10 Days Glimpse of Vietnam & Laos Tour

Upon arrival at the Airport, you will meet our guide and transfer to hotel for check-in.

Enjoy Hanoi city tour today to visit Hochiminh Mausoleum and his former residence (Closed on Monday, Friday and the whole of Oct & Nov), One pillar Pagoda,Temple of Literature – the first University in Vietnam, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology or Vietnam History Museum, HoanKiem Lake, Ngoc SonTemple and take one hour Cyclo tour. Finish your day off at the Thang Long Opera Theatre for a traditional Vietnamese water puppet show.

Morning, meet our guide and transfer to Halong Bay. We may stop enroute to admire the local scenery. Arrive at the port around 11:30 and board the ship. Begin sailing and pass through a magical bay, where thousands of sculpted limestone islands rise from the waves like dragons’ teeth. After lunch, take a short trek to a nearby summit for a panoramic view of the bay dotted with golden sails, go swimming on a quiet beach or sunbath on the sundeck. Later in the afternoon, visit an interesting fishing village with an opportunity to interact with local people who have been living in the bay for almost three generations. Back on board, enjoy a lavish dinner.

Wake up with Tai Chi exercises (a kind of light exercises) on the sun deck and continue cruising the bays. Enjoy breakfast buffet in the restaurant, then visit the limestone grotto. Disembark in Halong City around 11 and get back to Hanoi with your private vehicle, guide and driver. Free at leisure or go shopping in Hanoi Old Quarter before transfering to airport for flight to Saigon.

Arrival Saigon, enjoy a private transfer with English Speaking Guide between Saigon airport and your hotel.

Morning, meet our guide and drive to visit Cu Chi Tunnels. Cu Chi was an important base during the American War because of its strategic location. The Vietcong built a 200km long network of tunnels connecting command posts, hospitals, shelters and weapon factories. Dug out of hard late-rite by hand tools without the use of cement, this amazing network was never discovered. After lunch, take city tour to visit War Remnants Museum, which features a comprehensive collection of the machinery; weapons; photos; and documentation of Vietnam's wars with both the French and Americans. The tour continues to the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of Southern Vietnam until end of April 1975. Afterwards, stop at Ben Thanh market for shopping.

Enjoy a full day tour traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, the gateway to the Mekong Delta. Known as the “rice bowl” of Vietnam, the Delta is the most fertile region in the country, and the main producer of rice and tropical fruits. From My Tho, take a boat and travel to one of the islands located in the middle of the Mekong River. On the island visit a fruit orchard and sample some of the local produce, before boarding a smaller sampan that winds along narrow canals. You’ll also have the opportunity to visit a local family’s house and enjoy their hospitality and share with them some tea or rice wine. After lunch in My Tho return to Saigon.

Morning, take half day city tour to visit Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old SaiGon Post Office, a neo-Romanesque cathedral constructed between 1877 and 1883 using bricks from Marseilles and stained-glass windows from Chartres; Cholon, the Chinatown of Ho Chi Minh City.  During our tour we will also visit the Emperor Jade Pagoda (Phuoc Hai), one of the most interesting pagodas in Vietnam. It was built by the Cantonese community around the turn of the 20th century and is still buzzing with worshippers, many lounging in the front gardens.  

Afternoon, transfer to airport for flight to Luang Prabang.

Upon arrival, meet our guide and transfer to hotel for check-in.

Starts with a visit to the Big Brother Mouse shop to select some books for the village visit. Then head northward by car along route 13, before taking a unpaved road to Ban KhiaLuang village.  Then have plenty of time to visit the school, play with the kids and watch them enjoy their new books.  Spend some time to explore the rest of the village, where you can see weaving and visit the local temple. Stop for lunch at the village, which can either be a western picnic lunch, or traditional Lao food such as sticky rice, laap and fresh vegetables cooked by the villagers. After lunch drive to Ban Khoklin, which takes you through some beautiful scenery of mountains and paddy fields.  At Ban Khoklin board a private boat down the Nam Ouriver for 30 minutes to Pak Ou Caves, two linked caves crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes left by pilgrims.

Cross the Mekong River by boat, to the picturesque village of Ban Chan - a pottery village.  Then visit the morning Phousi Market, where you will see such diverse offerings as dried buffalo skin, local tea and saltpeter among the chickens, vegetables and hill-tribe weavings. Visit local villages of Lao ethnic minority groups at Ban Ouay - a Hmong village, Ban Ou - a Laoloum village and Ban Thapene - a Khmu village Laos to see their famous traditional crafts. After the visit, go to beautiful Khouangsi Waterfalls where you can cool off with a refreshing swim in the pools or walk along the forest trails.

After your final breakfast in LuangPrabang, you are free to do some last minute shopping and exploring before transferring to the airport for your flight departure.