Day 01: Ha Noi arrival [-/-D]
Welcomed by our guide at Noi Bai airport in Ha Noi and transferred to your hotel in the centre of city. This day is scheduled for you to take some rest after a long flight. You will have the opportunity to explore the city on your own. Of course your guide will be available at your request. Welcome dinner at local restaurant stay overnight in your hotel in Ha Noi.

Day 02: Ha Noi - Ba Be [B/L/ D]
Drive to North-East mountains where Ba Be is located. Ba Be is Viet Nam 's largest natural lake and an extensive National Park. The park and the surrounding area is limestone country, lakes, waterfalls, caves and unusual rock formations. The whole area is richly forested and home to many ethnic minority groups.  Homestay overnight in a Tay ethnic stilt house on the lakeside.

Day 03: Ba Be [B/L/ D]
Discover Ba Be beautiful national park by a boat trip on the lakes to Dau Dang waterfalls and Poung cave. Then, we walk in the mountain to the H'mong and Dzao villages. Second homestay overnight in a Tay stilt house on the lakeside. 

Day 04: Ba Be - Ha Long bay [B/L/ -]
Transfer to Ha Long via Thai Nguyen and Bac Ninh provinces (390 km). On the way you pass magnificent green rice paddies tended by women farmers in conical hats. Arrival in Ha Long in the afternoon where you will check-in your hotel and relax or city tour by your own.

Day 05: Ha Long bay [B/L/ D]
Free in the morning. 12:30: Get on  a junk to discover beautiful of Ha Long bay. While the junk cruising caves, grottoes, floating villages and beaches on Ha Long bay, having fresh seafood lunch on boat. Stop for a while visiting to Sung Sot cave ( Surprise Caves ) en route.  Seafood lunch will be served onboard (non seafood also available). You will stay overnight on the junk. It is a wonderful experience to spend the night on the bay. Bedding and towels are provided.

Day 06: Ha Long bay - Tam Coc [B/L/ -]
After breakfast, visit a fishermen's village in the middle of Lan Ha bay. Back to the pier where you catch a private vehicle to go Ninh Binh. Stop in Thai Binh province for a visit to the wooden Keo pagoda nested in a lovely village. Continue to Ninh Binh where you have dinner and stay overnight.

Day 07: Tam Coc - Ha Noi [B/L/ -]
After breakfast you continue your trip towards Tam Coc which is often referred to as "Ha Long Bay on Land". Take a sightseeing tour by boat traveling downstream the river through small villages and rice fields surrounded by spectacular limestone formations. We admire the natural beauty of the Tam Coc caves. In the afternoon, you pay a visit to Kenh Ga floating village by boat. Then, transfer back to Hanoi  

Day 08: Ha Noi - Hue [B/L/ -]
City tour to the most important attractive of Hanoi today includes President Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, One Pillar pagoda, the Temple of Literature - this Temple was Viet Nam 's first university founded in 1076. You also pay a visit to Tran Quoc Pagoda and the Quan Thanh Temple , Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple and shopping  into the old quarter of Hanoi until transfer to Hanoi railway station to catch night train to Hue . 

Day 09: Hue arrival [B/L/ -]
Arrival Hue at around 8am next morning, the last imperial capital of Viet Nam (1802 -1945 under Nguyen Dynasty), is known as "the city of peace and poetry". The rest of morning time will be at leisure.  In the afternoon you will visit the Forbidden Citadel with a two-hour biking tour (optional: tour by a private car). Overnight in the hotel.

Day 10: Hue discovery [B/L/ -]
Boat trip along  Perfume River , which gives you a taste of the tranquil countryside. You will visit the beautiful Thien Mu Pagoda and Minh Mang mausoleum. In the afternoon is a trip to Khai Dinh mausoleum and shopping at Dong Ba market. 

Day 11: Hue - Hoi An [B/L/-]
This morning you will embark on one of Vietnam's most spectacular road trips to Hoi An.  Follow the stunning Mandarin road and cross over the high mountain of Hai Van (Ocean Cloud) Pass from where you have the splendid panoramic view of Lang Co beach, villages and lagoons. Check-in hotel on airrval in Hoi An.

Day 12: Hoi An, walking and biking around [B/L/ -]
Hoi An was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage in 1999. Today you will discovery Hoi An by cycling around this charming city and its lovely and authentic countryside. Following a beautiful path, you cycle to Cua Dai beach. O vernight in your hotel in Hoi An. (optional: Visit Hoi An by car)

Day 13: Hoi An - Da Nang  - Pleiku   [B/-/D]
Drive to Da Nang for a short flight to Pleiku. There you will enter the Central Highlands, which borders Laos and spreads along the Truong Son mountain range. In Pleiku town you visit the T'Nung Lake situated in a huge crater created by a volcano. Afterwards you pay a visit to the Dektu village, home of the Gia Rai minority. You stay overnight in your hotel in Pleiku.

Day 14: Pleiku - Kontum [B/L/ -]
After breakfast you continue your way up to Tan Canh to visit the village of the Sedang minority. The people here cope with poverty but are rich enough to offer you their warm and friendly smiles.  Return to Kontum where you will visit the Banar village and a protestant church made of wood. The "Wooden Church " was built in 1913 and has been carefully restored. The stained-glass window includes both Christian and local imagery. Continue your trip towards Kontum where you will stay for a night in hotel.

Day 15: Kontum - Buon Ma Thuot [B/L/ -]
On a road situated between coffee plantations and rubber trees you will be transferred to Lak lake. On the way you pass Buon Ma Thuot, an interesting city in which you will visit the  Ethnographic Museum . Free to visit the village of the M'Nong minority. In the afternoon you experience an exciting excursion on the back of an elephant. Stay overnight in the houses on stilts of the M'nong people.

Day 16: Buon Ma Thuot - Nha Trang [B/L/ D]
Leave the Highlands and continue our way to Nha Trang. On arrival in Nha Trang you check in your hotel, relax at beach. This afternoon you visit the Ponagar Towers (built between 7th and 12th centuries and used by Cham Hindus) and the Long Son Pagoda. You finish the afternoon tour with an interesting visit to the Oceanographic Institute. The rest of the day is leisure at beach. Night in Nha Trang

Day 17: Nha Trang [B/L/ D]
Leisure time on the white sandy beaches. You spend the night in your hotel on the beach.

Day 18: Nha Trang - Sai Gon [B/-/ -]
Free time to relax, a perfect opportunity to work on your tan! In the late afternoon, you catch the train to Sai Gon ( Ho Chi Minh City ). You will spend the night in our wagon to sleep during the journey which will last for about 12 hours.

Day 19: Sai Gon - Cu Chi tunnels [B/L/ D]
After breakfast you will explore the vivid economic capital of Viet Nam - Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon). Visit the Central Post Office and Notre Dame Cathedral, a symbol of semi-colonial architecture. Visit Cu Chi tunnels in the afternoon.

Day 20: Ho Chi Minh city - Mekong Delta - Can Tho [B/L/D]
This Mekong Delta trip provides you a look at varieties of the life and scenery on the Mekong river itself as well as on the bank of the river. Start the trip by a drive to Vinh Long, which on the way is green/yellow rice paddy fields stretching towards the horizon. On arrival, you will embark a boat for cruising the Mekong river with a passing floating Cai Be market. Along the river is more exploring the local life, farmer and handicraft productions. The boat continues toward Can Tho, you will have a chance enjoy sunset on the way to Can Tho. Overnight at Can Tho.

Day 21: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh city [B/L/-]
The watery world of the Mekong Delta is home to many bustling floating markets. This day we take a boat trip exploring the vibrant floating market of Cai Rang and Phong Dien, whose the trading way is unique; each boat usually sells one particular item, whether it be pumpkins, pineapples, sugar canes. After an impressive boat trip, you are back to Ho Chi Minh city via My Tho with stop over for a visit a Bonsai garden. Over night in Ho Chi Minh City .

Day 22: Sai Gon - departure [B/-/ -]
You will have free time until transfer you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight.