Day 1 Arrival in Hanoi (D)
Upon arrival in Hanoi we will be greet by your guide and taken to your hotel where we can relax for the rest of the day. Tonight we will be met by our guide again and then go on to a nice restaurant for our welcome Dinner.
Day 2 Hanoi – City tour (B, L)
Hoan Kiem lake
Hoan Kiem lake
In the morning we will visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, One Pillar Pagoda and Ho Chi Minh Museum, the Temple of Literature then stop for our lunch at a fine local restaurant. In the afternoon, we will visit the Ethnology Museum, the West Lake area with Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake. We spend one hour traveling around the Ancient city seeing daily Hanoian Life of by cyclo and spend Asian Tea Sets Wholesale Yixing Teapots Amber Bracelets one more hour watching the Water Puppet show in the Theater on the bank of Hoan Kiem Lake.
Notes:
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum opening time: Open from Tuesday to Thursday and weekends from 8AM to 11PM. Closed on Mondays and Fridays. The mausoleum is closed for two months of the year, usually October and November, when Ho Chi Minh’s body is maintenance.
Day 3 Hanoi – Hoa Lu and Tam Coc (B, L)
View from inside one of the Cave in Tam Coc
View from inside one
of the Cave in Tam Coc
In the morning we will depart Hanoi for Tam Coc (100 km) where we will take a boat on stream going through scenic rice paddies fields which dotted with blue lime stone mountains to reach the Tam Coc Caves, which consists of the 3 caves with the stream going through. These caves are adorned with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites of different shapes and colors that sparkle like gemstones.
After lunch we will visit Hoa Lu, the ancient capital with 2 temples for the Kings Dinh and Le, then we drive back to Hanoi.
Day 4 Hanoi – Halong Bay (B, L)
Incense Bold islet and Halong Bay scenery
Incense Bold islet and
Halong Bay scenery
This morning we depart Hanoi at around 08.00AM. After driving more than 3 hours, we arrive in Halong Bay at around 11:30AM. Then move to a boat to enjoy a delicious, fresh, seafood lunch, while our boat cruising this secluded bay. During this afternoon time we will have the opportunity to visit the spectacular Heaven Palace Cave, crammed with stalactites and stalagmites. We return to Hanoi in the late afternoon.
Day 5 Departure (B)
Today we will transfer to the airport to take the flight home. Trip concludes.
