Price: US$545 (included taxes & service charge)

Routes: Hanoi - Halong – Ninh Binh

Duration:   5 days/4 nights

Depart from: Hanoi

Return to: Hanoi

Highlight: Boating, sightseeing and cultural experiences

Arrive at Noi Bai international airport. Visaarrangements. Welcomed by your local tour guide and driver. Transfer toyour hotel in the city center. Overnight in Hanoi.

 

Today we commence our exploration of Hanoi byvisiting the Ho Chi Minh complex, starting at the President Ho ChiMinh’s Mausoleum. We continue to his humble “house on stilts”, hismusuem and the 11th century One-Pillar Pagoda. Afterwards we go to theMuseum of Ethnology, which is an excellent museum containing the ethniccostumes of the various minorities of Vietnam, as well as relics, toolsand even full size replicas of their homes and buildings. After lunchin a great local restaurant, we continue to visit the Temple ofLiterature which was the first Vietnam University dating to 1070. Youwill take short time to visit the Hoa Lo Prison Musuem before head tothe Old Quarter. You will have one hours for shopping & walk aroundHoan Kiem Lake in the middle of the city and visit Ngoc Son Temple.Overnight in Hanoi.

 

Breakfast at hotel then check out - Transfer toHalong. for a magical 4 hours boat cruising around the bay. ConsideredVietnam’s greatest natural wonder, Halong Bay boasts over 3, 000islands that just out of the sea to provide a spectacular naturalenvironment. We admire its beauty and scale before stopping at one ofthe many secluded bays for a refreshing swim (Weather permitting ). Wealso take the opportunity to enjoy a fresh seafood lunch on our boat.Back to the mainland. Transfer back to Hanoi. Overnight at hotel inHanoi.

 

Drive to Ninh Binh (100km from Hanoi). Visit theDinh & Le dynasty temples in Hoa Lu, an ancient capital of Vietnam(968 – 1009). Continue with a sampan ride to Tam Coc, known asVietnam’s “inland Halong Bay”. Paddle through three enormous caves andview local fisher folk, village life along the river and, of course,the striking limestone karst formations. Move onwards to the Bich Dongcave pagodas dating from the 17th century. Lunch served at localrestaurant. Return to and Stay overnight in Hanoi.

 

Free and easy shopping until time transfer to the airport for flight back home.