Northern Vietnam Family Tour

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$ 309 /person
Days
5
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Overview

This Vietnam family tour is the perfect introduction and exploration of northern Vietnam, one where we discover the beautiful architectural and stunning natural attractions of Hanoi and Halong Bay. Culture thrives in northern Vietnam, emanating from the country’s ancient capital, where faded French colonial buildings create an incredibly charming meld of styles with the Vietnamese ones next to which they sit. Nearby Halong Bay offers a pristine and immaculate seascape, ripe for exploring from the deck of a cruise and the seat of a kayak.

This tour allows you to absorb the heritage of northern Vietnam with your family. We feature a family-friendly itinerary with lots of time for exploring; all completely stress-free due to our extensive organisation, including accommodation, transport, tours and most of the meals. At Incredible Asia Journeys, we lift the burden of the logistics so that you can enjoy a special holiday with the people who matter most to you.

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Places you’ll see

Highlights

  • Exploring the cultural riches of Hanoi, with its beautiful architecture and long and proud history
  • Cruising on an overnight tour of Halong Bay, Vietnam’s unique and twice UNESCO-designated gem
  • Visiting the ceramic village of Bat Trang to create our own pottery and find gorgeous souvenirs
  • Enjoying a worry-free tour under the guidance of a professional tour guide, driver and company

Itinerary

 Activities: Begin your Vietnam family tour by settling into Hanoi and enjoying a social welcome dinner.

You and your family will be warmly welcomed to beautiful Vietnam in the country’s vibrant capital, Hanoi. We drive past the city’s beautiful architecture and arrive in the Old Quarter, the colourful centre of Hanoi, dropping you off at your hotel where you can check in at any time after 14:00. You will have time to settle into the pace of life here before our guide returns in the late afternoon to take you and your family for a delicious welcome dinner.

 Meals:  Dinner

 Notes: Dinner will be the only meal on the first day. Make your own arrangements for breakfast and lunch and stay overnight in Hanoi.

 Activities: Take a full-day city tour of Hanoi’s main tourist attractions

Have breakfast in your hotel before our guide and driver arrive. We will begin our Hanoi Full Day City Tour at the Ho Chi Minh Complex, the historic political centre of Hanoi containing the vivid Presidential Palace and the central Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, where the hero of Vietnam rests. Behind the mausoleum, we will find Ho Chi Minh’s former stilt-house residence and the iconic One-Pillar Pagoda, a unique construction that encapsulates the Buddhist roots of Hanoi. After this, we continue south to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s beautiful first university and a pilgrimage destination for modern students looking for divine intervention to help them in their exams.

We will take lunch after this and decide on the next destination out of an option of two:

Option 1: Hoa Lo Prison

This historical prison housed many political Vietnamese revolutionaries during their country’s rule by the French, then transformed into a prisoner of war camp for Americans (including former senator John McCain) who were shot down over the skies of Hanoi.

Option 2: The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

This large museum contains many interesting artefacts and stories collected from the 53 ethnic minorities that comprise the population of Vietnam. In the museum’s grounds, there are full-scale replicas of traditional stilt houses in many different styles, giving children a great avenue for their exploration of different cultures.

We finish the day with a brief walk around the city’s wonderful Old Quarter, ending at your hotel.

 Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch

 Notes: Make your own arrangements for dinner and stay overnight in Hanoi.

 Activities: Transfer to Halong Bay and complete the first day of a 2-day, 1-night cruise.

After breakfast at the hotel, we will take the drive to Halong Bay in the country’s East. A 3.5-hour transfer through the evocative Red River Delta will come before we meet our wonderful cruise ship, standing proudly in the world-renowned bay. We embark on the cruise and sit down to a gorgeous lunch as we begin our Halong Bay 1 night cruise past the first of the limestone towers that line the waterways here. You can settle into the cruise from your cabin or the open sundeck, both of which will give you exquisite views of Halong Bay’s unique seascape.

Throughout the afternoon, we will engage in fun activities such as kayaking, visiting a cave and visiting a sandy island, all designed to get you into the bay to discover its majesty close-up. We return to the boat for a delicious dinner and the opportunity to unwind into a placid evening, with squid fishing and board games to keep the kids entertained.

 Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 Notes: Stay overnight in Halong Bay.

 Activities: Finish the overnight tour in Halong Bay and return to Hanoi via the pottery-making village of Bat Trang.

Wake up as the new morning light slides across the gorgeous towers of tree-topped limestone, best viewable from the sundeck where a beginners’ tai chi session will be taking place. Take breakfast in the restaurant and then recline on the boat for the remainder of the morning, with potentially some activities depending on the cruise that you select. 

Lunch will be served slightly earlier than normal today as we disembark the cruise at midday before heading back to Hanoi. On the way, we stop at Bat Trang ceramic village, a wonderful locale on the outskirts of Hanoi where exquisite pottery is created. The kids can try their hands at creating some of their own pottery with a fun class, after which we can shop for souvenirs and complete our return to Hanoi.

 Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch

 Notes: Make your own arrangements for breakfast and lunch and stay overnight in Hanoi.

 Activities: Transfer to Hanoi’s Noi Bai international airport for your onwards flight.

Savour your final breakfast in the fresh morning atmosphere of Hanoi. Our driver will arrive to your hotel to transfer you to the airport, where you will catch your flight to your next destination.

This will be the end of the tour. We hope you had a wonderful time with you family around northern Vietnam and we hope that we get the chance to show you the rest of our beautiful country in the near future!

 Meals:  Breakfast

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Hanoi
La Suite Hotel & Spa
La Suite Hotel & Spa

You will find La Suite Hotel & Spa in the centre of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, just minutes from Hoan Kiem Lake, the weekend night market and St Joseph’s Cathedral. This 3-star hotel contains everything to ensure that your stay in Hanoi is one of peace and convenience. Throughout our 38 rooms, we are committed to a service that affords you a stress-free stay. All of our rooms contain modern amenities such as air conditioning, cable TV and free Wi-Fi, along with an en suite bathroom where you will find an ultra-modern shower and plentiful toiletries. You will experience the friendliness of our staff from day one, starting with a welcome drink and fruit basket gifted upon check-in. The readily available staff are always at your service throughout the rooms, lobby and La Suite Restaurant, which serves both Western and Asian food to please every palette. Our in-house massage service offers you the perfect way to relax after your excursions around Hanoi, with foot and full-body massages available upon request.

MK Premier Boutique
MK Premier Boutique

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.

Hotel De L'Opera Hanoi
Hotel De L'Opera Hanoi

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.

Halong Bay
V'Spirit Classic Cruise
V'Spirit Classic Cruise

 “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.

Stellar Cruise
Stellar Cruise

The iconic red sails of the Stellar Cruise stretch high into the sky, bestowing a man-made grace on Halong Bay, an area of utter natural brilliance. The sophistication and elegance of a Halong Bay junk boat is unrivalled in Halong Bay; Aclass Cruises have carved a favourable reputation in this UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the perfect match of wonderful amenities, wonderfully friendly staff and an itinerary that focuses on your enjoyment, not your money.There are plenty of places on board a Stellar Cruise to relax in the rugged grandeur of the bay, be it with a drink at the bar, food in the restaurant, a book on the sundeck or a movie in your room. The burnished wood that runs throughout our junk boat bestows a feeling of antiquity and chic aided in no small part by the splendour of Halong Bay’s beautiful islands, caves, floating villages, pearl farms and the excited buzz that transpires at every waking moment of a Halong Bay cruise. Join Stellar Cruise to experience the buzz for yourself, safe in the knowledge of complete security and comfort on board.

Paradise Luxury Cruise
Paradise Luxury Cruise

As the name suggests, a Halong Bay tour on the Paradise Luxury Cruise is exactly that; a luxurious cruise through paradise. The Paradise Luxury Cruise has a unique blend of contemporary chic with ancient Vietnamese artisanship. Classical dark wood and its fine detailing create an air of affluence with the modern amenities throughout the ship; a marriage of pure romance. Our dining room is one of the utmost sophistication, offering an astounding unlimited a la carte menu and free flow on certain beverages. You can find the best views upstairs on the open sundeck where nothing will block your panoramic views of the dramatic limestone mountains. The tranquil onboard day spa promises a soothing experience and is one of the many reasons why Paradise Luxury Cruise is leading the way in high-end cruising around Halong Bay. Now it's easier to choose one of the best Halong Bay cruises for a family, friends, and couples.

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Inclusions

  •   Accommodation (shared double, twin or triple rooms) with daily breakfast included
  •   Entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary 
  •   All transport including airport pick-up and drop-off by vehicles equipped with AC 
  •   Halong Bay overnight cruise
  •   English-speaking guides on tours
  •   Meals as mentioned in the to
  •   Water (2 bottles per person per tour day)

Exclusions

  •   Visa stamp fees
  •   Vietnam Visa Letter On Arrival 
  •   Travel insurance 
  •   Personal expenses 
  •   Early check-in and late check-out surcharge
  •   Meals and drinks not mentioned in the itinerary
  •   Tips for the guides and drivers
Price from
$ 309 /person
Days
5
  • Best price guaranteed
  • Money back guarantee
  • Customizable by local experts
  • 24/7 customer support
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