Exploring Vietnam in 17 Days for Family - Private Package Tour

Exploring Vietnam in 17 Days for Family - Private Package Tour

Note: This tour can be customized to meet your own needs.

Departure date: On your request

​Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Arrival - Airport pickup - transfer to hotel - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: no meal) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh Free & Easy day - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh Free & Easy day - Saigon Back Alley Street Food Tour at night with Motorbike - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: Breakfast/street food for dinner) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh city & Cu Chi tunnels day tour - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh - Visit Mekong Delta - Stay overnight in Can Tho (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (TTC Can Tho Hotel or similar)

Day 6: Visit Cai Rang floating market - Transfer to Can Tho airport - Fly to Danang - Airport pickup - Transfer to hotel -  Stay overnight in Danang (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Stella Maris Beach Danang Hotel or similar)

Day 7: Bana Hills and Golden Bridge Day tour - Stay overnight in Danang (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Stella Maris Beach Danang Hotel or similar)

Day 8: Danang - Visit Marble mountain - Transfer to hotel in Hoi An - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Day 9: Hoi An Biking & Cooking Class day tour - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Day 10: Hoi An Free & Easy day - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Day 11: Hoi An Free & Easy day - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Day 12: Hoi An - Transfer back to Danang airport - Fly to Hanoi - Airport pickup - Transfer to hotel - Stay overnight in Hanoi (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Rex Hotel Hanoi or similar)

Day 13: Hanoi City Half-day Jeep Tour - Stay overnight in Hanoi (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Rex Hotel Hanoi or similar)

Day 14: Hanoi - Drive to Ninh Binh - Visit Mua Cave + Tam Coc + Bich Dong Pagoda - Stay overnight in Ninh Binh (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Lalita Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Day 15: Ninh Binh - Transfer to Halong Bay - Embark on cruise - Stay overnight on cruise (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner) - Luxury boutique cruise (Alisa Premier Cruise or similar)

Day 16: Halong Bay - Drive back to Hanoi - Stay overnight in Hanoi (Meals included: Breakfast/brunch) - 4-star hotel (Rex Hotel Hanoi or similar)

Day 17: Hanoi - Departure - Transfer back to Noi Bai International Airport - Fly back home - End of our services! (Meals included: Breakfast)

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Arrival - Airport pickup - transfer to hotel - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: no meal) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Welcome to Vietnam’s modern metropolis: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). Our driver from Cyclo Travel & Leisure will greet you at the airport, then enjoy an orientation tour through Saigon’s bustling streets en route to the hotel. Check in at your hotel and relax. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Today includes: 4-star hotel in HCM, private airport transfer, drinking water 

Today excludes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, other drinks, personal expenses 

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh Free & Easy day - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Today, after breakfast, you will have a free & easy day on your own. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Today includes: Breakfast, 4-star hotel in HCM, drinking water

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh Free & Easy day - Saigon Back Alley Street Food Tour at night with Motorbike - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: Breakfast/street food for dinner) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Today, enjoy your breakfast at the hotel and have free time until you meet your private tour guides for the backstreet motorbike tour.

As you know, Saigon is the biggest and most energetic city in Vietnam with a population of more than 11 millions with about 5 millions of scooters, most people in Saigon travel by scooter. We would like to share with you the unique way to explore the city by night - by motorbikes.

At 5:30pm, meet your private tour guides with their motorbikes at your hotel and get ready for a 3-hour tour. Then they will take you around the city to enjoy the landmarks of Saigon, ride through small alleys where you see the real life of Saigonese.

After riding through the busy streets and seeing an overview of Saigon after dark, our team riders will take you to taste street foods in the hidden small streets that only local people know. You will have a chance to eat the most authentic & famous street foods in Saigon such as Banh My, Banh Xeo, Seafoods, Ca phe sua da, local beer… 

Finish the tour at your hotel. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Today includes: Breakfast/dinner, 4-star hotel in HCM, private English speaking tour guides with motorbikes, drinking water

Today excludes: Lunch, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 4: Ho Chi Minh city & Cu Chi tunnels day tour - Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Icon Saigon Hotel or similar)

Enjoy a full day to tour Saigon’s diverse attractions & Cu Chi Tunnels. After breakfast, our tour guide & driver will pick you up for the tour. You will see all the highlights in the southern part of Vietnam. Leaving Ho Chi Minh city center in the morning to visit Cu Chi tunnels, where to see how this historical place became very well-known around the world, yes know what is the magic of Vietnamese people to build this Combat of tunnels. Cu Chi Tunnels are a network of underground tunnels begun in 1948 by the Viet Minh in their struggle against the French. These tunnels were expanded and used by the Viet Cong during the war between Vietnam and America. Americans called this the 'Iron Triangle' and was a stronghold of the Vietcong for almost thirty years. Then return to Ho Chi Minh City to visit all the highlights of Ho Chi Minh City such as the Old Post Office, The War Remnants Museum and Ben Thanh central market. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch, 4-star hotel in HCM, private English speaking tour guide, private van, all entrance fees, drinking water

Today excludes: Dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh - Visit Mekong Delta - Stay overnight in Can Tho (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (TTC Can Tho Hotel or similar)

Today you leave Saigon and travel to the Mekong River Delta. Enjoy an early breakfast at the hotel before driving to the riverside town, Cai Be. Along the way, stop at a candy factory and orchard garden, where you have an opportunity to listen to traditional music. Enjoy a relaxing lunch at a riverside restaurant, then cross the river by motorized boat to visit some fluvial islands and explore the countryside by bicycle. Your driver will meet you at Vinh Long pier and take you to Can Tho City for the night. Stay overnight in Can Tho 

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch, 4-star hotel in Can Tho, private English speaking tour guide, private van, all entrance fees, private boat trip, drinking water

Today excludes: Dinner, other drinks, personal expenses 

Day 6: Visit Cai Rang floating market - Transfer to Can Tho airport - Fly to Danang - Airport pickup - Transfer to hotel -  Stay overnight in Danang (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Stella Maris Beach Danang Hotel or similar)

Wake early and leave the hotel to visit the famous Cai Rang floating market by motor boat. Continue the boat ride to visit the Mekong Delta’s famous orchards and sample the fresh, exotic fruit. Then venture deeper into the countryside, passing traditional houses made of wood and palm leaves as you observe the activities of the local people. Return to your hotel for breakfast, then check out and drive to Can Tho airport to catch your domestic flight to Danang. Upon arrival, meet your driver for the transfer to your hotel. Check in at the hotel. The rest of the day is free at your leisure. Stay overnight in Danang

Today includes: Breakfast, 4-star hotel in Danang, private English speaking tour guide, private van, private boat tour, domestic flight (Can Tho - Danang), private airport transfer, drinking water

Today excludes: Dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 7: Bana Hills and Golden Bridge Day tour - Stay overnight in Danang (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Stella Maris Beach Danang Hotel or similar)

Today, at 08:30 am: our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel in Danang. Our first amazing views will start right away, to reach Ba Na Hills we will take a ride via Cable Cars.

The most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, visit the Dream Stream Cable Car Station and see the panoramic views of Quang Nam - Danang City from high above.

After finishing the first cable car, you will visit the Golden Bridge that has recently gone viral, a France wine cellar, Le Jardin D’amour(consists of 9 gardens) and Linh Ung pagoda.

Continue the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Linh Phong Monastery, Linh Chua temple & Tru Vu Tea Shop. Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome ...Challenge the most popular adventure ride - Alpine Coaster (free ride).

Lunch at the Restaurant is included (Buffet lunch)

Join in Fantasy Park with a walk in Fairy Forest, discover Dinosaur Park, play 5D wild West, enjoy 4D death race ride, watch 3D mega 360 degree, ride on a Journey into the underground, enter Jurassic Park, challenge Free Fall Tower and watch out for the Horror House and over 90 free games. (Note: entrance fees for these games not included)

16:00 pm: Return to the Cable Car to leave Ba Na Hills

Drive back to your hotel. Stay overnight in Danang

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private van, cable car return ticket, 4-star hotel in Danang, drinking water.

Today excludes: Dinner, other drinks, personal expenses.

Day 8: Danang - Visit Marble mountain - Transfer to hotel in Hoi An - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Today, after breakfast and check-out at the hotel, meet your driver and begin your journey in Danang with a scenic drive to the famous Marble Mountain, a stunning cluster of limestone and marble hills rich in history, spirituality, and natural beauty. Explore hidden caves, ancient pagodas, and viewpoints offering sweeping panoramas of the coastline and surrounding countryside. After discovering the mountain’s unique charm, continue your trip with a comfortable transfer to Hoi An, one of Vietnam’s most enchanting and well-preserved ancient towns. Upon arrival, check in to your hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Stay overnight in Hoi An

Today includes: Breakfast, 4-star hotel in Hoi An, private van, all entrance fees, drinking water

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 9: Hoi An Biking & Cooking Class day tour - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Today, meet your tour guide at 8:30 AM for a biking day tour to explore the rural area of Hoi An, See Hoi An as the locals do. Relax as we bring you through the breathtaking countryside and waterways while stopping to see families & their crafts.

Biking into the rice paddy rich countryside and local villages, stopping to meet a local family producing local rice crackers. Crossing a bridge over the Thu Bon River takes us through more quiet villages and then into beautiful farmlands, where we take a break for a local specialty dish while surrounded by seasonal vegetables in the picturesque fields of corn, eggplants, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, and herbs in Tra Que village.

Join a cooking class at a local family restaurant for lunch, you will have a chance to cook Vietnamese traditional dishes such as Vietnamese pancakes, spring rolls, salad, and many other dishes.

As the sun starts to go down, we continue biking through the rice paddies, passing duck farms, visit a local mat weaving family and then ride along by the prawn farms and over the river to visit a charming family home where they produce the local & potent favorite brew – rice wine.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Today includes: 4-star hotel in Hoi An, breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private bikes, all entrance fees, drinking water

Today excludes: Dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 10: Hoi An Free & Easy day - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Colorful Temples, Boutique Shops, Riverside Resorts, Tranquil Old Port - Hoi An has it all. A once bustling trading port, Hoi An is nowadays a rustic and charming cultural magnet to any visitors. The city seems to be forgotten by time, and retains much of its traditional heritage since the golden days: this place is clearly an intersection of Eastern-Western culture, the crystallization of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and European countries manifested in cuisine, architecture, and local traditions.

Today, after breakfast at the hotel. Your family will have a free day to explore the ancient town on your own (walking distance from your hotel). Overnight in Hoi An.

Today includes: 4-star hotel in Hoi An, breakfast, drinking water

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 11: Hoi An Free & Easy day - Stay overnight in Hoi An (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Shining Riverside Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Today, after breakfast, you will have a free & easy day on your own. Overnight in Hoi An

Today includes: 4-star hotel in Hoi An, breakfast, drinking water

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 12: Hoi An - Transfer back to Danang airport - Fly to Hanoi - Airport pickup - Transfer to hotel - Stay overnight in Hanoi (Meals included: Breakfast) - 4-star hotel (Rex Hotel Hanoi or similar)

The Old Quarter in Hanoi is an intriguing neighborhood, home to a mix of Vietnamese architecture, green spaces, ancient shops and fresh-as-it-gets street food. The 36 guild streets of the Old Quarter were named for 36 trades or craft that set up in this area, and created high-quality goods to supply the royals in the Thang Long Citadel, just steps away. Today only a few streets sell the same products they once did. Some streets, however, have kept the traditions of the past; and these can be great fun to explore on foot or on a cyclo, and with your camera in hand.

Today, after breakfast and check-out at the hotel, you will be transferred back to Danang airport to catch your domestic flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, meet your driver for the transfer to your hotel in the city center. Stay overnight in Hanoi

Today includes: Breakfast, 4-star hotel in Hanoi, private airport transfers, domestic flight (Danang - Hanoi), drinking water

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 13: Hanoi City Half-day Jeep Tour - Stay overnight in Hanoi (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Rex Hotel Hanoi or similar)

Hanoi half-day Jeep tour  is a fun way to experience the sights, smells and tastes of Hanoi NOT like a trip through the window of  a mundane air-con car . And definitely, the best way to see and learn about the real Hanoi, not just the run-off-the-mill tourist sites. 

Today, your tour guide & Jeep car will pick you up at your hotel at 8:00am.

On the first part of the tour, we expose you the REAL HANOI with a day in the life experiences, featured with the parts-unknown of the city with slices of life in the maze of backstreets, tiny alleyways, local homes, schools, random markets and black market, experiencing where & how locals live, work and play. 

On the second part Jeep tour, we pass by & stop at the  MUST-SEE places of our beautiful city such as Ho Chi Minh mausoleum-the Mecca of Vietnamese, The 1000 year-old Buddhist and Taoist temples of Tran Quoc, B52 Victory Museum, Hanoi Train-Street, the enchanting French Quarter, The hustling & bustling Old Quarter, the romantic lakes of Hoan Kiem, West lake , Hanoi Opera House & famous Long Bien bridge etc.

Local lunch will be served at the end of the Jeep tour.

The rest of the day is free at your leisure.

Today includes: 4-star hotel in Hanoi, breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private Jeep tour, all entrance fees, drinking water

Today excludes: Dinner, personal expenses, other drinks

Day 14: Hanoi - Drive to Ninh Binh - Visit Mua Cave + Tam Coc + Bich Dong Pagoda - Stay overnight in Ninh Binh (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch) - 4-star hotel (Lalita Boutique Hotel & Spa or similar)

Today, after having breakfast, check-out at the hotel. Your tour guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel at 8:30 AM for the tour. It takes a 2-hour drive to Ninh Binh. You will spend about 1.5 hours exploring Mua cave. Coming here, you will be leisurely hiking with 486 stone stair-steps to the top of Ngoa Long Mountain. From the peak, you will admire the majestic panoramic views of Tam Coc.

Have lunch at a local restaurant. Then board your private sampan boat for the trip along the river. For ninety minutes your private oarswoman / man will take you down the Ngo Dong River. Pass through the three caves that made Vietnam famous in the French film 'Indochine', Hang Ca, Hang Giua and Hang Cuoi. This should be the highlight of the trip. 

After the boat trip, take the biking tour to visit Bich Dong Pagoda - a famous cave pagoda in Tam Coc. Then go to your hotel for check-in and relax, enjoy the evening on your own. Overnight in Ninh Binh

Today includes: 4-star hotel in Ninh Binh, breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private van, private boat tour, all entrance fees, private bikes, drinking water

Today excludes: Dinner, personal expenses, other drinks

Day 15: Ninh Binh - Transfer to Halong Bay - Embark on cruise - Stay overnight on cruise (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner) - Luxury boutique cruise (Alisa Premier Cruise or similar)

For many, the seascape of Ha Long Bay is synonymous with Vietnam. Cruises sail emerald green waters among thousands of rugged islands and islets, stopping at spectacular caves through which visitors can wander, viewing impressive, centuries-old formations. Ha Long Bay's mystical beauty has made it a bucket list attraction within the country, but it's still possible to find secluded corners to call your own. 

In the morning, have breakfast & check out at the hotel and meet your tour guide and driver at 7:45am for a 4-hour journey to Halong Bay.

At 12:00 Upon arrival at Tuan Chau Port, you will enjoy a warm welcome from our cruise staff in the waiting lounge and complete the check-in procedure.

12:30 Welcome on board.

13:00 Lunch time (During the lunch the boat is cruising past the small fishing village)

14:30–15:30 Visit Sung Sot Cave (you should bring hiking shoes, camera, etc.).

15:30–16:30 Kayaking at LUON cave (please change your clothes because it will be wet; we don’t recommend you take your camera and cell phone together.)

18:00 Enjoy cooking class, happy hour for drinking, and the sunset party at the sundeck on the 4th floor.

19:15 Dinner is served.

20:30 Relaxing time (squid fishing, karaoke after dinner). Stay overnight on cruise

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, Luxury overnight cruise with Deluxe cabin, private English speaking tour guide, private van, all entrance fees + activities, drinking water

Today excludes: Other drinks, personal expenses

Day 16: Halong Bay - Drive back to Hanoi - Stay overnight in Hanoi (Meals included: Breakfast/brunch) - 4-star hotel (Rex Hotel Hanoi or similar)

You can join Tai Chi class in the early morning on the sundeck.

06:45 - 7:30 Breakfast is served.

07:30 - 8:30 Visit Titop Island, where you can go swimming and hiking. (When we go, you need to bring a swimming suit, sun cream, sunglasses, a little money, ...

09:45 Check-out time (for the better arrangement, please put your luggage out of the door and return the room key at the reception). Our staff will help you to transfer your luggage to the jetty in advance.

09:45 - 10:30 Early lunch is served.

10:30 Pay the drinks bill at the bar counter on the 2nd floor.

11:00 Say good-bye to the crew and disembark on Alisa Harbor.

You will board the transfer boat and head back to the wharf where you will be met again by your guide and driver. Then you will be transferred straight back to Hanoi, check in at your hotel. Stay overnight in Hanoi

Today includes: Breakfast/brunch, 4-star hotel in Hanoi, private English speaking tour guide, private van, all entrance fees + activities, drinking water

Today excludes: Dinner, other drinks, personal expenses

Day 17: Hanoi - Departure - Transfer back to Noi Bai International Airport - Fly back home - End of our services! (Meals included: Breakfast)

Today is free at your leisure for last minute shopping or sight-seeing before driving back to Noi Bai International Airport to catch your own flight back home. End of our services! See you next trip! Thank you so much for choosing Cyclo Travel & Leisure!

Today includes: Breakfast, private airport transfer, drinking water

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, hotel, other drinks, personal expenses

4-star hotels  for  15 nights with daily breakfasts (Deluxe rooms)

Halong Bay Overnight Cruise package (Luxury overnight cruise with Deluxe cabins)

Private English speaking tour guides on tours

Private vans

Private airport transfers

02 domestic flights: Can Tho - Danang, Danang - Hanoi 

Vietnam visa

All entrance fees + activities on tours

Meals mentioned in the itinerary (breakfast/lunch/dinner)

Drinking water 

International flights to & out Vietnam

Other meals not mentioned in the itinerary 

Personal expenses (laundry, drinks & alcohol…) 

Other drinks

Travel insurance