Day 1Hanoi city tour (L)
Our tour guide will pick you up at the hotel and start your tour with a visit at Ho Chi Minh complex including: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum and One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda – one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam. Lunch at a local restaurant.
Continue the tour to visit Bat Trang pottery village (on Monday, Tuesday and Friday) or Ethnology Museum (on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday). Then keep moving to visit the Literature Temple – the first university of Vietnam, constructed in 1070. The last stop is Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son temple and Hanoi Old Quarterwhere you’ll have a chance for doing shopping and exploring the life of the local people here before tour ends.
Day 2Hanoi – Halong Bay – overnight on a cruise (L/D)
07.30 – 08.30AM Our tour guide will come and pick you up at the hotel lobby and depart for Halong Bay with a stopover on the way for refreshments.
At noon: Arrive at Tuan Chau dock, tendering to the cruise, welcome on board and check into your cabin. Enjoy lunch with a mixed Vietnamese and International while cruising through Incense Burner islands, Fighting Cock islet, Stone Dog, ect.
Afternoon: kayaking through the stunning landscape with Limestone Mountains & swimming or just relaxing on the sun-deck for fantastic views at Hoa Cuong floating fishing village. Enjoy the Cooking Class on the floating house to learn how to make the fresh/fried spring rolls and mix fish-sauce.
Back to the cruise and pass by Soi Sim Beach and “Rang Dua” Island.
19:00 Enjoy dinner.
20:30 Free and easy: join in the activities such as singing karaoke, dancing, squid fishing, playing cards or relaxing at leisure before getting back to your cabin.
Overnight on Boat
Day 3Halong Bay cruising – back to Hanoi (B/L)
Enjoy morning Tai Chi with the master on the sundeck before having breakfast. After that, visit Sung Sot Cave – the most beautiful cave of the bay and then return to the cruise, check-out and relax before enjoy the lunch as cruising back to the pier.
Arrive at the dock by 11:00am and return to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi by 16.30 – 17.00.
Day 4Hanoi ( L)
There are some options for this spare day as below:
Option 1: Traditional villages around Hanoi
After breakfast, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel at 8:00 to start your wonderful day to the most famous traditional villages in Vietnam. Many visitors have been impressed by the handcraft products which are made from the dexterous, hardworking and creative qualities of the Vietnamese people.
The first stop is the pottery village of Bat Trang and here you will see how the beautiful ceramic products are made. Keep moving to Dong Ho which is famous for its wooden paintings.
Have lunch at a local restaurant in Dong Ho.
In the afternoon, keep touring to Van Phuc, a silk village is a great place to buy a good quality of silk cloth to bring home which is more exciting than purchasing at the shop.
Get on the car and return to Hanoi. Drop off at your hotel at the end of the day.
Option 2: Hoa Lu – Tam Coc full day
After breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Old Quarter to depart to Ninh Binh city. Upon arrival, you will visit Hoa Lu Ancient Capital to know more about part of feudal dynasties and historical periods in Vietnamese history.
Have lunch at a local restaurant in Tam Coc.
After lunch, the tour guide will escort you to the dock for a boat ride to visit Tam Coc and see the beauty of the karst formations. Then, cycle for an hour on quiet roads through villages, rice fields and rivers Tam Coc – Bich Dong(around 5 km).
Dive back to Ha Noi and drop off at your hotel around at 18:00
Option 3: Bai Dinh Pagoda – Trang An Cave Full Day
07:45-08:15: Our tour guide and driver will pick up at your hotel in the Old Quarter of Hanoi city to depart for the tour Trang An – Bai Dinh Pagoda.
On the way, you will have an opportunity to take the outlook of Vietnam rice fields with the harding-working farmers doing their work in the large rice fields.
10:30: Arrive in Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statue where you can find the biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight.
Have lunch in local restaurant with some local special dishes (Vegetarians can be catered for if a prior notice is given at booking time).
13:00 After lunch, the group will depart to visit Trang An tourist attraction, hop on the boat and visit the cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see the scenery of mountain and rivers Ha Long on land of Ninh Binh.
16:00: Drive back to Hanoi.
18:00-18:30: You will be back to Hanoi at your hotel. Tour ends.
Option 4: Perfume Pagoda full day
07.30 – 08:00 The tour guide will come and meet you at the hotel lobby to depart for Perfume (Huong) pagodatrip. Half way there, you will take 20 minutes short break for the restroom or window shopping the handicraft products like lacquer wares, paintings, embroideries.
10.00 Arrive at Duc Wharf and start a rowing boat trip along the Yen Stream for an hour to Thien Tru harbour. Then enjoy your trekking time up and down visiting the main Cave namely Huong Tich which is located on the top of the mountain to experience the breathtaking view of the mountainous landscape.
12:00 Go back and have lunch at the local restaurant.
14:00 Visit Thien Tru pagoda (also known as celestial kitchen) to witness the beautiful religious architecture at Le Dynasty. Then you will come back to the Duc wharf and return Hanoi.
18:30 Arrive at the hotel. The tour ends.
From $225 USD/ pax
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