General Information
Tour route: Hanoi arrival – City Tour – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc – Hanoi Departure
Duration: 4 days/3 nights
Date: No fixed departure dates. You may go whenever you wish
Start/End: Hanoi/Hanoi
Tour type: Culture, Sightseeing, shopping, cruising
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
Tour Category: Vietnam Muslim Tours
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi arrival & city tour
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour
Day 3: Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc – Hanoi
Day 4: Hanoi shopping – Departure
Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)
On arrival at Noi Bai Airport, we are welcomed by our local guide and private car, then transferred to our hotel. After short rest, we will take a 1-hour cyclo ride around the Old Quarter, visit Al Noor Masjid Hanoi – the only Mosque in Hanoi located in Hang Luoc Street. We end our day with an exciting Water Puppet show before having Halal dinner in a nice restaurant. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi Orientation (B, L, D)
After breakfast at hotel, we visit Ho Chi Minh Complex including his mausoleum, his Museum which dedicated to his life, his simple house-on-stilt, the Presidential Palace and the nearby One Pillar Pagoda. Our next stop is Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dated from 11th century.
After lunch in a restaurant for Muslims, we visit the Museum of Ethnology, the most interesting museums in Hanoi with indoor collection and outdoor display. The rest of the day will be free for shopping in the Old Quarter. Halal Dinner and overnight in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Hoa Lu & Tam Coc – Hanoi (B, L, D)
After breakfast, we will take 110 KM drive to Ninh Binh Province and visit Hoa Lu Ancient Capital. On arrival, we will first visit King Dinh and King Le Temple and Tomb dated back from 10th century. The guide will tell us an interesting history story related to the Dinh and Le reign. We then drive to Tam Coc and have lunch in a local restaurant overlooking the river.
After lunch, we take a sampan rowing along Ngo Dong River to visit three caves (Tam Coc). The boat rowing starts from the embroidery village of Van Lam then proceed to a scenic landscape dominated by rice fields and limestone. In the late afternoon, we return to Hanoi for Halal dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Hanoi Shopping – Departure (B)
Today, we are free time for shopping at the Old Quarters until our private car picks up us and transfer to airport for our departure flight return home. Trip ends.