Enjoy a full-day tour of Hanoi with Tour guide and get a local’s insight into Vietnam’s mythology, traditions and customs. Visit cultural and historical sites, such as the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, as well as everyday locales such as the houses of the Old Quarter.

Following a pick-up at your hotel by your guide and driver, go to the Ho Chi Minh Complex to discover the heart of Viernam at “Uncle Ho’s” Mausoleum. Standing before the mausoleum are 79 cycad trees, symbolizing Ho Chi Minh’s 79 springs of life, while 2 bamboo ranges whistle in the wind to commemorate the former president and Father of the Nation.

See the nearby house-on-stilts and quaint One-Pillar Pagoda, built out of wood for the 11th-century Emperor Lý Thái Tông. Continue to the Enthnology Museum – a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation’s different ethnic groups

Next visit would be the Galary of Lacque Paiting Collection. The best of handicraft of the north of Vietnam. Then you would have lunch at Local restarant with the deep touch of the art of Hanoi Cuisine.

You will then visit the Temple of Literature, the site of Vietnam’s first university dating back to 1070 and originally built as a temple to Confucius. Inside you can see the stone steles mounted on the backs of turtles, which have the names of Vietnam’s best scholars inscribed. The temple highlights the importance that Vietnamese society place on education both now and in the past.

After the lunch. In the afternoon, explore the vibrant eastern sector of Hanoi, including Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, and Huc Bridge. Walking around the Old Quarter and mingle with the locals as they go about their hectic lives.

End with a 30-minute Cyclo Tour around the Old Quater of Hanoi to have the best view of life of Hanoian.

Includes:

English-speaking guide

Land transfers

Admission fees

Lunch (local cuisine)

Learn about the history of Hanoi’s traditional sights on this full-day tour of the city. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant, and visit all famous sites of Ha Noi.

8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our tour guide.

08.45: Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda – the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex with One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh mausoleum,

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic

groups living in the whole country of Vietnam.

12.45: Enjoy Vietnamese lunch

14.00-14.15 : Visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam

15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French

colonists in Indochina for political prisoners known as the “Hanoi Hilton

16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes.

Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

Includes:

Transfer by minivan

Pick-up from hotels in the Old Quarter of Hanoi

English-speaking tour guide

All entrance fee to the sites

Day 1: HANOI – NINH BINH (HOA LU) (L)

After breakfast, drive to Hoa Lu (2 hour drive), the ancient royal capital of Vietnam. On the way, visit temples dedicated to the Dinh and Le dynasty kings. Continue your trip to Tam Coc and take a bicycle ride along picturesque roads amidst beautiful green paddy fields. End the bicycle tour at a local restaurant and stop for lunch.

In the afternoon, board a small sampan for a spectacular 2-hour trip through caves, waterways and beautiful rural landscape consisting of limestone cliffs and rice paddies.

Overnight in Ninh Binh.

Day 2: NINH BINH – NAM DINH – HALONG (B – L – D)

After breakfast, depart for the stunning Halong Bay located in the Gulf of Tonkin. On the way, stop for a sigh seeing tour in Hai Phong city including a visit to a local architecture such as Pho Minh pagoda, Tran temple

Arrive at Halong City, check in and board a junk. Lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay.

In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and activities or just spend some time relaxing on board (Possibility to swim in the bay if weather permits). Dinner is served on board.

Overnight on Halong Bay.

Note: Visits or activities will be slightly different depending on each junk’s itinerary. Your tour guide will be replaced by a local guide on board during your cruise.

Day 3: HALONG – HANOI (B – Brunch)

After breakfast, the cruise continues navigating past limestone karsts, many of which form highly photogenic shapes. The cruise ends around 11 am. Drive back to Hanoi. On the way, visit Tho Ha or Phu Lang village (*) where you can enjoy a walk and visit a variety of small ceramic workshops.

Note: Breakfast, lunch or brunch will be served on board depend each junk‘s service.

(*) Applied for programs from Ha Long Bay, Tuan Chau habor – it is not applicable for programs from Lan Ha Bay.

End of our services

Our prices include:

Accommodation at selected hotels.

Transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle.

English speaking guides for tours.

Entry fees for sightseeing.

Private cabin on sharing Junk in Halong bay

Private boat for trips in Hoa Lu

Meals as mentioned: (B) for breakfast, (L) for lunch, (D) for dinner.

Our prices do not include:

Visa for Vietnam.

International flights and airport taxes.

Drinks, tips, personal expenses and all services not note specifically mentioned in the program.

Note:

Hotel room will be available from 13h00 only.

We reserve the right to adjust prices at any time in the event of an increase in fuel surcharges.

Visa to Vietnam is available upon arrival at the airport with prior arrangement for authorisation letter.

In general most venues are closed throughout the period of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam.

DAY 1: HANOI – HALONG BAY (L – D)

After an early breakfast at the hotel, drive to the stunning Halong Bay. On arrival, board a shared junk for a 24-hour excursion navigating through some of the most truly breathtaking views in the country.

The junk passes by numerous islets and stops at a natural cave. Finally enjoy a swim in the jade waters of the Gulf of Tonkin (if the weather permits). A delicious seafood lunch will be served on board. Dinner and overnight on the junk.

Note: the private guide is not authorized to accompany passengers on board the junk. For the duration of the cruise he will be replaced by a local guide.

DAY 2: HALONG – HANOI(B – BRUNCH)

After breakfast, the cruise continues navigating past limestone karsts, many of which form highly photogenic shapes. The cruise ends around 11 am. Drive back to Hanoi.

On the way, visit Tho Ha ancient village in Bac Giang where you can enjoy a walk and visit a variety of small ceramic workshops. If time permits, stop along the way for a visit to the But Thap Pagoda. Reach Hanoi early afternoon.

End of our services

Our prices include:

Accommodation at selected hotels.

Transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle.

English speaking guides for tours.

Entry fees for sightseeing.

Private cabin on sharing Junk in Halong bay

Private boat for trips in Hoa Lu

Meals as mentioned: (B) for breakfast, (L) for lunch, (D) for dinner.

Our prices do not include:

Visa for Vietnam.

International flights and airport taxes.

Drinks, tips, personal expenses and all services not note specifically mentioned in the program.

Note:

Hotel room will be available from 13h00 only.

We reserve the right to adjust prices at any time in the event of an increase in fuel surcharges.

Visa to Vietnam is available upon arrival at the airport with prior arrangement for authorisation letter.

In general most venues are closed throughout the period of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam.

DAY 1: HANOI – HALONG BAY (L – D)

After an early breakfast at the hotel, drive to the stunning Halong Bay. On arrival, board a shared junk for a 24-hour excursion navigating through some of the most truly breathtaking views in the country. The junk passes by numerous islets and stops at a natural cave. Finally enjoy a swim in the jade waters of the Gulf of Tonkin (if the weather permits). A delicious seafood lunch will be served on board. Dinner and overnight on the junk.

Note: the private guide is not authorized to accompany passengers on board the junk.

For the duration of the cruise he will be replaced by a local guide.

DAY 2: HALONG – HANOI(B – BRUNCH)

After breakfast, the cruise continues navigating past limestone karsts, many of which form highly photogenic shapes. The cruise ends around 11 am. Drive back to Hanoi. On the way, visit Phu Lang ceramic village in Bac Ninh where you can enjoy a walk and visit a variety of small ceramic workshops

End of our services.

Our prices include:

Accommodation at selected hotels.

Transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle.

English speaking guides for tours.

Entry fees for sightseeing.

Private cabin on sharing Junk in Halong bay

Private boat for trips in Hoa Lu

Meals as mentioned: (B) for breakfast, (L) for lunch, (D) for dinner.

DAY 1: HANOI – MAI CHAU (L – D)

Leave Hanoi early morning and take a 4.5 hour drive to Mai Chau. Arrive in the

picturesque Mai Chau Valley surrounded by spectacular karst rock formations and rice paddies.

Enjoy some light trekking through the beautiful villages of the White Thai Minority and take in the picturesque views of the scenic landscape and rural villages.

Stay overnight in a traditional stilt-house of the Thai people – an incredibly enriching experience where you can learn about this fascinating culture first hand.

DAY 2: MAI CHAU – HANOI (B – L)

After breakfast, start the morning with some leisurely biking to other villages in the Mai Chau Valley and visit a local  market. After lunch in Mai Chau, begin the journey back to Hanoi

End of our services.

Our prices include:

Accommodation at selected hotels.

Transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle.

English speaking guides for tours.

Entry fees for sightseeing.

Meals as mentioned: (B) for breakfast, (L) for lunch, (D) for dinner.

Our prices do not include:

Visa for Vietnam.

International flights and airport taxes.

Drinks, tips, personal expenses and all services not note specifically mentioned in the program.

Note:

Hotel room will be available from 13h00 only.

We reserve the right to adjust prices at any time in the event of an increase in fuel surcharges.

Visa to Vietnam is available upon arrival at the airport with prior arrangement for authorisation letter.

In general most venues are closed throughout the period of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam.