Vietnam Family Holiday Trip
Discover the top attractions of Vietnam from south to north (or vice versa) with this 10-day family tour from Ama Journey. Experience stunning landscapes, cultural sites, and gain valuable travel knowledge for both you and your kids. Immerse in the beauty of the Mekong Delta, Ninh Binh, Halong Bay, and explore the rich cultural history of the destinations along the way.
1. General information related to the tour:
❥ Tour style: Private
❥ Duration: 10 Days
❥ Start from: Ho Chi Minh
❥ End at: Hanoi
❥ Destinations: Ho Chi Minh city - Mekong - Hoi An ancient town and biking - Hanoi city - Ninh Binh biking - Halong Bay
2. Tour itinerary:
❥ Day 1: Ho Chi Minh arrival - Welcome your family to Vietnam!
- Welcome your family to Vietnam! Upon arrival, get a pick up to your hotel in the city center, take a rest or enjoy some highlights of the city: Notre Dame Cathedral, Opera House, the Central Post office, the city hall now it is the people’s committee building.
- Have a welcome dinner at a nice restaurant in the city.
- Return to your hotel in the later afternoon and overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
❥❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city
- Private transportation
- All entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast
- A private tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 2: Discover Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) city
- Enjoy a full day tour to explore this vibrant city that was considered the Pearl of Far East. This private tour is on your pace, tailor - made activities on your requirement and we suggest you to discover the highlights of the city such as:
- The Reunification Palace and then moving to visit the War Remnant Museum that allows you for an insightful look into the history of Vietnam war that may bring you a big surprise than you used to know or hear about it.
- Continuing on the trip to visit Ben Thanh market - the biggest vibrant market in Ho Chi Minh city for exploring the locals and their daily business life. You may find some interesting souvenirs.
- Lunch will be served in the restaurant.
- Relaxing after lunch and visiting the Jade Emperor Pagoda, one of the most beautiful pagodas in Ho Chi Minh city that worships the Jade Emperor and other gods in the oriental religion.
- In the end, visit Thao Cam Vien Zoological Park: a 1.5-hour walk through the greenery of the botanical garden where peace reigns, to discover the exotic world of plants and flowers, including orchids, and a variety of animals.
- Return to your hotel in the later afternoon and overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city
- Private transportation
- All entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
- A private tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 3: Mekong family tour - Discover Ben Tre
- Our tour guide and driver will meet your family after your breakfast and transfer to Mekong which is famous for its vast rice fields, countless waterways and beautiful idyllic landscapes.
- Arrive in Ben Tre town after a 2-hour drive, take a motorboat trip to explore the narrow channels among the coconut forest. On the boat trip, we will stop to visit some traditional handicraft villages such as brick village, weaving sleeping mats village to see their local life and how they make their products.
- Take a leisure walk along the village path under the coconut’s shadow, visit the locals and taste the fresh fruits, honey tea and enjoy the traditional southern amateur music show (Don Ca Tai Tu).
- Ben Tre is famous for Coconut Candy you will visit the workshop that produces this delicacy of candy and other products that are skillfully handcrafted from coconut husk and fiber.
- After that, take a sampan boat through the canals along the hidden waterways surrounded by an immense variety of tropical plants. The peaceful rural place is great for recovering from a busy life.
- Lunch will be served with local specialties at the restaurant.
- After lunch, enjoy the motor cart that will take you through the local hamlets, rice fields, coconut groves and orchard farms.
- Return to the pier and take our transfer back to Ho Chi Minh city.
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh city
- Private transportation
- Boat trip
- All entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
- A private tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 4: Ho Chi Minh - Fly to Danang - Hoi An ancient town
- Your family will have breakfast at your hotel and transfer to the airport for a flight to Danang. On arrival, get a pick up to Hoi A town, check in your hotel. Starting to explore this charming town for a full day tour:
- The first place is Cam Pho, an ancient communal house. This is a non-touristic destination. An ancient and beautiful temple with pure Vietnamese character and well preserved to this day.
- Enjoy a leisure walk to the symbol of Hoi An: Chua Cau (Japanese bridge) that allows the Japanese quarter to access the Chinese quarter of the town. This temple bridge was well preserved in its original style for mostly 400 years.
- Continue the walking tour in Hoi An Ancient Town to visit Quan Thang ancient house, which is more than 150 years old. The house is still quite intact in terms of architectural design and interior decoration. The entire architecture and wood carvings are very lively and delicate, made by artisans of Kim Bong carpentry village, Hoi An.
- Followed by a visiting Phuc Kien or Fujian Assembly Hall built from the 17th century. This is the religious site to honor deity Thien Hau. Admiring its ornate gates surrounding. And beautiful carved dragons in the main room.
- Return to your hotel in the late afternoon.
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
- Private transportation
- Flight: Ho Chi Minh - Danang
- Entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast
- A private tour guide able to speak English
Day 5: Hoi An - Exploring Tra Que Village - A Bang beach and street food tour in the evening
- In the morning, meet our tour guide and driver for a transfer to Tra Que organic vegetable village.
- A large variety of vegetables is produced to supply the demand of the local community in this Hoi A town. In this village, you will be shown an environmentally sustainable practice on how to plant the vegetable which is the way that the farmers used for centuries till today.
- Lunch will be in Tra Que Village
- Do not forget to bring your swimming suits for relaxation at A Bang Beach in the afternoon.
- Return to your hotel in the later afternoon for a Hoi A street food tour
- Our tour guide will lead you to weave in and out the tiny alleys in this old town that you could never do on your own. Interact with locals and explore the street foods. Every late afternoon, there are many food carts and food vendors in the street. This street food tour is the great way for you to enjoy our local specialties in Hoi An, know about the local chefs, how their cooking skills and the ingredients that made the specialties. We recommend you should try: Cao Lau Hoi An, Beo cake, Quang Noodle, Hoi A chicken rice, Bread Hoi An, Grilled pork with fresh rice paper and dessert with Sweet Soup.
- The tour will end by 8PM and you off at your hotel.
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
- Private transportation
- All entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (street foods)
- A private tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 6: Hoi A free day to relax - Fly to Hanoi - Pick up to hotel
- Free in the morning for your family to relax at your hotel or beach. In the afternoon, take a transfer to the airport for a flight to Hanoi. Your family arrives in Noi Bai airport, our tour guide will welcome and transfer to your hotel in the city center.
- Check in at your hotel (check in time after 14.00), take a rest after your flight or enjoy a walk around to discover the 36 streets city.
- Overnight in Hanoi
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
- Private transportation
- Flight: Danang to Hanoi
- Meal: Breakfast
- A private tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 7: Hanoi family tour
- After breakfast at your hotel, at 8.00 our private tour guide and driver will meet your family for a full day exploring this charming city.
- Starting to visit the Ho Chi Minh memorial complex where the body of the “great father of nation” is preserved. Then nearby is Presidential Palace – a very nice colonial style architecture, the house on stilts where HCM lived and worked, walking to the small bridge to see the fish pond will lead you to the One Pillar Pagoda – an ancient Buddhist temple and cultural significance in Hanoi.
- Next, we will explore a thousand-year architecture work, the first university of Vietnam: The temple of Literature built in 1070. This is also a temple to worship Confucius.
- Lunch is served at a restaurant and back to the old quarter to enjoy a 1-hour cycle trip to explore the local life in some famous streets such as Hang Ngang, Hang Dao, Ta Hien, Ma May, Hang Ma, Bat Su, etc.
- Enjoy the water puppet show in the late afternoon that will be a highlight for your kids.
- Return your hotel for your free time and relaxation.
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
- Private transportation
- All entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast
- A private tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 8: Hanoi - Van Long Nature Reserve discovery
- At 8.30, our guide and driver will pick up your family at your hotel for a 2-hour journey to Ninh Binh.
- Arrive in Van Long Nature Reserve around 10.30, enjoy a biking tour along the Van Long dyke and through the village to see the local life, the beauty of Van Long with water and mountain.
- Stop on route for beautiful photos and encounter with local people. Next, discover the hidden peaceful Thung La temple and listen to the history of this temple.
- Return to the village. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant, relaxing before enjoying a rowing boat trip to explore Van Long nature reserve. You may see the Monkeys and Egrets playing on the cliffs.
- After the boat trip, visiting one of the local families in the village to learn about the embroidery skill. There will be a short and small instruction course that will help you become an “embroidery craftsman.”
- Enjoy a stay in a local family homestay and relax with your family in the peaceful and rural place of Vietnam countryside.
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Van Long Family Homestay or similar
- Private transportation
- Boat trip and bikes
- All entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
- A private tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 9: Ninh Binh - Transfer to Haling Bay for overnight cruise
- Breakfast at your hotel in Ninh Binh. Pick up and transfer to Haling Bay. After a 3-hour transfer, arrive in Tuan Chau Island, welcomed by cruise’s staff, enjoy a welcome drink and check in procedure for an overnight cruise in Haling Bay – Lan Ha Bay.
- A sumptuous lunch will be served on the cruise while cruising through the Haling Bay to Lan Ha Bay. Explore the Dave and Bright Cave – famous for natural beauty in the pristine area of Lan Ha Bay. This will be the best time for some interesting activities such as kayaking, bamboo boat rowing, swimming or simply relaxing.
- In the evening, Enjoy a delicious dinner on the cruise before join in some fishing activities and overnight in Lan Ha Bay
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: Overnight on a cruise
- Private transportation
- Entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- A tour guide able to speak English
❥ Day 10: Haling Bay - Hanoi - off at airport
- Get up in the morning. Tai Chi lessons are available before a nice breakfast. Then discover the Trung Trang cave – one of the most impressive caves in the middle of Cat Ba Island. This is the natural limestone cave with thousand beautiful stalagmites and stalactites in different amazing shapes.
- Lunch is ready on the cruise after checking out the room and cruising back to the pier. Meeting our driver and transferring back to Hanoi. Directly to the airport for your next destination.
- Note: Arrive at airport around 15.00
❥ ❥ Included:
- Accommodation: N/A
- Private transportation
- Entrance fees
- Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
- A tour guide able to speak English
3. Included and excluded service:
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❥ INCLUDED
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❥ EXCLUDED
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- Accommodations with daily breakfasts.
- A private tour guide able to speak English
- Flights: Ho Chi Minh - Danang, Danang - Hanoi
- Ha Long Bay overnight cruise.
- Bikes and boat trip.
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary.
- Private A/C transportation during the trip.
- 2 bottles of water each person/day.
- One time entrance tickets in each sightseeing destination.
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- International flight from/to Vietnam.
- Vietnam visa.
- Your personal expenses.
- Travel insurance.
- Bank fees (if any).
- Drinks and other meals not mentioned.
- Tips and gratuities for tour guides and drivers.
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4. Policy:
❥ Cancellation policy:
- Cancellation request made more than 40 days prior to arrival will not incur any charge.
- More than 30 days prior to arrival: 5% of the tour price will be forfeited.
- 30 - 20 days prior to arrival: 10% of the tour price will be forfeited.
- 19 - 15 days prior to arrival: 30% of the tour price will be forfeited.
- 14 - 10 days prior to arrival: 50% of the tour price will be forfeited.
- 09 - 05 days prior to arrival: 70 % of the tour price will be forfeited.
- 04 - 02 days prior to arrival: 90 % of the tour price will be forfeited.
- 1 day prior to arrival or No show: 100 % of the tour price will be forfeited.
❥ Children policy:
- Children from 12 years old will be charged as adult.
- Please contact us for more details if your kids are under 12 YO.
5. Price quotation:
❥ Quoted in USD - Based on 3 star accommodations - twin/double sharing
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Private group size
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Price / Person
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2 pax
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$ 1,320
( 31,280,000 vnd )
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Kid (6-11 years old)
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$ 545
( 12,900,000 vnd )
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Kid (1-5 years old)
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$ 210
( 4,977,000 vnd )
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Other group size
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