All Vietnam day tours and short breaks tours, perfect to fill the gaps in any Vietnamese travel itinerary, showcase the best experiences to be had in this vibrant modernizing but charming nation.
Get lost in the hubbub of Cai Be Floating Market, where vendors and buyers meet on the Mekong River every day to do business in the emerging sunlight. Local rowing boats stocked to the brim with attractive produce descend on Cai Be at about 3 am every morning, setting up shop for a day of frantic activity, creating a wonderful scene with unlimited photo opportunities. Almost 300 years of history in Cai Be Floating Market remains unchanged and the Cai Be – Tan Phong Island Full Day tour, offered by Incredible Asia Journeys, will show you the wonders of this ancient market from the comfort of a private boat.This day trip from Ho Chi Minh City also shows you the natural and architectural wonders of a small part of the Mekong Delta. Cai Be lies in Tien Giang Province, a region packed with fruit orchards that constitute the most productive fruit-producing province in Vietnam. We will meander around these orchards, marveling at the sight of exotic fruits in their growing stages. A local host family will provide us with lunch as well as an insight into traditional Mekong Delta life.
Known as the ‘Gateway to the Mekong’, Ben Tre Province showcases the beauty of the famous Mekong Delta in the first 90km south of Ho Chi Minh City. The Ben Tre Mekong Delta Full Day Tour takes you to the languid backwaters of this stunning province, where verdant greenery fans out from the shores of the Mekong River and its tributaries. Relax on a local rowing boat as we drift serenely through placid waters lying beneath high-rising coconut trees; truly a picture of paradise.We will also visit the various handicraft villages around Ben Tre and witness the graft of workers and they make hundreds of objects out of the province’s iconic symbol, the coconut, as well as various other crafts like pottery and weaving. We see some of the fruit orchards for which the region gets its luxuriant affiliation with tropical fruit, as well as the thick jungle where many battles were fought during the American War. Contact Incredible Asia Journeys to see more information!
The resistance put up by the Vietnamese to the American troops and its allies during the Vietnam War was nothing short of remarkable, but it was the Battle of Long Tan where this fighting spirit was displayed by a small, but very brave regiment of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). The Long Tan – Nui Dat Battlefield One Day Tour takes you from Ho Chi Minh City to the site where 18 Australians and New Zealanders lost their lives in the claiming of well over 250 casualties from the Vietnamese side when ANZAC forces were outnumbered 20 to 1 in a blistering monsoon.We visit many historically important sites on the Long Tan – Nui Dat Battlefield One Day tour, including the Nui Dat Task Force Base, Horseshoe Hill, the Long Phuoc Tunnels, and the Discourtesy Rubber Plantation with its single, solemn cross commemorating the loss of all 18 ANZAC soldiers. Though this was Australia and New Zealand’s most successful battle during the war, where 108 soldiers fought off an onslaught by somewhere between 1,500 and 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers, it was also their most costly.This conclusive day tour from Ho Chi Minh City operated by Incredible Asia Journeys provides you with return transport from Saigon to Long Tan, including a tour of several of its sites and lunch in the town of Ba Ria.
Surrounded on three sides by the Cau River, Tho Ha Village is about 52km from Hanoi and is a dreamy destination with a proud trade at its heart. On the Tho Ha Village Half-Day Tour, a private guide from Incredible Asia Journeys will take you around the narrow alleys, open squares, and beautiful waterways of Tho Ha Village.Once a bustling trade town for gom sanh pottery fired with dry grass, a gradual decline of the trade saw Tho Ha reborn as a hub for the creation of rice paper, a staple ingredient used in quintessential Vietnamese dishes like spring rolls, crispy shrimp pancakes and lemongrass and pork rolls. Besides the trade, the ambiance of Tho Ha is reason enough to explore this quiet village in Bac Giang Province. Lacking any sort of bridge, Tho Ha is a local ferry ride away from the opposite banks of the Cau River, which gives wonderful views of the stacks of colorful plaster and terracotta brick houses. This half-day tour from Hanoi gives you the perfect morning in a serene village outside the chaos of the capital.
As fast as Hanoi’s urbanization is growing, the old, traditional way of life can still be seen in its outer suburbs and the artisan villages dotted around the Red River Delta. The Bat Trang Ceramic & Dong Ho Painting Villages Tour, offered by Incredible Asia Journeys, takes you to two of these traditional villages to see the age-old art of pottery-making and folk art painting. This day trip from Hanoi starts with a trip to Bat Trang, a village famous for its world-class ceramics that have been exported to East Asian countries since the village’s inception in the 15th century. We skirt the Duong River to the colorful commune of Dong Ho Folk Painting Village, where woodblocks print bright depictions of Vietnamese life onto durable paper in the same way they have been doing since the 16th century. We finish with an idyllic Vietnamese scene of banyan trees and ancient architecture at But Thap Pagoda.
The Van Long – Kenh Ga Floating Village tour takes you to the wonderful northern Ninh Binh Province, home of outstanding limestone mountains separated by rows of rice paddies and winding waterways. Incredible Asia Journeys are proud to take you on this day tour from Hanoi focusing on the beautiful sites of Van Long Nature Reserve and Kenh Ga Floating Village. We will take two boat trips along the calm waters of Ninh Binh, the first across a section of the 3,500 hectares of unblemished Van Long marshland, followed by the second along the Kenh Ga canal, passing boat houses and bobbing fishing vessels to a mineral-rich hot spring.
The diverse religions, history, and natural splendor of Ninh Binh come together in this Trang An – Bai Dinh Full-Day Tour offered by Incredible Asia Journeys. We visit the huge temple complex of Bai Dinh, 700 hectares worth of religious buildings that stands as the largest in the country. Much of the complex is new, being built as recently as 2015, but the pagoda at the bottom of the Ba Rau Hills on which the stone steps ascend was constructed long ago.After this, we head to Trang An, the UNESCO World Heritage site where visitors can take a local sampan boat ride down the peaceful river, surrounded by Vietnam’s natural karst mountains. Boats glide under caves and reach wide-open spaces that provide perfect opportunities for photographers. This full-day tour from Hanoi will you show the best of Ninh Binh’s northern reaches.
The Duong Lam Ancient Village Tour From Hanoi takes you back in time to a land that is a frozen snapshot of Vietnamese farming culture from over 300 years ago. In Duong Lam Ancient Village, the traditional Vietnamese way of life prevails amid Hanoi’s urbanization, where farming is done by buffalo, bricks of red laterite still make up most of the village’s buildings, and people ferment soybeans the same way they did since the origin of the village 1,200 years ago.Incredible Asia Journeys is proud to offer you this trip back in time on the Duong Lam Ancient Village Tour, a full-day private tour from Hanoi. We offer you the chance to see Duong Lam from its ancient beginnings to now, where the simple life has prevailed for over a millennium. We will walk the old streets, visit the unique communal houses, and pay our respects to the national heroes of Duong Lam.
There are not many destinations as perfectly matched as Hoa Lu and Trang An. History and environment make one seamless blend in his beautiful section of Ninh Binh Province, home to limestone mountains, serene waterways, and friendly people, which is why it is often referred to as ‘Halong Bay on land’. The Hoa Lu – Trang An Full Day Tour takes you from Hanoi for one day to experience the magical aura of the northern reaches of Ninh Binh Province.This full-day tour from Hanoi offered by Incredible Asia Journeys starts at the stately town of Hoa Lu, capital of the ancient country of Dai Viet over 1000 years ago. After exploring the seat of power of two kings during the late 10th and early 11th centuries, we head to Trang An, the setting of the movie Kong and home to many of Vietnam’s iconic green peaks that penetrate the sides of the calm river.
This Tam Coc Bich Dong Day Tour is a private tour of the popular areas of Ninh Binh Province, the home of many of Northern Vietnam’s attractions. As a full-day tour from Hanoi, we have the opportunity to visit three beautiful locations: the stately ancient capital of Hoa Lu, the breathtaking scenery of Tam Coc, and the magical reverence of Bich Dong Pagoda. Ninh Binh is fast becoming a vital destination for holidays in Vietnam and Incredible Asia Journeys will make sure you see its highlights on the Tam Coc Bich Dong Day Tour.
