Shore Excursion: Hanoi City Tour & Half Day Cruise at Ha Long Bay

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Discover The Present & Past of Hanoi City from Halong Cruise Port (Private Tour)
10 stops
1
Tour guide will welcome and pick up you at the lobby of Halong International Cruise Port with your name on hand. Tour guide also say hello to you via your WhatsApp in advance and keep in touch with you. It takes 2.5 hours to transfer from the port to Hanoi City. There’re 3 - Rest Stop on the highway. You will be back at the port after city tour.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake)
We will take you to the Lake of Restored Sword. The Lake of the Restored sword (Hoan Kiem Lake) is the site where King Le Loi is said to have been handed a sword by a turtle, and gone on to use this sword to vanquish invaders, before the turtle came and took the sword back and returned to the depths of the lake. Turtles are still occasionally spotted surfacing in the lake.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Ngoc Son Temple, a charming small pagoda on an island in the lake, accessed by a small footbridge. It is rumored that Ho Chi Minh once attended this pagoda disguised as a cyclo driver during the French occupancy
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
Hoa Lo Prison
Hoa Lo Prison was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton". Following Operation Homecoming, the prison was used to incarcerate Vietnamese dissidents until its demolition between 1993 and 1994. Its gatehouse remains a museum.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
5
Old Quarter
Drive back to central Hanoi for an hour cyclo tour through the Old Quarter to enjoy the bustling local life, then cap off the day with a show at the water puppet theater - a uniquely northern Vietnamese art form depicting scenes of rural life and episodes of national history.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
6
Chua Tran Quoc
The Tran Quoc Pagoda in Hanoi is the oldest pagoda in the city, originally constructed in the sixth century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De (from 544 until 548), thus giving it an age of more than 1,450 years. When founded the temple was named Khai Quoc (National Founding) and was sited on the shores of the Red River, outside of the Yen Phu Dyke. When confronted with the river's encroachment, the temple was relocated in 1615 to Kim Ngu (Golden Fish) islet of Ho Tay (West Lake) where it is now situated. A small causeway links it to the mainland.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
7
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese Revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a large building located in the center of Ba Dinh Square, where Ho, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam from 1951 until his death in 1969, read the Declaration of Independence on 2 September 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It is also known as Ba Đình Mausoleum and is open to the public.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
8
One Pillar Pagoda
The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It is regarded alongside the Perfume Temple, as one of Vietnam's two most iconic temples.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
9
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long
The royal enclosure was first built during the Ly dynasty (1010) and subsequently expanded by the Tran, Le and finally the Nguyen dynasty. It remained the seat of the Vietnamese court until 1810, when the Nguyen dynasty chose to move the capital to Hue. The ruins roughly coincide with the Hanoi Citadel today. The royal palaces and most of the structures in Thăng Long were in varying states of disrepair by the late 19th century with the upheaval of the French conquest of Hanoi. By the 20th century many of the remaining structures were torn down. Only in the 21st century are the ruin foundations of Thang Long Imperial City systematically excavated.
Admission ticket free
10
Temple of Literature & National University
One of your visits will be to the Temple of Literature, which was the 1st University in Vietnam. During 1076 - 1779, 2,313 doctors graduated. In 1484 Emperor Le Thanh Tong started the tradition of printing the names of the laureates of the university on stone steles, which were placed on top of stone turtles.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Half Day Cruise at Halong Bay
1 stop
11
Halong Bay
Half Day Cruise at Halong Bay (Sharing Boat) From 8:00am to 12:00pm or From 2:00pm to 6:00pm The itinerary: 7:45am (or 1:45pm): Tour guide welcome at the lobby of Ha Long International Cruise Port and boarding. 8:00am (or 2:00pm): Start visit Halong bay – one of New Seven Wonder World Heritage Visit Stone Dog islet, Incense Burner Islet – the image in the back side of Vietnam currency 200.000đ. Visit Ba Hang area - where you can do kayaking or bamboo boat or relax on cruise to discover Ha Long bay by your own way. Visit Fighting Cock Islet – symbol of Halong tourism Visit Thien Cung cave – one of the most beautiful bay in Ha long bay area. 12:00pm (or 6:00pm): Arrive at Ha Long international Cruise Port – End of tour.
4 hours • Admission ticket included

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• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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