Ha Noi – Ha Long On Cruise – Ninh Binh

Day Wise Description

DAY 1 = HA NOI ARRIVAL + CITY TOUR (- /LUNCH /- )

Guide and driver pick up at Noi Bai International Airport and transfer to city tour with visit Ho Chi Minh complex including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, an important place of pilgrimage for Vietnamese, Ho Chi Minh's House on Stilts, built in the style of Vietnam's ethnic minorities, surrounded by verdant and peaceful gardens, visit One Pillar Pagoda, built in the 11th century, of wood on a single stone pillar resembling a lotus blossom, symbol of purity, rising out of a sea of sorrow.

Note: Ho Chi Minh mausoleum close every Monday morning and Friday morning. Continue, we will visit the Temple of Literature is the first national university in Vietnam. Overnight in Ha Noi.

DAY 2 = HA NOI + HA LONG BAY (BREAKFAST /LUNCH /DINNER)

Breakfast at restaurant in hotel.
08:30 Pick up at hotel and transfer to Ha Long city. Enjoy an interesting 3.5 hour drive to Ha Long City, visitors will see the rich farmlands, water buffalo and people at work.

12:00 Arrive in Ha Long wharf at noon. Take a boat trip to visit Ha Long Bay- a world heritage site. Great photo opportunities of shaped islands like Dog island, Incense Burner island, Fighting Cock island and so on. Visiting Sung Sot cave (the Surprise cave – famous for its stalagmites and stalactites).

Enjoy sunset. After dinner, relax, drinking or fishing at your pleasure before spending a night on board. Overnight on cruise

DAY 3 = HA LONG BAY + HA NOI CITY TOUR + SHOPPING (BREAKFAST /LUNCH /DINNER)

Morning: Enjoy morning with cake, tea or coffee. More cruising toward ilets of Man’s head, Tortoise and visit Hidden cave by a small bamboo row-boat or do kayaking on the bay. Cruising through Bai Tu Long Bay and heading back to Ha Long pier. Check out. Have buffet brunch or lunch. Return to the wharf at noon. Pick up then transfer to Ha Noi.15:00 Arrive in Ha Noi. Take a city tour to visit Saint Joseph Cathedral Ha Noi, Ha Noi Opera House, Hoan Kiem lake and go shopping at the historic Old Quarter of Hanoi with 36 streets named after the goods once sold and Dong Xuan Market

19:00 Having dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Ha Noi.

DAY 4 = HANOI + BAI DINH PAGODA + TRANG AN + HA NOI (BREAKFAST /LUNCH /DINNER)

Breakfast at restaurant in hotel.
08:00 Pick up at hotel and transfer to Ninh Binh to visit Bai Dinh pagoda and Trang An eco – tourism attraction, enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas on the way.
9h30 Arrive in Ninh Binh, visit Bai Dinh Pagoda - the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight.

12h00 Have lunch at local restaurant

13:00 Depart to visit Trang An Eco-Tourism attraction, there is beautiful scenery landscape, you will boarding a small boat to visit Trang An, you will see majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious yet inviting caves, as well as countryside sights, like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields. Take a boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness. You will be amazed by neglected area while having boat trip through cave chain to do experience mysterious views of the so-called “Ha Long Bay in land”.

16h00 Transfer back to Ha Noi.
18h30 Arrive in Ha Noi. Have dinner at local restaurant.
Overnight in Ha Noi.

DAY5 = HA NOI DEPARTURE (BREAKFAST)

Breakfast at restaurant in hotel.
Transfer to Noi Bai Intrernational Airport for flight to back home. End of tour.