Day 2:
Saigon
City
Tours
(Meals :
B)
Today’s
full day
city
tour
visits
Saigon’s
historic
landmarks
including
walking
tour for
photo
opportunities
toward
the Old
Saigon
Post
Office,
Notre
Dame
Cathedral,
former
Presidential
Palace
and
possibly
War
Remnants
Museum.
Afternoon
visit to
the
Chinese
district
of
Cholon
to enjoy
the
bustling
wholesale
quarter
of
Saigon.
China
town has
been
established
in
Saigon
for over
200
years
but
remained
unchanged
with its
old
temples
and
houses
characterizing
the
disintegrated
Vietnamese
Chinese
culture.
There
are lots
of photo
opportunities
about
the
local
life
during
the
visit.
Overnight
in
Saigon
Day 3:
Saigon -
My Tho -
Can Tho
(Meals :
B/L)
Leave
Saigon
for My
Tho. My
Tho is
located
on the
northern
banks of
the
Mekong
river
and is
the
closest
town in
the
Delta
area to
Ho Chi
Minh
City,
about 2
hours
drive
away. In
the
center
of the
town
close to
the
river
there is
a large
market
that
sells
just
about
anything
that can
be eaten
or is
used in
day to
day
business.
Around
the My
Tho area
you will
find a
maze of
small
canals
that can
be
explored
on one
of the
many
organized
boat
tours.
Enjoy a
boat
ride on
the
Mekong
River
and
visit an
orchard
on an
island,
with
lunch en
route.
Continue
driving
to Can
Tho.
Check-in
hotel
and stay
overnight
in Can
Tho.
Day 4:
Can Tho
- Saigon
(Meals :
B/L)
Early
morning
board
for a
3-hour
cruise
to Cai
Rang and
Phong
Dien, 2
big
floating
markets
with
stops at
a Bun
Tau
noodle
factory
and a
short
trek
before
arriving
at a
rice-husking
mill.
You can
even try
passing
one of
the many
fragile
monkey
bridges
along
the
canals
photo
shot. At
the
floating
markets,
you will
discover
a
typical
way of
displaying
and
advertising
farm
products
of local
people
gathering
on the
Mekong
river to
trade
their
goods.
Drive
back to
Saigon
with a
lunch
stop at
My Tho.
Dinner
at
hotel.
Day
5: HCM
City -
Mui Ne
(Meals:
B)
Drive 4
hour to
Mui Ne.
Check-in
beach
hotel in
Mui Ne. In
the
later
afternoon,
we will
evening
we will
photograph
Mui Ne
boat
harbor
at
sunset,
which
with its
bevy of
fishing
boats,
is
particularly
scenic.
Overnight
at hotel
in Mui
Ne.
Day
6: Mui
Ne
(Meals:
B)
We will
arise
early to
photograph
the
local
fisherman
returning
to the
beach
with
their
catch.
You are
then
free to
explore
and
photograph
at your
leisure
or just
relax on
the
beach.
In the
afternoon,
we will
take
photograph
of Mui
Ne sand
dunes
before
enjoying
the late
afternoon
light at
Phan
Thiet
Boat
Harbor.
Relax
and
overnight
at
hotel.
Day
7: Mui
Ne - Nha
Trang
(Meals:
B)
After
having
breakfast,
we will
head for
Nha
Trang
(250
km),
Stop on
the way
to relax
and have
lunch
Day
8: Nha
Trang
(Meals:
B)
We will
arise
early to
photograph
fishing
boats
returning
from sea
at
sunrise.
Breakfast
and then
we will
enjoy an
island
boat
trip. In
the
afternoon,
we will
enjoy
leisurely
cruising
along
Cai
River or
visit
the
countryside
where
you will
have
great
landscape
photos.
Overnight
at hotel
in Nha
Trang
Day
9: Nha
Trang -
Danang -
Hoi An
(Meals:
B)
At
leisure
until we
will
transfer
you to
Cam Ranh
airport
in Nha
Trang to
take a
short
flight
to
Danang
city.
Pick up
upon
arrival
and
transfer
to Hoi
An. Rest
of the
time at
your own
leisure.
Overnight
at
hotel.
Day
10: Hoi
An
(Meals:
B)
In the
morning,
we will
visit
Hoi An
market
and take
a
walking
tour on
its
narrow
cobblestone
streets
visiting
former
merchants’
houses,
Phuc
Kien
Pagoda,
the
400-year
old
Japanese
Covered
Bridge,
the
colorful
bazaar,
and the
local
market,
where we
spend a
lot of
time to
shoot
the most
lively
pictures
of fish
mongers
on the
river
bank. At
5 pm,
take one
hour
boat
ride on
the Thu
Bon
River
visit
the Kim
Bong
pottery
and
carpentry
villages
to learn
the
traditional
way of
making
clay
products
and
fishing
boat
building.
Overnight
at hotel
in Hoi
An
Day
11: Hoi
An - Hue
(Meals:
B)
Our
vehicle
picks
you up
at your
hotel in
Hoi An
and we
will
cross
over the
Hai Van
pass.
This
pass is
500
meters
high and
its name
translates
as “Pass
of the
Ocean
Clouds”.
The pass
is
considered
one of
the most
beautiful
in the
country.
Continue
driving
to Hue
city.
Check-in
hotel
and the
rest of
time at
your own
leisure.
Overnight
at hotel
in Hue.
Day
12: Hue
(Meals:
B)
Morning
take a
dragon
boat
downstream
to visit
Con Hen
island,
where we
have
chance
to
describe
the life
of boat
people
on the
sampans
by
photo.
Continue
upstream
toward
the
Thien Mu
Pagoda,
Hue’s
most
reserved
religious
monument
standing
on the
riverbank
with its
seven-floored
tower.
Drive to
visit
the
Imperial
Citadel.
Afternoon
continue
by
vehicle
to visit
the
elaborate
Royal
tombs of
Emperor
Tu Duc
and Khai
Dinh.
Before
returning
to the
hotel,
we come
up to
the Vong
Canh
hill for
a photo
opportunity
of the
spectacular
upper
part of
the
Perfume
River.
Overnight
at hotel
Day
13: Hue
- Hanoi
(Meals:
B)
Early
morning
transfer
to the
airport
for
flight
to
Hanoi.
Arrive
in
Hanoi,
meet and
transfer
to your
hotel.
After
check
in,
begin a
tour of
this
charming
capital
city
visiting
the One
Pillar
Pagoda,
Fine
Arts
Museum,
Temple
of
Literature,
Lake of
the
Restored
Sword.
Lunch is
at Hoa
Sua
cooking
school
restaurant.
Afternoon,
we
continue
to
wander
the
downtown
area
through
the old
section
of 36
streets
and 36
wares,
where
each
street
hosts
vendors
of
particular
trade.
Free
shopping
or
wandering
around
Hanoi
old part
of the
city for
photo
shooting.
Day
14:
Hanoi -
Tay
Phuong
Pagoda -
Sapa
(Meals:
B)
Early
morning
around
5.30,
walk to
Hoan
Kiem
Lake
where
local
seniors
practice
a
rigorous,
joint-limbering
version
of tai
chi.
After
breakfast,
depart
for the
“Pagoda
of the
West”
(Tay
Phuong)
and the
Master-Thay
pagoda.
Tay
Phuong
pagoda,
40 km
southwest
of
Hanoi,
consists
of three
parallel
single
level
structures
built on
a
hillock
said to
resemble
a
buffalo.
These
structures
represent
three
treasures,
Buddha,
his laws
and the
bronze.
Take a
relaxing
hike
(for
photo
opportunities)
for a
few
miles
through
the rice
paddy
and
villages
to the
Master-Thay
pagoda,
the home
of the
Water
Puppetry
Art.
Enjoy a
picnic
lunch in
the
pagoda.
Return
to Hanoi
at 3.30
pm and
transfer
to the
hotel.
At 21:00
pm.
Transfer
to the
train
station
to take
an
overnight
train
ride to
Lao Cai.
Day
15: Lao
Cai -
Sapa
(Meals:
B)
Arrive
in the
early
morning
at Lao
Cai
Station,
near the
Chinese
border,
and
transfer
to our
private
car for
a scenic
drive to
the hill
station
of Sapa.
Enjoy
the
spectacular
views of
rice-terraced
mountains
and
Black
H’mong
and Red
Dao hill
tribe
people
dressed
in their
colorful
wares
walking
along
the
roadside.
After
checking
into the
hotel
and
breakfast,
begin a
walking
tour
through
the
market,
where
hill
tribe
people
from
villages
afar
converge
here on
Saturday,
and
continue
towards
Cat Cat
Village,
home to
the
Black
H’Mong
hill
tribe.
Balance
of the
day is
free at
leisure.
Dinner
at the
hotel.
Day
16:
Village
Tour
(Meals:
B, L)
Today we
will
trek
down the
mountain
to Ta
Van
village.
Along
the way
we will
photograph
the
magnificent
terraced
rice
fields
and
local
minority
people
going
about
their
day-to-day
activities.
After an
enjoyable
picnic
lunch,
we will
continue
our
trek,
walking
through
a number
of
minority
villages
and
getting
up close
to the
terraced
rice
fields.
We will
photograph
the
sunset
over the
terraced
rice
fields
at our
leisure.
Overnight
at hotel
in Sapa.
Day
17: Sapa
- Bac Ha
or Muong
Hum, Can
Cau
Market
(These
markets
held on
Saturday
or
Sunday
only) B
Waking
up early
morning
at
06:30.
Drive to
Bac Ha. This
Sunday
market
also
attracts
a wide
variety
of
ethnic
minority
groups
including
the
Variegated
H’mong,
Dao, Phu
La, La
Chi, Tay
who
still
retain
their
age old
cultural
traditions
and are
recognizably
distinct
from
each
other by
their
dress.
The
experience
of this
congregation
is
unique.
After
photo
touring
around
the
market,
the car
will
take you
to Ban
Pho
villages
where
inhabited
of
Flower
H’mong
people.
Driver
back to
Lao Cai
town to
board
Victoria
Express
back to
Hanoi.
Overnight
on the
train
Day
18:
Hanoi -
Halong
Bay (Meals
: B, L,
D)
