The Itinerary
9 days. 9 nights. Ho Chi Minh City to Halong Bay, built around the world's biggest trance festival with Armin van Buuren.
One can take an overnight flight that reaches SGN by early morning or reach by evening to a checkin today. The hotel will be anyway booked from today.
06:30 AM: Land at Tan Son Nhat (SGN) in an overnight flight. Clear immigration and Meet the group for group pickup by 7.15 am.
08:00 AM – 2:00 PM: The Strategic Sleep. Check into your hotel ( We have booked the night before for guaranteed early check-in) and sleep until the afternoon. You can also choose to come a day early to get a full day's sleep.
2:00 PM: Late Group Lunch. Head to a spot like Ngon Villa or Secret Garden for some solid Vietnamese fuel.
3:30 PM: Head to Van Phuc City for A State of Trance. The Event: This is the 25th-anniversary celebration. Expect world-class lasers, a massive sound system, and Armin van Buuren leading the charge.
I know i know, you are thinking of sleep right, Once we are in the bus, we will have about 2-3 hours to catch some sleep that brings us fresh to the tunnels.
The Cu Chi Tunnels are an incredible network of connecting underground tunnels that played an integral role during the Vietnam (American) War. The tunnels were used by Viet Cong soldiers as hiding spots during combat, as well as serving as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches and living quarters for numerous North Vietnamese fighters.
We can also fire the following guns at 3$/ 10 rounds.
- AK 47, 7.62 mm
- US Carabine, 7.62 mm
- US M60 rounds or .308
- M16, cal .22 or 5,56 mm
We head back to Saigon
Da Nang marks the halfway point between the capital in the north, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City in the south.
Visit the Marble mountains, Named after natural elements, the peaks are individually known as Thuy Son (water), Moc Son (wood), Hoa Son (fire), Kim Son (metal) and Tho Son (earth).
By afternoon we will head to HOI AN. We will also take the basket boat for a spin.
With its rich cultural heritage, beautifully preserved merchants' houses and slow pace of life, Hoi An is a captivating place to spend an evening. After a late dinner, we will head back to our Da Nang hotel.
We will take the cable car and head to Bana hills. The view from here is unparalleled. A Village built in French style is there on the top of a mountain accessed by the gorgeous and long cable car.
Today will be a fantastic day with stunning spectacular mountain views from a beautiful European-style village. They have beautiful gardens and lots of lovely restaurants for lunch. Today is a relaxed fun day.
We will be back in Hanoi by 5 30 pm. Catch a sleep while you are back on the bus as in the evening, we shall go into streets Packed with charming colonial architecture, Buddhist temples and pagodas, the Old Quarter.
Its heart and soul are exposed in the ancient commercial streets which are named after their original businesses dating back about 1,000 years.
This will be one of your most memorable days in Vietnam. Take in the stunning views of UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site - Halong Bay.
We will take a bus from our Hanoi and will be staying in one these yacht or a floating AirBNB.
Get ready for exotic photos and absorb the magnificent natural splendours, limestone bedrocks and sheer cliffs of tiny islands.
Explore a limestone cave with gorgeous stalactites and stalagmites and enjoy a fabulous seafood feast onboard
Did you know Vietnam welcomed over 12.9 million visitors in 2017, an increase of 29.1% over the previous year, making it one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in recent years. We Indians are blessed to be so close and to get such great flight deals too. So why not make the best out of it ?
We have planned to cover this long country in just about 8 days but if have more days in hand, you are welcome to stay back for a week. Our trip leader will be also there 🙂
Let's start our trip with a visit to President Ho Chi Minh's complex and the Temple of Literature. We will walk around the Hoan Kiem lake (Restore Sword Lake) & Ngoc Son Temple located on the Jade Island in the middle of the Lake. Today is also about understanding the history of the country, getting SIM cards and local currency sorted .
Breakfast, airport drop, and a quiet realisation that this trip will be talked about for years.
