Vietnam Tour With Beach Break: Hanoi – Halong – Danang – Hoi An

Upon arrival in to Hanoi, we will be transferred to our hotel. Hanoi is a charming and richly historic city of lakes, shaded boulevards and verdant public parks, with a population of about four million. The city centre is like an architectural museum, with blocks of ochre buildings retaining the air of a provincial French town from the 1930s. Then you are free until we have welcome dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals: Welcome dinner at local restaurant

After breakfast at hotel, you are followed by a full day city tour starting with the Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing the mausoleum of the nation’s founder Ho Chi Minh, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts. Close to this site is the One Pillar Pagoda, whose origin dates back to the foundation of Hanoi a thousand years ago. Your tour of Hanoi continues with a trip to the remarkable Temple of Literature, well known as Vietnam’s first university. After lunch, you’ll enjoy the always impressive Ethnology Museum dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups.

Start your evening with meeting our guide at the hotel, an introduction to the tour will be given before heading to the Old Quarter. Walking through the bustling old quarter and listen as your guide tells you about the various foods on offer stop and try some if you like to.

Then we will stop at a “Bia hoi” store, sit down and share a relaxing moment with local people. In day light, there is not much food store to explore. However, at night, the sidewalks are full of pop up restaurants which offer truly local food like BanhCuon (rice rolls with pork and herbs inside), many kinds of noodle…

For the dinner, you will enjoy Southern beef-noodle. End the night with a drink at a local style coffee shop. At here you can spend a little time to talk about life in Vietnam. Your trip ends in the middle of the old quarter and you will continue onwards to discover Hanoi by night at your own leisure or the tour guide can arrange a taxi for you to go back to your hotel (taxi fee on your own).

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals:
Breakfast at hotel
Lunch at local restaurant
Dinner with street food

After an early breakfast you start with a transfer out to the internationally famous and stunningly beautiful Halong Bay, made world famous by James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies. Arriving just before lunch, you’ll embark on a traditional Vietnamese junk. Take lunch on board and enjoy the afternoon and overnight cruise as it provides you with fantastic views of the fabulous scenery blending with the sky and some 3,000 limestone islands which amazingly rise from the clear and emerald water. The limestone karst formations are littered with beaches, grottoes and beautiful caves, some of which you’ll visit. Overnight on board in Halong Bay.

Meals:
Breakfast at hotel
Lunch and Dinner on board

The tour continues with a morning spent cruising on to the Man’s Head, Tortoise islands and then Luon Cave by small bamboo boat. After an brunch check out and continue to travel though BaiTu Long to BaiChay for disembark, meet the driver and guide to transfer you back to Hanoi for flight to Danang where you are met and transferred to Hoian town. Then you are free. Overnight in Hoian.

*Details cruise program will be update upon confirmation. Anyway it still can change prior to departure date without notification due the weather or quay policy

Meals: Breakfast and brunch on board

The ancient architecture of Hoian is a fascinating combination of Vietnamese traditional buildings with Chinese and Japanese influence. There’s plenty to see in this delightful town, some of which are the famous Japanese Covered Bridges, Pottery Museum, 200 years old Tan Ky House, Chua Ong Pagoda and vibrant market. Today we include these on a walking tour past many low tiled houses scattered along the small streets and assembly halls, which reflect the town’s multi-cultural past. You’ll understand why many visitors come to Hoi An again and again. In spite of the beautiful setting, many visitors site the food as the highlight of their trip to Hoi An – ask your guide for a recommendation! Overnight in Hoian

Meals:
Breakfast at hotel
Lunch at local restaurant

Today is an interesting day for you to visit the suburb of HoiAn, which is not yet familiar with tourists.
This exciting excursion is combining boat cruising, bicycle riding and village visiting. You will not only enjoy the beautiful nature of Hoian, but also the normal life and unique handicraft skills of the villagers.

You will enjoy the full day excursion today by a short walk down to the harbour of HoiAn. Here you will get onboard a wooden boat and have a stream cruise to Thanh Ha, a local Pottery village on the bank of the Thu Bon River. Thanh Ha village is famous for making tiles, pots, vases. The old tradition and skill are kept, and the local contractor are the only one who can restore bricks, tiles and floor sin the old town of HoiAn.
After having a walk around the village, you will take the cruise across the river and continue going up stream to the Carpentry village of Kim Bong. Kim Bong has over the centuries had a huge influence in the architectures of the ancient town of Hoi An. Here in Kim Bong the old carpenter skill are kept alive and stilled used forrestoring.
The old buildings in the old town of Hoi An. From Kim Bong village you will take a bicycle ride around the Island, enjoying the peaceful and beautiful surroundings. After one hour of bicycle ride around the island and stop at TraNhieu visiting a small exhibition near the river. You will also be able to see the old traditional fishing tools used generation after generation; some of them are stilled used by the local fisherman. You will then head back by boat to the ancient town of HoiAn. Overnight in Hoian.

Meals:
Breakfast at hotel
Lunch at local restaurant

After breakfast at hotel, we will transfer to Hai Scout Cafe to start our half day cooking class.

Visit Hoian’ scolourful market, and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of this busy market. We will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and purchase some of the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later.

We board the boat for a leisurely cruise (25 minutes) along the Hoi An river to the cooking class. This is a chance to view local river life, so make sure your camera is handy.

On arrival, we explore the cooking school’s herb and vegetable garden, before learning about some of Hoian’s and Vietnam’s well-known dishes. The cooking lesson run for about 2 hours – each dish is first demonstrated by the chef’s, before we prepare the same dish ourselves. Included in the class is a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving (plate decoration).

After lesson, we sit down and eat exactly what we have cooked.

In the afternoon, you are free until we have farewell dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Hoian.

Meals:
Breakfast at hotel
Lunch at cooking class
Dinner at local restaurant

You are free until we transfer to airport for your flight departure. The trip ends.