6 Days Highlights Private Trip in Hanoi

Our private car will pick you up at the airport, then transfer to your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

Check-in hotel and have dinner by yourself.

Overnight in Hanoi

Have breakfast at the hotel and check-out hotel

8:00: You will be picked up from your hotel in Hanoi's Old Quarter. Drive to the ancient capital of Hoa Lu and then continue on to visit the King Dinh Temple.

10:00: Next up, discover Mua Cave Cave and enjoy a mountainous overview from the top.

Listen to interesting stories about this place from your guide. Savor a set lunch with Vietnamese cuisine at a bungalow beside Tam Coc river.

11:30 – 12:00: Have lunch

14:00: After lunch, enjoy a Sampan boat trip through the three emerald water caves on the beautiful river and admire the countryside landscape.Cycle through the peaceful country roads to Bich Dong Pagoda and spend some time here.

17:00: Back to your hotel in Ninh Binh.

Overnight in Ninh Binh

Have breakfast at the hotel

8:00: You will be picked up from your hotel in Ninh Binh then depart to Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam.

9:00: Explore this beautiful Buddhist place of worship, with 500 La Han statues and the largest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam, 10 meters tall. Enjoy some free time with your guide to visit the pagoda and learn more about Buddhism.

12:00: Enjoy a lunch of Vietnamese cuisine after you've seen the pagoda.

14:00 Then hop back on the bus and continue to Trang An wharf. From here, take a boat trip to visit Trang An cave complex. After the boat trip, you'll take a bike to visit traditional villages around the Trang An area.

16:00 - 17:00: At the end of the day you'll get back on the bus and drive back to Hanoi, where you'll be dropped off back at your hotel in the Old Quarter.

19:00: Arrive Hanoi and check-in the hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi

Have breakfast at the hotel

08:15 – 08:45: Pick-up at the hotel and transfer to Tuan Chau Marina.

Short break half way.

11:45 – 12:00: Arriving Tuan Chau marina, transferred by tender of La Pandora cruises.

12:45 – 13:00: Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing, safety instruction.

13:00 – 13:15: A special lunch in Vietnamese cuisine of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites are served while sailing through Islets of Con Vit.

15:30: The Cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay. The area is surrounding of extraordinary limestone karsts landscapes.

We progress to Ong Cam Area of Lan Ha Bay- a separate part of Ha Long Bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam, enjoy kayaking and/or enjoy swimming in the crystal-clear waters of the Bay.

17:30: Back to La Pandora Cruise, drop anchor for staying overnight. Enjoy cooking demonstration (teaching you how to make our speciality, Spring rolls) and the complimentary Sunset Party on the sundeck with local wine and fresh fruit.

19:00: Dinner is served in the restaurant. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff. After dinner, retiring to your cabin or join the fishing excursion, watch a movie, have a drink at the bar, wifi access or play exciting games.

Overnight on cruise in Halong Bay

06:00: Enjoy sunrise and admire the never-ending miraculous scenery of the Bay.

Practice an invigorating Tai Chi session on the sundeck.

06:30: Light breakfast, coffee and tea served.

07:15: Visit Dark & Bright Cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage.

09:15: Back to our La Pandora Cruise, relax before checking out.

10:00: Lunch is served on board.

12:00: Disembark at the Tuan Chau marina by tender. Take our shuttle bus to return to Hanoi

15:00 – 15:30: Arrival back at your hotel or home.Overnight in Hanoi

8:00 – 12:00: We start our excellent street food walking tour at your hotel in old quarter of Hanoi along the perimeter of the market, dozens of street hawkers sell a staggering variety of produce from live seafood to exotic fruits and spices.

Your expert English-speaking local guide will give you an insight into the intricacies and traditions of Vietnamese food culture including details on ingredients and historical backgrounds of popular northern dishes.

Walking through the maze of bustling streets that make up Hanoi’s Old Quarter, we tempt our tastebuds with the famed Hanoi dish Banh Cuon at a local eatery. Watch in awe as the skilled chefs demonstrate for you how this tasty dish is put together.

Continuing into the atmospheric heart of the Old Quarter, we wander past street stalls and quiet residential lanes where you can observe local life that has changed little since Hanoi was founded over 1000 years ago.After several dishes, you will be full and satisfied.

Catch a taxi and go straight to the train street. Train schedules show them to come daily, you may catch one and experience the huge train passing right in front of your face. Our next two snack stops are at outdoor barbeque stalls.

We sit down with the Hanoi locals and sample various meat, vegetable and bread specialties that are flame grilled over hot coals for extra flavour. It’s then time for dessert as we venture down a small alley to join in the local tradition of feasting on fresh fruit served in a cup and smothered with crushed iced and condensed milk – this speciality is one not to be missed!Hotel check-out at 12:00PM.

 Free time walking around the Old Quarter then the private car pick you up then transfer to the airport. (No guide)