8 Days North & Central Vietnam - Full Activities

Day 1 Hanoi Arrival - Warm Welcome (N/A)
Arrive at Noi Bai Airport. You will be welcomed & picked up then transferring to a hotel in Hanoi. Check-in registration. Relax and stay overnight at hotel.
Meal: N/A
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Warm Welcome at the airport or hotel in Hanoi, Noi Bai International Airport, Sóc Sơn, Hanoi, 140800, Vietnam
05:00 - 23:00
Day 2 Hanoi City Tour (B/L)
Our guide will pick you up between 08h00 and 08h30
08h30: Arrive Tran Quoc Pagoda â€“  the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
09h30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of  Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world.

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area11h00: Visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam.

- Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12h45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.

14h00 – 14h15: Continue visit Temple of Literature â€“ the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century 

15h15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton. 

16h15 -16h30: Return to hotel.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
Day 3 Hanoi - Ninh Binh Hoa Lu - Trang An & Mua Cave (B/L/D)

Day 4 Ninh Binh - Halong (B/L/D)
Day 5 Halong - Hanoi - Danang (B/L)
After breakfast, you can relax on deck to enjoy the beauty of the bay, boat passing the most beauty of karsts islets, visit cave by small bamboo boat or kayaking. Have lunch on the boat while cruise returns to Halong wharf for transfer back to Hanoi and take other car to transfer the airport for the flight to Da Nang. Upon 01 hour flight, you will be greeted at airport and transfer to Hoian town, the old port town from 16th to 18th centuries. Its sizeable community of foreign merchants resulted in a unique architectural style with Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese influences with tiny Japanese and Chinese house. Check into hotel. Explore the life style of Ancient town. Stay overnight at hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoian
Day 6 My Son & Boat Trip & Hoian Ancient Town Walking (B/L/D)
Day 7 Hoian - Bana Hills - Golden Bridge - Danang (B/L)
Day 8 Danang Departure (B)
Free at leisure until transferring to the airport to take departure flight onward. HOME SWEET HOME!!!
Drop off at the airport or hotel in Hanoi, Noi Bai International Airport, Sóc Sơn, Hanoi, 140800, Vietnam
05:00 - 23:00