PROGRAM DETAIL
Day 01 . Wed 31 January 2018 : Arrive at Halong Bay - Hanoi street food tour (-) | Guide and driver
11.00 am: You are welcomed at Halong Bay (Quang Ninh) port with procedure assistance to exit from the cruise. Transfer with our English speaking guide to Hanoi (approx 3,5 hours). Check in hotel and take a rest.
7.00 pm: Discover the Old Quarter, also known as the “36 Streets & Corporations”. It is a veritable labyrinth of lanes where each of them is specialized in a trade or art. The best way to explore and discover this district full of life is by foot. Designed to capture all aspects of local life, the course will cover all the elements of the daily life of the inhabitants in an original way: crafts, Buddhism, temple, gastronomy, local market, visit of traditional house-tube (Vietnamese particularity), medicine…Discover the capital through food, as a local, a real experience and a highlight of the journey. The tour ends with a stroll around the HoanKiem Lake (Lake of the Restored Sword) before being transferred to hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Services included:
• Transfer by private air-condition vehicle;
• Accommodation in hotels
• English speaking guide;
• Hanoi street food tour;
Services excluded: Other meals, tip, drinks, single room, personal expenses, insurance, etc
Day 02 . Thu 01 February 2018 : Hanoi city tour - Halong Bay (B, L) | Guide and driver
You will be picked up at the hotel at 8:00am. Starting the day trip will be a visit of the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which compromises Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum (closed on Mondays & Fridays), his former stilt-house residence, the Presidential Palace and Ho Chi Minh Museum. We will then visit the Temple of Literature constructed in 1070 to worship Confucius, which served as the first Royal National University in Vietnam. The site also honors 82 Vietnamese doctorates who passed a number of rigid exams in the feudal ages. Their names, birthdays and birthplaces are engraved in 82 headstones perched on stone tortoises. It is widely believed that touching the heads of these tortoises will bring luck. Its peaceful green compound with its neatly maintained lawns, gardens and lotus ponds make it a tranquil hideaway from the city’s bustle and heat. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we will visit Hoa Lo Prision Museum, which was used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for US prisoners of War during the Vietnam War. Your tour will be concluded with great experience of Water Puppet show - the unique art of Vietnamese people from Red River Delta. Transfer back to Halong Bay port. Your cruise ship departs at 10.00 pm.
Services included:
• Transfer by private air-condition vehicle;
• English speaking guide;
• Entrance fees and Water puppet show
• Breakfast at hotel and Lunch in a local restaurant
Services excluded: Other meals, tip, drinks, single room, personal expenses, insurance, etc