TRAVEL SERVICE & RESERVATION

Day 1 – 31 Mar: Hanoi arrival

Arrival at the airport in Hanoi at 21:35 PM. our driver welcomes and transfers you to hotel.

• Overnight at Aurora Premium Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 2 – 01 Apr: Hanoi (leisure day)

After breakfast, your leisure time to explore the city on your own.

Around 16:30 PM, you take a taxi or walking to Lotus Water Puppet theater (16 Le Thai To street or 79 Hang Trong street) – Hoan Kiem Dist – Hanoi) enjoy water puppet show at 17:15 PM.

• Overnight at Aurora Premium Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 3 – 02 Apr: Hanoi → Ninh Binh (Hoa Lu – Tam Coc)

07:10 – 07:20 AM, Our driver and tour guide pick you up at hotels in the Old Quarter Area, Hanoi. Head the south of Hanoi for 110 km. After 2 hours, you will arrive in Ninh Binh.  First stop at Hoa Lu, you will have quick visit two  temples built in honor of the emperors Dinh Le, their sons, and the Queen… to know why Hoa Lu was build as capital of Vietnam in ending of nine century.

12:00 – Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.

13:30 – Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which means literally “three caves” (1.5 hour boat trip). With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, very good opportunities for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

15:30 – Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long Mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with specious view of the nature.

17:15 – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi

19:30 – Drop you off at your hotel.

• Overnight at Aurora Premium Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 4 – 03 Apr: Hanoi → Halong bay

Breakfast at your hotel then check out your hotel, you can leave big luggage at hotel (please note to hotel staff to keep for you) and bring small bag for Halong bay trip as you will be back to this hotel to stay more.

08:15 – 08:30 AM, our guide picks you up at your hotel and go to Halong bay on a shuttle bus.

11:45 – 12:00 – welcome at waiting room 26 Tuan Chau harbour in Halong Bay

12:00. You will be taken on our tender from the wharf and make your way out onto the bay to board our luxurious craft, Sapphire Cruise. You will be welcome aboard and greeted with a complimentary drink. Our Crew will conduct a compulsory safety procedures session and then you are free to check into your cabin and freshen up. Take some time to have a look around the vessel or watch the magical landscape go by.

13: 15  While our boat starts to cruise, enjoy the special lunch of fresh  seafood and vietnamese food  cooked by one of the best Chef in halong bay . 

15:00  After cruising for nearly 2 hours to explore the tranquil Bay, passing by thousands of islands and islets , the boat reaches the best area to do kayaking to see a lot of amazing limestone karst landscapes. Our boat will not bring you to the crowded and tiny beach for swimming . Our boat will stop in the middle of the Bay so that you can have chance to jump into water, take a backflip or somersault ..

16:30  Keep cruising to admire the stunning beauty of the Bay from our Sundeck where you can capture great  photos

17:00  Attend the cooking class opened right on the Sundeck , our guide will show you how to prepare and make our vietnamese traditional dish that is spring roll.

17: 45  Join the Sunset party, enjoy fresh fruit, making friends with other members in the group , listening to soft and light music.

19 :00  Enjoy the special Dinner with fusion food prepared by the excellent skills of decoration of our Chef.

20: 30  Your free time.

• Overnight on Sapphire Cruise.
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Day 5 – 04 Apr: Halong bay → Hanoi

05:45 – The nicest time of the day on Lan Ha Bay is the morning. Head to the upper deck to participate in our daily Tai Chi sessions. Relax with an early morning cup of tea, coffee or juice anywhere you wish on the boat and watch the never-ending miraculous scenery unfold before you.

06:30 – Light breakfast will be served in our restaurant (pastries, tea, coffee)

7:00 – 8:15 – Enjoy the last stage of your trip to Dark & Bright cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage. Back to our main board afterward.

09:15 – 9:30 – Check out of your cabin as we draw closer to the mainland.

09:45 Enjoy your brunch on the boat.

11:00 you will board our tender and head back to the wharf where you will be met by your return trip vehicle to transfer you to Hanoi.

11:45 Tour ends at Tuan Chau habour in Halong.

Get on bus to go back to Hanoi. Arrival in Hanoi around 15:30 PM.

At 17:30 PM, enjoy street food tour to know more cuisine of Vietnam such as Bánh Mỳ, Bánh Cuốn, Nooles, Egg coffee, etc. Visit train street and if you are lucky, you can see the train passes.

• Overnight at Aurora Premium Hotel in Hanoi.
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Day 6 – 05 Apr: Hanoi (city tour) → Hoian

Breakfast at your hotel.

8:00 – 8:30 AM, Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City.

08.45 – Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09.30 – Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…

• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.

• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area

11.15 – Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam.

Special Note: we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12.45 – Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine.

14.00 – 14.15 : Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century.

15.15 – Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton”.

Get back to the hotel.

After the tour, back to hotel.

At 17:00 PM, Our driver transfers you to airport for flight to Da Nang. (VN197 departing 19:30 PM, flight code: 5NIJ7P)

Upon Da Nang airport at 20:55 PM, our driver picks up and transfers you to hotel in Hoi An.

• Overnight at Silkotel Hoi An in Hoi An.
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Day 7 – 06 Apr: Hoian (Golden bridge & Ba Na hills and city tour – Private tour)

Breakfast at hotel. At 08:30 AM, we will have a visit to Ba Na Hills. Take Cable Car, which gains 5 world scores, to Ba Na hills station. We will have some stops to visit some famous places: Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French, Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden. Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda.

After lunch at a restaurant, return to your hotel.

At 15:00 PM, our guide to take you to visit some famous places in Hoian city with our guide then take a boat ride for around 30 – 45 minutes with flower garlands, next, you will visit night market, it ends around 19:00.

• Overnight at Silkotel Hoi An in Hoi An.
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Day 8 – 07 Apr: Hoian (cooking class and Marble mountain – Group tour)

Breakfast at hotel. 08:00 – 08:30 AM, then you will be picked up to join cooking class in the morning.

A unique experience through the coconut forest in the heart of Hoi An old town, enjoy & experience how to prepare special foods. This tour will give visitors a great experience, especially the short vacation tourists in Hoi An, this is a perfect choice.
Highlight Attractions:

Going to experience a local colorful market how to deal with the local sellers and know all ingredients for the meals.

Take a paddle boat trip in a unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat down the waterways of a coconut palm paradise. Enjoy a hands-on experience of traditional net fishing and “Purple Crabs” in the canal.

Welcome drink and join the cooking class. Our chef will teach you the differences about After the lesson, you enjoy what you cooked and 4 prepared side dishes.

At the end of the course, we will provide you with recipes so you can cook Vietnamese food with your family and friends at your home.
Tour end, the tour guide will drop you off back at the hotel.

Around 2PM, our guide take you to visit Marble Mountain, is the group of five hills, made of limestone and marble. They look like 5 fingers lying close to the sea. There are several caves,temples, pagodas. The marble mountain has become one of the must-see destinations for those who enjoy the beauty of nature and want a respite from the busy urban areas.

At the foot of the mountains there is a traditional marble fine art village which is over 300 years old. You will admire its talented craftsmen, their creativity and their uniquely beautiful works.

We continue to visit Am Phu cave (the hell cave). We will learn many interesting philosophies of buddhism. The Am Phu cave features a harmonious combination of folklore and buddhism’s valuable philosophy of humanity. The scenes of horror mentioned-above intend to educate human beings about doing good deeds in life and to ‘turn over a new leaf’ to stop a bad habit or make a positive change to their characters.

Returning to the bus we will continue to explore Monkey Mountains, here we will enjoy panorama view from high position. In Monkey Mountain, you will visit Linh Ung pagoda,one of the biggest pogoda in Da Nang city and the highest lady buddha statue in vietnam – 67m. We have plenty of time to take photo and relaxing at this beautiful area if we are lucky, we can see a lot of monkey around the pagoda.

Enjoy dinner at local resraurant and transfer back to your hotel.

• Overnight at Silkotel Hoi An in Hoi An.
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Day 9 – Apr 8: Hoian (departure)

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel.

Check out room at 12:00 PM.

Enjoy your leisure time on your own till 15:30 PM, our driver transfer you to Danang airport for departure flight. (18:05 PM – VN180)

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End of service!