Home › Countries › Vietnam › Tailor-made Vietnam — Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Ha Long, Da Nang, Hoi An & Saigon Tailor-made Vietnam — Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Ha Long, Da Nang, Hoi An & Saigon — 11 days From the karst north to the central beaches and on to Ho Chi Minh City. Day-by-day itinerary: Hanoi, Arrival & the Old Quarter; Imperial Hanoi; Ninh Binh Excursion (Ha Long Bay on land); Ha Long Bay Cruise (day 1).
Day-by-day itinerary Day 1 — Hanoi, Arrival & the Old Quarter 10:00 — Arrival at Hanoi Nội Bài HAN 11:30 — Transfer to the centre (45 min) 13:00 — Hotel check-in in the Old Quarter — Hoàn Kiếm 15:00 — Hoàn Kiếm Lake & Ngọc Sơn Temple — Hoàn Kiếm Walk to the Old Quarter — Hoàn Kiếm → Old Quarter 17:00 — Stroll through the 36 guild streets — Old Quarter Walk to Ta Hien — Old Quarter → Tạ Hiện 19:00 — Bia hơi (street beer) & bún chả — Tạ Hiện Day 2 — Imperial Hanoi 08:00 — Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum 09:30 — One Pillar Pagoda & Presidential Palace 10:30 — Grab to the Temple of Literature — Ba Dinh → Văn Miếu 11:00 — Temple of Literature 13:00 — Traditional phở bò lunch 14:30 — Grab to the Museum of Ethnology — City centre → Cầu Giấy 15:00 — Vietnam Museum of Ethnology 18:45 — Grab back to the Old Quarter — Cầu Giấy → Thăng Long Theatre 19:30 — Water puppet show — Thăng Long Theatre Day 3 — Ninh Binh Excursion (Ha Long Bay on land) 07:00 — Drive to Ninh Binh (2h) 09:30 — Rowing boat at Tam Coc — Tam Coc 12:30 — Ninh Binh goat for lunch 13:30 — Grab/taxi to Trang An — Tam Coc → Trang An 14:00 — Trang An caves & river — Trang An 16:00 — Taxi to Hang Múa — Trang An → Hang Múa 16:30 — Climb to the Mua Cave viewpoint — Hang Múa 18:30 — Back to Hanoi (2h) Day 4 — Ha Long Bay Cruise (day 1) 08:00 — Transfer Hanoi → Ha Long port (3h30) 12:00 — Board the cruise & lunch on board 14:30 — Surprise Cave (Sung Sot) — Ha Long Bay 16:00 — Kayaking among the karst peaks 18:30 — Cooking class on board & sunset Day 5 — Ha Long Bay & Flight to Da Nang 06:30 — Tai chi on deck at sunrise 08:00 — Vung Vieng floating fishing village 10:00 — Brunch on board & disembark 13:00 — Back to Hanoi (3h30) 16:00 — Transfer to Noi Bai airport — Central Hanoi → HAN airport 18:00 — Flight Hanoi → Da Nang (1h20) 19:15 — Grab to the hotel — Da Nang Airport DAD → My Khe 20:00 — Beachfront hotel at My Khe — Da Nang Day 6 — Da Nang 08:30 — Marble Mountains (Ngũ Hành Sơn) — Da Nang 10:30 — Grab to the Dragon Bridge — Ngũ Hành Sơn → Cầu Rồng 11:00 — Dragon Bridge (Cầu Rồng) 12:30 — Local mì Quảng lunch 14:30 — Grab to My Khe — City centre → My Khe beach 15:00 — My Khe beach 19:00 — Grilled seafood on the beach Day 7 — Ba Na Hills & the Golden Bridge 08:00 — Cable car up to Ba Na Hills 09:30 — Golden Bridge (Cầu Vàng) 12:00 — French village & Ba Na gardens 13:30 — Buffet lunch on site 17:00 — Back to Da Nang Day 8 — Hoi An 09:00 — Drive to Hoi An (45 min) 10:00 — Check in near the old town — Hoi An 11:00 — Hoi An old town — Hoi An 15:00 — Fitting at a tailor's 18:30 — Lantern-lit old town & a lantern boat on the river Day 9 — Hoi An & Flight to Ho Chi Minh City 08:00 — Cooking class & local market — Hoi An 11:00 — Bike ride through the Tra Que rice fields 13:00 — Cao lầu lunch (Hoi An speciality) 15:00 — Grab/taxi to the airport — Hoi An → Da Nang Airport DAD 17:00 — Flight Da Nang → Ho Chi Minh City (1h20) 19:15 — Grab to the hotel — Tân Sơn Nhất Airport SGN → District 1 20:00 — Hotel in District 1 — Ho Chi Minh City Day 10 — Ho Chi Minh City 08:30 — War Remnants Museum — District 3 Taxi to the centre — District 3 → District 1 11:00 — Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral & Central Post Office — District 1 13:00 — Cơm tấm lunch 14:00 — Drive to Củ Chi — District 1 → Củ Chi 15:00 — Củ Chi tunnels 18:00 — Back to Ho Chi Minh City — Củ Chi → District 1 20:00 — Bui Vien Walking Street — District 1 Day 11 — Ben Thanh Market & Departure 09:00 — Ben Thanh Market — District 1 11:30 — Last brunch with Vietnamese coffee — District 1 13:30 — Taxi to Tân Sơn Nhất airport SGN 17:00 — Return flight