Hanoi - Hoa Lu Ancient and Tam Coc - Halong Bay package tour 6days 5nights

Hanoi - Hoa Lu Ancient and Tam Coc - Halong Bay package tour 6days 5nights

If you have a very short stop in the North Vietnam, visit its most attractive nature world heritage - Halong Bay, then stroll around to enjoy the rural landscape and ancient relics of Ninh Binh.

Highlight trip

1. Get back to the past as you tour around the capital of Vietnam: drive through the French quarter, riding the cyclo on Hanoi Old Quarter's 36 streets and enjoy Vietnamese traditional music

2. Cruising around the World Heritage Halong Bay to see thousands of sculpted limestone and islands rise from the water like gigantic teeth of dragons

3. Boat ride to Tam Coc and visit to several temples in Ninh Binh

Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Hanoi

Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Meet your tour guide on arrival at Hanoi international airport and transfer to the city center for hotel check-in. Free your time day left.
- Meals: NA
- Accommodation: NA

Duration: 16 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Hanoi city full day visit the most of attraction (Group tour)

Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Hanoi city tour with group tour pick up from Hotel 8:00 -8:30 AM and depart from the hotel for a visit to Vietnam’s first university: the Temple of Literature. Founded in 1076, Quoc Tu Giam was established within a temple to educate Vietnam's royalty, mandarins and members of the elite.

Continue with a visit to the iconic One Pillar Pagoda, one of Vietnam’s most iconic temples. Nearby is the mausoleum of the historic father figure of modern Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, and his modest house on stilts.

Visit the picturesque West Lake and its sixth century Tran Quoc Buddhist Pagoda.Tran Quoc Pagoda is regarded as the most ancient pagoda in Hanoi with its history line of more than 1,500 years.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch on tour . Note: Dinner : NA
- Note: Dinner : NA
- Accommodation: NA

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Full day visit Hoa Lu ancient and Tam Coc boat trip (small group tour)

Stop At: Tam Coc, Ninh Binh 430000 Vietnam
Pick up at your hotel at 8:00 AM and just a couple hours’ drive outside of Hanoi and the tour heads deep into Vietnam’s picturesque countryside. Discover Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam during the Dinh and Le dynasties, before taking a sampan trip down the Tam Coc River. Also called the ‘Halong Bay on Land,’ this region is famous for its charming grottoes and limestone karst mountains.

Depart from the hotel around 08:00 for the 2-hour drive through rural northern Vietnam. Stop off at Hoa Lu, where there are temples dedicated to Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang of the Dinh Dynasty (968-80) and Emperor Le Dai Hanh of the Le Dynasty (980-1009).

If time permits after visiting Hoa Lu, take a half-hour walk up one of the surrounding limestone karst hills; a difficult but highly rewarding climb with spectacular views. (A moderate level of physical fitness is required.)

Continue on for Tam Coc Town where a Vietnamese-style lunch will be waiting; there will be ample opportunity to stop for photographs of the villages and landscapes along the way.

Dive back to Hanoi and drop off at your hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch . Note: Dinner : NA
- Accommodation: NA

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Hanoi - Halong Bay and overnight on cruise

Stop At: Halong Bay Vietnam
Halong Bay is listed by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage and voted as a Wonder of Nature by the New7Wonders Foundation. You will have a night staying in this world famous bay.

After breakfast in Hanoi, depart the capital for the 3hr 30mins drive to Halong Bay. Arrive to Halong City’s jetty (around noon) and proceed with check-in formalities. After a welcome onboard, lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay. In the afternoon, enjoy some sightseeing, on-board activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary) or just spend some time relaxing on the vessel. Towards the end of the day the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations. Dinner is served on board.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Accommodation: Overnight on cruise in Halong Bay

Duration: 20 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight on cruise in Halong Bay

Day 5: Halong Bay activities – Hanoi old quarter

Stop At: Halong Bay Vietnam
Early risers can enjoy a memorable sunrise over the karst formations of Halong Bay. Breakfast will be served shortly thereafter.

Enjoy breakfast (brunch on some boats) while the vessels cruises slowly through the magnificent rock formations back towards port. Upon disembarkation, our driver will be waiting to provide transport to Hanoi.

Around 16:30 arrive in Hanoi. Drop off at hotel (owned arrangement). End of Halong bay tour.
- Meals: Breakfast, Brunch . Note: Dinner : NA
- Accommodation: NA

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Hanoi departure

Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Have breakfast at hotel. Free time to make some shopping or relax at hotel before your departure to new destination. (Check-out time is at 12:00)

Our dirver pick up at your hotel for transfer to Noi Bai airport and end of services. Hope to see you again in the future!
- Meals: Breakfast
- Accommodation: NA
- Transfer to airport is not included

Duration: 18 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.