Meal provided: No meal

Welcome to Vietnam.

Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, obtain your visa and clear Immigration and Customs.

After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside our driver. He/she will be holding a signboard with your names on it. (only driver, no guide)
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Meal provided: Breakfast

Start a new day by visiting Ho Chi Minh Complex, an important place of pilgrimage. A traffic-free area of botanical gardens, monuments, memorials and pagodas, it’s usually crowded with groups of all ages, from all over the nation, who has come to pay their respects. Within the complex you can visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (Outside visiting as it’s closed for annual maintenance), Ba Dinh Square, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, Ho Chi Minh Museum

Closed by, the famous One Pillar Pagoda which is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter. It is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond.

After that, continue to visit the Temple of Literature (Vietnamese name is Quoc Tu Giam) – The Vietnam’s first University, which was built in 1070 in honor of Confucius, his followers and Chu Van An, a moral figure in Vietnamese education.

Have lunch at a local restaurant (on your own account)

In the afternoon, you are transferred to visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. Almost no foreign tourists to Hanoi refuse to visit the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, where they can look into a vivid picture of the miniaturized Vietnamese ethnic community’s life. Take a cyclo in Hanoi Old Quarter – 36 streets and guilds to discover the ancient feature of Hanoi and daily life. Stop to visit Ngoc Son Temple which is located at the northern end of Sword Lake (aka Hoan Kiem Lake). From the shore, walking on the Welcoming Morning Sunlight Bridge leads to the island.

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Travel to Ninh Binh province. On arrival, visit Hoa Lu temple– The ancient capital of Vietnam in the 10th and 11th centuries. Enjoying the 11th & 17th-century architecture style, old sculpture – carving on wood & stone depicting the daily lives, dreams and wishes for peace, good life, etc.

From Hoa Lu Temple, start your fun bicycle ride to Tam Coc. You cycle on paved roads, through rice fields and local agricultural villages. Most of the bicycle ride is on a peaceful inter-communal route where the traffic is not too busy. Then, enjoy hours of excursion by small boat along the Ngo Dong River, beginning at the village of Van Lam and proceeding through a scenic landscape dominated by rice fields and karst towers. The route includes floating through Tam Coc – the three natural grottos (Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba), the largest of which is 125m long with its ceiling about 2m high above the water. The boats are typically rowed by one or two local women who also sell embroidered goods.

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Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch

08h15-08h30: Picking up from hotel in Old Quarter or Hanoi Opera House depart for Tuan Chau harbor by  modernist  highway in Vietnam, stop over for a rest on the way

11h30-12h00: Arriving Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome onboard and safety briefing
Boat cruising passages in uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoying Vietnamese mouth-watering lunches on boat.

13h30: Arriving Hang Luon area  where you can go kayaking or bamboo boat to explore the bay by your own paddle

14h00: Visit Sung Sot (Surprising) Cave – one of the biggest, most beautiful grottoes in Halong Bay and a highlight on most Halong Bay itineraries.

15h00: Keep moving to Titop Island, it’s time for you to relax on the beach or climb up the TOP for Panoramic View of  Halong Bay.

16h30: You will be back to the cruise for afternoon Vietnamese tea cake during cruising back toward Tuan Chau harbor

17h30 -18h00: Disembark, get on the bus back to Hanoi

21h00-21h30: Drop off at your hotel/stay, trip ends.

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Meal provided: Breakfast
Free time until your drop-off time at Hanoi airport for your flight back home. (only driver, no guide)
End of tour.

 

 

 

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