Driver & guide pick up at the airport with your flight. We will take 45 minutes to drive to the main attractions in Hanoi. Enjoy the special Vietnamese lunch at one of the best local Vietnamese food restaurant in Hanoi.

After lunch, The first destination we are going to visit Ho Chi Minh historical Complex; visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his residence relics 50 years ago to understand why Vietnamese people worship him and the human beings respect him: the nationalist! The journey would bring you to the One Pillar pagoda - the unique 1000 years old pagoda in the area. The visit will continue to the Temple of Literature, which is known the place worshiping Confuses and as the first university in our country 1000 years ago. Check in Hanoi hotel.

15.30: Visit Ngoc Son (Jade) temple & Restored Sword Lake. 

16.00: Have a water puppet show in Thang Long water puppet theater. Free for a walk around to do shopping in Hang Gai Street, Hang Dau Street.

6.00 PM: Start to visit the city Old Quarter and a have the invited PRIVATE 

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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.

ACC:  Golden Cyclo Hotel  (4*) Executive Double room 

7.45 to 8.30 AM: Shuttle bus goes around to pick up tourists staying in the hotels inside the Old Quarter. Starting the drive of more than 3 hours to come to see on of the world heritages and also known as a New 7 wonders of the new world. We can stop on the way to take photos of local rural life on the way.

12.00: Check-in the boat on the harbor of Halong city. Start the journey to visit the bay in 4 hours. Our cruise will go around 4 kms from shore to Ba Hang island area - the core zone of the 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 in colored lights making wonderful stories and legends. Enjoy the Vietnamese lunch. 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. Optional kayaking or bamboo boat trip (expense to customers). Visit Dog island, Incense Burner Rock and the Kissing rocks.

16.30: Back to Halong city and finish the boat trip

20.00: Back to your hotel in Hanoi, end the trip.

ACC:  Golden Cyclo Hotel (4*) Executive Double room 

08:00 - 08:30 AM: Shuttle bus goes around to pick up tourists staying in the hotels inside the Old Quarter. Starting drive to Ninh Binh Province

10:30 Arriving at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital. Visit King Dinh and King Le’s temples - the 2 temples dedicating to 2 kings of Vietnam.

12:00 Arriving in Tam Coc Wharf. Have buffet lunch with Vietnamese Cuisine.

13:30 Getting on Sampan boats through caves and visiting countryside landscape

15:30: Back to Tam Coc Wharf to chill out. Bike on country road around village

16:30 Getting on shuttle bus to go back to Hanoi

18:30 Saying goodbye to you at your hotel. Stay overnight in Hanoi hotel.

ACC:  Golden Cyclo Hotel (4*) Executive Double room 

Free to your own flight time to shop around the Old Quarter (hotel location). Private airport transfer included. End of services