DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL (-/-/D)
Upon arrival, meet & greet by our local tour guide and transfer to hotel for check in hotel after 14:00PM. Dinner at local restaurant
Overnight in Hanoi
Distance Noi Bai Airport – Hanoi Central: 35 km à 45 minute transfer
DAY 2: HANOI HALF DAY CITY TOUR – HALONG (B/L/D)
In the morning, start your half day city. Your first stop will be the Ho Chi Minh Complex including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (close on Monday, Friday mornings and every afternoon), where the father of modern-day Vietnam declared the nation’s independence in 1945. Discover the reverence with which the Vietnamese treat their “Uncle Ho” at this pilgrimage site. Continue your tour at sites such as the Stilt House, Presidential Palace, and One Pillar Pagoda. Then drive to the Temple of Literature, built in honor of Confucius by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong in 1070 - Vietnam's first university, for a touch of history. Then visit Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) and Ngoc Son Temple with Sunrise Bridge. After lunch, depart to Halong Bay. Arrival Halong, check in hotel, the rest of day is at your own leisure. Dinner at local restaurant
Overnight in Ha Long
Distance Hanoi – Halong: 165km à 4 hour transfer included break time on the way
DAY 3: HALONG – HANOI (B/L/D)
After breakfast, we start enjoying 3 - 4 hour boat trip. We walk into the Thien Cung cave (Heaven Palace cave) to see thousands of stalactites and stalagmites colored by hundreds of neon lights. After 1 hour stay in the “Heaven Palace”, we are back to the boat for cruising along the World Nature Heritage part to see the Incense Bowl islet, Cock fighting islets Sail islet, Turtle island…. A delicious seafood lunch will be served when we are completely relax on boat. We are both having seafood and seeing the wonderful sightseeing outside. At 12:00 at noon, we finish our boat trip and back to our vehicle for transferring to Hanoi with stopovers at Ceramic and Hand Embroidery Workshop en route. At around 18:00PM we will be back to Hanoi. Evening highlight will be a Water Puppet Performance – the unique form of Vietnamese art derived from wet rice civilization of South East Asia. Dinner at restaurant
Overnight in Hanoi
Distance Halong –Hanoi: 165km à 4 hour transfer included break time on the way
DAY 4: HANOI DEPARTURE (B/-/-)
Free time for relax and shopping until your transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL (-/-/D)
Upon arrival, meet & greet by our local tour guide and transfer to hotel for check in hotel after 14:00PM. Dinner at local restaurant
Overnight in Hanoi
Distance Noi Bai Airport – Hanoi Central: 35 km à 45 minute transfer
DAY 2: HANOI HALF DAY CITY TOUR – HALONG (B/L/D)
In the morning, start your half day city. Your first stop will be the Ho Chi Minh Complex including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (close on Monday, Friday mornings and every afternoon), where the father of modern-day Vietnam declared the nation’s independence in 1945. Discover the reverence with which the Vietnamese treat their “Uncle Ho” at this pilgrimage site. Continue your tour at sites such as the Stilt House, Presidential Palace, and One Pillar Pagoda. Then drive to the Temple of Literature, built in honor of Confucius by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong in 1070 - Vietnam's first university, for a touch of history. Then visit Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) and Ngoc Son Temple with Sunrise Bridge. After lunch, depart to Halong Bay. Arrival Halong, check in hotel, the rest of day is at your own leisure. Dinner at local restaurant
Overnight in Ha Long
Distance Hanoi – Halong: 165km à 4 hour transfer included break time on the way
DAY 3: HALONG – HANOI (B/L/D)
After breakfast, we start enjoying 3 - 4 hour boat trip. We walk into the Thien Cung cave (Heaven Palace cave) to see thousands of stalactites and stalagmites colored by hundreds of neon lights. After 1 hour stay in the “Heaven Palace”, we are back to the boat for cruising along the World Nature Heritage part to see the Incense Bowl islet, Cock fighting islets Sail islet, Turtle island…. A delicious seafood lunch will be served when we are completely relax on boat. We are both having seafood and seeing the wonderful sightseeing outside. At 12:00 at noon, we finish our boat trip and back to our vehicle for transferring to Hanoi with stopovers at Ceramic and Hand Embroidery Workshop en route. At around 18:00PM we will be back to Hanoi. Evening highlight will be a Water Puppet Performance – the unique form of Vietnamese art derived from wet rice civilization of South East Asia. Dinner at restaurant
Overnight in Hanoi
Distance Halong –Hanoi: 165km à 4 hour transfer included break time on the way
DAY 4: HANOI DEPARTURE (B/-/-)
Free time for relax and shopping until your transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Community Service Trip
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Each program is designed to be a rich, fulfilling experience that makes a positive impact on the communities we work with and on each of one our travelers. It is our goal that by the end of each community service program, our participants have had meaningful encounters with the peoples and the communities visited and each person comes away feeling like he or she has had a lasting impact.
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