Vietnam Tour Package: 6 Days Hanoi & Ha Long Bay Cruise

What we work through with you

1. Your dates and priorities

   Tell us when you want to visit Hanoi & Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, who is travelling and what you would change in the outline below.

2. The route and pace

   We discuss the 6D / 5N starting itinerary, your preferred stays and how much you want to fit in. Any changes depend on availability and are agreed in your written plan.

3. Your written quote

   Review the final arrangements, total price, inclusions and payment and cancellation terms before booking. An enquiry does not reserve this trip.

The route we start from

These are the stages published for this trip. A stage can cover part of a day or several days; it is not a separate travel day.

1. Stage 01

   Hanoi Nights

   Land in Hanoi and stay in the old quarter, thirty-six streets each named for the trade once done on it. Traffic here is a continuous river of scooters, crossed by walking slowly and never stopping, which is counter-intuitive and works. First pho, then the night market if it is the weekend.

2. Stage 02

   The Food Chapter

   The food day, which in Hanoi is a legitimate itinerary. A crawl through bun cha, banh cuon and cha ca, then egg coffee, which is yolk whipped with condensed milk over strong coffee and much better than it sounds. Water puppet theatre in the evening: an art form performed waist-deep in a pool.

3. Stage 03

   Onto the Water

   Transfer to Ha Long, about two and a half hours on the expressway, and board the junk. The bay is roughly 1,600 limestone islands going out to the horizon. The afternoon is kayaking between them and a cave, and the evening is dinner on deck once the day boats have gone and the bay empties.

4. Stage 04

   Bay Sunrise

   Tai chi on the top deck at sunrise, which nobody expects to enjoy and most people do. A tender out to see how the floating communities here live and work, brunch as the boat runs back to the pier, and the drive to Hanoi with the afternoon still in hand.

5. Stage 05

   Free Day

   Deliberately free. The usual choices are the museums, the French quarter cafes, or a tailor in the old quarter who can turn something around in a day. Equally valid is a long lunch and nothing else, which after a night on a boat is what most people do.

6. Stage 06

   The Return

   A last bowl of pho, ideally at a plastic-stool place with no English menu, and the flight home. Five nights, one of them among limestone islands, and a permanent internal benchmark for what breakfast soup should be.

What this trip lists

Use these inclusions and exclusions when reviewing your quote. The displayed price starts from ₹54,999 per person; your written quote confirms the total for your dates and arrangements.

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