South East Asia Tour Packages Vietnam - Thailand 13 Days 12 Nights

Welcome to Hanoi, the heart of Vietnam which is considered as a blend between the traditional and the modern beauties.

At Noi Bai Airport, INTOUR TRAVEL's guide and driver in South East Asia Tour Packages Vietnam - Thailand 13 Days 12 Nights will welcome then take you to your hotel to do check-in.

After relaxation, our guide will take you walk to the theatre and you will enjoy Water Puppet Show – A traditional art performance of Vietnam. After that, you will have a welcome dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight in Hanoi.

08.00 AM: After breakfast at the hotel, our tour guide will come to the hotel and pick you up to start the Hanoi city tour package.

You will start with a visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex. Here you can visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the corpse of Uncle Ho kept there. Next you will visit the Presidential Palace - a nice French architecture in the garden and Ho Chi Minh House on stilt. Visiting the house you will see the simple life of Ho Chi Minh - the president in Vietnamese's spirit forever.

You will finish this area with One Pillar Pagoda - one of the most attractions in Hanoi you cannot miss with the special in architecture.

Having lunch and you will continue to the Temple of Literature - The first University of Vietnam.

The next destination will be Museum of Ethnology to learn more about Vietnam Culture.

Next you will explore Hanoi by traveling through the Old Quarter with 36 ancient streets in a traditional cyclo.

This slow - speed tour will give you a great chance to fully enjoy the classic and modern of the capital. You will end the tour at about 04.00 PM then it is your free time to go shopping, relax in Hanoi.

Overnight in Hanoi.

08.00 AM: Our driver will pick you up at the hotel, departing 3.5 hours to Halong Bay – the World Natural Heritage recognized by UNESCO twice.

Upon arrival, embark the cruise and enjoy welcome drink while having tour briefing. A sumptuous lunch will be served on board while the ship sailing further to the Bay, make your time to admire its dramatic limestone islands.

You can rest at your leisure on the sundeck or relax in your cabin.

In the afternoon, you will have time to swim in the warm and calm water or get on kayaks of your choice.

Kayaking is very easy for all levels and ages to do. Our expert and experienced guide surely instruct you basic paddling steps before leading you to explore the extraordinary beauty of Halong Bay.

After 01 hour exploring the bay, we will get back to the cruise for relaxation before attending Cooking class in the late afternoon.

Enjoy the superb dinner and stay overnight on board.

You will continue our journey on Tour Cruise Halong Bay in the early morning. A Tai Chi Class on the sun deck is a must that you should not miss when on a cruise.

Sitting on the upper deck: you can relax, sight-seeing while taking photos of the magnificent beauty of the rocky islands rising from the emerald water of the bay.

After breakfast, you will explore Sung Sot cave - one of the finest and widest grottoes of Halong Bay. Next, keep cruising and passing the fishing village with its unique way of life.

At 10.30 AM, our boat cruises back to the jetty, and you will enjoy the last moment in the bay before having a traditional Vietnamese lunch.

You leave the boat around 11:30 at noon, you go ashore and transfer back to Hanoi.

At a scheduled time, you will be transfered to Noi Bai airport to take the flight Hanoi - Danang.

Once in Danang airport, your driver and guide will pick you up and take you to your hotel in Hoi An.

Do check-in and free at your leisure. Overnight in Hoi An.

08h30AM: Your guide will meet you in your hotel lobby to begin Hoi An Package Tour.

You will cycle around Hoi An towards the Tra Que vegetable village - About 150 farmers and 400 owners live on there and cultivate about 20 types of vegetables and herbs such as mint, lettuce, basil, cilantro, broccoli and many more. From the more than 40 hectares of land 8 tons of Village Tra vegetables are sold every year. The vegetable growers do not use pesticides or GMOs, using natural fertilizers instead, including seaweed found in the river and harvested by gardeners every morning.

Walk in Tra Que vegetable village and meet local people working in the garden. During the walk, you will cross vast rice fields in the countryside and quiet road, far away from the tourist trails. You will see the activities of the inhabitants through the villages of Hoian.

The local farmer will teach you all about cultivation methods and how to protect developing vegetable from the insects as well as join the farmers in preparing gardening activities such as raking the ground, sowing, watering greens, transplanting and tending greens.

Continue riding through paddy field, Ba Le market, kindergarten ... until reaching Van Lang fisherman village and Bay Mau coconut water forest - about 7 hectares, surrounded by mangrove forests, canals, houses covered by coconut water leaf . This place had ever been the refuge for people and local soldiers during the Vietnam War. Nowadays, it is famous for providing the most seafood products.

You will be warmly welcomed at Mr. Han – a 3 generations family, taste of green tea and stroll through the village. You will row a basket boat within the hands of skillful locals and discover their techniques of traditional fishery in water coconut forest.

Back Mr. Han’ family for enjoy a foot bath with medicinal herbs, traditional therapeutic practice before getting ready to prepare lunch with a local family. Lunch will feature many local delicacies, such as Tam Huu spring rolls, BanhXeo local pancakes, grilled fish in banana leaf and others.

After lunch, free time and take a short rest before finishing the biking and continuing with the last-but-not-least activity of the day.

The highlight is to visit a lantern shop where artisans make Hoi An's famous lanterns. You see the whole process then have a chance to create your own lanterns. You will be provided the bamboo that forms the base of your frame and colorful silk so that you can choose your own color pattern, and design. Once completed, you can take one as hand-made sourvenir as these lanterns are easy to fold and carry.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Free time at your leisure. You can stroll around Hoi An ancient town or go to An Bang beach or Cua Dai beach to take a swim.

Overnight in Hoi An.

After breakfast, is your free time to walk around the Hoi An ancient town, go shopping, admiring the ancient architecture or relax at the beach.

About 02 hours before the flight, our driver will come to your hotel and drive you to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City - one of the most modern cities in Vietnam which give you a fascinating insight into rich culture and history. When arriving at the airport, you will be taken to your hotel to check -in.

Free to discover the city.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

08.30 AM: After breakfast at hotel, your private guide will meet you at your hotel lobby to begin Cu chi Tunnels Half-day Tour.

A one and half hour drive takes you to Cu Chi Tunnels where human knowledge has been enriched by experiencing an web-like tunnels system of more than 200km in length which used to be the shelters of guerrillas during the war against American troops.

After the lunch in the local restaurant, in the afternoon, you will have the Ho Chi Minh city tour packages including the Reunification Hall or Independence Palace, formerly known as the Presidential Palace. It was towards this modern building that Communist tanks rolled on the morning of April 30, 1975, as Saigon fell. This fascinating building is filled with history still fresh in the minds of many.

The tour also includes the War Remnants Museum, the Old Post Office, Chinatown and Ben Thanh Market – the central market for the city and one of the liveliest areas.

About 04.30 PM, the tour finishes and you will be dropped off at your hotel and then you are free to relax.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

07.30 AM: Heading out of the town, we set forth to the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's largest granary.

Mekong Delta Tour Packages will start with a visit of Cai Be floating market. Then, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enjoy the peaceful time. Back to our boat to go across one of the longest river in the world, Mekong River, to come to An Binh Island.

Travel on a handmade canal to Ut Trinh home & have an optional lunch.

After lunch, we can walk around this orchard & enjoy some cups of tea when listening to the traditional music in the ancient house.

Walk in the local village to visit the local workshop to see how to make rice paper, coconut candy, pop-rice... Enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea.

Optional biking can be made for a leisure! It will be so amazing to bike on village paths to see the local daily life: orchard, school, church, pagoda, traditional houses and maybe the ancestral ways to pick up fruits in Mekong Delta in South of Vietnam...

Visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay. The cruise will end at Vinh Long city!

Then transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city by your private car. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

After breakfast, it is your own free time till our private airport transfer for your flight to Bangkok.

Arrive in Bangkok picked up and transferred by South East Asia Package Tour Vietnam - Thailand 13 Days's guide and driver. You are free to relax in the swimming pool after the flight.

Overnight in Bangkok.

After breakfast at hotel, our guide and drive will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to visit two of the most special Buddhist temples in the city.

The Buddha in Wat Traimit weighs several tons, and is made of solid gold. Visit the famous Reclining Buddha at Wat Po, where the blind may be trained to become masseuses.

Then visit a site the Thai people consider the most sacred in the Kingdom: The Royal Grand Palace. This is one of the most beautiful examples of an ancient Thai court, with several Halls in same compound. You will also visit the Temple of the sacred Emerald Buddha.

Lunch will be served at the local restaurant.

Then continue your afternoon to explore the Chao Phraya River's edge, to board a local style "Long Tail Boat", and spend a few hours to enjoy the old canals of the Thonburi side of Bangkok, where an older and more gracious lifestyle still prevails. You will have opportunities to snack, purchase knick-knacks, or use a toilet, at stops en route.

Visit the Temple of Dawn (Wat Arun), which you will probably recognize, from its famous silhouette. The local story goes that the shards of pottery decorating its 79 m tall spire came from a nearby shipwreck 100 years ago.

Then transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Bangkok.

After breakfast at hotel, our tour guide and driver will come to pick you up in the early morning to departure to Ratchaburi Province.

First visit the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and in a small shop you will see the preparation of a "sticky rice with coconut milk," a dessert typically Thai.

Then drive to Kanchanaburi, first stop you will visit the "Railway Centre Museum", museum that chronicles the scenes historical construction of this railway during the Second World War.

After visiting The Bridge of the river Kwai, you will experience a highlight of this trip.

Then enjoy with riding on the death railway train. You will experience the region a little further as you ride along the Death Railway. While enjoying the remarkable views of the river and the stunning scenery, you will be crossing several original bridges constructed by Asian laborers and POWs. Your train ride will bring you to the Krasae Cave Station, our final stop for this ride and have lunch (you pay by your own).

Our afternoon visits will feature the Krasae Cave and the Wampo viaduct before returning to Bangkok.

Overnight in Bangkok.

Breakfast at hotel. Free to relax. Then you will be transferred to Bangkok airport for your next flight.

With the sincere thanks for your travel with us.

13-Day South East Asia Tour Vietnam - Thailand ends and INTOUR Travel says goodbye and sees you again.

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