1.30: Pick up at the Halong City Cruise ship harbor with our local tour guide and driver, start the trip to Hanoi
5.15 PM: Arrival to this beautiful city, check in Hanoi hotel.
6.00 pm: Start the special local Hanoi Food Taste Tour. The main stops are at the most Only-One-Dish-famous shops or restaurants owned by families who have been making certain famous traditional dishes in Hanoi for years. These famous dishes of Hanoi culinary experience will come one after the other during the walking tour in this Hanoi National Heritage area. The experience will not only bring you the real local Hanoi dishes but also the special way of enjoying it as a part of the daily culinary life in Hanoi!The journey will bring you down to the local market to learn about Vietnamese cooking and eating habits. This industrialized haste and busy life creates a lot of fast foods. Hanoians are lucky to be able to eat delicious home-cooked meals in a busy city at any time!The walking takes you down to some smaller walkways and alleys which you would not normally enter. It is time we find "A City Inside A City".
21. 00: Finish the tour at your hotel in Hanoi. Overnight at the hotel.
ACC: Hanoi Sofitel Metropole Hotel 5* Premium Room (Opera Wings)
7.45 a.m: After breakfast at the hotel, we will start to drive to visit the main tourist attraction in town. Visit Hoan Kiem lake and Ngoc Son temple. Get on the Roof Top Cafe of Lotte for nice view of the city (Drink on your own charge). visit Hoa Lo Prision and drive to Halong city.
13.30 am: Arrive at Tuan Chau boat harbor, get on the small boat to discover the bay for 5 hours. The stunning view of the closest core part of the heritage is here with the beautiful cave of Thien Cung where you can see the the beautiful stalagmites and stalactites growing, listening to the legends of the bay. The boat cruise will continue to visit Ba Hang fishing village and here you can witness some of the unique fishes and oysters of the bay. Our Dog island, Incense Burner Rock and the Kissing rocks are on the way. Lunch on the cruise with variety of sea food and presentation of Vietnamese food.
17.30: Finish the boat trip and get private transfer to get back to Halong city cruise harbor. End of the trip at your cruise foot!