General Information
Tour route: Hanoi arrival – City Tour – Halong Bay overnight Cruise – Hanoi Departure
Duration: 5 days/4 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)
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi arrival
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour & shopping
Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay Overnight on boat
Day 4: Halong Bay – Hanoi
Day 5: Hanoi Departure
Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)
Welcome on arrival at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, we will transfer to our hotel in the city centre. Relax after your flight before exploring the Old Quarter in a cyclo. The ride takes us through different narrow streets with stop at the Al Noor Masjid Hanoi in Hang Luoc Street. Finish your day with the Water puppet show and have Halal dinner in a nice Halal certificated restaurant. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour & Shopping (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, we visit the Museum of Ethnology with overview of 54 distinct groups in Vietnam. Back to the city centre and have free time for shopping in the Old Quarter. Halal dinner and overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on boat (B, L, D)
After breakfast at hotel, around 08:00 AM, we transfer Halong Bay which was recognized by UNESCO as the World Natural Heritage in 1994 and 2000 with 3.5 hours driving on the road. On arrival, we will board our overnight cruise and savour a delicious seafood lunch. We will be passing through several limestone islands, kayaking among the hidden areas of the Bay, swimming at Soi Sim Beach or trekking to the top of the island. Dinner and overnight on boat.
Day 4: Halong Bay – Hanoi (B, L, D)
Start your day with Tai Chi exercises before having breakfast. We then explore Sung Sot Cave – one of the most amazing caves in Halong Bay and passing through Ba Hang Fishing village, Dog Islet and more. Watch the cooking demonstration and enjoying lunch before cruising back to the pier and find our car to take us back to Hanoi. Tonight, we have Hala dinner & overnight in Hanoi.
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.