DAY 1: Arrival HANOI
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| Hanoi City |
Meet at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi. Check in hotel. Light lunch with Pho, one of the most famous Vietnamese traditional cuisines - Vietnam Noodle Soup. In the afternoon, visit Hoan Kiem Lake in the city of Hanoi both in spirit and in geographical location, Ngoc Son Temple reached by the bright red Sunbeam Bridge. Cyclo tour about 2 hours to visit Old Quarter with more colorful streets and Dong Xuan Market, Hanoi’s oldest and newest and biggest – it’s both a thousang years old and brand-new. Dinner at traditional local restaurant. In the evening enjoy Water- Puppet Show, one of the top attractions, exuberant and magical art form. Night in Hanoi, enjoy a stroll through Hanoi’s happily chaotic Old Quarter…Overnight in Hanoi. (L/D)
DAY 2: HANOI – HALONG BAY
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| Halong Bay |
Breafast at hotel. Visit heart-area of Hanoi with HoChiMinh Mausoleum, HoChiMinh’s House on Stilts, HoChiMinh Museum (or Ethnic Museum), Presidential Palace, Van Mieu - Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s oldest institution of higher education, dating from the 11th century, One Pillar Pagoda – was constructed in the 11th entury after a vision by Emperor Ly Thai Tong in a dream seeing Bohisattva Quan Am on a lotus, handing him a young boy….. In the afternoon, drive to Halong Bay “Bay of Descending Dragon”, 180km or 3,5 hours for driving to the North-East of Hanoi, one of the UNESCO World Heritage site. Check in hotel. Dinner and visit Tuan Chau Island - one of the most beautiful islands with many of entertainment art forms. Overnight in Halong. (B/L/D)
DAY 3: HALONG BAY – NINH BINH
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| Ninh Binh |
Breakfast at the hotel. Boat trip on the Bay around 5 hours to visit typical islands and caves. Enjoy the landscape of the immense bay with 5,000 islets: Dau Do, Trinh Nu, Thien Cung, Hon Ga Choi, ….. Bathing at a beach of Titop Islet. Sea-food lunch on the boat. Drive to Ninh Binh, a small town 100km or 2.5 hours to the south of Hanoi with famous Phat Diem Cathedral. The road leads you through the immense field of the Red River Delta. Dinner at Ninh Binh Town. Overnight in Ninh Binh. (B/L/D)
DAY 4: NINH BINH – CUC PHUONG NATIONAL PARK
Get by boat to go through a small canal or the rice-field to visit Tam Coc Caves that is known as Halong Bay on land. Visit Phat Diem Cathedral found in 1891, the center of Catholism in north Vietnam, the stone structure is built in unique Sino-Vietnamese style with a pagoda – like belfry. Drive to Cuc Phuong National Park, covers 25,000 hectares with six Muong villages in the park, contains plenty of attractions for botanists and numerous limestons caves. Lunch in the Park. Drive back to Hanoi. Dinner and enjoy traditional music at local restaurant. Overnight Hanoi. (B/L/D)
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| Hoalu - Ninh Binh |
DAY 5: HANOI – DEPARTURE
Breakfast. Free for your shopping until meet your guide and transfer to Noi Bai airport for flight departure. “Home sweet home”. (B)