Meal: NA – Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi Welcome to Hanoi – the charming, historic capital of Vietnam. Our driver and tour guide will meet you at Noi Bai International Airport and take you to your hotel in the city center. Check in to your room after 2 PM and relax.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast, lunch/Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi. Hanoi with its strategic position has gone through all the ups and downs of history to retain its core values and at the same time, embrace the foreign impacts to enrich itself. Starting with Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the final resting place of modern Vietnam’s founding father, find your way to Presidential Palace and Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house get a piece of the country contemporary history. Dig a little deeper into ancient Vietnam by paying a visit to One Pillar Pagoda, an exotic architecture that resembles a lotus. Take a step into the ancient religious-governed Vietnamese society by a trip to Temple of Literature, the very first university of the country, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and Quan Thanh temple, the worship place of two of Hanoi’s protecting gods. After lunch, hop on a rickshaw and weave through Hanoi’s 36 streets and guilds. Your guide will then escort you back to your hotel where the remainder of your evening can be enjoyed at your leisure.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meal: Breakfast/lunch/dinner – Accommodation: On Cruise The reason why Halong Bay is indispensable when it comes to North Vietnam tours or any Vietnam tours in general, is because it fits almost every traveler’s taste and wallet, from backpackers, to honeymooners, to families, to bon vivants. After getting picked up from your hotel, you will be transferred to the astounding Halong Bay dripping in natural beauty, at 12:00 pm. You will be welcomed aboard and sailing into the bay, through innumerable islands and islets, while lunch is being served. After lunch, you will take a short trek to a nearby summit to feed your eyes on the magnificent panoramic view of the bay dotted with golden sails. Seize this chance to swim in the calm water or kayak around this ethereal seascape or just simply sunbathing on the sundeck. Later in the afternoon, pay a visit to a quaint fishing village for an opportunity to talk with fishermen who have inhabited the bay for almost three generations. Go back to the ship and watch the crepuscular rays fade into a riveting abyss of orange as it sails to a peaceful body of water for an overnight stay on board.

Activities : Sightseeing

Meal: Breakfast/Brunch – Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi Kickstart your day with an early Tai Chi Session on the sundeck and you will be rewarded with an unparalleled visual glory of the sun peeking above the watery horizon. After breakfast, you will visit an enigmatic limestone grotto and then go back to the ship for a final glimpse of Ha Long Bay as you cruise back to the dock. Check out as the ship arrives at the harbor by noon and drive back to Hanoi. Stay there for the night.

Activities : Boat Cruise

Meal: Breakfast – Accommodation: NA After breakfast at the hotel, our guide will accompany you to the airport to catch your scheduled flight. Our North Vietnam tours end here. Bon voyage!

Activities : Sightseeing