Tour code: TP19
Time: 3 days
Departure day:
Tour price: USD
Available Seats: 6
Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline.
Halong Bay is made up of 1,969 islands ofvarious sizes, 989 of which have been given names. There are two kinds ofislands, limestone and schist, which are concentrated in two main zones: the southeast (belonging to Bai Tu Long Bay), and the southwest (belonging to Halong Bay). This densely concentrated zone of stone islands, world famous for its spectacular scenery of grottoes and caves, forms the central zone of Halong Bay, which has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Viewed from above, Halong Bay resembles a geographic work of art. While exploring the bay, you feel lost in a legendary world of stone islands. There is Man's Head Island, which resembles a man standing and looking towards the mainland. Dragon Island looks like a dragon hovering above the turquoise water. La Vong Island resembles an old man fishing. There are also the islands of the Sail, the Pair of Roosters, and the Incense Burner, which all astonishingly resemble their namesakes. The forms of the islands change depending on the angle of the light and from where the islands are viewed. At the core of the islands, there are wonderful caves and grottoes, such as Thien Cung (Heavenly Residence Grotto), Dau Go (Driftwood Grotto), Sung Sot (Surprise Grotto), and Tam Cung (Three Palace Grotto).
With all this in mind, the 18th meeting of the Committee of the World Heritages of UNESCO (in Thailand on December 17th, 1994), officially recognized Halong Bay as a natural heritage site of worldwide importance
Arrive at Noi Bai international airport. Proceed to Ha Long, stop over at Dong Trieu pottery village. Dinner at local restaurant. O/n in Ha Long.
Breakfast at hotel.
Morning boat cruise on Ha Long bay with over 3000 limestone islands and islets scattering in the area of 1500 sq km to discover some grottoes, seafood lunch on board then depart for Ha Noi. Dinner. Enjoy water puppet show. O/n Ha Noi
Breakfast at hotel.
City tour: Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, One Pillar Pagoda, The Temple of Literature. Have lunch. Afternoon: visit Ethnological Museum, Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple. Rest of the day will be free for shopping. Transfer to the airport for your home flight (late afternoon flight). Tour finished.
Includes
- Airport transfers and transportation during the trip (private car/van/coach, new model with air-con)
- Accommodation (twin sharing) w/daily breakfast
- English or Chinese speaking guide.
- Full board as indicated at Vietnamese restaurants.
- All admission fees.
- Bottled drinking water: 1 bottle of 0.5l/pax/day
Excludes:
- Domestic air tickets
- All drinks (not mentioned in the program)
- Personal expenses & other extra services.
