise, A/C transfer, Domestic flight from Hanoi to Ho chi minh
Overnight: Hotel in Ho chi minh city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Cu Chi Tunnels & half-day Saigon city tour

• Breakfast at your hotel.
The guide meets you at your hotel. Hop on the van and depart Saigon with a first stop en route to visit a family producing rice paper. Share a bit of time with them and then continue to Cu Chi Tunnels. Getting at the site in the mid-morning, your guide takes you first through an introductory video before visiting the relics. Along the visit, you will have the chance to see various mantraps, the remains of an American tank and numerous bomb craters. The next hour is dedicated to exploring the maze of tunnels and to understand better how the Viet Cong survived in this underground network. Back to Saigon
In the afternoon, visit the Independence Palace, the former residence of the President of South Vietnam with the “War Room”, where the South Vietnamese forces were controlled, and the room where the North Vietnamese army finally took control in the Fall of Saigon on in 1975. Next visit is the War Remnants Museum, which was previously known as the “Museum of American War Crimes” and contains countless artifacts and photographs documenting said crimes - the killing of civilians, spreading of chemicals, torturing of prisoners, and the effects of the war on the north. Planes, tanks, bombs, and helicopters displayed, and outside the museum are some rooms displaying cultural products of Vietnam. Then head to Notre Dame Cathedral, which was built between 1877 and 1883 with materials mostly imported from France. Neo-Romanesque in form, it is a major centre of Catholicism in modern Vietnam, and one of the city’s major landmarks.
Note: Visit the Notre Dame Cathedral from outside only as it's under renovation
* Day Inclusions: A/C transfer, English-speaking tour guide, Entrance fees
Overnight: Hotel in Ho chi minh city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Mekong Delta full day

• Breakfast at your hotel.
Leave your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and depart for My Tho and stop over to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda.

Arrive in My Tho. Take the boat to visit the coconut candy workshop – a specialty of native coconut and know how they make coconut candy. You can also enjoy the delicious coconut candies.
Afterward, you continue cruising on the river for relaxing. Here is the chance for you to have sightseeing at local people’s daily activities on the river. And get the daily life feeling of the people at the riverside. You have a call on coconut gardens to see the kingdom of coconut in south Vietnam and some tropical fruits. This is the time you take a crowing boat along palm creek. And next continue the trip on the village road to see the vast garden of coconuts, grapefruit and coca. Have lunch at the garden restaurant.
Continue to visit the area..
* Day Inclusions: A/C transfer, English-speaking tour guide, Entrance fees
Overnight: Hotel in Ho chi minh city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 7: Ho Chi Minh city Departure

The day is free at your leisure until transfer without guide to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for your departure flight. We wish you a pleasant flight to Colombo!