10-Day Vietnam Exploration Tour with Pù Luông and Hạ Long Bay

• Upon arrival, meet your local tour guide and travel to the hotel for check-in.
• Rest for the day and recover from jet lag.

Driving distance: 35 km - 40 mins

• Spend this day exploring Hanoi's charming city and learning more about Vietnam.
• On this day, you will explore the following places:
  • Visit Trấn Quốc Pagoda and learn about Mahayana Buddhist practices and beliefs in Vietnam.
  • Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
  • See the Presidential Palace
  • One Pillar Pagoda
  • The old house of President Ho Chi Minh
  • The Temple of Literature
• Stroll around the courtyard and admire the roof, lake, and surrounding features.
• Later, discover Hanoi Old Quarter and Sword Lake before the day ends.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Tour duration: 8 hours

• In the morning, leave Hanoi and travel to Mai Châu.
• Take a walk or hop on a bicycle through the rice fields to see more of local life.
• Enjoy traditional performances during dinner at your hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Driving distance: 147 km (91 miles) - 3.5 hours

• Early in the morning, walk through the countryside near your lodge.
• After breakfast, relax or visit the villages nestled in Mai Châu.
• Depart for Pù Luông Nature Reserve on a one-hour drive.
• Drive to Chiến Lầu Bridge, where you will begin walking and exploring until reaching Tân Lập Bridge.
• Meet your driver and head back to the lodge.
• Enjoy some free time and stunning views from your bungalow.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Driving distance: 72 km (45 miles) - 2 hours

• Enjoy a hike and explore Pù Luông in depth, passing a terraced rice field near Đôn Village, then continuing along corn fields and small villages.
• Observe local people and stop at their houses for further interaction.
• After your picnic lunch, return to the lodge and refresh for the rest of the day.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Tour duration: 4-5 hours

• Depart from Pù Luông to Ninh Bình on a nearly 4-hour drive.
• Upon arrival, enjoy a lunch of local cuisine prepared at a local house.
• Begin your Ninh Bình sightseeing tour at outstanding attractions such as:
  • Tam Cốc boat trip
  • Hoa Lư Temples
• Rest and stay overnight at your hotel in Ninh Bình.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Driving distance: 144 km (89 miles) - 3 hours

• In the morning, depart for Cúc Phương National Park for a full-day hike and jungle trek through verdant, luxuriant forest to observe gibbons, langurs, turtles, and more.
• Then hike up to the Cave of Prehistoric Man and continue through the rainforest to see the fauna and flora, thousand-year-old trees, and wild animals.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Tour duration: 8 hours

• This morning, leave Ninh Bình for the renowned Hạ Long Bay cruise, board a traditional wooden junk, and sail into the stunning bay of thousands of limestone peaks.
• Enjoy lunch while cruising through captivating Hạ Long Bay.
• In the afternoon, enjoy activities such as:
  • Hiking to the cave
  • Kayaking in the water lagoon
  • Watching the sunset over the bay
• The boat will anchor in a quiet place overnight.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Driving distance: 195 km (121 miles) - 3.5 hours

• Early in the morning, indulge in a Tai Chi session.
• After breakfast, cruise farther through the bay for more contemplation.
• The boat will return to the mainland in the early afternoon.
• Travel back to Hanoi.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch or brunch

Driving distance: 170 km (105 miles) - 2.5 hours

• After breakfast at your hotel in Hanoi, relax until your transfer to the airport for departure.

Driving distance: 35 km - 40 mins

Note: Hotel standard check-out time is 12:00.