Amazing Taste of Vietnam

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Vietnam cuisine is amazing, especially street food. You can find the best eats across Vietnam from North to South, with different tastes, flavors and cooking styles. Northern food has a more intense saltiness while the central is crazy spicy and the south satisfies those who prefer a more sweet flavor. Whenever it is, Vietnamese cuisine features incredible fr...
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Overview

Trip type
Private Guided
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Enjoy clay-potrice dinner in Saigon
    • Visit thefruit orchards in the Mekong Delta
    • Visit Dalat coffee plantation
    • Stroll through UNESCO World Heritage Ancient town with a famous food trail
    • Explore the traditional and sophisticated cooking
    • Indulge in the street food heaven and history keeper in Hanoi

What's this trip about?

    Vietnam cuisine is amazing, especially street food. You can find the best eats across Vietnam from North to South, with different tastes, flavors and cooking styles. Northern food has a more intense saltiness while the central is crazy spicy and the south satisfies those who prefer a more sweet flavor. Whenever it is, Vietnamese cuisine features incredible fresh ingredients, sophisticated cooking and expresses fascinating stories behind the country's history and culture. You'll see Vietnamese eat noodles a lot, in any meal of the day. Pho is not the only one you will experience, but other dozens of noodle versions will distract you with its attractive delight. This tour ensures you nothing but the best experience you can ask for authentic, delicious must-eat delicacies for a memorable Vietnam vacation.

Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizePrivate - your group only
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal transport included (including local flights)
Start CitySaigon
End CityHanoi

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Hiking & Walking
  • Nature & Wildlife

Destinations

  • Asia
  • Vietnam

Attractions

  • Da Lat
  • Ha Long Bay
  • Hanoi
  • Hoi An
  • Hue
  • Mekong Delta
  • Mekong River
  • Saigon

Activities

  • Cooking
  • Culture
  • Nature
  • Photography
  • Relaxing Retreat
  • River cruise
  • Sailing
  • Short Cruise
  • Swimming

Trip includes

    • Local English-speaking guide(s)
    • Breakfast and other meals mentioned in the program
    • Boat as mentioned
    • All entrance fees where mentions
    • Accomodation in the category chosen or similar
    • Flight ticket HCMC - Dalat/Dalat - Danang/Danang - Hanoi (Economy class)

Itinerary

Travel Map

DAY 1 SAIGON

Today's highlights
 Clay pot rice dinner

Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport, meet your driver and local guide and travel by car to your hotel. After a short rest, go to Com Nieu Restaurant (Rice pot) for welcome dinner. The most interesting scene was the theatre of breaking the clay pots pot for its' fried rice.

Hotel: Hotel Des Arts Saigon - MGallery

Meals: Dinner

DAY 2 SAIGON

Visit Cholon featuring Binh Tay market, located in a vast ochre-colored building. It is famous for its thousands of stalls and a great variety of goods, making it a true temple of commerce in Ho Chi Minh City! Lunch at Lunch Lady place. Later in the evening, the drive...

DAY 3 MEKONG DELTA & RIVER

Today's highlights 
Visit a brick factory

Depart to Ben Tre. Visit a brick factory, cruise along the Chet Say river (one of the Mekong’s arms), and join a carpet-weaving workshop. Later, ride a bicycle or motorized rickshaw to enjoy the peaceful daily life and landscape in Ben Tre. Taste...

DAY 4 DA LAT

Enjoy breakfast buffet while cruising from the hotel to the Cai Rang Floating Market to observe dozens of barges laden with fruits, vegetables, and other products from the Delta. Also enjoy interesting shore excursions along the way, stopping at a fruit orchard and br...

DAY 5 DA LAT

In the morning, enjoy fresh air on the way to Van Thanh Flower village. Continue to cross Ta Nung pass, enjoy the whole view of Nam Ban town and mighty sights of huge jungle. Stop to visit Highlands Coffee plantation and Weasel coffee workshop. Enjoy the posing wild s...

DAY 6 HOI AN

Freeday at leisure. Check out hotel and transfer to the airport for a flight to Danang. After reaching Danang, our guide and driver will greet you and transfer you to Hoi An for your hotel check-in.

Hotel: Anantara Hoi An

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 7 HOI AN

Today's highlights 
Tra Que Village

Take a walk to explore UNESCO World Heritage Hoi An ancient town. Follow the food trails of the late Anthony Bourdain once he filmed the “No Reservation”. Ride through the rural scenery of Hoi An to Tra Que herb village, known for its aromatic herbs. J...

DAY 8 HUE

Free morning at leisure. At noon, depart from Hoi An to Hue city, taking the spectacular "Hai Van Pass" route, which overlooks the bay, will offer you an incomparable panorama. Make several stops along the way, including one at the paradise beach of Lang Co.

Hotel: Azerai La Residence

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 9 HUE

Today's highlights 
Taste authentic Hue dishes

After breakfast, visit Minh Mang tomb. Explore Tha Om Garden House, where you learn how to prepare traditional Hue dishes. During lunch, taste the dishes you have prepared yourself as well as other specialties of the region cooked by your ho...

DAY 10  HANOI

Today's highlights
 Taste "Bun Cha Obama" restaurant

Check out and catch the flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, meet your driver and local guide and travel by car to the restaurant where President Obama and Anthony Bourdain ate dinner to try a very special dish of Hanoi - Bun cha.

Hotel: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 11 HANOI

Today's highlights
 Hanoi street food tour

Sample the local Café culture at an Italian-style Café in the heart of the old quarter. Ride through the city’s iconic narrow in the heart of the historic Old Quarter. Meet a fascinating elderly resident near Huu Tiep lake with his enticing sto...

DAY 12 HA LONG BAY

In the morning, transfer to Halong and embark on the cruise to witness this Wonder of the World. Watch giant rock islets covered in luxuriant vegetation overlooking the waters, creating a spectacular marine landscape. Have lunch and dinner on board with fresh seafood. Night fishing session is available on the boat

Hotel: Ginger Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 13  HANOI

Wake up to see the sunrise over the water. Have brunch and disembark the cruise at noon before return to Hanoi. Free to relax for the rest of the day.

Hotel: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast, Brunch

DAY 14 HANOI

After breakfast, it is time to say goodbye. Transfer to the airport and catch your departure flight.

Hotel: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast

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Last Updated: 4/24/2024

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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Tour Operator

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As a luxury travel company committed to providing the highest quality, they treat each traveler as an individual. As no two people are the same, then none of their trips are the same.  They serve those who want to have a genuine experience, to see the destination for what it truly is. Those who demand or expect the best of things, knowing that what makes or breaks your vacation are in the fine details.

1. Who Will Enjoy Traveling with Exotic Voyages?

Travelers who enjoy a certain degree of comfort, gravitate to luxurious private experiences, are open minded and culturally curious about the Southeast Asian region of the world will love the balance created on an Exotic Voyages trip.

They cater for every age of traveler, from the young to the young at heart. Whether you are 20 or 80, their experts work hard to understand you and deliver based on what you are looking for.

The average trip price is around $3,000 - the focus being on luxury and high end travel, which they understand intimately both from an expectation standpoint and a connection to the best available accommodations and activities.

2. Which is better? Exotic Voyages or a US/European based travel agency?

- First, most US/European based travel agencies only act as middle man and subcontract their clients to local agencies like them. They rely on local tour operators to run the operation at the destinations.

- Dealing with Exotic Voyages means you work directly with local travel experts who have lived and traveled extensively throughout the region.

- They have their own operation offices in all of their destinations which allow them to make sure everything runs smoothly on the ground and react quickly should there be any issue.

- Their customers love them, you can see what they say about their services. The press loves them as well, they have been featured in many trusted publications. You also can learn more about the story of Exotic Voyages and the people behind the brand.

- They are a fully licensed travel operator with an endless passion to introduce their destinations to travelers. They want you to have the best experiences and they work hard to achieve that.

3. Top Destinations

Exotic Voyages specializes in Southeast Asia, specifically Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia.

4. Exotic Voyages Travel Style

Because each itinerary is tailor-made, their travel style will be subtly different for each person or group. But in all itineraries, you can expect a high level of customer service, luxury travel touches, and unique experiences.

Single country trips are available, but the most popular are multi-country excursions throughout the Southeast Asia region.

They pride themselves on providing travelers with once-in-a-lifetime memories and experiences, and are also deeply committed to sustaining the beautiful locales they feature for generations to come. As a company, they are not only devoted to you, but to the countries and communities they travel in.

5. Activities

Cruise, Nature & Wildlife, Eco Retreats, Luxury Trip, Honeymoon Trip, Festive Tour, Family Vacation, Culinary Journey, Golf Tour, Private Group, Off-the-beaten-path, Solo Tours

6. About the company

Exotic Voyages is a luxury travel company offering private and tailor-made tours to various destinations in Asia. They have a passion for extraordinary journeys that are memorable and authentic. Whenever or wherever it is possible taking you along the paths less traveled to avoid areas of mass tourism.

They treat each traveler as an individual, which means that they listen to you and customize a vacation package based solely on each of your needs and desires. Since no two clients are the same, no two trips they create are entirely the same.

As their founder and CEO Vu Huy says, ‘Every great journey begins with a single step’ perfectly represents their core philosophy.

Their client’s traveling goals begin with that single step, and they are here to help them take it.

Their greatest passion is to put their hearts, minds and souls into providing the highest possible standard of quality.

Their standard goes into every single element of your trip, no matter how small—after all, every single step of the journey counts.

Every thread is woven into the same tapestry—accommodations, transportation, tours and activities, dining and more. By taking this approach, they can provide you with extraordinary experiences in peerless comfort and style, with value and expertise.

7. Vision

Their founder’s vision is that of a trusted luxury travel company. Through providing genuine experiences to clients and uniting long-term partnerships with brilliant service, they have been able to commit to quality without compromise. As such, their founder’s vision has only continued to grow and evolve as the company takes its next steps into the future.

8. Mission

Here at EV, they can summarize their mission as efficiency, flexibility and the highest-quality service with a personal touch. Combined with their willingness to pursue excellence, this allows them to offer authentic experiences to their clients, enabling them to see their incredible destinations as they truly are.

9. Core Values

To be the very best: they love accomplishing goals—yours and theirs! Their goal is to become the leading luxury travel company. And the way they do that is by achieving your goals and earning your highest level of satisfaction with their services.

Diligence: “No” is never an option. They serve those who want to have a genuine experience, to see a destination as it truly is. They focus on providing you with your dream trips, and there is nothing they will stop at to ensure that those dreams come true. It’s only through the hard work and diligence of their team that they can say “Yes!” to your travel dreams.

Commitment: they can always find a solution, and every staff member at EV works as a team to find solutions for you, and they take great pride in what they can accomplish for you through this teamwork. They also rely on your comprehensive and indispensable feedback, which ensures that they receive the critical input they need to continually improve their services. They're not only committed to you, but in constant improvement, as well.

They can do anything if they try. And since they always strive to do their best, placing you in the forefront of their planning stages, they are confident that every itinerary crafted for you should result in the trip of your dreams!

Exotic Voyages is committed to giving back to the communities they visit in any way they can. Among their outreach projects, they have worked with AnimalsAsia and the Vietnam Bear Sanctuary to rehabilitate bears who have fallen victim to the bear bile trade and Refill, Not Landfill-Asia to provide travelers like you with refillable water bottles and to install clean water fountains around Cambodia.

They pride themselves on providing you with once-in- a-lifetime memories and experiences, but they are also deeply committed to sustaining these beautiful locales for generations to come. Overall, they are a company that is not only devoted to you, but their countries, their communities, and their future, that they would like to share with you, one step at a time.

10. Tour types:

Cruise, Nature & Wildlife, Eco Retreats, Luxury Trip, Honeymoon Trip, Festive Tour, Family Vacation, Culinary Journey, Golf Tour, Private Group, Off-the-beaten-path, Solo Tours

11. Accommodation Style:

Luxury 4 - 5 stars accommodations

Planning unique custom trips, Luxury accommodations and services, Connecting travelers to locals and authentic experiences

A luxury travel company committed to providing the highest quality, they treat each traveler as an individual.

They serve those who want to have a genuine experience, to see the destination for what it truly is.

They design their travel itinerary to be personalized and as fast or slow-paced as the traveler desires. This means if you’d like to spend 10 days long discovering as many temples as you can in Cambodia, or a week lounging on just a few pristine beaches in Thailand, they can make it happen.

Why we love this operator
A luxury tour company that designs extraordinary, off-the-beaten-path journeys across Asia.

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • Drinks during the meals
    • Meals not mentioned
    • Personal insurance
    • Personal expenses
    • Any service not mentioned in the program
    • International flights and airport taxes

Accommodation

- Hotel Des Arts Saigon - MGallery - Victoria Can Tho Resort - Ana Mandara Villas - Anantara Hoi An - Azerai La Residence - Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi - Ginger Cruise,
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