SURROUNDING CAPITAL VIETNAM - 4 DAYS

Upon arrival in Noi Bai airport - in Hanoi. You will be met and transferred to hotel in the downtown. Check in hotel and spend rest of the day on your own.

Note: Check in time at the hotel - 14:00

Meals included: No meal

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City 

08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake 

It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

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

12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine 

with 8 delicious dishes.

14.00-14.15: Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 centuries 

15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the Hanoi Hilton

16.15 -16.30: Take a cyclo tour around the Old Quarter in around 1 hour. Drop you off at your hotel. After that is your free time in Hanoi on your own.

 Note:

·        Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…

·        Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.

·        Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15th June -15th August) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area

Meals included: B,L

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

08h00: Our Tour guide will pick up you at the hotel in Ha Noi Old Quarter then depart to Halong Bay by Expressway Transfer.

10h30: Have a short break for 20 minutes to relax

12h00 – 12h30: Arrive  Halong International Cruise Port. Welcome to Cruise. We will take you on 6 hour journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes while having lunch on boat.

14h00: You will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalagtiles with different shapes of sea lives

15h00: Visit Titop Island with sandy beach to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the Bay, and climb up Titop Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.

16h00: Then do kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful Lagoon.

17h30: Cruising back to Halong International Cruise Port. There are a lot of time for enjoying sunset party with tea, cakes, sunbathing on upper deck with music and enjoying great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery.

18h30: We get on bus to back Hanoi by Expressway, have a short break for 20-30 minutes.

20h30 – 21h00: Arrive at the hotel in Ha Noi Old Quarter.

 Meals included: B,L

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

After breakfast at the hotel, your free time until we transfer you to the airport for your departure flight.

Meals included: B

End of the trip!