08:20 - 8h35: HOTEL PICK UP - LIMOUSINE

Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter by the limousine transfer to Halong bay.

10h30 - 10h45: SHORT BREAK

The limousine stops on the way for a 20–25 minutes short break for you to stretch your legs, or have a quick snack.

11h30 -11h45: WELCOME TO HERITAGE CRUISE

Our Crew welcome guests at Tuan Chau International Port & check-in on boat. Enjoy the welcome drink.

12h - 13h15: LUNCH ON BOAT

Have lunch on boat. Enjoy a BUFFET lunch at a luxury restaurant on cruise with special seafood of Ha Long.

The cruise will passing the most beautiful spots in Ha Long Bay such as: Stone Dog, Stone Incense Burner & The Kissing Rocks…

13h30 - 14h15: VISITING THE SURPRISING CAVE

Tour guide will take you to visit Sung Sot cave – one the most beautiful & biggest caves of Ha Long Bay.

14h30 - 15h15: EXPLORE LUON CAVE

Discover the Luon cave by kayaking or sitting on bamboo boat rowing by local residents.

15h30 - 16h30: VISITING TITOV ISLAND

From the top of Titov island, you can enjoy the panoramic view of Ha Long Bay with thousands of limestone. Swimming at Titov beach. Or enjoy the Jacuzzi on boat.

16h45: SUNSET PARTY

Attend a sunset party, complimentary variety of fruits, cakes, juices, tea. Enjoy the sunset while the cruise returns to Tuan Chau port.

17h45 - 18h00: DISEMBARK - LIMOUSINE

The Cruise back to harbor, get onto comfortable limousine back to Hanoi.

20h30 - 20h45: HOTEL DROP OFF

The limousine drops you off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

INCLUSION

• Luxury Cruise: 6 hours cruising in Halong bay
• Buffet Lunch on boat
• Complimentary filtered water on lunch
• Welcome drink
• Visiting Surprising cave
• Kayaking or Bambo boat at Luon cave
• Swimming & hiking at Titov island
• Jacuzzi & towel
• Sunset Party: Teas, fruit juice, fresh fruits & cakes
• Entrance & sightseeing fees
• English tour guide
• Limousine round trip: 17 & 22 seats
• 2 bottles/2ways/pax of mineral water on the limousine

EXCLUSION

• VAT
• Beverages not mentioned above
• Tips and personal expenses
• All services and items are not mentioned in the “Included” section.
• Surcharge for public holiday

PRICE: FROM 55 USD

07h30 - 8h00: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter for transfer to Ninh Binh.

09h15: You will have a short break of 15 - 20 minutes to stretch your legs, use the facilities or have a quick snack.

10h30: Visiting Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam from years 968 to 1010. Then you will visit the Temple of Dinh King and Le King to learn more about Vietnamese history under the Dinh, Le, and Ly Dynasties.

11h15 - 11h45: It’s time to join our 30 minutes cycling activity to discover the life of the local people. Or stay behind and either relax in the restaurant for sightseeing and capture the views around lake, waterfall and valleys.

12h00: You will have a buffet lunch with local specialties in the private area of our Trang An Heritage Garden. The vegetarian option is also available.

13h15 - 13h30: 

• Option 1: Tam Coc, known as “Halong Bay on the land”, where you will spend 1.5 hours on the boat to explore this area. On this excursion down the Ngo Dong River, you will pass through the beautiful paddy fields, limestone karst formation, and a stunning cave system including Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba caves for a unique experience.
• Option 2: Trang An, a World Heritage Site recognized by UNESCO in 2014. There, you can spend 1.5 hours on the boat ride to enjoy the beauty of this place, which owns a beautiful tunnel cave system and appears in the New Version of Kong in 2016 - “Skull Island”.

15h30: We continue to visit Mua Cave and climb 500 steps to reach the peak of Ngoa Long Mountain, overlooking the amazing view of the city and Tam Coc below.

16h30 - 17h00: Transfer back to Hanoi.

19h00 - 19h30: Drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter

Public Price: Limousine USD 55/pax; shuttle bus: 49$/pax

INCLUSION

• Buffet lunch with local specialties
• Bicycle activity
• Entrance fee & sharing boat at Tam Coc: 2-3pax/boat; Trang An: 4pax/boat
• Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Hanoi limousine/shuttle bus transfer
• English speaking guide
• Free Wifi, 01 bottle of mineral water/1 way on the limousine/shuttle bus
• Free usage of Vietnamese conical hat & rain-coat during the trip

EXCLUSION

• VAT
• Beverages
• Tips for tourguide & driver
• Personal expenses
• All services and items not mentioned specifically in the list above
• Surcharge on Vietnam public holidays

8.00 - 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City

08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake

It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine
with 8 delicious dishes.

14.00 - 14.15 : Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century

15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which 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

16.15 - 16.30: Tour finishes. Back to hotel

DAY 1: HALONG - LAN HA - DARK & BRIGHT CAVE

12:00 - 14:00 Moving from Tuan Chau International port to Venus Cruises on tender/ Cano. After boarding, Cruise Manager will give a brief about safety regulations and tours. Lunch will be served while the boat is sailing deeper to Lan Ha Bay. Room key can be handle to guests before, during or after the lunch finishes.

14:00 – 15:00 Cabin check in and Relax.

15:00 – 16:30 Cruises anchor at Dark & Bright Cave area and start the first activity of the trip – visiting Cave on Rowing bamboo Boat.

17:00 – 18:00: swimming around the cruises.

17:30 – 18:30: enjoy Sunset party (snack, fruit, tea), the cooking demonstration will take place from 18:00 – 18:30 giving more taste to the Sunset of the Seas.

17:00 – 19:00 it will be more flavor to watch the Sun falling down off sky while sipping drinks at Happy Hour promotion price.

19:00 – 20:30 Delicious dinner is ready to be served. It can be flexible between set menu and buffet in order to vary the diner taste.

20:30 Free time, Guests can try spa, squid fishing or reading, lying under thousand stars sky or gossip with friends.

DAY 2: TRA BAU – LAN HA – HALONG

05:30 – 06:00 Greets first light of the Day on Sundeck, warming up your body with Tai Chi lesson or enjoy leisure time in room

06:15 – 06:45 Light Breakfast (intercontinental type with pastries, tea, coffee, juices..)

07:00 – 07:45 Doing kayak around the boat

09:00 – 10:30 Ready for check out and enjoy brunch being served from 9:30 – 10:30

10:30 – trip end Leave boat; being transferred back to Pier and waiting for your shuttle services moving to next destination.

PLEASE NOTICE:

• Please only bring light luggage, enough for your needs of 1 or 2 days. If you have too much luggage, please send it back to the hotel.
• The cruise provide free wifi during the trip but signal can be lost sometimes when the cruise sails further to the bay.

PRICE FROM 165 USD/PAX

DAY 1: HA LONG – LAN HA – DARK & BRIGHT CAVE

12:00 – 14:00 Moving from Tuan Chau International port to Venus Cruises on tenders/ canos . After boarding, Cruise Manager will give a brief about safety regulations and tours. Lunch will be served while the boat is sailing deeper to Lan Ha Bay. Room key can be handle to guests before, during or after the lunch finishes.

14:00 – 15:00 Cabin check in and Relax.

15:00 – 16:30 Cruises anchor at Dark & Bright Cave area and start the first activity of the trip – vising Cave on Rowing bamboo Boat.

17:00 – 18:00: swimming around the cruises.

17:30 – 18:30: enjoy Sunset party (snack, fruit, tea), the cooking demonstration will take place from 18:00 – 18:30 giving more taste to the Sunset of the Seas.

17:00 – 19:00 it will be more flavor to watch the Sun falling down off sky while sipping drinks at Happy Hour promotion price.

19:00 – 20:30 Delicious dinner is ready to be served. It can be flexible between set menu and buffet in order to vary the diner taste.

20:30 Free time, Guests can try spa, squid fishing or reading, lying under thousand stars sky or gossip with friends.

DAY 2: LAN HA – VIET HAI VILLAGE

05:30 – 06:00 Greets first light of the Day on Sundeck, warming up your body with Tai Chi lesson or enjoy leisure time in room

06:45 – 07:30 Light Breakfast (intercontinental type with pastries, tea, coffee, juices..)

07:45 – 15:30 Outside trip on a shared daily boat to visit Viet Hai village. Discovering the 100 years old village by Cycling or on electric tram, take a deep breath of fragrance paddy field, trying fish massage or talking with gentle and charm local people. Lunch is included in the day trip.

15:30 – day end Remain to day boat and free to choose activities as Day 1

DAY 3: TRA BAU – LAN HA – HALONG

05:30 – 06:00 Greets first light of the Day on Sundeck, warming up your body with Tai Chi lesson or enjoy leisure time in room

06:15 – 06:45 Light Breakfast (intercontinental type with pastries, tea, coffee, juices..)

07:00 – 07:45 Doing kayak around the boat

09:00 – 10:30 Ready for check out and enjoy brunch being served from 9:30 – 10:30

10:30 – trip end Leave boat; being transferred back to Pier and waiting for your shuttle services moving to next destination.

PLEASE NOTICE:

• If you are participating in the journey, please only bring enough luggage. If you have too much luggage, please send it back to the hotel.
• The cruise ship may lose wifi signal at some overnight anchorages, please understand.

PRICE FROM 330USD/PAX

Summary

3 days 3 nights private group from hanoi. Ha Giang – the leading land of Vietnam with a cool climate and fresh air is an attractive tourist destination for tourists. Coming to Ha Giang, you will have many majestic landscapes, such as Dong Van plateau, Quan Ba twin mountain, Meo king palace, Ma Pi Leng pass, Lung Cu flagpole, and many waterfalls and interesting caves. will bring you a wonderful experience.

The minimum time to give the Northern any justness is three days. We call it jokingly ‘hurry, hurry’ to try to indicate that it would be three quite long days of motorcycling. It would be no possibilities for add-on activities like trekking and limits to time visiting the many attractions that the loop has to offer.

• The tour would still ensure the completion of the full loop with inclusion of Heaven’s Gate, the Highland of Stone, Dong Van, the Ma Pi Leng mountain pass and the backroads of the spectacular inner Ha Giang mountains.
• There will be no time for lazy sleep-in mornings, and we will be out on the road at 8 am each of the days.
• Possibility to self-drive or to ride pillion (behind guide/driver). If self-driving, we recommend sound prior motorcycling experience

Accommodation will be one night in ethnic minority homestay and one night in hotel (choice of doing both nights in
homestay)

Itinerary: Ha Noi – Ha Giang city – Quan Ba – Yen Minh – Lung Cu – Dong Van Town – Ma Pi Leng Pass – Nho Que River – Meo Vac – Ha Noi.

The tour may be done clockwise or anti-clockwise around the and will depend on driving skills, seasons and market-days. For the tour to include Dong Van or Meo Vac weekly Sunday market it needs to start on a Friday morning.

Day 1: Ha Giang – Quan Ba – Du Gia, approx. 120 km drive

After some breakfast, we go out on ‘Road of Happiness’ and start driving north out of Ha Giang City. We climb up the Quan Ba mountain pass and enter the Dong Van Geopark and reach the Heaven’s Gate and pass the Fairy Hills. In or around the small town of Tam Son we find our lunch. Thereafter we venture deep into Ha Giang mountains and reach the picturesque village of Du Gia. Here we will stay with an ethnic minority family at their homestay. We will have dinner and breakfast with the family. (Day includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 2: Du Gia– Ban Ang – Mau Due – Meo Vac – (Ma Pi Leng) – Dong Van, approx. 110 to 150 km drive

We say thanks to the family of the homestay and head north, passing some of the most magnificent mountain passes you will ever have seen, pass the town of Meo Vac (where we take lunch) and move up the majestic Ma Pi Leng mountain pass before reaching Dong Van, the most northern town in Vietnam. Depending on season (days are very short in December – February) and weather we may continue up to Lung Cu, the most northern point of Vietnam. The Lung Cu Flag Tower can be climbed for stunning views. Back to Dong Van where we take into a hotel or homestay as agreed for the tour.

Maybe a Hot Pot for dinner?! (Day includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 3 Dong Van Town – Lung Tao Mountain – H’mong King palace – Tham ma pass – Yen Minh town –– Quan Ba town – Ha Giang city

After breakfast (8:00), we visit Vuong Family, still called “Hmong King’s palace.” We will continue our drive towards Yen Minh Town, Quan Ba town. We will make few stops for admiring the scenery and taking some photos on the way. Then lunch in Quan Ba town before heading back to Ha Giang city. Finish and end of the tour around 4:00 – 5:00PM. Then we will arrange your drop-off transfer to Ha Giang bus station where you can catch a bus back to Hanoi

Price & Inclusion

At Hagiang Loop Tour Online the tour prices differs due to several factors; the model you choose to drive, the number of riders, if you self-drive or decide to ride behind guide/driver. To give the most correct price please click ‘Book Now’ and we’ll get back with correct price.

Our aim is to give you a quality tour and memory for life. To do so our tours might not be the cheapest you find in

Ha Giang, but as the saying goes ‘you pay for what you get

Price includes (All-inclusive tour)

• English Speaking Tour guide
• All meals, as indicated in the itinerary (local Vietnamese food)
• 02 mineral water/person/day
• Accommodation (mix of ethnic minority homestay and hotel (shar by two – single room for extra fee possible)
• Quality genuine Japanese Motorcycles
• Full cover bike damage insurance
• All fuel cost
• All entrance tickets & permits
• Full or half-helmet, protective knee and elbow gear, basic rain clothes
• Bungee cords & plastic cover for your bags
• Free storage of excess luggage
• Free dorm bed, when arriving on a night bus, Hagiang Loop Tour Online (03.00-08.00)

Price excludes

• Gratuities & tips
• Alcoholic beverages if not served on behalf of third party like homestay
• Personal expenses
• Personal travel insurance

Price from 160 USD/PAX