HANOI – NINH BINH – HALONG BAY 4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS

On arrival, ViTravel’s guide and driver will welcome you then transfer you to the hotel in the city center to drop your bags and enjoy your breakfast.
8.30AM: We will travel to Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh province. Along the way, we may take some stop-over for photo and refreshment while enjoying rural stunning scenery on the way. Arrive in Hoa Lu which is the former capital of Vietnam (968 – 1009) under Dinh and Le dynasties. Visit Dinh temple, Le temple and surroundings.

Have lunch at local Indian restaurant.

After lunch, take the amazing boat trip to visit Trang An grottoes which is a gathering of 31 valleys, 50 cross-water caves, and home to 600 kinds of flora and over 200 kinds of fauna, many of them in the Red Book of Vietnam. While rowing through Trang An grotto in the quiet, fresh air of the highlands, with only the sound of birds and the oars stirring the clear water and surrounded by magnificent forested mountains upon which graze white goats, visitors enjoy a heaven on earth.

17:00: Leave Trang An boat and drive back to Hanoi. Dinner is served at a local Indian restaurant.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

06:30: Welcome a new day with amazing dawn on the Legendary Gulf of Tonkin. Refresh your body & soul by a Tai-chi lesson on sundeck.

07:00 – 08:00: Catch morning view of seascapes with a cup of tea or coffee, have breakfast while charming the labyrinth of Karst.

8:00 – 9:00: Join a guided to explore hidden parts of the bay, Luon cave. You share a sampan with other tourists with a local rower or taking a kayak on your own.

09:00: Return to the Cruise for shower.

09:30: Check out your room. Starlight Cruise weighs the anchor to continue to roam the picturesque route toward Bai Chay bridge for photos.
10:50: Have brunch.

11:30 – 11:45: Disembark. Our guides and drivers await for you then drive you back to Hanoi. Free at own leisure.
19:00: Let’s join a Gala dinner at an Idian restaurant with DJ, DANCERS, FREEFLOW OF DRINKS (2 HOURS).

21:00: Get back to your hotel for relaxing.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Meal: Breakfast, Brunch, Gala Dinner

Enjoy your breakfast then check out your hotel.

09:00: ViTravel’s guide and driver will pick you then drive to Quang Phu Cau incense village = about 35km away from Hanoi center. Once here you will have a chance to captivate its unique scenery and vibrant ambiance, showcasing the bustling life of its residents deeply rooted in traditional craft.

Upon arrival, you are immediately struck by the sight of incense bundles strewn along pathways, temple courtyards, and vacant plots of land.

Break for lunch at a local restaurant.
Today, we will visit the outside of the Presidential Palace and Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum then stroll through the garden to the Ho Chi Minh Stilt House where Ho Chi Minh lived from 1958 until he passed away in 1969. Continue to the special architecture 11th century One Pillar Pagoda which was rebuilt after being destroyed by the French in 1954.
Thirdly, visit the Museum of Ethnology (Hoa Lo Prison if you visit on Monday) – one of the 25 most attractive museums in Asia. The museum was opened in 1997 to preserve and introduce most of the richest culture, traditions of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam. It is a place which is combined with a very green and tranquil garden behind where you can see and learn more about some of very popular architectures as King people’s traditional house, Ede tribe’s longhouse, Bana tribe’s communal house, Stilt house of Tay tribe…
Dinner is served at a local Indian restaurant.
After dinner, let’s drive back to Noi Bai airport to catch your flight home. Trip ends.
Accommodation: N/A
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner