Great escape to Cuc Phuong National Park 1 day

Tour code: VN1D09
Tour Price: from $46

If you want to find a peaceful place where you could leave all your troubles behind, Cuc Phuong National Park is an ideal place for you. This full-day tour from Hanoi is specially designed for those who are interested in exploring nature, such as the Botanical Garden Loop trail, Primate rescue center and Observation Lookout. Don't miss this day trip from Hanoi to have interesting experiences in your life! We are sure that you will never regret!

Full itinerary
At 8:00, our driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi to start the 2.5 hour drive to Cuc Phuong National Park. On arrival in the Cuc Phuong National Park - the first and biggest national park in Vietnam, you'll start a walk to the Botanical Garden Loop trail with a local guide and stop for lunch at the restaurant inside the park.

After lunch, you'll continue trekking to visit the Primate Rescue Center where is home to several endangered primates of Vietnam, and then climb the Observation Lookout on top of a hill for panoramic views of the Park.

You'll get back to Hanoi late afternoon and end this day trip in Hanoi at around 19:00.

Inclussion
Private car
English speaking local guide
All entrance fees
Local lunch
Mineral water

Exclussion
Visa arrangements
Other transportations not mentioned
Personal expenses
Tips
Insurance
Other services not mentioned in the itinerary

Tour note.
This is a private trip by car.
The trip includes some short treks so sport shoes are recommended.
Guide speaking other languages is subject to availability.
Tour program is subject to change due to weather and operating conditions

Children policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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Legendary Hanoi City tour 1 day

Tour code: VN1D08
Tour Price: from $53

Undergoing one thousand years of civilization, witnessing the ups and downs of history, Hanoi capital is known as one of the “most-wanted” destinations in Vietnam. This Hanoi city tour is designed for you to have deeper insight into unique culture and ancient atmosphere of the legendary city. Do not miss the chance to enjoy the cyclo tour around the Old Quarter, water puppet or Ca Tru show as well as historical attractions, which bring you from surprise to surprise!

Full itinerary
Our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at around 8:30 to start this full day city tour. We first head to the Ho Chi Minh Complex to visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum which is a great lively illustrator of the national unity, and then Uncle Ho's House and the One-pillar pagoda - one of the two most iconic temples in Vietnam.

The next destination of Tran Quoc Pagoda located by the dazzling West Lake will give you a real look at one of the picturesque attractions in Hanoi formed by a harmonious architecture taking advantage of the watery landscape. After that, we'll move to visit the the Temple of Literature (or Văn Miếu in Vietnamese) which reveals the Hanoians’ spirit of study in the past, and then stop for a lunch at a local restaurant nearby.

Following the break, we will visit the Museum of Ethnology where you can get a glance of different ethnic minorities living in Vietnam. Then, with the next 1-hour cyclo around Hanoi's Old Quarter, you are promised to get a slow-speed view of a maze of labyrinthine streets as the daily life of the locals. You'll next be transferred to enjoy a water puppet which tells you a great traditional art performance of Vietnam.

Experiencing a cup of special coffee while looking down the streets, viewing the bustling life of the locals at the late afternoon before ending makes this day trip in Hanoi even more unforgettable.

Inclussion
Private car
Private English speaking tour guide
All entrance fees
Local lunch
Cyclo trip
Water puppet
Local coffee
Mineral water

Exclussion
Visa arrangements
Other transportations not mentioned
Personal expenses
Tips
Insurance
Other services not mentioned in the itinerary

Children policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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One day cycling and rowing tour at Eco-resort and Galaxy Grotto 1 day

Tour code: VN1D07
Tour Price: from $80

Joining our one-day ecotourism itinerary in Ninh Binh Province will be a great and new experience for those who wish to be closed to nature and to explore the intact landscape. This short trip gives tourists the chance to cycle and enjoy the fresh air and beautiful countryside as well as to be a true farmer by taking part in locals’ daily activities. Besides, the alluring beauty of Galaxy Grotto will capture your hearts at first sight. This one day tour from Hanoi will surely satisfy you!

Full itinerary
Our car and guide will pick you up at the hotel in Hanoi at 7:30 and then transfer you to Ninh Binh Province. After arriving in Tho Ha Village, you will get your bike and then cycle (about 10-15km) around the village passing the village church, village schools; lakes and houses of local villagers …

Reaching the Eco-Tourism in Tho Ha, you will get off your bike and participate in local activities like catching fish, scooping water by using the traditional tools of production. There, you will experience how to be a true farmer when joining these activities.
 

Lunch will be served at the stilt house. After that, you will get on the sampan and row downstream the small canal of Ben Dang River, which is a floating habitat for variety of floras and faunas. Next, you continue walking on the 500-meter-stone road to reach the entrance gate of Galaxy (Thien Ha) Grotto. Being recently explored and invested to be a tourist attraction in 2012, Galaxy Grotto is still kept intact with the limestone area abound with variety of floras and faunas and thousands of bats and pythons. Continuing your rowing trip; tourists can eye-witness the alluring beauty of colourful stalactites, which can be compared to the image of the Galaxy, that’s why this grotto is called Galaxy. Remember not to make noise in the grotto because thousands of bats are sleeping there.

Rowing the sampan back to a stilt house in Tho Ha Village, you will take a short rest before returning to Hanoi. The tour ends here.

Inclussion
Pick up and drop off by car in Hanoi
Lunch and Mineral Water
Bike rental
Sampans and local boatmen
Entrance Tickets
English speaking and local tour guides

Exclussion
Personal items and services not mentioned in the Itinerary
Personal drinks

Children policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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Hanoi Half-day Traditional Gourmet Cooking Class 1/2 day

Tour code: VN1D06
Tour Price: from $32

The Hanoi traditional gourmet cooking tour in half a day is customized for those who wish to have real experience on how to prepare a “Vietnamese meal”. Your cooking tour begins with a walk to the local market to buy necessary foods and vegetables. It’s then onto the outdoor Restaurant at the garden of Vietnam Fine Art Museum for your cooking lesson instructed by our professional Chef. You will be fascinated to cook Vietnamese dish as well as to enjoy what you have tried by yourself. After our cooking class tour, surely you will have more Vietnamese dishes to cook for your family.

Full itinerary
We will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at 8.30 and then transfer you to the outdoor Restaurant at the garden of Vietnam Fine Art Museum – where your cooking class tour will be held.

Your cooking class will start at about 9:00 by one-hour-walking to the local market with our Chef. You will be fascinated by the noise of the market as well as the smells of fresh local ingredients here. Experiencing the locals’ daily life and observing how local people purchase foods and vegetables at the market promise to be an interesting experience. Next, our Chef will help you choose and buy the best fresh foods, introduce to you the use of different kinds of food as well as explain how you should prepare each of them.

After that, you will come back to the outdoor Restaurant for your cooking class with the foods and vegetables you have bought. When everything is ready, our Chef will instruct you to cook the Vietnamese traditional foods. The chef will also show you how to harmonized between the Vietnamese spices and your own taste so as to cook the best foods for you and your family.

Your lunch will be served with what you have cooked along with Vietnamese traditional foods prepared by our Chef. Tour ends here.

Inclussion
Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter
Short walking tour to local market with Chef
English speaking cooking lesson
Bill of ingredients and formula for cooking
Cooking demonstration and pratice at outdoor kitchen
Meals (lunch)
Soft drink or tea/coffee

Exclussion
Beverage out of menu
Personal expense
Other transportation than mentioned
Other services than mentioned
Insurance
Other services not mentioned in the itinerary

Children policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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Cycling day tour to Bat Trang Pottery and Thanh Tri Villages 1 day

Tour code: VN1D05
Tour Price: from $32

One day tour biking to the traditional pottery village and rolled rice pancake making village will pull you out of the hustle and bustle of Hanoi capital. Taking this biking tour, you will have the chance to visit Bat Trang village which is famous for its high-quality ceramic and pottery products, learn how to make a handicraft pottery and immerse yourself in traditional culture as well as the local's daily life. Another highlight of this trip will also help you taste and try making rolled rice pancake (Bánh Cuốn) which is a specialty of Hanoi in Thanh Tri Village.


Full itinerary

Our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at around 7:30 and then we head  to the meeting point for getting bike. A short briefing and instruction about biking skills and notes will be given to you before we start full day cycling tour.

Being ready, we will start the trip by cycling  along the Red River dyke, passing the Red River through the legendary Long Bien Bridge, the pride and symbol of architecture in the Far East. After getting out of busy Hanoi center, we will join the small biking trail and spend your time leisurely on cycling through the scenic countryside passing the villages with lush rice fields, cornfields, vegetable farms and fruit farms to Bat Trang Pottery Village.

Reaching Bat Trang Village, we will  first walk along the village  to see the local life and the traditional handicraft and then get a chance to shop at the largest ceramic markets in Hanoi. After that, the tour guide will take you on a visit to the local oldest craftsman’s house to learn about the history of this handicraft village and steps of making a handicraft pottery product.

Saying goodbye to Bat Trang, we will continue biking along Red River dyke and experience the local daily life - with your own eyes seeing “xetho” (pack bikes) – the local's means of transporting goods and commodities and other local means of transportation. A short trip on a local ferryboat passing the Red River to Thanh Tri Village will surely give you amazement. Located in the Southern Hanoi, Thanh Tri has been well-known for its rolled rice pancake for many years. Here we will stop by a local family to learn all the steps of making rolled rice pancake and have the opportunity to make your own one under the instructions of local villagers. Lunch will then be served with rolled rice pancake specialty. After lunch, we will cycle back to Hanoi passing some ancient pagodas and a busy local market. Arriving in Hanoi in the afternoon, we will return our bike and cheers up with some local drinks. Trip ends.

Inclussion
Pickup and drop off at hotel to bike store. If your hotel is at outside Hanoi downtown, please pay for extra taxi charge.
MTB 24 speed TREK or Giant bike or equivalent with helmet
Professional English speaking tour guide with mechanical support
Ferry fees (crossing Red river)
Local lunch and cooking class organization
Mineral water and snack
Local drinks
Admissions

Exclussion
Pickup from outside Hanoi downtown to bikestore
Personal expenses
Tips for guide
Insurance
Other services not mentioned in the itinerary

Children policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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Day trip to discover an elegant hobby of Hanoians 1 day

Tour code: VN1D04
Tour price: from $35

Leaving behind the noisy and busy Hanoi capital; let’s join our Hanoi suburban one day tour to discover an elegant hobby of Hanoians. Our one day itinerary will guide you to the bird market and bird-cage making village. There you will have the chance to observe the craftsmen villagers making a birdcage. Additionally, we will also stop at a village famous for its incense making called Quang Phu Cau Village and enjoy the refreshing tranquility of the countryside. Give it a try and we guarantee you will never regret!

Full itinerary
Our car and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel at 8:30 and then we will depart for Hanoi bird market. You will visit the bird fair; watch the locals buying and selling bird pets, bird cages and bird foods. You are free to take photos to save memorable moments.

Next, we will visit Vac (Canh Hoach) birdcage-making village. Bird cages made by Vac villagers are well-known nationwide for their durability, beauty and luxuriousness. Visiting to house of one artisan in Canh Hoach Village, you will see that bird cages are piled up on both sides of the path. To satisfy three criteria of durability, beauty as well as luxuriousness, the craftsmen have to undertake many steps, such as whittling the bamboo splints to make the bottom of cages together with making and decorating the brims and assembling the parts.

Please do not forget to ask our guide to take you  around the village and buy some hand-held fans (folding fans) as souvenirs for your beloved.

Picnic lunch will then be served by tour guide.

In the early afternoon, our guide will take you to visit Quang Phu Cau Village. There, you will have the chance to eye-witness the handicraft production of incenses for Vietnamese worshipping rituals.
After that, you will be transferred back to Hanoi. Tour ends at your hotel in Hanoi.

Inclusion
Private car transfer
Private English/French speaking tour guide
All entrance fees
Picnic lunch, coffee
Mineral water

Exclusion
Shopping and Personal Expenses
Visa arrangements
Other transportation not mentioned
Tips
Insurance
Other services and expenses not mentioned in the itinerary.

Note
This is a private tour.
The Itinerary is subject to be changed or cancelled due to bad weather condition without notice.
Please contact us for the date of bird fair before booking your tour.

Children Policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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Hanoi Half-day tour on motorbike 1/2 day

Tour code: VN1D03
Tour price: from $72

Hanoi is not only famous for its green and peace but also for a mean of transport that almost of the locals use - motorbike. As a traveller, you must miss a great opportunity feeling as a local if you do not take a motorbike tour to discover the pretty city. Our Hanoi motorbike tour offers you to have taste of adventure, experience the traffic jam, especially learn how the local motorbike driver escape from a crowded street . Beside that kind of special experience, the Hanoi half day tour gives you an opportunity to get into very well-known Hanoi Old Quarter; to explore the Hanoians’ daily life by enjoying local food which has never been catered in luxurious and modern restaurant. Let’s explore Hanoi in a different and fascinating way, you will have memorable moments in our Hanoi capital.

Full itinerary
You will be met up with our motorbike-riding-tour guide at your hotel in Hanoi downtown at 8.00 then we head to the first visit - Vietnam Fine Art Museum. Next we will cross the bustle street for a short walking inside the campus of the first university of Vietnam – Temple of Literature – which was built in 10th century under Ly Dynasty who greatly influenced by Confucianism. The following stop-off is Quan Su Pagoda, the headquarters for the Vietnam Central Buddhist Congregation where many important Vietnamese Buddhism activities are taken place. 

Leaving the architectural and cultural spots for an second hand goods selling area on motorbike will make you feel closer to the daily life of the locals. And then you will move to a Hanoi traditional restaurant for lunch. After short rest, you will continue on motorbike to pass through Hanoi 36 Old Streets. Our half-day tour will stop at Dong Xuan Market, one of the biggest and oldest markets in Hanoi. Spend time shopping before our motorbike-riding tour guide drive you back to your hotel.

Inclusion
Well-trained motorbike-riding-tour guide (English speaking)
Motobike with fuel
High quality open-faced helmets
Traditional foods for lunch
Entrance fees
Mineral water and wet tissue
Raincoat if required

Exclusion
Tips
Beverage
Personal expense

Children Policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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Four hours Hanoi by night 4 hours

Tour code: VN1D02
Tour price: from $35

Instead of sitting at hotel’s lobby reading magazines or sealing yourself in your room, just spending few hours to explore the exclusiveness and differences of Hanoi city tour by night. Our tour promises to offer you the unique activities which only take place at night, including watching traditional water puppet show, savoring street food at Hanoi night market or exploring the Hanoi night streets. Additionally, a special hot tea cup in the traditional tea inn will make your trip really memorable. Let’s come and join this city tour by night to have a big surprise from the other face of this hustling city.

Full itinerary
Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at 18.00. You can have a soft meal before starting your tour.
18h30: You will enjoy traditional puppet performance at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.
20.00: After the puppet performance, you continue walking along the Hanoi Old Quarter and having dinner on Hanoi Food Street which offers variety of traditional dishes serving in “street” style (local style).
21.00: Next, you will transfer to a Vietnam traditional tea Inn. There, you can enjoy a cup of tea, listen to its origin and meaning as well as learn the way of traditional tea making.
22.00: Leaving the tea inn, our guide will take you along the Hanoi night streets. Stop to take photos to capture memorable moments of night life in Hanoi.
Return to your hotel. End of tour.

Inclusion
Pick up and drop off at your hotel in Hanoi
English speaking local guide
Water puppet show entrance fee
Street foods
Traditional Tea
Mineral water

Exclusion
Tips
Beverage
Personal expense

Children Policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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A day trip to discover Vietnam education history 1 day

Tour code: VN1D01
Tour price: from $ 46

If you wish to learn more about the tradition of Vietnamese fondness for studying, our Hanoi day trip to Ke Ve Village and Temple of Literature is an ideal choice. Ke Ve Village, the home of many generals and doctors during the feudal period and Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam, both show you the best view of schooling and examination systems of Vietnam in the past. Whether you take further discovery in Vietnam or come home, this tour in Hanoi ensures you truly lasting memories of the studious tradition of Vietnamese.

Full itinerary
Our driver and guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at 8:00 and head to Ke Ve Village. Stopping at the communal house of the village, you will be attracted by its solemnity and wide collection of various ancient relics dating back hundreds of years. Continuing our walking way through winding roads and passing ancient architectural works, we will visit a local family, listen to interesting stories about common practices and history of the village and then enjoy a local lunch. All promise you a truly unforgettable experience.

After a short break, we will come back to Hanoi center for a visit to Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam dating back to the 11th century to learn about examination systems of Vietnam in the past. Then, we will transfer to see the Pen Tower (Tháp Bút or in another name of Tả Thanh Thiên – writing on the clear blue sky) which is considered the symbol of Vietnam education tradition. The next 1-hour cyclo trip around Hanoi Old Quarter – the busiest part of the old Thang Long Citadel will give you a slow-speed view of a maze of labyrinthine streets as well as the daily life of the locals.

Finishing our day with a cup of coffee while looking down the streets, viewing the bustling life of the locals at the late afternoon surely makes this day trip in Hanoi even more unforgettable. 

Inclusion
Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
English speaking guide (for other languages a supplement applies)
Local lunch
Entrance fees for mentioned visits
Fresh water and cold towel
Cyclo trip
Coffee

Exclusion

Visa arrangement
Other meals than mentioned
Gratuities
Camera/video entrance fees
Personal expenses

Children Policy

Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.

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