Meals

• 15 Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner) + 07 Breakfasts + 05 Lunches + 03 Dinners

Others

• Transportation by Private/Limousine/shuttle bus as itinerary • Professional English-speaking guide • 15 Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner) • Boat trips specified the tour program • Cable Car @Bana Hills • All entrance, permission and visiting fees • Purified water and wet towel. • Welcome Drink on the cruise • Kayaking, Cooking and Squid Fishing on the Halong Cruise • Cruise on Halong Bay (Available decorate and set up the honeymoon room and prepare Birthday cake)

Accommodation

• Accommodations (double/twin sharing) with daily breakfast + 2 nights @hotel in Hanoi (located the Old Quarter) + 1 night @bungalow in Ninh Binh + 1 night on the cruise Halong Bay + 2 nights @ hotel in Danang + 1 night @hotel in Hoian Ancient Town

Guide

• Professional English speaking guide

Optional

Please feel free to contact us to explore the options for upgrading to the Deluxe 4* or Luxury 5* category for accommodations during your trip. Additionally, if you are interested in extending the accommodation for each destination in the itinerary or adding extra days to visit other highlights, we would be happy to assist you further. Thank you!

Transport

• Private transportation Airport Pick up & Drop off • Air-conditioned Limousine/Shuttle bus as itinerary • Cruise trip on Halong Bay • Carble Cars Bana Hills @ Danang • Boat trip Trang An

Not included:

Others

• Visa on arrival Vietnam • Personal travel insurance • International/Domestic flights • All personal expenses • All gratuities and tips to driver and tour guide. • Extra surcharge for Single Supplement US$ 200 • Extra surcharge for Lunar New Year (Tet Festival)

Flights

• Flight tickets Hanoi to Da Nang with 20 kg checked baggage and 7kg cabin baggage. This airfares with Indochina Today Travel will be paid separately as a local payment. We are committed to getting the best airfares for domestic flights with flexible conditions to make your trip to our wonderful country most comfortable.

Insurance

Insurance is not included in the tour package. It is essential to have travel insurance for this tour. It is recommended to ensure that you are adequately covered. If you do not have travel insurance, TourRadar has collaborated with World Nomads to offer a convenient solution. You can find more information about travel insurance and how to obtain it through TourRadar by visiting this link: (https://www.tourradar.com/travel-insurance).

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Day 1 Hanoi Arrival - Warm Welcome (N/A)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi Arrival - Warm Welcome (N/A)

Arrive at Hanoi Airport (Noi Bai). You will be warmly welcomed & picked up by a private driver then transferred to a hotel in Hanoi (it takes 45minutes - 01 hour). Check-in registration (2pm) or ealier if avaible. Relax and stay overnight at the hotel.

Meal: N/A

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi (located in the heart of the Old Quarter)
Day 2 Hanoi City Tour - All Highlights (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi City Tour - All Highlights (B/L)

Our guide will pick you up between 08h00 and 08h30

08h30: Arrive Tran Quoc Pagoda – the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09h30: 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 Goddess 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

11h00: Visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam.

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

12h45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.

14h00 – 14h15: Continue visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 centuries.

15h15: 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.

16h15 -16h30: Return to hotel

(Optional: Add on "Water Puppet Show" + taxi return to your hotel.)

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi (located in the heart of the Old Quarter)
Day 3 Hanoi - Ninh Binh @Hoa Lu - Trang An & Mua Cave (B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi - Ninh Binh @Hoa Lu - Trang An & Mua Cave (B/L/D)

07:00 – 07:30 - Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay located in the Old Quarter and start a 110km modern Bus-journey through the verdant landscape of the countryside. Short-break route.

10:45 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Centuries.

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

13:30 – Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone

massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked

chains of towering mountains are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle. Embarking on a traditional sampan gently rowed down the exquisite river through numerous caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave,... and Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…

15:30 – Arrive Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long Mountain to

watch the spectacular rice valley with a specious view of the nature.

Transfer another car to a bungalow in Ninh Binh. Free at leisure. Have Dinner with the host.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Bungalow in Ninh Binh
Day 4 Ninh Binh - Halong Bay Cruise (B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ninh Binh - Halong Bay Cruise (B/L/D)

After breakfast, our Limousine Shuttle Bus will come to see you at 7am to transfer to Halong Port. Arrival Halong around 11h30 - 11h45. Check in for the cruise. Boat crew will greet your special seafood lunch while boat cruising around the Bay to visit Islands, the limestone rocks and enjoy activities: swimming, kayaking, cooking class, sunset sightseeing. Have dinner on cruise with Vietnamese seafood cuisine (vegetarians) and overnight on a cruise.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: On the Halong Cruise
Day 5 Halong - Hanoi - Fly To Danang (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Halong - Hanoi - Fly To Danang (B/L)

After breakfast, you can relax on deck to enjoy the beautiful of the bay, boat passing the most beauty of karsts islets, visit a cave by small bamboo boat or kayak. Have lunch on the boat while the cruise returns to Halong wharf for transfer back to Hanoi and take another car to transfer the airport for the flight to Da Nang. Upon the 01-hour flight, you will be greeted at the airport and transfered to a hotel in Danang. Explore the lifestyle of the city. Stay overnight at hotel.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Danang
Day 6 Danang - Bana Hills - Golden Bridge - Danang (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Danang - Bana Hills - Golden Bridge - Danang (B/L)

8.00 Pick up at the hotel and transfer to Ba Na hills. Take a Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station.

Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nghinh 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.

Have a buffet lunch at the restaurant.

Afternoon: Free for joining games in Fantasy Park – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with series of interesting games: 4 – 5D film, skiver, The death race, dinosaur park… (2 hours).

15h30 Transfer to Danang

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Danang
Day 7 Danang - Five Marble Mountain - Hoian Ancient Town Walking (B/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Danang - Five Marble Mountain - Hoian Ancient Town Walking (B/D)

- Free at leisure on the beach in Danang - known for its pristine white sands and crystal-clear waters. It’s a great spot for swimming, sunbathing, and water sports

- 12h00: Check out hotel

- 15h30: Transfer to Five Marble Mountain: a cluster of five limestone peaks in Vietnam

- 16h30: Continue to visit Hoi An - World Heritage - walking tour through the narrow winding streets of the Ancient Quarter visiting Chua Ong Pagoda, Chinese Assembly Halls, the 200-year-old Tam Ky ancestral house, and the Japanese Bridge and free at leisure on the beach or wandering around the town

- Have dinner in Hoi An

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian
Day 8 Hoian - Danang Departure (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hoian - Danang Departure (B)

Free at leisure until transferring to the airport to take departure flight onward.

HOME SWEET HOME!!

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: N/A

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Hanoi Arrival - Warm Welcome (N/A)

Hanoi City Tour - All Highlights (B/L)

Hanoi - Ninh Binh @Hoa Lu - Trang An & Mua Cave (B/L/D)

Ninh Binh - Halong Bay Cruise (B/L/D)

Halong - Hanoi - Fly To Danang (B/L)

Danang - Bana Hills - Golden Bridge - Danang (B/L)

Danang - Five Marble Mountain - Hoian Ancient Town Walking (B/D)

Hoian - Danang Departure (B)

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