Vietnam Itinerary 9 Days 8 Nights

Vietnam tour itinerary from India

Hanoi Arrival-Free shopping Private Transfer without Guide

Arrive in Hanoi, driver will pick you up at airport and transfer to hotel for check in. (check in time: 14:00)

Free shopping by your own and overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Hanoi sightseeing

After a delicious breakfast, You will have a full day to explore the beautiful Hanoi City. By 7.45- 8.15, You will get a free pick up at your hotel. Then, You will visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, where you will explore the most elegant architecture. It is also Ho Chi Minh’s Final Resting Place. You will then visit Ho Chi Minh’s house, Which is a modest stilt house, and you will see a one-pillar pagoda which is known as Extend Bless pagoda, It is one of the significant symbols of Hanoi. Then you will continue your visit to one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam -Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda at West lake.

You will Enjoy the local Vietnamese lunch and then continue your tour to beautiful places such as Ethnology Museum, the Literature Temple, and Quoc Tu Giam, Vietnam’s first university. You will also visit serene places such as Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple. After that, you will explore, Hanoi’s Old Quarter, Where you can enjoy shopping. Your sightseeing tour will end around 15.00-16.00. Overnight stay in Hanoi.

Hanoi tourist attractions

• Ho chi Minh Mausoleum
• One-pillar Pagoda
• Old Quarter
• Hanoi Opera House
• The Water Puppet Theatre

Hanoi itinerary-Hanoi-Hoa Lu-Tam Coc-Hanoi(B/L)

After a Delightful Breakfast and a morning drink, The cab driver and our tour guide would pick you at your hotel around 8.30 Am. After 2 hours of traveling, You will reach Ninh Binh and visit Hoa Lu Temple and Bai Dinh Pagoda, which is a famous temple in Ninh Binh. Your second stop will be at Mua cave, which has over 500 steps, Where you will enjoy the panoramic view of Tam Coc. It is one of the highlighted attractions, It is known as “The Great Wall of Vietnam”.

In the Afternoon, After a delicious local lunch, You will begin your tour of Tam Coc- the “Halong Bay on land”.You will have 1.5 hours of a boat trip on the Ngo Dong river to reach Tam Coc, Where you will encounter limestone caves and Exquisite scenery. If you are traveling during harvest season, You may Enjoy the view of a rice field that looks like a yellow carpet along the river banks. By 4.00 pm Your tour ends, You will be taken back to the hotel in Hanoi.

Enjoy your overnight stay in Hanoi.

Places to visit in Tam Coc

• Bai Dinh Pagoda
• Hoa Lu Ancient Capital
• Bich Dong Pagoda
• Thung Nam Bird Park
• Hang Mua

Halong bay tourism, Hanoi to Halong bay

After Relishing a warm breakfast, You would be Picked up from your hotel room for a 3.5-hour bus ride to reach the exquisite Halong Bay. Your initial drop point would be at the harbor of Halong’s embark on the cruise. You would be offered welcome drinks, Finish your check-in process, and then you can enjoy your fresh-seafood lunch at the boat restaurant. Vegetarian food would be available at your request.

After lunch, The cruise would pass by astonishing Dog Head and Swan Islands, Ba Hang Floating villages (with floating houses), Incense Burner then Thumb Islands, around 15.00, Boat would be anchored so that you can visit the famous Sung sot Cave. When the sun sets, You can head back to the cruise to enjoy the delicious dinner or experience squid fishing before winding down for the day. You can also enjoy fruits and coffee on the sundeck.

Places to Visit in Halong Bay

• Cat Ba Island
• Sun world Halong park
• Ti Top Beach
• Quang Ninh Museum

Note 1:Cruise Program may vary according to cruises.

Note 2:Lunch and Dinner on Cruise Follow Cruise Program.

Halong Bay to Hanoi

You will wake up to the serene bay view. You can enjoy your buffet breakfast, Which would be available from 7.30 Am. Then you will visit around Luom Bo area, One of the quiet and serene places in Vietnam. On your way back, You will encounter new places and astonishing views.

Just before lunch, we will arrange a cooking demonstration on the boat to show you how to make authentic Vietnamese spring rolls: you will learn the recipes and techniques that go into the most popular dish of Vietnamese cuisine. When you’re close to the harbor, brunch will be served on the boat. Disembark at 11 a.m. and our bus will be waiting for you at the marina to take you back to Hanoi; we leave Halong Bay around 16:30 and arrive in Hanoi around 17:30. Overnight stay in Hanoi.

Note 1:Cruise Program may vary according to cruises.

Note 2:Lunch and Dinner on Cruise Follow Cruise Program.

Activities to do in Halong Bay

• Kayaking
• Snorkeling
• Sunbathe
• Hike 
• Squid Fishing

Hanoi-Sapa (B) Shuttle bus to Sapa

Morning, transfer by shuttle bus to Sapa (300km – 5 hours), enjoy beautiful view of countryside in the Northern Vietnam with rice field, tea hills and villages. Reach to Sapa & check in hotel.

Afternoon, free shopping and walking around Overnight in Sapa town

Hanoi-Sapa-Sapa Hill Tribes (B) (Private Tour)

Morning, private car and guide will take you to visit Lao Chai – Ta Van villages, home of Dzay & Black H’Mong hill tribes; light trekking through villages, meeting and talking with local people to learn more about their daily life, customs & traditional habits. Then Back to Sapa. Free to discover the town by your way. Overnight in Sapa town

In the morning, we will walk from town to Cat Cat village, visit another village of H’Mong people, with Waterfall, terrace fields…with private car and guide.

Return to Sapa town & check out hotel

Transfer back to Hanoi by Shuttle bus & overnight in Hanoi

Hanoi Departure (B) Private transfer without guide

Have breakfast, relaxing at hotel and then transfer to airport to take flight onward