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15 Days 14 Nights

VIETNAM TRAILS 15 DAYS/14 NIGHTS

“Vietnam Trails” is an immersive 15-day journey designed for travelers who want to traverse the full length of the country, from the vibrant southern delta to the rugged northern highlands. This tour balances the “must-see” historical landmarks of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi with deep cultural forays into the countryside. You will experience the heritage of central Vietnam in Hoi An and Hue, trek through the iconic terraced rice fields of Sapa, and meet ethnic minority groups at the vibrant Bac Ha Sunday market. The journey concludes with a majestic overnight cruise in Halong Bay, offering a comprehensive “trail” through the very best of Vietnam’s nature, history, and local life.

Tour Highlights

Mountain Conquest: Ascend the “Roof of Indochina” via the Fansipan Cable Car for breathtaking views of the Hoang Lien Son range.
Ethnic Heritage: Trek through Muong Hoa Valley to visit Black H’mong and Giay villages, and explore the famous Bac Ha ethnic market.
Cultural Immersion: Become a local farmer and fisherman in Tra Que Village and learn to cook authentic regional dishes.
Historical Discovery: Explore the underground Cu Chi Tunnels, the Imperial City of Hue, and the “Hanoi Hilton” (Hoa Lo Prison).
Scenic Marvels: Drive the legendary Hai Van Pass and cruise through the limestone karsts of Halong Bay and the winding canals of the Mekong Delta.
Urban Charm: Enjoy a traditional water puppet show and a cyclo tour through the 36 ancient streets of Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1Ho Chi Minh Arrival

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh – the largest city of Vietnam. Our driver and guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer to hotel.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 2Ho Chi Minh City Tour - Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)

08h00: Your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel. We will visit the following places of interest:
- Independence Palace (the Reunification Palace) was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace.
- War Remnants Museum which has a vast display of both the Indochina wars.
- Notre Dame Cathedral and Central Post Office the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times
- Jade Emperor Pagoda with the peaceful atmosphere so many stories behind each detail of the pagoda.
After a few hours discovering the city, you will enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant before we drive about 1,5 hours through the pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi.
- Upon arrival, you’ll watch a brief of the propaganda video, which explains how the tunnels were used to successfully defeat American military forces in combat.
- The tour continues and the guide explains some traps that were placed in the jungles of Vietnam to either maim American soldiers or create panic amongst the ranks.
- From here, you can enter one of the tunnel entrances and crawl through the tunnels is a real experience to imagine how people could live there for an extended period!
- There is a shooting range where you can try to fire an automatic or semi-automatic weapon for a fee (this fee is not included)
- Take some rest at the end for a taste of Cu Chi boiled tapioca and thinking what humans are capable of when having to defend their home.
We drive back to Ho Chi Minh city and drop you to your hotel. Dinner on your own.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh hotel.

Day 3Mekong Delta Tour (B/L)

08h00: Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, and drive 2,5 hours to Cai Be. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilet. Here are some activities on the trip:
- Visit a flea market and cruise along a vast network of canals and channels of Mekong River.
- Have some fresh fruits and visit some local cottage industries (coconut candy workshop, snake wine, pop-rice, or rice paper)
- Visit an island named Tan Phong and a tropical fruit garden, listen to Vietnamese traditional music, and enjoy getting in touch with local life.
- Join a cooking demonstration and enjoy your wonderful lunch afterward.
- Take a cycling tour of about 30 minutes around the village -a fantastic way to experience local life.
- Get back to the house, say goodbye to your hosts.
17h30: Arrive Ho Chi Minh, be dropped off at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel

Day 4Ho Chi Minh- Flight To Danang - Transfer To Hoian (B/D)

At the good time this morning, you will be transferred to the airport for a short flight to Danang city. Upon arrival to Danang, our tour guide will pick you up and transfer to hotel in Hoian. Explore Hoi An Ancient Town – visit landmarks like Phuc Kien Pagoda, Phung Hung Ancient House, and the Japanese Covered Bridge. Shop at the central market and enjoy dinner.
18h00: Take a scenic boat ride on Hoai River, release flower lanterns, and experience Hoi An’s magical night market.
18h30: Have dinner at local restaurant. Back to hotel for take rest.
Overnight in Hoian

Day 5Tra Que Village - Farming And Cooking Activities (B/L)

In this early morning, our guide will welcome you at your hotel in Hoi An and take you on a boat to learn fishing under the instruction of the local fisherman. Especially, you will practice by yourself how to throw net into the river and catch fish.
Continue to Bay Mau water coconut forest which was an revolutionary base area of Hoi An in the past, take a row of basket boat to enjoy the tranquil atmosphere and use special fishing tools to fish field crab.
Take a cyling route to visit Tra Que Vegetable Village which is 3 kms far from the ancient town and enjoy the peaceful beauty of villages in the countryside. On arrival, you are warmly welcomed with friendly smiles and special drink “E” water or local tea at a local family.
Take part in a cooking class with the family, you will be instructed to prepare ingredients and cook Hoi An special dishes and enjoy the lunch.
You will dress in Vietnamese farming clothes, take a short walk visiting organic vegetable gardens and learn to use the traditional gardening tools and methods. Under the demonstration of the local farmers, you will learn to prepare garden soil, fertilize green manure, plant vegetables and lastly water the vegetables to finish the planting procedure.
Back to the family’s house and soak your feet in Vietnamese herbs to relax after the interesting experience of gardening.
Transfer back to your hotel in Hoi An Ancient Town.

Day 6Hoian - Hue Full Day City (B/L)

07h30: Pick up and drive to Hue (102 km north of Da Nang).
The automobile stops at magnificent attractions like: National Route 1A in Vietnam crosses Hai Van Pass, a 21-km mountain pass. It is one of Vietnam’s most scenic hillside roads and divides Thua Thien-Hue Province from Danang City. Lang Co beach features almost 10 miles of white sand and azure sea water, making it great for relaxing, swimming, and taking photos.
10h30: Visit the Khai Dinh Tomb, which combines eastern and western artistic styles. A Hue-style specialty restaurant serves lunch at 12:00.
13h00: Continue exploring Hue Imperial, including the palace of 13 Nguyen Kings, Ngo Mon Gate, Library, Thai Hoa palace, Nine Dynastic Urns, and Thien Mu pagoda, which is dedicated to Hue’s culture
15h30: Transfer to tour hotel with driver and guide. Check in hotel in Hue. Take a rest.

Day 7Hue Flight To Hanoi (B)

You are free time until transfer to airport for Hanoi. Upon arrival, you will be picked up and transfer to hotel for check in (check in time is 14h00).
Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 8Hanoi City Tour Full Day (B/L)

08h00: Your local guide and driver will pick you up at hotel and depart for Hanoi private city tour.
- You will start with a visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex (it is closed on Monday and Friday), there you can visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the corpse of Uncle Ho kept.
- Next you will see the Presidential Palace – a nice French architecture in the garden and visit Ho Chi Minh House on stilts, learn about the simple life of Ho Chi Minh – the first President of Vietnam and the man who is loved by most of Vietnamese.
- Keep walking around the poetry fishpond to the One Pillar Pagoda – one of the most attractions in Hanoi, you cannot miss with the special architecture.
- Have lunch at local restaurant.
- You will continue to visit Hoa Lo prison, which is well-known as one of the most inhumane prisons with terrified punishment. It is also a symbol of strong will of prisoners and their sacrifice for their communist ideals. Have lunch at local restaurant.
- In the afternoon you will explore Hanoi by cyclo the Old Quarter – the 36 ancient streets. This slow – speed tour will give you a great opportunity to fully enjoy the classic and modern of the capital.
- End of the day with enjoy water puppet show, which performance like daily life of Vietnamese farmers (cultivating, tending buffalo, catching fishes…), communal entertainment (swimming contest, dragon dancing…), or historical legends (Le Loi returns precious sword…), with modest performance way have appealed audiences for centuries. Then transfer you back to hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 9Hanoi Transfer To Sapa - Cat Cat Village (B/L)

07h15: Our drive will pick you up at hotel and durations approximately 05 hours transfer to Sapa.
13h00: Upon arrive Sapa, check in hotel follows and have lunch at local restaurant then continue tour program
15h00: Visit Cat Cat village which is occupied by the Black H’mong tribe.
Overnight in Sapa.

Day 10Lao Chai - Ta Van Village (B/L)

9h00: We will pick you up at hotel aand then start for trekking.
9h15: We start trekking on small trails down the Muong Hoa Valley toward Lao Chai village of Black H’mong ethnic people. Here we will discover their daily life and how they make traditional clothes, handicraft, indigo…We will visit the biggest valley which provides the best view for golden rice terraced fields in Vietnam.
After Lao Chai we walk to Ta Van village of Giay people. It is a small group of ethnic people in Vietnam with a rich culture and beautiful houses located on rice paddy fields. Lao Chai & Ta Van Villages, about 8 km from Sapa town, where black H’mong and Dzay people are living, it is also the beginning of the valley which is called Muong Hoa. From a high point of the main road, great view of the whole villages open wide to offer the marvelous panorama views, backed by high mountains and facing the river. Here you will enjoy the fresh air, see terraced fields and stream, discover and visit some of Black H’mong families. You will have a welcome feeling at any house of the hospitable people there. You can interact them, learn about their culture and customs.
Then we take you back to Sapa town and drop you at the hotel.
Overnight in Sapa.

Day 11Fansipan Peak By Cable Car (B/L)

07h45: Enjoy the beautiful sunrise in Sapa and have breakfast at your hotel.
08h00: Visit Fansipan Cable Car Station (included 2 ways Cable Cab, 1 way Tram to the top) and spend 20 minutes with cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
12:00: Have lunch at local restaurant.
14:00: Free at own leisure or continue to explore this beautiful small town, shopping activities at local shops who promotes products from boarder.
16:00: Return to hotel. Overnight in Sapa

Day 12Sapa - Bac Ha Market - Hanoi (B/L)

After breakfast, your guide and driver will come to pick you up at your hotel and then drive about 2.5 hours to Bac Ha Market which opens only on Sunday.
Along the way, take your opportunity to enjoy beautiful mountainous scenes and rice paddy fields.
After having breakfast in a local restaurant, we will head to Bac Ha Market. In the market, we will see the locals selling and exchanging their goods and products, witness the traditional clothes and daily custom of them. Get on the car and drive to visit H’mong King’s palace, an old building built by the French.
The afternoon is dedicated to a light trekking to a village of Flower H’mong minority, Ban Pho. Local families will welcome and offer you some green tea, corn wine and short brief of their custom, you will enjoy dramatic landscapes of the surroundings.
16h00: Transfer to Hanoi.
Overnight in Hanoi
If your travel date is not in Sunday, you can choose another ethnic markets available in the week:
- Coc Ly market: On Tuesday
- Can Cau market: On Saturday
- Muong Hum market: On Sunday
- Cao Son market: On Wednesday
- Lung Khau Nhin Market: Thursday

Day 13Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight On Cruise (B/L/D)

08h30: Our private car picks you up at your hotel. Departure to Halong Bay for 2.5 hours by our Limousine Shuttle Bus via High-Speed Express Way.
10h00: Stopover at Pearl Farmhouse for refreshment about 20 – 30 minutes
12h30: Welcome on board.
13h00: Lunch (During the lunch the boat is cruising pass the small fishing village)
14h20: Go to visit Sung Sot Cave. After visiting Sung Sot cave, we will comeback Alisa boat, our boat keeps cruising to kayak area.
16h00: Kayaking.
18h00: Enjoy Happy hour for drinking and Sunset party at the sky bar, on the 4 floors.
18h15: Cooking class (Enjoy Vietnamese traditional food – Spring rolls).
19h00: Dinner is served.
20h30: Relaxing time (Squid fishing).
Overnight on cruise.

Day 14Halong Bay - Hanoi (B/L)

06h45 – 07h30: Breakfast is served.
07h30 – 08h30: Kayaking to Luon Cave (please change your clothes because it will be wet, we don’t recommend you take your camera, cell phone together.)
09h45: Check out time (for a better arrangement, please put your luggage out of the door and return the room key at the reception). Our staff will help you transfer your luggage to the jetty in advance.
09h45 – 10h30: Early lunch is served.
10h30: Pay the bill at the bar counter on the second floor.
11h00: Say good bye to the crew and disembark in Alisa Harbor.
12h00: Get on the car and come back to Hanoi.
Overnight in Hanoi

Day 15Hanoi Departure (B)

Breakfast at hotel then free until your transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
Trip ends.

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Table Price

PRICE USD NET/ PERSON
OPTION	2 pax	4 pax	6 pax	8 pax	10 pax	Single supplement
3***	1877	1382	1174	1167	1085	424
4****	2090	1595	1387	1380	1298	637
5*****	2454	1959	1751	1744	1662	999

Policy for Children

Child under 4 years old sharing room with two (2) adults without extra bed: Free of charge.
Child from 4 – under 6 years old sharing room with two (2) adults without extra bed: 50% of charge
Child from 7 – under 9 years old sharing room with two (2) adults without extra bed: 75% of charge
Child from 10 – under 12 years old sharing room with two (2) adults with extra bed: 85% of charge
Child under 12 years old sharing room with one (1) adult: 100% of charge
Child from 12 years old and above: 100% of charge

Policy for Payment

Cancellation policy for tours
- No Show: 100 % charge
- 1 – 2 days: 100 % of the tour price
- 3 – 5 days: 75 % of the tour price
- 6 -10 days: 50 % of the tour price
- 11 – 14 days: 30 % of the tour price
- 15 – 29 days: 10 % of the tour price
- 30 days up: No charge
Evisa, domestic flight tickets: Non refundable

INCLUSIONS
EXCLUSIONS

Hotel in twin/triple sharing room basis with daily breakfast.
Transfer by air-conditioned bus as itinerary.
Meals as indicated: Breakfast /Lunch /Dinner.
Complimentary Mineral Water on tour (01 bottle/pax/day).
Entrance fees, boat trips and excursions.
Excellent English speaking guide.

Travel Insurance.
Visa fee if any.
Domestic and International air tickets.
Personal expenses.
Compulsory Tipping 2 – 3$/pax/day .
Others not mentioned nor specified above.

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FAQs

Are there any age restrictions for this tour?

We have a minimum age requirement of 18 years old to join the tour. Group members aged 16-17 years old are welcome to join the tour but only with a family member that will act as their guardian whilst on tour. Aside from that, no age requirements at all!

Does Vietnamstory part of the Hotel ?

Indochina Travel Group is a private tour company whose mission is to make visitors' time in Vietnam really remarkable.

How do I book tour ?

To book tour, you can contact our email: booking@indochinatravelgroup.com or fill in our form, we will contact you back at soonest.

What information do I need to provide ?

Your name, number of guest, tour name, tour date, special request and your Whatsapp or Email.

How can I request for a customized tour?

Our tour run everyday, but our main focus are private tours for small group like couple or family. To request a customized tour, please note it down in your special request, send us your detail requirement and we will work closely with you to tailor your unforgettable trips.

Can I amend after I have booked?

Yes, It will depend on the time you amend with us. If you have any change, please advise us as soon as you can.

What should I do if I get lost during the tour?

Incase you cannot find your tour guide/airport representative, please stay calm, stay where you are and contact the tour guide that we provided or contact us to tell your address, we will contact our tour guide/ representative to looking for you as soon as possible.

Group tour and Private tour.

Pease note that most of Halong bay trips are group tours, that means you will share the limousine transport with other guests to save your money but still feel comfortable. If you would like to get the private transfer, please contact us at anytime to get the deal.

Starting from USD1,877 /person without airfare

Min 2 Pax.