Vietnam Family Holiday 14 days is a destination that offers points of interest for mums, dads and kids alike. In this tour that is specifically tailored to families, discover the country’s beauty through trips to famous islands, beach towns and urban landmarks. The kids will love the short course of  caving, caligrphy or Kung Fu demonstration  and cooking classes mixed with just enough of the cultural stuff to keep everyone happy!

• Day 1: Hanoi Arrival

  You’ll be met & transferred to your Hotel. Today is a time to relax and unwind and to begin to discover this fascinating country.

  Hotel rooms may not be ready until 14:00 hrs but an early check-in would be guaranteed with a surcharge. The rest of the day is at leisure. Subject to your arrival time, you may want to venture out to explore the city on your own or join one of our wonderful optional excursions in and around Hanoi, such as a walking tour through Hanoi’s Old Quarter for you first impression of Vietnam’s capital city.

  Meals: NA

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

  Activities: Welcome to Vietnam. Just relax.

• Day 2: A day city tour with cyclo ride and build up talent course

  Visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday, Friday and during the months of September, October and November for annual maintenance) and his former residence (closed on Monday and Friday), One-Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature, known as the first university of Vietnam and built more than 1,000 years ago. Afterwards, continue to Hoan Kiem Lake and visit the Ngoc Son Temple.

  Join with 1 hour cyclo ride around the Old quarter

  After lunch, when you are done with the top Hanoi attraction and looking for a different Hanoi travel experience or a more authentic way to travel Vietnam, just take one of the many things to do in Hanoi and you will find that you have collected a memory so special and unique compared to the other thousands who venture through Hanoi and Vietnam the normal way. It is upon your choice to join with our class to build up your talent with:

  -Wooden stamp crafting workshop

  – Paper mask making: Preserving an ancient craft

  -Kung fu demonstration: the art of philosophy movement

  -Toy figurine (To He): traditional toy for children

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

  Activities: City tour in the morningBuild up your talent with Vietnamese traditional handicraft making course in the afternoon

  Type of Tour: Private Tour

• Day 3: Hanoi – Duong Lam Village

  Option 1 : Bat Trang – Half day

  8:00: Our bus and tour guide pick you up at your Hanoi Hotel then drive to Bat Trang Pottery Village. Here, you will visit the village temple, typical house-cum-workshop where you will can learn how to make a ceramic product, and the village ceramic market.

  Bat Trang, the seven-century old pottery village, is an interesting attraction in Hanoi that tourists should not ignore.

  12:00 Have lunch in a local Restaurant with local Vietnamese traditional cuisines. Then back to hotel in Hanoi to take a rest and relax.

  Option 2 : Duong Lam biking tour

  8.00 Our bus and guide will pick you up at your hotel and then transfer to Duong Lam Ancient Village.

  Enjoy a trip to Duong Lam village and explore ancient culture and Vietnam’s traditions. This is also the great chance explore architecture of ancient houses while wander along its narrow alleyways.

  Travel west of Hanoi to Duong Lam village, a purely agricultural village of the Northern Red River delta where still preserve many hundred-year-old houses. Upon arrival, bike along tiny ancient alleys to visit Mong Phu temple in Mong Phu hamlet – the only hamlet whose original village entrance gate remains intact, dedicated to national heroes. Continue riding around the village to discover the daily life and farming working of Vietnamese peasants along the terrace with a stop in two ancient houses: the biggest ancient house was build 200 years ago and the most ancient house back to 400 years ago.

  After lunch and resting, visit Ngo Quyen temple and Phung Hung temple, places dedicated to two national heroes Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung. Again biking to visit Mia Pagoda (other hamlet in Duong Lam village), is built in 15 th century and admire 287 statues of all sizes, among with are famous sculpture such as the statue of Buddha in the Himalayas and the statues of the Eight Vajra Deities. Drive back to Hanoi.

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

  Activities: Hanoi – Duong Lam villageA full day to experience the local life of Red River Delta

  Tour Type: Private Tour

• Day 4: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight Cruise on Board

  Have breakfast and then check out your hotel.

  7.30 – 8.00 Guide and driver pick you up by shuttle bus. Drive to Halong Bay. It will take 3.5 to 4 hours. You will participate in fantastic 2-day Halong Bay cruise tour.

  Upon your arrival in Halong, you will be welcomed on board of a junk cruise. Cruise into the the magical bay while lunch is served.

  Engage in interesting activities: trekking, swimming on a quiet beach or sunbathing on the sundeck.

  Late afternoon, visit a floating fishing village with an opportunity to interact with fishermen who have been living in the bay for almost three generations.

  At sunset, kayak or simply take a bamboo row boat to discover a water tunnel with many coral reefs in a scenic lagoon. Back on board your junk, enjoy watching the peaceful sunset and later unwind at a restaurant with dinner served.

  Accommodation on-board an overnight cruise in Halong Bay

  – Our tour guide will not accompany aboard the cruises in Halong Bay

  – Resident English speaking guide on board available

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

  Accommodation: Halong Bay Cruise

  Activities: Depart for an overnight cruise around Halong Bay.

  Tour Type: Group Tour

• Day 5: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Hue

  Wake up in the bay with the sound of waves and birds welcoming the new day. You will have the opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay.

  Your boat will cruise back to Halong Pier through spectacular karsts and limestone rock formations. Your driver will meet you at the dock for the transfer to Hanoi airport for flight to Hue. On arrival you will check in hotel and overnight in Hue.

  Meals: Breakfast, Brunch

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hue

  Activities: Spend the morning exploring Halong Bay then transfer back to Hanoi. Fly to Hue in the late afternoon.

  Tour Type: Group Tour

• Day 6: Hue

  In the morning, a scenic boat trip on the Perfume River will take you to Thien Mu Pagoda or Heavenly Lady pagoda, one of the oldest ancient architectural structures for religious worship in Hue. Situated 4 km upstream on the banks of the Perfume River, it is an active Buddhist monastery with its origins dating back to 1601. Continue by car to visit the Imperial Citadel. Situated on the Northern bank of the Perfume River, the citadel covers an area of 500 ha and has a system of three circles of ramparts: Kinh Thanh Hue (Hue Capital Citadel), Hoang Thanh (Royal Citadel) and Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden Citadel). The Hue royal complex has been officially recognized by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

  Your next stop will be at Dong Ba market which has been functioning as the main resource of food for the palaces, hospitals, army camps, dormitories of the national universities and local inhabitants. Even though the market has undergone several renovation since the beginning of the 20th century, it still embraces many old features.

  Have lunch at an ancient pagoda with the leader monk and continue to Tu Duc Royal Tomb. Each ruler of the Imperial City built his own tomb during his reign and today you will visit one of the most beautiful mausoleums. Construction of the tomb was meticulously carried out starting whilst the king was still alive in order to ensure his comfort in the next life.

  Get hands-on experience on how conical hats – the symbol of South East Asia – are made. Visit one of Hue’s beautiful Bonsai Gardens.

  For dinner you will have chance to experience authentic cuisine of Hue’s royalty: come and join in an ancient environment of Royal costumes, royal music and performances while enjoying the Royal dishes carefully prepared to the finest detail for sumptuous dinner that fits for royalty.

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hue

  Activities: Full day Hue city tour with conical hat making courseVegeterian lunch at pagoda

  Royal Dinner at the restaurant

  Tour Type: Private Tour

• Day 7: Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An

  After breakfast at your hotel, our guide will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Hoian Town. You will have opportunity have a beautiful panoramic views looking out over the central coastline via Hai Van Mountain. After a beautiful and peaceful stop at Lang Co Beach, we will continue to go to Da Nang to visit Cham Museum. It considered as the world’s largest collection of Cham artifacts – with more than 300 pieces on display including altars, lingas, garudas, apsaras…all dating from the 5th to 15th centuries. Then we will arrive Hoian – another UNESCO World Heritage site.

  Check-in your hotel and free at leisure until be picked up by our guide at around 15:00 pm. After a quick briefing for the safe way of riding back of the motorbike during your trip, we will start heading out for delicious food tasting adventures. You will have opportunity to taste some most delicious Vietnamese dishes such as: sandwiches, Cao Lau – authentic local taste, Banh Beo – traditional cake, Banh khot or Balut – one of the top 10 weird foods in the world. Not only trying some typical dishes, but also walking along Thu Bon River or visiting the oldest pagoda in Hoian. You will have a beautiful experience when enjoy a unique dance performance done by our lovely guides. After that, you will go to local restaurant by the river to enjoy a special dinner.

  End the trip at your hotel around 20:00 pm.

  Meals: Breakfast

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian

  Activities: Car transfer to Hoi An via Hai Van pass.Hoi An Street food tour in the late afternoon

  Tour Type: Private Tour

• Day 8: Hoi An

  Depart at your hotel at 9:00 am, biking to Tra Que Vegetable Village, experience a day of living and working with the local farmers in this village. A tour of the organic vegetable and herb gardens can include some time working in the field if you like, or merely observing and learning about the system and the fresh ingredients. Upon returning to the house, we were all treated to an herbal foot massage followed by a session of cooking various local dishes als such as: Tam Huu Spring Roll, Banh Xeo or the local pancake of the people from the middle region. Then you will ride by bicycle to the home of a craftsman in the old streets in Hoi An Town. Where you will discover the daily life of Hoi An people and see how they make a lantern. You will have a chance to enjoy making the lantern and keep it as a souvenir. Biking back to your hotel

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian

  Activities: Biking tour to Tra Que village and a day as a farmer tour

  Tour type: Private Tour

• Day 9: Hoi An

  You will have a whole day at leisure in Hoian by joining in our day tour in Hoi An at optional

  Meals: Breakfast

  Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian

  Activities: Free day

• Day 10: Hoi An – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City

  Free at your leisure until our driver pick you up and transfer to Da Nang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City (about 1 hour 30 minutes flying).

  Upon arrival, be warmly greeted by our driver and transfer to your hotel for check – in.

  The balance of the day is free.

  Meals: Breakfast

  Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh

  Activities: Drive to the airport in Danang to catch a flight to Ho Chi Minh City

• Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City

  CU CHI TUNNELS

  Visit Cu Chi Tunnels (70 km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City), an amazing complex of underground tunnels used during the Vietnam War. There are more than 200 km of tunnels, comprising a main axis system with many branches connecting to underground hideouts, shelters and other tunnels. You have the chance to crawl through this amazing system of tunnels.

  CHINATOWN DISCOVERY

  Discover District 5, also known as Cholon, Saigon’s former Chinatown. Visit Cha Tam Church which has a connection to the fate of the former South Vietnam’s president Ngo Dinh Diem and then visit the Cao Dai church in District 5, the seat of the Cao Cai sect Sangha in Ho Chi Minh City.

  Continue to visit Binh Tay Market, the central market of Cholon, trading daily goods coming from all directions of Southern Vietnam. Your Chinatown discovery ends with a one-hour cyclo tour through Cholon, including a visit to Thien Hau Pagoda and a stop at a local medicine vendor to learn more about the traditional way of healing

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

  Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh

  Activities: Cu Chi tour in the morning and city tour in the afternoon

  Tour Type: Private Tour

• Day 12: Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta with homestay overnight

  Experience everyday life in the Mekong Delta on a 2-day tour in our upto toursist standard homestays, discover stilt houses of quiet villages, pass through paddy fields and fruit farms, and much more.

  Learn about life in the Mekong Delta on an overnight 2-day tour of the rice fields, stilt villages, and fruit plantations. With a choice of accommodation, including homestays, immerse yourself in the everyday life of the locals. Discover how rice is cultivated, travel by boat to the largest floating market of the Mekong, visit a bee farm, and much more.

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

  Accommodation: Mekong Rustic Homestay

  Activities: Explore the Mekong Delta, visit stilt villages, and fruit plantations and stay home-stay with local people.

  Tour Type: Private Tour

• Day 13: Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh City

  Waking up in the early morning to enjoy the fresh air of Mekong region and then taking a stroll around the home-stay, your 2nd day tour in Mekong will start.

  Coming back to the home-stay where the delicious breakfast is waiting for you. After breakfast time, you will join a bicycle tour around Tan Phong Island to visit the traditional handicraft workshops of handbags, rice papers along with wooden tables and chairs beside visit a village known for producing rice noodles, and see the rice husking mill to watch how the rice is cultivated for consumption.

  Afterwards, we will return to the home-stay for check out.

  Have lunch at home-stay. Then, small boat will transfer you back to the Cai Be tourist boat wharf and transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

  Accommodation: hotel in Ho Chi Minh

  Activities: Spend the morning to enjoy the Mekong Delta. Free time in Ho Chi Minh City

  Tour Type: Private Tour

• Day 14: Ho Chi Minh Departure

  Enjoy your last day in Saigon before transfer to airport flight home.

  Please note that hotel check-out time is at 12:00 hrs. A late check-out can be arranged subject to room availability and a surcharge will apply.

  Meals: Breakfast

  Accommodation: NA

  Activities: Transfer to airport flight home