Overview

Discover the essence of Vietnam in just 9 unforgettable days! From cruising under lantern-lit skies in Hoi An to riding Jeeps through Hanoi’s vibrant streets, this journey blends history, culture, and fun. Marvel at the Golden Bridge in Ba Na Hills, explore peaceful Lan Ha Bay, and enjoy hands-on moments like lantern-making and village visits—perfect for curious, easygoing travelers.

Day 1: Landing in HCMC – Relax after long flight

Day 2: HCMC flight to Da Nang – Marble mountain – Monkey island – Dinner cruise

Day 3: Hoi An city tour – Release Lantern

Day 4: Bana hills – Golden hand bridge

Day 5: Coconut river – Lantern making – Da Nang flight to Hanoi

Day 6: Lan Ha bay 1 day

Day 7: Hanoi city tour by Jeep – Hanoi walking street food tour – train street

Day 8: Hanoi incent village

Day 9: Flight back home

Itinerary Details

Day 1: Landing in HCMC – Relax after long flight

Landing at Tan Son Nhat airport, after collecting your visa and luggage, move outside and Our representative will receive you at the pick up point to escort you to the hotel.

After a smooth check-in process (The room is at your disposal from 14.00 onwards), settle down in your comfortable room and de-stress yourself. You can explore your own local sightseeing such as exploring the long standing history.

• The Reunification Palace
• War Remnants Museum
• Notre Dame Cathedral
• The Old Post Office
• Jade Emperor Pagoda
• Ben Thanh Market

Shopping at Ben Thanh market, Saigon Square open till 9PM.

Join nightlife at Bui Vien walking street with pub, bar and street food. Manage your dinner.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 2: HCMC flight to Da Nang – Marble mountain – Monkey island – Dinner cruise

Morning, after breakfast, our driver take you to airport, check in flight to Da Nang (transit in HCMC)

Land in Da Nang, our driver take you to hotel in Hoi An and have check in Check in 14h00) – Lunch by yourself

13:30 pm: The tour guide and minivan will pick you up at the hotel for heading to Da Nang to visit Marble Mountain and absorb knowledge about religions and gain insight into the differences between Buddhism and Hinduism

16:00 pm: Visit Am Phu Cave – walk through a devilish underworld full of demons

16:30 pm: Our van will transfer you to Monkey Mountain to see the biggest statue of Lady Buddha in Central Vietnam with a height of 67m.

Enjoy beautiful mountain scenery and romantic sunsets from the top of the Son Tra peninsula.

Back in our van to a local restaurant, enjoy dinner and a cold beer or soft drink

After dinner, we will enjoy the magic of the nightlights on the cruise ship. And it is definitely a great choice for experiencing the modern and sparkling vibe along the Han – Danang River.

The Dragon bridge in Da Nang has become a symbol of a flourishing city and has been entertaining visitors to Vietnam since 2013. Especially, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, the cruise will finish at the Dragon bridge where the Dragon starts to breathe Fire followed by water in a display that lasts for 10 minutes at 9:00pm.

21.30 pm: Transfer back to the hotel. Tour ends.

Day 3: Hoi An city tour – Release Lantern

Morning, relax in beach

About 2:30 pm: – Our guide will meet you at our hotel in Hoi An City Center and start the Hoi An City Tour.
-Firstly, you’ll visit Hoi An Market which is always bustling. It offers an unmissable shopping experience. This market is full of sights, colors, sounds and smells. Next to Phuc Kien Chinese Assembly Hall, a colorful mélange of bright gates, dragon statues and elaborate rooftops. Get an introduction to ancestor worship while visiting the family altar and watching local devotees making offerings. You will see remarkably well-preserved old houses: Phung Hung Ancient House or Tan Ky Ancient House – That have withstood 200 years of weather and war. Learn about the prosperous merchants who used to live in these homes, trading with buyers from all around the world. After that, going to Museum of Folk Culture in Hoi An – A display of artifacts depicting ancient local daily life in a 150-year-old Chinese merchant house. Especially, you will enjoy art shows at Hoi An Traditional Performing Arts House. 

– Make a stop at the Japanese Bridge. The bridge spans a small waterway and was constructed more than 400 years ago to connect the Japanese community with the Chinese who lived on the other side of the water. Admire the carvings and paintings inside the bridge, learning about their symbolism and cultural significance.
– Additionally, visit some of Hoi An’s well-known handicraft shops and artwork galleries. Discover smaller laneways and local neighborhoods gaining a better appreciation of Hoi An’s endless charm.

– Dinner with Hoi An specialty food.
– Enjoy your time with the boat ride and release the flower lantern to pray for luck to you and your family. You will immerse yourself in the fanciful space of the lantern street.
6.30 pm: Finish Hoi An city tour  

About 7.00pm: Our guide will take you back to your hotel in Hoi An. Tour ends.

Day 4: Bana hills – Golden hand bridge

07:30 am – 08:00 am: After breakfast, please check out and leave luggage in lobby

Our Minivan and a tour guide pick you up at your hotel lobby, enjoy a ride to Ba Na Hills via Cable Car

Spend your time in the most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, visit Dream Stream Cable car Station and admire the breath-taking view of Da Nang coastal city.

After finishing the first cable car, you will visit The Golden Bridge – which has the most exotic structure and also the world’s most prominent pedestrian bridges highlighted by the British Guard newspaper, Le Jardin D’amourn (consists of 9 gardens), Linh Ung pagoda.

Sit on the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village where you could enjoy Street Music, watch Art’s statue, Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome …

Have lunch at a restaurant (Buffet).

Take the Lava Train from Sun Kingdom to many new attractions for check-in such as Helios waterfall, Time Gate, and The Moon Kingdom …Join in Fantasy Park by walking in Fairy Forest, discovering Dinosaur Park, playing 5D wild west, enjoying 4D death race ride, watching 3D mega 360 degrees, riding on journey into the underground, entering Jurassic Park, challenging Freefall Tower and participating in an adventure in Horror House and over 90 free games.

3:00 pm: Return to the Cable Car for leaving Ba Na Hills

4:45 – 5:45 pm: Our Minivan brings you to Da Nang beach – Dinner by your self

Our car wait and take you back to Hoi An in evening.

Day 5: Coconut river – Lantern making – Da Nang flight to Hanoi

Morning, after breakfast, make checkout, you can leave luggage in lobby

About 9:00 – 9:15 AM. The driver and tour guide will collect you at your hotel in Danang to start your journey to discover Cam Thanh Coconut Village & Lantern making class
You will visit craftsmen with skillful hands, showing you how to create brightly colored lanterns. Expertly guided you could make yourself a lantern as a gift to your family. 

Immerse yourself in the peaceful atmosphere of Cam Thanh Village. Enjoy a relaxing boat trip through the beautiful coconut forest. Participate in traditional fishing activities and catch beetles with local experts.

Enjoy hands-on experience of round-net and cast-net fishing done by local fishermen.

Learn to paddle the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat and join in a basket boat rowing

You will see the basket-boat performance.

Go to catch the crabs and drop the net.
Return fisherman’s house and joining the cooking show with fire performance of the master Chef (is there is the cooking class takes place)

Have lunch in a local restaurant. Enjoy lunch (7 local dishes) and mineral water.

12.30 PM Transfer back to your hotel in Hoi An. 

Our transfer take you to airport – check in flight to Hanoi 

Landin Hanoi, after collect luggage, our driver transfer you to hotel – make check in and relax.

Day 6: Lan Ha bay 1 day

07h00 – Pick up at your hotel 

09h30 – Welcome onboard

Arriving at Tuan Chau marina. We welcome our guests onboard, enjoy a welcome drink, receive cruise briefing, safety instructions and check in. Start cruising and explore Halong Bay – one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.

JadeSails will take you on an odyssey of 7.5-hours in deep exploration through remote Halong Bay – Lan Ha Bay, discovering many hidden splendors of untouched natural wonders. 

11h00 – Buffet lunch on boat

While cruising through a maze of toweling limestone mountains, you revel in the elegant restaurant that is fully equipped with air-conditioning. A buffet lunch (western, Vietnamese and seafood) is served and spectacular seascape is always in view through expanded windows.

13h30 – Explore a magical sea cave and hidden lagoons by local rowing boat.

Drop anchor at a cove amid dramatic natural scenery in Dark and Light grotto archipelago. After an introduction from our expert on how to paddle safely, you will with a bamboo boat rowed by a fisherfolk and gently gliding through stalagmite caves leaded into hidden lagoons do amidst a maze of incredible rock formations rising majestically from jade-green water. Every turn brings another surprise and secret passages of an array of stalagmite caves leaded into hidden lagoons with a unique ecosystem, getting close to sea creature

15h00 – Kayaking and swimming at quiet area in Lan Ha bay

We progress to quiet area in Lan Ha Bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam. The region is known for its pristine beaches and spectacular beauty, having about 400 fascinating islands. You may prefer to try your hand at kayaking or simply just enjoy a swim. This is a great experience, immersed in the crystal clear waters of the bay.

16h00 – Cooking demonstration  

You will join our short cooking demonstration, our chef will guide you how to make famous traditional Vietnamese spring rolls. Here you will understand the culinary culture of the Vietnamese.

16h30 – Sunset party (enjoy the break)

Summit on the sundeck to watch the magnificent sunset over the Seven Wonders of Nature, enjoy the Sunset party. It’s an ideal time to make acquaintances with new friends, sharing your traveling experience or simply watching the sunset or just relaxing, while cruising back to Tuan Chau Marina. Or you can choose to relax at the big Jacuzzi that is located in the front of the cruise.

 17h45 – Disembark for comfortable limousine ride back Hanoi via new expressway

19h30 – Drop off at your hotel doorsteps. Service ended.

Day 7: Hanoi city tour by Jeep – Hanoi walking street food tour – train street

Morning: After breakfast, please make check out and leave luggage in lobby

Our guide will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. You will be greeted by our guide and driver at your hotel lobby or our meeting point for a safety briefing, we then begin our adventure.

On the first part of our Hanoi Jeep tour, We will take you to see the Hanoi Opera House – the biggest theater in Vietnam, which is also considered as a historical and architectural landmark as well as an attraction in Hanoi where a range of important events have taken place. 

We expose you the REAL HANOI with a day in the life experiences, featured with the parts-unknown of the city with slices of life in the maze of backstreets, tiny alleyways, local homes, schools, random markets and black market, experiencing where & how locals live, work and play. Other travel companies just show you the beauty and tell you to run away from the bad and the weird of your destinations.

On Hanoi Jeep Tours’ journeys, not only do we show you the good but we also expose the bad and the weird of your destinations as it is what it is. For us, the run-off-the mill tourist sites are only the tip of the iceberg, the majority of your destinations remain hidden in the unknown parts-unknown.

On the second part of the Hanoi Jeep tour, we pass by & stop at the MUST-SEE places of our beautiful city. On the way we will pass through Ho Chi Minh mausoleum – the Mecca of Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, sacred place built to keep Ho Chi Minh’s body remained after he passed away so that he can somehow find contentment in seeing Vietnam united. 

After that, We take you through the Thanh Nien street which lies between 2 beautiful lakes of Hanoi, one of the most beautiful streets of the city. Then we moved to banana island which we call The hidden charm of Hanoi where it is just about 3,4 km far from the center but the scenery is totally different from modern cities. 

You have a chance to visit their farm, see the local’s houses, talk with local people to know about their lifestyle, enjoy the organic tropical fruits they grow by themselves and try the green tea. 

After that we also take you to the peaceful & alluring out-skirt villages around West lake and Truc Bach lake to enrich your experiences about the contrast in harmony of life between the city center and the out-skirt. Then we went to visit  and learn about Van Nien pagoda or also known as the 1000-year-old Buddhist pagoda, it’s one of the most ancient pagodas in Hanoi.

On the third part of the Hanoi Jeep tour, while we are traveling, you will see Hoang Hoa Tham, the most beautiful bonsai street in Hanoi, which will impress you with the fresh green trees and colorful flowers. 

Our Jeep will take you go through the back street, see the small alleys of Hanoi as you would experience a hidden tranquil of Hanoi – B52 American aircraft which was shot down by Vietnamese people, a hectic of Hanoi with thousands of Skyscrapers in the new parts of the city. It is not only a ride but a journey that you would learn about Hanoi before, now and then.

On the last part of Hanoi Jeep tour, you will stop at different AUTHENTIC restaurants, eateries and food stalls to savor the tastiest of the tasty dishes of Hanoi including family heirloom & secret recipe dishes, local delicacies and specialties.

Reach hotel around 12h30

Afternoon

Be picked up from hotels or meeting points located in the center of  Hanoi Old Quarter (Only) – Quick Vietnamese greeting lessons.

Tour guides discuss any food allergies before starting a tour and tell tourists about Vietnamese cuisine, Vietnamese (Hanoian) history, culture while touring.

Tour guides will take tourists to eat at lots of special corners , alleys and restaurants of The Old Quarter that you might miss if you go by yourself  to try variety of street foods and drinks  such as: Bún chả (Grilled pork with noodle), Bún ốc (Snail noodle soup), Bánh gối (Pillow dumpling), Bánh tôm (Shrimp dumpling), Chè (Sweet gruel soup), Bánh khoai, chuối (Sweet potato,Banana cake), Bia Hơi (Fresh beer), Phở bò,gà (Beef, chicken noodle soup), Bánh cuốn (Steamed rice paper rolls), Nem rán (Fried spring rolls), Bánh Mỳ (Vietnamese sandwich), Bánh Bao (Vietnamese dumpling), Hoa quả dầm (Mixture fresh-fruit), Café trứng (Egg coffee), Trà đá (Iced tea).

Tour guides will show them how to go to Hanoi train street and enjoy your time.

Day 8: Hanoi incent village

7:45 – 8:15: Pick up at Old Quarter by tour guide. Begin your adventure in Ha Thai village, renowned for its lacquerware production since the 17th century. 

Meet a celebrated local artisan who will introduce you to this traditional art form. 

Under their expert guidance, you’ll have the opportunity to create your own lacquer painting as a unique souvenir.

Next, journey to the 300-year-old Chuong village, famous for its conical hat making. 

Wander through the village and, depending on availability, either visit a war veteran to hear personal stories from the Vietnam War or meet other local artisans to learn about their daily lives. 

Enjoy a delicious home-cooked lunch prepared by a local female artisan, immersing yourself in authentic Vietnamese hospitality. 

After lunch, try your hand at painting your own hat or join in the hat-making process with guidance from skilled craftspeople. 

Complete your artisanal tour at the vibrant Quang Phu Cau incense village. Walk through the village center to observe family-scale incense production. 

Visit a household specializing in dyeing incense sticks and capture stunning photos of colorful incense bundles. 

The experience culminates with a tour of the village’s largest incense factory, where you’ll witness the entire production process and gain insights into the lives of rural workers. 

17:00 – 17:30: Your journey concludes with a return to Hanoi, with the option to be dropped off at the famous Train Street or another location of your choice. 

This full-day tour offers a comprehensive immersion into Vietnam’s living.

Day 9: Flight leave Vietnam

And here comes an end to the joyous vacation as the last day of your holiday package arrives! Have a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel and get ready to depart from the hotel with memorable memories. Our representative will pick you up and drop at the airport to catch the flight.