2 – Day Tour
Handcrafted Travel
Daily Departure
Day 2: Hanoi Capital Discovery
Day 3: Hanoi – Transfer to Ba Be Lake
Day 4: Ba Be Lake – Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall
Day 5: Cao Bang – Ha Noi
Day 6: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on Cruise
Day 7: Halong – Back To Hanoi
Detail itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi
Welcome to Hanoi! You will be picked up at the Noi Bai International Airport with our private air-conditioned vehicle to transfer to the hotel for check-in.
Hanoi is Vietnam’s capital with a thousand-year-old history dating back to 1010. The city’s fascinating beauty which is characterized by unique cultural relics, ancient streets of antique houses, elegant French colonial buildings, tree-lined boulevards and romantic lakes has made it one of the most charming cities of Asia.
Day 2: Hanoi Capital Discovery (B/L)
Morning
Begin with a tour of Ho Chi Minh Complex where the Vietnamese people honor the country’s ‘Great Father’. Here you’ll visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum which contains the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh and his House on Stilts to observe how he lived and how his life unfolded to become one of modern history’s greatest names. Nearside his house is the miniature 11th-century One Pillar Pagoda, a Buddhist temple of historical and cultural significance.
From HCM Complex, take a short drive to the outskirt of Hanoi to visit the fascinating Museum of Ethnology which is both a research Centre and a public museum exhibiting the 54 recognized ethnic groups of Vietnam. Some of them you will meet during your trip to Sapa.
Take a rest and Have lunch at our restaurant about 1 hour.
Afternoon
After lunch, continue to visit the millennia-old Temple of Literature and explore its role in the country’s past, as both a university and a Confucius temple. Next is Hoa Lo (so-called Hanoi Hilton), a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. Prisoners of War.
Embark on a fun cyclo (a three-wheeled bicycle taxi) ride through the French colonial architecture of the precinct known as the French Quater, past the French-style villas, the Vietnam History Museum, the heritage Metropole Legend Hotel and the Opera House, name to a few.
Enjoy a cup of unmissable Egg coffee at Pho Co Café with stunning views of Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, and the surroundings.
Day 3: Hanoi – Transfer to Ba Be Lake (B/L/D)
Morning
After breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide and driver for the five-hour journey to Ba Be Lake in Bac Can province, northeast of Vietnam, approximately 150 miles (230 kilometers) from Hanoi.
En route, you will stop at Thai Nguyen Province to visit the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups where you can browse the objects, photographs, and exhibits that give a better understanding of the various ethnic groups and their agricultural tools, handicrafts and traditional costumes worn for worship. Some of the ethnic people you will get to meet on your trip.
Continue on to Ba Be National Park. Along the way, you will enjoy the marvelous views of rice paddies, tea plantations and bamboo paddlewheels on the banks of the river. Arrive at Cho Ra town around midday and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon
Arrive at Boc Lom Quay and transfer to your kayaks. Then paddle down the Nang River towards Ba Be Lake. You will enjoy the dramatic landscapes of chalky cliffs, not bare, but with small wild gardens clinging to the flanks and lianas with their long roots seeking the earth.
Finish the boat trip and transfer to Pac Ngoi, a scenic village of the Tay ethnic people where you will stay overnight at a local thatched house. After check-in and a short rest, you will take a walk around the village, meet and interact with the local people.
Day 4: Ba Be Lake– Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall (B/L/D)
Morning
Get up early to watch the sunrise over the lake followed by breakfast at the homestay.
Bid a fond farewell to your family hosts and depart for a scenic drive to Cao Bang close to Vietnam’s northern border with China. Stop en route to explore the Hua Ma Cave, one of the least touristy caves not only in the north but in the whole of Vietnam, which locals still regard as a religious site.
On the way, you will pay a visit to the village of Phuoc Sen, home to Nung minority people. This is a small village famous for the production of farming tools. Like the Tays, the Nungs largely live by farming the terraced rice paddies that you will see all around.
Afternoon
At midday, you will arrive in Cao Bang and check into your hotel room. It’s then followed by lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch, transfer to Ban Gioc waterfall where you will board the bamboo raft for the most up-close discovery of the most beautiful Waterfall in Vietnam. The trip will continue with a visit to Nguom Ngao limestone Cave which is 2 km away from Ban Gioc waterfall.
Return to the hotel in the late afternoon where the balance of the day is at your leisure.
Day 5: Cao Bang – Ha Noi (B)
After breakfast, you will depart Cao Bang and back to Hanoi. It is a journey of approximately 185 miles (310 kilometers) through vertiginous rice paddies and remote villages. You will get the chance to stop at an ethnic village known for its tobacco production.
Afternoon
Arrive in Hanoi in the late afternoon and check into your hotel. Spend the rest of the day at leisure.
Day 6: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on Cruise (B/L/D)
Program customize up to cruise
08:15 – 08:45: Hotel or private address pick up at your hotel in Hanoi.
11:45 – 12:00: Arriving Tuan Chau marina
12:45 – 13:00: Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing, safety instruction.
13:00 – 13:15: A special lunch in Vietnamese cuisine
14:45 -15:00: Visit Titop island where you take your time on swim, sunbath, trekking….
16:30: Arrive in Pearl Farm Village. Visit around and swim, kayaking in the bay.
17:30: Back to the cruise and join cooking class to have experience in some traditional dishes. Tea time on sundeck.
19: 00: Dinner and overnight on cruise
Day 7: Halong – Transfer Back To Hanoi (B/L)
6:00 : Practice Tai Chi on the Sundeck.
7:00-7h30: Start your day with a light breakfast. During breakfast, cruising to explore other part of Halong Bay, admire the beauty of one in seven new wonder in the world.
8:30 – 9h30: Arrive in Surprise cave, explore the Cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Ha Long bay.
9:45: Check out and take all luggage outside of your cabin, cruise back to the Tourist Wharf through Ha Long bay.
10:00: Have brunch and clear bills.
11:30: Back to the Tourist Wharf.
12:00: Departure to Ha Noi
15:00: Arrival in Hanoi, check in hotel and relaxing.
Your private transfer greets you at the hotel after breakfast and escorts you to Noi Bai International Airport where you board your flight home. End of services!
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