Day 01: Entry Hanoi
Upon arrival in Hanoi our guide will meet you at the airport and transfer to hotel down town. Dinner is served with local delicacies. Overnight in Hanoi.

 Day 02: Hanoi city tour
Breakfast is served in the hotel. Today we will have a full day to explore Hanoi, the city of green trees, lakes and busy ancient towns. This intensive eight-hour tour takes you to must-see sights in Hanoi. In the morning, you will visit the Ho Chi Minh complex and the One-pillar-pagoda. Afterwards we take in the first university of Vietnam, the Temple of Literature. After lunch we drive to the Ethnology Museum. To complete a day, explore the Old Quarter of Hanoi on a cycle. In the evening we will have a Water Puppet Show. Overnight in Hanoi.

 Day 03: Hanoi - Halong Bay
Leave Hanoi for Halong Bay at 8.30am. On the way we will have a short break for refreshment at a handicraft centre. Upon arrival in Halong City we board a luxury junk for a fine seafood lunch and a short cruise to Thien Cung Cave. After a short exploration of the cave we start our exploration of the bay paddling through an amazing area of limestone islets. We will pass a floating village to reach Luon Cave, which is a tunnel thrusting through a mountain. Paddling through the tunnel to explore a beautiful secluded lagoon. We will meet the in front of the cave. Aboard the junk for dinner and overnight in AC, private cabin.

 Day 04: Kayaking Halong Bay
After breakfast we start paddling to Van Chai Floating village and then continue paddling to Dark Cave. Tide permitting, we explore this amazing cave by kayak. The cave is a 200m long, dark tunnel thrusting through a limestone mountain. The tunnel is the only entry to a secluded and beautiful lagoon. We can also explore some other caves nearby. Lunch is served on support boat in front of the cave. After lunch we paddle to Ba Trai Dao Lagoon, along a stunning and fairly rough sea channel, to explore its beautiful beaches. Continue paddling to Lan Ha Bay, which is smaller than Halong Bay but much more interesting with lots of secluded beaches. Cruise back to Halong Bay for dinner and overnight on mother boat

 Day 05: Halong Bay - Hanoi
Breakfast on the junk and enjoy the sundeck of the junk while she navigates amazing rock formations of Bai Tu Long Bay to get back to Halong City. Lunch is served on the junk before heading back to Hanoi by bus.

 Day 06: Exit Hanoi
Breakfast and free at leisure until transfer to the airport for departure. Trip ends.
 

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