How this trip is put together
You spend the first three nights in Hanoi, with a full day of sightseeing and an overnight cruise out to Ha Long Bay. From there a short domestic flight takes you to Da Nang, where you settle into one hotel for two nights instead of pushing on to another city.
The second half rests on what Da Nang itself offers: the Cham Museum and Marble Mountain on the day you land, lanterns after dark in Hoi An, and a full day up at Ba Na Hills. Choose it if flying home from the middle of the country appeals more than pressing on southwards.
Trip highlights
- Full-day Hanoi city tour and overnight Ha Long Bay cruise
- Domestic flight from Hanoi to a two-night Da Nang base
- Cham Museum and Marble Mountain on arrival in Da Nang
- Evening walking tour of Hoi An's Old Town
- A whole day at Ba Na Hills, taking in the Golden Bridge and Fantasy Park
Day by day
Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi (about a 45-minute, 25 km transfer from the airport)
Boulevards under trees, buildings from the colonial period and pagodas beside still lakes form the first impression of the capital. Flights tend to land in the afternoon or evening, which leaves room for a walk among the shophouses and food stalls of the Old Quarter if you are not ready to stop.
Day 2: Hanoi city tour
The day runs through the Mausoleum and stilt house, One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature, then Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of West Lake. Lunch is followed by the Museum of Ethnology, and it all ends at Hoan Kiem Lake with time to drift through the Old Quarter.
Day 3: Hanoi to Ha Long Bay, board overnight cruise (about 3 hours / 170 km one way)
Collection is at 8am for the drive out across the rice fields and villages of the Red River Delta. On board the junk you pass Dinh Huong, Ga Choi, Dog and Sail Islands, call at a pearl farm and paddle into Luon Cave, with a swim off Ti Top Island before sunset and dinner served on deck.
Day 4: Ha Long Bay to Hanoi, Surprise Cave (about 3 hours / 170 km one way)
The morning starts with Tai Chi on the sundeck, then the boat calls at Surprise Cave, reached up roughly 100 steps and walked through in about an hour. Brunch follows, and after a pass by Ga Choi Island, Binh Phong Mountain and Tortoise Island you step ashore at Tuan Chau port for the drive back.
Day 5: Fly to Da Nang, Cham Museum and evening Hoi An walk
A morning departure from Noi Bai Airport gets you to Da Nang in roughly ninety minutes. Once checked in, the afternoon goes to the sandstone sculpture in the Cham Museum and to the cave shrines and lookouts of Marble Mountain.
After dark you walk the Old Town at Hoi An: Tan Ky House, the Chinese assembly halls, the Japanese Covered Bridge and the old market, before returning to Da Nang for the night.
Day 6: Ba Na Hills excursion
Ba Na Hills — a hill station people sometimes compare to Sa Pa or Da Lat, transplanted to the centre of the country — is reached by one of the longest cable car systems in Southeast Asia. You visit the wine cellar in the French Village, the Golden Bridge with its flowers and its two enormous stone hands, Linh Ung Pagoda and Fantasy Park, and look down over the city from Linh Tu Pagoda on King Peak, 1,487 metres up.
Day 7: Departure from Da Nang
Your last morning is free until the transfer to Da Nang International Airport, ending a week that put the capital and the bay alongside two nights in one central base rather than adding a third region.
What's included
- Accommodation with twin/ double/ triple sharing room basis with daily breakfast in the category chosen or similar (subject to availability).
- Meals as mentioned in the Tour Itinerary.
- Sightseeing & Transfers according to the above Tour Itinerary Details only.
- Transportation by vehicle with A/C
- Local English-speaking guide’s assistance.
- All Entrance fees for attractions included in the program
- All activities and cruises clearly mentioned in the program
- Government taxes & service charge
- Air Fare / Train fare.
- Personal Expenses such as Laundry, telephone calls, tips & gratuity, mineral water, soft & hard drinks, porterage, water sports.
- Early check-in, late check-out
- Additional sightseeing or extra usage of vehicle, other than mentioned in the itinerary.
- Room Up gradation Charges.
- Any cost arising due to natural calamities like, landslides, road blockage, political disturbances (strikes), etc (to be borne by the client, which is directly payable on the spot).
- Travel Insurance.
- Bank Charges
- Tip to Driver & Guide (Compulsory)
- Airport Taxes
- Visa and Visa arrangement
- Anything which is not included in the inclusion.
Not included
- Air Fare / Train fare.
- Personal Expenses such as Laundry, telephone calls, tips & gratuity, mineral water, soft & hard drinks, porterage, water sports.
- Early check-in, late check-out
- Additional sightseeing or extra usage of vehicle, other than mentioned in the itinerary.
- Room Up gradation Charges.
- Any cost arising due to natural calamities like, landslides, road blockage, political disturbances (strikes), etc (to be borne by the client, which is directly payable on the spot).
- Travel Insurance.
- Bank Charges
- Tip to Driver & Guide (Compulsory)
- Airport Taxes
- Visa and Visa arrangement
- Anything which is not included in the inclusion.
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