North Vietnam Highlight & Excursions

You will start your Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day by taking the flight to Hanoi Capital City.

Upon your arrival at Noi Bai Airport, your guide will be waiting there holding a placard with your name on to transfer you to Hanoi City Center for hotel check-in. Kindly be advised that the standard check-in time is at 14.00, but the early check-in is subject to the hotel’s availability and will attract a surcharge.

Take your time to relax after the long flight. After that, our tour guide will pick you for a cyclo tour around the Old Quarter of Hanoi. The unique journey offers you the endless photo opportunities and also the chance to immerse yourself into the local life as the drive is at the really slow pace. Then, you will enjoy the traditional puppet show on water that expresses an ancient art form. That will be the best things to do in Hanoi. After enjoying the Water Puppet Show, you will enjoy welcome dinner in one of the best local restaurants.

Come back to the hotel for your leisure time.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Your second day of your Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day, you will visit Hoa Lu and Tam Coc – One of the most attractive destinations of Northern Vietnam Tours.

Start the day with the morning pickup at your hotel, begin the approximately 2-hour drive through the lush countryside to Ninh Binh. Reaching Tam Coc, you will take a relaxing sampan boat along the Ngo Dong River leading to three grottoes. You will go through 3 famous tunnel caves and have the opportunity to view and photograph the unique mountains and rivers in this area.

After that, we will go back to the harbour for lunch in the local restaurant.

After lunch, we continue to explore the historic capital of Vietnam, Hoa Lu and the renowned ancient temples of Le and Dinh Dynasties. The visit gives you the chance to learn more about the history of Vietnam dating back a thousand years through the legends and stories told by your private tour guide.

We will come back to Hanoi for our overnight stay.

Your Highlights of Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day will end with the most attractive place in Vietnam – Halong Bay. We will join in the Halong Bay 1 night cruise to enjoy the best of this magnificent bay. 

After breakfast and check-out, we leave the town to set off through the lush countryside to the famous World Heritage Site of Halong Bay. The drive takes approximately four hours, offering many photo ops of the typical North Vietnamese towns and villages.  

At noon, when you arrive at Halong Bay, get on Halong Bay junk boat and enjoy a delicious seafood lunch on board as well as this beautiful UNESCO Heritage Sites.

After lunch, start to explore the amazing bay by a visit to the Amazing Cave - one of the most beautiful caves in Halong Bay. Visiting the Amazing Cave will be one of the highlights of the Halong Bay overnight cruise which will bring you the unforgettable memory. After that, continue to visit Titov Island to swim into the jade green water and climb to the summit of the mountain for the panoramic view over the bay.  

Afterwards, get back to the boat for the on-board chef’s cooking demonstration before having the stunning seafood dinner in the dining room.

Stay overnight on Halong Bay cruise.

Start off your morning with the tai chi class on the boat’s top deck or watch the sunrise over the bay. After that, enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in the dining room before leaving the boat to join in other activity. You will have one more chance to kayak on the smooth and warm waters of Halong Bay to discover more sites which are not able to be accessed by the larger boats, including a cave. 

Have lunch on board before going back to the dock. Take the final glimpse of the magnificent bay, say goodbye to our cruise staffs and get back to the harbor. Halong Bay cruise experience will be the unforgettable memory of your Vietnam trip.

Transfer to Hanoi and stay another night in this lovely city.

After having breakfast at the hotel, enjoy your free time at leisure. You can spend free time walking around and exploring a bit more in Hanoi, shopping for the souvenirs to bring back home or just relaxing in the hotel. After that, our driver will pick you up for the transfer to the airport for the flight home.

End of Vietnam Highlight Tour 5 Day. Thank you for choosing Incredible Asia Journeys - best tour operator in Vietnam. We hope you have enjoyed your trip with us and look forward to seeing you again soon!