Upon arrival Noi Bai International airport, welcome by our guide and driver, transferred to your hotel of choice for check-in. Have lunch at local Halah restaurant. Start the tour by visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho's final resting-palace. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts where he used to live in the past. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, built by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi. Continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam - Vietnam's first University constructed in 1070. Its gardens and well-preserved architecture offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past. Cyclo in the Old Quarter. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.

07:30 - 8:30 Meet our tour guide and bus then take a 3.5-hour bus drive through fertile rice fields to Ha Long Bay. Have a break en-route in Hai Duong City to free your legs.

12:30 Board our Dragon Cruise and start cruising among limestone islands and photograph of stunning landscapes of Ha Long.

13:00 Savor your lunch on board while passing by beautiful Stone Dog, Incense Burner islets.

14:00 Stop at a fishing village to see local fish-men community and know more about their life. Cruising further to take photos of Ha Long Bay symbol, a “Fighting cock” rock.

15:00 Visit Thien Cung “Heavenly Palace” cave, the most beautiful in Ha Long Bay. Get back and cruise more around emerald water.

16:15 Stop at the harbor again to catch the bus to Hanoi.

20:00 Arrive back in Hanoi. Tour ends.

KAYAKING RIDE (optional): Pay extra 100,000 VND per person. The best way to explore true beauty of Ha Long is riding kayak around the fishing village, get in touch with local people and going through the “tunnel caves” to wonderful a secluded lake. Return to Ha Noi. Overnight at the proposed hotel.

7:45 - 8:30 Be picked up by our tour guide and bus driver, and then depart for Ninh Binh province (90 km south of Hanoi). Take a break about 20 minutes en route for relaxing and contemplating Vietnamese handicraft products such as lacquer wares, paintings, embroideries…

10:30 Arrive at Hoa Lu, which was referred to as the ancient capital of Viet Nam, settled up in the 10th century.

11:00 Pay a visit to temples of two big dynasties of Dinh and Le with a very impressive architectures in the ancient time.

11:30 Set foot in the excavation area next to the Le Dai Hanh temple. You will experience the vestiges of Royal Palaces ground dated back 10th century. Get back to the bus and drive to Tam Coc.

CYCLING RIDE (optional)

Those who desire to explore real countryside images of Vietnam can take a 40 minute cycling ride along country lane (from Tam Coc to Bich Dong Pagoda, estimated time 40 minutes for 5km cycling 2 ways), experiencing the wonderful scenery of lush paddy fields.

Have lunch at the local restaurant.

14:00 Get on the sampan boats (2 people share a boat) in Tam Coc dock to drift down the river with the villages, mountains and lush rice fields at two sides. Pass by 3 caves "Hang Ca - First cave, Hang Hai -Second cave, Hang Ba - Third cave" to get an amazing feeling. Return to the dock for bus and come back to Hanoi.

18:00 Arrive in Hanoi.

Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight at the proposed hotel.