Family Vacation in Vietnam

  • 9 Nights/10 Days
  • Vietnam
  • Saigon - Danang - Hoian - My Son - Hoian - Danang - Hanoi

"Take in the sights of UNESCO World Heritage-listed Halong Bay on a 2-day luxury cruise aboard a traditional junk boat"

Day 1: Saigon Arrival
Arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport – Check in hotel in the center - Enjoy your free time in Saigon. Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Saigon Cooking Class & City Tour
Breakfast at your hotel. In the morning, the tour guide will take you to a local market to buy some ingredients for the cooking class. In the cooking center, you will be learned the famous dishes of Vietnam with your kids. This is certainly a happy time to talk, share and make a new thing together. After tasting the special lunch, the bus will pick you up at the typical projects of Ho Chi Minh. Visit Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon Post Office, Ben Thanh market. Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 3: Saigon - My Tho - Ben Tre
Breakfast at your hotel – Follow the bus and tour guide to transfer to Ben Tre. Get on a tri-motor cycle (xe loi) ride to enjoy the lush surroundings of rice paddies and fruit farms alongside the narrow village roads.  After that, your family embark on Mango Cruise for a sightseeing Mekong Delta’s scenery and drinking coconut juice. The cruise will stop at a coconut processing, and a brick factory was still making the bricks by hand with centuries-old traditional methods. From here, you will start riding a bicycle around Phong Nam village (circa 4km), through local orchards, then stopping at a rice noodles factory. The next destination is Mrs. Huong’s home that everyone earns their living by fishing, shrimp and farming. This is the leisure time to taste some tropical fruits and honey tea in her garden. Before lunch, we take a rowing boat to explore privately the Mekong’s maze of narrow canals.

In the afternoon, we take a short riding (500m) in the village pathways to the house of Mr. Sau Tuong. Listen to his stories about the period of being a former Vietcong soldier in Khmer Rouge, and try eating the crispy rice paper which is made by his wife. You also see how to make this food before continuing moving to the house of Mr. Hung who is well-known for his best sticky rice in the village. After the visit, the boat will be waiting for you at the pier nearby to bring you back to Ben Tre city where your car will be ready to take you back to Saigon. Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 4: Saigon - Danang - Ba Na Hills
Have breakfast early at your hotel. Around 8 O'clock the bus will take you to the airport to take a flight to Danang. After a fast hotel checking-in, your family will be picked up to the area of Ba Na Hill – the largest amusement park in Vietnam. Let’s your kids indulge themselves in the paradise of games like a fairy world. Firstly, you will go to Fantasy Park in a cable car. From there, take your eyes below to admire the beautiful nature of Danang in the vaporous cloud. Besides enjoyed in the Park, you can go to Debay Wine Cellar and Le Jardin De’Amour Garden with a variety of colorful flowers. Overnight at the hotel in Danang

Day 5: Danang - Hoian - My Son
After breakfast, we move to Hoian (30 minutes by bus), then transferring to My Son Sanctuary – a Cham temple and pagoda Complex. My Son is located in a 2 km diameter valley with mountains cover around. It is also the unique main center of Hindu sanctuaries and shrines. After lunch in Hoian’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 merchants from Japan, China, Portago, etc. For this reason, you still see the influence between Japanese and Chinese architecture in this old town. Overnight at the hotel in Hoian City.

Day 6: Hoian Free Day
Enjoy a total leisure day on your family holiday. Hoian is always reputedly as a paradise for relaxing by its Old Town, rural lifestyle, beaches and great culinary. In free time, you can take a bicycle to ride around this city, wander for savoring some foods, visit some traditional village as Kim Bong Carpentry Village, Thanh Ha Pottery Village, Tra Que vegetable village. Moreover, An Bang beach is an ideal place for family activities with its unspoiled beauty. Another option, you can take your family member to Cham Island for snorkeling, swimming and walking into the sea. Overnight at the hotel in Hoian City.

Day 7: Hoian - Danang - Hanoi
Free at your leisure till transferring to Danang Airport for flight to Hanoi. Our representative will await you at Noi Bai Airport to begin Hanoi City Tour. Before touching to the heart of Hanoi, we stop at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, which is voted the 4th in the list of best Asian museums.

After that, we proceed to the area of The Old Quarter. You & your kids will travel around Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi’s 36 old streets by cyclo (a traditional vehicle of the Capital). Let’s experience the peculiar life-style of Hanoi with crowded streets where hundreds of motorbikes are running. It is called “charming capital”, Hanoi owns a blending imagine of scraper skies and French colonial architecture houses. Next, you will spend 1 hour to see Water Puppet Performance – an original folk art of Vietnam. Enjoy your dinner after a long day moving with Vietnamese dishes. Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.

Day 8: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Lan Ha Bay
After breakfast, transfer to Halong Bay (by shuttle bus). Embark to a Halong Cruise. Savor your lunch with Vietnamese foods while the cruise is sailing among the majestic scenery of Halong Bay.
Later on, visit Maze Cave – an interesting one shaping on Lan Ha Bay. Go over the way out and climb to the highest point of Maze Cave, you will be able to meet up the most mesmeric imagine of Lan Ha Bay with emerald water and many limestone islets.
Go kayaking into Dark & Bright Cave. You will be gone along the emerald water of Halong.  The cruise will anchor in tranquil water. You can swim or enjoy the sunset on the sundeck. A slight cocktail will help your leisure time more memorable.
Evening attends a Cooking demonstration with spring rolls – one of the most beloved foods of Vietnam. Enjoy BBQ dinner. Overnight on board.

Day 9: Halong Bay - Hanoi
Early morning attends Tai Chi class on the sundeck or admires the dawn on the sea. Breakfast is served in the restaurant. Transfer to the tender then sailing to the Rang Dua fishing area. This was a fishing village but still had only one preserved floating house. Passengers will seat together, listening tour guides tell about Rang Dua stories, and learn about the life of a fisherman. Check out and prepare your luggage in the restaurant. Enjoy your lunch while the cruise is going back to land. Return to Hanoi (4 moving hours).
Arrive in the Capital. Enjoy your last night in Vietnam Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi. 
Note:  Your real Halong cruise program depends on your booking class.

Day 10: Departure Transfer
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Noi Bai Airport and take a flight to the next destination. 

Inclusions

  • English speaking guide as guided time
  • Accommodation based on double/twin sharing with daily breakfast
  • 1 night on Halong Bay Junk (sharing cruise) in a private cabin with ensuite bathroom
  • Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
  • Private boat excursions as mentioned.
  • Cooking class in Saigon.
  • All transfers with the air-conditioned private vehicle (excepted transfer to/from Halong Bay)
  • Water & cool towels.
  • Government taxes & service charges.

Exclusions

  • Domestic Flights: Ho Chi Minh - Danang, Danang - Hanoi. 
  • Early check-in/ late check-out.
  • Meals, drinks & beverages not indicated.
  • Vietnam visa stamp fee & personal travel insurance.
  • Personal expenses such as Telephone and Laundry bills.
  • Tips and gratuities.

Tour Notes

  • Rates are subject to availability
  • Room category in all packages are the base category rooms 
  • Christmas & New Year gala charges are on a direct pay basis at the hotel by guest.
  • In case we are not able to provide the same hotels as mentioned, then we shall provide similar alternate properties, change in the cost if any will be advised.

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