Day 1: Arrival Hanoi
We will be waiting to greet you when you arrive at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport. We will help with your luggage and accompany you to your hotel where you'll have time to relax after your journey. Later, you'll be picked up for a welcome dinner at a good restaurant hosted in a French colonial building. In the evening, you'll have tickets for a performance of traditional Water Puppetry (an art form unique to northern Viet Nam, and a good, light-hearted introduction to its rural culture). Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B)
After breakfast at the hotel then local tour guide and driver will take you to visit Hanoi city with 1 thousand years old including the Ethnology Museum, the Art Museum and the centre of Ha Noi, including the Hoan Kiem Lake and the Ngoc Son temple. You'll also visit the bustling Old Quarter. Apart from its maze of small streets, it's an architectural pot-pourri - traditional tube houses, religious buildings, colonial houses, artisans' dwellings and modern concrete constructions. In the afternoon, you'll visit the stilt house of a famous Vietnamese artist to view his antique collection and restoration work. Next, you'll meet another talented painter who will enjoy showing you his lacquer and oil painting artwork. Finally, you'll drop in on another artist who brush-paints traditional Vietnamese calligraphy in a tiny house tucked away down an alley. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay (B/L)
After breakfast, you'll be driven to Ha Long Bay (one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas, and the world's largest marine 'karst' landscape) (a famous 13th century battle site set in attractive north Viet Nam rural scenery) en route. On arrival, you'll board a traditional-style wooden junk to travel beyond the busy tourist area to some of its less visited grottoes and caves. There will be opportunities for you to swim, discover one of the best cave for a spectacular overview of the Bay, or venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan, all weather permitting, of course. All your meals will be provided on board, usually based on fresh seafood, and you'll sleep in a twin cabin with an en suite toilet and shower. Overnight in Halong Bay on comfort cruise.

Day 4: Halong Bay – Hanoi (B)
You'll spend the morning cruising around Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch cruise before you return journey to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi – Hue (B)
You'll have a free morning before we pick you up for a noon flight to Hue. When you arrive, you'll be met by our guide and driven to visit the Imperial Citadel of Hue and the local Dong Ba market. Overnight in Hue.

Day 6: Hue City Tour (B)
Your morning will be taken up by a visit to the Thien Mu Pagoda, and a cruise along the Perfume River to King Minh Mang's tomb (exotic, and designed in a typically formal oriental style). In the afternoon, you'll visit the tombs of King Tu Duc (the poet King, the simplest Royal tomb set in a beautiful garden). Next, you'll visit and wander around Ms. Diem Phung Thi's sculpture garden (she's a well-regarded local artist famous for her paintings and stone sculpture). In the evening, you'll visit some of Hue's 'garden houses' and sit down to eat dinner in one of them. Their pleasant surroundings and comfortable atmosphere are relaxing. As well as preparing and serving a traditional meal, the owner will also explain the distinctive characteristics of classic Hue cuisine. Overnight in Hue.

Day 7: Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An (B)
In the morning, you'll drive to Da Nang (the views from top of Hai Van Pass are excellent – you'll be able to see Lang Co beach, and Da Nang spread out before you to the south). Upon arriving in Da Nang, you'll have a brief look at the remarkable Hindu statuary in the Cham Museum before leaving for Hoi An. After lunch, you'll have a guided visit to the Ancient Town. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 8:  Hoi An - My Son (B)
After breakfast, you'll be driven to My Son Sanctuary Temple Complex, once the spiritual capital of the Cham Kingdom that dominated SE Asia for nearly a thousand years, and now a World Heritage Area. Its remarkable brick towers were badly bombed by the Americans, but are still impressive as is its remote valley setting. Your afternoon will be free to relax on the beach or wander around Hoi An for shopping,
Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 9: Hoi An – Hanoi (B)
You'll be picked up in good time to board either the morning or afternoon flight to Hanoi for your departure flight.

• 9 days/ 8 nights, 8 breakfasts
• English / French speaking tour guide on whole trip.
• Meals as mentioned on detail itinerary (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner).
• Accommodations based on twin share standard room at standard hotel.
• All transfer and transport are comfort with air- conditioned vehicle.
• Sightseeing fees included on guided tours.
• All activities as indicated on detail itinerary.

• International flights
• Admission fees during free time and optional.
• Visas and visa fee
• Travel insurance
• Tip and gratuities
• Personal expenditures like shopping, drink, laundry, telephone etc.

Health & Fitness Required:
There is easy to moderate suitable for all  travelers, no requirement on this trip.

Meeting point:
You will be welcomed at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi.

Finishing point:
Our trip end at Hanoi airport

What to take:
We suggest you to take suitcase and day bag. Take long pants, long sleeve, shorts, T-shirt, and first aid kid.