Details Itinerary 

Code: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, G = Guide   

Day 1: Arrival at Hanoi (D, G)

Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, our guide will greet and accompany you to your hotel. Free time until you?ll be picked up to watch water puppet performance, a traditional art form closely connected with the long-standing spiritual life of the Vietnamese people. You?ll then be driven to a good local restaurant and enjoy a welcome dinner with us. Your overnight stay will be in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi city tour (B, L, G)

The morning tour will begin with Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the resting place of Uncle Ho. You will also see his house-on-stilts and learn about the simple life of the Vietnamese?s beloved leader. Your next visit will be Tran Quoc Pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas, which still maintains its unique architecture harmonious with nature and boasts many precious Buddhist statues. You will then driven to Temple of Literature, the oldest school in Vietnam, giving it the distinction of being the most significant temple in both Hanoi and Vietnam.

In the afternoon, you will call at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, an excellent instruction to the cultural heritages of Vietnam's 54 distinct ethnic groups. Later on, you will visit the beautiful Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake - a striking blue gem in the city centre. The tour ends with 1 ?hour walking tour around the Old Quarters to enjoy its warmth and cosiness, looking up to contemplate centuries-old and weather-beaten houses, both familiar and exotic, etc. Your overnight stay will be in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi/Ha Long (B, L, D, G)

Picked up at around 8.30 a.m, you?ll then depart for Ha Long Bay. Enjoy a 3 hour drive with a brief stopover at Hong Ngoc Embroidery workshop for refreshment and see different kinds of handicrafts skillfully made by disable people.

Arriving Ha Long Bay, you will go aboard and check in. Lunch will be served afterwards with a selection of seafood specialities. The boat will take you first to the famous World Heritage area where you can visit Amazing Cave and take a swim on a tranquil beach in Ha Long Bay. Then you are free, possibly for retiring to your cabin or having romantic walks on the boat side to enjoy the marvellous sunset. You?ll spend a night on boat.

Day 4: Ha Long/Hanoi/Dong Hoi (B, L, G)

It would be nice if you wake up to see sunrise and daylight filtering through the early morning mist and the towering rock formations. After western breakfast, you will venture into some of the sea level caves in a small sampan. You?ll then continue a leisurely cruise along Ha Long Bay and have lunch before returning to the harbour. Our car will pick you up and drive back to Hanoi for your refreshment at the local standard hotel.You'll then check out at around 18.00 and be driven to the station for your overnight train to Dong Hoi.

You'll spend the night on the train.

Day 5: Dong Hoi/Phong Nha/Dong Hoi (B, L, G)

Arriving in Dong Hoi station early in the morning, you'll be picked up to your hotel for refreshment and have breakfast in the hotel's restaurant.  After breakfast, you'll be driven to travel to visit Phong Nha cave, one of the world heritage sites in Vietnam and one of the most beautiful caves in the world. It is known for its outstanding cave system and limestone karst formations, many of the underground chambers remain a mystery, even to the most seasoned adventurers. You'll then have a boat cruise along the river to take a chance to enjoy the beauty of Phong Nha caves called the water cave and dry cave. Visiting Phong Nha, tourists can hear strange sound of winds passing through mountain gorges, admiring stalactites falling down as tens of thousands of huge tooth.

Rest of the day, you?ll then be back to Dong Hoi for your free time to relax on the beach.

You'll spend the night in Dong Hoi.

Day 6: Dong Hoi/Hanoi (B, G)

Your time will be your own until you'll be picked up and transferred to the station for your train back to Hanoi. You'll then transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

Prices per person in US$:

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Valid until December 31, 2010

Surcharge for peak season of hotels are not inclusive in the prices above.

Prices include:

• Breakfast and accommodation sharing a twin or double room.

• Train ticket: Hanoi - Dong Hoi - Hanoi, air-condition soft four bed cabin.

• Boat cruise as programme.

• Travel by private, air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced driver.

• English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary

• Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in the programme.

• Lunches and dinners, as specified, in the local restaurants and full board on the boat in Ha Long Bay.

• Government taxes

Price do not include:

• International flight tickets and airport tax.

• Visas

• Dinners, except as specified above.

• Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.

• Insurance.

Hotel list for Five Stars standard

• Hanoi: Sofitel Plaza Hotel (***** overlooking the West Lake, indoor swimming pool) or similar

• Dong Hoi: Saigon Quang Binh (**** international four star hotel with swimming pool) or similar

Hotel list for Four Stars standard

• Hanoi: Sunway Hotel (**** comfortable boutique hotel 15 minute’s walk from the city centre, Superior room) or similar

• Dong Hoi: Saigon Quang Binh (**** international four star hotel with swimming pool) or similar

Hotel list for Three Stars standard

• Hanoi: Flower hotel (*** close the Old Quarter) or similar

• Dong Hoi: Saigon Quang Binh (**** international four star hotel with swimming pool) or similar

Hotel list for Two Stars standard 

• Hanoi: Van Mieu Hotel (** city centre) or similar

• Saigon Phong Nha Hotel (** in the town centre) or similar

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