Best of Vietnam Tours 15 Days

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Best of Vietnam Tours 15 days is the best trip for people who first come to Vietnam and would love to enjoy Vietnam’s best attractions and culture for 2 weeks. Moreover, book this trip with Culture Pham Travel, you will have very deep knowledge about the insight Vietnam.

BEST OF VIETNAM TOURS 15 DAY ITINERARY

Day 1: Ha Noi Arrival

Our driver will welcome you and pick you up at Noi Bai International Airport, and transfer you safely to your hotel in Ha Noi. Please note that the check-in time in Vietnam 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 Ha Noi by yourself. Moreover, you can do something optional such as:

Watching the Ha Noi Water puppet show or Vietnamese cooking class or Ha Noi Street Food tour. Please let us know if you are interested in one of these activities.

Inclusion: Airport picks up, Hotel.

Day 2: Ha Noi City Tour Half Day

Depending on availability, We will do it in the morning or in 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 1st University in Vietnam for Royalties, dynasty Mandarins and the elites. 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 just can visit on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. 

After that, we will go to visit the beautiful West Lake and Tran Quoc Pagoda. Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi with a history of 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, you are free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Inclusion: Hotel, Breakfast, Lunch, Car, Bottles of water, English-speaking tour guide.

Day 3: Ha Noi- Mai Chau- Biking and Trekking to villages.

In the morning, pick up at your hotel in Ha Noi to visit Mai Chau. On the way, we will stop by beautiful places for you to take photos. Around 12 pm, 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 shopping 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 understand more about their lives and culture. 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 Ha Noi and say goodbye to the local family. It takes about 4 hours to get to Ha Noi. Check-in 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 to Ha Long Bay, famous as a World Heritage 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 enjoy 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 also can join the early morning taichi class and witness. Having breakfast then 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 street foods 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 will 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 in hotel in Hoi An and 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; domestic flight.

Day 8: Hoi An Walking Tour Half Day.

Picking up at your hotel in Hoi An, we will go to visit Hoi An ancient town as known as the international trading port of Vietnam as well as the 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 Hoi An theater to enjoy dramas, folk dances, Champa Royal dance and play 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 for yourself and your family members some souvenirs.

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 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 Falic 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 must visit once in their life.

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 revolution base of the local government during the Vietnam wars.  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 fishing crabs with local people, moreover, you will have a to-do 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, 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 photoshoot 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 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 years old pagoda with perfect Fengshui and wonderful architecture.

After that, continue your best Vietnam tours, we will go to visit the Hue Imperial Citadel– the complex of working and residence of 13 emperors, concubines, and eunuchs. It is including Hue Imperial City and 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 in guidebooks or 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$ 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, and 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 the 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 am, Hotel picks up and transfers to Ben Tre province, We will take a boat to go along the Ham Luong River for sightseeing. On the way, we will explore some local workshops of coconut candy processing workshops, Brickworks, as well as mat-weaving houses. In these villages, you can learn how to make them with your hands with local experts here and you also can 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 to visit the local fruit orchards before having lunch at a local rural restaurant to enjoy the local specialties, such as elephant-ear fish and river shrimp, refresh yourself with local beers. So now it is the time to get a sampan boat for a relaxing trip along with beautiful narrow canals.

Around 5 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, Sai Gon was called ” The Pearl of the Far East” and was the most important trading center of 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 Dinner Cruise on Saigon River: Enjoy your romantic dinner on board on the beautiful Saigon River. We will enjoy the traditional music and dance performance by the local artists and the amazingly fabulous views and scenery of Ho Chi Minh’s nightlife.

Price: $ USD 33/ person.

Option 2: Cu Chi Tunnels & Cooking Class Full day: Visit Cu Chi Tunnels – have a great experience with underground life during the Vietnam wartime. 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 $ USD 74/ person.

Inclusion: Breakfast, Hotel in Sai Gon

Day 15: Depart- Say Goodbye to Vietnam.

Today you are free until we transfer you to Tan San Nhat International Airport to leave Vietnam! Please note that the check-out time in Vietnam is around 12 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, transfer to the airport.