Day 1: Hanoi arrival
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Upon arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport, the guide of Indochina Travel Service will welcome you and transfer you to hotel. Check in hotel and free time to stroll around the city.
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Day 2: Hanoi city tour (B, L)
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At 8.30am, our guide and driver will meet you at your hotel and embark on the sightseeing tour in Ha Noi by the first visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the body of Uncle Ho is well kept. Then visit his house built on stilts situated nearby. Followed by the visit to One Pillar Pagoda, it was built of wood on a single stone pillar, elaborately designed to resemble a lotus blossom which is a symbol of purity. Afterward, go for the Temple of Literature with its traditional Vietnamese architecture, dedicated to Confucian cult which broke the Buddhist monopoly in education; the temple was then regarded as the site of the first university of Vietnam. Continue the route to “Hanoi Hilton” –a nick name given by US pilots during the war.
Another highlight of the day is delicious lunch in Vietnamese cuisines, followed by one –hour cyclo tour through the busy Old Quarter where you can see peddlers are selling wares as if they have done that for centuries! We can have some drinks at Highland Coffee and enjoy a great view from the top. Finish the day with a Water Puppet show. This is a uniquely northern Vietnamese art form depicting scenes from rural life and episodes of national history.
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
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Day 3: Hanoi –Halong Bay -Hanoi (B, L)
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We will come to pick you up at 8:30am. The 3 – hour journey through the rich farmlands of the Red River Delta opens the scenery of rice fields, water buffaloes and Vietnamese village daily life. We will stop over Hai Duong for a cup of green tea and a piece of the provincial traditional sweet green bean cake.
Arrive Ha Long around noon and board our private Junk for a 4 hour cruise on the emerald green water of Ha Long bay among some 3,000 spectacular limestone islets. A fresh seafood lunch will be served on board while cruising toward Thien Cung Cave, the most beautiful cave and famous for its stunning stalactites and stalagmites. You also have relaxable time for swimming, sun - bathing. In the late afternoon, we head back to Ha Long harbour and our waiting vehicle will transfer us back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi approximately around 7pm.
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Day 4: Hanoi departure (B)
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Some free time for shopping or strolling around the city until transfer time to the airport for your flight to the next destination.
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