Vietnam Beach Gateaway 14 days

Tour information: 

• Tour code: T88SD07
• Duration:  14 days/13 nights 
• Departure: every 5th of the month or upon request 
• Group size: 02-12 pax
• Transport: car, boat
• Route: Hanoi – Halong – Hoi An – Nha Trang – Saigon – Mekong – Phu Quoc  – Departure.

Itinerary in brief: 

• Day 01 Hanoi Arrival
• Day 02 Hanoi city tour
• Day 03 Hanoi – Halong
• Day 04 Halong – Hanoi – Hoi An
• Day 05 Hoi An – Walking tour – free time
• Day 06 Hoi An – Da Nang – Nha Trang
• Day 07 Nha Trang city tour
• Day 08 Nha Trang – Diving
• Day 09 Nha Trang – Saigon
• Day 10 Saigon – Mekong delta – Saigon 
• Day 11 Saigon – Phu Quoc
• Day 12 Phu Quoc Free time
• Day 13 Phu Quoc Free time
• Day 14 Phu Quoc – Saigon – Departure 

Itinerary in details: 

Day 1: Noi Bai Arrival 

Upon arrival at Noi Bai Airport, our tour guide will pick you up and transfer to Hanoi center. Check in hotel and then free time at your leisure.

Evening is reserved for a water puppet show. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi City tour (B/L)

08.00 In the morning, tour guide and driver will pick you up at hotel and transfer to visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, One-Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and Vietnam museum of ethnology. 

Lunch in local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit Temple of Literature. Continue visiting Hoan Kiem Lake - Ngoc Son Temple. Enjoy a cyclo ride around Hanoi Old Quarters at the end of the day. 

Have dinner (on your own account) and over night at your hotel.

Day 3: Hanoi – Halong (B/L/D)

08.00 Pick up at your hotel and depart for Halong city

12.00: Welcome on board with wine and fruits. Check into your cabin and enjoy first class lunch while you are cruising through thousand amazing islands and islet passing by Stone Dog Islet, visiting Ba Hang Floating fishing Village and keep cruising through Incense Burner Islet, Fighting Cocks Islet, Duck Islet, Finger Islet,...

15.00 Visit Surprising Cave (the most beautiful one in Halong Bay)

16.45 Enjoy an hour or more kayaking through slide rock cliffs before swimming and joining some competitions for prize and fun, on white sandy beach (weather permitted).

18.00 Back to the cruise, free time for relaxing on sundeck before dinner.

19.00 Enjoy a specially prepared dinner in a romantic atmosphere.

21.00: Evening activities – enjoy movie night, board games, karaoke singing and squid fishing or relax at leisure.

Day 4: Halong Bay – Da Nang – Hoi An (B/L)

07.15 Breakfast, tea and coffee will be served and then go swimming on white sandy beach or climb up the highest peak in Halong Bay to have brilliant views.

09.00 Keep cruising to see Halong pearl farm.

10.30 - 11.00: Enjoy the cooking course after you pack your things and leave the cabin.

11.30 - 12.00: Sail back Halong pier, have a lunch and then back to Hanoi

Tranfer to Noi Bai Aiirport for the evening flight to Da Nang. Pick up and transfer to Hoi An upon arrival.Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.

Day 5: Hoi An walking tour – Free time (B/L)

After breakfast, enjoy a walking tour to visit Hoi An ancient town with Japanese Bridge, Phuc Kien Temple, Tan Ky Ancient House, Phung Hung house and cultural show rooms in Hoi An. 

After your walking tour, if you have free time ,you can do shopping at the old town. Guide will take you back to the hotel. Free time at on your own activities. 

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.

Day 6: Hoi An – Da Nang – Nha Trang (B)

Morning transfer to Da Nang Airport for the flight to Nha Trang. Pick up and drive to your hotel. Free time at your leisure.

Day 7: Nha Trang (B/L)

A whole day tour of Nha Trang, visit Po Nagar Cham Towers, Hon Chong Promontory and the Oceanographic Institute.

Overnight at hotel in Nha Trang.

Day 8: Nha Trang – Free time (B)

Free day at your leisure.

Overnight at hotel in Nha Trang.

Day 9: Nha Trang – Saigon (B/L)

Free time for relaxing before transferring to airport for a flight to Saigon. Pick up and transfer to your hotel in Saigon. 

Afternoon transfer to vsit the Reunification Palace, the former Presidential Palace for the president of the South of Vietnam. After that, visit War Remnant Museum, where you can see countless artifacts, photographs and pictures documenting about the second Indochina war. Before lunch we stop at Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post office to get our good shots for our memory of the biggest city in Vietnam. 

Overnight at hotel in Saigon.

Day 10: Saigon – Mekong (B/L) 

06.30 Pick up at your hotel and transfer to Mekong delta. Have a motorized boat ride to see round Cai Be Floating market where local people gather to sell, buy, and exchange goods from their boats. Walk around to see orchard, rice paper making, and rice crispier producing process. Stop for a rest, a free Vietnamese lunch including tropical fruits.

Boat cruises through a village to see peaceful tranquil life of villagers, admired marvelous natural setting of Mekong Delta region. 

15: 00 Visit Vinh Long Market. Visit a bonsai garden on the way back to Saigon. Overnight at hotel in Saigon.

Day 11: Saigon - Phu Quoc Island (B)

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Phu Quoc Island, a quiet, laid back, beautiful island off the coast of Cambodia (but Vietnamese territory). 

Check into the resort, relax on white sandy beaches or go cycling around the island.

Day 12 and 13: Phu Quoc Island (B)

Pure leisure time to relax and enjoy the sun, sand & sea. (B)

Day 14: Phu Quoc Island- Saigon – Departure (B)

Free time until transferring to the airport, fly to Saigon for your connecting flight home. 

Inclusions: 

• Pick up and see off services 
• All transfers per program (A/C vehicles)
• Hotels accommodation (3*)
• Welcome dinner
• Water and wet tissue
• Domestic flight Hanoi - Da Nang
• Domestic flight Nha Trang – Saigon
• Domestic flight Saigon – Phu Quoc  – Saigon
• Cruise in Halong Bay
• Boat trip in  Mekong 
• Meals as indicated in the itinerary (B: breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner)
• English speaking guides
• Entrance fees

Exclusions: 

• Visa arrangement (optional)
• Travel insurance
• Other meals not indicated in the itinerary
• Extra food and beverages
• Tips and personal expenses

Tour Notes: 

• Beware of your luggage and money 
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience.
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian. 
• Bring passport to check in hotel and cabin
• Things to bring: sun scream, swim suit, camera & good shoes.
• All customers should follow tour guide’s instruction for your safety.