Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Halong Bay 4 Days/3 Nights

• 8.00 am: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the Airport then transfer to visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (closes on Monday and Friday morning. And closes during October), One-Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (apply on Sun, Tue, Thu & Sat).
• Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Temple of Literature. Continue visiting Hoan Kiem Lake – Ngoc Son Temple. Enjoy a cyclo ride around Hanoi Old Quarter at the end of the day and drop off at your hotel.

• 07.30 – 08.00 am: Tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel. Then transfer on the expressway from Hanoi to Ninh Binh in comfort and time-saving.
• The first stop is Tam Coc town, take the bikes for local discovery with 3 stopovers in the bike ride: Bich Dong Pagoda, an ancient pagoda located in the mountain cave; the Dam Khe local village, located in the middle of the village, to have a vivid image of lifestyle in here, and an outdoor museum (Co Vien Lau).

• 12.15 pm: Have lunch at a local restaurant. At the meal, guests will have a chance to enjoy specialties of Ninh Binh that is goat meat, rolled with some herbs. After lunch and rest, start cruising on Tam Coc in nearly 2 hours by the hand-rowed boats.
• 15.00 pm: Visitors will say goodbye Tam Coc to move to the historical land of Trang An – Hoa Lu, is the first place of the original capital of The Grande Viet (Vietnam today).
• Here you will visit two temples of the two kings (King Dinh and King Lee) who founded Vietnam 1000 years ago. Leaving Hoa Lu town, we will move to the Bamboo homestay where you will have a relaxing time, enjoy the drinks while watching the sundowns.17.00 pm: Say goodbye Ninh Binh, we will return to Hanoi by expressway.18.30 – 19.00: Back to the hotel.

• 08.00 – 08.30 am: Pick-up at your hotel and depart for Halong. Upon arrival, welcome on board, check-in your cabin and have a delicious lunch at the restaurant. Afternoon activities might include a visit to one of the most beautiful caves in Halong Bay, a floating village for bamboo boat riding, an island for relaxing/swimming and a lagoon for kayaking. Back to the boat, you will be able to join a cooking class or a sunset cocktail party before dinner time. 
• The evening is free at your leisure or you can join a squid fishing trip with the crew. 
• Overnight in a private cabin on a sharing cruise.

Morning tea and coffee will be served early. Optional to join a Tai Chi Class on the sundeck or photo hunting in the early morning.

After breakfast, other activities might include (if not arranged on the first and second day): visiting the cave, cooking class or climbing to the top of an island for the panoramic view of Halong Bay.

Then check out and enjoy a fantastic view of the bay and have farewell lunch while passing many islands and islets (karst formation) on the way back to harbor. Arrive at the harbor around 12.00 pm and back to Hanoi.

Drop off at your hotel around 16.30 – 17.00 pm.