Upon arrival in our thousand years Capital – Hanoi City, our guide will welcome you at Noi Bai airport and then transfer you to your hotel in the city center. Relax some time to recover somewhat from jet-lag. 
If time permits, take an orientation walking tour of Hanoi. You will visit our legend/history about Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son temple (the lake of the Restored Sword), our architectural and our way of with small streets and its name (Old Quarter). Overnight at hotel in HaNoi
Optional Tour: Evening Hanoi Walking Street Food Tour from 17:30pm to 19:30pm.
Includes: all food and drink, Café, English speaking tour guide, lots of fun
You will have opportunity to sample delicious Vietnamese cuisine just like the locals do - on the street Stroll through hidden alleyways and bustling markets of Hanoi’s charming old quarter Learn more about Hanoi’s unique food culture Try local specialties with influences from French and Chinese cuisine Take in a spectacular night view of Hoan Kiem lake from a secret cafe and discover the ancient Streets of Hanoi Old Quarter with its ancient buildings and temples, transparent lakes and old cultural features.

Today, we will take a sightseeing of the city's most outstanding historical and cultural sites. The visit includes:
- The complex of Ho Chi Minh historical sites, also called the political center of Vietnam including Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh's House on Stilt, One Pillar Pagoda.
- The Temple of Literature for the brief understanding about the two most popular religions in Vietnam (Buddhism and Confucianism).
- Visit one of the museums in Hanoi (Museum of History, Museum of Ethnology, Museum of Fine Art, Hoa Lo Prison, etc). 
- Enjoy our welcome show of northern rural of Vietnam – Water Puppet show.
You will have time for your own dinner before the transfer to Railway station for the night train to Sapa. 
Overnight on the train in the 4 soft berths cabins with A/C.

Arrive at Lao Cai train station at about 6.00am. Meet the local guide at the main entrance and take our private car for the transfer to Sapa 35km away. 
Have breakfast and relax for a while. Then, take a 2km short trek (or drive) with the local guide to Cat Cat and Shin Chai Villages, the home of H’mong Ethnic. Meeting and talking with locals at their home to learn more about their daily life and get to know their habits. From here, you will have a chance to see the hydroelectric power station built by the French by the wonderful Cat Cat waterfall. Get back to the town by car in early/midafternoon. Check in at the hotel and time to relax or explore more of the town on your own. Overnight in Sapa.

Have breakfast at hotel and today is for discovering the nature as well as different culture of hill tribal people.
From the hotel we start our car drive up and down hills with rice terraces, spectacular scenery, the Fansipan Mount, and pass by the scenic Muong Hoa valley.
For the trekking lovers we will start the trekking from Y Linh Ho village (11km trek) through the rice terraces, hills, bamboo forests and streams to Lao Chai and Ta Van Villages which are decorated by terraced-fields and the house of H'mong, Red Zao and Zay people.
For most travelers, we will start our trek at Lao Chai Village to Ta Van Village (6km).
You will have great opportunities for taking photos of breathtaking landscapes, meeting friendly hill-tribe people at home and work, and getting to understand their tradition, habits... We will return to our hotel in Sapa by car in the the afternoon. Overnight at a hotel in Sapa. 
Note: A full or half day trekking or moving by car and short walk is on your request.

After breakfast, you can choose one of the 2 tour options below for today: 
Option 1: Visit a Hill Tribe Weekly Market around Sapa area
We will leave for a Hill Tribe Market for about 3 hours driving to the market. Join in the colorful market of the tribal people in this region. At the fair market the H'mong, Dzao, Phu La people in their best traditional costumes go to the market for shopping and meeting friends and relatives…
Market schedule: Tuesday: Coc Ly market, Friday: Cao Son market, Saturday: Can Cau market, Sunday: Bac Ha market
After the market visit, we drive back to Chay River where you will get on a boat for a river adventure. You are bound to feel great and find yourself smaller among high Rock Mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtaking waterfalls while cruising along the river. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority (Trung Do village) by the river. After the boat trip, we drive back to Lao Cai town and pay a short visit to the Vietnam-Chinese border gate
You will have time for your own dinner at a local restaurant by the train station before getting on the night train to Hanoi.
Overnight on the train in an air-con soft berth cabin.
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Note: If the water level on Chay River is too low to run the boat trip, we will replace it with a village visit. 
Option 2: Visit Fansipan Peak by Cable car
After breakfast, check out the hotel about 9am and the guide will take you  to visit the Silver Waterfall by car.  That is 18km away from Sapa – the most beautiful waterfall in Sapa. After that, the car picks you up to Fansipan Cable Car Station and spend 20 minutes with cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
Reach the height of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit the pagoda, the spiritual destinations, trek up to 600 steps and you will reach the peak of Fansipan - the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours hiking and taking photos).
Come back to Fansipan Cable Car Station and return to Sapa town by car. 
You will have some free time to relax or explore more of Sapa town and local market in town on your own before our transfer to Lao Cai train station for the night train back to Hanoi. Overnight on the train in an air-con soft berth cabin.
Note: The option of taking the high quality tourist bus or tourist mini-van from Sapa to Hanoi in the afternoon (from 15:30pm to 21:30pm) and spend this night at hotel in Hanoi instead of the overnight train is available on request. 

The train arrives back to Hanoi around 4:30am-5am, then you will go to our day-use hotel by the train, having a few hours relaxing and having breakfast. 
8:00am: After breakfast, you will leave for Halong Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. There you will board your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottos and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood. Your overnight will be aboard.

Participate in Tai Chi o¬n the top deck or simply watch the sunrise over the magnificent bay. Enjoy your morning cup of coffee or juice before setting out to the near- by cave by row boat, etc. Return back to the boat, where breakfast is served, while sailing around the Bay.
Your cruise will end at noon and you will be met by your driver for the transfer to Hanoi City and continue our transfer to Hanoi airport for a late afternoon / early evening one hour and a half flight to Danang. Arrive in Danang, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Hoi An town, around 30km away. Overnight at a hotel in Hoi An. 

Morning, take a discovery trip to Myson Sanctuary, 40km from Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. My Son, considered being in the same league as some of Southeast Asia's greatest archaeological sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya in Thailand and Borobudur in Indonesia. These towers and sanctuaries were built from the 7 to 13 centuries. Admiring great architectural and art works of the Cham lost Kingdom. Having a brief understanding of the history, culture for which My Son was recognized as the World Cultural Heritage. Return to Hoi An at noon.
In the afternoon, you will have a guided tour to see the interesting sights of this ancient city. Some hundreds years ago, this town thrived o¬n trading with the Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. You will visit a historical Old House, Japanese Covered Bridge, Old Temple and Silk Factory.
Get back to your hotel around 16:00 and free time to relax. 
Overnight at a  hotel in Hoian.  
Optional Tour: Join in Evening Cooking Class at Hai Cafe from 18:00pm to 20:00pm.
Highlights: Learn to make Hoi An speciality dishes - including fried spring rolls,Highlights: Learn to make Hoi An speciality dishes - including fried spring rolls,grilled fish in banana leaves, & beef salad in a bamboo basket.
Our evening class is an interesting and fun way to learn about the local cuisine. Together we prepare 3 dishes before sitting down for dinner to enjoy our efforts.
Your chef will introduce you to the local ingredients, take you through the preparation, and explain the Hoi An style of cooking. Then it is your turn to chop, grate, crush, slice, roll and cook the ingredients into a delicious meal.
Your 5-course dinner also includes 2 additional Hoi An specialties* - White Rose and Fried Wanton. These secret recipes are made by only 1 family in Hoi An, and are included in the meal, but are not part of the cooking class.
Each class has a maximum of 10 persons, runs for 1 hour & 15 minutes and is then followed by dinner. 
Recipes are provided at the start of the class.

After breakfast in the hotel, you will have a four hour drive over the scenic Hai Van pass (Cloudy Pass) along the coast to the old citadel of Hue. On the way, visit Marble Mountain in Danang and you will have a short stop in spectacular Lang Co beach for a view before continue on our drive to Hue.  
Afternoon, take the sightseeing in Hue to the Ancient Imperial Citadel, a complex of palaces and temples built by the Nguyen from early 19th Century for which Hue was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.
Then you will embark on a drive to Hue’s countryside to reach the Emperor Ming Mang’s tomb. It is one of the most beautiful of all Emperors tombs, in a complex of pavilions, temples, courtyards and lakes. 
Late afternoon, visit Thien Mu pagoda and enjoy the leisure boat trip on the scenic Perfume River. Overnight at a hotel in Hue.

Transfer to the airport for a morning flight to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). On arrival, you will explore this cosmopolitan city o¬n a guided tour. Highlights are the famed Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, Reunification Palace, War Remnant Museum, Municipal Theater, Ben Thanh Market. Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

This morning we set off for a drive through the Mekong Delta to the town of Cai Be.
The boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals and to enjoy the peaceful time. It is so interesting to see traditional houses made of wood and palm tree leaves and see some activities of the local farmers with an opportunity to make contacts with them and see how they catch fish...
Lunch can be served at a local restaurant. After lunch, we can walk around and then we will enjoy some kinds of fruits when listening to the traditional music.
It will be so amazing to walk on village paths to see the local farms, houses, real life and the ancestral ways to pick up fruits in the Mekong Delta..
Towards the end of the day we arrive in Can Tho where we stay at the hotel.

Rising early to the sounds of the Delta coming to life for another day, we breakfast and start our trip with a boat cruise on sparking streams along the endless waterway of Mighty Mekong River to Cai Rang floating market. There will be hundreds of boats loaded with fruits, vegetables and fish jostling for trade. Sellers advertise their wares by crying out across the waters. We visit the lush orchards and are treated to delicious tropical fruits. 
Late in the morning, drive back to Ho Chi Minh via My Tho and stop to visit the Cao Dai Temple. Check in at the hotel and have freetime to relax.
Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Depart hotel in the morning to visit Cu Chi Tunnels, a network of underground tunnels begun in 1948 by the Viet Minh in their struggle against the French. These tunnels were expanded and used by the Viet Cong during the war between Vietnam and America. Americans called this the “Iron Triangle” and was a stronghold of the Vietcong for almost thirty years. You can crawl underground in the tunnels, try the raffle shooting at your own cost, etc... Have lunch and return to HCM and arrive back to the hotel around 14:00pm and you will be free for the rest of the afternoon to relax or go shopping.
Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Optional Tour: Evening Saigon Food Tour by Vespa scooter from 6pm to 10pm.
Includes: classic vespa scooters, all food and drink includes, live bar music and drink full-face Helmet, Safe Drivers, English speaking tour guide, all entrance fees, cold water throughout, free pick-up and drop-off, pictures from your tour, lots of fun
Highlights – local street food seafood , pancake ...loff top bar to see sunset, live music bar, ride to see city night life.
First, our experienced drivers on vintage Vespas will pick you up from your hotel, then we will bring you to our Venue, you will have a welcome drink at a local bar, have a free drink and enjoy the panorama of Saigon.
Then we stroll around the City, to enjoy the landmarks of Saigon, to small alleys where you see the real life of Saigonese. Our first stop for dinner is at a local restaurant where we would like to introduce to you our local specialties like: Vietnamese Pancake, spring rolls... After that, we continue our Discovery of Saigon to a local seafood restaurant, another experience for you to taste the seafood with great ambience of the local. The trip is not done yet, fun things are still waiting for you after.
We would like to bring to the local acoustic music cafe to have some dessert or drink, to enjoy some music performed by Vietnamese singers.
Our last stop before getting back to the hotel will be Bar, where you can enjoy Rock music or Jazz. Then you can say you experience Saigon Night Life. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.

You will be free until the departure time until the transfer you to the airport in Ho Chi Minh for your departure flight home or to next your destination. Say farewell to Ho Chi Minh & Vietnam. End of the trip with InAsiaTrips.