Hanoi - Ha Long Bay - Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An | 8 days 7 nights

Welcome to Hanoi, you will be greeted and picked up by our local guide at Noi Bai Airport. Transfer to the hotel for check-in.

2:30pm Start the city tour:

• Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, known as the most ancient pagoda in Hanoi. It is near West lake, the largest lake in Hanoi. (you can try the famous ice scream here.)
• Visit Dong Xuan Market.
• Go around Hoan Kiem Lake by cyclo for 40 mins.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

8am The Cruise’s shuttle bus will pick you up at the hotel in the Old Quarter or Hanoi Opera House, depart for Halong Bay

12pm The crew members of Peony Cruise will welcome you No.34, Tuan Chau Marina, Quang Ninh. 

12:45pm You will be taken aboard our support vessel and travel from the wharf via the bay to board our luxurious craft. Welcome fresh drinks, wet towels and a special lunch of fresh food and an assortment of appetizing delicacies will be served. You will be enchanted when decadently dining on our luxury junk. We then set sail for Lan Ha Bay - A member of the World’s Most Beautiful Bays.

3pm We will visit the Dark and Bright cave, famous for the pristine natural beauty and poetic, attractive seascape of Lan Ha Bay. Here you will take some photos of the romantic, lyrical local see-sights. This is also the best time for tourists to enjoy bamboo boats or kayaking, which is an interesting activity to discover the truest beauty of the limestone mountains and the blue sky of Lan Ha Bay.

4:30pm It is an ideal time for photography enthusiasts to capture the stunning moment of sunset at Lan Ha Bay.

5:30 – 6:30pm Join the cooking demonstration and “happy hour” with buy one get 1 free.

7:30 pm Enjoy a romantic dinner at the restaurant.

9-10 pm Enjoy the nightlife of the bay from the top deck. Immerse yourself in music, enjoy a glass of cocktail from the bar, watch famous films and relax on the cruise. Otherwise, you can fish squid with the sailors or simply relax in the room and watch the bay from the balcony.

Overnight on the Cruise.

6am Start your day full of energy with a Tai-Chi Class on the deck and watch the sunrise.

6:45 - 7:15am A light breakfast is available at the restaurant with tea, coffee, traditional Pho or Bun Ca and cakes (breakfast time can change due to the itinerary).

7:30 – 9am You will join the tour of Cat Ba World Biosphere by transshipment. It takes 30 minutes to transfer from Gia Luan to Trung Trang – one of the most impressive caves in Cat Ba island, Vietnam. The limestone cave has thousands of stalactites in various shapes, offering geological values with a typical cave ecosystem.

9:30 am Checking out of the room. Then the lunch in the restaurant is ready for you, pay the extra fee (if any) at the reception while traveling to the port. Kindly needed to pay for the costs in charge of the front desk (if any) while traveling to the port.

10:30 – 11am Disembark and move back the port.

11:30 – 11:45 am Arrive Tuan Chau Marina

The Cruise’s shuttle bus will transfer you back to Hanoi.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

9am Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel. Depart for Ninh Binh.

Relax as you leave by car to Hoa Lu on a 2.5-hour drive. Upon arrival, visit the historic capital of Vietnam, Hoa Lu and the famous ancient temples of Le and the Dinh Dynasties. They were built around the 17th century with extremely sophisticated wood and stone carving techniques. In addition, visitors can hike to visit Ma Yen Mountain right next to the entrance of Hoa Lu Ancient Capital Historic Site.

Then we will visit Tam Coc. Tam Coc is a cave system consisting of 3 main caves: Hang Ca, Hang Hai and Hang Ba (Tam means three). Through millions of years of weathering, this place has turned into these unique caves. You will be sitting on a boat along the line of green cornfields with mountains, charming scenery like bringing tourists lost in the fairyland.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Our driver will pick you up, depart for the airport.

Flight from Hanoi to Hue.

Upon arrival in Hue, you will be warmly greeted by our tour guide and driver. We will visit the Imperial Citadel Hue Citadel. It was the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty for 143 years from 1802 until its abdication in 1945. Currently, Hue Citadel is one of relics belonging to the Complex of Hue Monuments Complex recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.

Then I transferred to Danang.

Overnight in Danang.

Breakfast at the hotel.

9:30am Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel, depart for Hoi An. 

This morning, spend about 3.5hrs to visit our local fishermen’s family at Bay Mau Coconut Forest for a cup of local herbal tea before our local fishermen get you on the basket boat (round boat) tour to along the coconut forest to explore many local activities here like basket boat dancing, riding, fishing, etc. Our local fishermen also will show you how to make some coconut handicrafts.

In the afternoon, we will walk to discover Hoi An ancient town. The historic town, which used to be a prosperous seaport city from the 16th to 18th century, is now a wonderful city that cannot be missed while touring the Southeast Asian region. 

While walking through the city, we will make a few stops to visit Hoi An Museum, many of the town’s renowned Ancient Houses which boast remarkable architecture, Assembly Halls of Chinese influence; Art Craft Manufacturing Workshop and of course the must-see Japanese Covered Bridge. These spots are considered as typical architecture styles in Hoi An and reflect clearly the cross culture among France, Japan, China and Vietnam.

In the evening, we will hire a boat down Hoai river to join the lantern festival.

Overnight in Danang.

Breakfast at the hotel.

8am Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel and depart for Ba Na Hills.

9:30am We arrive at the Ba Na cable car tourist area, Nui Chua. You go to the cable car station, board the cabin to start the journey up the mountain by the world's longest cable car and the height difference between the two largest stations in the world.

10am At the stop of Station 2, the guide takes you down the cable car, we start our journey of discovery by climbing train only in Ba Na, sitting on the train you will hover around the area with many special flowers that are only available at Ba Na Hills

• Continue to visit the Royal Villa, Tinh Tam garden and Old Villa, freely admire the scenery, and take pictures.
• Taking pictures, experiencing the feeling like crossing paradise at the Golden Bridge - located at an altitude of 1,400m above sea level.
• The tour guide continues to take you to the second cable car to conquer Ba Na mountain, 1487m high above sea level.

11:45am We arrive at the 3rd and last stop of Ba Na cable car station.

12pm Have a buffet lunch at a restaurant and rest.

Afternoon:

2pm You are freely play at Ba Na entertainment area with many interesting games and visit the highest mountain in Ba Na Hills.

Then transfer to the airport. Flight from Danang to Hanoi 

Upon arrival in Hanoi, my driver will pick you up at the airport, transfer to the hotel for check in.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

After that, you can freely go shopping, explore the city by yourselves, etc. before saying goodbye to Vietnam.

Flight from Hanoi to the next destination.