Hanoi – Halong- Ninh Binh 5 days 4 nites

ITINERARY : (B: Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner)

Day 1 Hanoi arrival

Upon arrival, our driver will be holding a sign with your name and welcome you at Noi Bai International airport transfer to check in hotel. Free your time to visit Hoan kiem lake, night market, old church by walking distance Overnight in Hanoi hotel

Note: Hanoi private city tour also available upon your requests, costs additional 40$ ( including lunch+ water puppet show)

Details of tour: we will start to visit the oldest pagoda Tran Quoc pagoda. Next is Ho chi minh complex include stilt house, one pillar pagoda, ba dinh square, president palace . Then continue proceed to visit the first university of Vietnam name Temple of literature, train street and Hoan kiem lake, josepth cathedral, shopping in Dong Xuan market, enjoy water puppet show ticket. Free your time to visit night market and walking street if at the weekend

Day 2 Halong bay  tour [B/L/D]

08:00: 8:30 a.m our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. Short break half way. 12:00: Arrive Ha Long Bay, transfer by tender to the cruise, and enjoy welcome drinks. Check in your cabin and enjoy a real Vietnamese lunch while beginning your sail through the fairy land of Ha Long Bay, passing by Stone Dog islet, Incense Burner islet, Fighting Cocks, Swan islet, and Duck islet… 15:00: Drop anchor to explore Sung Sot Cave (Surprising Cave). 16:00: Enjoy kayaking and swimming or relaxing on the cruise 18:00: Enjoy the complimentary sunset party on the sundeck with wine and fresh fruits. 19:00: Dinner is served in the restaurant. 21:00: Retire to your cabin, have a drink at the bar, sing karaoke, join the fishing excursion or play exciting games. Overnight on boat.

Day 3 Halong bay  tour [B/L]

07:30: Breakfast will be served. 09:30: Checking out your cabin and relax on board while our cruise is slowly sailing on the bay. 10:00: Join cooking class demonstration (teaching you how to make our specialty, Spring rolls) on board.

11 a.mLunch is served on board (or at a local restaurant). 11:45: Disembark at the harbor, Ha Long city. Take our transport to return to Hanoi.

16:30 to 17:00, Arrival back at your hotel at Hanoi old quarter. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 4 Hoa Lu Tam Coc- mua cave tour  tour [B/L/-]

7.45 – 8.30: We pick you up at your hotel, departure for Mua Cave, Ninh Binh. Along the way, enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas and stop, have a rest about 30 minutes.
10.30: Arrive in Mua Cave.
Coming here, you will be leisurely hiking with 486 stone stair-steps to the top Ngoa Long mountain. From the peak, you will admire the majestic panoramic views of Tam Coc with rice fields on Ngo Dong River.
12.30: Have lunch at the local restaurant near Tam Coc.
14.00: Enjoy a boat trip on Ngo Dong River to visit Tam Coc (Three Caves) to see the beauty of the karst formations as you pass along their base and row into one of the many caves carved through the limestone.
16.00: Back to Dinh Cac wharf.
If you like to go biking, it is a good idea. You will have chance to visit real villages and amazing landscapes by bicycle about one hour
16.45: We take the car come back Ha Noi.
18.30: We arrive Ha Noi. Overnight in Hanoi

Alternative Option: Bai Dinh – Trang An ( B/L)

In the morning, after breakast, our tour guide will pick you up at hotel and start to visit Bai Dinh Pagoda. Arrive Glimmering Bai Dinh pagoda complexes, the largest pagoda, not only in Vietnam but also in Southeast of Asia. Scenically set on the foot hill of Dinh Mountain surrounded by amazing views of the exquisite river valley below and dotted and the limestone karsts dotted around which will take your breath away.

This pagoda complexes stunningly boast a array of the most massive and magnificent architecture of Vietnamese tradition refined ever built that it take a full day to explore all. So you will visit some of the highlights that owned the national: 500 stone statues of “La Han” (Arhats) 2 huge bronze bells, one weighs 27 tons, other weighs 36 tones Three bronze statues of Tam The (50 tons each) The visit ends with a walk-up the summit mountain to see the 100 tones statue of Buddha Sakyamuni made of bronze and enjoy the panoramic view of picturesque landscape dotted with limestone mountains.

Enjoy the lunch, next we will visit Trang An Eco Scenic Landscape complex nearby which recently recognized as an UNESCO World natural heritage, get on a rowing boat (small sampan) traveling along the small river with scenic mountain and green fields landscape. Boat takes you to visit cave complex of Trang An: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou and other small cave in mystery and wildness, the scenery of mountain and rivers – Halong on land of Ninh Binh. Return to hotel in Hanoi. Free your time for Hanoi nightlife activity and overnight in Hanoi hotel.

Day 5 Departure flight [B/-/-]

Free and easy until car transfer you to airport, end of tour.

Quotation: Price is in US dollars per person:

Hotel/cruise details:

Note: Tour costs based on USD currency, This price above is not applied for travel during Chinese new year. Traveling during lunar new year will be surcharged 20-30%.

Please see hotel/cruise details in Here

What do I need to bring

• Please bring sun cream, sunglasses, long clothes covering the knees while visiting temple, pagoda
• Bring valid passport not expire more than 6 months before departure date
• Warm clothes if you travel to Hanoi from Oct to March ( weather around 15-25 degrees this time)

What I need to Know

• If you want to customize the tour, please let us know, will customize the tour according to your requirements.
• If you have more people, please contact with us to get good deal
• Itinerary can be changed upon the uncontrolled of weather conditions
• In case bad weather because of storm or typhoon, boat not working, you will got full refund

Children policy:

• Child under 5 years free of charge ( need to be under 1 m, if higher, any rising fee will pay by yourself)
• Child 5- 9 years will be charged 75%
• Child from 10 years will be charged 100%

Tour inclusion:

Private airport transfer with AC pik up and drop off

Transport during the tour

English/chinse tour guide during the tour ( in Halong bay only english tour guide)

Hotel in Hanoi as mentioned above

Halong bay sharing cruise

Kayaking and squid fishing

Meals , entrance fees

Bottle of water on coach ( 1bottle/1 person/1day)

Tour exclusion:

* Drinks and other meals not clearly mentioned

* Travel insurance

* Tips and gratitude

* Other not mentioned in program