Itinerary
Welcome to Hanoi – the capital of Vietnam! The driver will be welcoming you at Noi Bai airport; it takes us 35 minutes driving to the center of Hanoi then check-in at hotel and relaxes.
Please note: Standard check in time is 14:00. Early check in is subject to availability of the hotel.
The tour guide pick up and transfer explore the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (Visit from outside) – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969. You’ll also the Ho Chi Minh Museum where you can learn about this remarkable man and what he did for Vietnam and the world.
You’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake.
After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of west lake. Afterwards, you’ll visit Hoan Kiem Lake, the heart and soul of Hanoi.
Enjoy Breakfast at hotel.
The driver pick up and head East for more than 3 hours to Ha Long Bay, the pride of the Gulf of Tonkin, a Natural World Heritage as designated by UNESCO in 1994. The road will pass by the Red River delta with green paddy fields and rural villages, where hard-work farmers are busy with their farming jobs, ploughing buffaloes or planting seedling. Upon arrival in Ha Long, we’ll take a big boat to cruise the Bay to discover the magnificent beauty of this “Descending-dragon” bay, created by thousands odd, shaped limestone rocks and karst grottoes.
After a lunch of fresh seafood on board, we can visit the Surprising Grotto, stop for swimming or kayaking, passing floating villages and approach islets to enjoy their beauty in close distance.
Afterwards, you will be back to Ha Noi.
Enjoy Breakfast at hotel until the driver pick up and take you to the airport for your flight to back home.
(B = Breakfast, Br = Brunch, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)