7.00 am: Pick up at the Halong City hotel/Cruise ship harbor with our local tour guide and driver, start the trip to visit Halong Bay.

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.

11.30 am: Back to the shore, Our driver will take you to Hanoi. Upon our arrival to this beautiful city, our local guide greets and meets. We will visit Temple of Literature - the holy place which also known as Vietnam First university. The visit to the Center Hoan Kiem Lake with a nice stop at a special Vietnamese rural art: Water Puppet performance!

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".

NOTE: This walking food tour activity can be replaced by a dinner in one of the best local restaurant in Hanoi if customers are not fond of walking tour.

21. 00: Finish the tour at your hotel in Hanoi. Overnight at the hotel.

7.15 am: After breakfast at the hotel, we will start to drive to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Closed on Monday, Friday and 2 months of September & October). Visit Ba Dinh Square and guide's goodbye. Start to drive to Halong City.

11.30 am: Finish the trip at Halong harbor. End of the services!

-Required Group information needed following VTT's Regulations 

 What to bring: Cameras, sun block, sunglasses...

Dress code: We will visit some pagoda and temples in this tour.

Meals: Vietnamese local food. Please kindly inform us if you have a special diet. If you donot like the Local Food Tour, we would replace dinner with the High class restaurant in Hanoi.

Tour Customization: Yes, please inform us your CRUISE Embarkation and Disembarkation time & your interest, we will customize the tour according to request!

Tour Start: Daily.

Tour Attention: Please kindly notice that the rate can be added up from 5% to 25% for the Holidays in Vietnam