Destination: Hanoi/Ninh Binh/Ha Long

 

B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner, G=Guide

 

Day 1: Arrival at Hanoi (driver only)

Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll spend the night in Hanoi.

 

Day 2: Hanoi City tour (B, L, G) private tour

 After breakfast at your hotel, you’ll be picked up to start a Hanoi city tour. You’ll visit Ba Dinh Square, where silent sentries guard the marble and Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum where Ho Chi Minh lies in state (closed on every Monday & Friday and October & November) and see the simple cottage where Uncle Ho lived and worked. You’ll continue to visit the One Pillar Pagoda and hear the legend of its construction, born from the love of an emperor in the 11th Century. You’ll drive to visit the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi, on the banks of Hanoi’s West Lake. You’ll also call at the Temple of Literature, built in 1070 and the dedicated to Confucius, it is a serene retreat from the busy streets outside and later become Vietnam’s first university.

 

After lunch at local restaurant, driver and guide will take you to visit the Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic and enjoy an orientation of the tree-lined streets of Hanoi, resplendent with French colonial architecture, including the recently restored Opera House. Pass by Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Lake of Restored Sword from the legend that surrounds it en-route to one of the city’s fascinating museums.   

 

In the afternoon, you’ll take to the streets by walking tour of the Ancient Quarter of 36 streets District. This densely populated corner of the city was once a centre of commerce where goods were sold under the street name of a particular guild. Still a thriving community of sellers today, you’ll see streets name such as Sugar Street, Tin Street and Paper Street. Ancient homes and temples are interspersed with stores in this souvenir hunter’s paradise.

 

You’ll spend the night in Hanoi.

 

Day 3: Hanoi/Ninh Binh/Hoa Lu/Trang An (B, L, G) group tour

07:00 – 07:30 – Our guide will meet you at your  hotel/stay and start  110km modern  Bus-journey through verdant landscape of country side. Short-break en route.

 

10:45 – Visiting Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.

 

12:00 – Enjoying the lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisines.

 

13:30 – Leaving for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountain are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle.

Embarking on a traditional sampan gently rowed down the exquisite river through numerous  caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave,…and Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…

 

15:30 – Arriving Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with specious view of the nature.

 

17:15 – Returning to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi

 

19:30 – Dropping you off at your hotel/stay.

 

Day 4: Hanoi/Ha Long/Hanoi (B, L, G) group tour

08:15 – 09:00: Our bus and guide pick you up from hotel / stay and follow the new high way to depart for Tuan Chau Island, Halong City, stop over for a rest on the way

 

12:00:  Arriving Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing

The ship will take you on an over 5 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoy Vietnamese mouth-watering lunch on boat.

 

13:45: Arriving Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, the go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discovery the beautiful lagoon.

Visiting Titov Island with sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the Bay, and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.

 

16:30: Returning to the boat for relaxing and cruising back toward Tuan Chau harbor. There are a lot of time for sunbathing on upper deck, enjoy great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery.

 

18:00:  Disembarking for going back on the new high way to Hanoi.

 

Day 5: Hanoi departure (B, driver)

You’ll be free until you’ll be picked up to the airport for your international departure flight.

 

Price in US$ per person:

 

Number of people	1	2	3-5	6-9	Single supplement
Tour price	720	550	538	515	201

 

Validity until December 15, 2022

Our price includes:                      

• Breakfast and accommodation.
• Boats cruise as programme,.
• Join in group tours as mentioned
• Experienced English-speaking tour guide as indicated in the itinerary.
• Transportation as mentioned
• Entry fees for all sightseeing as mentioned in the programme.
• Lunches as mentioned.
• Government Taxes.

Our price does not include:

• International flight tickets and airport tax.
• Surcharge for peak season and holiday
• Visas
• Dinners, except as specified above.
• Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.

Hotel list for Four Stars standard

• Hanoi: Thang Long Opera Hotel (**** Superior room) or similar

If, at the time of booking, any hotels or rooms in the list above are fully booked, we will endeavour to find accommodation of a similar standard elsewhere. If the only available accommodation is of a higher or lower standard, we will revise the price accordingly and consult you immediately.

 

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for Booking Conditions and methods of payment.