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15 Day itinerary in Vietnam, Asia

Vietnam Explorer from Hanoi

Self Guided Vietnam tour from Hanoi. You will discover Vietnam Culture in-depth in this 15-day trip ending in Ho Chi Minh.

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By Hoa Ly and Quinn

Overview

Physical Difficulty

Easy
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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English

GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

Hanoi

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Cycling

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

Tombs & Pagoda Day Trip in Hue

2

Enjoy a Cruise 2 nights in Ha Long Bay

3

Hoi An Bicycle Day Trip with guide

4

Cyclo & Street food tour in Nha Trang

Itinerary

Mid-Range Accommodation expand_more

Day 1

place Hanoi without guide

Upon arrival in Hanoi Airport, you will travel on your own to the hotel for check-in

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Lenid Hotel Tho Nhuom
  • High-End Accommodation: Silk Path Boutique Hanoi
Day 2

place Hanoi - Halong Bay Shared bus

Duration: 2 days In the morning, you will travel to Halong and arrive around noon. There, you will embark on a cruise in the must-see Halong Bay. This world-famous bay is one of the most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam, with its giant rock islets covered in luxuriant vegetation overlooking the waters. Halong Bay includes some 1,900 islands and islets of rocky peaks, often uninhabited and unvisited. This scene creates a spectacular marine landscape, which earned it UNESCO World Heritage status in 1994. You will be served lunch and dinner aboard with excellent and freshly caught seafood from the bay. At the end of the day, you will have the chance to enjoy a night fishing session on the boat.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

place Halong Bay - Hanoi by Shared bus

Early in the morning and depending on the season, you will wake up to enjoy the sunrise over the aquamarine waters of the bay. Then the cruise will tour around the bay until you disembark at the end of the morning. After that, you will then return to Hanoi and at leisure.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Lenid Hotel Tho Nhuom
  • High-End Accommodation: Silk Path Boutique Hanoi
Day 4

place Hanoi - night bus to Hue

Free day without guide. Your room is available until noon only Transfer from Hanoi to Hue by shared bus Please make your own way to the bus station to catch your bus to Hue. Duration: 13 hours

Meals: Breakfast

Day 5

place Tombs & Pagoda Day Trip in Hue

On arrival, transfer on your own to the hotel. The room is available around 2 p.m. Your guide will pick you up at your hotel around 8:30 am to start off our exciting day early. The first stop is at the Imperial City, built in 1804 under the first Emperor Gia Long. It’s also known in Vietnamese as the Forbidden Purple City, a term similar to the Forbidden City of Beijing. Our next stop is the Thien Mu Pagoda, which is Vietnam’s tallest pagoda. It has an iconic status in Hue and it is known as the unofficial symbol of the former imperial capital. Then, you will start your food tour by sitting on a cyclo, passing Phu Xuan Bridge to the other bank of the river. The first stop is an authentic local restaurant in a small street, you will taste some fancy rice cakes such as Banh Beo, Banh Nam or Banh Ram It. Then, continuing around the Imperial citadel, you will make a second stop for a very special pancake: the Banh Khoai which you will dip into a local sauce. After passing another bridge, your cyclo will slowly leave the Imperial Citadel area and head for a small street where you will stop in a famous Bun Bo Hue restaurant, where you will sit on stools. After tasting the signature dish from Hue consisting of tasty noodles with beef and a slightly spicy sauce, you will make another stop after a few hundred meters in a famous cake shop. Your last stop of the day will be in a riverside coffee shop with beautiful views of the perfume river. After the food tour by cyclo, you will continue your excursion to the Tu Duc Tomb which was completed in 1867. Walk around the extensive gardens filled with huge stone temples and structures, rivers, and a reflection lake imagining what splendid life was lived here by the faithful Tu Duc court.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Thanh Lich Hotel
  • High-End Accommodation: Moonlight Hotel Hue
Day 6

place Hue - Hoi An

Please make your own way to the bus station to catch your bus to Hoi An. Type: Public Bus Duration: 4 hours from Hue to Hoi An

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hoi An Coco River Resort & Spa
  • High-End Accommodation: Hoi An Ancient House Village Resort & Spa
Day 7

place Hoi An Bicycle Day Trip with guide

Start your morning with a bicycle ride, crossing Cam Kim Bridge to reach the other side of Thu Bon River, and continue riding to a small village. After visiting an ancestral house to learn more about the genealogy of a traditional Vietnamese family, you will find yourself in the middle of lush greenery: rice, corn, sedge fields, areca nut trees, and bamboo, all set in a peaceful atmosphere with fresh air. Upon arrival, you will have the chance to meet a local family and watch the techniques they use to weave sedge mats. You will continue your exploration by cycling on quiet village roads and shady paths. Take a break and enjoy lunch at a local house, before cruising back to Hoi An. The driver will bring you back to your hotel.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hoi An Coco River Resort & Spa
  • High-End Accommodation: Hoi An Ancient House Village Resort & Spa
Day 8

place Hoi An - Nha Trang

Free day without guide. Your room is available until noon only Transfer from Hoi An to Nha Trang by public bus. Please make your own way to the bus station to catch your bus. Type: Public Bus (Overnight)

Meals: Breakfast

Day 9

place Cyclo & Street food tour in Nha Trang

Arrive in the morning, transfer to the hotel on your own. The room is available around 2.00 pm If you wish to see Nha Trang and eat like a local, join our unique tour. This tour offers you a chance to see Nha from cornels and moments no other tourists can. The tour starts with a cyclo with a photo shot at Beach square then rides around the city on afront seat of a cyclo ( what a surprise ! your driver occupies the back seat ! ) See Nha Trang cathedral, Ponagar temple and many others at the twilight moment of Nha Trang sunset. Eat local best street food such as 'banh canh' (grilled round cake), 'nem nuong' (Fresh spring roll - Nha Trang style),....The tour ends with a sip of local coffee or fruit juice on the sidewalk and the world and time passing by. Then back to the hotel. Be happy and full.

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Liberty Central Nha Trang
  • High-End Accommodation: Liberty Central Nha Trang
Day 10

place Nha Trang - Da Lat

Transfer from Nha Trang to Dalat. Please make your own way to the bus station to catch your bus to Dalat. Type: Public Bus Duration: 4 hours

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Dalat Plaza Hotel
  • High-End Accommodation: TTC Hotel - Ngọc Lan
Day 11

place Da Lat

The day is at leisure

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Dalat Plaza Hotel
  • High-End Accommodation: TTC Hotel - Ngọc Lan
Day 12

place Da Lat - Ho Chi Minh City

Transfer from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City. Please make your own way to the bus station to catch your bus to Ho Chi Minh City. Type: Public Bus Duration: 8 hours

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Duy Le Grand
  • High-End Accommodation: Central Palace Hotel Saigon
Day 13

place Ho Chi Minh City - Ben Tre - Can Tho

In the morning, you will depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 08:30 AM to explore Ben Tre in the Mekong delta. Upon arrival at Ben Tre town, take a boat trip along Ben Tre River enjoying several stops on the way, such as a visit a brick kiln, where you can learn how bricks are made, watch coconut fruit processing and visit some families in Cai Son and Thanh Nhon channels who make sleeping mats. Enjoy fresh fruit and green tea while relaxing at a local house. You will then continue the trip by bicycle passing by vegetable gardens. You will stop for lunch at a small restaurant where you will taste specialties, especially the “elephant-ear fish”. In the afternoon, you will continue to travel to Can Tho where you will spend the night.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: IRIS Hotel Can Tho
  • High-End Accommodation: IRIS Hotel Can Tho
Day 14

place Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City

Enjoy a 6:30 AM breakfast and then take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river. Afterward, proceed to visit the Cai Răng floating market, which is the liveliest in the whole region. Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily activities of the locals who live along the Mekong canals. Next, you will roam through the village, see fruit gardens and visit a rice husking mill and a noodle-making shop. Then, head back to the riverside for lunch before traveling back to Ho Chi Minh where you will arrive at around 5:00 PM with unforgettable memories.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Duy Le Grand
  • High-End Accommodation: Central Palace Hotel Saigon
Day 15

place Ho Chi Minh City - Departure

Travel at your own to the airport in Ho Chi Minh City for your departure flight.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Lenid Hotel Tho Nhuom
  • Thanh Lich Hotel
  • Hoi An Coco River Resort & Spa
  • Liberty Central Nha Trang
  • Dalat Plaza Hotel
  • Duy Le Grand
  • IRIS Hotel Can Tho
  • Silk Path Boutique Hanoi
  • Moonlight Hotel Hue
  • Hoi An Ancient House Village Resort & Spa
  • Liberty Central Nha Trang
  • TTC Hotel - Ngọc Lan
  • Central Palace Hotel Saigon
  • IRIS Hotel Can Tho

Meals expand_less

  • Breakfast (12)
  • Lunch (4)
  • Dinner (2)

Transport expand_less

  • Hanoi to Hue by public bus
  • Hue to Hoi An by public bus
  • Hoi an to Nha Trang by public bus
  • Nha Trang to Dalat by public bus
  • Dalat to Ho Chi Minh by public bus
  • Ho Chi minh to Can Tho by public bus
  • Can Tho to Ho Chi Minh

Activities expand_less

  • Halong Bay Cruise 2 Days
  • Tombs & Pagoda Day Trip in Hue
  • Hoi An Bicycle Day Trip with guide
  • Can Tho to Ho Chi Minh via Bike

Not Included expand_less

  • International Flights
  • Airport Trasnfers
  • Meals not specified as included
  • Transfers to and from public bus stations
  • Visa fees upon arrival in Vietnam
  • Tips for Guides and Drivers

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