5-day Glimpse of Ha Noi & Ha Long Bay

We will meet you at Noi Bai International airport. After a half an hour of driving to the center of Ha Noi, we will start our city day trip. Head to the Uncle Ho’s final resting-place standing in Ba Dinh Square where the Vietnamese cultural and political events are usually taken place. Visit Ho Chi Minh stilt house, where Ho Chi Minh used to live intermittently during Vietnam War, and One Pillar Pagoda – a Buddhism temple featuring a particular architecture inside and a peaceful lotus lake outside. Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, visit Bodhi tree which was offered by Indian Prime Minister Razendia Prasat as a gift when he visited Vietnam in 1959. Have lunch. Continue to the ancient temple named Ngoc Son Temple, and Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake). Visit History Museum - one of the two famous Museums in the city. Go to see the first Vietnam University - Literature Temple (Quoc Tu Giam) founded in 1070 based on teachings of Confucian. Enjoy Water Puppet show - a kind of well-known traditional Vietnamese art which is preserved through generations with more than 800 years old. Stay overnight in Hanoi. Please note: - The Program will be adjusted to suit the Arrival flights. - Check-in time at the hotel is 14:00 pm. - The Mausoleum closed on Monday and Friday and all museums closed on Monday. Alternatives will be recommended accordingly.

In the morning, our bus will meet you at the hotel in Ha Noi. On the way to Halong Bay – one of the UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites, you can observe the residents’ everyday activities and wonderful landscape of the Red River Delta. After 3-hour driving, we will arrive at the harbor. Get on a junk and start cruising into the Bay. Perceive sweeping seascape of sky, tranquil sea and various limestone formations. Have lunch with fresh seafood on board. Head to Surprise Grotto (alternatively Thien Cung Cave), which astounds people by the spacious magnificent system of stalagmites and stalactites that has been taken thousands of years to come into shape. Go swimming or kayaking. Have a close look at floating villages and offshore islands. Be back to the junk. Have dinner. Freely join activities on the boat in the evening. Stay overnight on the boat moored near to the beach (tour guide on board only).

Wake up in the early morning. Contemplate the sunrise and warm up with Tai Chi Exercise on sundeck. Have breakfast. Continue to cruise into another area of the Bay, named Bai Tu Long Bay. On the way back to the harbor, you will see loads of multi-shaped rocks formations such as Cock-Fighting, the Sails, Incense Burner or Sea Dog. We will arrive at Ha Long pier around 11:00. Get on the bus and come back to Hanoi. Stop over on the route for refreshment. Do check-in the hotel. Leisure time in the evening. Have dinner on your own. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

You can freely do or visit what you are interest today. Fill your stomach on your own. Stay overnight in Ha Noi. Please note: Different options of Day tour starting from Ha Noi are available upon guests’ request. Please contact us for further information.

Leisurely relax or go shopping until our tour guide come and take you to the international Noi Bai airport for your scheduled flight. Please note: Check-out time is 12.00 noon.