5D4N HANOI – HALONG – NINH BINH

Afternoon: Our car and tour guide pick you up at Noi Bai international airport and transfer to Ninh Binh visit: 

• Hoa Lu Ancient Capital: the capital of Vietnam in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, you visit the temples of King Dinh and King Le. Visit the excavation area next to the temple of Le Dai Hanh, and enjoy the beautiful Truong Yen valley.

After that, you arrive at the hotel to check in and rest.

Evening:  You have dinner at the local restaurant.

You are free to visit the Ninh Binh Walking Street at night.

Overnight in Ninh Binh

Morning: You have breakfast at the hotel. We pick you up for departure Bai Dinh – Trang An, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the rural areas on the way.

07:00-07:30: The car and tour guide will pick you up at hotels in the center of Hanoi Old Quarter and the Opera House, then depart for Ninh Binh. On the way, the car will stop at a place for you to rest for about 20-30 minutes.

10:30: Arrive at Bai Dinh Pagoda. The tour guide will take you to visit Bai Dinh Pagoda – a famous pagoda with many records: The entire Bai Dinh Pagoda area has an area of ​​107 hectares, of which, the Tam The and Phap Chu Temples are thousands of square meters wide; in this pagoda, there is the largest bronze Buddha statue in Southeast

Asia (weighing 100 tons) and three Tam The statues, each weighing 50 tons.

12:30: You return to the restaurant to rest and have lunch.

14:00: The car takes you to Trang An wharf, board a boat to visit Trang An Heritage– where limestone ranges, valleys and rivers intertwine to create a magical and mysterious space. You sit on the boat to relax and visit 4 natural caves among the most beautiful caves in Trang An tourist area, namely Hang Lam, Hang Vang, Hang Thanh Truot and the last cave is Hang Dai. You also stop to visit spiritual places such as Suoi Tien Temple and Vu Lam Palace. 

Evening: You have dinner at the local restaurant

Overnight in Ninh Binh

Morning: You have breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, you transfer to Ha Long

12:15 – 12:45 From Tuan Chau Wharf – Ha Long, you will board the Calypso cruise by small boat, you will be welcomed by the crew with a glass of fresh water and a warm/cold towel; then check in to your room

The cruise will weigh anchor and take you to HaLong Bay and Lan Ha Bay. You will enjoy lunch on the luxury cruise while gently admiring the magical limestone mountains

15:00 Visit the Bright and Dark Cave. After five minutes of traveling by small boat to the shallow water. You will directly experience the bamboo boats going into the Karst well through a cave arch through the mountain. This is one of the most attractive and anticipated activities on the tour.

For those who are interested in kayaking, you can choose to kayak yourself and inform the tour guide to arrange.

After returning to the cruise ship to change, you will have the opportunity to enjoy swimming in the clear blue water of Lan Ha Bay or swimming in the rooftop pool. 17:00 This is also the “Golden Hour” with handsome bartenders to enjoy some trendy drinks, some of which are on promotion. If you are lucky, you can watch the sunset on Lan Ha Bay from the sundeck of the cruise

18:00 You will learn how to make Nem, a traditional dish of the Vietnamese people

19:00 Enjoy dinner at the cruise restaurant

20:30 – 22:00 You can participate in some evening activities such as: night squid fishing, watching movies in the bedroom, playing chess, singing karaoke… until 22:00 Overnight on 5 star Halong Bay Cruise

6:00 – 6.30 You will wake up early to enjoy the fresh sunrise between the sea and sky and start a new day with Tai Chi exercises on the sundeck of the cruise

6:30 – 7:30 A light European breakfast is always ready to serve you at the buffet counter

7:30 A small boat will take you to Gia Luan wharf to get on the car to visit Trung Cave Trang, a dry cave through the mountains in Cat Ba National Park. After visiting Trung Trang Cave, you return to the boat to take a cool bath or relax in the swimming pool on the rooftop of the cruise

8.45 – 9.00 Return to the cruise, take a cool bath, collect your luggage to check out, then have an early lunch at the cruise restaurant

9.30 – 10.30 You have an early lunch on the cruise

10.30 – 10.45 You are taken by small boat back to Tuan Chau

11.15 – 11.30 End of the itinerary at Tuan Chau wharf

12:00-12:30: Car picks you up and takes you back to Hanoi. 

15:00-15:30: Arriving in Hanoi, you check in at the hotel and rest.

17:20 You enjoy Water Puppet Show:  This is the place to recreate the unique art of water puppetry, a traditional folk theater art form originating from wet rice civilization( by your own expense)

Evening: Free and Easy. You can visit the Night market on Hang Dao Street

Overnight in HaNoi Old Quarter

Morning: You have breakfast at the hotel. Our car and tour guide take you to visit:

After breakfast, We will take you to Noi Bai airport. Arriving at the first meeting point, the tour guide greets you and sees you again on the next tour!