This Essence of Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh is one of the best 8 days 7 nights in Vietnam for you to travel from North to South Vietnam with the best highlights of Vietnam. This Vietnam Holiday Package 8 day starts from charming Hanoi City and ends in Ho Chi Minh City. 8 days in Vietnam with the best Vietnam Tour Operator, you will enjoy the overnight cruise in Halong Bay, visit historic sites in Ho Chi Minh City and gain deeper knowledge about the rural life of local people in Mekong Delta. This is the best tour in a short duration which will help you visit as many highlights as possible in 8 day for your Vietnam Holiday. Incredible Asia Journeys offers the best deal for this tour for clients to have the best services at the reasonable cost.
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Activities: Arriving at Hanoi, we welcome you to our capital city! Take some free time for leisure, and enjoy the Water Puppet Theatre before a hearty welcome dinner in a local restaurant.
Your Vietnam 8 Day Tour starts from Hanoi.
On your arrival at Hanoi Airport you will be picked up by our local guide (with name board), and then transfer to the center of the city for check-in. The rest of the day is free for you to relax or discover for yourself the beauty of Hanoi. You will be surprised by the variety of architectural treasures and styles in our capital.
After that, our guide will pick you up for a wander around Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake). This is a wonderful place for you to relax in the fresh air after your long flight. Our guide will also introduce you to the Old Quarter of Hanoi with its 36 ancient streets. These streets are always busy, with hundreds of stalls selling traditional art products and souvenirs.
To end your first day, we will enjoy one of the most spectacular Vietnamese traditional arts - Water Puppets. Finally, there is a welcome dinner in a local restaurant, then back to your hotel.
Meals: Dinner
Ho Chi Minh museum
Activities: Visiting the most attractive destinations in Hanoi including Ho Chi Minh Complex, one of the museums in Hanoi (Military History Museum, Museum of Art, Hoa Lo Prison or the Ethnology Museum) and Temple of Literature.
Day 2 of your 8 days in Vietnam, you will join in the Hanoi City Tour.
08.30 AM: Our local guide will pick you up at the hotel lobby for a day’s exploration of the city. The Ho Chi Minh Complex is known as the heart of the Vietnamese people, consisting of Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday, from October to November annually), Ba Dinh Square, Uncle Ho’s House on Stilts, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and One Pillar Pagoda - one of the long-standing cultural historical relics.
After that, we will pay a visit to one of the many famous museums in Hanoi, such as the Vietnam Military History Museum, Museum of Art, Hoa Lo Prison (also known as “Hanoi Hilton” – a nickname given by captured US pilots during the Vietnam war), or the Ethnology Museum dedicated to the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam.
We take a break for lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, we will discover the Tran Quoc Pagoda near the West Lake - the most ancient pagoda in Hanoi with its history of more than 1,500 years. Then we will have a chance to learn about the Temple of Literature – the first University in Vietnam and a symbol for the studiousness of the Vietnamese. Every year thousands of candidates come here to wish for good luck in the university entrance exams! Then it’s back to the hotel for overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Halong Bay
Activities: Visiting Halong Bay and enjoying the peaceful scenery and fresh air.
Halong Bay will be the most highlighted tour for your Vietnam 8 Day Tour.
After having breakfast in the hotel, our driver will pick you up for the transfer to Halong Bay. It will take about 3.5 hours to get there.
Arriving at the Harbor, we get on board the Halong Bay Cruise for a welcome drink. Then you will be served with a special lunch featuring many of Halong's specialties. From the boat, you can appreciate the magnificence of the dramatic limestone islands on the bay.
Enjoying your leisure time on the sundeck or in your cabin is a good idea after lunch. In the afternoon, you can swim in the warm and calm waters, or have the opportunity if you wish to try out a kayak. This is not difficult; it is suitable for most levels and ages and our expert and tour guide will introduce to you the basic skills that you will need for kayaking. They will also lead you in a 1-hour trip discovering the wonderful beauty of the bay – a memorable experience. Back to the cruise boat for a rest, followed by a cooking class in the late afternoon.
Later, there is dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Kayaking in Halong Bay
Activities: Exploring the hidden corners of Halong Bay.
Day 3 or your Halong Bay 2 night Cruise itinerary will a day with memorable activities when you travel to the further area of Halong Bay.
Before breakfast, let’s start your happy day by doing some Tai Chi exercises (a Chinese system of physical exercises) or catching the beautiful moments of sunrise on the beach.
After that, we will transfer to a day boat for a day cruise. Get ready to join in activities such as kayaking and swimming, and exploring the hidden corners of the Bay. The fresh air will help you relax and enjoy a wonderful day. You will be served lunch on our day boat.
In the afternoon, we will pass by the Cua Van Fishing Village. This will be a great opportunity to understand more about the everyday life of the local fishermen, talking with them and experiencing their life. Before coming back to our cruise, we will visit a floating Pearl Farm to learn how to cultivate pearls. If you want, you can buy some as souvenirs.
To end the day, we will enjoy the magnificent view of the sunset on the beach while having a superb dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Sung Sot cave
Activities: Continue cruise in Halong Bay, and then return to Hanoi for the flight to Saigon.
Let's join the Tai Chi Class on the sundeck in the early morning, before continuing our journey around Halong Bay. You will have time for breakfast and relaxing on the upper deck. You can take some photos to save the beauty of the rocky islands rising from the emerald water in Halong Bay.
After that, we will visit Sung Sot Cave (Surprise cave) - one of the largest and most beautiful caves of Halong Bay, and you will find out why the cave got its name. Next, we will pass by the fishing village to have more experiences in its unique way of life.
The last moments in this beautiful bay are coming. Our boat will prepare to come back to the jetty at 10.30am. You will have a traditional Vietnamese lunch on boat before leaving around 12.00 noon. You finish your Halong Bay 2 night cruise and that will be the unforgettable time of your Vietnam Holiday.
From Halong, we will make the transfer back to Hanoi. Around 16.00, we will arrive at Hanoi Airport for the flight to Ho Chi Minh City.
Upon your arrival there, our tour guide will pick you up for the transfer to the hotel in the center of the city. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Notes: The itinerary of the cruise is subject to change due to (e.g.) weather, tide conditions or government policy without prior notice.
Post Office in Ho Chi Minh city
Activities: Visiting Cu Chi Tunnels (the military base of Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War), Museum of War Remnants, Reunification Palace and walking around Ho Chi Minh City.
08.30 AM: In the early morning, you will have breakfast, and then our driver will pick you up to visit Cu Chi Tunnels. This is a man-made underground maze with many bamboo traps. It was a place for military operations and hiding from the pursuing enemy in the past.
At noon, we will come back to Ho Chi Minh City and have lunch in a restaurant on the way.
In the afternoon, you will embark on a city tour of HCMC (Saigon) including the War Remnants Museum where a comprehensive collection of the machinery, weapons, photographs, and documentation of the Vietnam wars is displayed. Continue to Reunification Palace - a special national relic for its historical and architectural values. It is one of the most interesting sites in Ho Chi Minh City. The tour also includes the Old Post Office, Saigon’s Chinatown (Cho Lon) and Binh Tay Market – the central market for the city and one of its most colorful sights. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Cai Be floating market
Activities: Visiting Vinh Long town and Cai Be floating market.
Mekong Delta Tour always attracts clients when they visit Vietnam and you will have a chance to visit Mekong Delta in this Vietnam Itinerary 8 day.
8.00 AM: Pick-up by our driver and guide for the 2-hour drive to the Mekong Delta. To begin our day tour, we will visit Cai Be floating market - one of the best-known floating markets in the western region of southern Vietnam, with its long history. Here, you can experience how people exchange goods, fruit and many other commodities on their wooden boats. After that, take your time visiting the local workshops to learn about how rice paste, coconut candy, and pop-rice are made. Also, you can visit some handicraft villages to see how the locals make rice-net for spring rolls, soya sauce, fish sauce and cooking salt, and how they sew coconut-leaves for cottage protection.
We will have lunch with many delicious local dishes. Learn more about the food and the traditional way of enjoying the local food in Mekong Delta.
We will travel around by a traditional rowboat. You can see the traditional wooden houses, palm trees as well as the daily life of the people in the Mekong Delta, picking fruit or fishing. If possible, we will 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 come to Vinh Long town and drive back to our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. Have dinner (by yourself). Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Ho Chi Minh tiy
Activities: Transfer to the airport for the flight home
Breakfast in your hotel.
We will pick you up about 3 hours before your departure flight time for the transfer to the airport to catch your flight back home or your next destinations.
Say goodbye to Ho Chi Minh City! Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh 8 Day Tour ends.
Hope to see you again in your next Vietnam Trip!
Meals: Breakfast
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One of Hanoi’s newest boutique accommodation options is also one of its best. The Silk Queen Hotel accommodates for travellers of every kind to Hanoi’s Old Quarter, whether your stay is one of business or pleasure, or one taken with family or a loved one, you will find a mixture of comfort and stellar hospitality at this central piece of Hanoi accommodation.Throughout the five room types of the Silk Queen Hotel, you will be treated to comfortable bedding, ample storage space and modern amenities in a room decorated warmly with flecks of artisanal décor. The modern bathrooms all contain a freestanding bathtub, while large windows at the back of the rooms look out over central Hanoi.Named after its location on Hanoi’s ancient Silk Street, your easy access to Hanoi’s top attractions comes as a given. A 3-minute walk will see you at the city’s central Hoan Kiem Lake, while a similar distance away is the weekend night market. The surrounds of the Silk Queen Hotel allow the chance for you to try many of Northern Vietnam’s delicious food and drink specialties.
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.
“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.
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.
Nods to the long history of Saigon are evident around the Grand Silverland Hotel & Spa, an impressive 4-star hotel in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. A mixture of tradition and modernity will greet you upon stepping inside our gorgeous lobby, as smiling staff dressed in áo dài show you the true meaning of Vietnamese hospitality. Western conveniences are found throughout our tastefully decorated rooms, which come in five accommodation options and span all budgets.From its prime location in the centre of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, the Grand Silverland Hotel offers premium access to some of the best sites to visit in Saigon. Just one block away stands the Independence Palace, with the War Remnants Museum just beyond it. One block to the southeast is where you will find the central Ben Thanh Market and a whole host of eateries and cafes. For even more convenience, the Grand Silverland Hotel contains its own rooftop restaurant, café and tranquil spa.
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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