Visiting Hanoi – city of peace and variety of cultural and historic relics, you will have a brief understanding of Vietnam people and country. Package will be included with 2 days 1 night beach break to Halong bay. Take a chance to discover the best world heritage in Vietnam and stay overnight on international Alova Halong Cruise.
Day 1: Hanoi arrival - Evening water puppet show
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour
Day 3: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay Alova Cruise
Day 4: Halong Alova Cruise - Hanoi
Day 5: Hanoi - Departure
Day 1: Hanoi arrival - Evening water puppet show.
On your arrival at Noi Bai airport, you are met and greeted by your local guide and driver. You transfer to your hotel in the Old Quarter and refresh. After dinner, we will get to the Thang Long Theater for a traditional puppet show in 1 hours.
Today we spend a full day exploring the capital city and our first visit is to the Ho Chi Minh Complex. We first visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum - the number one place of pilgrimage of Vietnam to pay respect to Uncle Ho. We continue to the Presidential Palace - a beautifully restored colonial building constructed as the residence of the Governor General Indochina and now used for official receptions that is not open to public yet. We then spend time at Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts where he lived on and off from 1958 to 1969. The house is built in the style of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities, sitting in a well-tended garden next to carp-filled pond. We then continue to One Pillar Pagoda, Hanoi’s most famous pagoda is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, a symbol of purity rising out of a sea of sorrow. Our last visit before lunch is the Temple of Literature, Vietnam's first university and an excellent example of well-preserved traditional Vietnamese architecture.
We break for lunch at a local restaurant and in the afternoon visit the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. The museum features an excellent collection of art and everyday objects gathered from Vietnam and its diverse tribal people. The museum is several kilometers from central Hanoi, but it shouldn’t be missed. On the way back to town, we’ll visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, one of the oldest temple of Vietnam and Quan Thanh Temple, a temple dedicated to the guardian Gods of the old capital, Thang Long as well as one of the 4 compass point temples of Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Alova Gold Cruise
7h45 – 8h15: Alova Gold Cruise’s bus and guide will pick you up at your hotel & start the 3 hour and a half drive to Halong Bay.
12h00 – 12h30: Board Alova Gold Cruise at the Bai Chay port, enjoy welcome drink, crew briefing before checking in cabin. Start cruising and enjoy a Special lunch with Vietnamese Traditional Dishes while the boat slowly slides on romantic waves of the sea to the legendary fishing village
14h00: Spend one hour Kayaking or Bamboo boat on emerald water of the world heritage
15h00: Set sails to head to the sandy beach where emotional feeling erupts at one of the most splendid water world; you can swim and enjoy the seascapes with photos shooting.
18h00: Return to the vessel for your own leisure at room or on Sun deck, boat anchors at Sung Sot area – the safest place for overnight.
18h30: Attend the Cooking Demonstration together with our Chief.
19h30: Enjoy dinner (designed only on Alova Gold) with Vietnamese typical foods.
21h00: Intermingle with activities on board such as Cuttle fish fishing, games on board, socializing with others. Our bartender serves you the best drink at bar, overnight on boat.
Day 4: Alova Gold Cruise – Halong Bay – Hanoi
When the Dawn appears, a new day comes to bring you strange experience!
6h00: Wake up for swimming or photos hunt at dawn
7h30: Have sunrise breakfast in the absolutely quiet lagoon.
8h30: Climb up the mountain to explore one of the most superb & beautiful Sung Sot cave.
9h15: Return to the Vessel, check out and settle the bill, take time to relax while the Vessel is cruising back to Bai Chay Port, leave your words in the Memory Book and have lunch
12h30: Say goodbye to Halong bay and take shuttle bus back to Hanoi
16h30: Arrive in Hanoi.
Breakfast at your hotel and depending on your flight or transfer out of Hanoi, we suggest last minute shopping for clothes, music or maybe a few DVD’s!
Transit: 15 minutes from the airport by car or minivan
Price: 250 USD /person for a group of 2
Trip included:
Halong bay package tour with Alova Cruises:
- Pick-up and transfer by A/C modern bus Hanoi – Halong – Hanoi
- 2 bottles of water/person/2 ways
- Welcome drink
- Fully furnished deluxe en-suite cabin with A/C and hot water
- Complementary bottled water in cabin
- English speaking tour guide
- All entrance fees to sites indicated in itinerary
- Meals as: 1 breakfast, 2 lunches and 1 dinner (Set menu Vietnamese Style)
- Complimentary morning tea and coffee
- Kayaking or Rowing boat (one hour)
- Cooking demonstration
- Fishing equipments
- On board insurance, service charge
Hanoi package tours:
- Air port Pick – up and drop off
- Hotel in Hanoi for 3 nights
Trip excluded:
- Beverages, tax and personal expenses
- Others not clearly mentioned above
WHAT TO BRING
- Original passport, swimming suites, sun glasses, insect repellent
- Cruise itinerary and schedule subject to change upon weather and operations conditions.
- Special requests on food (diet or vegetarian) please inform us before departure.
