Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Halong Bay

Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, our driver will meet you at the airport and transfer to your hotel in city center.
In the afternoon, you’ll join food tour and discover every corners of the Hanoi Old Quarter. You’ll enjoy amazing local food including:
Banh Cuon: Vietnamese steamed rice rolls/ Bun Cha: rice noodles with barbecue pork/ Egg – coffee: a Vietnamese drink traditionally prepared with egg yolks, sugar, condensed milk and robusta coffee
Finnally, we are heading to Ta Hien street. It’s known as “ beer corner of the Hanoi Old Quarter”. Our guide’ll take you back your hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi.

After breakfast, our tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby. We will visit Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh Complex which includes the Presidential Palace, House-on-Stilts, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and One Pillar pagoda. We will visit the Temple of Literature that was originally the site of Vietnam’s first University dating back to 1070. The temple highlights the importance of Vietnamese society for education.
After lunch, we continue our trip to visit Ngoc Son temple and Hoan Kiem lake. The temple is reached by crossing the The Huc Bridge which literally means the ‘Place Touched by Morning Sunbeams’. After that, we take 45 minutes Cyclo tour through the Old Quarter and known as the 36 streets. This bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. It’s a great place to explore on foot with numerous photo opportunities.
Before back to your hotel, we will enjoy the Water puppet show, a tradictional performance of Vietnamese.
Overnight in Hanoi.

After your breakfast, we’ll head to Ninh Binh – known as the first capital of Vietnam during 10th century. The first visit will be Hoa Lu ancient capital, the picturesque site of ancient Vietnamese Kingdom called Dai Co Viet (968-1009). You will visit to the 2 promient temples called King Dinh temple & King Le temple. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we take the amazing boat trip to visit Trang An eco- tourism complex 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 grottos 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.
Overnight in Ninh Binh.

After your breakfast, we leave Ninh Binh for Halong Bay in 3 hours drive. Ha Long Bay is known as the most famous World Heritage site in Vietnam for its beautiful seascape, thousands of spectacular islands and islets jutting out from the sea, amazing caves with marvelous stalagmites and stalactites in different sizes and shapes.
Upon arrival, you'll be welcomed on board. Lunch will be served while the boat is sailing to Halong Bay. In the afternoon, we’ll join some activities: sightseeing, kayaking, swimming, visit cave...(depending on each cruise’s itinerary).
Overnight on the cruise.

Enjoy the morning view of the beautiful landscape with a cup of coffee or tea then have breakfast. After breakfast, the cruise will bring you on a trip to explore deeper inside the bay. The brunch will be served on the way sailing back to the port and our driver will pick you up and transfer to Noi Bai International Airport. Our tour-guide & driver say goodbye to you!