Hanoi Land of Literature  (#901)

Joint In Group, 4 Days 3 Nights

Route: Hanoi Capital – Halong Bay – Ninh Binh/dry Halong Bay

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (no meals)

Welcome you to Noi Bai – Hanoi Airport

Time for Visa Clearance and exit from the airport

Your private driver is waiting for you there, holding a signboard with your name, come to meet the driver & transfer to your hotel in Hanoi

Overnight at May Flower Hotel or similar (standard room for 2 people)

Day 2: Joint in-day trip to explore Hanoi city, land of the literature (Breakfast)

Breakfast at hotel

The guide meets you at the hotel in the city center or at the meeting point.

The Joint Group Tour for today size 17 – 25 people

Starts time: 8.00 – 8.30 am – Finish time: 16:15 – 16.30

Hanoi capital is one of the most visited of the Vietnam popular destinations, is the beautiful capital city of Vietnam, sprawling on the banks of the Red River with French colonial heritage. Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars, and natural calamities, Hanoi still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Famous sites will be added to this Hanoi city tour.
This day trip joint tour will bring you to explore the Tran Quoc pagoda, the Ho Chi Minh Complex monument, Vietnam Ethnology Museum to understand about 54 ethnic groups, and the Temple of Litterature – the first university of Vietnam. You also have a chance to see Hoa Lo Prison Museum

Back to your hotel in the city center, the rest of the time is free

Overnight at May Flower Hotel or similar (standard room for 2 people)

Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay (Breakfast, Lunch)

Breakfast at your hotel and ready to go for Halong Bay, Joint In Group with a Superior Boat for 5 hours cruising on the bay

Start time: about  8:30-8:50am ; Finish time:  20:30

08.30 – 08.50: Our bus and tour guide pick you up from the hotel in Hanoi city center/or at the Hanoi Opera House/or at the meeting point
We follow the new highway to depart for Tuan Chau Island, Halong City and stop for a rest on the way.
12.00: Arrive at Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing
The Cruise will take you for enjoying a trip of more than 5 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which is renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoying Vietnamese mouth-watering lunch on boat.
13.45: Arrive at Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, then go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon.
Visit Titov Island with a sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with an excellent backdrop of the Bay, and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay-like paradise.
16.30: Return to the cruise and cruise back toward Tuan Chau harbor.
17.40-18.00: Disembark for going back on the new highway to Hanoi.
20.30: Drop off at your in Hanoi city center/or at the Hanoi Opera house/or at the meeting point

* Note: Itinerary subject to change without prior notice, upon weather conditions, tide levels, and the accurate situation of operation. Advance registration has required us a copy of passport & Vietnam visa information for all passengers

Overnight at May Flower Hotel or similar (standard room for 2 people)

Day 4: Hanoi – Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel – Trang An Complex boat trip – Mua Cave (Breakfast, Buffet Lunch)

Breakfast at your hotel and ready to go to Ninh Binh to explore the historical site and a charming boat trip along the rice fields & mountains

Start time: about  8:30-8:50 am; Finish time: 20:30

7.30-8.10 AM: Bus & guide pick you up at the Opera House, #1 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem, HN-city center, and start a 120km comfortable bus journey through the verdant landscape. Stop over for a rest on the way.
10.30: Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with King Dinh Temple dating back to the 17th Century.
Hoa Lu capital was chosen to be the first capital of Dai Co Viet during the period of 3 dynasties of Kings Ding, Le, and Ly. Nowadays, Hoa Lu ancient capital became a very important architectural and historical complex of Viet Nam, recognized as 1/4 core forming of the UNESCO World Heritage Site- Trang An.
11.15: Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long Mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with a precious view of nature.
12.30: Enjoy the buffet lunch at our restaurant, a great place to savor the flavors of Vietnamese food.
14.00: Take a boat trip to visit Trang An Grottoes, and get on a rowing boat traveling along the river with scenic mountains and green fields landscape.
17.00 – 19.30: Return to our bus and then transfer back to Hanoi.
Drop you off at the Opera House, #1 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem, HN-city center

Note: Itinerary subject to change without prior notice, upon weather conditions, tide levels, and the accurate situation of operation.

Overnight at May Flower Hotel or similar (standard room for 2 people)

Day 5: Hanoi – Free leisure time – Drop-off airport (Breakfast)

Breakfast at hotel

The rest of time is at leisure

Drop off at the airport for your flight to the next destination

Good-bye Hanoi.

Prices in USD per person, Join In Group, valid for 2024
Applied from 2 people

Price except for public holidays & festival dates
2 people sharing a room at the hotel at Hanoi city center

Price inclusive

• Breakfast and accommodation sharing a double/twin room.
  Private car transfer for the pick-up, and drop-off airport
• Join In Group for the day exploring the city of Hanoi, the Halong Bay cruise, and Ninh Binh trip
• Local meals in Hanoi, Halong Boat, Ninh Binh
• Entrance tickets to the mentioned places of visit, boat fee for Halong Bay, Trang An boat trip
• Local guide speaking English in the group

Exclusion: International flight ticket in/out of Vietnam, Vietnam Visa, Drink/beverages, Travel insurance, Vat tax, Kayak or bamboo boat, Tips for tour guide and personal expenses, Others that are not mentioned in the inclusions

One Day Tour Hanoi City (#901a)

Joint big group: 17 – 25 people
Start time: 8.00-8:30 am; finish time: 16.15 – 16.30 (with local lunch)

In the morning: the guide meets you at the hotel in the city center or at the meeting point.
Hanoi capital is one of the most visited of the Vietnam popular destinations, is the beautiful capital city of Vietnam, sprawling on the banks of the Red River with French colonial heritage. Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars, and natural calamities, Hanoi still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Famous sites will be added to this Hanoi city tour.
This day trip joint tour will bring you to explore the Tran Quoc pagoda on a small islet in the West Lake, it is the most ancient pagoda in Hanoi with its history line dating back to more than 1,500 years. We continue to visit Ho Chi Minh Complex monument where you will see Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum from outside, Ba Dinh Square, Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, Ho Chi Minh Museum and One Pillar Pagoda (known as Dien Huu Pagoda) is believed to exist since the Ly’s dynasty, marking a notable development of Buddhism in Vietnam
We have a break time for a local lunch.

In the afternoon: we will visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum (Monday close) to understand about 54 ethnic groups, time to see that fabulous collection relating to Vietnam’s ethnic minorities features well-presented tribal art, artefacts, and day life. We move to the Temple of Literature – being as Vietnam’s first national university, the Temple of Literature is a place of study rather than a religious landmark.
You also have a chance to see Hoa Lo Prison Museum (also called Hanoi Hilton) is all that remains of the Hoa Lo Prison, which was used to capture Vietnamese and American political.
The trip ends. We drop you off at the hotel in the city center or at the meeting point.
Note: Drop-off time is subject to traffic, weather…so the finished time could be later than expected

Inclusion:

Car transfer for the tour as per program. English-speaking guide, all entrance fees, local lunch
Exclusion: Drink/beverages, travel insurance, vat tax, tips for tour guide, driver and personal expenses, and others that are not mentioned in the inclusions