A Glimpse of the North Vietnam 5 days

17:30 Meet your tour guide on arrival at Hanoi international airport and transfer to the city center for hotel check-in. Hotel rooms may not be ready until 14:00 hrs but an early check-in would be guaranteed with a surcharge.

You will join in a walking foodie tour. We will take you to go inside the small lane and alleys inside the Hanoi Old Quarter and show you how real Hanoi ans live, work and eat.By far our most popular tour, this tour is great fun and perfect way to discover some of the lesser known dishes that the locals lover to eat. From Pho (Rice noodle soup), Banh Cuon (Steamed rice rolls), “Banh Mi” and end with unique Bia Hoi (fresh beer) which will round off our four courses perfectly. Local life, local stories; local food and local drink tasting. It’s the little things that make all the difference in your travel experience!

• Meals: NA
• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Activities: Pick up at Hanoi International airport and transfer to hotel check- in. In the late afternoon guide pick up at hotel for Walkie Foodie Tour around the Hanoi Old quarter to try some of locals’ favorite food

After breakfast at hotel, wait for guide and driver come to pick you up. Drive to Ninh Binh. After 2 hours, arrive at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, visit temples of King Dinh Bo Linh and King Le Hoan. Then our bus will transfer you from Hoa Lu to Tam Coc for lunch. After lunch, enjoy a boat trip to explore Tam Coc the so called “Halong Bay on land” to see the beauty of the karst formations as you pass along their base and row into one of the many caves carved through the limestone. Then, cycle for an hour on quiet roads through villages, rice fields, rivers and rocky outcrops in Tam Coc Dive back to Hanoi and drop off at your hotel.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Activities: Day trip to contemplate the picturesque beauty of Ninh Binh. Visit the Hoa Lu ancient capital, the famous ancient temples of Le and the Dinh Dynasties after that experience a boat ride exploring Tam Coc.

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, our tour guide will pick you up to visit Halong bay, Upon arrival at the pier, embark on the boat and set sail on a cruise through the limestone cliffs and emerald waters of Halong Bay, taking in the spectacular scenery of this UNESCO World Heritage site. Lunch is served on the cruise during floating on the bay In the afternoon you will start to discover Halong Bay, listed as a World Heritage of outstanding natural beauty, known in Vietnamese as “Dragon descending to the sea“. Depending on each cruise’s itinerary of the day, you may visit a beautiful cave, have some swimming at Titop Island or Soi Sim beach.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: overnight on private cabin on Cruise – Halong Bay
• Activities: Exploring Halong Bay with many islands, Islets Heritage in Vietnam- Skull island, Kayaking, Swimming.

Enjoy a new day with complimentary tea and coffee served. Have breakfast on board Visit a Pearl farm, see the real pearl products and understand process of pearl making in HaLong. Change onto a Day-boat going Lan Ha Bay. Visit Monkey Island with endangered wild monkeys. Stop at Viet Hai harbor. Enjoy 5km cycling ride through wonderful jungle to Viet Hai village. Short trek inside Cat Ba National Park. Do cycling 5 km back to the harbor again. Enjoy lunch on board in Lan Ha bay. Short trekking inside Cat Ba National Park then cycling to harbor for a bus drive to Cat Ba town stay in hotel in Cat Ba Island, the time for relaxing.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Hotel in Cat Ba
• Activities: Visiting Pearl farm, Lan Ha Bay the third Bay in Halong, Exploring Monkey Island with endangered monkeys, Enjoying cycling 5km through Viet Hai Village, relaxing in Cat Ba Island.

After breakfast check out hotel leave wonderful Island to get on boat to come back Halong bay Arrival Tuan Chau port, Having lunch on the boat before say good bye Halong bay. Get on the bus and return to Hanoi and transfer to the airport.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Accommodation: NA
• Activities: Transfer by boat from Cat Ba- Ha Long Bay, Lunch server on boat, Check out Tuan Chau port then return to Hanoi and drop off airport.

• Accommodation in TWN/ DBL sharing accommodation at hotel, Cruise, Hotel In Cat Ba Island
• Transport within Vietnam
• All in-tour stationed local English speaking guide.
• Entrance fees for Vietnam attractions, as per itinerary
• Meals as indicated in the program
• Vietnam visa Approval letter (single entry)

• Hotel EARLY check in & LATE check out
• Peak season surcharge & comulsory dinner at the hotel (if any)
• International flights to or from Vietnam with taxes
• Visa or Passport Fees
• Travel Insurance
• Tips, laundry and gratuities
• Meals not marked on itinerary, and water during meals.