Holiday Packages

Welcomed at International Tan Son Nhat airport by driver then transferred to hotel for check in procedure (check in time at 14h00)

Free as your leisure and relaxing.

Meals: None

6:30 – 7:00: Tai Chi on the sundeck – Watch the sunrise with a Tai Chi session on the twin sundeck

7:00 – 7:30: Light breakfast Enjoying tea, coffee and cake in the restaurant

7:30 – 8:20: Visit Tung Sau Pearl Farm Tung Sau Pearl Farm, an area in Halong Bay dedicated to growing pearls and practicing a handmade technique based on Vietnamese tradition and Japanese technology. This is also an ideal destination for kayaking.

8:30 – 9:30: Breakfast Buffet at the Restaurant Back on board, a buffet breakfast will be served as we once again cruise past Bai Tu Long Bay before your bill settlement, check-out and return to Halong International Cruise Port.

10:15 – 10:30: Disembark at the Halong International Cruise Port

You will be pick up to transfer directly to Hanoi airport for light back home.

Meals: Brunch

Morning: Get picked up from your hotel for a 2 hours drive from busy city to stunning countryside. Locates approximately 70 km northwest of Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City in a beautiful green land with fruit gardens, rice paddies and plantations, Cu Chi Tunnels, like a spider net in the soil of Cu Chi District, consist of more than 200km of narrow underground tunnels that connecting half or total covered hideouts, shelters, fighting bunkers, hospital, school, living rooms and so on… all was built and used by resistant fighters during the French and American war in Vietnam.

You will have chance to sample some of the simple cuisine that local fighters would have survived on and have an opportunity to venture into the tunnels and explore the complex. All will help you to learn more about the conditions the people lived in, the hardships they faced and the amazing ingenuity employed to maintain life in the tunnels.

Complete with a try of firing Russian Carbine rifles AK 47’s if you wish to do (by your own account)

Enjoy lunch at local restaurant before heading back city center.

Afternoon: Process to visit the Independence Palace (former Presidential Palace of the South of Vietnam), admire the special gothic style of century-old Notre-Dame Cathedral and the nearby Central Post Office and spend some time for a troll through the Ben Thanh Market that filled with lots of interesting local products. Free for shopping till transfer back hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

Have breakfast at the hotel then check out, transfer to the airport for flight to Hanoi.

Welcome at the airport on arrive by driver, transfer to hotel for check in procedure then free at leisure to relax.

Afternoon: Take a day tour visiting Hanoi’s featured sights, including:

• Ho Chi Minh mausoleum (viewed from outside; closed Mon and Fri and from Oct to Nov), the residential palace and his humble house on stilts where he lived for the last 11 years of his life
• Beautiful Tran Quoc pagoda
• Train Street
• Stroll in Sword Lake
• Take electric car or Xich Lo exploring Hanoi Old Quarter

Notes: Night market, pedestrian streets are organized every weekend (from Fri to Sun) and during holiday/festival.

Meals: Breakfast

Depart Hanoi for 2 hours scenic drive along the Red River Delta on the Highway I to Ninh Binh, visiting:

• Tam Coc: Which means literally “three caves” (2.5 hour boat trip). With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, a very good opportunities for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.
• Dancing Cave & Dragon Mountain From Hoa Lu ancient capital, you will move to Mua cave, where the guide will continue to tell you interesting stories. After climbing 500 stone steps to the top of the mountain, you can zoom your eyes out to see the panoramic view of the sky and clouds, the beautiful city in front, Tam Coc behind, the majestic limestone mountains. interspersed by rivers, small streams, and golden rice fields. The heart-wrenching scene, does it make you want to come back here again?
• If time permits, you can also visit Bich Dong pagoda nearby and explore hidden cave on mountain.

Transfer back Hanoi, check in hotel and free for your own relaxing and exploring

Meals: Breakfast

Have breakfast at the hotel then check out, take about 2,5hours driving to Halong Bay with stops for sightseeing and break en route.

11:30 – 12:15: Check-in at Halong International Cruise Port You will be checked-in in the Ambassdor lounge at Halong International Cruise Port. After that, you will be transferred to the luxury Cruise and given a short briefing about facilities and cruise journey while sipping your welcome drink at Piano Lounge or restaurant.

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch at restaurant Lunch will be served in the restaurant while the Cruise heads toward Halong Bay. You will pass the famous Bai Tu Long bay.
 

14:30 – 15:30: First excursion Your first excursion is a visit to the magnificent Sung Sot Cave, where you can take in the panoramic views across Halong Bay after visiting the cave OR you can visit Titov Island, where you can go swimming or hike to the top for another stunning, panoramic view of the Bay.

15:45 – 16:30: Onboard activities If the excursion doesn’t take your fancy, stay on board and you can opt for an afternoon of pampering at Spa (pay by your own acount), enjoy the outdoor Jacuzzi or treat yourself to a delicious standard afternoon tea at Piano Lounge.

17:30 – 18:30: Pre-Dinner Sunset Cocktails. At sunset, the Cruise will anchor overnight at Coconut Tree Island. Enjoying Pre-Dinner Sunset Cocktails (pay by your own acount), and canapes at the bar on the twin sundeck or at Piano Lounge

19:00: Dinner at restaurant Savour a delicious seafood dinner party in the restaurant. After dinner, indulge in drinks (your account) and music at Piano Lounge, squid fishing, a spa treatment at Spa or movies in your cabin.

Overnight at en-suite, private cabin on cruise

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner