11-Day Amazing Family Trip to Vietnam

Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, and drive 1,5 hours to My Tho. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilet.

Upon arrival, we board a motor-boat and cruise along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of the Mekong River, including four famous islands “Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle and Phoenix”.

Stop at one of the floating fish houses, in nets and wire baskets under their house, the villagers cultivate freshwater fish and shrimp - a major export product of the region.

Cross the River to the other side, you will stop at a traditional workshop to witness a step-by-step process on how to make coconut candy, honey farming… while trying some yourself and listening to traditional music. Enjoy what local people offer by hand rowing a sampan along the shady, breezy canal. We will transfer to local transportation called Xe Loi to travel throughout the villages.

Lunch will be served at a riverside restaurant with a Vietnamese 5-course set menu. Please request in advance if you have a food allergy, you are a vegetarian, or you observe Halal.

Take a rest after lunch before boarding the motor-boat back to My Tho. We drive to Vinh Trang Pagoda, an ancient southern architectural gem built in the middle of the 19th century. There are many Buddha statues including some that are over a hundred years old.

We drive another 1,5 hours back to Ho Chi Minh city and drop you at your hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

This morning we will leave the city to visit the amazing tunnel network of Cu Chi. This incredible system, covering almost 250km in length was shelter to over 16,000 Vietcong guerrillas during the wars. Initially started in 1948 to provide shelter against the French air and ground sweeps, the network went on to serve as communication routes, storage facilities, hospitals and living quarters for Vietnamese fighters throughout the American war.  If you are interested (and game) you can even descend into the tunnels to learn more about the harsh conditions faced by Vietcong guerrillas who lived there.

In the afternoon set out on a tour of the former capital of French Indochina. Historic landmarks include the Old Saigon Post Office, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Opera House. 

Continue your tour by visiting the Reunification Palace which was used as the headquarters of the Saigon Government during the American war in the 60s. After that visit the ethnic Chinese district of Cholon. 

Then transfer back to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Enjoy free time at leisure until your driver come and pick you up for the airport to take the flight to Danang.

Welcome at the airport by your local guide and transfer directly to your hotel in Hoian for check in. 

In the afternoon, we will start a walking trip with our tour-guide around the attractive Hoian port town. In 16th century, Hoian used to be the national trading center for East-West commercial itinerary. It seems to be the assembly point for diversity of ancient streets and homes. Particularly, the quaint cobblestone streets with more than two-century-old Chinese houses are indispensable subjects to visit and explore.

Deliberately walking here, you will see the ancient houses built following the Chinese, Japanese, French and European architectures along the narrow lanes. The 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge built by Japanese merchants in 16th century, the Phuc Kien Assembly Halls, and the local fish market are some indispensable places that you should visit in Hoi An.

Let’s stop off at a workshop producing lanterns, where you will have the chance to discover this traditional handicraft, which are also one of the highlights in Hoi An.

Then transfer back to the hotel for overnight.

8: 30 - 8:45 AM: Our local guides will pick you up at your hotel. You will be transferred to the local market in Hoian, especially our guide will introduce to you one by one each different ingredients of food for you cooking class

With our fishing life tour you will enjoy big experience by boat on the river. You will enjoy your hand to become a real fishermen by catching Net and sharing the local techniques in catching fish.....Fishes will be caught by yourself and fresh smell, it will be worth your day.

Learning traditional fishing customs by padding a unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boats while exploring the water coconut - palm which was a witness for the local history. You will become a real fishermen by fishing crab...

11:15 AM: After that, you will be warmly welcomed in Tran Long Restaurant with a nice local greeting drinks. You'll have 2 hours become "our family members" by cooking class. Our chef will teach you how to cook some local foods

Enjoy you lunch or dinner, what're made by yourself

1:15 PM: Back to your hotel with big thanks and the best wishes to you.

Our chefs have prepared 4 courses cooking class of traditional Vietnamese dishes. They  will  demonstrate  how to prepare them  and them  it's  your  turn to  prepare  your tasty  Vietnamese  lunch   ! 

  How to cook! 

 1) Hoian Spring rolls  

 2) Banana flower (papaya) salad with pork and shrimp   

 3) Hoi an rice pancake (Banh xeo) 

 4) Fried Noodles with seafood  

And having extra 1 more food with steamed clam with lemon grass

07.45 - 08:00 AM: Be picked up at hotel in Da Nang. Transfer to Ba Na Hills and take Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station. Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet Hills, The Old Villas of French, the Golden Bridge…

Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, and Orchid Garden… Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour. Buffet lunch will be severed at the restaurant.

In the afternoon, you will be free for joining games in Fantasy Park – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with series of interesting games: 4 – 5D film, skiver, the death race, Dinosaur Park… (2 hours). Or discover Ba Na hills on your own. 

03:00 PM: Back to the cable car. Then, you will be transferred back to the hotel for overnight.

Your day is yours to enjoy as you wish: relax on the beautiful An Bang Beach and bathe in the warm sea or wander around the Ancient Village of Hoi An. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel in Hoi An.

Enjoy free time at leisure until your driver come and pick you up for the airport to take the flight to Hanoi City.  

Welcome at the airport by your local guide and transfer to your hotel for check in. At around 4.00pm, enjoy a walking street food tour in the Old Quarter. Eat as you go, walking through the maze of bustling streets, trying seasonal fruit and sampling tasty French-inspired snacks from a street cart. Try the famed Hanoi dishes such as Bun Cha Ta (a grilled pork and noodle dish) and Banh Cuon at a local eatery and watch as the skilled chefs demonstrate how this tasty dish is put together.

The next two snack stops are at outdoor BBQ stalls. Sit down with the Hanoi locals and sample various meat, vegetable and bread specialties that are flame grilled over hot coals for extra flavor. It’s now time for dessert!

Your local guide will then take you to one of Hanoi’s best kept secrets - Banh My Hanoi - a hidden street food restaurant where you can taste the top street foods in Hanoi including Vietnamese Rice Wine and the famous Egg Coffee. This hard-to-find café is one of the few left in the narrow street inside the old quarter of Hanoi. 

Then back to hotel for overnight.

After breakfast at hotel, transfer to Ha Long Bay. On the way, you will see some rural areas of the Red River Delta with plenty of chances to take photos of Vietnamese farmers working in paddy fields.

Stop half way to visit a handicraft workshop of fine clothes and embroidered paintings. Arrive in Ha Long City at 11:30 AM and check in aboard the booked junk right after the welcome drink is served. Start cruising while having lunch on board and enjoy the mighty bay view. Ha Long Bay meaning Descending Dragon Bay in Vietnamese as legend has it that it was where a holly dragon landed down from sky. The bay, famous as one of the world’s wonders and heritage sites whose formation dates back 500 million years, consists of around 2,000 karst islands and islets scattered over an area of 1,553 km2. Relax to enjoy the bay view at sunset, have dinner after, go fishing at 09:00 PM and spend a night on board.

In the morning, refresh your body and mind with a Tai Chi exercise on the sundeck at the break of dawn. Have tea and coffee onboard and continue exploring Ha Long Bay sailing across its 2000 islets and visiting some of its major highlights. Normally, check out at 09:30, have a buffet brunch while cruising back to shore. Disembark at 11:00 AM and transfer back to Hanoi.

You are free to relax until being transferred to the airport for your departure flight. Room is at your disposal until noon time. Meals on your own.

End of tour!