Day 1: Hanoi arrival (guide pick-up)
Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, welcomed by the guide and transferred to downtown, check in your hotel and be free at leisure. You will stay overnight in Hanoi.
- Hotel: Palago Boutique Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star executive room.)
Day 2: Explore Hanoi - Yoga and meditation (with guide)
After breakfast, you will explore Hanoi’s landmarks including: visit Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum (outside only), Ba Dinh Square, the One Pillar Pagoda, an 11th-century wooden temple built on a single stone pillar in the water. It was designed to resemble a blooming lotus. Visit the venerable Temple of Literature built in 1077 – Vietnam’s first university.
In the afternoon, you will come to a peaceful and small alley of Hanoi where you will meet your yoga master and have a 2-hour private class of yoga and meditation. Just relax, relax, and relax! You will stay overnight in Hanoi.
- Hotel: Palago Boutique Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star executive room.)
- Meal: Breakfast
Day 3: Hanoi – Bai Tu Long Bay – Overnight on boat (Shared local guide on boat only)
After breakfast, depart by road to Bai Tu Long Bay. Travel through the rich farmlands of the Delta of Red River and the landscape of rice fields, water buffalo, the daily life of the Vietnamese village. Arrive in the pier by noon time and board your cruise. There will be lunch on board.
The cruise passes by many rocks and islets in many funny shapes. The cruise may stop for a while for visiting one of the best caves on the bay. Later on, the boat moves to docking area for overnight. Dinner and overnight on boat.
- Boat: Signature Cruise (You will be staying in a 4-star junior suite cabin.)
- Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 4: Bai Tu Long Bay – Hanoi – Hoi An (Shared local guide on boat only)
Greeting by the morning sun rise from the sea horizon, you can join a Tai Chi lesson for some morning exercise and watch the sunrise over the bay before breakfast. You will visit a beautiful limestone grotto, then head back to the boat for a final glimpse of Ha Long Bay while cruising back to the dock.
Disembarking around 11:00, then your driver will transfer you back to Hanoi. You will then take a private transfer to the airport for a flight to Danang. Upon landing, you’re met by Little Vietnam Tours' guide and drive 30 km more to Hoi An Ancient town. Check-in your hotel and stay overnight in Hoi An.
- Hotel: Delicacy Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room .)
- Meal: Breakfast and lunch
Day 5: Hoi An – Sightseeing and street food (with guide)
After breakfast, take a guided walking tour around Hoi An Ancient Town. Visit the Japanese-covered Bridge, Chinese assembly hall, and the local market. There are numerous art galleries, souvenir and tailor shops where you can get some express made-to-order clothes if.
Later, you will have chance to taste some local treats such as Hoi An bread (Bánh Mì Hoi An) at well-know Madame Khanh or Bánh Mì Phuong, grilled pork and rice paper wraps and rolls, Cao Lau – Hoi An’s noodle grilled pork, noodle, salad, herbals and bean sprouts. Eat and taste as much as street food you can. You will stay overnight in Hoi An.
- Hotel: Delicacy Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room.)
- Meal: Breakfast and lunch with street food
Day 6: Hoi An – Joined-motorbike to villages (with guide)
After breakfast, meet your motorbike drivers and wear on your helmet. Setting off from your hotel and them proceed to Cam Kim Island. You will ride along the riverbank into a beautiful rural countryside.
Your first stop is to visit a hundred years old Ancestral House of Mr. Huynh Ri and a traditional boat builder yard. After meeting some local families, you will learn the art of sleeping mat weaving, farming, Banh Dap Cake and coffee roasting.
The following stop is to explore Noi Rang and Duy Hai fish markets. Before getting back to your hotel, you will cross Cua Dai Bridge where you can have spectacular panorama views of Hoi An and also water coconut palm fringed Cam Thanh. You will go back to the town and be free at leisure. You will stay overnight in Hoi An.
- Hotel: Delicacy Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room.)
- Meal: Breakfast and lunch
Day 7: Hoi An – Private yoga class (driver only / no guide)
Meet the driver (no guide) and transfer to the yoga center where you will have private yoga class with your own master.
- Hotel: Delicacy Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room.)
- Meal: Breakfast
Day 8: Hoi An – Free (driver only / no guide)
There will be another private yoga class with your own master today. Transfer is included.
- Hotel: Delicacy Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room.)
- Meal: Breakfast
Day 9: Hoi An – Private yoga class - Ho Chi Minh City by flight (with guide in HCMC)
This morning, you can enjoy another private yoga class and goodbye to your yoga master. There will be free time for relaxing until you meet the driver and transfer to the airport for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you’re met by the guide and transferred to your hotel. You will stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
- Hotel: The Odys Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room.)
- Meal: Breakfast
Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Sightseeing (with guide)
After breakfast, visit the moving War Remnants Museum which presents a partial, but riveting, view of the American War, as it is known in Vietnam. Continue to the Reunification Palace, former residence of the Indochina Governor General and later President of the Republic of Southern Vietnam until the fall of Saigon in April 30, 1975.
The day ends with visits to the charming Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office, one of the oldest buildings Ho Chi Minh City built around 1886-1891, the elegant Saigon Opera House and the bustling Ben Thanh Market. You will stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
- Hotel: The Odys Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room.)
- Meal: Breakfast
Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta - Ho Chi Minh City
After breakfast, it takes only a 2-hour pleasant drive to Ben Tre province crossing Rach Mieu bridge. Upon arrival in Hung Vuong Pier, hop on a motorized boat on Ben Tre River - one of the tributaries of the Mekong river while sight-seeing lively activities along the river such as fishing and boats transferring fruits, flowers, and rice to local markets.
Your first stop is at a brick kiln to see how to make bricks traditionally by printing and baking. Those brick kilns are opened in the summertime only when it’s enough sunshine to dry bricks. Continue to visit one coconut processing workshop located along the canals. Return to the boat and go through natural scissors creeks to a village and see some local houses, making sleeping mats, and enjoying some local fruits.
Take a Tuk-Tuk (motorized cart) or bicycle on shady paths, pass by green rice fields and vegetable plains to be able to touch on real life and find out about tropical culture from peasants. Have lunch at a local riverside restaurant. After lunch, take a rowing-boat along beautiful water palm creek before meeting the motorized boat and transferring you back to the pier. You will then return to Ho Chi Minh City.
- Hotel: The Odys Hotel (You will be staying in a 4-star deluxe city-view room.)
- Meal: Breakfast and lunch
Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City – Departure (with guide)
Be free in Saigon until being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.
