DAY 1: HANOI-ARRIVE (DINNER)

• - Upon arrival in Hanoi, you will be greeted by our tour guide and transferred to hotel in Hanoi.
• - Short walking tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake (Lake of Restored Sword)
• - Visit the Jade Temple (Ngoc Son Temple).
• - Dinner at local restaurant.
• - Overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 2: HANOI- CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• - Breakfast at the hotel.
• - Your city tour will take you to Hanoi’s key sites: The Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum (exterior) and stilt house, the nearby One Pillar Pagoda; the Presidential Palace; the Temple of Literature, the tranquil Tran Quoc Pagoda, West Lake, and the Ethnology Museum.
• - Enjoy a late afternoon traditional Water Puppet Performance
• - Lunch and dinner at local restaurant.
• - Overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 3: HANOI – NINH BINH (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• - Breakfast at hotel.
• - Morning, depart to Ninh Binh (Hoa Lu),known as “Halong Bay on land”(about 2 hours driving).
• - Visit the Dinh and Le temples of the Ancient Capital Hoa Lu.
• - After lunch enjoy a leisurely cruise to visit Trang An.
• - Transfer back to the hotel for refreshment.
• - Dinner at local restaurant
• - Overnight at hotel in Ninh Binh

DAY 4: NINH BINH – HALONG BAY (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• - Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.
• - Depart to Ha Long, passing through the rich farmland of the Red River Delta, enjoy the lust scenery and have chance for taking photograph.
• - Upon arrival at Ha Long, we embark on a boat trip to cruise discovering this magnificent UNESCO World Wonder.
• - Lunch on board
• - Explore Sung Sot Cave, one of the most beautiful caves in the bay, join a cooking demonstration on the sundeck, passing Dinh Huong Island, Ga Choi Island, Dog Island, Sail Island, Titov Beach, watch a splendid sunset on the bay.
• - In the late afternoon, we anchor for the night on the bay and enjoy a delicious seafood dinner on board
• - Overnight on the cruise.

DAY 5: HALONG BAY – HANOI – FLIGHT – HUE (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• - Early morning coffee and tea will be served on the sundeck followed by a Tai Chi class.
• - Breakfast on board
• - Continue exploring the magnificent Ha Long Bay. We’ll take a rowing boat to explore the Luon Cave
• - Return to the junk for check out.
• - Lunch on board.
• - Transfer to Noi Bai (Hanoi) airport for the evening flight to Hue
• - Dinner on your own.
• - Overnight in Hue.

DAY 6: HUE (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• - Breakfast at the hotel
• - In the morning, we will visit the Imperial Citadel is the home of Vietnam’s last royal dynasty – the Nguyen Dynasty
• - Free time before lunch at local restaurant.
• - In the afternoon, we’ll visit the tomb of King Tu Duc (built from 1864-1867, which is considered as one of the most beautiful and picturesque and largest works of architecture of Nguyen Dynasty’s royal palaces and tombs) and a conical hat factory, we’ll spend about 20 minutes visiting and seeing local people make conical hats
• - Then stroll through the Dong Ba central market where Hue specialties are sold.
• - Dinner at local restaurant.
• - Evening show of traditional songs on board on the Perfume River.
• - Overnight in Hue

DAY 7: HUE – DANANG - HOI AN (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)

• - Breakfast at hotel.
• - Depart Hue for Hoi An across the Hai Van Pass (Pass of the Ocean Clouds)
• - Stop at Lang Co Beach, the Cham Museum ,the Son Tra Peninsula (Monkey Mountain) and Marble Mountain en route. Lunch at local restaurant
• - In the afternoon, take a walking tour of Hoi An - Discover the historic town which used to be a prosperous seaport city during the 16th to 18th centuries. Its sizeable community of foreign merchants resulted in a unique architectural style with Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese influences. We will visit the former merchants’ houses, Chinese Temple, Museum of History, the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge and the colorful market…
• - Dinner at local restaurant.
• - Overnight in Hoi An.

DAY 8: HOI AN – TRA QUE VILLAGE-HOI AN (BREAKFAST/LUNCH)

• - Breakfast at hotel.
• - Transfer by bus to the Tra Que village
• - Take a bicycle ride around the vegetable garden and join with the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing with seaweed from the local lake. Continue doing some next steps such as: raking the ground, sowing, watering greens, picking greens and many more gardening activities.
• - Spend the rest of the morning working the land in honored way.
• - Having a break to prepare lunch with Chef.
• - After lunch, we return to Hoi An. The rest of today is at your leisure to explore the ancient town.
• - Dinner on your own.
• - Overnight in Hoi An