Upon arrival at the Tan son Nhat Airport airport in Ho Chi Minh City and after clearing immigration and customs, meet with your guide with a welcome signboard marked “The Time Journeys’s LOGO & your name. Then your tour guide will transfer to your hotel in centre. The rest of the day is at your leisure to explore city.

Meals: NA
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

08:30 am: The guide pick you up at your hotel and transfer you to Ben Tre. On the way stop over at Mekong Restop for relaxing around 15 minutes. 10:30 am: Arrive at Ham Luong dock, you will take a boat and then cruise along Ham Luong River, a tributary to the Mekong River. The cool breeze from the river and lush tropical islands along its banks will immediately get you excited to explore all the great things ahead.

Arrive and visit various local workplaces to find many wonderful examples of how local people use ageless techniques to create their crafts, including activated charcoal, dried coconut, handy coconut husk brooms, and many family businesses using coir, or coconut fiber, to create amazing art. Cruise around the village roads by “Xe Lôi”, the local vehicle, which is a kind of motorized rickshaw. Kayak through the natural canals to get a unique experience of the peaceful beauty of the Mekong River as well as the rural life there. Having lunch at a local host house. After lunch, you will have some time for relaxing before take a car back to Ho Chi Minh City. 

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Breakfast at your hotel, drive to the outskirt of Saigon to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, located in an area known in the American War in Vietnam as the Iron Triangle, the remains of a real bloody battlefield, which is a complex network of tunnels built during the long years of wars. The walking visit of the tunnels is specially led by one of the former VCs who used to live and fight in Cu Chi during the wars, giving you an authentic look at the former Vietnam War to understand how the guerrillas lived and fought by visiting different bunkers for weapon, guard, Commander, meeting, kitchen, dinning, etc. After lunch in Cu Chi, driver back to Ho Chi Minh City for visiting the Post Office & Notre Dame Cathedral circa 1880, a highlight tour of the former Presidential Palace, once headquarters for the Saigon Government during the “Vietnam War” and the War Remnant Museum to have an overall picture of the most recent wars in country. Afterwards, continue the drive to visit Ben Thanh Market which is a big marketplace in the downtown area of the city and is one of the earliest surviving structures in Saigon since the French occupation. With over 3000 stalls in the market, there is nothing you cannot find in this oldest and busiest market in Vietnam.

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

The guide pick you up and transfer you to railway station for a day train to Nha Trang. Arrive in Nha Trang, the guide pick you up and transfer you to your hotel. Free time.

Meals: Breakfast,
Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang

08:00 am: The guide pick you up and transfer to Cau Da port. Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Mieu Island is the first place to visit, many sea species of Nha Trang/Khanh Hoa province make a small ocean world there. Mun Island is the best island for snorkeling where you can see lots of lives colorful corals and fish. You will also be able to see caves in which the sea swallows make their nest.Then relaxing, swimming & doing water sports or other activities at Mot Island, Tranh Beach Island or on a small island calling “Mini beach”. Taking a fresh lunch at the island. On the way back you will visit a fishing village before going to the shore.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang

Breakfast at your hotel, free time for relaxing on beach until the guide pick you up and transfer you to railways station for a night train to Danang.

Meals: Breakfast,
Accommodation: On train to Danang

Arrive in Danang at 08:21 am, the guide pick you up and transfer you for having breakfast. Then transfer you to your hotel. Free time.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian

08:00 am: the guide pick you up and transfer you to Hoian. Arrive in Hoian Start biking (Giant bike with helmet, if you could not take bike bicycle, we will arrange you enjoy car) to a local farm in Tra Que village. A short stroll will take you around the vegetable garden and then you can join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake following steps are raking the ground, sowing, watering, picking vegetables and many other gardening activities. After all these activities, you will take a short rest and enjoy foot bath before getting to preparing lunch with a local family. Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including ‘tam huu’ spring roll, Banh xeo or local pancake of people in Vietnam middle region. You can join the cooking with the chef on these meals. After your morning excurtions and your lunch, you will take a Vietnamese traditional postprandial nap before learning how to harvest and wrap the vegetables. Around 14.00: bid farewell to your host family before riding back to Hoi An. We enjoy a half day walking tour through the narrow winding streets of the Ancient Quarter visiting Chua Ong Pagoda, Assembly Hall, 200-year-old Tam Ky House and the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge constructed in 1593…Continue walking through the small alleys to soak up the atmosphere of a bygone age or back to your hotel for your beach relaxation. Transfer to resort for relax.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian

The guide pick you up and transfer you to visit Linh Ung Pagoda, Cham Museum, Non Nuoc Mountains and then check in hotel. Free time for relaxing on My Khe Beach.

Meals: Breakfast, 
Accommodation: Hotel in Danang

Breakfast at your hotel. Free time for relaxing on beach until the guide pick you up and transfer you to Danang railways station for a train to  Hue. Arrive in Hue,  the guide pick you up and transfer you to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, 
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue

08:00 am: the guide pick you up and Start your day with a visit to the Imperial Citadel where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945.  After exploring the ruins of this wonderful monument take a cyclo through the ‘Old City’ to Tinh Tam Lake where the Emperors used to come to relax. This afternoon, visit Mu Pagoda overlooking the Perfume River End the day at Khai Dinh’s Tomb which boasts a traditional Vietnamese design with a European touch, making it unique from the other tombs in Hue. Then free time for realaxing.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue

Free time for relaxing or shopping until the guide pick you up and transfer you to railways station for a train at 15:31 to Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight on train

Arrive in Hanoi at 04:50 am. The guide pick you up and transfer you to hotel for relaxing in some hours.

After breakfast. The guide pick you up and take you to visit the capital of Vietnam, a city that celebrated 1.000 years in 2010 has countless fascinating cultural and historic sites and our days’ tour will visit the highlights.  See the grand and solemn mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh (viewed from outside; closed Mon and Fri and from Oct-Nov), the ‘icon of Hanoi’ – The One Pillar Pagoda, the beautiful Temple of Literature, West Lake’s Tran Quoc temple and Quan Thanh pagoda as well as the fascinating Ethnology Museum. Enjoy lunch at local restaurant.

Follow your guide, you will weave through the bustling Old Quarter’s 36 streets. All named for the producs historically sold here.  After visiting Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple, you will enjoy a water puppet show for a look at traditional performance art in Vietnam before back to your hotel. Free time for visiting in the evening.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Breakfast at your hotel. We’ll pick you up in Hanoi by 8:00am and drive through the verdant Red River Delta to make our way to the famous UNESCO World Heritage site, Halong Bay. You’ll board a luxury junk ship for an overnight cruise– while you relax on-board you can marvel at the incredible limestone karsts that jut out of the sea and the thousands of jungle-covered islands that seem to float on the waves. The turquoise waters of the Gulf of Tonkin swirl around hidden grottoes and ancient caves to create an enchanting, timeless world.

We’ll serve you a fresh seafood lunch while you sit back and relax as you enjoy the incredible view with a drink in your hand. We’ll take you to a traditional fishing village where the locals have created an entire town on the decks of their boats, then you can explore Cave before returning to the cruise for cocktails, canapés, and a spectacular sunset. End your day with a romantic, candlelit dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Cruise in Halong Bay

Begin the day with a Tai Chi class on deck in the early morning mist or just admire the beautiful scenery as the sun rises over the azure waters. Choose between an excursion to a secluded island with a sandy beach for a swim or join the chef for a cooking demonstration to learn more about Vietnamese cuisine. Enjoy a leisurely brunch while your junk cruises Halong Bay, passing islets and caves as you make your way back to the dock.

Say goodbye to the crew at main harbor and  your driver will meet you when you disembark and transfer you back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi, check in hotel. Free time.

Meals: Breakfast/ Brunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Breakfast at your hotel. Your time will be your own until your private car and driver arrives to take you to the airport for your departure flight. Your journey with The Time Journeys is now complete…

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Time check out is 12:00

Have a nice journey! 
The time journeys can arrange additional customized trips for you if the above itinerary does not match your expectations.