Welcome to Hanoi. Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
Upon arrival at the airport, you will be transferred to the hotel to check in, then relax after a long flight.
Early check-in with breakfast at hotel is optional.
Then, visit the Temple of Literature built in 1070 and regarded as the First University in Vietnam, the Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple and take the Cyclo tour at the Old Quarter to experience the exciting local daily life of Hanoians, shopping free around The Old Quarter that have stock of trendy to basic clothing and thousands of small craft and boutique shops offering variety of Vietnamese handicraft products.
End of half day city tour with Train Street (you will pay yourself for drink and coffee).
The trip starts from your hotel lobby for Ninh Binh province, which owns Hoa Lu and Tam Coc as the most favorite sightseeing of tourists from all over the world.
Upon arrival Ninh Binh, you will arrive at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital. In 968, Dinh Bo Linh declared himself as the King. Since then, Hoa Lu existed as the capital for the next 41 years (968 – 1009). The visit offers a chance to know more about part of feudal dynasties and historical periods in Vietnamese history.
In the afternoon, 5 minute-walk to the boat station and start the 2 hour-boat trip to visit Tam Coc. Known as “Halong Bay on land”, Tam Coc are three limestone caves stretching along Ngo Dong River. The boat trip is a nice journey along the river with peaceful scenery of Limestone Mountains, rice paddy and the site of some temples along the way from Hang Ca (first cave) to Hang Hai (second cave) and Hang Ba (third cave).
After having breakfast, the driver of the cruise team will wait for you and then transfer you to Halong Bay. Then you will proceed to Halong Bay the World Heritage as designated by UNESCO in 1994.Upon arrival in Halong, you will take a boat to discover the magnificent beauty of this “Descending-dragon” bay, created by thousands odd-shaped limestone rocks and small island grottoes.
After a lunch of fresh seafood on board, we can visit the Surprising Grotto, stop for swimming or kayaking, passing floating villages and approach small island to enjoy their beauty. Back to the boat for dinner. Evening attend activities on the boat or relax at your own leisure.
Overnight on board.
You should wake up early to enjoy the dawn on the sea in the early morning. The Vietnamese call the "East Sea" by a point-oriented name "Eastern Sea", so you may guess how miraculous seeing the sunrise over the islets of the Bay.
After breakfast our boat will continue to cruise in marvelous areas, where almost each islet has its own name, adopting its shape or reminiscent like Sail Island, Fisherman’s head rock, Butterfly rock or Turtle islet etc. Check out your room and have brunch on board while the cruise is coming back to the pier. Disembark from the cruise.
Transfer back to Hanoi and have free time to explore Ha Noi, especially go shopping at some famous place such as Trang Tien Plaza, Vincom Ba Trieu, Dong Xuan Market, … Stay overnight in Ha Noi.
You should wake up early to enjoy the dawn on the sea in the early morning. The Vietnamese call the "East Sea" by a point-oriented name "Eastern Sea", so you may guess how miraculous seeing the sunrise over the islets of the Bay.
After breakfast our boat will continue to cruise in marvelous areas, where almost each islet has its own name, adopting its shape or reminiscent like Sail Island, Fisherman’s head rock, Butterfly rock or Turtle islet etc. Check out your room and have brunch on board while the cruise is coming back to the pier. Disembark from the cruise.
Transfer back to Hanoi and after a short relaxation, you will transfer to the airport for flight back home.
End of the trip in Vietnam with VE VIET TRAVEL JSC. Thank you for being with us.