Day 1: Hanoi Arrival Meals: Dinner
Our local guide will pick you up at Noi Bai Internal Airport (Flight TBA) and transfer to hotel for check-in. Enjoy Water Puppet Show - a theatrical genre reflecting the agricultural civilization of thousands of years ago. Dinner at local restaurant. This evening will be free at leisure and Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi City tour of a 1000 years old capital – Halong bay Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
In the morning: Drive to the historic complex of Ba Dinh. Visit Ba Dinh Square, where The Late President Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnams Independence on 2 September 1945, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and continue to the One Pillar Pagoda, the must-see monument in Hanoi - It is an ancient Buddhist pagoda, built in the early 11th century in the reign of King Ly Thai Tong, all construction supported by only one pillar, resembling a Buddhist lotus. Tran Quoc Pagoda. Quan Thanh Temple. Visit Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature - The first Imperal school in Vietnam) built in 1070 during the dynasty of King Ly. Lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon: Transfer to Ha Long (03 hours road trip). Free to discover night market. Dinner at local restaurant and Overnight in Ha Long.
Day 3: Halong bay – Hanoi Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
In the morning: you will be transferred to Hanoi bay. Visit Ha Long bay (A Natural World Heritage) with: Thien Cung grotto, Dau Go Cave, Dinh Huong, Ga Choi Islet, ... Which is crammed with stalactites and stalagmites. There are numerous rocks and islands, which are predominantly composed of hardened dolomite together with smaller amounts of calcium carbonate. Lunch on boat with fresh seafood.
In the afternoon: Transfer back to Ha Noi and visit a complex of the HoanKiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple (Jade mountain Temple), But Tower (Pen- shaped tower), Dai Nghien (Ink Stand), the Red- painted wooden The Huc bridge. Have a cyclo (pedicab) trip around with 36 streets of Ha Noi old quarter. Dinner and free for shopping at Hanoi old quarter and Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 4: Hanoi - Tay Phuong Pagoda & Van Phuc Silk Village Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Pick you up at your hotel at around 8:00AM, spend a full day to discover Hanoi’s surrounding area and visit Thay & Tay Phuong Pagodas, the silk village of Van Phuc. Lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, visit ceramic village of Bat Trang, the four – floor But Thap Pagoda and the craft village of Dong Ho. Back to Hanoi by the end of afternoon. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 5: Hanoi – Hoa Lu Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
After breakfast: You will be transfferd to Ninh Binh – Hoa Lu is th ruins of the ancient capital Hoa Lu – what remains are temples dedicated to King Dinh and King Le, the tow heroes who lived in 10th century and choose Hoa Lu bult the citadel of the capital city. Continue to visit Tam Coc – Bich Dong, also known as the inland Halong, boat ride in a hand woven bamboo rowboat down the Tam Coc streams enjoying spectacular scenery surrounded by rice paddies and towering limestone moutain peaks. Drive back to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 6: Ha Noi - Departure / Goodbye Vietnam Meals: Breakfast
Free at leisure, shopping at Trang Tien Plaza, Ancient Quarter or Vincom City Tower till drive to Noi Bai International Airport for departure (Flight TBA).