5D4N HANOI – HA LONG – MUA CAVE - TRANG AN
(05 Days 04 Nights – Departs Daily on a Private Tour Basis)
Tour code: HLAH5-02
Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Mua cave, Trang An Landscape Complex
This tour combines the urban highlights of a trip to North Vietnam with the most exciting cultural destinations. Start your trip in the charming capital city of Hanoi, where your introduction includes a private city tour and an evening performance of the famed water puppets. Next, spend the night in Halong City. Enjoy morning cruising in beautiful Halong Bay, where thousands of limestone rock sculptures jut dramatically from the sea and numerous grottoes have created an ephemeral, fantastic landscape. From Hanoi, enjoying the rural scenery along the road to Ninh Binh for touring of the Trang An Landscape Complex, has just been inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, proudly being the Viet Nam’s first site to be acknowledged as a mixed natural and cultural heritage. Spend a final night enjoying Hanoi before being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.
Highlights of the trip:
Discover ancient sites of Hanoi city. As one of the oldest capitals in the world, visit Hanoi’s Temple of Literature, Old Quarter, and learn about its rich history.
Admire the scenic beauty of Halong Bay, cruise on its emerald water and explore the surrounding limestones and caves
Visiting the Mua cave, where you can enjoy a stunning panoramic view of Tam Coc.
Cruise through Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys and rice fields.
Day 1: Arrive Hanoi, afternoon city touring, stay overnight in Hanoi
Day 2: Moring city tour Hanoi, afternoon transfer to Ha Long
Day 3: Morning cruise, afternoon return to Hanoi for two nights
Day 4: Morning travel to Ninh Binh, afternoon visit Trang An Landscape Complex
Day 5: Transfer to airport for departure with sweet memories
This tour combines the urban highlights of a trip to North Vietnam with the most exciting cultural destinations. Start your trip in the charming capital city of Hanoi, where your introduction includes a private city tour and an evening performance of the famed water puppets. Next, spend the night in Halong City. Enjoy morning cruising in beautiful Halong Bay, where thousands of limestone rock sculptures jut dramatically from the sea and numerous grottoes have created an ephemeral, fantastic landscape. From Hanoi, enjoying the rural scenery along the road to Ninh Binh for touring of the Trang An Landscape Complex, has just been inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, proudly being the Viet Nam’s first site to be acknowledged as a mixed natural and cultural heritage. Spend a final night enjoying Hanoi before being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.
Highlights of the trip:
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Discover ancient sites of Hanoi city. As one of the oldest capitals in the world, visit Hanoi’s Temple of Literature, Old Quarter, and learn about its rich history.
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Admire the scenic beauty of Halong Bay, cruise on its emerald water and explore the surrounding limestones and caves
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Visiting the Mua cave, where you can enjoy a stunning panoramic view of Tam Coc.
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Cruise through Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys and rice fields.
Day 01: Arrive Hanoi (L/D)
Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, our representative will meet you and transfer to visit peaceful West Lake with lovers' street Thanh Nien, the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda. Lunch at local restaurant. Then visit Hoan Kiem lake and Ngoc Son temple. Enjoy the water puppet show, which is the number one Vietnamese folk song and Vietnamese cultural show. Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation at hotel in Ha Noi.
Day 02: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay (B/L/D)
After breakfast, take Hanoi city tour covering Ba Dinh historical square and Ho Chi Minh mausoleum (Close on Monday, Friday & from 14h Jun to 14th Aug for maintenance), Ho Chi Minh house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda and Temple of Literature (The 1st University of Vietnam). After lunch, proceed to Halong Bay, was awarded by UNESCO as a natural heritage in 1994. This four hour drive will show you the diversity of the North Vietnam villages and rice fields along the journey. Dinner at local restaurant. Free for shopping at local night market. Accommodation at hotel in Ha Long City.
Day 03: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (B/L/D)
After breakfast, board a cruise and start 4 hour cruising among limestone island and photograph of stunning landscapes of Halong. Savor your lunch on board. while passing by beautiful islets. Cruising further to take photos of Halong Bay symbol, a “Fighting Cock” rock. Visit Paradise Grotto (Thien Cung Grotto) – one of the most beautiful cave in Halong Bay. Lunch will be served on boat with fresh seafood. Return to Hanoi in the afternoon, stop at Hai Duong city to enjoy local green bean cake. Arrive in Hanoi, free time for shopping at 36 ancient street. Enjoy dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 04: Hanoi – Mua Cave – Trang An – Hanoi (B/L/D)
Depart this morning for the 2 hour drive that takes you through the rural scenery to Ninh Binh province. We arrive Ninh Binh and drive to Mua Cave with stunning rice fields with buffalos, goats…along the road till approaching Mua Cave. Continue climb 500 stone steps, you are on the top of the mountain where you can enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the countryside, wonderful Ngo Dong River and majestic landscape of Tam Coc.
After lunch, you transfer to visit Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, has just been inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, proudly being the Viet Nam’s first site to be acknowledged as a mixed natural and cultural heritage. Tour by local sampan along the stream. The limestone, valleys and rivers gather together constituting a mysterious and amazing scene. Visit 11 caves with stalactites of all shapes and colors. Then, back to Hanoi in the afternoon. Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation at hotel in Ha Noi.
Day 05: Hanoi Departure (B)
After breakfast, transfer to airport for departure flight home with a sweet memories
Rates vary depend on group size, travel time, accommodation level, transportation and other service.
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Tour Price Included:
+ Accommodation base on twin/triple sharing with daily breakfast
+ Private transfer and transportation as per itinerary
+ Sightseeing tickets, entrance tickets and ticket of water puppet show
+ Boat trip in Halong Bay, Trang An
+ Meals as indicated in the program, Vietnamese food (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D = Dinner)
+ English or Mandarin speaking guide as itinerary
+ Complimentary mineral water on vehicle
Tour Price Excluded:
+ International Air Tickets & Airport tax;
+ Compulsory Tipping to guide & driver: 5$/pax/day for group from 2 pax to 9 pax; 3$/pax/day for group from 10 pax
+ Optional tours, Halal food, Indian Food
+ Surcharges for other language guides
+ Travel Insurance, Personal expenses, Visa to Vietnam (if required);
+ Early check-in and late check-out at hotels if not mentioned in the program
+ Compulsory gala dinner during festive seasons and peak season surcharges for the following periods:
- Independent Day from 31 August 2019 to 03 September 2019
- Christmas Eve gala dinner (December 24, 2019)
- New Year’s Eve gala dinner (December 31, 2019)
- Lunar New Year period: from 22th Jan 2020 to 03rd Feb 2020
- Hung King’s holiday: From April 02, 2020 to April 04, 2020
- Victory Day & Labour Day: from 27 April 2019 to 02 May 2020
- Independent Day: from 31 August 2020 to 03 September 2020
+ Others not mentioned nor specified above