Welcome up on arrival by local tour guide and driver then we transfer to hotel. Have a good sleep after the flight.

Optional:

If your flight in the morning, we can join an amazing street food tour in the afternoon.

On a 3 hours walking tour you’ll explore the culture, history of Hanoi, step into a world full of street food vendors. Unlike big cities all around the world, street food in Hanoi are not just hot dog carts and pretzel stands, we offer an opportunity to try out 10 different dishes at local food stand, family restaurants…

A rotating menu from day-to-day to represent the variety of delicious options, but tastings might include – but are subject to change: rice noodle soup with beef, rice noodle with chicken, rice noodle with grilled pork, snail, or dry noodle, sticky rice, along with various kinds of donut, steamed pancake or Vietnamese sandwiches.

Sample menu:

Pho (beef/chicken noodle),  Banh Mi (Vietnamese Bread), Banh Cuon (Steamed Rice Pancake), Banh Xeo (Fried Rice Pancake), Nom Bo Kho (Green Papaya Salad With Dried Beef), Thit Xien Nuong (Street Pork Barbeque),  Ca Phe Trung (Egg Coffee)…

Tour ends.

Surcharge: 30 USD/person

Overnight in Hanoi.

At 8.00AM, say goodbye to Hanoi and spend two hour drive to the South, Ninh Binh Province, the film setting of the recent Hollywood movie, Kong: Skull Island.

But first, we will visit Hoa Lu, the former capital of Vietnam under Dinh and Le dynasty with two temples worshiping Dinh Tien Hoang King and Le Dai Hanh King. Dinh Tien Hoang had successfully defeated Ngo Dynasty and made Vietnam officially independent from any ruler. On his death in 980, General Le Hoan wisely married Dinh’s widow and established the Le Dynasty and enlarged the citadel. We then stop at a local restaurant for lunch.

We will then visit either Trang An Eco-Tourism complex or Van Long Nature Reserve Sites:

Trang An Eco-Tourism complex

In the afternoon, we will take a pleasant boat rowing in Hoang Long River to visit Trang An Eco-Tourism complex. The complex is surrounded by picturesque landscape with thousands of hectares with more than 100 caves which can be explored by boat. It is also a home of 600 kinds of flora and over 200 kinds of fauna that many of them in the Red book of Vietnam. It is also a gathering of 31 valleys, 48 cross-water caves and we will visit 3 to 6 of them.

Van Long Nature Reserve Sites

Ninh Binh is not only famous for its historical sites but also for picturesque natural beauty with limestone mountains, beautiful rivers, streams and caves. That’s also the reason why the next destination is Van Long Nature Reserve Sites, the film setting of the Hollywood movie: Kong: Skull Island.

Van Long Nature Reserve Sites has been known with beautiful natural scenery with rich flora and fauna and quiet atmosphere. Moreover, there is also a vast wetland with rock islands and featured caves, which contributes to the creation of picturesque landscape.

Then, you will have a chance to boat on the wet land and enjoy the peaceful and quiet scenery along two sides.  Just take your time and enjoy the gift from the God.

Overnight in Ninh Binh.

In the morning:

Pickup at hotel after breakfast, we drive Ninh Binh – Halong Bay. On arrival, we embark on V’Spirit Classic Cruise followed by a short cruise briefing and then, savor a delectable lunch as we cruise among the limestone islands.

In the afternoon:

We explore the amazing Sung Sot Cave – the most beautiful cave in Halong Bay before cruising to Titov Island and have free time for swimming and relaxing on the beach or climbing up to the top of the island for a panorama view of Halong Bay.

After that, we return to our boat and continue cruising to the quiet area while enjoy beautiful seascape on the way. In the late afternoon, we can enjoy Sunset Party on sundeck and admire the best moments of the day when the sun starts to set.

Enjoy dinner and socialize with other guests, take part in board games, fish for squid, or just laze around. Overnight on board.

Start our day with Tai Chi exercises or a photo hunt and have breakfast on board and enjoy the peaceful morning of Halong Bay. After that, we enjoy kayak among the hidden areas of the bay, around the Drum Cave.

Return to the boat for freshen up and check out of our cabin. Continue your cruise exploring the Bay, passing Ba Hang fishing village, Dog Islet, and more. While we’re heading back to the harbor, we attend in a fruit carving demonstration and participate in the Cooking Class before enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch. We disembark V’Spirit Classic at around noon and get on our car back to Hanoi.

After 4 days in Ninh Binh – Halong, we spend the rest day in Hanoi capital.

This morning today:

We will venture out to explore Hanoi. First up we will drive to the Ho Chi Minh complex where we will spend time at Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, his former stilt-house, the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and One Pillar Pagoda. Followings we visit the Temple of Literature, which originally built as a temple to Confucius.

After lunch:

We visit the Museum of Ethnology, which is widely acknowledged as the best in the country and has an extensive display dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic minority peoples and the infamous Hoa Lo Prison Museum. Hoa Lo is also known as the ‘’Hanoi Hilton’’ and was where former US presidential candidate John McCain was incarcerated for over 5 years.

Back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and head to the airport in good time to board the departure flight.

5 days 4 nights in Ninh Binh – Halong – Hanoi tour ends.

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