Day 1: Hanoi - Arrival
Arrival in Hanoi; welcome by the Innnotravel Vietnam guide to the airport and transfer to Hanoi. In the afternoon, a panoramic tour of the city center of the 1000-year-old capital city (1010-2010): Hoan Kiem Lake, the old district of 36 streets dedicated to craft guilds - the streets bearing the name goods that were produced and sold there: silk street, cotton street, iron street, sugar street, medicinal plants street ...
Night at the hotel.
Day 2: Hanoi - City Tour (B, L)
After breakfast at the hotel, the guide and the driver come to the hotel and take you for a day of discovery of the capital of Vietnam: its cultural sites and the most famous historical monuments of the millennial capital:
• The Temple of Literature, built since 1070, is the first university in Vietnam.
• The 6th century Tran Quoc Pagoda, located on the shores of West Lake, is the oldest pagoda in the city.
• Ba Dinh Square where the former governor's palace of Indochina, the mausoleum and Ho Chi Minh's House are located.
Lunch in a good restaurant.
In the afternoon, visit the Ethnography Museum, one of the most impressive museums housing a collection of 25,000 ancient and contemporary objects, witnesses of the history of local populations.
In the evening, the show of the water puppet theater, which exists only in the north of the country, characteristic of Vietnamese rice-flooded rice culture and UNESCO Intangible Heritage (45 mins).
Night at the hotel.
Day 3: Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Hanoi (200 kms ≈ 4 hours drive) (B, L)
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Ninh Binh, named Halong Bay Land.
Boat trip to discover Trang An, site recognized as natural heritage of UNESCO in 2014. Lunch at a local restaurant.
Transfer to Tam Coc then relaxing bike ride through villages and karst formations to discover the rural life in this region, visit the Bich Dong Pagoda.Back to Hanoi at the end of the day.
Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 4: Hanoi - Halong Bay (180 km ≈ 4 hours drive) (B, L, D)
Around 8 o'clock in the morning, departure by road to Halong, the most beautiful bay of Vietnam which was twice recognized as a natural heritage of UNESCO in 1994. It is composed of 1969 islands and magic islets. Boarding a traditional junk. Welcome by the professional crew for a wonderful cruise in the bay. Lunch and dinner with seafood.
Night on board.
Day 5: Halong Bay - Hanoi (B, L)
Sunrise at dawn to enjoy a moment of unique sunrise splendor in the bay under the first rays of sunshine.
Visit the beautiful caves of Halong Bay including Sung Sot - "Cave of Surprise" where you can discover stalagmites and stalactites dating back thousands of years.
Continue cruising to the hidden corners of Halong Bay. Lunch on the junk, disembark and return to Hanoi. Return to Hanoi by visiting the Phu Lang Pottery Village.
Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 6: Hanoi - Flight Buon Ma Thuat (B, L)
Early in the morning, we will leave at the airport to take the morning flight to Buon Ma Thuat - a mysterious region of the Central Highlands, where different ethnicities like Ede, Mnong, Jarai ..., welcome to the airport and transfer to the city Buon Ma Thuat.
Lunch at the restaurant.
Dinner and overnight in Buon Ma Thuot
Day 7: Buon Me Thuat - Lac Lak - M'Lieng Village (B, L, D)
After breakfast, departure directly to Lake Lak. Elephant ride through Lake Lak to the villageM'Lieng for the excursion of the life of ethnic minoritiesM'Nong. Back to Lake Lak by canoe. Lunch in a good restaurant.
Then take a bike ride to the village of Yang Tao, take the beautiful pictures of rice fields and coffee fields. Back to Lake Lak. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 8: Lake Lak - Buon Ma Thuot - Dray Nur (B, L)
After breakfast, take the road passing the fields of rubber, pepper, coffee ... to return to Buon Ma Thuot. We leave Buon Ma Thuot about 30km away on some unorthodox roads to discover the falls of Dray Nur, and Dray Sap. The Dray Nur Falls, Dray Sap are located on a tributary of the Mekong, the Serepok River. Lunch will visit the ethnographic museum DAKLAK and the coffee museum TRUNG NGUYEN, opportunity to taste the best coffee arabicadu Vietnam.
Dinner and overnight in Buon Ma Thuot.
Day 9: Buon Ma Thuot - Yok Don National Park - Village Don (B, L)
After breakfast, drive to Yok Don National Park, Vietnam's largest National Park, for a two-hour bike ride through the forest, right in the middle
diverse flora and fauna. In particular, we will have the chance to admire several species of orchids.
Picnic lunch near a waterfall. Then visit Ban Don, called "elephant village". Your guide will tell you the legend of the King of elephant hunters. Visit a stilt house dating back more than 120 years, the 750m long bamboo suspension bridge on the Serepok River and the village of Ea Tul 2, which still preserves a very wild side.
Back to BuonMa Thuot. Dinner and overnight in Buon Ma Thuot.
Day 10: Buon Ma Thuat - Flight Ho Chi Minh City - Departure Flight Paris (B)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free time to discover the city in peace. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Ho Chi Minh then the departure flight to Paris.
End of our journey!
Inclusion:
• Private tours with the local guide
• Hotel accommodation as mentioned
• Air-conditioned transportation during visits
• All transfers with our air-conditioned transport
• Entrances to all applicable tourist sites
• Meals as indicated (B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner)
• The boat cruise as mentioned
• Cold water and towel during the trip
• Government tax and service charge
Exclusions:
• The international flight
• Visa on arrival of $ 30 / person
• Other meals not mentioned
• Tips and personal expenses
• Washing
• Others not listed above
• Travel insurance
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