* This is a private tour for you and your party exclusively, with no other people.
* Free customization to meet your individual needs and interests.
Trip Highlights
* Explore Mekong Delta floating market & experience real local life
* Take an overnight cruise to emerald Lan Ha or Bai Tu Lang bays
* Drive by the Hai Wan Pass, a scenic route with stunning sea view
* Taste diversified Vietnamese cuisines & attend a cooking class
For bookings with a party of 4 or more, preferential price will be offered by your group size.
Welcome to take our Vietnam private tour with daily departure, which can be tailored to meet your individual interests. You will enjoy a more personalized experience as the trip is only for your private party, with no other people.
Upon arrival in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), our guide and driver will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to the hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure to recover from jet lag and explore the city on your own.
Начальная точка
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
00:00 - 23:55
After breakfast, we’ll drive 1.5 hours to Cu Chi Tunnels. Upon arrival, read in silent homage in front of the historical monument and then follow your guide and crawl through the widened parts to experience the underground life. On the way back to downtown, enjoy a sumptuous lunch at Ben Nay Restaurant.
In the afternoon, we’ll visit the War Remnants Museum, housing precious exhibits related to the First Indochina War (1946-1954) and the Vietnam War. Then, follow your guide to the time-honored Phuc Long Coffee & Tea to taste Vietnam's most renowned Saigon coffee. We’ll also visit two iconic French architectural structures: the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. At last, your private guide and the driver will escort you to the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
★ Boat on the Mekong River for a Taste of Local Life
Today, your guide will escort you on a 2-hour private car ride to Hung Vuong Wharf, where you’ll board a unique long-tail boat to tour the Ben Tre River. While sipping a cup of refreshing coconut juice we’ve prepared, observe the unique flora and fauna. To gain insights into authentic local life, your guide will accompany you to view verdant fruit orchards, a coconut candy factory, brick workshops, and a local family’s home. After that, take a 20-minute ride on a Xe Loi (three-wheeled motor vehicle) or bicycle to admire the idyllic countryside.
Enjoy lunch at a riverside restaurant, and taste fried elephant ear fish, a distinctive cuisine of the Mekong River. After the meal, enjoy a leisurely sampan tour through the narrow waterways before arriving in Ben Tre, where you'll disembark and return to Ho Chi Minh City by private car.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Today, your guide and the driver will escort you to the airport for a 1.5-hour flight to Da Nang. Upon arrival, your local guide and the driver will pick you up and escort you to the Hoi An Ancient Town.
★ Taste Top Three Hoi An Dishes
Your guide will accompany you to a high-end eatery to savor three must-try dishes: White Rose dumplings, Fried Wontons and Cao Lau.
After lunch, let’s start a walking tour at Hoi An Ancient Town, which boasts many Chinese and Japanese-style buildings, such as the Chua Ong Pagoda, which is dedicated to a loyal and brave Chinese general; Fujian Assembly Hall, first built for overseas Chinese gatherings; Tan Ky Old House, a wealthy merchant's residence passed down through seven generations; Japanese Covered Bridge, an iconic delicate footbridge built by Japanese merchants to connect Chinese communities; and Rehahn Precious Heritage Art Gallery. At last, after returning back to the hotel by our private car, you can stroll around on your own.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Today, we’ll drive to Hue. En route, stop by the Hai Van Pass, Vietnam’s most scenic coastal road. Then, continue driving and arrive in Hue after about 3.5 hours, and check into the hotel.
In the afternoon, follow your guide to admire the Imperial City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Afterward, head to the Tomb of Tu Duc, the burial place of the fourth Nguyen emperor, his wife, and his adopted son. Finally, your guide and the driver will escort you back to your hotel.
Meal: Breakfast
Today, follow your private guide to view the 400-year-old Thien Mu Pagoda. We’ve arranged a boat tour for you to reach the pagoda. Accompanied by your guide, embark on a private dragon boat and cruise along the Perfume River. On arrival, go ashore and stroll around the garden-like pagoda.
Getting out of the pagoda, let’s move on to Dong Ba Market, brimming with everything from daily essentials to fruits and street food. Afterward, visit the city’s best-preserved royal tomb, the symmetrically designed Tomb of Minh Mang, the final resting place of one of Vietnam’s most illustrious emperors.
At last, the driver will escort you to Hue airport, where you’ll board a 1.5-hour flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, your local guide and the driver will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for check-in.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
★ Experience a Hands-on Cooking Class with a Market Visit
At around 9:00, a join-in Hanoi cooking class tour begins! Your foodie guide will wait for you at the hotel and accompany you to a local market. Then, under the guidance of professional chefs, learn to cook several dishes based on the season. After the class, enjoy the food you made with additional dishes prepared by the chefs.
After lunch, your private guide will accompany you to visit Ba Dinh Square, a vital venue for gatherings and festivals. Pay homage to the esteemed founding father of modern Vietnam at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and admire the adjacent Presidential Palace and his Stilt House for a deeper understanding of him. Afterward, drop by One Pillar Pagoda, a delicate Buddhist shrine built on a stone pillar in a lotus pond. We’ll also visit the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature. After the visit, the guide and the driver will escort you back to your hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast, your guide and driver will escort you on a 2.5-hour drive to Ha Long Bay Wharf. Upon arrival, board the cruise ship, and savor a sumptuous lunch onboard. In the afternoon, follow the cruise to explore the wonderland!
★ What Makes Us Different
We’ve selected two cruises heading to separate off-the-beaten-path bays for you to choose from:
The five-star Indochine Cruise, decorated in a classical Vietnamese style with balcony rooms, will accompany you to explore Lan Ha Bay, where you’ll change to a kayak or sampan to paddle down beneath the archway of the Dark and Bright Cave (Bat Cave).
The western-style four-star Signature Royal Cruise will escort you to Bai Tu Long Bay, where you’ll sail around the Vung Vieng floating village by kayak or bamboo boat to get a glimpse of the local community and learn about the pearl cultivation.
► Please note: The itineraries above are subject to the cruise companies.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Today, be an early bird to practice Tai Chi on the deck, and enjoy a cup of morning tea or coffee and some snacks while enjoying the stunning sunrise over the sea. After refueling, explore nearby islands by kayak or sampan. If you are on the Indochine Cruise, head to the Trung Trang Cave in Cat Ba Island. If you are on the Signature Royal Cruise, view the Thien Canh Son Cave.
After the enjoyment, return to the cruise ship for a sumptuous brunch as it makes its way back to the wharf, where your guide and the driver will meet you and escort you to Hanoi airport for your departure flight. Have a pleasant trip home! Please book your domestic flight after 16:00 or international flight after 17:00.
Meals: Brunch
Конечная точка
Hanoi, Vietnam
00:00 - 23:55
Booking Terms and Conditions
Thank you for your interest in our AgateTravel Global Tours. The following Terms and Conditions are in place to protect you and your party member, our distinguished guests, and us, AgateTravel, in booking a tour. Please read them carefully and make sure you fully understand these agreements before you confirm your booking.
Reservation and Payment
Once we receive your tour inquiry, our one-to-one professional travel consultant will work with you from the beginning of customizing itinerary to the completion of the trip. You will enjoy real personalized service and our efficient response within 24 hours.
A tour reservation will be confirmed after receiving your tour deposit, which is 20% of the tour total payment. By paying the deposit, you agree to be bound by our Terms and Conditions.
Under special circumstances, a higher amount of down payment will be required to ensure your flight or hotel reservations.
The final or full payment is required 60 days ahead of tour start date. For each payment received, we will provide you with a receipt.
Methods of payments: We mainly accept payment by Wire/Bank Transfer and Credit Card. Any handling charge associated with the payment is your responsibility. WeChat and AliPay can also be accepted if you use them.
Cancellation and Refund
We understand that cancellations happen sometimes due to unexpected situations. To alleviate your concerns, we aim to offer as the most favorable cancellation policy as we can to reduce your loss.
The reservation deposit (20% of the tour total payment) is non-refundable if you cancel the tour, and it will not be calculated into the charge of the cancellation percentage.
The following cancellation charge will be applied to the remaining tour cost:
a. More than 45 days before the arrival day: no cancellation charge from us, except for the actual losses caused by air/hotel/cruise cancellation.
b. 45 to 15 days before: 30% of the remaining tour cost.
c. 14 to 8 days before: 50% of the remaining tour cost.
d. Within 7 days or no show: 100% of the remaining tour cost.
If there are any additional cancellation fees imposed by the service providers other than AgateTravel, which may include but not be limited to local travel agency, airlines, trains, hotels, cruises, etc. You will be responsible for the part.
Your cancellation request should be sent to us via email. We will calculate the refund from the day we receive your written cancellation request and process the refund to you within 20 working days.
Alteration of the Itinerary
There is no extra service charge for any alterations made prior to the tour. However, you will be responsible for any possible additional cost caused by reservation changes.
After the tour starts, any extra expenses caused by clients’ own alterations will be added. Any unused portion is non-refundable nor exchangeable.
Private Tours
A private tour can be thoroughly customized for you and your family or friends exclusively, according to your own specific requirements and interests. We offer professional suggestions, while, the trip length, travel dates, and hotel accommodation level are decided by you, and during the trip, you will enjoy maximum flexibility within reason to discuss with your guide on daily departure time, sightseeing time and meal time. If your trip includes a cruise journey, the onshore excursions will be subject to the arrangements of the cruise company.
Passports and Visa
Please make sure your passport is valid with at least 6 months validity before the start of your tour.
You are advised to verify and defer to the visa policy of the countries you are going to visit at the nearest embassy or consulate.
Dietary Requirements
Please inform us if you have food allergies of any type.
Vegetarian, vegan or gluten free meals can be arranged. If you are a vegetarian, please confirm if you eat egg, cheese, yoghurt, and fish.
Tell us your food dislikes eg no peppers/onions/ mushrooms/coriander or no pork/chicken/fish/lamb/beef or other foods.
Additional Information
It’s highly recommended to purchase travel insurance before your trip in order to minimize any unexpected losses and damages.
Please be sure to check carefully your international and domestic air tickets you purchased so that you are fully aware of the policies of the airline companies.
When checking in at some hotels, guests are expected to provide a valid credit card authorization to guarantee any possible personal consumption (e.g. laundry) during your stay.
Responsibility
As a tour operator, we are dedicated to designing, promoting and selling tour products that cover certain travel services, including guide and driver service, land transportation, air transportation, cruise, excursions and accommodation that are reserved from different suppliers. The suppliers are just independent contractors of our tour products, neither our agents nor employees.
Although we will assist with booking air and/or cruise transportation for you, we act as your agent, not as an agent of the airline and/or cruise company. However, we promise that we are responsible for the willful or negligent acts of our partner travel agents for the land services.
We reserve the right to adjust the scheduled trains or flights we have arranged in tours, and we make sure your trip will be carried out smoothly. If unfortunately the train or flight arranged is cancelled or chartered, we will discuss with you for an alternative plan.
We take all benefits and losses of any fluctuations, lower or higher in airfares, cruise fares, hotel room rates, currency exchange, taxes, or fuel surcharges after we have received the full payment. And we reserve the right to correct promotional or pricing errors or to increase the tour price in the event of cost increases due to changes in airfares, cruise fares, hotel room rates, currency exchange, taxes, or fuel surcharges before we receive your reservation deposit.
To help customers have a better understanding on levels of the hotel accommodation arranged in our tour itineraries, we display stars to some hotels depending on their accommodation facilities, services and average review scores on platforms. Please be aware that the actual star ranking might be different from that of local regulations, independent third parties or accommodation providers themselves.
We are not responsible for acts of terrorism, political unrest, war, natural hazards, flights and cruises delay or cancellation. But we will try the best to help our clients.
We are not responsible for any unauthorized extra services that the guests book directly with the local tour supplier, guide or driver beyond our confirmed itinerary. Guests will take full responsibility for any loss on shopping, extra sightseeing or activity etc., while for some disputes, we can help to mediate.
Customer Service Support
Traveling with us, whenever and wherever you are not satisfied with any tour services provided, please let us know by email, phone call or through your local tour guide immediately, so that we can solve the problem as soon as possible and prevent it from happening again. Our support team aims to assure you an exhilarating and rewarding travel experience with us. Thank you!
7 nights accommodation with daily breakfast at selected deluxe hotels and 1 night on Signature Cruise.
Ho Chi Minh City: Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel (4 stars) or similar
Hoi An: Hadana Boutique Hotel Hoi An - Deluxe Room (4 stars) or similar
Hue: White Lotus Hotel Hue - Deluxe River View Room (4 stars) or similar
Hanoi: La Siesta Classic Ma May (4 stars) or similar
Halong Bay: Signature Cruise (4 stars) or similar
Please note that the hotel supplement for public holidays and festivals is not included in the tour price. If your travel date happens to meet any holidays, please contact us for the tour quotation.
International flight into and out Vietnam.
Meals other than those mentioned in the itinerary.
Personal expenses (such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.).
Tips for guides and drivers.
Personal travel insurance.
Vietnam visa fee.
Christmas, New Year, Lunar New Year & public holidays surcharge.
Not suitable for people over 80 years old.
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