Routes: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay On Cruise / Tam Coc - Hoa Lu (SEAT IN COACH)
Duration: 05 days / 04 nites
Day 1: Arrival Hanoi
Day 2: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 3: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Day 4: Hanoi Excursion (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Day 5: Hanoi - Departure (Breakfast included)
(We will change the hotel, junk in case alls above get FULL)
Tour Prices Include
Hotel in twin / triple sharing room basic with daily breakfast
Transfer by air-conditioned bus as itinerary
Meals as indicated: 4 breakfast / 3 lunch / 1 dinner
Entrance fees, boat trips and excursions
Excellent English speaking guide (and also the other: Polish, Russian, Chinese, Indonesia)
Tour Prices Exclude
Travel insurance
Visa fee, flight ticket, airport tax
Personal expenses
Drink
Tipping
Others not mentioned nor specified above
Itinerary in Detail
Day 1: Arrival Hanoi
On arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai International airport, you will be greated by our guide and transfer to your hotel and free to leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Depart Ha Noi for Ha Long Bay approximately three hours away. En route we have a short stop at the Sao Dao arts and crafts centre run by handicapped children. Upon arrival at Ha Long Bay (approx. mid-day) we will board our luxury junk boat, the "Jewel of the bay" for a delicious seafood lunch. After lunch we have the chance to explore some of the limestone caves dotted around the bay. Then our captain will find a secluded spot for swimming and sun bathing before dinner. Enjoy another seafood feast for dinner and for the night owls, there is an option of night fishing.
Day 3: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Rising to the lapping waters of the bay we have time for an early morning dip followed by breakfast. This morning we continue to cruise around the bay to find more secluded areas to either swim or kayak in. The kayaks are lightweight and easy to use. All guests will be issued with water buoyancy vests and the junk will be near us at all times serving as a back up vessel. At midday we will return to the main harbor before transferring to our awaiting vehicle for a 3-hour journey back to Hanoi. We should be back in the capital at around 3pm.
Day 4: Hanoi Excursion (Breakfast / Lunch included)
Option I: Hanoi City Discover Morning, meet your tour guide at the hotel, visit Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and traditional stilt house the Ho Chi Minh Meseum, the revered One Pillar Pagoda... Pay visit to typical Vietnamese
places of worship, Vietnam's first university, the thousand year old Temple of Literature.
Lunch at local restaurant, visit: Army Museum or other Museum, West Lake, Tran Quoc Pagoda and Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Restored Lake), also a visit the Hanoi city's traditional 36 ancient street and shopping... turning back your hotel in the afternoon.
Option II: Hanoi - Tam Coc - Hoa Lu
After breakfast, drive to Hoa Lu, one of the ancient capitals of Vietnam. Enjoy the limestone karsts and rolling green fields which gave the area the nickname Halong Bay of the rice paddies as you explore 10th century Dinh and Le Dynasty relics. After lunch, transfer to Tam Coc and climb aboard a tiny boat for a peaceful cruise up the river and visit Bich Dong (Blue grotto). Return to Hanoi in the late afternoon. Dinner. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi - Departure (Breakfast included)
You are free for shopping in Hanoi. Then we take you to Noi Bai airport. Finish your trip.See you again.
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