Best Of Vietnam Tours 15 Days is the best trip for people who are first coming to Vietnam and would love to enjoy Vietnam’s best attractions and culture for 2 weeks. Moreover, if you book this trip with Culture Pham Travel, you will have very deep knowledge about the insights into Vietnam.
BEST OF VIETNAM TOURS 15 DAYS ITINERARY
Day 1: Ha Noi Arrival
Our driver will welcome you, pick you up at Noi Bai International Airport, and transfer you safely to your hotel in Hanoi. Please note that the check-in time in Vietnam is available at 2 pm.
The rest of the day in your Vietnam Tours is your leisure time. You can take a break to recover or explore Hanoi by yourself. Moreover, you can do something optional, such as:
Watching the Hanoi Water Puppet Show, Vietnamese Cooking Class, or Hanoi Street Food Tour. Please let us know if you are interested in one of these activities.
Inclusion: Airport pick-up, Hotel.
Day 2: Ha Noi City Tour Half Day
Depending on availability, we will do it in the morning or the afternoon. We can do it by car or by scooter; it is up to you! The first place we are going to visit is the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam for royalty, dynasty Mandarins, and the elite. Continue to visit the One Pillar Pagoda, the typical symbol of Northern Vietnam. Plus, nearby are the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his simple Tilts house. We can visit on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
After that, we will go to visit the beautiful West Lake and Tran Quoc Pagoda. This is the oldest pagoda in Hanoi, with a history spanning over 1,500 years. After visiting, we will have a lovely lunch at a local food restaurant in Ha Noi. After lunch, we drive you back to the hotel, and you are free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Inclusion: Hotel, Breakfast, Lunch, Car, Bottles of water, and an English-speaking tour guide.
Day 3: Ha Noi – Mai Chau: Biking and Trekking To Villages.
In the morning, pick up at your hotel in Hanoi to visit Mai Chau. On the way, we will stop by beautiful places for you to take photos. Around noon, we arrive in Mai Chau, we will have lunch at a village restaurant (vegetarian meals are available).
In the afternoon, we will cycle to see farmers working on terraces, locals weaving scarves, and surrounding peaceful villages. After that, you will have free time to wander around the shop and enjoy local life.
Inclusion: Hotel in Mai Chau, English-speaking tour guide, bottles of water, Breakfast, Lunch, and Transport, Entrance fees.
Day 4: Mai Chau – Ha Noi
After breakfast, with a local tour guide, visit Na Meo and Na Mo rural villages to learn more about their lives and cultures. In midday, we get back to the homestay for lunch and then check out. Moreover, you have free time to relax and go shopping. Around 3:30 pm, we go back to Hanoi and say goodbye to the local family. It takes about 4 hours to get to Ha Noi. Check into the hotel in Ha Noi.
Inclusion: Hotel in Ha Noi, English-speaking tour guide, bottles of water, breakfast, lunch, transport, and entrance fees.
Day 5: Ha Noi – Ha Long Bay – Overnight on Cruise
After breakfast at the hotel, our driver will pick you up to transfer you to Ha Long Bay, famous as a World Heritage Site of outstanding natural beauty, known as “Dragon Descending to the Sea.”
Upon arrival, our boat crew welcomes you and helps you check in. And then, we enjoy a cruise around Ha Long Bay with a delicious local seafood lunch on board. You can also enjoy thousands of limestone islands and grottoes rising from the clear, emerald bay water.
Following the Best Vietnam Tours activities itinerary, you’ll join some activities on the boat to discover the beauty of the bay, depending on each cruise activity, such as visiting a cave, kayaking, or swimming in the sea, before getting back to the cruise for relaxing and dining. Overnight on board.
Inclusion: Accommodation on board, English-speaking crew, bottles of water, breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, transport, and all entrance fees.
Day 6: Ha Long Bay – Ha Noi
Wake up on board to enjoy the sunrise on Ha Long Bay, and you can also join the early morning tai chi class and witness. After having breakfast, explore Ha Long Bay’s stunning caves. Have lunch on board and then we will transfer you back to Ha Noi. After that, you are free to explore Ha Noi’s Old Quarter and Ha Noi’s street food by yourself. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Inclusion: Hotel in Ha Noi, English-speaking driver, crew, bottles of water, breakfast, lunch, transportation.
Day 7: Ha Noi Flight To Da Nang.
Today, you are free until we pick you up at your hotel at Noi Bai International Airport to take a flight to Da Nang International Airport. Our driver will pick you up at Da Nang Airport to transfer you to your hotel in Hoi An. Check into a hotel in Hoi An, and you are free to explore Hoi An Ancient Town by yourself.
Inclusion: Breakfast, Hotel in Hoi An, pick-up at airports, airport transfers, as well as transport, and domestic flight.
Day 8: Hoi An Walking Tour Half Day
Picking up at your hotel in Hoi An, we will visit Hoi An Ancient Town, known as the international trading port of Vietnam and a place on the Silk Road of the World from the 16th century. It is gorgeous, with colorful lanterns, tailors, and a romantic river.
We will visit some highlights in Hoi An Old Town, such as the Silkworm Factory, Tan Ky Old House, the Japanese Covered Bridge, as well as Fujian Assembly Hall.
After that, we will go to the Hoi An theater to enjoy dramas, folk dances, Champa Royal dances, and bingo games. If you are lucky, you will get a special gift at the end of the show.
Last but not least in our itinerary, we will visit Hoi An Central Market, the place where you can buy everything you like. Moreover, this is also a great chance for you to learn how to bargain and buy some souvenirs for yourself and your family members.
Inclusion: Breakfast, Hotel in Hoi An, English-speaking tour guides, all entrance fees, Theater performance, and bottles of water.
Day 9: Hoi An Free Day
Today, following the Best of Vietnam Tours itinerary, you are free for leisure time in Hoi An, but we also have some tour options if you would like to explore the Hoi An countryside.
Option 1: Half-day Explore My Son Sanctuary
My Son Holy Land was the worshiping place of the Champa Kingdom in Vietnam from the 4th century. Cham people followed Hinduism and worshiped the phallic symbol, Linga, and Yoni, or the God Shiva statue. Nowadays, My Son Sanctuary is just a ruin, but it is still mysterious and attractive, which makes tourists visit once in their lives.
Price: 50 USD/person.
Option 2: Hoi An Basket Boat Tours Half Day
Bay Mau Water Coconut Forest is 7 hectares wide, and it was the revolutionary base of the local government during the Vietnam War. Nowadays, it is a new and attractive tourist attraction in Hoi An. Coming here, you will enjoy the Hoi An basket boat rides to go crab fishing with local people; moreover, you will have a Cooking Class and get a special foot massage.
Price: 70 USD/person.
Inclusion: Breakfast, Hotel in Hoi An.
Day 10: Hoi An To Hue Private Car With English-speaking Driver
Check out the hotel in Hoi An; we will pick you up at the hotel in Hoi An, and then transfer you to the hotel in Hue City via Hai Van Pass. On the way to Hue City, we will stop by some beautiful places for sightseeing and photoshoots, such as Lang Co Beach and Lap An Lagoon.
Inclusion: Breakfast, Hotel in Hue, Bottles of water.
Day 11: Hue City Private Tour Half Day
At 8:00 am, our guide and driver pick you up to take a dragon boat to go along the Perfume River to visit the UNESCO World Heritage, Thien Mu Pagoda. It is an over 400-year-old pagoda with perfect Feng Shui and wonderful architecture.
After that, we will go to visit the Hue Imperial Citadel – the complex of the working and residence of 13 emperors, concubines, and eunuchs. It includes the Hue Imperial City and the Forbidden City. Our tour guide will tell you some beautiful stories about the Royal lives of emperors, their concubines, and eunuchs that might not have been found in guidebooks or on the internet.
Next, we will go to visit the biggest commercial center in Hue City, the Dong Ba Market. This is a great place where we can learn more about local life and how to bargain, and you can buy everything, even a 30 USD Rolex.
Have a lovely lunch at a local food restaurant in Hue before going back to your hotel.
Inclusion: Breakfast, Dragon Boat, Hotel in Hue, English-speaking tour guides, All entrance fees, Lunch, bottles of water, Transports.
Day 12: Hue Flight To Ho Chi Minh – Sai Gon City Tour – Half Day
Check out the hotel and transfer to Phu Bai Airport to take a flight to Sai Gon. Upon arrival, we will transfer you to the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
After checking in at the hotel, we will explore the beautiful attractions in Ho Chi Minh City. We start your Vietnam Tours in the South by enjoying examples of French colonial architecture and exploring Vietnam’s turbulent past, such as the War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace.
Afterward, we visit Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, which was built in 1880, and the Old Post Office, which was built sometime between 1886 and 1891. It is one of the best examples of classical French colonial architecture.
Last but not least is the Ben Thanh Market, where you can learn your bargaining skills for shopping. Discover local life and culture. Get back to your hotel in Sai Gon.
Inclusion: Breakfast, domestic flight, Hotel in Sai Gon, English-speaking tour guides, all entrance fees, and bottles of water. Transports.
Day 13: Discover Mekong Delta Vietnam Tour Full Day
At 8:00 am, the car picks up and transfers to Ben Tre province, where we will take a boat to go along the Ham Luong River for sightseeing. On the way, we will explore some local coconut candy processing workshops, brickworks, as well as mat-weaving houses. In these villages, you can learn how to make them with your hands from local experts, and you can also taste the real local products you just made.
The boat will then stop at a quiet rural village, where we will walk to experience real Delta village life. After that, we will board your ‘Xe Loi’ (a kind of motorized rickshaw) and go visit the local fruit orchards before having lunch at a local restaurant. In addition, you can refresh yourself with local beers.
Around 5:00 pm, get back to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Inclusion: Breakfast, Hotel in Sai Gon, English-speaking tour guides, Lunch, All entrance fees, and bottles of water. Transports.
Day 14: Ho Chi Minh City Free Day
Sai Gon was the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, and nowadays it is the biggest economic center in Vietnam. In the past, Saigon was called “The Pearl of the Far East” and was the most important trading center in Asia.
Today, following the Best of Vietnam Tours, you are free, but we also have 2 options for you, just in case you would like to do some activities:
Option 1: Enjoy a dinner Cruise On The Saigon River
Enjoy your romantic dinner on board the beautiful Saigon River. We will enjoy the traditional music and dance performances by the local artists and the amazingly fabulous views and scenery of Ho Chi Minh’s nightlife.
Price: 33 USD/person.
Option 2: Cu Chi Tunnels & Cooking Class Full Day
Visit Cu Chi Tunnels – have a great experience of underground life during the Vietnam War. Visit Ho Chi Minh Agricultural Villages, work in the garden as a real farmer, and choose organic and fresh vegetables from the garden for your own cooking class. Enjoy your cooking class, taste the great healthy cooking dishes, and leave with an excellent certificate, souvenirs, and recipes.
Price: 74 USD/person.
Inclusion: Breakfast, Hotel in Saigon.
Day 15: Depart—Say Goodbye To Vietnam
Today you are free until we transfer you to Tan Son Nhat International Airport to leave Vietnam! Please note that the check-out time in Vietnam is around 12:00 pm, but you can consign your luggage at the hotel. We finish the Best of Vietnam Tours, Culture Pham Travel wishes you a great memory with us in Vietnam, and thank you so much for choosing us!
Inclusion: breakfast and transfer to the airport.
