After breakfast at the hotel, you will delve into the marvelous city tour discovering Hanoi. Begin with the Tran Quoc Pagoda sited at the peninsula on West Lake – the biggest lake in Hanoi (around 5.3sqkm). Apart from its remarkable location, Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest pagoda in Vietnam. You will find a solemn ambiance and peaceful feeling when staying there, especially in the morning with fresh air.
Moving on to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum situated right at Ba Dinh Square which preserves Ho Chi Minh President’s embalmed body by the technique of the Soviet Union. Nearby the mausoleum, you also have a chance to visit Ho Chi Minh’s house-on-stilts where he stayed in the last eleven years of his life; and the President's Palace which still functioned as the political and working place of the incumbent leader.

Thereupon, let’s stop at a local restaurant and have a delicious lunch of authentic dishes from Vietnam and Hanoi.

After lunch, discover Hanoi Old Quarter by strolling around the matrix of small but crowded alleys and streets. The place used to be the busiest commercial hub between Vietnamese and Chinese traders which made every single street’s names unique and typical by one meaning. The tour guide will help you break the mysteries. During the walking tour, you will stop at a local café for a cup of traditional Vietnamese coffee (Nâu Đá – Iced coffee/ Cà Phê Trứng – Egg Coffee or Trà Đá – Vietnamese iced tea, etc.) When you are refilled after the walk, let’s carry on exploring the last one: the Temple of Literature built in 1070 well-known as the first university of Vietnam. Finish the trip; you will travel back to the hotel.

For morning risers, you are encouraged to wake up early at around 6:00 am to practice the Tai Chi exercise on the top deck with the master on board.

After your breakfast, you will have time to go swimming on Titop Island and walk up to the peak for the Ha Long Panorama view. Then, you will get back to the mainland. Spend your last time to enjoy the fantastic scenes of Ha Long Bay. At noon, disembark the boat and travel back to Hanoi. En route, you will head directly to the Noi Bai Airport and board the domestic flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

Upon your arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, welcome by the local tour guide and driver and travel to the hotel in the city center for check-in.

After breakfast at the hotel, you will depart to the south of the city reaching the Mekong Delta region, a highly suggested for your Vietnam travel plan. The amazing Mekong day trip will bring you the most authentic experiences of the countryside, fruity orchids, and local floating inhabitants. Travel to Ben Tre, a famous hometown of coconuts, and reach the Phong Nam Pier to board a boat along the An Hoa River for further exploration with stops to visit the brick kiln, handicrafts, and coconut candies-making workshop.

Next, have a Vietnamese tuk-tuk ride passing coconut and fruit plantations. You then will stop for lunch at a local house situated near the river. After lunch, you will have time to relax in the hammock or walk around and see the fruit orchards. Thereupon, get on the sampan row and then motor-boat to return to the mainland where your driver is awaited. Travel back to Ho Chi Minh City, and you will reach the hotel this late afternoon.