Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City  - Body massage - Hoi An (B)
After breakfast, you will experience the first body massage at a local spa. You will have 90' Fresh ginger essence massage that blows away your stress from work and life. Return to your hotel for check-out and depart to the airport for a flight to Danang. Upon arrival, you're met by our driver and proceed 35km further to Hoi An (45 minutes). Check-in and overnight in Hoi An.

Day 4: Hoi An Ancient Town (B)
You will have a full day in Hoi An to do whatever takes your fancy and make the most of your day with spa treats.

Day 5: Hoi An – Cook central Vietnam food (B/L)
After breakfast, our guide will pick you up from the hotel to gather at the Hai Scout Café in Hoi An’s old streets to meet the chef. Visit a local market to buy the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later. Board a boat for a leisurely cruise along the Thu Bon River to the Red Bridge Cooking School.

On arrival, explore the school’s herb and vegetable garden, before learning about some of Hoi An and Vietnam’s well-known dishes, which are a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisines. The cooking lesson lasts about 2 hours– each dish is first demonstrated by the Red Bridge’s chef before you prepare the same dish by yourself. The class also contains a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carvings (plate decoration).

After the lesson, we sit down and taste what we have cooked. Then the boat will take you back to Hoi An town.

In the afternoon, take a guided walking tour around Hoi An Ancient Town. Visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, Chinese Assembly Hall, and the local market. There’re numerous art galleries, souvenirs and tailor shops where you can get some express made-to-order clothes if you like.

Return to your hotel after a long interesting day. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 6: Hoi An / Da Nang – Beach relaxing (B)
After breakfast, you will be free in Hoi An.  
Check out your hotel by noon time, meet our driver and drive to the beach. Check in your resort and be free for swimming for sunbathing. Overnight in Hoi An/Da Nang.

Day 7 - Day 9:  3 free days for beach relaxing (B)
You will have 3 free days for beachside relaxing! Overnight in Hoi An/Da Nang. 

Day 10: Hoi An/Da Nang - Hanoi (B)
After breakfast, you will be free in Danang until meet our driver and process to Danang airport (20 minutes) for a flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, greeted by our guide and transferred to downtown. Check in your hotel and be free at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 11: Hanoi - Orientation and street food (B)
After breakfast, 08:00 - the day starts with a visit to the complex dedicated to Ho Chi Minh - the nation’s founder, containing Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (viewed from outside on Mondays, Fridays and every afternoon due to closure), and the house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda. Next up visit Tran Quoc Pagoda - Hanoi’s oldest pagoda on the bank of West Lake. Continue your interesting day with Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university which was constructed in the 11th century.

In the afternoon, visit the Museum of Ethnology, the biggest and most interesting museum in Hanoi where displays artefacts of 54 minorities in Vietnam.

Later, return to the city centre and stroll through Old Quarter from Hang Be Market to Thanh Ha wet market. Along the way delicacies, strange food items and an explanation of Vietnamese food practices will be given. These busy, eclectic markets are alive with the sights and sounds of Hanoi and are the essence of Vietnamese culture.

Continue through the streets of the Old Quarter to Dong Xuan market to sample some local treats such as pho tiu and bun dau. Your guide will explain the routine of Vietnam meal times and indigenous/unusual ingredients eaten. Stroll up ‘food alley’ to see other dishes on offer.

Back into the inner of the Old Quarter – check specially treated fruit which are dependable on the seasons and a common snack in Vietnam. Last stop at one of the Old Quarter busiest (yet smallest) coffee shops for a well-earned sit down and coffee before returning to your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 12: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (B/L/D/Local guide on the boat)
After breakfast, 08:00 - you're picked up by our driver and depart by road to Ha Long Bay (3.5 hours), a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. Travel through the rich farmlands of the Delta of Red River and the landscape of rice fields, water buffalo, the daily life of the Vietnamese village. Arrive in Halong and board to board a traditional junk. Lunch on board. The cruise passes by many rocks and islets in many funny shapes. The cruise may stop for a while for visiting the nice Cave. Later on the junk move to docking area for overnight. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 13: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (B/Local guide on the boat)
In the morning, your brunch will be served while doing a further cruise to explore the beauties of the Bay before returning to the Wharf. The junk continues cruising toward Ha Long port. Ready for disembarking. Our car will be there to pick you up back to Hanoi (3.5 hours). Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 14: Hanoi - Departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free in Hanoi until the drive to the airport (45 minutes to 1 hour) in a good time to connect to your departure flight.

Note: Hotel check-out time is 12:00. Late check-out is not included.