Hoàn Kiếm Trip Overview
This is a combo group tour to visit Hanoi and Halong Bay for 4 days. Tourists will have chances to visit Hanoi city for one day and then enjoy an overnight cruise on Halong Bay with interesting activities kayaking, swimming, cooking class, doing Tai Chi and choose one of 4 options to explore Hanoi traditional handicraft villages or Tam Coc or Perfume pagoda in the final day. Let’s come and join us !
Highlights
Explore Halong Bay with majestic landscapes on a overnight cruise
Take part in interesting activities kayaking, swimming, cooking class, doing Tai Chi…
Visit highlights in Hanoi : Ho Chi Minh complex, Hoan Kiem Lake, Bat Trang pottery village, Tran Quoc Pagoda on the West lake..
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Hoàn Kiếm, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This is a combo group tour to visit Hanoi and Halong Bay for 4 days. Tourists will have chances to visit Hanoi city for one day and then enjoy an overnight cruise on Halong Bay with interesting activities kayaking, swimming, cooking class, doing Tai Chi and choose one of 4 options to explore Hanoi traditional handicraft villages or Tam Coc or Perfume pagoda in the final day. Let’s come and join us !
Highlights
Explore Halong Bay with majestic landscapes on a overnight cruise
Take part in interesting activities kayaking, swimming, cooking class, doing Tai Chi…
Visit highlights in Hanoi : Ho Chi Minh complex, Hoan Kiem Lake, Bat Trang pottery village, Tran Quoc Pagoda on the West lake..
Itinerary
Day 1: Day 1: Hanoi City Tour (L)
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Itinerary details
Day 1: Hanoi City Tour (L)
Pickup at the hotel and visit Ho Chi Minh complex including: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closes on Monday and Friday morning. And closes during October) and Museum, Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts and One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda on the West lake – one of the oldest pagoda in Vietnam. Lunch at local restaurant.
Next, visit Bat Trang pottery village (on Monday, Wednesday and Friday) or Ethnology Museum (on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday). Also visit the Literature Temple- Vietnam’s first university, constructed in 1070. The last stop is Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Hanoi’s Old Quarters where you’ll have a chance for some shopping and exploration before tour ends.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at your hotel
Day 2: Day 2: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on a cruise (L/D)
Stop At: Halong Bay Vietnam
07.30 – 08.30AM Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter area and transfer to Halong Bay with a stopover on the way for refreshments
Upon arrival, welcome on board, check in your cabin and have delicious lunch at the restaurant. Afternoon activities might include a visit to one of the most beautiful cave in Halong bay, a floating village for bamboo boat riding, an island for relaxing/swimming and a lagoon for kayaking. Back to the boat, you will be able to join a cooking class or a sunset cocktail party before dinner time. Evening is free at your leisure or you can join a squid fishing trip with the crew. Overnight in private cabin on a sharing cruise.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight on Boat in Ha Long Bay
Day 3: Day 3: Halong – Hanoi (B, L)
Stop At: Halong Bay, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province
Morning tea and coffer will be served early. Optional to join a Tai Chi Class on the sundeck or photo hunting in the early morning.
After breakfast, other activities might include (if not arranged on the first day): visiting the cave, cooking class or climbing to the top of an island for panoramic view of Halong Bay. Then check out and enjoy a fantastic view on the bay, passing many islands and islets (karst formation) on the way back to habor. Then take bus trip back to Hanoi and drop off at your hotel around 16.30 – 17.00.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Back to Hanoi for overnight at your hotel
Day 4: Day 4: Hanoi- Ninh Binh ( L)
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
7h30 am -8h15 am: Pick Up at your hotel for depart to Ninh Binh Province ( Ha Long Bay On Land )
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ninh Binh Province, Ninh Binh Province
Customers can choose out of 2 options below:
Option 1: Hoa Lu – Tam Coc full day
Tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Old Quarter to depart to Ninh Binh city. Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, a chance to know more about part of feudal dynasties and historical periods in Vietnamese history. At noon, you will enjoy lunch at local restaurant in Tam Coc.
After lunch, you will be taking the rowing boat at Tam Coc Harbour. Arranged by local people here, the boat is rowed by both hand and legs. The boat will take you to 3 specular caves with hundreds of limestones on the way. If you travel during harvest season, you will see many terrace rice fields in golden colors. The boat rowing will be in around 2 hours. Leave Tam Coc and drive back to Hanoi. Finish unforgettable full day trip at your hotel in Hanoi!
Option 2: Bai Dinh Pagoda – Trang An Cave Full Day
8.00 – 8.30 AM: Tour guide will pick you up at your provided hotel address (in Hanoi Old Quarter) to depart to Ninh Binh city, around 98 kms from Hanoi
On the way, you will have chances to take the outlook of Vietnam rice fields with the harding-working farmers doing their working in the large rice fields.
The trip starts with visit to Bai Dinh Pagoda, the large pagoda with more than 500 La Han statues, where you can find the biggest Buddha statue made in bronze with 10 meters height, 100 tons in weight. Then, have lunch in local restaurant with local dishes (Goat, pork)
After lunch, transfer from Bai Dinh to Trang An. Upon on arrival, we will take the boat trip around Trang An to visit cave complex (Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou Cave) all caves are in mystery and wildness, you also have chances to admire the beautiful scenery of mountain and rivers of the popular countryside in Vietnam.
16:00: Getting on the bus for returning to Hanoi. Trang An – Bai Dinh Pagoda Tour ends.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
