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Vietnam Essentials 10 Days Tour
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10 Days
Mobile ticket
Pickup offered
Offered in: German, Malay, English, , Italian, French, Spanish
Overview
Explore different tastes of Vietnam on your 10 days trip thru some most stunning sights of the country.
Start your tour in Hanoi where everything blended together in a very ‘humanism disorder’ to learn about a developing Vietnam that rich in culture and traditions. Continue to Halong where you will take a stunning boat cruise thru dramatic islands to touch the greatness of nature. A short flight will bring you to Hue, the land of royal vestiges that reflex pomp ceremonies and Hoi An, the little charm World Heritage. Get to Ho Chi Minh City where you can taste some best street foods in the world and take a cruise along the mighty Mekong River to enjoy the scene of most colorful floating market.
What's Included
- All airports pick up/drop off with private A/C cars.
- 01 night on cruise in Ha Long Bay.
- All domestic flight in Vietnam.( 1. Ha Noi – Hue. 2. Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh)
- 8 nights hotel during Vietnam trip.
- Life jacket, raincoat.
- Ticket for Water Puppet Show .
- Luco Travel’s gift.
- Meals as mentioned above.
- The fruits, candy, coconut water.
- All of the entrances are free as mentioned.
- Sharing a tourist bus and cruise in Ha Long Bay (private cabin)
- English speaking Tour Guide. (01 in Hanoi, 01 Hue, 01 in Saigon.)
- Mineral water & tissue.
- Boat in Mekong Delta – Floating market.
- Cooking class(on request).
- Bicycle tour in Mekong Delta.
- Visa & international flights in and out the country
- Other services & meals than mentioned
- Tips, bank transfer fee if any.
Meeting And Pickup
Start time
08:30 AM
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Our guide will hold the welcome sign.
What To Expect
HA NOI ARRIVAL - CYCLE TOUR - WATER PUPPET SHOW (-/-/D)
2 Stops
Hanoi
You will be met by Luco Travel’s driver and tour guide at Noi Bai International Airport and transfer to Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Check in at the hotel. Free & Easy.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Thang Long Water Puppet
18:00 Pick up at the hotel by “Xich Lo”, drive you around Ha Noi’s Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngọc Sơn Temple an hour at night and drop off at the Ha Noi Water Puppet Show. We will watch the Water Puppet Show. Traditional content of water puppet performance contains daily life of Vietnamese farmers (cultivating, tending buffalo, catching fishes…), communal entertainment (swimming contest, dragon dancing…), and/or historical legends (Le Loi returns precious sword…), with a performance that has appealed to audiences for centuries. Have dinner. Back to the hotel.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Ha Noi.
Meals : Dinner
HA NOI CITY TOUR (B/L/-)
4 Stops
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
You will be met by Luco Travel’s tour guide and driver at the hotel. You will visit the memorial complex for the historic figure and father of modern Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh, You will visit the Presidential palace, Uncle Ho's house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda, and the Temple of Literature - Vietnam's first university that built in 1076, You will also - the picturesque West Lake and the sixth century Tran Quoc Buddhist Pagoda.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Later, you will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with special Vietnamese food. Afternoon: You will visit the fascinating Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - which is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preservation of the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation’s different ethnic groups. The museum also serves to guide research, conservation, and technology that are specific to the work of an ethnographic museum.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Hoa Lo Prison
And then, your guide will take you to Hoa Lo Prison. Most exhibits relate to the prison’s use up to the mid-1950s, focusing on the Vietnamese struggle for independence from France. A gruesome relic is the ominous French guillotine, used to behead Vietnamese revolutionaries. There are also displays focusing on the American pilots who were incarcerated at Hoa Lo during the American War.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street
You will also visit Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son Temple where a legendary turtle is reserved, and Hanoi’s Old Quarter, also known as the ‘36 streets’ with plenty of photo opportunities all around you. Back to the hotel. Free & Easy
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
HA NOI - HA LONG BAY - BAI TU LONG BAY - OVERNIGHT ON CRUISE (B/L/D)
2 Stops
Halong Bay
07:30. Breakfast at the hotel and check out. 08:00. After that our driver and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and depart to Ha Long Bay. Ha Long Bay is located in Northern Vietnam and is one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions. Aside from being popular with tourists, it is also a culturally recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bay is well known for its scenic karst topography, which is a subject of many popular photos of Vietnam. On the way to Ha Long Bay, we will have a short break of about 20 minutes. The car will arrive at Bai Chay, Hon Gai Harbor. 12:00. Pick-up at Hon Gai harbor. Transfer to Cruise by tender (5 -10 minutes) 12:45 Enjoy a welcome drink, then check in to your cabin 13:30 Cruise through Bai Tu Long Bay & enjoy lunch aboard with a set menu.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Bai Tu Long Bay
15:30 Explore VungVieng Fishing Village: Guests may choose to discover the daily life of the fisherman communities by bamboo boat or kayak around the Vung Vieng area. ( both options lasting about one hour ) 17:30 Relax and enjoy the sunset while the boat is cruising to the Cong Dong-Cong Do area to anchor overnight. 18:00 Free time or take part in the cooking class: learn how to cook traditional Vietnamese cuisines. (Cooking class can be arranged upon request ) 19:30. Enjoy delicious dinner on a cruise 21:00 Free evening to join some activities like board games, squid fishing, or karaoke (upon request)
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight on Cruise in Halong Bay
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
BAI TU LONG - THIEN CANH SON CAVE - HA NOI - HUE (B/L/-)
3 Stops
Thien Canh Son Cave
07:00. Wake up early in the morning for Tai Chi exercise. 07:30. Have breakfast on a cruise. 07:45 – 09:00 Catch morning view of seascapes with a cup of tea or coffee, have breakfast while cruising toward Thien Canh Son Cave. Visit Thien Canh Son Cave – the medium size and less visited cave in Bai Tu Long Bay
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Halong Bay
09:00 Return to the boat, relax on the sundeck or watch fruit carving demonstration 09.30: Check out of the cabin while our boat heads back toward the harbor. 10:00 Transfer by tender to the pier and relax inside the pier building while waiting for return transportation. 10:30 Enjoy the last scenery of the Ha Long Bay over lunch when the boat cruises back to shore. 12:00: After lunch, you will board our tender and head back to the wharf where you will be met by your return trip vehicle to transfer you to Hanoi.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Hue
15:30 Arrive in Ha Noi. Leave the luggage at the lobby. Free time until our driver picks you up and takes you to the airport and take flight to Hue. A Luco Travel tour guide and driver will meet you at the Phu Bai Airport and take you to the hotel in Hue City.
• Admission Ticket Free
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Hue
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
HUE IMPERIAL CITY - HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN (B/L/-)
3 Stops
Hue Imperial City (The Citadel)
In the morning, at 8:00am our driver and tour guide will pick you up at the hotel lobby. depart to visit Imperial Citadel – where 13 emperors of Nguyen Dynasty used to work and live. We will visit in turn of: Nine Holy Canons, Ngo Mon Gate, Court Yard, Thai Hoa Palace, The Temple, the Forbidden Purple City, …
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Tomb of Tu Duc
Leaving the Imperial Citadel, we will drive along the romantic Perfume River to visit the last tourist attraction in the itinerary – Thien Mu Pagoda. Thien Mu Pagoda is the oldest pagoda in Hue with more than 400 years old. Continue to visit Tu Duc Tomb – the palace in the life after life of 4th emperor of Nguyen Dynasty. This tomb is a superb example of Nguyen Dynasty’s Architecture. Our tour guide will help you to get the deep knowledge about the architecture, history, culture of Viet Nam under the reign of Nguyen Dynasty. Especially, the philosophy of the emperor. Have lunch at a local restaurant.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Hoi An Ancient Town
Travel to Hoi An Ancient Town, on the way you can stop at Lang Co Beach – one of the most beautiful beaches in Viet Nam. Lang Co Beach has the white sand with more than 10km. Afterwards, check in hotel and we will take a walk of Hoi An Ancient Town for featured sights of the town such as the central market, former merchants’ houses, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, a Chinese communal hall and Hoi An Museum.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Hoi An Ancient Town.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
HOI AN - DA NANG - GOLDEN BRIDGE - MARBLE MOUNTAIN (B/L/-)
3 Stops
Ba Na Hills
07:30 After breakfast at the hotel, our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel to visit Ba Na Hills - King Mountain, also known as the second DaLat/ Sapa in Central Vietnam. The beautiful weather here is always cool. 08:30 You will admire the heights by riding the most modern cable car system in Southeast Asia. You will visit Dream Stream Cable Car Station. Afterward, you will visit and play games at the Fantasy Park.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Dragon Bridge
We will then explore King Peak, which sits at an altitude 1.487m. You can see panoramic views of the Bana Hills and Quang Nam - Da Nang on high. On the top of the mountain, you will see Linh Tu Pagoda, which has a special temple construction. You will then visit Golden Bridge one of the famous bridges in Vietnam and Asia, before heading back to the hotel to relax. Enjoy buffet lunch at Bana Hill restaurant.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
The Marble Mountains
Continue to visit the Marble Mountains, one the most famous points in Da Nang. This is a cluster of five limestone mountains with sacred pagodas and beautiful caves inside. Let’s conquer 151 steps of Thuy Mountains – the highest mountain here. Visiting in turn: Linh Ung Pagoda, Xa Loi Tower, Van Thong Cave, Hoa Nghiem Cave, Huyen Khong Cave, Tam Thai Pagoda, … You can spend your time visiting Stone Carving Village under the mountains. Back to the hotel & Relax.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Hoi An Ancient Town.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
HOI AN - DA NANG - HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR (B/L/D)
4 Stops
Ho Chi Minh City
After breakfast our guide will take you to Da Nang Airport, You will take a short flight to Ho Chi Minh City. (Timing is dependent on flight schedule), You will be met by Luco Travel’s tour guide and driver at Ho Chi Minh Airport and transfer to the hotel.
• Admission Ticket Free
War Remnants Museum
We will visit the War Remnants Museum: Formerly known as the Museum of Vietnam War, this is a poignant display of the futility of war. Some of the black and white photography in the ‘Requiem’ exhibit is particularly touching, dedicated to both foreign and Vietnamese journalists and photographers who perished during the conflict. The courtyard outside contains the spoils of war, namely rusting jets, tanks and cannons captured from the American military regime. Enjoy your lunch at the restaurant.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral
Visit the former US Embassy where the last helicopter flew out of Saigon in 1975. Then you can go sight-seeing at the Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office: built between 1877 and 1883. This is one of the best examples of classical French colonial architecture. Remarkably every stone used in its creation was shipped from France to Vietnam. Her two 40m towers, topped with iron spires dominate the city’s skyline. The Old Post Office is another example of French colonial architecture and is also the country’s largest post office.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
The Independence Palace
Visit The Reunification Palace: This is one of the most important buildings in the city. Here on April 30th 1975 the ‘American War’ officially ended when tank number 843 of the North Vietnamese Army crashed through the gates of what was, at the time, the residence of the President of the Republic of Vietnam. Back to the hotel. Free & Easy.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
CU CHI TUNNELS & STREET FOOD TOUR (B/L/D)
3 Stops
Cu Chi Tunnels
The morning, Our car will pick you up at your hotel and depart to Cu Chi Tunnels, we take about 1,5 hours to Cu chi, arrive to Cu Chi tunnel to explore the amazing site where Viet Cong hid during the War. It is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists - the network of over 250km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone". Visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed before entering the tunnels. Spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. After that travelers can try delicious manioc which was the main food for guerilla-warriors in Cu Chi during the war.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Ho Chi Minh City
At 18:00, our tour guide will meet and greet you at the hotel. You then receive safety instructions on how to ride on the back of a bike properly in order to ensure the safest experience. You will participate in the rush hour of Saigon the way we, the locals do: all from the back of the bike. We ride through the beautiful lit boulevards, the back alleys and the busy streets, which is undoubtedly more awesome of an experience than looking through pictures in your handbook! First, let’s enjoy Vietnamese pancakes (Bánh xèo), spring rolls,… and you will learn about the customs and background knowledge of the food you eat from our guide and you also will try how to make it. We also would sit on small plastic chairs in the alleys, enjoy our food and drink like Vietnamese.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Nguyen Thien Thuat Apartment Buildings
Later on, our guide takes you around Saigon and explore "Chung cư" - a Vietnamese residential building which was built a very long time ago. We will sit down to taste coffee in the hidden coffee shop and learn how to make a glass of coffee without a machine. It is so good and that is why it has its place in everyone's bucket list when coming to Vietnam. On our way, you will see local activities and discover small alleys where Vietnamese always enjoy their spare time in the evening and of course, getting some snacks (Vietnamese pizza) with which almost every Vietnamese falls in love, is a must. Your last stop is the famous Vietnamese dessert, the sweet soup. You will have a chance to let us rock your senses until your jaw drops with 3 – 5 kinds of sweet soup desserts. At around 21:30 pm, we will take you back to your hotel.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
MEKONG DELTA - CAI BE FLOATING MARKET (B/L/-)
2 Stops
Mekong Delta
07:00 – 7:30 Breakfast at the hotel. 07:30 Depart on a 2 hour drive to Cai Be town in Mekong Delta that is home to a colorful floating market, vast emerald rice fields, luxuriant orchards and lush back waterways.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Cai Be Floating Market
Upon arrival, board a long tail boat for a cruise to explore the Cai Be floating market where hundreds of boats gather for selling and buying, making a stunning scene on the water of Mekong River. After that you can cycle about 1 hour around the village path with fruit orchards and bonsai gardens. Meet the local islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong Delta and see how they make the net rice paper, typical roof house, how to make souvenirs from water hyacinth … Afternoon: Enjoy lunch at the Ba Kiet Ancient House with a local meal. Relax in the hammocks to get back your energy. When we are done, The boat will take you back to Cai Be wet market to see how the local people are buying and selling food products, fruits, fish….. and meet your driver for the trip back to Ho Chi Minh City.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
THE COFEE SHOP - "PHỞ" - HO CHI MINH DEPARTURE (B/L/-)
1 Stop
Ho Chi Minh City
Time dependent on flight schedule. Enjoy some free time for last minute purchases or simply relax at the hotel. After that, our guide will take you to the Coffee Shop – Trung Nguyen Legend Coffee G7, one of the best Vietnamese coffee and very famous coffee in the world. Enjoy a cup of coffee and get some coffee as a souvenir for your friend and your family. Back to hotel, check out and have lunch with Vietnamese Noodle Soup – “Phở” at the local restaurant more than 50 years old. Your tour guide and driver will transport you to Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Thank you for spending time in our beloved Vietnam.
4 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch
Additional Info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operated by Luco Travel - Vietnam Tour Operator
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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