Vietnam Real Food Adventure 10 Days / 9 Nights

On arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport. Sao La Tours driver will greet you and transfer by private car through the city to your hotel. 

The journey to the city center will take up to 40 minutes, where our driver will bring you to your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

Evening: 

You will join "Real Hanoi Street Food Experience", an amazing adventure to source the best street eats markets, food carts, street cafes and other hard-to-find-but-totally-worth-the-effort secret spots.

Accommodation: Hanoi Aira Boutique Hotel 

Meals: Dinner

Local luxurious villa of 500m2 area with nice garden then is very promising for you to slacken your furious pace of life. It is an immeasurable experience to enjoy freshness and quietness in our green garden while we are sharing common spiritual through Rose Kitchen chefs’ cultural stories and tales. And our cooking is ready afterward!

This exciting program is the ideal way to enjoy an authentic cultural and culinary experience. It’s also perfect for the serious home cooks who want to learn how to cook Vietnamese healthy food for their family and friends, for spouses accompanying husband or wife on a business trip, or the adventurous travellers wishing to explore more than just the sightseeing of our great city.

Morning Class : 09:00 – 13:30

- Get picked up your hotel

- Take a walk to local market to buy ingredients

- Getting a fascinating glimpse local culture

- Transfer to local home

- Learn how to cook the real Vietnamese traditional food under the guidance of professional cook

- Enjoy your own cooking creation and numerous food instructor

- Tasting unique and special local wines

- Cooking Class ends and get dropped off at your hotel

03 Courses and more are available:

Course 1

- BBQ pork with noodles and fish sauce (Bun Cha)

- Fried spring rolls (Nem)

- Banana flowers salad with chicken or green papaya salad with dried beef

- Vietnamese Egg Coffee

Course 2

- Chicken/Beef soup (Pho)

- Green mango salad with seafood

- Grilled fish-

Vietnamese Egg Coffee

Course 3 (For vegetarian)

- Spring rolls (fresh or fried)

- Bana flowers salad or green papaya salad with peanuts

- Tofu in tomato sauce

- Eggplant with ginger sauce

- “Che” (Vietnamese traditional dessert) or Egg Coffee

Remark:

- Special food request is available.

Accommodation: Hanoi Essence Hotel & Spa

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch. 

After breakfast at homestay, ready at our office in old quarter no. 62 Hang Buom Str, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi for shuttle bus pick up to Hai Phong city. Journey there through the rich farmlands, observe everyday life of Vietnamese villagers as they work the rice fields, take pigs to the market on bicycles and plough the fields with their water buffaloes. Arrive in Hai Phong City late morning and board in V'spirit Premier Cruise – a new brand name of 4 stars cruise with the high level of customer service. Enjoy an unbeatable relaxing environment that is sure to to exceed your highest expectations in Lan Ha Bay and Halong Bay. The cruise not only features the latest safety features but was also designed throughout to give a sense of space and luxury, enhancing the cruise experience in comfort and luxury.

Lunch is served on board.

Towards the end of the day set anchor for the night. As the sun sets over the bay dinner is served on board with fresh seafood, salads, and fruits.

Overnight on board in Lan Ha Bay.

Accommodation: Le Theater Cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. 

On your return to Hanoi enjoy a wholesome brunch as your boat weaves through strange-shaped limestone rock formations. Upon disembarkation, your driver will meet you for the transfer to Friends Travel Vietnam Office for some hour relaxing, have shower before taking an overnight to Hue leave at 19.30PM

Accommodation: Deluxe Soft sleeper sharing train cabin.  

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch. 

Arrive Hue train station in morning time at 9.00am, take a taxi to your hotel for luggage tore & hotel check-in. 

Evening 5:30pm - Taste the flavours of Hue.

Hue is a city that boasts over 1,000 specialty dishes. We’d love to try them all in one Hue food tour, but we have found the perfect amount to give you the best Hue has to offer. Kicking off with cocktails or cold beer, you’ll meet your tour guide and get ready for an evening of dining & learning about Hue cuisine. here, take a short stroll to a family owned Banh Beo restaurant, where you can give a go at rolling your own “cake”. After attempting to master this art, sit down and relax with a beer and get your first tastes of Hue cuisine. Next, take a ride through the city and get a beautiful view of the Perfume River, ending up at our next stop- a bustling local restaurant. Try some classic Vietnamese dishes such as grilled pork skewers & Vietnamese pancakes- Hue style. here, nighttime has arrived, so you’ll zoom through the lit Citadel walls and by the local riverside stalls. This ride will bring you to another local favourite where you can try some more daring dishes if you’d like (you’ll be pleasantly surprised!). After this restaurant, you will enjoy the final stop of the food tour, a popularVietnamese dessert shop to taste some things on the sweeter side.

Hue Food Tour Highlights – Cocktails & Beer (All you can drink), Banh Beo, Local grilled pork skewers & Hue style pancake restaurant, riding through the city at night, local specialty cuisine restaurant, dessert shop

Accommodation: Hue Huong Giang Hotel 

Meals: Dinner.

After breakfast at hotel, our driver will pick you up hotel lobby around 8.00AM. Jump on the back of the motorbike with our Easy Riders and give a spin off to Hoi An. Your luggage will tight up on the back of the bike.

We will drive safely via the famous Hai Van Pass, visit the Marble Mountains, China Beach and lagoon and as highlight we will stop at the Elephant Springs where we will have a swim. only in the summer season for swimming available.

We will be drop you of at your hotel around 4PM. Tour finish. 

Accommodation: Hoian Laluna Riverside

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch. 

Evening: 5.30pm - Taste the flavours of Hoi An

Starting out at our central Hoi An café, sample the delicious local street food delight that is Banh Can while watching the streets & stalls come to life and sipping a cocktail. After the first taster, head out on the Vespas to try the famous ‘White Rose’ dumplings in town. We then head to lantern lit An Hoi Islet and jump in a local boat for a slow ride alongside the ancient town to Cam Nam Island where we join the locals for a seafood starter overlooking the Thu Bon River as the sun sets on Hoi An and enjoy a few cold beers. A leisurely drive along the banks of the river and through the alleyways and streets takes us to a lively local restaurant where we cook a hot pot at the table and learn the art of wrap ‘n’ roll – Vietnamese style! A short ride through the busy streets and alleys takes us to our last port of call, and a recent addition to Hoi An’s vibrant dining scene, a modern Vietnamese restaurant in a new neighbourhood, where we tuck some awesome BBQ specialties, grilled DIY style at our table! As is customary, cold beers are consumed, and we finish with the delicious dessert of Banh Flan, a light version of crème caramel.

 Accommodation: Hoian Laluna Riverside 

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner. 

Free & easy by yourself in Hoian to explorer Hoian town or fee time on the beach (An Bang). 

Recently declared a World Heritage site, Hoi An was a major international trading port during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Today, parts of the beautifully preserved town retain the feel of centuries past. It's also a shopping mecca, famous for its plethora of tailors. On arrival your leader will take you on a sightseeing walk through the Old Town and visit a handful of the city's major attractions. You’ll will also be given a sightseeing pass so you can further explore attractions at your leisure.

Today is a free day to explore Hoi An. Browse the town’s cobbled streets and art galleries, or hire a bike and cycle through rice paddies out to Cua Dai Beach. Shop for paintings, ceramics and colourful cloth lanterns in the town’s markets and preserved Chinese shop houses. Perhaps visit one of the hundreds of tailors in the city to get something special made. Hoi An is also known for its delicious regional food, so be sure to enjoy a meal at a riverside restaurant or perhaps partake in a cooking class.

Accommodation: Hoian Laluna Riverside 

Meals: Breakfast

Your private car will pick you up at your hotel in Hoian & transfer to Danang Airport for domestic flight to Ho Chi Minh city. 

Ho Chi Minh airport pick up service upon your arrival with sign-board under your name. Drop off at hotel for check-in & luggage store. 

Evening: 

You will join Vespa tour “Ho Chi Minh After Dark” to explorer local life and enjoy various street food dishes. We pick you up at the hotel and first stop is to Café zoom to "watch the world goes by" (quoted by The Lonely Planet) and enjoy cocktail and appetizer before adventuring favorite local eating spot. 

Guests experience the nightlife of Saigon the way locals do, all the back of a vintage Vespa. The tour will start with a ride to part Chinatown and then heading to District 4 through busy streets and alleys to see the night life of locals and enjoy street sea- food and cold drinks, places that foreigner won't be found. 

Leaving district 4 to district 3 the tour pass through downtown district 1 to take in the sights on the way to Banh Xeo, specialty of Saigon and southern food with the locals. Then the tour will continue to a hidden Vietnamese-style coffee shop to have a taste of Vietnamese music (live) as a local. After this the tour will bring guest to a lively music venue to enjoy the drinks with live music.

Guests ride pillion behind our drivers to enjoy and experience the Vietnamese night life with friends. This tour includes free flowing drinks and all you can eat, so come with an appetite. Kids? No worries! We can adjust this tour to be more kid-friendly!

Accommodation: Beautiful Saigon Boutique Hotel 

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner.

Free & easy to Ho Chi Minh.

We recommend you go to Mekong Delta The ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam, the delta is carpeted in a dizzying variety of greens. It's a water world that moves to the rhythms of the mighty Mekong, where boats, houses and markets float upon the innumerable rivers, canals and streams that criss-cross the landscape like arteries.

Meals: Breakfast.