COSTS ($US): For private tour and group tour for Ha Long Bay with twin/double sharing room

Day 1:
Arrival Hanoi Vietnam
Our English-speaking guide will meet and welcome you at Noi Bai international airport. Transfer you to Hanoi downtown for check in. Check in time is 14:00 PM. The rest of day is free time at leisure. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Inclusion : Transfer, guide, water, hotel.

Day 2:
Hanoi, visit the hidden heritage and cyclo to see The Old Quarter
Depart at 8:00 AM. from your hotel by van. We begin our day by visiting Uncle Ho at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and residential grounds learning about his great life. Next stop is the nearby Temple of Literature, the site of Vietnam ́s first University. In the afternoon, choose from one of the numerous museums or temples around Hanoi (Museum of Ethnology, Women ́s Museum, History Museum or Quan Thanh Temple). We then take a cyclo trip around Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi ́s fascinating Old Quarter. This is your chance to be in the midst of typical Hanoi an life and Vietnamese culture. We can help you to get back to your hotel if you wish, but often our guests would rather just spend the evening enjoying a drink with a view of the city. Tour finishes at about 4:30 PM. Dinner on your own. Overnight in Ha Noi. Inclusion : Transfer, guide, entrance fee, Vietnam cyclo ride, breakfast, hotel.

Day 3:
Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Tam Coc – Hoa Lu – Hanoi
Depart from your hotel at 8:00 AM. and transfer 100 km (2.5 hours) to Ninh Binh. Relax on a local rowboat trip as soon as we arrive to Tam Coc. Meander within the karst landscape and float through some local caves. A short transfer to Hoa Lu, Vietnam’s 9th century ancient capital, for some cultural sightseeing and storytelling of past kings. Return to Hanoi around 6:00 PM. Inclusion : Transfer, guide, entrance fees, breakfast, local rowboat trip, hotel.

Day 4:
Hanoi – Ha Long, welcome on the boat (SIC)
Departure for Ha Long Bay is around 8:00 AM. in a shared van (about 4 hours) from your hotel. Arrive at the port around noon. Welcomed on board, you are taken to your cabin before the trip briefing. You enjoy a fresh and local seafood lunch while cruising to explore the magic Bai Tu Long Bay. Stop for a swim and visit the mysterious cave. Relax at our secluded island-beach. Later you return back to the boat just in time to watch the beautiful sunset from the top deck before enjoying the bay’s freshest seafood dinner. Overnight on the cruise. Inclusion : Transfer, guide on boat, entrance fee, boat / junk, all meals, permits.

Day 5:
Explore Bai Tu Long Bay – Hanoi
Early risers can enjoy the sunrise and the quiet breath-taking beauty of Bay’s landscape with towering limestone. You have breakfast at around 8:00 AM. before our short rowboat by the locals of the bay. Have brunch on the boat as we slowly cruise back to boat pier. Hit the road back to Ha Noi and transfer to Noi Bai airport to fly to Da Nang. Overnight at your hotel.

Day 6:
Ba Na hill – Golden Bridge full day
Have breakfast at your hotel. 8:00AM. Transfer to Ba Na hills (35km from Danang center) and get on the Sunwards Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station. Stop at By Night station to visit Voong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung Pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nghinh Phongtop, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden… Experience hill climbing train (first and uniquefunicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debary Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda. Enjoy a walk across the famous Golden Bridge and admire the panoramic view over the area of mountain and lush trees. Have lunch by your own choices. After lunch, free for joining games in Fantasy Park – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with a series of interesting games: 4 – 5D film, skiver, the death race, dinosaur park… Overnight in Danang Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, cable car ticket, breakfast, hotel.

Day 7:
Da Nang Free day
Have a breakfast at your hotel. Free day for leisure.
Inclusion : Breakfast, hotel.

Day 8:
Da Nang – Flight to Ho Chi Minh – City tour half day
In the afternoon see the real HCM City through the eyes of a local. Visit the bustling Cho Lon market and a hidden Chinese pagoda, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office, and City Hall. We drop you off at your hotel around 5:30 PM.
Inclusion : Transfer, guide, entrance fee, water, breakfast, hotel.

Day 9:
HCM departure
Get started at 8:30 AM. from your hotel venturing out to the Cu Chi countryside. See what life was like for the guerrilla warriors who lived and fought underground during the war. Crawl through 50 m of the 200 km tunnel system below. This morning you also pay a visit to a rice paper workshop. Depending on your flight you may have some more time for shopping. Then we transfer you without guide to the airport for your flight home. Goodbye, and hope to see you again soon!
Inclusion : Transfer, guide, breakfast.
COSTS ($US): For private tour and group tour for Ha Long Bay with twin/double sharing room
