Vietnam 4Nights/5Days: Hanoi - Thai Binh - Cuc Phuong - Mai Chau - Hoa Binh Tour

Meet on arrival at Hanoi / Noi Bai International Airport and transfer to hotel for check in.

P.m: City tour (if time permits): Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his residence, One-Pillar Pagoda and Hoan Kiem Lake, Temple of Literature, built in the 11th century as Vietnam's first university and the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Dinner at local restaurant. Evening: Water puppet show, the unique Vietnamese Hoan Kiem Lake traditional art. Accommodation.

Breakfast at hotel. Pick up at hotel and drive to Thai Binh to visit the Keo Pagoda with its beautiful bell tower in a quiet village on the Red River Delta. Continue on to Pho Minh tower in Nam Dinh; lunch en route. Proceed to Tam Coc to visit "Halong Bay on land" - the same limestone rocks as in Halong Bay but seen from a winding stream through paddy fields instead of the sea. Enjoy spectacular scenery during the boat trip to Tam Coc caves with visit of the Bich Dong Pagoda. Dinner and accommodation at Van Xuan, a simple hotel in Hoa Lu.

Breakfast at hotel. Visit Dinh and Le dynasty temples. Drive to Cuc Phuong National Park for 3-hour easy trekking. Lunch en route. P.m: Drive on to Hoa Binh for dinner and accommodation in a very basis hotel.

Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Mai Chau in its pretty valley with a patchwork of Mai Chau rice paddies, farms and stilt houses. The area is the home of many ethnic minorities, including the Muong and the Thai. Lunch en route. Drive back to Hanoi. Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast. Leisure time until transfer to Hanoi / Noi Bai International Airport for departure