Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh Tour starts in Hanoi and ends in Ho Chi Minh. This is a great tour, suitable for those who wish to explore the hidden charm of Vietnam, from historical Hanoi to bustling Ho Chi Minh City. You will have interesting experiences while taking an insight into natural riches, stunning architectures and historic sites from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. Therefore, to help you don’t miss any attractive destinations in your trip and get full of surprise, this following schedule is designed. This is one of the best 11 day tour of Vietnam Tour Itineraries.
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Water Puppet Show
Activities: Arriving and taking your time for relaxing in Hanoi, then enjoying Water Puppet Show before having welcome dinner in the local restaurant.
Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh 11 Day Tour starts with your arrival in Hanoi Airport.
Upon your arrival in Hanoi, collect your luggage and clear the visa process. Our private tour guide and driver from Incredible Asia Journeys will pick you up at the exit of the airport. We will transfer to the hotel in the center of Hanoi for check-in. The rest of the day is your leisure time.
At around 15.30 pm, our tour guide will lead you to some poetic places near your hotel including Sword Lake and the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Enjoying fresh atmosphere at Sword Lake is good after your long flight. One cannot say they have been to Hanoi if they have never visited the Old Quarter – the heart of the capital– with 36 always-busy ancient streets. You can also get some of the traditional art products as souvenirs.
After that, we will head to the Water Puppet Theater to enjoy one of the unique Vietnamese traditional arts - Water Puppet Show before having the welcome dinner in the local restaurant.
Having relaxed time and overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast
Ba Dinh Square
Activities: Visiting the most attractive destinations in Hanoi including Ho Chi Minh Complex, Temple of Literature, and one of the Museums in Hanoi (the Ethnology Museum)
Today, you will have a full day to explore Vietnam’s lovely capital with Hanoi City Tour. After breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up to start our day tour. We will head to Ho Chi Minh Complex - the most solemn place in Hanoi – including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday, from early September to late November annually), the Ba Dinh Square, the Ho Chi Minh's House on Stilts and the 11th century One Pillar Pagoda - tranquil garden of Hanoi).
After that, we will visit one of the Museums in Hanoi. Ethnology Museum will be one of our choices today. You will have a chance to learn more about the outstanding characteristics of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam.
You will be served lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we will continue visiting Tran Quoc pagoda – one of the oldest pagodas in Hanoi with its history line of more than 1,500 years. After that, we will head to the Temple of Literature – known as the first University of Vietnam. The temple has become the symbol of Vietnamese education for thousands of years.
Coming back to your hotel and staying overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Lao Chai Ta Van Village
Activities: Spending 5 hours driving to Sapa, visiting Lao Chai and Tavan Village, experiencing life in the homestay.
Sapa trip is one of the best trips in Northern Vietnam Tours and that will be an unforgettable memory of your Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh Tour.
Our tour guide and driver will take you for transferring from Hanoi to Sapa on the highway. We will have a break on the way.
Upon arrival in Sapa about 13.00 pm, we will have lunch and take a rest before doing trekking to Lao Chai and Tavan village. Pass through Lao Chai village of Black Hmong minority to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain and after that, we will head to Ta Van village - home of Giay ethnic people. You will have an opportunity to stay overnight in a local house to experience the simple life of Giay minority. You can walk around to see the beauty of valleys as well as swim in the river nearby.
In the evening, you can prepare the dinner together with the locals and have dinner with them.
Stay overnight in Tavan homestay.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Sapa Town
Activities: Taking a walk to Giang Ta Chai and Su Pan villages, then turning back to Sapa town for overnight.
Sapa Trekking Tour is a good way for you to understand the local life and today you will spend most of the time for trekking in the less touristic area.
After having breakfast to get more energy for the last day of trekking, we will say goodbye to our host and continue our trek. We will pass through the bamboo forest and stop to have a panorama view of Giang Ta Chai village – home of Red Dao minority. You can take a series of nice photos of the amazing surrounding landscapes. Then we will stop at a waterfall for a break and enjoying lunch at such nice place.
After lunch, we will head to Su Pan Village where you can look down to Muong Hoa valley.
Back to Sapa town by car for check-in the hotel.
Stay overnight in Sapa.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Fansipan Peak
Activities: Have your free day in Sapa for shopping, drinking coffee or visiting the Fansipan peak before going back to Hanoi.
After having breakfast in the hotel, you will be free all the morning to discover the charming Sapa town. You can walk around and enjoy some coffee at a nice place. Also, you can visit the Dragon Jaw Mountain or the Fansipan peak – considered as the roof of Indochina in Sapa. Enjoying the fairy scenery at sunrise would always be an unbeatable experience for any tourists. Our tour guide and driver will support your transfer if you want (the cable car tickets paid by your own).
Having lunch in Sapa, and then we will transfer back to Hanoi. It may take about 5 hours by car.
Check-in hotel and stay overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Halong Bay
Activities: Visit Halong Bay - a UNESCO World Heritage Site and enjoy the peaceful scenery and fresh atmosphere.
Today you will visit Halong Bay – the best highlight for your 11 days from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.
At 8.00 am: Our driver will pick you up at the hotel for the transfer to Halong Bay for the Halong Bay Overnight Cruise. It may take about 3.5 hours to get there. Upon your arrival at the harbor, get on the cruise then have welcome drink. Have lunch on board. And take your time to admire the magnificence of dramatic limestone islands on the bay.
Taking your leisure time to relax on the sundeck or in your cabin is a good idea for you. In the afternoon, you can go swimming in the warm water areas, or get on kayaks. It is easy for all levels and ages to do kayaking. You will know how to do it from our expert and experienced tour guide. They will introduce to you some of the beginning skills you'll need to understand before getting into and paddling a kayak. They also lead you to explore the wonderful beauty of the bay during the time of 1 hour.
Get back to the boat and then we will have a relaxed time with Cooking class in the late afternoon.
Have dinner and stay overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Surprise cave
Activities: Cruising in Halong Bay to explore the hidden corners of Halong Bay, experiencing the local life, and then coming back to Hanoi overnight.
In the early morning, our journey on Halong Bay will be continued. Let's join Tai Chi Class (a Chinese system of physical exercises) on the sundeck. It is very good for your health.
From the upper deck, you can take photos of the magnificent beauty of the rocky islands rising from the emerald water in Halong Bay.
After having breakfast, we will discover Sung Sot Cave (Surprise cave) - one of the largest and most beautiful caves of Halong Bay. Then we will pass through the fishing village and have more experiences in its unique way of local life.
At 10.30 am, we will prepare to come back to the jetty. Have a traditional Vietnamese lunch on board before leaving around 12.00 at noon.
Come back to our car/bus and we will take the transfer back to Hanoi for staying overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Notes: The itinerary of cruise might be changed subject to change due to different cruises, weather, tide condition or our government policy without prior notice.
Shopping in Hanoi
Activities: Transfer to the airport for the flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
Have a free day in Hanoi before our driver come to pick you up for the transfer to Hanoi Airport for your flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.
When you arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, our guide and driver will pick you up to the hotel in the center of the city. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals: Breakfast
Cu Chi Tunnels
Activities: Exploring Cu Chi tunnels and visiting Museum of War Remnants
8.30 am: In the morning, our driver will pick you up for the transfer to Cu Chi Tunnels which is known as a man-made maze with many of bamboo traps with the aim of a place for military practices and hiding from the pursuing of the enemy in the past. We will explore these tunnels all the morning.
Then we will have lunch on the way come back to Ho Chi Minh City.
In the afternoon, we will have a Ho Chi Minh City day tour. Pay a visit to Reunification Palace - a special national relic for its historical and architectural values, and Museum of War Remnants - a reminder of the long history Vietnam War.
Come back to the hotel about 15.30. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Cai Be Floating Market
Activities: Visiting Vinh Long town and Cai Be floating market
Day 9 of your Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh Tour 11 Days, you will visit Mekong Delta for learning about the local life of the famous river delta in Southeast Asia and Vietnam.
8.00am: You will be picked up by our guide and driver for the transfer to Cai Be floating Market - one of the well-known floating markets in the western region of Southern Vietnam for its long-standing history. Here you can see many stores on wooden boats with kinds of fruits and vegetables.
After that, pay a visit to a local workshop to learn more about how rice paste, coconut candy, and pop-rice are made. Also, you can visit a handicraft village nearby to see how villagers make rice-net for spring rolls, fish sauce, and Soya sauce, cooking salt, sewing coconut-leaves for cottage proof.
At noon, we will have lunch with delicious local dishes.
Afterward, travel around by a traditional rowboat to have a closer look to the traditional wooden houses, palm trees as well as the daily life of the locals in the Mekong Delta like picking fruits or fishing. If possible, stop to visit a nursery garden. You can have a chance to enjoy many kinds of fruit and explore how the farmers produce the famous fruits and vegetables here.
Around 3.30pm, we will finish our cruise in Vinh Long town and then come back to Ho Chi Minh City for staying overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Ben Thanh Market
Activities: Transfer to the airport in Ho Chi Minh City for the flight going home.
Have breakfast at your hotel.
We will pick you up about 3 hours before your departure flight time for transferring to the airport to catch your flight back home or your next destinations.
Say goodbye to Ho Chi Minh City and this is the end of Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh Tour 11 Days.
Incredible Asia Journeys hopes you had a great time travelling with us and we hope to see you again on your next trip!
Meals: Breakfast
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A mere 2-minute walk from Hoan Kiem Lake and a 3-minute drive from Dong Xuan and the weekend night market lies the lavish Gondola Hotel. Along with the open-plan communal areas like the restaurant and the rooftop bar, The Gondola Hotel features rooms with windows affording either lake or city views. Every room features effective air conditioning and a safety deposit box for your comfort and security. For working or relaxing, the accompanying lounging area comes complete with a desk and a flat-screen TV, while the en suite bathrooms come with either a bathtub or shower option.The Gondola Hotel is your home base for travelling around Vietnam. We are located just 10 minutes from Hanoi’s central Train Station and about 35 minutes from Noi Bai International Airport via car. The tour desk at the Gondola Hotel provides you with reliable information as well as the convenience of ticket buying and tour booking services. Motorbikes and cars are also available to rent from the hotel. Return back to the Gondola Hotel after a day of activities to a soothing massage, or head upstairs to our rooftop bar to enjoy a drink and the panoramic views of the city at sunset. The Gondola Restaurant provides a great mix of Vietnamese and European food throughout the day.
A mix of traditional and modern motifs run throughout the MK Premier Boutique Hotel, with 65 rooms accommodating visitors to the wonderful city of Hanoi. With the historic Old Quarter on our doorstep, the MK Premier Boutique Hotel provides a safe and comfortable home base from which you can explore the city. For those times at the end of the day, The MK Premier Boutique Hotel offers a peaceful space where you can unwind, with a refined atmosphere accompanying your recuperation time.Discover the meaning of Vietnamese hospitality through the inviting staff, who will always be at your service during your stay with us. From the lobby to the restaurant and rooftop bar you will find well-trained staff with great English skills and a welcoming smile. We want you to enjoy your stay in Hanoi and will do everything in our power to make that happen.
The Apricot Hotel welcomes you to Hanoi!We are a proud group of Hanoian locals, passionate about Vietnamese culture, heritage and art, and are eager to share the wonders of our great country with you.Our 123 rooms are decorated with the finest examples of original art, sourced from local Vietnamese artists as a true expression of Hanoi. The delicate touches along the walls fit perfectly with the intricacy of our fine living aesthetic, which is evident throughout all rooms, lobby, restaurant, fitness centre, rooftop bar and swimming pool. Our unique Avanti Music Stage features classical piano music from 7pm to 10pm every night, providing you with the most relaxing means to end the day’s excursions. You will receive nothing buy 5-star service during your stay at the Apricot Hotel, as we want you to leave Hanoi with many positive memories forged both by the city and by us.To this end, the Apricot Hotel has the perfect location, just a few steps from the city’s centre of Hoan Kiem Lake and beautiful Ngoc Son Temple. From our gorgeous swimming pool, you can watch the interesting activity around the lake, and head out to find great local food right on our doorstep.Experience Hanoi in complete opulence at the Apricot Hotel, your luxurious home during your stay in Hanoi.
As a European-style mountain chalet, the Sapa Dragon Hotel pays homage to the French colonial past of Sapa, along with its ancient Vietnamese origins and their continuation today. Situated about 1,650 metres above sea level, your stay at the Sapa Dragon Hotel will be draped in a natural grandeur bestowed by the Hoang Lien Mountains, with soaring peaks creating an excellent backdrop to a wonderful stay.Throughout our range of rooms, you will be presented with very pleasant options for your stay in Sapa. Warm lighting and highly comfortable bedding are universal from the Superior Room to the Suite, with quaint wooden bathrooms and viewing balconies offering a chalet-like retreat for our guests. Modern amenities abound in the air conditioning, wall-mounted TV and shower.The location of the Sapa Dragon Hotel in a more secluded corner of Sapa town means that you can find peace amongst the energy on show here. Still, the convenience to its attractions is some of the best in Sapa; the Notre Dame Cathedral is just 400m away and Sapa Lake just 700m.
The extensive and gorgeous exterior of the Sapa Legend Hotel & Spa suggests just some of the opulence and comfort to be found within. This immaculately adorned hotel has grand marble and burnished wood running throughout, extending to the many rooms spanning four accommodation options. Along with warm decoration, each room is fitted with comfortable bedding, modern amenities such as air conditioning and TV, large windows and a very well appointed bathroom, ensuring an extremely pleasant stay in beautiful Sapa.In further pursuit of this aim, our restaurant and café encapsulate a luxurious atmosphere for your enjoyment of international and Vietnamese food and beverages. In addition, the Legend Spa provides an excellent means of relaxation and a space for tranquility in the bustling town. With one of the most central locations in all of Sapa town, you will find travelling around the area to be of the utmost ease and cafes and restaurants just beyond arms’ reach. Just to the left of the front doorstep is Sapa Lake and community garden, with Sapa Park just 300m away and Ham Rong Mountain 400m beyond that.
Located among the Hoang Lien Mountains, Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa offers an assortment of outdoor activities and leisure facilities. This 4-star resort is the only luxury hotel in the region with beautifully decorated rooms and suites blending perfectly with the natural surroundings. Impressed by accented wooden decor and luxurious dining as well as professional staff, tourists coming here will receive the best memories for their trip to Sapa.
“V’Spirit” is short for “Vietnamese Spirit” – a national philosophy advocating warm hospitality to guests, which is what we can guarantee you on one of our Halong Bay Deluxe Cruises. The crew members that you will meet are professionally trained and experienced, committing themselves to show you the true meaning of V’Spirit.We have three wooden junk boats in our fleet designed in traditional Vietnamese style, yet loaded with contemporary amenities. Each of our deluxe cabins includes sea-view windows and a modern bathroom, with large, comfortable beds and plenty of extra space. Upstairs, you will find a classy restaurant where you will taste some of the best food available in Vietnam. The sundeck and the bar are fantastic places for meeting people and catching amazing views of the magnificent Halong Bay.As possibly the biggest highlight of any Vietnam Tour, Halong Bay is awaiting your discovery and V’Spirit is thrilled to be there with you. Our excellent customer service means that you can focus on the beauty all around you while we take care of everything else. As one of the top recommendations on Tripadvisor, we are proud to call ourselves one of the best Halong Bay Cruises and hope to have the fantastic time with your family, friends or have a great honeymoon time in otherworldly Halong Bay.
LaFairy Sails takes its name from one of the most magical areas of Halong Bay; Fairy Lake Cave, where colourful spotlights illuminate the walls and light reflected from the water dances on the ceiling. This is the kind of magic that we want to share with you.The limestone karsts, caves and beaches of Halong Bay are well-discovered now, but we take you to areas less accessible to other cruises. We endeavour to explore parts of the bay still largely untouched, like the Ngoc Trai Area, with its sunny beaches and tranquil waters.The flavours of Halong Bay come alive on a LaFairy Sails cruise. Our restaurant features the freshest, local ingredients for all of our dishes and you can see first-hand the processes necessary to prepare such sumptuous food with demonstrations from our chefs.A LaFairy Sails cruise is fully furnished with a comfortable and air-conditioned cabin, featuring all the amenities expected from a modern cruise ship. Halong Bay is an essential destination for any Vietnam tour and LaFairy Sails lets you see it in an unforgettably unique way.
The Signature Cruise Halong is gaining popularity by the day. It is one of the biggest cruise ships in Halong Bay and can boast large suites with plenty of room to go alongside its top-class facilities. The Signature Cruise features all the amenities for a truly comfortable time in UNESCO World Heritage-listed Halong Bay: twelve luxury cabins, plush restaurant, fully-stocked bar, large movie room and gorgeous open sundeck with the charming grassy area. We care deeply about the safety of our passengers and are proud of our impressive safety record. The environment is another deep concern for us and, to this end, we support local community work for villagers and welcome the indigenous people of the area to work with us should they wish. This junk boat cruise is perfect for a family with kids vacation, honeymoon time or relaxed time with friends.Let Signature Cruise Halong show you the way to go with the best cruise in Bai Tu Long Bay.
The location of the Ruby River Hotel Saigon in District 1 places it perfectly for your explorations of Ho Chi Minh City. With a 5-minute walk to Ben Thanh Market, 8-minute walk to the Saigon Skydeck and 5-minute drive to Notre-Dame Basilica and the War Remnants Museum, you can be assured of minimal effort when discovering the sites of Vietnam’s second city. The rooms of the Ruby River Hotel Saigon are all tastefully appointed and practical in their design. Comfortable beds are the main showpieces of each room, providing great comfort in order to start your day right, while around them lie amenities of the highest quality, carefully selected to heighten your relaxation. Each room comes with a 32-inch flat-screen TV, minibar, air conditioning, safety box and street view window, ensuring that your stay in Ho Chi Minh City is one of the utmost comfort.
Reaching high to match the beautiful city skyline of Ho Chi Minh City, the Signature Saigon Hotel is a central 3-star hotel with comfortable amenities and occasional flecks of the luxurious. This well-lit and heartily decorated hotel provides convenience and comfort throughout its 72 rooms spanning four different accommodation options, all wonderfully adorned and consisting of relaxing amenities such as cushioned seated areas and jacuzzi bathtubs.With Ben Thanh Market just 100m away, the Signature Saigon Hotel is one of the most centrally located hotels in Ho Chi Minh City. From here, you can enjoy easy and quick access to some of Saigon’s best sites, including Bui Vien Walking Street (1km away), Independence Palace (1km away) and the War Remnants Museum (1.5km away). Aside from tourist attractions, the hotel is located within an area known for its plethora of food and drink options, though both can also be enjoyed in the comfort of our well-equipped dining room.
Steeped in modern history through its vital role played during the Vietnam War, the Rex Hotel Saigon carries a certain class and prestige unparalleled by other hotels in Ho Chi Minh City. The fine blend of ancient Vietnamese elegance set among modern Western convenience is a philosophy that provides you with a highly comfortable stay, but one that also keeps us in touch with our ancestral roots. This is most evident in our rooms, where you will find a highly compatible décor amidst ostentatious furnishings, all amounting to a piece of Saigon accommodation draped in fine style.Outside the rooms, the numerous facilities of the Rex Hotel Saigon keep you entertained and provide excellent refreshment for your time with us. Our Rooftop Bar Garden crowns the entire hotel with sweeping views over glittering Ho Chi Minh City, while two restaurants, two swimming pools, a gym, tennis court, spa, and a unique vertical garden space complete the hotel with a decadent flourish.Our location right next to the central City Hall puts the Rex Hotel Saigon squarely in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City. Exiting the hotel, you will find yourself on Nguyen Hue Walking Street, while Ben Thanh Market lies just about 500m away. Independence Palace and the War Remnants Museum can be reached in under 1km, and the nightlife centre of the city, Bui Vien street, in under 2km.
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