Vietnam Family Tours

Let's enjoy the journey to discover Vietnam with your family, this tour is especially designed for your family to have time to relax together with yellow sunshine and blue sea in Vietnam. We believe that you and your family will have priceless memories together. 

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Duration: 14 days/13 nights

Tour Code: MVHL03

Price from: US $ 1339.00 Pax

Tour Valid: Until December 30th, 2013

Highlights: Tour through some outstanding cities in Vietnam: Ha Noi - Ha Long - Hue - Hoi An - Ho Chi Minh - Phan Thiet

• Day 1 - Ha Noi Arrival

  Place Transport: Airplane->Car
  Meals:

  Upon arrival, our private guide and driver will welcome you and your family at the aiport, pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for checking in. The first destination is Hanoi, where the exotic chic of old Asia blends with the dynamic face of new Asia, where the medieval and modern co-exist. This city contains the combination of Parisian grace and Asian pace, an architectural museum piece evolving in harmony with its history that is different from bulldozing through like many other region’s capitals. Let’s enjoy Hanoi where imagination becomes reality and free at leisure and stay overnight in Hanoi.

  Day 2 - Ha Noi City

  Place Transport: Car
  Meals: Breakfast - Lunch

  Today we spent all day with Hanoi city tour, discover the charming capital city including Ho Chi Minh mausoleum which has the architecture of slooping roof (close on Monday & Friday), the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, the impressive Ethnologic Museum, the beautiful West Lake, the Tran Quoc Pagoda and lake of the Restored sword.
  Late afternoon, we will take a cyclo tour for a short excursion through the bustling old quarter streets which are named after the specific goods and you are also offered for sale at these places when you buy souvenirs. In the evening, we will end Hanoi city tour with a fantastic traditional water puppet show and stay overnight in Hanoi.

  Day 3 - Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Trang An grottoes

  Place Transport: Car
  Meals: Breakfast - Lunch

  After having breakfast, we continue our exciting Vietnam Tour to Hoa Lu which previously was the capital city of Vietnam under the Dinh Dynasty between 968 and 980 AD, all the ancient sanctuaries and tombs can still be seen as today.

  Apart from the historical sides, this place is naturally beautiful, referred to as “dry Halong Bay,” with limestone peaks and fertile green valleys. After lunch, you will take the amazing boat trip to visit Trang An grottoes which is a gathering of 31 valleys, 50 cross-water caves, and home to 600 kinds of flora and over 200 kinds of fauna, many of them in the Red Book of Vietnam. While rowing through Trang An grotto in the quiet, you can enjoy fresh air of the highlands,the sound of birds, the oars stirring the clear water and surrounded by magnificent forested mountains upon which graze white goats.  Visitors will feel like a heaven on earth. End of the day by driving to Tam Coc and free at leisure to take a walking visit around Tam Coc or doing bike trip to visit the village and Bich Dong pagoda. Then,go back to Hanoi in the late afternoon and stay overnight in Hanoi.

  Day 4 - Ha Noi - Ha Long

  Place Transport: Car->Cruise
  Meals: Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

  After breakfast, we will drive to Halong Bay (165km). This is one of Vietnamese most scenic sight and highlight of any Vietnam tour. It is recognized as World Natural Heritage Site. Upon arrival, we will board you to deluxe traditional wooden junk, welcome drink on board. After a short break, enjoy a very good seafood lunch while cruising through the wonderful Ha Long bay and visiting its amazing grottoes and caves. Moreover, you will have an opportunity to dive off the boat and have a pleasant swimming in the deep blue water of East Sea before relaxing on your sun deck to view a Halong sunset. Then having dinner on board with excellent fresh seafood and stay overnight on board.

  Day 5 - Ha Long - Ha Noi - Hue

  Place Transport: Cruise->Car->Airplane
  Meals: Breakfast - Lunch

  It’s said that your vietnam tours would not have been finished without a trip to Halong Bay and a romantic night on board. Ha Long is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It is a place of surreal beauty, with ethereal limestone islands jutting out of jade waters and atmospheric caves and grottoes carved out by time.
  Today, it’s good to get up early to catch the sunrise on the bay, doing Ta Chi on sundeck and relax with a cup of hot coffee or tea when the boat cruises to explore more about Halong Bay. All things make your Vietnam Holiday more memorable. At noon, back to Halong city where our private guide and driver are waiting for the transfer back to Hanoi airport to take the flight to Hue. Pick up and transfer you to the hotel, free at leisure and stay overnight in Hue.

  Day 6 - Hue City

  Place Transport: Car
  Meals: Breakfast - Lunch

  Hue is the city that has many cultural heritages. Until now, there is no place like Hue which still remained a lot of originally historical vestiges as in this ancient Capital City. After breakfast, our tour starts to go to Imperial Citadel before taking the beautiful boat trip on the romantic Perfume River and visit Hue's best-known religious site-Thien Mu Pagoda and the Mausoleum of former emperor Minh Mang in a tranquil setting of gardens and lakes. Then return to the hotel, free at leisure and stay overnight in Hue

  Day 7 - Hoi An

  Place Transport: 
  Meals: Breakfast

  You will spend all day to visit Hoi An Ancient Town, every tour to Vietnam cannot skip this wonderful town which is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. You can see the combination of indigenous and foreign influences through its buildings and street plan make it becomes an unique heritage site. Then free day for you to cycle through rice paddies in the countryside of Hoi An ancient town, shopping for souvenirs at the antique shops and art galleries or enjoy peaceful moments in sidewalk coffee shop, soaking up the atmosphere of this quaint town and relax on the white sandy beach of the famous My Khe beach. Stay overnight in Hoi An.

  Day 8 - Hoi An - Cooking Class

  Place Transport: 
  Meals: Breakfast - Lunch

  We start to day at 8.15 am with a welcome drink at Hai Café (98 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hoi An Ancient Town, Tel: 863210) – our meeting place.
  Visit Hoi An’s colorful market, and experience amazing sights, sounds and aromas of this busy market. We will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about all the ingredients will be used in the cooking lesson later.
  We board to the Red Bridge boat for a leisurely cruise (25 minutes) along the Hoi An River to the Red Bridge Cooking School. This is a great chance to experience local river life and take pictures, so make sure your camera is handy.
  On arrival, we discover the cooking school’s herb garden before learning about some of Hoi An’s and Vietnam’s well-known dishes. The cooking lesson runs for about 2 hours – the Red Bridge chefs first demonstrate each dish before we prepare the same dish ourselves. Included in the class is a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving (plate decoration). After the lesson, we will take a break and enjoy what we have just cooked.
  Don't forget to bring your swimsuit to enjoy the new 20 meter swimming pool for free. Stay overnight in Hoi An.

  Day 9 - Da Nang - Ho Chi Minh

  Place Transport: Airplane->Car
  Meals: Breakfast

  After breakfast, our Vietnamese tour guide and driver in Hoi An will transfer you to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. Arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport, greeted by our private Vietnamese tour guide and driver, then transfer to your hotel to check in. After that, you will discover the most exciting city in Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh city with commercial areas with a exception history and a rich traditional cultures. Its pagodas, museums, public buildings, parks and boulevards make it become one of the most delightful Vietnam Tours. Then you will have free time to relax and stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

  Day 10 - Ho Chi Minh - Mekong Delta

  Place Transport: Car->Boat
  Meals: Breakfast - Lunch

  After breakfast, we Drive to My Tho (65km) - The quiet capital city of Tien Giang province, is the traditional gateway to the Mekong Delta. This is an interesting trip to catch a glimpse of the famous river. On arrival, we visit the beautiful Vinh Trang pagoda- the most famous pagoda in the south of Vietnam whose architecture is a mixture of Vietnamese, Kh’mer and Chinese before taking a private boat trip along the small canals of Mekong River to see the daily life of the Mekong River people in both sides of the river. Then take a short tour by “xe loi” (motorized rickshaw) on the rural lane to the bank of Mekong River visiting a rice farm, coconut candy factory and honey bee farm. Continue our journey by sampan through the canals and mangrove forests to reach an island. Stroll on a fruit garden, taste diverse types of seasonal fruits, tea mixed with bee’s honey and enjoy a special folk show of traditional Mekong Delta music. In the afternoon, we will drive back to Ho Chi Minh.

  Day 11 - Ho Chi Minh - Phan Thiet

  Place Transport: Car
  Meals: Breakfast

  After breakfast, we will drive to Phan Thiet (within 5 hours) which is a part of the Cham Kingdom. Now, it’s a perfect destination for Vietnam beach holidays, an unremarkable town with a beautiful beach, some decent hotels and a very good golf course. In a nice layout with white sand beaches and coconut trees, amazing spots such as sand dunes, natural lakes and astonishing red canyons, the beach resort of Phan Thiet will bring you unforgettable experiences.  Phan Thiet still has sizeable populations of Cham and Raglai ethnic minority groups. The former are a part of the area’s Cham heritage. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel then free time at leisure and stay overnight Phan Thiet.

  Day 12 - Phan Thiet

  Place Transport: 
  Meals: Breakfast

  All day is free for you to explore the surrounding area including the fishing village in Mui Ne which is located at the far end of the beach, the village and several hectares of massive rolling sand dunes make a pleasant diversion from relaxing on the beach, swimming and windsurfing. It’s worth to visit the village for three reasons: very few tourists go further than the dunes, the small harbor is picturesque (there’s an excellent view from where the dunes road turns off) and there’s an interesting pagoda where followers of Vietnam’s whale cult hold services and store skeletons of the massive sea mammals. End of day and stay overnight Phan Thiet.

  Day 13 - Phan Thiet - Ho Chi Minh

  Place Transport: Car
  Meals: Breakfast

  After breakfast, time for your free activities. After lunch, the guide and driver will transfer you back to Ho Chi Minh and stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

  Day 14 - Ho Chi Minh Departure

  Place Transport: Car->Airplane
  Meals: Breakfast

  Free time at leisure for you to wrap up your memorial Vietnam Holiday until MinMax Travel's private guide and driver will transfer you to Ho Chi Minh airport for your departure flight with the sincere thanks for traveling with MinMax. We hope that you have enjoyed the tour with us and look forward to welcoming you back for your next tour in Vietnam.

  The Tour Inclusion:

  - 13 Nights Accommodation in deluxe twin / double room view with daily BKF.

  - Pick-ups and transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above (Please note: pick-ups will be by a guide and driver or, where a guide is not necessary, a driver only. All unaccompanied drivers will be briefed in advance, and will carry a mobile phone to ensure smooth transfer arrangements)

  - Domestic flight tickets: Hanoi city - Hue, Da Nang - Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airport taxes.

  - Boat cruises as specified in the program

  - Experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary (please note: guides will be on hand from pick-up until guest return to the hotel or reach their destination). Free days or part days will not include the services of a guide unless requested and included in the final itinerary.

  - Entry fees are mentioned in the program if necessary.

  - Meals (as specified in the itinerary) in the best local restaurants, or picnics where no suitable restaurant is available.

  The Tour Exclusion:

  - International flight tickets and airport taxes.

  - Visas

  - Dinners, except as specified above.

  - Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.

  - Surcharge for peak season (if any) & Other not mentioned in the above detail program.

  Additional Information

  Importance note- The itinerary is just a sample of our Vietnam tours; we'll be pleased to design similar programs with dates and itinerary customized to your personal preferences in Tailor Made Tours section. Rates may vary frequently. Please contact us to get the best possible price based upon your travel period and specific touring needs.

  What to bring ?
  - Sun Block, Wide brim hat, Camera + Film, Comfortable shoes, Rain gear, Warm clothes, original Passport...

  How to start ?
  - MinMax Travel is a fully escorted tour and best-available all year round; the only thing you need to prepare in advance is the international air-ticket from/to your country.

  - If you don’t have enough time to complete visa before your departure, we will help you to obtain Vietnam Visa on arrival easily (getting visa at the airport, on your arrival).