HANOI, HALONG BAY AND NORTH VIETNAM COUNTRYSIDE IN 8 DAYS

 Day 1 Hanoi

Meals: - / - / D

 

Pick-up by your English speaking guide at Hanoi Airport – Transfer by private a/c vehicle to your hotel – Arrival at your hotel – Check-in

 

Lunch at leisure and not included

 

Rest of the afternoon at leisure to discover the city by your own

 

Dinner in a trendy restaurant of the city (menu), including a one-way transfer

 

Accommodation in the hotel you select (see possibilities in the rates here below

 

 

Day 2 Hanoi

Meals: B / - / -

 

Breakfast served in your hotel

 

Morning:

Pick-up by your English speaking guide at the lobby of your hotel – Discovery of Hanoi highlights by a/c vehicle – Visit the Temple of literature, the one single pillar pagoda the house and mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh

 

Lunch at leisure and not included

 

Afternoon:

Resume the visit with the very rich Museum of Ethnology and the colorful Don Xuang market – Transfer back to your hotel by end of the day

 

Dinner at leisure and not included

 

Accommodation in the hotel you select (see possibilities in the rates here below

 

 

Day 3 Hanoi – Halong

Meals: B / L / D

 

Breakfast served in your hotel

 

Morning:

Pick-up by your English speaking driver at your hotel and transfer by private vehicle to Halong Bay – Arrival at Hong Gai, at the land installations of the cruise company you will travel with – Check-in, welcome procedure and transfer onboard the junk – Welcome drink and briefing about the program in both English and French

 

Lunch included and served onboard

 

Afternoon:

Navigation across the bay of Bai Tu Long – Stop for swimming and visit the Thien Canh Son cave – Relax on the island of Hon Co (swimming, kayak, …) Back onboard – The junk is being moored for the night

 

Dinner served onboard

 

Overnight on the junk of your choice (See rates here below)

 

 

Day 4 Halong Hanoï

Meals: B / L / -

 

Breakfast served onboard.

 

Morning:

Resume navigation across the bay – Visit the village of fishermen of Vung Vieng – Free time at leisure for relaxing or swimming – Navigation back to Hong Gai

 

Lunch served onboard

 

Afternoon: Disembark and transfer back to Hanoi, by a/c vehicle – Arrival in Hanoi – Drop-off at the at your hotel

 

Dinner at leisure and not included

 

Accommodation in the hotel you select (see possibilities in the rates here below

 

 

Day 5 Hanoï – Mai Chau

Meals: B / - / -

 

Breakfast served in your hotel

 

Pick-up by your English speaking driver at your hotel in downtown Hanoi – Private transfer by a/c vehicle to Mai Chau – Arrival at your hotel

 

Lunch at leisure and not included

 

Afternoon:

At leisure to enjoy the swimming pool of your hotel or undertake a first discovery around by bike

 

Dinner at leisure and not included

 

Accommodation at Mai Chau Ecolodge

 

 

 

Day 6 Mai Chau Ninh Binh

Meals: B / - / -

 

Breakfast served in your hotel

 

Morning:

Pick-up by your English speaking guide for a last discovery around by bike – Back to your hotel by end morning - Check-out

 

Lunch at leisure and not included

 

Afternoon:

Pick-up by your English speaking driver at your hotel – Private transfer by a/c vehicle to Ninh Binh – Arrival in Ninh Binh by end afternoon – Arrival at your hotel – Check-in

 

Dinner at leisure and not included

 

Accommodation in the hotel you select (see possibilities in the rates here below

 

Day 7 Ninh Binh

Meals: B / - / -

 

Breakfast served at your hotel.

 

Morning:

Discover the Hoa Lu site… This place was once the ancient capital of an eleven century dynasty… If remains of the period are almost inexistent, the pagodas standing there are however worth to be visited

 

Lunch at leisure and not included

 

Afternoon:

Boat short trip along the rice fields of Tam Coc – Back to your hotel by end of the day

 

Dinner at leisure and not included

 

Accommodation in the hotel you select (see possibilities in the rates here below

 

Day 8 Ninh Binh – Hanoï

Meals: B / - / -

 

Breakfast served at your hotel.

 

Morning:

Transfer to Bich Dong pagoda… It is possible to climb up this peak, up to the top, where one enjoys an amazing panoramic point of view over the whole region and Tam Coc rice fields

 

For those not willing to climb, a visit of the giant Bai Dinh Pagoda can be organized as alternative with entrance fee not included and payable on the spot.

 

Lunch at leisure and not included

 

Afternoon:

Private transfer by a/c vehicle to Hanoi with your vehicle, driver and guide – Arrival in Hanoi by mid-afternoon – Drop-off at the airport

 

We can add to this program a beach extension, a flight to any other destination or adapt it as you wish – Consult us

 

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