5D/4N Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Ha Long Tour

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - Food Tour (D)

Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer to your hotel in city center.

In the afternoon, you’ll join food tour and discover every corners of the Hanoi Old Quarter. You’ll enjoy amazing local food including:

Banh Cuon: Vietnamese steamed rice rolls

Bun Cha: rice noodles with barbecue pork.

Hoa Qua Dam: fruit beams - one of the most popular cooling dishes for young people on hot summer days. In the sweltering weather, enjoying a cup of sweet, refreshing, and cool beams of fruit is a wonderful thing that everyone loves.

Egg – coffee: a Vietnamese drink traditionally prepared with egg yolks, sugar, condensed milk and Robusta coffee. Finally, we are heading to Ta Hien street. It’s known as “ beer corner of the Hanoi Old Quarter”. Our guide will take you back to your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

(Vegetarian Food Tour option available)

Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B,L)

After breakfast, our tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby. We will visit Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh Complex that completed in 1975. We visit outside Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The complex includes the Presidential Palace, House-on-Stilts, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and One Pillar pagoda. After that we will visit the Temple of Literature that was originally built as a temple to Confucius, this is the site of Vietnam’s first University dating back to 1070. The temple highlights the importance of Vietnamese society for education.

Have lunch at a nice restaurant in city center.

After lunch, we'll continue our trip to visit Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake: The Ngoc Son temple is set on a tiny island on the Hoan Kiem Lake, its history dating back to the 13th century. The temple is reached by crossing the The Huc Bridge which literally means the ‘Place Touched by Morning Sunbeams’. The Hoan Kiem Lake is the local point of the city and the source of many legends. After that, we take 45 minutes Cyclo Tour through the Old Quarter: Also known as the 36 streets, this bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. Originally, each of the 36 names was related to the products being sold there. It’s a great place to explore on foot with numerous photo opportunities. Before return to your hotel, we will enjoy the water puppet show at Thang Long theatre - a traditional performance of Vietnamese. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi - Ninh Binh (B,L)

After your breakfast, our driver and tour-guide will pick you up at your hotel. Then, we’ll head to Ninh Binh – known as the first capital of Vietnam during 10th-century. The first visit will be Hoa Lu, the picturesque site of a 10th-century capital of an ancient Vietnamese Kingdom called Dai Co Viet for 41 years (968-1009). You will visit to the 2 promient temples called King Dinh Temple & King Le Temple. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, we take the amazing boat trip to visit Trang An grottoes which is a gathering of 31 valleys, 50 cross-water caves, and home to 600 kinds of flora and over 200 kinds of fauna, many of them in the Red Book of Vietnam. While rowing through Trang An grotto in the quiet, fresh air of the highlands, with only the sound of birds and the oars stirring the clear water and surrounded by magnificent forested mountains upon which graze white goats, visitors enjoy a heaven on earth. Overnight in Ninh Binh.

Day4: Ninh Binh - Halong (B,L,D)

After your breakfast, we leave Ninh Binh for Halong Bay in 3 hours drive. Ha Long Bay is known as the most famous World Heritage Site in Vietnam for its beautiful seascape, thousands of spectacular islands and islets jutting out from the sea, amazing caves with marvelous stalagmites and stalactites in different sizes and shapes. Upon arrival, you'll be welcomed on board. Lunch will be served while the boat is sailing to Halong Bay. In the afternoon, we’ll join some activities: sightseeing, kayaking, swimming, visit cave...(depending on each cruise’s itinerary). Stay overnight on the cruise.

Day 5: Halong Bay - Noi Bai International Airport (B,L)

Enjoy the morning view of the beautiful landscape with a cup of coffee or tea then have breakfast. After breakfast, the cruise will bring you on a trip to explore deeper inside the bay. The brunch will be served on the way sailing back to the port and our driver will pick you up and transfer to Noi Bai International Airport. Our tour-guide & driver say goodbye to you! End of services!

SERVICES INCLUDED

 Accommodation with daily breakfasts

 Private AC transportation as mention in the itinerary

 Meals indicated in the program. B=breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner

 English speaking guide

 Shared boat trip in Ha Long Bay as mentioned in the itinerary

 Boat trip in Trang An

 Entrance fees

 Drinking water on car

SERVICES EXCLUDED

 International flight tickets

 Domestic flight tickets.

 Visa fees Personal travel insurance (highly recommended )

 Personal expenses

 Tips

 Surcharge for Peak Season, Holiday, Special Occasion

 Others not mentioned in the program.

CHILDREN POLICY

 The price for children applicable for one child sharing a twin or double cabin with 2 adults.

 The children under 4 years old are FOC ( not included domestic flight ticket)

 4-7 years old without bed: 50% adult rate

 8-10 years old without bed: 75% adult rate

 From 11 years old: Adult rate

CANCELLATION POLICY

 Before 60 days: free of charge

 From 30-59 days before departure day: 10% of total rate

 From 15-29 days before departure day: 30% of total rate

 From 7-14 days before departure day: 50% of total rate

 Less than 7 days before departure day or no-show: 100% of total rate

PRICES QUOTED ARE IN USD CURRENCY