Voyage through the best of Vietnam

Itinerary

• Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  You're in Vietnam - get excited! Enter chaos and culture as you meet the group in Ho Chi Minh City. Dive head first with an included half day sightseeing tour. Up next, a welcome dinner street food tour. Talk about an awesome start to the trip!
  
  Included today:
  -Half day sightseeing tour
  
  Meals:
  -Dinner

• Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City

  Free day today! Rise and shine for an optional visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels. These interesting tunnels were a strategic operation base during the Vietnam War, and there's over 120 km worth of them! Amazing. Have you slurped some pho, aka steaming broth and slinky rice noodles? By the end of the trip, cravings will be pho-real so make sure you get your fix whilst you're here. Tonight: the city is all yours as you wander free. Let loose and find a rooftop bar to sit high with the tangled power lines (you'll soon see!).
  
  Meals:
  -Breakfast
  
  Optional activities:
  -Visit to Cu Chi tunnels.

• Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City to Hoi An

  Pack yo' bags as we fly upwards to the food capital of Vietnam. Give it ten minutes, and we promise you'll be hooked on Hoi An. Make tracks through the city with a guided tour. On the menu tonight: an optional street eats tour. If you think you've eaten it all, nah-ah not even close. Chopsticks at the ready for some serious foodie heaven.
  
  Included today:
  -Guided tour of Hoi An
  
  Meals:
  -Breakfast
  
  Optional activities:
  -Hoi An street eats tour

• Day 4: Hoi An

  Free day = awesome-ness! FYI: UNESCO World Heritage site alert. Stroll over the Japanese Covered Bridge or visit the Cam Nam Village - just a short boat, skip and a jump away. If you need to squeeze in some tanning time, go for it. This is a coastal town, remember? Later, flex your culinary skills and learn the A to Z of Vietnamese cooking with an optional class.
  
  Meals:
  -Breakfast
  
  Optional Activities:
  -Cooking class

• Day 5: Hoi An to Hanoi

  Enter Hanoi. Take it all in - the pagodas, the traces of French-Chinese occupation and scooters x1000. Pay tribute to the resting place of Ho Chi Minh (the Vietnamese Communist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism> revolutionary leader) with an included cyclo ride. Spot the One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature as you weave through the Old Quarter. Tonight's dinner is at KOTO, a restaurant providing training and skills to teens.
  
  Included today:
  -City tour including cyclo ride
  
  Meals:
  -Breakfast
  -Dinner

• Day 6: Hanoi

  Rumble through the capital today. Free day to tick off the Dong Xuan market and wander the streets for some hidden gems. Tonight: another optional walking nom-fest aka street eats tour. We may or may not be slightly obsessed. But seriously, how could you resist when the food is so good?
  
  Meals:
  -Breakfast
  
  Optional activities:
  -Street eats tour

• Day 7: Hanoi to Halong Bay

  Leave the mainland for dust and kick over to Halong Bay. Admire the masses of limestone pillars poking from the emerald water as you float past on a traditional junk boat. Ah-maz-ing! Your mission today? Chill. And swim. And more chill time. Maybe a quick kayak sesh if you're feeling up to it. Work up an appetite for our farewell dinner on board the boat this evening. Nothing like a gorgeous dinner and sunset to end the trip hey?
  
  Please note: If you have selected twin share accommodation, you may be accommodated in a triple share room for the duration of the Halong Bay cruise. This means you will be sharing with two other passengers. If you have any questions about your trip please contact our Customer Service team.
  
  Included today:
  -Cruise Halong Bay
  
  Meals:
  -Breakfast
  -Lunch
  -Dinner

• Day 8: Halong Bay to Hanoi

  Jump in the water for one last post-brekky swim before we head back to Hanoi.
  Meals:
  -Breakfast