North Vietnam Highlight & Excursions is suitable for travelers with limited time for their vacation in Vietnam. This is one of the best schedules of Vietnam Tours. The tour starts and ends in Hanoi covering the beauty of Hanoi, Hoa Lu - Tam Coc and Halong Bay. These are the famous destinations of Vietnam and the most highlighted part of Northern Vietnam.
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Hanoi Ol Quarter
Activities: Meet your tour guide at Noi Bai International Airport. Experience the cyclo tour around the busy Old Quarter and watch the Water Puppet Show before the welcome dinner.
You will start your Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day by taking the flight to Hanoi Capital City.
Upon your arrival at Noi Bai Airport, your guide will be waiting there holding a placard with your name on to transfer you to Hanoi City Center for hotel check-in. Kindly be advised that the standard check-in time is at 14.00, but the early check-in is subject to the hotel’s availability and will attract a surcharge.
Take your time to relax after the long flight. After that, our tour guide will pick you for a cyclo tour around the Old Quarter of Hanoi. The unique journey offers you the endless photo opportunities and also the chance to immerse yourself into the local life as the drive is at the really slow pace. Then, you will enjoy the traditional puppet show on water that expresses an ancient art form. That will be the best things to do in Hanoi. After enjoying the Water Puppet Show, you will enjoy welcome dinner in one of the best local restaurants.
Come back to the hotel for your leisure time.
Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Dinner
Hoa Lu
Activities: Take the boat trip rowed by locals along the Ngo Dong River, explore the ancient capital of Vietnam, Hoa Lu.
Your second day of your Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day, you will visit Hoa Lu and Tam Coc – One of the most attractive destinations of Northern Vietnam Tours.
Start the day with the morning pickup at your hotel, begin the approximately 2-hour drive through the lush countryside to Ninh Binh. Reaching Tam Coc, you will take a relaxing sampan boat along the Ngo Dong River leading to three grottoes. You will go through 3 famous tunnel caves and have the opportunity to view and photograph the unique mountains and rivers in this area.
After that, we will go back to the harbour for lunch in the local restaurant.
After lunch, we continue to explore the historic capital of Vietnam, Hoa Lu and the renowned ancient temples of Le and Dinh Dynasties. The visit gives you the chance to learn more about the history of Vietnam dating back a thousand years through the legends and stories told by your private tour guide.
We will come back to Hanoi for our overnight stay.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Titop Island
Activities: Take the four-hour scenic drive from Hanoi to Halong Bay, discover the marvelous bay on a traditional junk boat.
Your Highlights of Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day will end with the most attractive place in Vietnam – Halong Bay. We will join in the Halong Bay 1 night cruise to enjoy the best of this magnificent bay.
After breakfast and check-out, we leave the town to set off through the lush countryside to the famous World Heritage Site of Halong Bay. The drive takes approximately four hours, offering many photo ops of the typical North Vietnamese towns and villages.
At noon, when you arrive at Halong Bay, get on Halong Bay junk boat and enjoy a delicious seafood lunch on board as well as this beautiful UNESCO Heritage Sites.
After lunch, start to explore the amazing bay by a visit to the Amazing Cave - one of the most beautiful caves in Halong Bay. Visiting the Amazing Cave will be one of the highlights of the Halong Bay overnight cruise which will bring you the unforgettable memory. After that, continue to visit Titov Island to swim into the jade green water and climb to the summit of the mountain for the panoramic view over the bay.
Afterwards, get back to the boat for the on-board chef’s cooking demonstration before having the stunning seafood dinner in the dining room.
Stay overnight on Halong Bay cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Notes: The itinerary may vary depending on the cruise you choose and the weather.
Halong Bay
Activities: Enjoy the last day on the cruise visiting Halong Bay. Then return to Hanoi for last night in Hanoi.
Start off your morning with the tai chi class on the boat’s top deck or watch the sunrise over the bay. After that, enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in the dining room before leaving the boat to join in other activity. You will have one more chance to kayak on the smooth and warm waters of Halong Bay to discover more sites which are not able to be accessed by the larger boats, including a cave.
Have lunch on board before going back to the dock. Take the final glimpse of the magnificent bay, say goodbye to our cruise staffs and get back to the harbor. Halong Bay cruise experience will be the unforgettable memory of your Vietnam trip.
Transfer to Hanoi and stay another night in this lovely city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Notes: The itinerary for Halong Bay trip may change slightly depending on the cruise you choose.
Hanoi Old Quarter
Activities: Have free time in Hanoi until the transfer to the airport for the flight home.
After having breakfast at the hotel, enjoy your free time at leisure. You can spend free time walking around and exploring a bit more in Hanoi, shopping for the souvenirs to bring back home or just relaxing in the hotel. After that, our driver will pick you up for the transfer to the airport for the flight home.
End of Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day. Thank you for choosing Incredible Asia Journeys - best tour operator in Vietnam. We hope you have enjoyed your trip with us and look forward to seeing you again soon!
Meals: Breakfast
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A mere 2-minute walk from Hoan Kiem Lake and a 3-minute drive from Dong Xuan and the weekend night market lies the lavish Gondola Hotel. Along with the open-plan communal areas like the restaurant and the rooftop bar, The Gondola Hotel features rooms with windows affording either lake or city views. Every room features effective air conditioning and a safety deposit box for your comfort and security. For working or relaxing, the accompanying lounging area comes complete with a desk and a flat-screen TV, while the en suite bathrooms come with either a bathtub or shower option.The Gondola Hotel is your home base for travelling around Vietnam. We are located just 10 minutes from Hanoi’s central Train Station and about 35 minutes from Noi Bai International Airport via car. The tour desk at the Gondola Hotel provides you with reliable information as well as the convenience of ticket buying and tour booking services. Motorbikes and cars are also available to rent from the hotel. Return back to the Gondola Hotel after a day of activities to a soothing massage, or head upstairs to our rooftop bar to enjoy a drink and the panoramic views of the city at sunset. The Gondola Restaurant provides a great mix of Vietnamese and European food throughout the day.
A mix of traditional and modern motifs run throughout the MK Premier Boutique Hotel, with 65 rooms accommodating visitors to the wonderful city of Hanoi. With the historic Old Quarter on our doorstep, the MK Premier Boutique Hotel provides a safe and comfortable home base from which you can explore the city. For those times at the end of the day, The MK Premier Boutique Hotel offers a peaceful space where you can unwind, with a refined atmosphere accompanying your recuperation time.Discover the meaning of Vietnamese hospitality through the inviting staff, who will always be at your service during your stay with us. From the lobby to the restaurant and rooftop bar you will find well-trained staff with great English skills and a welcoming smile. We want you to enjoy your stay in Hanoi and will do everything in our power to make that happen.
The finest of Hanoi’s hotel accommodation awaits. The Hotel De L’Opera MGallery Collection, is the embodiment of the class, prestige and international recognition of Hanoi, our phoenix from the ashes of Vietnam’s past. Situated on Trang Tien Street, a mere minute’s walk to Hoan Kiem Lake, the Water Puppet Theatre and the opulent Trang Tien Plaza, you will enjoy the finest that Hanoi has to offer, both inside and outside the hotel. At Hotel De L’Opera, you will bear witness to the top level of Hanoi’s wonderful hospitality, available to you at any time of the day throughout 107 beautifully appointed bedrooms. Between the marble lobby and exquisite indoor courtyard, you will receive the warmest of welcomes, before finding the deep shades of elegance draped across your room. The gorgeous indoor pool, well-equipped gym and professional spa are some of the added benefits of a stay with Hotel De L’Opera. Our priority is your satisfaction, to which end our staff will work tirelessly. You will receive nothing but a 5-star service through La Fee Verte, our beautiful bar, Café Lautrec and our resplendent Satine Restaurant.
“V’Spirit” is short for “Vietnamese Spirit” – a national philosophy advocating warm hospitality to guests, which is what we can guarantee you on one of our Halong Bay Deluxe Cruises. The crew members that you will meet are professionally trained and experienced, committing themselves to show you the true meaning of V’Spirit.We have three wooden junk boats in our fleet designed in traditional Vietnamese style, yet loaded with contemporary amenities. Each of our deluxe cabins includes sea-view windows and a modern bathroom, with large, comfortable beds and plenty of extra space. Upstairs, you will find a classy restaurant where you will taste some of the best food available in Vietnam. The sundeck and the bar are fantastic places for meeting people and catching amazing views of the magnificent Halong Bay.As possibly the biggest highlight of any Vietnam Tour, Halong Bay is awaiting your discovery and V’Spirit is thrilled to be there with you. Our excellent customer service means that you can focus on the beauty all around you while we take care of everything else. As one of the top recommendations on Tripadvisor, we are proud to call ourselves one of the best Halong Bay Cruises and hope to have the fantastic time with your family, friends or have a great honeymoon time in otherworldly Halong Bay.
LaFairy Sails takes its name from one of the most magical areas of Halong Bay; Fairy Lake Cave, where colourful spotlights illuminate the walls and light reflected from the water dances on the ceiling. This is the kind of magic that we want to share with you.The limestone karsts, caves and beaches of Halong Bay are well-discovered now, but we take you to areas less accessible to other cruises. We endeavour to explore parts of the bay still largely untouched, like the Ngoc Trai Area, with its sunny beaches and tranquil waters.The flavours of Halong Bay come alive on a LaFairy Sails cruise. Our restaurant features the freshest, local ingredients for all of our dishes and you can see first-hand the processes necessary to prepare such sumptuous food with demonstrations from our chefs.A LaFairy Sails cruise is fully furnished with a comfortable and air-conditioned cabin, featuring all the amenities expected from a modern cruise ship. Halong Bay is an essential destination for any Vietnam tour and LaFairy Sails lets you see it in an unforgettably unique way.
The Signature Cruise Halong is gaining popularity by the day. It is one of the biggest cruise ships in Halong Bay and can boast large suites with plenty of room to go alongside its top-class facilities. The Signature Cruise features all the amenities for a truly comfortable time in UNESCO World Heritage-listed Halong Bay: twelve luxury cabins, plush restaurant, fully-stocked bar, large movie room and gorgeous open sundeck with the charming grassy area. We care deeply about the safety of our passengers and are proud of our impressive safety record. The environment is another deep concern for us and, to this end, we support local community work for villagers and welcome the indigenous people of the area to work with us should they wish. This junk boat cruise is perfect for a family with kids vacation, honeymoon time or relaxed time with friends.Let Signature Cruise Halong show you the way to go with the best cruise in Bai Tu Long Bay.
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