Hanoi - Halong in Style and Luxury 3days/2nights

Hanoi - Halong in Style and Luxury 3days/2nights

Trip code: HN-PARA03
Cruise: Paradise Luxury Cruise
Duration: 3days/2nights
Itinerary1: Hanoi- Halong - Hanoi

This three day luxury package is a fabulous introduction to the country and its culture, from the charming chaos of Hanoi to the relaxing waters of Halong Bay. More, you have chance to enjoy a Vietnamese traditional music of Quan Ho folk song, an antiphonal singing tradition in which men and women take turns singing in a challenge-and-response fashion drawing on a known repertoire of melodies.

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Highlight :
  • Visit Hanoi – the elegant Capital City of Vietnam and Explore one of Vietnam’s top attractions – Halong Bay
  • 3 Days & 2 Nights - Airport transfers, Vietnamese food and famous water puppet show included
  • Combine world hesitage Halong Bay with a visit to a famous Do temple and enjoy a traditional Quan Ho music show in its mother land of Bac Ninh Province.
  • 5 star boutique Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi downtown and 4 star luxury Paradise Cruise in Halong Bay.
Good for :
  • Businessmen, friends and expats who are on a short North Vietnam holiday and wish to experience Halong Bay in style.
Brief itinary :
Day 1: Hanoi arrival (35km) (D)
Day 2: Hanoi - Halong (180km) (B/L/D)
Day 3: Halong – Dinh Bang Village – Noi Bai airport (260km) (B/L/-)

Tour Map: Noi Bai airport - Hanoi – Tuan Chau Habour – Halong Bay – Sung Sot cave - Van Chai fishing village -  Tuan Chau Habour – Bac Ninh province - Hanoi – Noi Bai Airport.

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)
  • Our drive will meet and  you on arrival and transfer you to hotel in Hanoi center.
  • Rest of the day is free on your own.
  • Evening transfer by our guide and car to a welcome dinner in a nice local restaurant and follow by a well-known water puppet show.
  • Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi – Halong Bay Paradise Cruise (B/L/D)
Driver and tourguide will pick you from your hotel at 8.00 AM for the nice drive passing the countryside of Red river delta to Halong Bay.
11.30 Arrive at Tuan Chau Island
11.45 - 12.00: Transfer to cruise ship ( guide stay on land)
12.00: Welcome Cocktail - cruise briefing, safety instructions, check-in cabins
12.15: Depart to Halong Bay - cruise and program commence
13.00 - 14.30: Asian Lunch Buffet
14.30: Arrive at Surprise Cave (Hang Sung Sot) - explore most famous grotto
15.45: Transfer to cruise ship.
16.30: Arrive at Cua Van Fishing Village - experience life of local people
17.15: Continue cruise through Halong Bay
18.00: Arrive at Dong Tien (Fairy Cave) Area - swimming or kayaking, stay overnight
19.00 - 20.30: Asian Dinner Buffet
21.00 - 23.00: Happy Hour and Music - enjoy ‘Buy One - Get Two Drinks’
21.00: Evening Activities - enjoy Movie Night, Board Games or Beauty Spa services
23.00: Program ends - Sleep Well!

Day 3: Halong Bay – Dinh Bang village – Hanoi airport (B/L)
06.00: Tai Chi session on Sundeck
06.00 - 08.00: Morning Activities - swimming or kayaking, beauty spa services.
07.00 - 08.30: International Breakfast Buffet.
08.30: Continue cruise through Halong Bay.
09.00: Check-out cabins and settle bills.
10.30: Arrive at Tuan Chau Island.
10.45: Transfer from cruise ship - Check out.
11.00: Cruise and program ends & transfer to Hanoi.
14.30: Stop en rout at Dinh Bang village of Bac Ninh province in the north of Hanoi, where Quan Ho singing was born in about the 16th century. Quan Ho is a romantic song performed by groups of young women and men singing alternatively. The songs are usually performed in the spring amidst natural landscapes, in the yard of a communal house or pagoda on the hill, in a rowboat, or other traditional place. The contents of the songs usually discuss love. Here, you first take a horse-ride arround the village then can sit in the outside communal house on the lake and listen to a Quan Ho performance by the singers of the village for 1 hours. After the performance, you can stroll round the temple, talk, sip tea, ask questions, and share experiences with local people.
16.00: Leave Dinh Bang village for Hanoi International airport for the flight home or to next destination.