Northern Vietnam Highlights for Family 6 days

Pick up at Noi Bai Airport by our driver.

• Transfer to your hotel in the city center by a 45-minute drive
• Check-in time is 14:00, but you can require an early check-in with a bit surcharge
• Spend the rest of the day at your disposal. Please contact us if you want to book our tours to explore Hanoi

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Thang Long Water Puppet Show: Learn about the culture and traditional art performances of Vietnam through water puppet show performances and stories presented by experienced puppet artisans in Thang Long theater

Water puppet show

Meal: n/a

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Morning
Have breakfast at the hotel
8:00: Be picked up at the hotel lobby by the tour guide for the Hanoi sightseeing tour
Visit top-rated tourist attractions. First stop is the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam as well as the symbol of Vietnamese culture

Temple of Literature

Admire Ba Dinh Square, where President Ho Chi Minh solemnly read the Declaration of Independence
Wander around Thanh Nien Road, one of the most poetic roads in Hanoi adorned by West Lake
Final destination is Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda, where you expand your knowledge about traditional religions in Vietnam
After that is your time to relax and enjoy tasty Vietnamese food in the local restaurant
Afternoon
Arrive at Bat Trang Ceramic village
Attend pottery workshops and try pottery making with dirty hands but a fun experience

Bat Trang village

In the late afternoon, your family will return to Hanoi and free time to explore Hanoi by night

Meal: Breakfast/Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Morning
After breakfast at your hotel in Hanoi our tour guide Pick up at 8:00 for a full-day tour to Ky Son village
Arrive at Moon Garden Homestay in Ky Son after about one and a half hours of driving and try local fresh green tea on the road
After a short break, you can choose between a short ride of 6 km or a long ride of 12 km round trip:
Short ride

• Discover Ky Son, Tam Son, Van Minh, and Cham farming communities by bicycle.
• Drop by some local families for tea, and chat with local people about their daily life and farming.
• Visit a kindergarten if it opens, or help the farmers with plowing, transplanting seedlings, harvesting rice, cassava, corn, sweet potatoes, cucumber…

Being farmers with plowing

Long ride

• Visit more villages in Ky Son including Tam Son, Van Minh, Cham farming communities, Duong Lam ancient village as well as Mia Pagoda, Mong Phu Communal House.
• Stop by a local family that makes traditional candies.
• Cycle back to Moon Garden Homestay along the ritual paths of Thang Thac village
• Join a cooking class at the homestay and have lunch.

Afternoon

• Have a hand massage with your fingers dipped in a fragrant lime bowl with traditional herbs or talk with local family about local snacks, cultures, and traditional customs
• Enjoy a foot bath in warm water with ginger, salt, and mugwort medicinal herbs
• Have a taste of local products such as traditional desserts, maize, sweet potato, cassava, peanuts, etc.

Around 15:00 is your free time to discover Moon Garden Homestay, and visit the local market and kindergarten
Leave Ky Son and come back to Hanoi.

Meal: Breakfast/Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

08h00: Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi. Drive to Halong City through the paddy fields in the Red River Delta.
10h00: Stopover on the way for a refreshment break
12h00: Arrive at Tuan Chau wharf – Break and photography time
12h30: Board the Cruise for departure. Welcome drink will be served
13h00: Lunch is served while cruising through the bay

Halong bay

15h30: Visit exciting Cua Van fishing village. The village is free of busy roads and streets, electric lights, houses and high rise buildings. Instead, there are only herds of little boats and rafts. You will have the chance to discover the traditional culture and customs of the fishermen.
16h30: Enjoy kayaking or swimming (if the weather permits).
17h00: Back on board and continue cruising.
19h00: Dinner is served.
21h00: Take some leisure time to enjoy chatting at the bar or enjoy some night fishing.

Note*: the itinerary and activities on board would vary depending on the boat you choose. Please see the choice of boat in Hotel Inclusions.

Meal: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

Accommodation: Overnight on board

07.00: Coffee and tea will be served
08.00: Continue cruising
08h15: Visit splendid Sung Sot Cave
09h00: Check out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay, passing Dinh Huong Island, fishing villages, Ga Choi Island, Dog Island and Sail Island.

Bamboo sampan – Halong bay

09.30: Buffet brunch (breakfast/lunch) while cruising back through Halong Bay to the pier
11h30: Arrive at the pier. Time to say goodbye to the crew.
12.00: Return from Halong to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi at about 15pm.

Note*: the itinerary and activities on board would vary depending on the boat you choose. Please see the choice of boat in Hotel Inclusions.

Meal: Breakfast/Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Have breakfast at your hotel. Enjoy your free time for the rest of the day
Hotel room is only available until 12:00. Please contact us if you want a late checkout
The driver will pick up you at the hotel to transfer to the airport for the departure flight
Trip ends. Hope to see you again!

Meal: Breakfast

Accommodation: n/a