Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (-/-/-)

Hanoi - Airport: 30km, ~40min drive
Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, meet up with our tour guide & driver who then escort you to the city center. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

Meals Included: None
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi City Tour – Bat Trang Ceramic Village (B/L/-)

Following breakfast at the hotel, we then take a 45 minute cyclo tour to discover the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake surroundings where you can see streets with century-aged trees and French Colonial buildings. We follow this with the Temple of Literature which is known as the first university of Vietnam.

Then we will move to visit the impressive Ethnologic Museum (or Hoa Lo Prison if you visit on Monday), dedicated to Vietnam's fifty-four ethnic groups, several of which we will see on our forthcoming trek.

We then have lunch at local restaurant.

After lunch, we will drive to the outskirt of Hanoi to visit Bat Trang Ceramic Village where offer a chance for you can take a walk for sightseeing and shopping. Besides many ceramic stores along the road in the village, you should visit Bat Trang Porcelain and Pottery Market where you can also directly make pottery products by yourself to bring back home to make a gift for family or friends.

We then drive back your hotel for take a rest. Tonight, you will be free to explore the city or enjoy local food stalls around your hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 3: Hanoi – Drive to Ninh Binh – Trang An Grottoes – Mua Cave View Point (B/L/-)

Our guide and driver will pick you up from hotel and start driving to Ninh Binh, on the way, stop for a short break to stretch your legs. You arrive in Trang An Wharf – the most exciting boating trip with sampan boats through caves and visit stunning river surrounded by Limestone Karsts with rich fauna and flora.

Then, you will have a chance to challenge yourself by climbing Mua cave (Dancing Cave) with stunning rice fields with buffalos, goats…along the road till approaching Mua cave. You walk up to the top of the mountain, visiting lovely stalactites and stalagmites inside, then take a spectacular view from the top to the valley     

Then we drive to hotel for checking in.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Day 4: Hanoi - Drive to Ha Long – 5 hours Day cruise/Join in group tour (B/L/-)

Hanoi - Halong: 200km, ~4h drive

After breakfast, at around 08.30, tour guide and bus pick you up from hotel and depart for Halong Bay

On the way, we will stop over to stretch the legs on the way or refreshment, about 20 minutes. Around noon time, you will arrive in Ha long bay harbor, check in reception.

You then board a cruise with warmly welcoming from Crew and get welcome drink and be noticed for safety briefing on board, while the boat heading the bay

During cruising, lunch with be served in Vietnamese cuisine & seafood

Arrive Surprising cave, leave boat to visit the hugest cave in Halong bay. You then stop at Hangluon, a water cave for kayaking, rowing bamboo boat or on board relaxing

After visiting, we get back the boat then comeback pier, get the afternoon refreshment with fruits, snacks…

Disembark to get on the bus, moving to express way to get back Hanoi

Say goodbye to you at your hotel at around 20.00.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5: Hanoi – Fly to Danang – Hoi An Ancient Town (B/L/-)

Hanoi – Danang: 830 km, 1h20 flight

Breakfast at the hotel, then driver will pick up and transfer you to Noi Bai International Airport for the flight to Danang.

Upon arrival at Danang International Airport, our driver & tour guide will meet and transfer you to Hoi An Ancient Town for half day city tour including Fujian Assembly Hall, dedicated to the goddess Thien Hau, protector of the fishermen and sailors (very important for a sea port town). We then head to Phuc Thanh Pagoda which was founded by a Chinese monk in 1454 and the stunning Japanese Bridge built in 1593 in order to link two the Japanese district to the Chinese district. No visit to Hoi An is complete without a visit to Tan Ky house which is a beautiful example of Hoi An’s traditional Chinese homes. Here, the owner shares the history of the home.

We visit colorful riverside markets and workshops home of the infamous Hoi An lantern. You will be given the chance to create your own lantern too!

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Day 6: Farming & Fishing Tour (B/L/-)

You will be picked up at your hotel by bike at 08.00am, then  escape the bustling city just about 20 minutes by cycling from Hoi An old quarter, you will enjoy a vegetable farming area with nice weather and lovely people, a green area called Tra Que vegetable village.

Upon arrival ,you’ll take a stroll around the vegetable farm and then join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the river near by - as organic fertilizers. You’ll learn how to  raking the ground, sowing seed, watering, and planting vegetables, as well as many other gardening activities will make you have lots of fun and interesting moments when being in this village. This is a great way to see how locals here live and how they love their job.

After working in the vegetable farm we continue biking to Fishing village  (it takes 20 minutes of biking)

When we arrive at Fishing Village, you will meet a local fishing family, Learn about daily life of vietnamese fishermen, their custom and community

Leaving the village behind, you will board our boat and cruise to the mouth of the river where it meets the Cua Dai Sea. Then meeting  and engage with local fishermen and enjoy a hands-on experience of traditional net fishing. The local fisherman will show you the method of catching fish that is to throw a round net into the river from a small boat.After being taught how it is done it will be your turn.

The next part of our adventure is to fish by using a huge square net that is set on the river bed which is then winch up. With helps of another couple of local fisherman you will collect the fish inside that net through a hole at the bottom.

Following, you will learn to paddle the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket round boat through small and beautiful channel and join in a basket boat race. Then head into the nipa palm forest where you have opportunities to catch small crabs by fishing rod for fun as well as some products from this tree was make by our staff for souvenir.

Then continue biking to our host house in rice village (it takes 10 minutes of biking). You will then be welcome with a glass of passion fruit juice and wet tissues.

You will join a short rice pancake cooking class with the host’s wife from rice flour - Last  step is : Enjoy the Lunch  with some specialties of our village : Tam Huu (three friends), Deep Fried Spring Rolls (vegetarian style), Local rice pancake serve with fresh organic vegetable and fish sauce, Steamed rice, chicken' meat, shrimp, pork, Season fruits

The whole tour will be finished around 2 -2:30pm and you will bike back your hotel for relaxation (car transfer is optional)

Note : Your feet will get wet so wear flip-flops, short, hat, Sun-protection creams

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Day 7: Hoi An Free Time (B/-/-)

Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Day 8: Hoi An – Danang - Departure (B/-/-)

Today, you are free to spend time relaxing and doing some last minute shopping until you are taken to Danang International Airport for your flight to your next destination or back home. Bon voyage!

Meals Included: Breakfast