HANOI – HALONG BAY– NINH BINH 04 NIGHTS 05 DAYS
DAY 1: HA NOI ARRIVAL
Welcome to Vietnam, a beautiful country in South East Asia. Meet up our DRIVER at the airport. Then we take you to the hotel in the central. Check in hotel (Check in time: 14h00) and you can be free walking around or shopping. Stay overnight at the hotel.
SIC: No meals / Private tour: Vietnam Dinner
SIC: Airport Transfer no guide/ Private tour: Airport Transfer with guide.
DAY 2: HA NOI HA LONG FULL DAY(B)
Have breakfast at the hotel. Then our tour guide and car will pick you up at your hotel and depart for Ha Long Bay. Arrive Ha Long Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing. The cruise will take you on a 5 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoy Vietnamese mouth- watering lunch on boat.
Afternoon, we arrive Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, then go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon. Then we visit Titov Island with sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the Bay and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay.
We return the Cruise back toward the Harbor. There is a lot of time for sunbathing on the upper deck with music, enjoy great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery. Transfer to the bus back to Hanoi, short break on the way. We are back to your hotel around 20h00-20h30. Tour ends.
Meals for SIC: Breakfast,Vietnam Lunch.
Meals for Private tour: Breakfast, Vietnam Lunch, Vietnam Dinner.
Kayak/Bamboo Boat is included.
DAY 3: HA NOI – NINH BINH TOUR (B)
Morning, have breakfast at the hotel, then our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in Old Quater, departure for Hoa Lu – Trang An (or Tam Coc), enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas on the way.
After arriving in Ninh Binh province, the guide takes you to visit HoaLư ancient capital of Vietnam between 968 and 1010. You have a chance to learn about Vietnamese history in the feudal system under Dinh, Le, and Ly Dynasty. Have a buffet lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods such as goat meat, fish, chicken, and fried rice.... Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch.
Afternoon, we depart to visit Trang An which was recognized by UNESCO as A World Heritage Site in 2014. Trang An has a wonderful tunnel cave system so Kong’s Movie Group chose this place for the New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island”. With 2.5 hours for the boat trip, you will be persuaded by the beauty here. Then we continue the tour for 45 mins - cycling around the village to discover the life of the local people. And get on bus back to the hotel in Hanoi around 18h30. Tour ends.
Meals for SIC: Breakfast,Vietnam Lunch.
Meals for Private tour: Breakfast, Vietnam Lunch, Vietnam Dinner.
If you would like to visit Mua Cave you pay extra5usd/pax and let us know before tour confirm
DAY 4: HA NOI – CITY TOUR FULL DAY (B)
Have breakfast at your hotel, then waiting for our tour guide at lobby for city tour. We visit Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish Island in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
Then 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 God of Mercy – It is the most unique pagoda in the world
- Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas...
,i>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 Then we 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)
Afternoon, we visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11th century. Then we 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”.
Then we back to the hotel around 16h00 – 16h30. Tour ends.
Meals for SIC: Breakfast,Vietnam Lunch.
Meals for Private tour: Breakfast, Vietnam Lunch, Vietnam Dinner.
DAY 5: HA NOI DEPARTURE (B) – NO GUIDE
Have breakfast at the hotel and then free time shopping or walking around the city. Then time at your leisure until transfer to the International Airport for departure. Goodbye Vietnam.
Meals: Breakfast
Privateairport transfer without guide
HOTEL NAMES OR SIMILAR: Similar hotels in case hotel fully book.
TRAVEL INCLUSIONS:
- Hotel Sharing room with Double/Twin/Triple.
- Private transfers for Airport Transfer round ways.
- English speaking guide for tour only (Other languages please mention with extra cost)
- Entrance fees mentioned above.
- One bottle of mineral water per personper day of tour.
- Vietnam Meals as specified in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
- Other Meals like Indian food or other foods, should be charged with extra cost. Please inform us and we will quote. If you want to change LUNCH to DINNER please pay for extra cost of transportation (Apply for Private tour only)
TRAVEL EXCLUSIONS:
- Domestic or International Air fares.
- Excluded Tipping (Compulsory): Tipping fee is USD 3 per pax per day (USD 2 per pax per day for guide and USD 1 per person per day for driver) Please pay directly to them.
- VISA charges if required need to pay extra cost:E-visa 35 usd/pax (Please give 1 photo 4*6 with white background & Passport Page). Country Names for E-visa as link below:
- Services not mentioned above.
- Personal items & hotel incidental charges.
- Early check in, check out are not guaranteed & subject to extra charge.
- Extra charges, personal expenses drinks, souvenirs, laundry, mini-bar in hotel, etc.
- Surcharge for peak season if any (upon booking)
- International Bank Fee or any fee for money transfer is not inclusive.
- NOTE: Small deviations in the tour program are sometimes necessary, depending on weather, road conditions, flight schedules and room availability.
NOTE FOR VIETNAMTOUR:
- If you book for JOIN TOUR, please be ON TIME at the lobby of the hotel to meet up our tour guide, the guide will wait for 5 minutes. After that time please take taxi to the sight seeing point and pay by yourself. Please understand because there are many other members in the sharing group tour.
- Private tour please following up specific time with the operator, tour guide and should not be late. Time will be informed before one day.
- Vietnam working time for driver and tour guide will be from around 08:00 am to 17:00. If tour includes Dinner, then Dinner time will be during from 17:30-19:30 (our car will wait for Dinner 2 hours only) so please not be late.
- Please inform Whatsapp Number for the operator and tour guide. We will handle pick-up time for your tour in Vietnam.
- Children under 1-4 years old free of charge, any tickets if need pay please pay for them.
- Children from 5- 8 years old and sharing same room with parents is charged for 75%.
- Children 9 years old with extra bed and sharing same room with parents is charged for 85% tour adult.
- Children from 10 years old up must pay as an adult and have anextra bed.
- Christmas: 24 Dec
- New Year: 31 Dec and 1 Jan
- Chinese New Year: 23 Jan to 28 Jan
- Reunification Day & Labor Day: 30 Apr and 1 May
- National Independence Day: 1 Sept
- After confirmation with Travel Invoice, please pay the deposit of 50% tour price per pax, the balance can pay upon 15 days before departure.
- Cancellation after deposit payment will be charged 50% tour price;
- Cancellation during 60 days before departure will be charged 50% tour price.
- Cancellation during 15 days before departure will be charged 100% tour price.
- However, each tour will have the different cancelation policy which is informed by hotels, cruise, transportation, flights and ect so please update with your sales consultor.