Beautiful 8 Days Ho Chi Minh City to Mekong Cruise Holiday Package

Fly to Ho Chi Minh. Upon arrival, our driver will be holding a sign with your name and welcome you at Tan Son Nhat International airport, transferred to your hotel for check in. Free at leisure or relaxing at hotel, overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

After breakfast, our guide and driver will pick you up at 08. 00am to visit one of the must visited regions of the Mekong delta, we visit Cai be floating market, cruising among the local barges stuffed-full of fruits and vegetables. Visit some local workshops then enjoy a delicious lunch served at a local house in the cool shade of An Binh Island’s orchards. In the afternoon, take a traditional rowboat and venture deeper into the countryside, floating through narrow canals to enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Stop at a nursery garden to discover how farmers along the delta produce their world famous fruits and vegetables. The cruise ends around in Vinh Long. Get on car and transfer back to Ho Chi Minh late afternoon.

After breakfast, 08. 00am our guide pick up at hotel and depart to Cu Chi. Leaving the city behind, the scenery changes to views of rice paddies, villagers drying noodles by the side of the road and other scenes typical to southern Vietnam. Visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels which consist of an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters Viet Cong during both the French and American wars. Have lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, we start tour of vibrant Ho Chi Minh. Your program includes the Reunification Hall, the War Remnants Museum where exhibition halls display imagery of both the French and ‘American’ wars and the Saigon Post office and the Notre Dame Cathedral. The rest of the day, shopping at Ben Thanh Market. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Free until transffered to airport for flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, you are welcomed at airport by our driver and transfer to hotel for check in. Overnight in Hanoi.

After breakfast, our guide and shuttle bus will pick you up at lobby of hotel at 8. 00 -8. 20AM and start journey east to Halong Bay, through picturesque rice-farming villages of the Red River Delta, where we see every day Vietnamese village life. On arrival, we board a beautiful traditional junk and spend a full day and night cruising the bay’s 3000 magnificent limestone islets. In the evening when the boat is anchored in the middle of the stunning lagoon, we enjoy a wonderful seafood meal and overnight on board.

Awake early and participate in Tai Chi on the top deck or simply relax and enjoy the sunrise over the bay’s towering islands. Enjoy a morning cup of coffee or tea, before setting out to explore nearby islands by rowboat. Return to the junk for breakfast then take advantage of the sundeck and admire the amazing rock formations of Halong. Have brunch on board the boat before returning to Halong pier to get back Hanoi.

After breakfast, our guide pick up at hotel at 8. 00AM. Sightseeing today includes explore Vietnam’s charming capital. With its wide tree-lined bouleds, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and ancient oriental pagodas, start a Hanoi’s key sites: the Ho Chi Minh Complex Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and stilt house, the Presidential Palace, the nearby One Pillar Pagoda; the Temple of Literature; West Lake including the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda; and one of the city’s museums a choice between the History Museum and the Ethnology Museum. End the day’s explorations enjoy a traditional water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi.

Free at leisure until transferred to airport for flight back home. End of service!