Tour Code: FTPL/BI/1616

Exotic Vietnam with Maharaj Tour

8 Nights / 9 Days
Group Tour
Monsoon Special
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Cities : Ho Chi Minh City (3N),Da Nang (3N),Hanoi (1N),Halong (1N)

Sightseeing

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Cu Chi Tunnels
  • Saigon City Tour
  • Mekong Delta
  • War Remnants museum
Da Nang, Vietnam
  • Ba Na Hills
  • Da nang City Tour
  • Hoian Ancient Town
Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Hanoi City Tour
  • Cyclo tour Hanoi

Meals

  • 8 Breakfast
  • 6 Lunch
  • 1 Local Lunch
  • 2 Packed Lunch
  • 7 Dinner
  • 1 Local Dinner
Note: In Chef Tour Some Meals Will Be Served In Indian Restaurant Which Is Assited By Our Chef

Meal Notes:

  • Lunches and Dinners will be prepared by the Indian Chef and will be served in the hotel.
  • Packed Lunches will be boxed meals comprising of 1 vegetable, Rice, Thepla/Puri, Yogurt etc.
  • Breakfast will be served in the hotel and will be prepared by the chef. It will comprise of 2 hot Indian items, Masala tea and limited cold items like cereals, bread, fruits  and Juice.

Day wise travel itinerary

  • Day 1 :Saigon Arrival - Saigon City Tour
    Welcome to Saigon (officially known as Ho Chi Minh City) – Vietnam! Fresh up at airport and proceed for 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. We then visit 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 on check in to hotel.  Overnight in Saigon.

    Please Note : Hotel Check in Time After 2:00 PM 
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 2 :Saigon - Mekong - Saigon
    Breakfast at hotel and check out. Head to My Tho, the homeland of coconut and family factories with local products like coconut candy, rice paper,… Upon arrival, embark on the boat cruising on the mighty Mekong River viewing the life to the local people live along the banks. We stop to visit an island in the area, enjoy the fresh tropical fruits served in the heart of the lush garden accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music. Later, embark on other small boats rowed by the local people thru the small canals shadowed by water coconut trees to visit the local factories. There you will taste the honey tea and see the local people produce the coconut candy milk and of course you also can try it or stroll in the garden where the locals feed honeybees. Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, continue to visit Vinh Trang pagoda, a famous pogoda in the area with architecture combination of Chinese, Cambodian, and French cultures. Return to Saigon late afternoon.  Overnight in Saigon.
    • Breakfast
    • Packed Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 3 :Saigon - Cuchi - Saigon
    Breakfast at hotel. Morning drive to Cu Chi Tunnels – the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens. After a short introduction video showing how the tunnels were constructed, you will have a chance to crawl into a short section of the tunnels to feel the oppressive narrowness and heat inside. Return to Saigon. Free at leisure.  Overnight in Saigon.
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 4 :Saigon - Danang
    Breakfast at hotel. Check out and transfer to Airport for your flight to Danang. Arrive in Da Nang airport then our tour guide will pick you up then transfer for Lunch. Enjoy Danang city tour - , Laddy Pagoda, Dragon Bridge, Apec Park, Pink Church, Han Market. Overnight at Danang.  
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 5 :Danang - Hoi An - Danang
    Breakfast at hotel. Morning is free for leisure. Lunch. Depart For Hoi an .Walking  Tour  For  Hoi an Tour & Evening Lantern Boat Ride .  Overnight at Da Nang.
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 6 :Bana Hills
    Breakfast at hotel . Full day Bana Hill tour with Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station. visit Golden Bridge, Exploring the golden bridge, Linh Ung pagoda. Free time to play at Fantasy Park. Return to Da Nang and Free at leisure. Overnight at Da Nang.
    • Breakfast
    • Packed Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 7 :Da Nang - Hanoi By Flight - Hanoi City Tour
    Breakfast at hotel. Check out. Free at leisure. Head to airport for flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, greeted by the local tour guide and transfer to downtown. Lunch at restaurant. Afternoon, take visit Ba Dinh Square – the biggest square in Hanoi where all the biggest cultural, political events of the cities, especially demonstrations, take place. Start our visit at the Complex of Ho Chi Minh including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (from outside only as it closes in the afternoon), Ho Chi Minh’s house-on-stilts, his fish pond and the One-Pillar Pagoda. Then, the Temple of Literature  which is considered as the first university of Vietnam. Later, we have an overall view of the capital by walking, which wanders around the Old Quarter of Hanoi and the Hoan Kiem Lake (the “Sword” Lake). From here wandering on the narrow streets of the Old Quarter to experience the daily life of the local people. Transfer back to your hotel.  Overnight in Hanoi.
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 8 :Hanoi - Halong - Overnight Cruise
    Breakfast at hotel then check out. At 9am, head East for 3 hours driving to Halong Bay, the pride of the Gulf of Tonkin, a Natural World Heritage as designated by UNESCO in 1994 and 2006. The road will pass by the Red River delta with green paddyfields and rural villages, where hard-work farmers are busy with their farming jobs, ploughing buffaloes or planting seedling. Upon arrival in Halong, check in the overnight cruise to discover the magnificent beauty of this “Descending-dragon” bay, created by thousands odd-shaped limestone rocks and karst grottoes. After a lunch on board, we can visit the Grottos, stop for swimming or kayaking, passing floating houses and approach islets to enjoy their beauty in close distance. Back to the cruise, enjoy cooking demonstration before having dinner. Evening attend activities on the boat or relax at your own leisure. Overnight on the cruise.

    Please Note :  The Program May Be Little Varied Upon The Cruise You Choose.
    • Breakfast
    • Local Lunch
    • Local Dinner
  • Day 9 :Halong - Hanoi - Hanoi Departure
    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. Check out your room and have brunch on board while the cruise coming back the pier. Disembark from the cruise, transfer back to Hanoi around 3pm. Drop at a shopping mall. Around 6pm, guide pick you up & transfer to airport for flight back home! End of services!

    Please Note: Normal check-out time at hotel is 11:00/12:00. Late check-in is not included.
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
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Sightseeing

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Cu Chi Tunnels

Discover the vast network connecting underground tunnels located in the C District Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City. Go to the various traps used during the battle and enter and crawl through a tunnel.

Discover the area that lives at the end of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and serve as the base from where the Vietnamese guerrilla soldier attacked Saigon. Learn about how the fighters of Cu Chi drew the battlefield underground, extending to Cambodia, including: living room, kitchen and ventilation system. These tunnels served as an effective network to engage in guerrilla warfare against American troops.

Do not miss this short, exciting journey through this maze of interlaced tunnels. Choose how you want to experience it - in a small, large or private group. For insight into Vietnamese agriculture, see green paddy fields, local farmers and buffaloes on the roadside for tunnels.

Spend time exploring the the maze of tunnels with countless trap doors, storage facilities, weapon factories, field hospitals, command centers, kitchens, and more. Enjoy the most popular food during the war days at Cu Chi tunnels – the cassava.

Itinerary : (8am/1:30pm) Morning/Afternoon

Drive to Cu Chi tunnels – the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. The sightseeing in Cu Chi tunnels is started with a short introduction video showing how the tunnels were constructed, you will have a chance to see the poor conditions underground, see handmade booby traps, and crawl into a short section of the tunnels to feel the oppressive narrowness and heat inside. Return to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

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Saigon City Tour

For most travelers, Ho Chi Minh City is still called Saigon by locals, primarily the gateway to the Mekong Delta and the nearby Cu Chi Tunnels - both of which we highly recommend - but the city limits There are also many great things to see within. From heartbreaking war relics museums to Lucky shopping strips, tasty restaurants to delectable street stalls, HCMC has a taste for all of Vietnam. Get local experience on a Ho Chi Minh tour to the city or the countryside.


This selection of the best Ho Chi Minh City tours caters to those who want to explore their holidays with interesting activities and excursions to the city's most prominent destinations. Ho Chi Minh City features classic French architecture and sleek skyscrapers as well as ornate temples and pagodas dating back to the 18th century. The city also has a vibrant nightlife scene, where you can enjoy vibrant bars, nightclubs and bar on the terrace, while stylish restaurants and cafes offer a wide range of local and international tastes.


Highlights of Ho Chi Minh City Tour :


Independence Palace

The reunion palace was the basis of Vietnamese General Ngo Dinh Diem until his death in 1963. It made its name in global history in 1975. A tank belonging to the North Vietnamese army crashed through its main gate, ending the Vietnam War. Today, it is a journey for tourists in Ho Chi Minh City.

 

War remnants Museum

War Remnants Museum is a war museum at 28 Wah Van Tan, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It includes demonstrations related to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.


Notre Dame Cathedral

Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, built in the late 1880s by French colonists, is one of the few remaining strongholds of Catholicism in largely Buddhist Vietnam. Located in Paris Square, Notre Dame was named after the establishment of the Statue Square Peaceful Notre Dame in 1959.


Opera House

Ho chi minh Opera House is an elegant colonial building at the intersection of Le Loi and Dong Khoi Street in District 1, very close to the famous Notre Dame Cathedral and the Classic Central Post Office. The restored three-story 800-seat opera house was built in 1897 and is used not only for opera, but a wide range of performing arts including ballet, music concerts, Vietnamese traditional dances and plays. Demonstrations are advertised around the building and information can be viewed at the state-run Tourism Information Center.


Ben Thanh Market

Ben Thanh Market in District 1 of Saigon City is a great place to buy local handicrafts, branded goods, Vietnamese art and other souvenirs. Here, you'll find food stalls inside the market where you can taste hawker-style Vietnamese cuisine or chill with cold drinks when the bargains are too high.


The market is large, difficult to navigate on time and certainly best avoided during the hottest part of the day, but all equally worth watching. When night falls, restaurants around the perimeter of the market open their doors creating a vibrant roadside view that fills the air with wok-fried noodles, barbecued fish and meats. One of the oldest destinations in Saigon, Ben Thanh offers a great atmosphere, which is absolutely authentic Vietnamese.


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Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta is a network of dis-tributaries between Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia in southwest Vietnam. The river itself begins in the Himalayas and passes through China, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia before reaching Vietnam, which partly explains why the waters are so high. More than half of Vietnam's rice and fish come from the delta region. Considered important for the Vietnamese economy and diet.

Life in the area revolves around water, from well-known temporary markets to huge agricultural industries. A wonderful variety of fruits, flowers and animals grow in this region. The Mekong River Delta is the rice basket of Vietnam, providing sustenance to millions of people.

Itinerary :

(8 am / 8: 30 pm)Depart for Full Day tour to Meknog  River Delta.Upon arrival, cruising the boat on the mighty Mekong that saw life Let's see. Local people live near banks. We stop traveling to an island in the area, enjoying fresh tropical fruits served in the middle of a lush green garden with traditional South Vietnamese folk music. Later, other small boats stopped by the locals should embark, to visit local factories, through small canals shaded by water coconut trees. There you will taste honey tea and see that the locals produce coconut candy milk and of course you can also try it or take a walk in the garden, where the locals feed honey.

Later in the afternoon, continue to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, a famous pagoda in the area with an architectural combination of Chinese, Cambodian and French cultures. Return to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh.

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War Remnants museum

The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh has opened to the guest in 1975. Once known as the 'Museum of American War Crimes', it is a shocking reminder of the long and brutal Vietnam War. Graphic photographs and US military equipment are on display. There is a rocket launcher, a tank, a fighter aircraft, a helicopter with a single-seater attack aircraft. You can also see a conventional bomb which weighs 6,800 kg. American soldiers used these weapons against the Vietnamese between 1945 and 1975.

War Remnants Museum Highlights
The most popular exhibition in the War Remnants Museum is the 'tiger cage'. The South Vietnamese government kept its political prisoners in these imprisonment. Locals believe that 14 people are imprisoned in a cage at a time. The museum also has a guillotine brought by the French government. Both the French and South Vietnamese used it until 1960 to execute their prisoners.

It is also shown that the photographs of the victims had to be severely 'Agent Orange'. 4.8 million people were exposed to strong pesticides and chemical sprays. The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry believes that 500,000 children were born with birth defects.

The War Remnants Museum is located in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. It is every day from 07:30 to 16:30. Visiting this war museum can be a harrowing experience for most people. Although children may enter, we highly recommend against it.
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