Day 1: Hanoi arrival
Arrival Hanoi, our guide and driver will pick you up at airport then transfer to hotel for leisure, overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B,L)
Breakfast at hotel.
Depart at 8:30 from hotel. We will begin our day visiting Ho Chi Minh complex, learning about his great life at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar pagoda, Presidential Palace, and his residential place. Next stop is the nearby Temple of Literature, the site of Vietnam's first University, built in 11th century, to teach the royals the Confucian theory. Here we will also have a chance to see a traditional music performance. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.
Afternoon, choose one from the numerous museums or temples around Hanoi (Museum of Ethnology, Women's Museum, History Museum or Quan Thanh Temple). A late afternoon walk around Hoan Kiem lake and Hanoi's fascinating Old Quarter for some great fun, shopping and street side traditional food. This is your chance to be part of typical Hanoian style and its traditional Vietnamese culture. We finish our relaxing but informative day by attending a Water Puppet Show, a unique and famous traditional performance.
Notes
▪ HCM Mausoleum is close on Monday & Friday weekly, you can choose to visit another site instead
▪ All museums are closed on Monday and Friday, but Ethnology museum is open on Friday,
▪ No short or informal wear is allowed into the Mausoleum
Day 3: Hanoi – Thien Ha Cave in Ninh Binh (B,L)
Breakfast at hotel then we transfer you to Ninh Binh province which is famous with Trang An, Kenh Ga , Tam Coc Cave is considered as Halong Bay on land. But today we will visit Thien Ha Cave
Exploited since October 2010, Thien Ha grotto in Son Ha commune, Nho Quan district, Ninh Binh province has contributed to the tourism map’s variety and attracted many tourists in Vietnam travel coming there to admire its natural beauty.
Arrive Son Ha commune, you will take bicycle to visit the sightseeing around the commune, talk with local people. Lunch with special local food.
Afternoon, we will take boat to Thien Ha cave. There are also many stalactites under different shapes, which need to be named. In the peaceful space, you would feel the sound of the oar striking clearly, the sound of water drop and thousands of bats inside the grotto.
Visiting to the water grotto, you would float on the underneath river which is name Galaxy which appears with curling line under thousands of sparkling stalactites which suddenly on the right above curl of the cave ceiling. There are also many stalactites under various shapes, which need to be named. In the peaceful place, visitors would feel the sound of the oar striking clearly, the sound of water drop and thousands of bats inside the grotto. Overnight at homestay
Day 4: Cuc Phuong - Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong (B,L,D)
After breakfast we transfer to Cuc Phuong National Park.
09.00 a.m: Arrive Park; visit Turtle Conservation Center, the Endangered Primate Rescue Center - one of the highlights of a visit to Cuc Phuong, where you can observe some of the rarest primate species in the world. The primate center houses specimens of langurs, loris, and gibbon species, include the critically endangered Delacour's Langur, Golden-headed Langur, Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur and Black Crested Gibbon. The primate center was established in 1993 with the help of the Frankfurt Zoological Society and has grown to 100 animals in 30 cages, 4 houses, and two semi-wild enclosures.
12.00: Have lunch in a local restaurant at park headquarter.
1.00 p.m: In the afternoon, visit the Cave of Prehistoric Man, where human skeletons and stone tools dated to some 7.500 years old have been found. After leaving the cave, the car will bring you to the park center where you will begin hiking a 7km loop trail to see the 1000 year old tree. On this trail you will have a chance to discover the secrets of nature.
2.00 p.m: We transfer to Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong, you have time to relax and overnight at homestay.
Day 5: Mon – Khay – Mu - Khuong (B, L, D) – Homestay
After breakfast, you start the second trekking day. You will follow village road from Mon village to Khay village. From Khay village, you continue trekking to Mu village. This is a hard trekking route, sometimes you will climb up to the hillside where you can capture nice pictures of peaceful villages nestling under canopy of green trees. Today you will enjoy an unforgettable picnic lunch.
Arrive at Mu village, you will spend time visiting the stream providing rice paddy fields of Mu village with water year-around as well as beautiful traditional stilt houses under the shadow of palm leaves, an old water-power rice mortar and stunning Mu waterfall. Say goodbye Mu village, you will walk on another short trail to Khuong village and stay overnight in Mu Stream homestay, located next to Mu stream. After dinner, you take a chance to enjoy traditional music performance of Muong people and tasty “Can” wine and stay overnight in a nice homestay in this village
Day 6: Khuong – Sat – Thuong Farming (B, L, D)
Today, let’s be a hard-working farmer! You can join farming work in paddy field with local people in Khuong village. You can turn over the soil, remove grass…with your own hands. It’s certain that you will have memorable experiences! (optional, you are free to stroll around Khuong and Sat Thuong village whole day instead)
After a hard working morning, you can immerse in cool and clean water in Mu stream, and then enjoy delicious lunch in homestay. In the afternoon, you stroll around Khuong and Sat Thuong village. From the top of the hill, you will see the picturesque village lying at your feet, you may lie on the grass, close your eyes to listen to birdsong. After a fine trekking day, you come back Mu Stream homestay to enjoy dinner and take a rest.
Data:
1.5 – 2 hour walking, easy trek, some parts of the trek are in stream and can be slippery.
Day 7: Hoa Binh – Hanoi (B,L)
You wake up early in the sound of nature. After breakfast, you start trekking on a trail running through villages and rice terraces to Chieng village. Lunch is served there in Mountain Flower Homestay. And then you have a car transfer back to Hanoi.
Data:
Khuong village – Chieng village: easy trek, 2 – 2.5 hour walking;
NSNL - Hanoi: 3 – 3.5 hour driving.
Day 8: Hanoi – Halong – Overnight on Boat (B,L,D)
08h00 – 08h30: Indochina Best Travel's Team will pick-up at hotel and start the scenic, 3.5 hour drive to Halong Bay. Enjoy the landscape of the Red River Delta country side and have a short break on the way.
12h00 – 12h30: Embark on V’Spirit Classic Cruise followed by a short cruise briefing
13h00 – 15h30: Savor a delectable lunch as V’Spirit Classic Cruises among the limestone islands…
15h30 – 16h30: Kayak among the hidden areas of the bay, around the Luon Cave area.
16h30: Back to the V’Spirit Classic Cruise
16h30 – 17h30: Cruise to Soi Sim island. Go swimming and relaxing at the beach of Soi Sim or climp up to the top of the island for a panorama view of Halong Bay
17h30: Return to the main boat for a shower. Relax or snap photos as the sun starts to set
19h00: Dinner is served. Socialize with other guests, fish for squid, or just laze around
Overnight on board.
Day 9: Halong – Hanoi (B,L,D)
06h30 – 07h00: Start your day with Tai Chi exercises or a photo hunt
07h30 – 08h30: Have breakfast at sunrise.
08h30 – 09h30: Explore the amazing Sung Sot Cave – the nicest cave in Halong Bay.
09h30: Return to the boat. Freshen up and check out of your cabin.
09h30 – 10h30: Continue your cruise exploring the Bay, passing Ba Hang fishing village, Dog Islet and more…
10h30 – 11h30: While heading back to the habor, watch the cooking demonstration before enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch.
12h00: Disembark V’Spirit Classic Cruise
12h30 : Transfer back to your hotel in Hanoi city center.
16h30 – 17h00: Trip finishes. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Day 10: Hanoi at leisure (B)
Free at leisure for shopping and relax, overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Day 11: Hanoi departure (B)
Free at leisure until transfer to airport for flight departure. End of services
Inclusion
Welcome Drinks
Cruise Itinerary and Program
Entrance and Sightseeing Fees
English-speaking Tour Guide
Deluxe Cabins and A/C and en-suite Bathrooms
Vietnamese and International Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Kayaking
Taxes and Service Charges
Transportation
Exclusion
International flight
Visa on arrival to Vietnam
Airfares, Car Transfers
Beverages, Tips and Personal Expenses
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