HUB MOONEN'S PLAN: VIETNAM ITINERARY 24D23N IN NORTH, CENTRAL & SOUTH

Welcome to Ha Noi! The capital city of Viet Nam. Get picked up by our local driver from the airport. Transfer to your hotel. Hotel check in! Spend your time for resting after the long hour flights.

Overnight in Ha Noi!

Join Hanoi Jeep Tours and discover the hidden gems of the city. We begin our journey by picking you up from your hotel located in and around Hanoi Old Quarter. Our guide and driver will greet you at your hotel lobby or a meeting point and give you a safety briefing before we begin our adventure.

On the first part of our Hanoi Jeep Tours, we’ll expose you to the REAL HANOI and give you a day-in-the-life experience of the city. We’ll take you through parts of the city that other travel companies don’t usually venture into, including maze-like backstreets, tiny alleyways, local homes, schools, random markets, and black marketplaces. You’ll get to experience where and how locals live, work, and play. At Hanoi Backstreet Tours, we don’t just show you the good side, but also the bad and weird sides of your destination. For us, the popular tourist sites are the tip of the iceberg, and the real destinations are hidden in the parts-unknown.

The second part of our Hanoi Jeep Tours takes you to pass by the MUST-SEE places of Hanoi, including the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, the Tran Quoc Buddhist temples, the amazing Hanoi TRAIN-STREET, the enchanting French Quarter, the hustling and bustling Old Quarter, the romantic lakes of Hoan Kiem and West Lake, Hanoi Opera House, and the famous Long Bien bridge, etc.

Finally, our tour ends with food! We’ll take you to the Hidden Gem Cafe, where you can savor the tastiest, authentic, healthy, and organic dishes of Hanoi. We offer vegan and vegetarian options as well. Join Hanoi Jeep Tours and experience the beauty, culture, and authentic tastes of Hanoi.

Overnight in Ha Noi!

MORING: QUANG PHU CAU

Quang Phu Cau is a famous traditional craft village in Hanoi, Vietnam, known for making incense sticks. The village is located about 35 km southwest of Hanoi, in Ung Hoa District.

What Makes Quang Phu Cau Special?

• The village has been making incense sticks for over 100 years, producing colorful bundles that create a mesmerizing sight when laid out to dry.
• It is one of the most photogenic places near Hanoi, attracting photographers and tourists looking to capture its vibrant scenery.
• The incense is crafted from bamboo, dyed in bright red, pink, and yellow hues, and used for spiritual rituals across Vietnam.

AFTERNOON: HANOI WALKING STREET FOOD TOUR WITH TRAIN STREET 

This food tour is a perfect blend of Hanoi’s best street food, hidden alleys, and the unique experience of Train Street—where a train passes through a narrow residential street just inches away from houses.

06:20: Get picked up from Lao Cai train station and transfer to your hotel. Tour guide will take you to have local breakfast then start hiking to Cat Cat Village.

You will start hiking to Cat Cat Village which is occupied by the Black H’mong tribe. Here, you can see the hydroelectric power station which was built by the French in the twentieth century. You will experience the tribal way of life of ethnic minorities while enjoying wonderful views of the terraced rice paddy fields and the waterfall in Cat Cat village. Visitors will also understand culture, unique customs, traditional crafts such as weaving, touching carved silver, forged agricultural tools…Come back to the hotel.

After dinner, you are free to explore the charm of Sapa by night, enjoy roasted corn, baked eggs beside charcoal fire or go shopping. Especially on Saturday night, we highly recommend a stop at the Love Market – one of the unique cultures of ethnic minorities in northwest Vietnam. Overnight at hotel in Sapa.

Overnight in Sapa

07:30: Having breakfast at the hotel.

08:30: Start trekking about 6 km to the Southeast of Sapa along the slopes of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of Black H’mong. After that, we will continue walking about 3 km to Lao Chai village of the H’mong people. Tourists need to walk through a small tunnel/over a small bridge leading to Muong Hoa valley to get inside the village.

11:30 – 12:00:  Having lunch at Ta Van village and rest

13:00 – 15:00:  Tour guide will take you to visit the villages of the local people with terraced fields and streams.

16:00: Back to hotel in Sapa Town

Overnight in Sapa

Have breakfast in the hotel.

Free morning to rest.

Check out!

Return Ha Noi at 14:30 by limousine bus.

Arrive to Ha Noi around 20:30-21:00

Overnight in Ha Noi

8:00: Get picked up from hotel in the old quarter.

10:30 – 10:45: Reach Cat Ba Island, drive on a scenic coastal from Cai Vieng Port to Beo Harbour

11:00: Warmly welcome to SERENITY CRUISES! While enjoying welcome drink, our tour
guide will provide key information about the cruise, itineraries, and other notes.

Our captain steers the cruise slowly, and the poetic scenery of Cai Beo ancient fishing village
constantly appears with floating houses lying along the mountainside. You will be surprised at the peaceful beauty of this 7,000-year-old village.

The cruise moves further into the core of bay where you can’t help but be amazed by the gift of
Mother Nature: a large bay area, the phenomenal emerald water embracing hundreds of rocky islands of various sizes and shapes.

11:30: Savor a delicious lunch (Buffet lunch is served for group from 40 guests)

13:00: After lunch, the cruise sails to Viet Hai Port. Disembark and head to the pier, where you will take electric car/bicycle to the ancient Viet Hai Village. Experience a unique fish-foot massage, stroll through well-preserved traditional houses, or engage in conversations with local residents for a truly memorable experience.

14:30: KAYAKING – SWIMMING

Our Captain and Tour Guide will choose the best stop for the group to experience interesting activities: Swimming in the middle of the sea, boat-jumping, sliding down from the top deck to cool water, kayaking, (We highly recommend that you wear a life jacket when swimming/ kayaking/playing with water slide…for a safe journey)

15:40: The boat begins its journey back to Beo Pier. It is the perfect time to relax on the top deck with a cup of ordered drink.

16:15: Small sunset party is served with fresh fruit, biscuits & tea.

 Return to Beo Dock.

Overnight in Cat Ba island.

Having your free day in Cat Ba island.

Free exploring on your own.

Overnight in Cat Ba island.

Check out hotel!

Driver picks up to transfer to Ninh Binh by private car.

The journey is 4 hours-drive.

Overnight in Tam Coc – Ninh Binh

Have your breakfast at your homestay. Driver will take you to meet your group tour who starts the trip from Ha Noi

10:30: The first destination in this trip is visit Hoa Lu ancient capital. This is the first capital of Vietnam. Come to visit Hoa Lu, you will learn about why the capital was moved to Hanoi nowadays. You are impressed on an outstanding architecture when entering temples of King Dinh and King Le, the first and second emperors of ancient Vietnam, built in the 17th century. Try to feel ancient atmospheres in Hoa Lu ancient capital.

11:45: Have buffet lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods..

Vegetarian food is always available in the buffet lunch.

13:00: Visit Trang An which was recognized by UNESCO as The world Heritage Site in 2014. Trang An has the wonderful tunnel cave system so that Kong’s Movie Group chose this place for New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island “. Boat trip to visit Trang An to see the amazing beauty of this landscape with many caves such as: Sang Cave (Light Cave), Toi Cave (Dark cave), Nau Ruou Cave (Cooking Wine), green river and natural view.

15:30: Get on the bus to go to Mua Cave (Dancing Cave). Walk up almost 500 steps, you can reach to the top of Lying Dragon Moutain, have an amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc from here.

16:30 – 17:00 Finish Ninh Binh day trip.

Overnight in Tam Coc

09:00: Get picked up by local guide to explore your day in Ninh Binh. Having bycicle ride to Bich Dong pagoda first. This is a cultural and historical relic that has been ranked as a special national monument and is located in the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

Originally constructed in 1428 during the reign of Emperor Le Thai To, Bich Dong Pagoda used to be a small pagoda nestled in Ngu Nhac Mountain.

13:00: Having lunch at local restaurant

Having a rest then evening driver picks up to the train station. Train to Da Nang.

Overnight on train.

Get picked up by driver from the train station.

Transfering to Hoi An.

Having your day for resting.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Hoi An Walking Tour – Boat Ride – Release Flower Lantern

This experience is perfect for exploring Hoi An Ancient Town, enjoying a scenic boat ride on the Hoai River, and participating in the beautiful tradition of releasing flower lanterns at night.

13:00: We’ll pick you up at the hotel heading to restaurant for lunch and transfer you to Da Nang city (around 30km). First, you will visit Monkey Mountain. A giant statue of Lady Buddha with a beautiful background such as mountains and a huge garden of bonsai would draw your attention. You will definitely get lost in the garden of heaven with gripping stories when gently walking and enjoying a fresh breeze.

Discovery the Marble Mountains and stop for a walk along the site to see local factories of stone sculptures – the most impressive handicrafts village in Da Nang. – Check in the Marble Mountains by climbing up to the top (elevator is optional). Here we will see beautiful pagodas which were made in the 19th century by the last dynasty of the Viet Nam monarchy, and visit Huyền Không or Tàng Chơn caves.

– Keep going to see the biggest fascinating cave named as Âm Phủ cave. You will learn interesting philosophies of Buddhism and take photos with amazing natural creations.

After finish the tour. We will drop you at your hotel in Hoi An.

Overnight in Hoi An

07:30 – 08:00: Our guide picks you up at your hotel and departs to My Son Sanctuary – The World Cultural Heritage.

09:30: Arrive at My Son and we’ll have 2 hours to discover the site by walking through the landscape, learning histories with our local English-speaking guide, and enjoying the Champa’s traditional performances.

11:45: Get back to the minivan and move to a local house to learn how to make rice paper, you will enjoy your own hand-making product later on!

12:30: Back to the van and have lunch at another local house, relax with cold herbal tea, nice food, and fresh air.

13:00: Take a boat trip to Hoi An with the nice and cool breeze onboard, and beautiful river scenery on the biggest river in Central Vietnam named Thu Bon River.

13:30: Arrive in Hoi An, we will drop you off at your hotel. Tour ends!

Overnight in Hoi An

Check out hotel.

Driver picks up to the airport.

Fly to Da Lat

Overnight in Da Lat.

Conquering Lang Biang Moutain peak. Datanla Waterfall (Playing Asian longest toboggan-ride with the 2400m length). Visit one of the most unique buildings in Da Lat – Hang Nga Villa, also known as The Crazy House, with an exotic design.

• Radar Peak Langbiang – Conquering Lang Biang Moutain peak. The highest mountain in Dalat You can go up mountain by jeep car (not include) to see Da Lat view
• Da Lat Robin Hill – Cable Car. The first cable car in Dalat completely covered Robin hill
• Truc Lam Monastery of Da Lat Truc Lam Zen Monastery – Tuyen Lam Lake .The most beautiful monastery by the lake.Hang Nga Guest House and Art Gallery
• Visit one of the most unique buildings in Da Lat – Hang Nga Villa, also known as The Crazy House, with an exotic design. strangest house
• Datanla Waterfall – Playing Asian longest toboggan-ride with the 2400m length.
• Da Lat – High tech strawberry farm.

Note: This group tour not included:

1. Jeep car’s ticket, cable-car’s ticket, toboggan track’s ticket and all of services inside the tourist area.
2. Lunch – The vehicle will take customers to the restaurant, customers can order and pay the meal themselves

Check out hotel. Bus pick up to Mui Ne.

12:45: Departing from your hotel lobby by our private Jeep and heading to Fairy stream. the white sand dunes to see the sunrise.

13:15: Visiting Fairy stream (Suoi Tien) Leave your shoes on the rack then walk through the entrance gate. You’ll be wading in ankle-deep cold water all the way to the natural stream and here you will see all the sand blocks with many different colors. where the small stream running through the middle and here you will have a chance to try the ostriches riding (paid extra).

14:45: Visiting the fishing village, observing the daily lives of fishermen, morning catch is hauled to shore and women are busy sorting out the catch, and fishing boats are lining up and waiting to depart.

15:45: Visiting White sand dunes, at the top of the sand dune, catching the first sunrise of the day. Other activities can be taken: riding quad-bikes over the dunes (additional charge).

17:00 Visiting Red sand dunes, slopes are less steep than the White sand dunes, great opportunity for taking photo as red color of the sand is great contrast to background scenery, sliding down sand dunes’ slopes with sand boarding.

18:00 Returning back to your hotel.

Overnight in Mui Ne

Check out hotel!

Bus pick up to Sai Gon

Overnight in Sai Gon.

Private Sai Gon “Foodie” By Night Motorbike Tour

Pick-up: 5:30-6:00 PM Drop-off: 8:30-9:00 PM

What you’ll do

• Hop on motorbike and head to the seafood haven! Taste mouthwatering dishes with clams, squid, and scallops, spiced to perfection. Sip a cold   beer or soda for an extra kick!
• Feel the wind as we pass iconic bridges like Bason Bridge and immerse yourself in the lively vibe of Ho Chi Minh City while riding to district 3 for a fresh Banh Mi!
• Enter Saigon’s hidden alleys for Banh Xeo or Banh Khot! Try sizzling cakes and mini pancakes. Pile on fresh veggies and dip in sweet and sour fish sauce for crunch and flavor!
• Take a leisurely walk and snap nice pics at Ho Thi Ky Market, a vibrant flower market.
• Satisfy your sweet tooth with creamy avocado cream, a delightful Vietnamese dessert. Don’t miss tasty Banh Trang Nuong (Vietnamese pizza) or Bo La Lot (Vietnamese Grilled Beef Wrapped in Betel Leaves)!
• Get back to the hotel with great memories of amazing flavors and unforgettable moments of our motorbike food tour!

Overnight in Sai Gon

IN THE MORNING

Get picked-up at your accommodation in the city center and drive to Cu Chi, around 65km. On the way to the Tunnels, visit the handicapped handicraft workshop.

Watch a documentary film about the Vietnam War. Discover special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals and command centers helping whoever lives inside Cu Chi tunnels meet their basic needs.

Discover many hidden lefts behind trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels and learning more about the handmade weapon and traps used during the Vietnam War. Seeing huge bomb craters and the mere 10–13 feet thick level of upper soil can support the bearing weight of a 55-ton tank and the explosive damage of bombs left from the war.

Break at the shooting range to shoot some real guns with Ak47, M16, M30, M60 (shooting fee is paid separately from the trip).

Highlight of the trip is to crawl and experience the underground town of Cu Chi Tunnels. This is the best part of the trip when you crawl into it to feel how it was like in the war. Guests who have claustrophobia be not afraid of crawling inside, you still can see it from above the ground.

Taste the pandan tea and tapioca (guerilla’s food during the war) before heading back to Saigon.

IN THE AFTERNOON

1. THE HIDDEN WEAPON BUNKER:

Vietcong soldier’s hidden bunker located in the heart of Saigon.

2. WAR REMNANTS MUSEUM:

Vietnam War storytelling from the other side.

3. NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL SAIGON:

The pride of Saigon culture.

4. CENTRAL POST OFFICE:

The everlasting architecture of the French influence.

5. THE LAST HELICOPTER:

Remarking the fall of Saigon. Just to see, can’t enter it legally.

Overnight in Sai Gon

Around 07:45 am. Get picked up from your hotel in center of Ho Chi Minh City and head to the Mekong Delta. During the 1.5 car ride, we will pass through by green rice fields before arriving at the beautiful rural My Tho. The first stop is Vinh Trang pagoda. It is the biggest pagoda in the Mekong Delta region. You will be guided to explore the most beautiful, ancient and significant temple in the Mekong Delta. This religious landmark dates back to the 19th century and features a harmonious fusion of Vietnamese, Khmer, and Chinese architectural styles.

Your trip continues from here by motorized boat on the Tien River to the Qui, the Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn Islet. Walk into the village, where you can visit a local fruit garden and enjoy the tropical fruit while listening to Southern Vietnamese folk music performed by islanders. Here you can join daily activities of the local people and take in the atmosphere of this beautiful natural countryside.

Visit the bee house. Lunch will be served at orchard garden.

The boat cruises to Ben Tre province known as “The Land of Coconut. Here you’ll visit the coconut candy-making shop. Next, enjoy a rowing boat trip on the small canal, fully covered by water coconut palms on both sides. After that, you will have time to relax on a hammock or bike around the village.

At 3:30 pm, head back to Ho Chi Minh city, arrive at around 5:30 pm.

Overnight in Sai Gon

Having free day in Sai Gon for resting and shopping.

Overnight in Sai Gon

Have breakfast. Enjoy last morning in Sai Gon. Check out hotel. Driver picks up to the airport

Trip ends. See you next time!

Note: Driver picks up 3,5 hours before your departure flight

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