General Information
Tour Route: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc – Hanoi
Duration: 5D4N
Departure Date: Any Time You Wish
Start/ End: Hanoi/ Hanoi
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (L, D)
Day 2, 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Back to Hanoi (B, L, D)
Day 4: Hanoi – Ninh Binh (Hoa Lu – Tam Coc) – Hanoi (B, L, D)
Day 5: Hanoi Departure (B)
Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (L, D)
Upon arrival at Noi Bai International airport, you will be welcomed by your local guide and driver, then transfer to your hotel for check-in. A nice lunch at the local Halal restaurant. After that, start your tour by visiting the Ho Chi Minh Complex, including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ho Chi Minh Museum. Witness the architectural and historical aspects in the final resting-palace of Uncle Ho.
Continue the trip to the Temple of Literature – the first university in Vietnam, constructed in 1070. The garden in this temple and its well-preserved architecture offer you a relaxing glimpse of Vietnam in the past.
Enjoy one-hour cycling tour around the Old Quarter before backing to the hotel for dinner & overnight accommodation.
Day 2, 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Back to Hanoi (B, L, D)
The guide will meet you at the hotel then take a 3.5-hour bus drive through the fertile rice fields to the World Heritage – Halong Bay. You will have a break en-route in Hai Duong province.
At 12:30, we arrive in Halong Bay. Board the cruise and start cruising among limestone islands, take a lot of photos of majestic Halong Bay.
Have lunch on board while passing by stunning Stone Dog, Incense Burner islets. We will stop at a fishing village to see the life of the local fisherman and know more about their life. Better still, we cruising further to capture the scenes of Halong Bay symbol, a “Fighting cock” rock.
The next destination of our trip is Thien Cung or Heaven Palace cave, the most beautiful in Halong. After that, get back and cruise around the bay, relish in the emerald water.
Enjoy one night on boat and then your cruise will finish at the harbor to catch the bus to Hanoi.
Arrive back in Hanoi for overnight accommodation.
Day 4: Hanoi – Ninh Binh (Hoa Lu – Tam Coc) – Hanoi (B, L, D)
In the morning, you will be picked up by tour guide and bus driver, then embark your Ninh Binh province (about 90 km south of Hanoi). Take a 20-minute break en-route for relaxing and contemplating Vietnamese handicraft products as lacquer wares, paintings, embroideries…
Arrive at Hoa Lu, referred to the ancient capital of Vietnam, dating back to the 10th century. Next, pay a visit to temples of two big dynasties of Dinh and Le with the impressive architectures in the ancient time.
After that, we move to the temple of Le Dai Hanh, you will experience the vestiges of Royal Palaces ground dated back the 10th century. Back to the bus and have a drive to Tam Coc. Have lunch at the local restaurant.
In the afternoon, get on a sampan boat in Tam Coc dock to drift down the river with the villages, mountains and the lush rice fields at the two sides. Get back to the dock for bus and back to Hanoi.
Savor dinner at a local restaurant, then back to the hotel in Hanoi for overnight accommodation.
Day 5: Hanoi Departure (B)
Enjoy your last breakfast at the hotel. You can be free to go shopping until your drive come & transfer to the airport. Finish your Muslim Holiday in Vietnam