Highlights of Vietnam 7 Days Tour - Private tour - 30% off

Highlights of Vietnam 7 Days Tour - Private tour - 30% off

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

Departure date: On your request

Day 1 Hanoi Arrival - Street food tour

Day 2 Hanoi city tour

Day 3 Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight on cruise

Day 4 Halong Bay - Hanoi - Fly to Danang - Overnight in Hoi An

Day 5 Hoi An Farming + Fishing + Cooking day tour

Day 6 Hoi An - Fly to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Cu Chi tunnels half-day tour

Day 7 Mekong Delta day tour - Departure

Day 1 Hanoi Arrival - Street food tour

Welcome to Hanoi: Vietnam’s bustling colonial capital. Your private tour guide & driver from Cyclo Travel & Leisure will greet you outside the baggage claim of Noi Bai Airport and take you to your hotel in the city center for check-in & refreshing after a long flight. In the late afternoon, take a street food walking tour to have the first local tastes. On a 3-hour walking tour, explore the culture and history of Hanoi by stepping into a world full of street food vendors, you will have a chance to try the most famous local foods in Vietnam such as: Pho (beef/ chicken noodle), Bun Cha (grilled pork with noodle), Banh Mi (Vietnamese bread), Banh Cuon (steamed rice pancake), Bia Hoi Hanoi (Hanoi Draught beer), Banh Ran Ngot (sweet rice donut), Ca Phe Trung (egg coffee). Overnight in Hanoi

Today includes: Hotel in Hanoi, street food tour for dinner, private English speaking tour guide, private car with driver, drinking water                         

Today excludes: Breakfast/lunch, drinks, personal expenses

Day 2 Hanoi city tour

Today you have a full day to explore Vietnam’s charming capital. With its wide tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and ancient oriental pagodas. Hanoi is an eclectic mix that offers something for everyone. Your city tour will take you to Hanoi’s key sites: the Ho Chi Minh Complex (Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and stilt house), the nearby One Pillar Pagoda, the Presidential Palace, the Temple of Literature, the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda & West Lake, and one of the city's museums (a choice among Army museum, Hilton prison or Ethnology Museum). In the afternoon, visit train village and enjoy the local coffee in the middle of the rail track , then amaze yourself on an hour cyclo ride through old quarter and enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Performance – a unique Vietnamese Art form hailing from Southeast Asia’s wet-rice culture. Overnight in Hanoi

Today includes: Hotel in Hanoi, breakfast, private English speaking tour guide, private car with driver, all entrance fees, private cyclo ride, water puppet tickets, drinking water 

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, drinks, personal expenses

Day 3 Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight on cruise

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel & check-out before setting out on a 2,5 hour drive to the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Halong Bay.

Spend 24 hours on a traditional Junk Cruise in the amazing bay: a natural wonderland composed of jutting limestone islands and sparkling turquoise waters. Arrive at the dock around noon and board your cruise . Savor a gourmet lunch of fresh seafood onboard as we sail out into the mystical bay. In the afternoon, cruise around some of Halong’s many islands, doing kayaking around the islands. Pass the night on your junk, lulled to sleep by the gentle rocking of calm waters. Have dinner and Overnight on cruise in Halong Bay

Today includes: Overnight cruise, breakfast/lunch/dinner, English speaking tour guide on cruise, cruise transfer, all entrance fees + activities , drinking water on tour

Today excludes: Drinks, personal expenses

Day 4 Halong Bay - Hanoi - Fly to Danang - Overnight in Hoi An

Awake early and participate in Tai Chi on the top deck or simply relax and enjoy the sunrise over the bay’s towering islands. Enjoy a morning cup of coffee or tea, before setting out to explore the nearby islands by rowboat. Return to the junk for brunch then take advantage of the sundeck and admire the amazing rock formations of Halong Bay as you navigate back to Halong pier, where your driver will meet you at the dock and take you back to Hanoi. Then get the transfer back to the airport to catch your domestic flight to Danang. Upon arrival, meet your driver & get transferred to your resort in Hoi An ancient town. Overnight in Hoi An

Today includes: Resort in Hoi An, breakfast/brunch, English speaking tour guide on cruise, cruise transfer, domestic flight (Hanoi - Danang), private airport transfers , drinking water on tour

Today excludes: Dinner, drinks, personal expenses

Day 5 Hoi An Farming + Fishing + Cooking day tour

Your tour guide & driver will pick you up at 8:30 AM at your hotel and drive to Tra Que village ( about 15 km)- more than 500 farmers live there and cultivate about 20 kinds of vegetables and herbs including mint, lettuce, basil, cilantro, broccoli among over 50 hectares of land, 10 tons of vegetables are sold every year. Arrive in Tra Que, stroll through the village, where you will be in contact with local people working in the gardens. You will learn all about the history of the village, the use of medicinal plants, and participate in gardening activities. Continuing the trip  through in the paddy field, to the local market Ba Le, the fishing village of Van Lang and the Bay Mau water coconut forest. Along the way you will stop and try a water buffalo riding in the middle of the rice paddy and take the photography

Arrive at the village; you will be warmly welcomed at Mr.Hung family. The fishermen will take you to discover their techniques of traditional fisheries and take a boat to visit the forest of coconut palm by “Basket boat” – Thuyen Thung.

After that, return to the Mr Hung’s home to prepare lunch with his family (cooking class) and you will taste the dishes you’ve prepared. After lunch, relaxing feet massage with herbal medicines and you will be relaxed in the shade of coconut water and drive back to Hoi An.

Finish the tour at your hotel! Overnight in Hoi An

Today includes: Resort in Hoi An, breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees + activities + boat tour, cooking class, drinking water on tour

Today excludes: Dinner, drinks, personal expenses

Day 6 Hoi An - Fly to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Cu Chi tunnels half-day tour

Today, after breakfast & check-out your hotel. Your driver will take you back to the airport to catch your domestic flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Upon arrival, meet your tour guide & driver for a half-day Cu Chi tunnels tour: 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. After the tour, drive to your hotel in the city center for check-in. The rest of the day is free at your leisure. Overnight in Saigon

Today includes: Hotel in Saigon, breakfast, private English speaking tour guide, private car, domestic flight (Danang - Ho Chi Minh), private airport transfer , all entrance fees, drinking water on tour

Today excludes: Lunch/dinner, drinks, personal expenses

Day 7 Mekong Delta day tour - Departure

After checking out & having breakfast at the hotel, depart from Ho Chi Minh city around 7:00 AM, replacing the urban sprawl with endless rice paddy fields on this private transfer to the Mekong Delta.

We’re headed southwest to the river town of Cai Be for 2 hours drive. Stopping en-route at a Cao Dai Temple. CaoDaism is indigenous to South Vietnam and the colorful and unusual murals inside will truly mesmerise. Then we board our boat to journey through Cai Be’s famed floating market. Here, we will experience how life functions on the delta, as we view the intricacies of commerce--how merchants purchase produce from local farmers.

We stop at a local working shop to see locals making their local specialties like coconut candy, rice paper, pop rice and sample some of them with a shot of local rice wine. Now it’s time to try out local wooden sampans and pedal down narrow natural waterways. 

Get on land of an island to walk through fruit gardens before we taste some tropical seasonal fruits (such as longan, pineapple, watermelon, rambutan, jackfruit etc...) then go for lunch with delicious set menu.

Relaxing on a hammock before we ride a bicycle for 30 minutes to explore the village on a small country road. Re-board the wooden junk, sit back and relax to enjoy cruising along the canal for 30 minutes to Vinh Long local market. Then 3 hours drive back to the airport in Saigon to catch your flight home. End of our services! See you on your next trip!

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, private boat, drinking water on tour

Today excludes: Hotel, dinner, drinks, personal expenses

All accommodations with daily breakfasts

Halong Bay overnight cruise package 

Private English speaking tour guides 

Private cars with drivers

2 domestic flights (Saigon - Danang & Danang - Hanoi)

All entrance fees + activities + boat trips

Meals mentioned in the itinerary 

Drinking water on tour

International flights to & out Vietnam

Vietnam Visa stamp fee

Travel insurance 

Meals not mentioned in the itinerary 

Drinks

Personal expenses