NORTH AND SOUTH OF VIETNAM FAMILY TOUR PACKAGE

Warmly welcome your family on arrival at Noi Bai International Airport by our private van on your 1^st day of 11 Days – North & South of Vietnam Family Tour Package, then transfer to your hotel. After hotel check in, you are free at your leisure. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

• Depart for Ninh Binh, 100 km south east of Hanoi, it will take you about 2 hours driving there
• Our first stop will be The Dinh & Le Temple, built to show the greatfulness of Vietnamese people to 2 kings: Dinh Bo Linh and Le Dai Hanh
• Enjoy a delicious lunch with specialties of Ninh Binh at a local restaurant.
• Take a sampan boat trip, follow the calming and meandering waterways to amazing caves in Tam Coc, which is often referred to as Halong Bay on land. Contemplating photogenic green karst formations rising from the emerald water
• Transfer to Bich Dong Pagoda nearby, which comprises three structures: Ha (Low), Trung (Middle), and Thuong (Upper) pagodas in ascending order at the side of a rocky mountain.
• Take a slow hike up to visit the three structures. Beside learning about the local belief, you will get a beautiful view when you reach the highest one.
• Car will take your family back to hotel in Hanoi.
• Stay overnight in Hanoi

• Have a full day discovering the historic Hanoi Capital – the city of French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental pagodas and temples
• Visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and “House on stilt” at the same area with the Presidential Palace and the famous One Pillar Pagoda (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on every Monday and Friday).
• Next, we will also make a visit to the Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, which is now dedicated to Confucian worship.
• In the afternoon, head to the interesting Ethnology Museum, which features well-presented tribal art, artefacts and everyday objects of 54 officially recognized ethinic groups of Vietnam, gathered from across the nation, and examples of traditional village houses.
• Hop on a cyclo tour around the unique Old Quarter of Hanoi for about 1 hour
• Our foodie tour will start with the most fascinating authentic local street food of Hanoi like draught beer, local bread with BBQ pork, sticky rice (Optional Bun Cha), Green Papaya with beef salad and Egg Coffee…
• Transfer to the train station to take the night train to Lao Cai, overnight on train

• Transfer from the the train station to Sapa, which will take about 1.5 hours. Freshen up and have breakfast at a local restaurant.
• Transfer by car to Lao Chai, a village of Black Hmong ethnic people and start our trek across hill tribe villages and rice terraced fields.
• Discover local people’s daily lives and how they make their traditional clothes, handicraft, indigo…
• Walk to Ta Van, home of Giay people and enjoy a delightful lunch with a local family in one of the beautiful traditional houses located on their rice paddy fields.
• Rejoin our car and drive back to your hotel.
• Overnight in Sapa

• Trek a 3-km distance through breathtaking landscape to the village of Suoi Ho, home to H’mong minority, enjoy views over endless rice terraces
• Continue on to Ma Tra village you will come across the impressive ruins of a church dating back to the French occupation in the early 1900s. Take a minute to explore this intriguing sight and take some photos.
• Trek to Ta Phin village – home of both Black H’mong and Red Dzao minorities. The Red Dao are known for their expertise in herbal medicine, and use plants from the land to treat many illnesses.
• Experiece bathing with herbal medicine of Red Dzao people
• Transfer by car back to Sapa and then depart for Hanoi by joining limousine. Your family will arrive in Hanoi at around 9:00 PM.
• Overnight in Hanoi

• You will be picked up from your hotel in Hanoi and head to Halong through the new highway Hanoi – Halong, which will take about more than 2 hours
• Warmly welcomed on board by smiling crew staff then take a hearty lunch while the cruise sails among mesmerizing evergreen karsts to the heart of the World Heritage Halong Bay
• Visit tranquil Viet Hai village, experience riding bike around the small village and have the chance to meet and get to know about the local people there
• Back on board and enjoy a sunset party from the sundeck, contemplating the most magnificent moments on the wonder bay, when the sun goes down to the ocean

• Commence the day early in the morning with a Tai Chi Class or just simply sit back, take a morning coffee and enjoy the sunrise on the bay
• Explore Luon Cave (Tunnel Cave) – a must-see destination. Family members can choose either fun kayaking or sitting on a small bamboo boat.
• Check out and have a brunch while the cruise sails back to the port, crossing craggy karst towers of Halong Bay
• From the port, transfer directly to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh
• On arrival, transfer to your hotel
• Check in hotel & overnight in Ho Chi Minh

• In the morning, transfer to Cu Chi tunnels – a marvelous underground network constructed by Viet Cong soldiers during the long struggle for independence. This 121-kilometer-long complex of tunnels is also served as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches and living quarters for numerous North Vietnamese fighters.
• After having lunch in Ho Chi Minh city, take a half day tour around the city including the Reunification Palace, Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Saigon Post Office.
• Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

• Our guide and driver will pick you up and drive you more than 2 hours from Ho Chi Minh to Ben Tre, where your family will start the discovery of Mekong Delta
• Ride your bike along peaceful village paths in the origin of coconut, take a sampan boat trip on small zigzag canals, discovering the life of local people in riverside.
• Take the chance to see how coconut candy is made at its origin
• Boarding another boat trip in Ba Lai River, watching how local people fish on the river
• Transfer to Can Tho city and overnight in Can Tho

• Start the new day with a boat trip to join in the Cai Rang floating market – taste the daily life of local people
• Sample local fruits while our boat takes you cross myriads canals
• Visit an ancient house of Binh Thuy, which was built in 1870 with French style in architecture but still remained traditional features of Southern style
• Have lunch at a local restaurant and then head back to Ho Chi Minh City
• Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

After breakfast, free and relax on your own leisure until being picked up by our driver and transferred to the airport for your departure flight back home. South and North of Vietnam Family Tour Package ends here. It’s time to say goodbye, Viet Prestige Travel would like to thank you for traveling with us and warmly welcome you to come again in the future!