Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel before heading to Ky Son village (65km from Hanoi) and arrive at Moon Garden Home-stay in Ky Son village around 10.00am. Enjoy a welcome drink with local fresh green tea before spending some free time discovering the Moon garden Home-stay and Ky Son village together. After that, join in a cooking class and enjoy a special lunch created by the two of you. In the afternoon, take part in some interesting activities: Hand Spa- Enjoy having your fingers dipped in a fragrant lime bowl followed by a traditional herbal hand massage. Then, spend some free time for relaxing or further conversations with the host family about local foods, sharing of cultures, and learning about traditional customs. If you want to learn some Vietnamese, one of the family members will love to teach you. At 3.00pm, you can have your choice of a short bicycle ride of 6 km or a longer ride of a 12 km round trip: Short ride: Take a bicycle ride to discover the Ky Son, Tam Son, Van Minh, and Cham farming communities and stop at at a local home for a cup of tea. Visit the kindergarten (if open). Chat with local people about their daily life and farming. You can help with plowing or making rice beds, transplanting seedlings, harvesting rice (or cassava, corn, sweet potatoes...) depending on the harvest season. Longer ride: Take a bicycle ride with a local guide to discover the Ky Son, Tam Son, Van Minh, and Cham farming communities, Duong Lam ancient village and visit Mia Pagoda, Mong Phu Communal House... Then cycle back along the ritual paths of Thang thac village to discover the Ngo Quyen tomb, Phung Hung temple. Return to the Moon Garden for happy hour in the evening. While waiting for your steam bath to be prepared, you can enjoy a drink and taste some of the local products such as maize, sweet potato, cassava, peanuts… (depending on season) or some traditional sweet treats. After having dinner you’ll be ready to enjoy a relaxing foot bath in warm water with ginger, salt and mugwort medicinal herbs before bedtime, which will be sure to bring you a deeper more restful sleep.

If you’re an early riser, in the morning, join in with the Yijinjing traditional exercises and then have breakfast afterwards. After that, enjoy some free time: You can make yourself at home relaxing on the hammock in the garden, take pictures wearing traditional Vietnamese clothes, chat with people, or further discover the Ky Son village and surrounding area. At a time that best suits you, leave Ky Son to drive back to Hanoi for a half day sightseeing. Arrive in Hanoi, then start your exploration of Vietnam’s capital city by visiting Vietnam’s first university, the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature. After that, take a walk around Hanoi’s Old Quarter and then enjoy the atmosphere this city brings as you tour around Hoan Kiem Lake and you may ask your guide to stop for a hidden coffee shop.

This morning, picked up at your hotel then leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. On your cruise, you will have the opportunity to discover some of the most beautiful treasures scattered across the Bay, and of course, while you are on board, you can take advantage of the cruise’s facilities and services. Both lunch and dinner will be served on board for you today, utilising an excellent menu of fresh seafood. Following a day full of activities on the water, the vessel anchors at a very quiet location for your overnight stay. Sleep soundly, as you are rocked to sleep by the waters.

If you manage to wake up early enough, you will witness a spectacular dawn over the bay. After a light breakfast you will continue your cruise to view the beauty of the islands that dot the bay. In the later morning you will enjoy a brunch served on board your junk as you will head back to the pier ready to travel to the airport for your onward flight to Danang. Welcomed by your guide when you arrive in Danang Airport, then transfer to your hotel in Hoi An for check in and take a good rest.

This morning of discovery of Hoi An's countryside will start with a boat trip on the Thu Bon river. You will then arrive at the Kim Bong village where you'll have the opportunity to talk about the local traditions and craft techniques with the village's most famous carpenter. After this special time, you will take a bicycle ride to visit the Duy Vinh village, famous for the weaving of sedge mats and certainly the most beautiful village in the vicinity of Hoi An. While cycling to the village you will find yourself in the middle of luxuriant greenery: rice, corn and sedge fields, areca nut trees, bamboo etc. Once in the village, you will have the chance to meet a local family that will show you the techniques used to weave the sedge mats. You will then continue your exploration by visiting a part of the village where people mostly live on the money earned from fishing. After this visit, you'll take a boat trip lasting around 1 hour on the Thu Bon river again before heading to another local family’s house where you'll have the chance to enjoy a local lunch. After lunch, the driver will bring you back to the city centre in Hoi An to discover this undeniably charming town, and appreciate the true value of this legacy of over 800 historical monuments, listed as UNESCO World Heritage town. You will try some of the local food along the way. Then enjoy a cup of coffee or tea at Reaching Out – a special teashop where all the waiters and waitresses are deaf staff who are given a chance to have a self–reliant life and integrate into the community by being professionally trained to work there. It will be a peaceful moment for you to enjoy the silence and savour the taste of the coffee. You may choose to hang around the town and walk back to your hotel later in the evening or come back for a relaxation after the strolling finishes.

Today, set out for a boat ride to the mouth of Thu Bon river to enjoy the daily activities of the fishing people such as throwing a fishing net and trading their products. Your boat will then continue cruising for about half an hour to a fishing village where you will change to a smaller bamboo boat (a coracle) to discover a distinctive mangrove forest. This excursion will also give you a chance to admire skilful fishermen working in the forest. You will head back to the main land after lunch at the fisherman's house, then be given the choice to either stay in town, return to your hotel or relax by the beach. Later this afternoon, bid a farewell to Hoi An by experiencing a short basket boat trip on the Co Co river to enjoy the most beautiful scenery in Hoi An as you make your way to a local restaurant. Witness the moments of everyday river life and a beautiful sunset together. At the restaurant you will be served with the day’s catch from the surrounding river together with freshly picked local vegetables. But to start, unwind on your private bamboo raft on the Co Co river bank and enjoy some appetisers. Afterwards, return to your hotel for a night of relaxation.

Spend free time at your leisure until it’s time for your transfer to Danang Airport for a brief 1-hour flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Be welcomed by your local driver on arrival and transfer to your hotel for check in. In the early evening, enjoy part night excursion, part street local food adventure tour. You will experience the nightlife of Saigon the way locals do, all from the back of a typical scooter. Stops include drinks at a cafe, food and drinks at local restaurants (one stop for sea food and one stop for Southern Vietnamese food), samplings of Saigon’s best authentic local street food, a Vietnamese-style coffee shop (with live music) and wrapping up the evening at one of the many local nightclubs (with live music , where the new generation of Vietnamese unwind and flaunt their unique style. You’ll ride pillion behind your drivers to enjoy and experience the Vietnamese night life.

Take a half-day city tour of the former capital of French Indochina, once known as Saigon but now officially named Ho Chi Minh City. Historic landmarks include the Old Saigon post office, Notre Dame Cathedral, Opera House, Dong Khoi street and the ethnic Chinese district of Cho Lon. Round off your day with a visit to the Ben Thanh market. Be sure to use your bargaining skills to get the best price on anything you buy there. Return to your hotel around noon then the remainder of day is free at your leisure to explore the hustle and bustle of the city on your own.