14 Days Ultimate Vietnam Luxury Beach & Culture Tour

06:30 – Welcome to Vietnam! After landing at Noi Bai International Airport and collecting your luggage, our private guide welcomes you with a “Welcome Sign” and bottled water.

08:30 – Guaranteed early check-in. You arrive at your 5-star hotel in central Hanoi. Your room is ready on arrival, so you can take a shower, enjoy a coffee and rest after the long flight from Europe.

11:30 – Welcome lunch at an elegant Vietnamese restaurant set in a French colonial villa – a gentle first taste of pho, fresh spring rolls and bun cha.

13:30 – Hanoi half-day city tour.

• Ba Dinh Square & Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (outside view) and the yellow French-era Presidential Palace.
• Joseph’s Cathedral, Hanoi’s neo-Gothic Catholic cathedral from 1886 – a familiar sight for Polish visitors.
• Hoan Kiem Lake and the graceful red Huc Bridge, the green heart of the capital.
• Hanoi Opera House, the jewel of French colonial architecture (outside view).
• 1-hour cyclo ride through the Old Quarter’s “36 Streets”, where each lane was once named after its trade: Silk Street, Silver Street, Tin Street.
• Egg coffee break at a hidden rooftop café overlooking the lake.

18:30 – Water Puppet Show, a 1,000-year-old art born in the rice paddies of the Red River Delta. Dinner at leisure.

Overnight: 5★ hotel in Hanoi.

After having breakfast, you drive about 60 km west to Duong Lam, one of the best-preserved ancient villages of the Red River Delta. It’s famous for its houses and walls of warm laterite stone.

• Walk through the original village gate, the only intact gate of its kind in Vietnam.
• Visit 300-year-old family houses and meet the owners who still live in them.
• Watch locals make chè lam (ginger-rice sweets) and traditional soy sauce and taste them fresh.
• Easy bicycle ride along quiet paths between rice fields, ponds and orchards.
• Lunch in an ancient house with the host family – home-cooked Northern dishes.

Later, you return to Hanoi mid-afternoon. Relax at your hotel (late check-out arranged) and enjoy dinner at leisure. Around 21:00, transfer to the station to board the overnight train to Lao Cai in a private 2-berth VIP cabin.

Overnight: Luxury train carriage (private cabin).

You arrive at Lao Cai around 06:00 and transfer to Sapa (about 1 hour). Freshen up with a shower at your resort and enjoy breakfast with a view of the mountains.

• Cat Cat Village of the Black Hmong: an easy walk past rice terraces, wooden houses, weaving and indigo workshops and the Cat Cat waterfall.
• Lunch at a restaurant serving mountain specialities.
• Fansipan cable car: a 20-minute ride over the Hoang Lien Son range to 2,800 m, then about 600 steps to the 3,143 m summit – the highest peak of Indochina. Allow 1.5 hours for the panorama and photos.
• Sapa Stone Church, the French-built Holy Rosary Church in the town square, especially lovely at sunset.

Evening free to stroll Sapa town or relax at the resort spa.

Optional (surcharge): Silver Waterfall, O Quy Ho Pass and the glass bridge adventure complex.

Overnight: 5★ resort in Sapa.

After enjoying a buffet breakfast, our driver will take you to Lao Chai Village (Black Hmong) and begin a gentle 3-hour trek through the Muong Hoa Valley. It is so beautiful landscapes with terraced rice fields, bamboo forest, suspension bridges and water mills.

Next, you end at Ta Van Village (Giay people) for lunch, with an optional ethnic music and dance performance.

In the afternoon, you travel back to Hanoi in a private luxury limousine van (about 5 hours). Arrive around 19:30 and check in to your hotel.

Overnight: 5★ hotel in Hanoi.

You drive 2.5 hours through the Red River Delta to the marina and board your 5-star Ha Long Bay cruise, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site with nearly 2,000 limestone islands.

• Welcome drink and seafood lunch as you sail past Incense Burner, Stone Dog and Fighting Cocks islets.
• Sung Sot (Surprise) Cave, one of the largest caves in the bay.
• Kayaking or swimming in calm, jade-green water between towering cliffs.
• Sunset cocktails on the sundeck and a Vietnamese cooking class.
• Gala dinner on board, then squid fishing or a drink at the bar under the stars.

Overnight: Luxury cabin with balcony on the cruise.

In the morning, you greet the sunrise with Tai Chi on the sundeck. After having a light breakfast, you visit Titov Island. Here, you can climb to the viewpoint for a 360° panorama or swim at its small sandy beach.

Then, you will have brunch on board while cruising back; disembark around 11:00. Transfer to Noi Bai Airport for your flight to Hue. On arrival, you transfer to your beachfront resort on Thuan An Beach, about 20 minutes from the city. Dinner at leisure by the sea.

Overnight: 5★ beachfront resort, Hue.

After enjoying breakfast at your resort, you take a short dragon boat ride on the Perfume River into the city.

• Hue Imperial Citadel, seat of the Nguyen emperors (1802–1945): the Flag Tower, Noon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns and the Thai Hoa Palace. Our guide tells how Polish architect Kazimierz “Kazik” Kwiatkowski led restoration work here; he passed away in Hue in 1997 while still working on a Polish-funded project inside the citadel.
• Lunch featuring Hue’s royal cuisine: banh beo, banh khoai and bun bo Hue.
• Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, a romantic garden of pine trees, lotus lakes and pavilions.
• Craft villages: see artisans shape the famous non la conical hats and the colourful paper flowers of Thanh Tien village – and try making one yourself.

Next, you return to the resort by mid-afternoon for a swim, a beach walk or a spa treatment. Dinner at leisure.

Optional (half day, surcharge): Our Lady of La Vang Basilica, Vietnam’s most important Marian shrine, about 60 km north of Hue.

Overnight: 5★ beachfront resort in Hue.

You travel south along the coast past Lang Co Bay and over the Hai Van Pass, the “Pass of Ocean Clouds”, with sweeping views of mountains and the East Sea.

• Ba Na Hills by cable car, one of the longest in the world.
• Golden Bridge, held up by two giant stone hands – Vietnam’s most photographed landmark.
• French Village and flower gardens, with views over the Da Nang coastline.
• Lunch at a restaurant in Ba Na.

In the afternoon, descend and check in to your beachfront resort in Da Nang on the long sandy coast between Da Nang and Hoi An. Enjoy the sunset from the infinity pool.

Overnight: 5★ beachfront resort, Da Nang.

A green, slow-travel day in the Hoi An countryside.

• Cycle to Tra Que Vegetable Village, where farmers have grown herbs for 300 years using seaweed from the river as fertiliser. From here, you will put on a farmer’s hat, rake the soil, water the beds and plant your own herbs.
• Hoi An Market: shop for fresh ingredients with your chef.
• Bay Mau Water Coconut Forest: paddle a round bamboo basket boat through nipa-palm canals and try catching mangrove crabs.
• Hands-on cooking class (about 2 hours) – cook and enjoy banh xeo, Hoi An spring rolls and green papaya salad for lunch.
• Thanh Ha Pottery Village: watch 500-year-old pottery traditions and shape your own clay piece.

Afterward, you will be back to the resort for a beach afternoon. Around 16:30, you return to Hoi An Ancient Town (UNESCO) for a walking tour: the Japanese Covered Bridge, Tan Ky Old House and the riverside streets. Stop at Kazik Park and the 2.5 m statue of Kazimierz Kwiatkowski at 138 Tran Phu Street, a tribute to his role in saving Hoi An 

As darkness falls, you float a candle lantern on the Hoai River from a small wooden boat. Dinner at leisure among the lantern-lit streets.

Overnight: 5★ beachfront resort, Da Nang.

A morning at sea for beach lovers. A speedboat takes you about 20 km offshore to the Cham Islands Marine Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

• Snorkel over coral gardens with colourful reef fish.
• Relax on a quiet beach with clear turquoise water.
• Seafood lunch on the island.

Then, you return to the mainland in the early afternoon and freshen up at the resort (late check-out arranged). On the way to the airport, you stop at the pink Da Nang Cathedral, built by the French in 1923 and nicknamed the “Rooster Church”. Evening flight to Ho Chi Minh City and transfer to your hotel.

Note: the Cham Islands trip runs from about March to September, when the sea is calm. Outside this season, enjoy a free day at your resort with paddleboarding, surfing lessons or a spa.

Overnight: 5★ hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

08:00 – Our tour guide and private car pick you up for a full day in Ho Chi Minh City.

• Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (outside view), built with red bricks shipped from France in the 1880s.
• Central Post Office, a French colonial gem with a grand vaulted hall.
• Reunification Palace, with its meeting rooms and war command bunkers.
• War Remnants Museum, a moving look at the country’s 20th-century history.
• Lunch at a stylish Vietnamese restaurant.

In the afternoon, you drive about 70 km to the Cu Chi Tunnels. Here, you can watch a short documentary, then explore the underground network of living quarters, kitchens. As well as escape routes and see the remains of a tank and bomb craters.

Later, you return to the city in the late afternoon.

Optional: a short visit to the photogenic pink Tan Dinh Church.

Overnight: 5★ hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

After having breakfast at the hotel, you drive about 2 hours to My Tho, the gateway to the Mekong Delta.

• Sampan cruise along small coconut-lined canals of Ben Tre.
• Taste tropical fruits and honey tea with live Southern folk music (don ca tai tu).
• Visit a family workshop making coconut candy.
• Easy bicycle ride along village paths past orchards and rice paddies.
• Lunch with Mekong specialities such as elephant-ear fish and fresh spring rolls.

Next, you continue traveling to Can Tho, the capital of the Mekong Delta and check in to your riverside resort. You enjoy the pool and a peaceful evening by the water.

Overnight: 5★ river resort, Can Tho.

After an early breakfast, you board a private boat to Cai Rang Floating Market, the largest in the Mekong Delta. Where boats piled with pineapples, watermelons and vegetables trade in the morning light. Here, you can enjoy a bowl of noodle soup served from a boat.

Next, you glide through narrow canals to a fruit orchard for seasonal tropical fruits. Afterward, you return to the resort for lunch, then transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City (about 3.5 hours).

Optional: Saigon River dinner cruise (18:00–21:30) with a set menu and live music – a perfect farewell evening. Please book in advance.

Overnight: 5★ hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

You have breakfast at the hotel. Then, you enjoy free time for last-minute shopping at Ben Thanh Market or a rooftop coffee until your private transfer to Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Dziękujemy! Thank you for travelling with us – we look forward to welcoming you back to Vietnam.

Beach lovers’ extension: add 3–4 nights in Phu Quoc or Con Dao for white-sand beaches, snorkelling and island-hopping before flying home.