24543- Mr. Akhilesh Mangal x 19 // Vietnam

Day 1 : HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL – TRANSFER TO HOTEL – AFTERNOON CITY TOUR (PVT)

Welcome to Saigon (officially known as Ho Chi Minh City) – Vietnam!

Upon arrival, welcomed by the local tour guide and transfer to the down town. Check in your hotel (normal check in time is 2pm).

Start city tour at the War Remnants Museum, one of the most famous historical attractions in Saigon. Coming to the War Remnants Museum, you can learn a part of how Vietnamese had struggled and fought for their independence, freedom, and peace of the nation and the locals’ perspective of the Vietnam War. The exhibits, such as weapons, documents, and photographs, display in the museum are firm evidence of war crimes in Vietnam and speak for the heroic actions of the former Vietnamese generation.

Photostop at the Reunification Palace, the witness of the fierce Vietnam War ended in 1975. The grand building today is a Museum and Hall of official receptions. Nearby the Palace are the Notre Dame Cathedral (view from outside only), built between 1877 and 1883 and colonial-styled Central Post Office, one of the city’s major landmarks.

Later, visit Ben Thanh market, a symbol of Saigon. Have shopping time there. Overnight in Saigon 

Please note: the standard check in time is 14:00 – 15:00pm. Early check in is not included and subject to hotel availability.

DAY 2: SAIGON – FLIGHT TO DANANG – FREE AT LEISURE (B)

Breakfast at hotel and then transfer to airport for your flight. (Air ticket quote separately) Upon arrival, transfer and check-in at the hotel. Your own time is at leisure.

Overnight in Danang.

DAY 3: CAM THANH BASKET BOAT RIDE – HOIAN ANCIENT TOWN (B)

Breakfast at hotel then we transfer to visit Cam Thanh water coconut village. Here we will learn how to paddle the Vietnamese unique bamboo basket boat and explore the now tranquil coconut-palm flanking the waterways. We also learn about the daily life of Vietnamese fishermen, their families and their community. Spend some time to relax and enjoy the surroundings.

Afternoon, transfer to Hoian Town. You take interesting walk over the tile-roofed Japanese Bridge, visit taciturn Chinese Assembly Halls, enjoy the attractiveness of ancient houses or listen to folk music of Central Vietnam at old club-houses. Later we can stop at shrines or stroll into the market located by Thu Bon river, where you may find the same feelings of the artists, who see the rooftops of Hoian a magical old world of Oriental feel and source of inspiration. This is also a wonderful town to shop for lanterns, soft silk, raw silk, or get your clothes tailored within a day.

Transfer back to Danang. Overnight in Danang.

DAY 4: DANANG – BA NA HILL – DANANG (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Morning transfer to Ba Na Hill, one of the most spectacular landscape of Danang City. You will take a cable car to the summit of mountain (at 1487m of sea level). Start visiting Ba Na Hill with many different attractions: Funicular, Le Jardin D’Amour, Linh Ung pagoda, Thich Ca Buddist statue, etc.

This afternoon you continue to join activities and games in Fantasy Park. Later walk to the summit of the mountain at the height 1487m – the highest one of Ba Na Mountain, visit Bell Tower, Nghinh Phong tower and Golden Bridge, to take beautiful photos of the mountain and Da Nang city. Late afternoon, taking the cable car back to foothill. Transfer back to your hotel. Time at leisure.

Overnight in Danang

Please note: Optional entrance fees for Wax Museum (~USD 5), Debay Ancient Wine Cellar (~USD 5), Alpine coaster (~USD 4/ride), Bouldering (~USD 5), and coin games are not included in my quotation, joining them will be at your own account.

DAY 5: DANANG – FLIGHT TO PHU QUOC – FREE AT LEISURE (B)

Breakfast at hotel and then transfer to airport for your flight. (Air ticket quote separately)

Upon arrival, transfer and check-in at the hotel. Your own time is at leisure. Overnight in Phu Quoc.

DAY 6: PHU QUOC – ISLAND HOPPING BY CANOE & CABLE CAR (B/L)

After breakfast, pick up by guide and vehicle, we transfer to An Thoi harbor where you will embark on the canoe for an islands tour. You will pass by 12 small islets and spend time visiting 4 biggest islands of Phu Quoc including:

Mong Tay Island (or May Rut Ngoai), known as the miniature Maldives of Vietnam on the island, with unspoiled beauty, jade blue sea and long, smooth white sand beach.

Hon Gam Ghi Island (Dam Ngang) or Hon Bom, you can relax in the blue water, snorkel on the coral reefs, contemplate the interesting rock formations.

May Rut Island with white sand lagoon – a unique place to chill out and check in with Bali bird’s nest, heaven’s ladder, ocean net bed, sun ring.

During the visit, if you are the fan of the colorful coral reef, you can experience sea-walk exploring the coral park with 250 identical species of creatures together with the large corals reef that are preserved nowadays (your own expense).

Afternoon, speed boat arrives at Thom Island. Have lunch on the island restaurant.

This is where we enjoy time at Theme Park and Water Park.

By end of the afternoon, embark on Hon Thom cable car (about 25 minutes) across above the ocean. During the journey of nearly 8km, freely enjoy the scenery, enjoy the pristine beauty of Phu Quoc from above. Transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Phu Quoc.

DAY 7: PHU QUOC – VIN SAFARI, VINWONDERS & GRAND WORLD (B)

After breakfast, we transfer to discover a fascinating world of animals at Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc, the largest wildlife conservation park in Vietnam and the only one of its kind (semi-wildlife) in the country. Hop on our buses and enjoy a fantastic tour through the 380-hectare safari free of enclosures. See wild animals through a pane of glass while animals enjoy their natural habitats. Here you can also admire many interesting animal shows here. Note: The Safari closes at 2pm daily. Bus in the zoo area is not included.

This afternoon, we discover VinWonders Phu Quoc – the largest theme park in Vietnam, offering a great deal of interesting entertainment options, including exhilarating rides, waterpark slides, indoor games, street performances, musical fountains, 5D cinema and so many more to discover.

In the same complex, we also visit Grand World Phu Quoc. With a scale of 85 hectares, the area owns splendid and magnificent architecture which is inspired by the European cities. Venice River, or Lake of Love, is considered one of the best imitations of the original river in Venice City, Italy. Here, you can choose to sit on the gondolas (at your own cost) along the river to watch the romantic scenery created by a lot of sophisticated buildings. Overnight in Phu Quoc.

DAY 8: PHU QUOC – MORNING FLIGHT TO HANOI – HANOI HALF-DAY CITY TOUR (B)

Breakfast at hotel then check out. Transfer to the airport to board a flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, greeted by the local tour guide and transfer to downtown. Check in your hotel.

Today we visit to the Ho Chi Minh Complex, inclusive of Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, as well as his private residence from 1954 until 1969. The wooden ethnic minority style house, which was built on stilts, is surrounded by lovely peaceful gardens. In the same complex you will see the One Pillar Pagoda, founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049. This structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.

Continue visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, locates on a small peninsula on the East side of the dazzling West Lake, this is the most ancient pagoda in Hanoi with its history line of more than 1,500 years.

We visit the picturesque Hoan Kiem Lake and then take a leisure walk around the Old Quarter of Hanoi, a fascinating network of narrow alleys and shop houses also known as ‘The 36 Streets’ – each street being named after the merchandise traditionally sold there, ranging from fabrics, medicines to crafts.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Please note: the standard check in time is 14:00 – 15:00pm. Early check in is not included and subject to hotel availability.

Night activities suggestion: enjoy local beer at Ta Hien Streets, experience the ambience of sleepless street with life music, the young people of Hanoi and also foreign tourists. Hundred of bars and pubs in the Old Quarter are also at your disposal Or just simple spend your time at shopping malls or various boutique Shops.

DAY 9: HANOI – HALONG BAY – OVERNIGHT ON CRUISE (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel and check out

Morning, we will drive via the old road (3.5 – 4 hours driving) to Halong, one of the earliest World Heritages Sited designated by UNESCO for Vietnam in 1994.

Check-in our boat and enjoy a lunch of fresh seafood while the boat goes about unusual seascape with thousands picturesque rocks and islets, beaches and hollow islands. We can stop to visit some karsts grottoes or just go swimming, or stop at a beach and enjoy the sunset on the sea. Lunch and dinner with local food on board.

Overnight on the boat in Halong Bay. 

Please note: Cruise program may vary depending on the cruise. You will have station English speaking guide on board!

DAY 10: HALONG – HANOI – FLIGHT (AFTER 18:00).(B/BR)

You should wake up early to enjoy the dawn on the sea in the early morning. The Vietnamese call the “East Sea” by a point-oriented name “Eastern Sea”, so you may guess how miraculous seeing the sunrise over the islets of the Bay. After breakfast our boat will continue to cruise in marvelous areas, where almost each islet has its own name, adopting its shape or reminiscent like Sail Island, Fisherman’s head rock, Butterfly rock or Turtle islet etc. Early lunch/brunch will local food will be served on board.

Disembark and transfer back to Hanoi via the expressway (2.5 – 3 hours driving), heading to the airport for your flight.

Please note:

• Standard check in time is 14:00 – 15:00pm. Early check in is not included.
• Standard check out time is around 11:00 – 12:00. Late check out is not included.
• There’s 1 glass of water served during all meals, except for during all meals in Halong (the group needs to purchase on spot). There’s an option of buying a big water jug of 19L arranging on board, the group can go get water themselves, extra cost is USD 30/jug.

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Tour Cost & Hotel Details – Cost based on 19 Passengers travelling together 

3 star Hotel
INR 62,000 /- Per Adult on twin / triple sharing Basis * 11 pax  = 6,82,000/-
Child Below 4 Years : INR 3000 /- ( Only Visa ) * 1 Child = 3,000 /-
Child between 4-6 Years : INR 35,000 /- per child * 1 Child = 35,000 /-
Child between 6-11 Yrs : INR 49,000 /- per child without Extra bed * 3 Child = 1,47,000 /-

Child between 6-11 Yrs : INR 57,000 /- per child with Extra bed * 3 Child = 1,71,000/-
Total : 10,38,000 /- for 11 Adults & 8 Kids

+ 5% TCS

4 star Hotel

INR 67,000 /- Per Adult on twin / triple sharing Basis * 11 pax  = 7,37,000/-
Child Below 4 Years : INR 3000 /- ( Only Visa ) * 1 Child = 3,000 /-
Child between 4-6 Years : INR 37,000 /- per child * 1 Child = 37,000 /-
Child between 6-11 Yrs : INR 52,000 /- per child without Extra bed * 3 Child = 1,56,000 /-

Child between 6-11 Yrs : INR 61,000 /- per child with Extra bed * 3 Child = 1,83,000/-
Total : 11,16,000 /- for 11 Adults & 8 Kids

+ 5% TCS

5 star Hotel

INR 85,000 /- Per Adult on twin / triple sharing Basis * 11 pax  = 9,35,000/-
Child Below 4 Years : INR 3000 /- ( Only Visa ) * 1 Child = 3,000 /-
Child between 4-6 Years : INR 48,000 /- per child * 1 Child = 48,000 /-
Child between 6-11 Yrs : INR 65,300 /- per child without Extra bed * 3 Child = 1,95,900 /-

Child between 6-11 Yrs : INR 77,000 /- per child with Extra bed * 3 Child = 2,31,000/-
Total : 114,12,900 /- for 11 Adults & 8 Kids

+ 5% TCS

Inclusions

• 8-night accommodation based on double/twin sharing room
• 1-night cruise based on double/twin sharing cabin on non-private boat in Halong Bay
• Meals as mentioned in the program. B-Breakfast, Br-Brunch, L-Lunch, D-Dinner
• All entrance fees and sightseeing as mentioned in the program
• Boat trip(s) as mentioned in the itinerary
• PVT / SIC tours as mentioned in the itinerary
• Transportation by vehicle with A/C
  • Private airport transfers and private tour transfers
• Bottles of mineral water on tour day (2 bottles/person/full day)
• Local English speaking guide(s) in Vietnam (different guides in different cities & tour)
• Vietnam Visa Fees
• Tips 

Excludes

• Single Supplement; Early check-in and late check-out; Hotel/Room upgrade
•  drinks, personal expenses and any services not mentioned in the program
• Lunch  & Dinner
• All Optional Tours
• All entrance fees and excursions not mentioned above
•  Insurance fees
• Any other meals other than specified above.
• Any other sightseeing other than mentioned above
• Any item of personal nature like tips, laundry, telephone calls etc. All entrance fees and excursions not mentioned above

Airfare & Flight Details : 

Ex Delhi : 

 1 . VJ 896 W 01MAY DELSGN HK2 0005 0635 O TH
2 . VJ 654 H 02MAY SGNDAD HK2 1025 1150 O FR
3 . VJ 719 O 05MAY DADPQC HK2 1120 1305 O MO
4 . VJ 450 U 08MAY PQCHAN HK2 1010 1215 O TH
5 . VJ 971 E 10MAY HANDEL HK2 1940 2255 O SA
Fare : 55,000 /- PP 

Please Note :-

•  High Season Surcharges Applicable during Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve.
• 1 USD = INR 83. The prevailing Rate of Exchange of the day of payment will be applicable.
• The passport should be valid for at least 6 months from the date of departure. We are not holding any air seats and hotel bookings at this point of time
• Confirmation of Hotels and other services is subject to availability. Alternate room category, hotels and air bookings may attract extra cost
• Above price is not applicable during Convention Period, High season, Festivals or Fairs. Surcharge may be applicable
• Hotel Check Inn Time 1500 Hrs Early check in and late check out subject to availability. Itineraries are subject to change
• For Security Deposits, Credit card copy is required at the time of hotel check in. Prevailing rate of exchange will be applicable at the time of payment