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Your trip begins with arrival in Vietnam. Then, your private driver will meet and greet you at the airport. Next, you will be escorted to the hotel by the private transportation. Check-in to the hotel and get over the jet lag.
After you take a rest, you can mooch through the streets of the city. Historic charm, architectural marvels, and products’ variety are splashed all over this area.
Enjoying the first day yourself before returning to the hotel for a relaxing sleep.
Pick-up at 7:30 am from your hotel’s lobby. Following this, the drive takes 2 hours and leave the noisy city behind your back! We’re heading to a peaceful and quiet countryside which is really a hidden charm!
10:00 – Starting your trip at your host’s house by having welcome drink. Then enjoy a short break at your host’s house.
10:45 – Cycling around the village and stop over the local market to experience how people trade their own products for lives. Then heading to traditional Miến village (type of transparent noodle made from starch).
11:15 – Hands-on farming experiences by growing vegetables and harvesting the raw vegetables in Chau’s garden. As far as we know, Vietnam is the tropical country with the most famous variety of raw vegetable herbs as: lettuce, mints, fragrant knot weed, coriander, balm-mint, cilantro etc. As the result, you will see the way how local people not only always have fresh food to eat but also have enough to trade in local market.
Then Mr. Chau will take you to a boat trip for the fishing on Da River. On the way, you will experience the local live on river side and stop for fishing with Mr Chau with his local unique technique!
12:30: Have lunch with the host’s family and short break after it.
14:00 – Say goodbye to your local host and head to 30-years-old tea fields in Ri Village. In deed, this place it is very important in providing tea products for the whole North of Vietnam. Beside walking & helping local people to harvest tea leaves, you will know how to take the best part of the tea tree to make the most wonderful drink in the world.
After visiting and learning cultivation of tea leaves, you will come to Mr Duoc’s house. In fact, he is a veteran and the owner of a huge tea farm. From him you will know how we handle the raw tea leaves, make it into the products and get ready to sell on market.
Right at his home, let’s have a break time with desserts made of ground green lentils or lotus seeds with your host and listen his story from Vietnam war, as a veteran, he is a witness of Vietnam history and could make you understand about the past of the country.
Finally, drive back to Ha Noi in the evening, end the tour at your hotel around 18:30.
(Meals: breakfast, lunch)
In the morning, check-out from hotel and get pick-up by the Cruise. After that, take the most scenic route to reach Halong Bay, taking you across the Red River Delta with emerald green rice paddies stretching for as far as the eyes can see. On arrival at Halong, you get to enjoy a cruise on the Bay to better explore the limestone rocks and the karst grottoes.
After you are done with your exploration of the bay, it is time to enjoy an utterly delicious seafood lunch, after which a trip to the famous limestone cave in Ha Long bay, you’ll get to spend some time here, kayaking or swimming, so that you can get closer to the floating villages and shops. Towards the evening, you will return to the boat for an early dinner, followed by some time at leisure. Elsewhere, you can opt to attend the activities taking part in the boat or relax for the day.
Overnight on cruise
(Meals: breakfast, luch, dinner)
Rise early for Tai Chi lesson or just to enjoy a hearty breakfast. Then, the boat will make its way back to the port stopping at the Limestone Cave, full of stalagmites and stalactites. From here, it’s clear sailing back to the main harbor and the return Hanoi around 17:00. After a while, our driver will bring you to the harbours , you you take a speedboat to Co To Island.
(Meals: breakfast, lunch)
The land here is a perfect example of the Vietnamese landscape before wide-scale tourism made its impact. There are numerous hills and peaks on Co To, some as high as 170 meters as well as a local lighthouse. The coastline is mostly cliffs or large rocks, but there are many beautiful beaches as well.
Then travel back to Hanoi.
Relish a healthy breakfast on the final day of your trip. After that, complete the hotel check-out formalities after which you can visit the local markets and buy souvenirs for your loved ones. Later, proceed for departure and board your flight back home. Trip Ends.
(Meals: breakfast)
It’s a fantastic tour, superbly planned and covering the most exciting experiences. It combines some days in the capital, Hanoi, with relaxing countryside, cruise and plenty of leisure time on the beaches well as in-depth insight into the history and culture of the country. It’s unbelievable that all this is packed in mere 8 days. Throughout the journey we always felt secure and well looked after, all the departure times etc. were known in advance, the guides were knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and the hosts were just incredible! On the day when we were scheduled to go to Co To Island there were no boats due to rough weather conditions, and Vietnam Tour Fun acted promptly, allocating us to a hotel, arranging all the transfers etc. within a mere half hour! We are really impressed. It’s our first experience is Vietnam, and by no means the last one. We look forward to coming back very soon.
