8.00: Tourguide & Car pick up at hotel to take part in Hanoi City Tour, firstly visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, his house on stilt, the botanical garden and the Presidential palace while learning about his life and revolutionary activities. This used to be the residence of the Governor of Indochina. After 1954 it was named the Presidential Palace and became the place where Ho Chi Minh lived and worked until he passed away in1969.

The vegetation in Ba Be National Park mainly consists of limestone and evergreen forest. The former covers steep mountain slopes on which the soil cover is thin. The latter depends on thicker soil cover and has a higher species diversity. The dominating tree species of the lime stone forest are Burretiodendron hsienmu and Streblus tonkinensis Climbing bamboo is a regional endemic plant common on the hill slopes near the lake shore.

A journey to Duong Lam village is a trip to trace back the origin of Vietnam’s culture and Vietnam’s traditions. This is also the great chance explore architecture of ancient houses while wander along its narrow alleyways, visit temples dedicated to the two kings born there, and most interesting of all, chat with locals living in the ancient houses.

Van Long is a legendary land and an amazingly beautiful landscape for tourism, while at the same time, the largest mangrove nature reserve in northern delta, Ninh Binh province. Van Lang reserve is on area of 2,643 hectares in seven communes of Gia Vien district. In the Van Long forest, there are 457 species of plants,

Day 2: Hanoi – Halong Bay (B,L/D)
8.00 AM Depart Hanoi for Halong Bay approximately three hours away. En route we have a short stop at the Sao Do arts and crafts centre run by handicapped children. Upon arrival at Halong Bay (approx. mid-day) we will board our luxury junk boat, the ‘Jewel of the Bay’ for a delicious

Day 1. Arrival Hanoi ( D)
On arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International airport, you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to your hotel in Hanoi. Free to leisure. O/N in Hanoi.

The bus takes you around Hanoi to visit the famous sites in Hanoi such as: Ho Chi Minh complex to learn about the great Father of Vietnamese (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and his House on stilts, Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda nearby),Temple of Literature- the first university in

Most Vietnamese and Westerners are familiar with the phrase “Ha noi ba muoi sau Pho Phuong” or “Hanoi 36 districts”. This phrase often causes much confusion for most people since, on the one hand Pho means a street or a place for merchants to gather to do business, on the other

8:00 am: pick you up at hotel, transfer to Ninh Binh. You will visit Hoa Lu – The Ancient Royal Capital of Viet Nam, Dinh Temple – where worshipped King Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Temple – where worshipped King Le Dai Hanh.

8.00: pick up at hotel, visit Hochiminh’s mausoleum, his house on stilt, the botanical garden and the Presidential palace while learning about his life and revolutionary activities. This used to be the residence of the Governor of Indochina. After 1954 it was named the Presidential Palace and became the place where Hochiminh lived and worked until he passed away in1969.

Today heading toward Ninh Binh, the province about 100kms south of Hanoi.
8.00 leave the hotel. About 10.30 arrive at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital. In 968, Dinh Bo Linh declared himself as the King. Since then Hoa Lu existed as the capital for the next 41 years (968 – 1009),

Chua Huong (Perfume pagoda) is located in Huong son (Perfume mountain) 70 km southwest of Hanoi. Chua Huong is not one temple but a cluster of temples and shrines in the general vicinity of Huong son. The pagoda(s) are located in My Duc hamlet in the province of Ha Tay. According

After breakfast we depart Hanoi for Pu Luong Natural Reserve. This scenic drive takes around four hours. Along the way we pass fields of tapioca and sugar cane as well as rice paddies.

Day 1 Arrive Hanoi
You will be met and transferred to your hotel. An afternoon tour introduces you to the city’s Vietnamese and French architecture.