http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/ Hanoi & its vicinity Tours - Vietnam Open Tour Homepage en-us Copyright (C) Vietnam OpenTour VietnamOpenTour Daily group tour. Ha Long Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin, covers an area of 1500 square km. With more than a thousand limestone peaks soaring from its crystalline emerald water this area is one of the natural wonders of Vietnam and now one of four World Heritage listed sites in Vietnam. Visitors have constantly marveled at Halong Bays natural beauty. The tiny islands are dotted with innumerable beaches and grottoes created by the wind and the waves that make a excellent backdrop for swimming or just lazing about on the boat deck.      View more picture of Halong Bay     ITINERARY  8:00 departure. Enjoy the interesting 3.5 hour drive to Ha Long city. Arrive in Ha Long city. Lunch. Then take a boat trip about 4hrs journey. Cruise through the emerald waters between the limestone outcrops and long corridors, visit THIEN CUNG cave or SUNGSOT cave. Back to Halong city where your minibus will be waiting for you to take you back to Hanoi. 20h30 Arrive in Hanoi. Superior : Nomal (Vietnamese lunch) Deluxe : Seafood and kayaking.   Inclusive services : Transport, boat trip, entrance fee, lunch and guide.   Exclusive services : Drinks, other cost is not mentioned in inclusive services. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/halong-bay-full-day.html .  ITINERARY   Kenh ga 7h00 Leave to Van Long then have a boat trip around natural caves and grottoes, admire the wonderful landscape of the tourist area.  12h00 Picnic Lunch.  12h30 take about 3 hours road ride to the ferry-boarding a boat and cruising along Hoang Long river (that is mean the Dragon river), watching beautiful shaped limestone formation, rice paddies to visit the floating village Kenh Ga ( Chicken Canals-see lonely page ). Enjoy the life and activities on the river that you can image like water puppet show on the theatre. Visit Hotmineral-Spring ( Natural stream). Transfer back to Hanoi.   Inclusive services : Transport, entrance fee, lunch and guide. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/van-long-floating---kenh-ga-geyser---full-day.html U$ 49/ per (Private tour for group of 2 pers). CucPhuong National Park is located 100km south of Hanoi in Ninh Binh province. The park is conveniently located on the route to several tourist attractions, including Bich Dong Pagoda, Hoa Lu, and Sam Son Beach. It was officially opened in 1960 as the first national park in Vietnam. Cuc Phuong National Park is surrounded by several limestone cliffs, the highest being May Bac, meaning silver cloud, with a height of 656m. There are plenty of plants and mammals living in the park. There are an estimated 2,000 different species of flora and the 450 species fauna account for 38 of the national fauna.     View more pictures   ITINERARY   AM : 7h00 depart to Ninh Binh .Arrive Cucphuong , 10h30 Visit the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre. Lunch.   PM : 1h00 Depart to the Park Centre, on the way visit the Cave of Early Man ( had over 7000 year) , on the way admire the primary forest with 1000 year Old Tree.   Inclusive services : Transport, entrance fee, lunch and guide. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/cuc-phuong-national-park---full-day.html Group tour. Often referred to as “Inland Ha Long Bay ”, the area of Tam Coc and Hoa Lu is characterised by the limestone geology that gives rise to the towering karsts that make this picturesque area so unique.  On this enjoyable day trip, the atmosphere is relaxed as you casually pedal and paddle your way past green rice fields, along waterways and through underground passages.      View more pictures   ITINERARY   AM :   8.00 leave Hanoi by coach to Hoa Lu (2.5 hrs). Visit the historic capital of Viet Nam and the famous ancient temples of Le and The Dinh Dynasties.  Bus transfer or cycle for an hour on picturesque quiet roads through villages, rice fields, rivers and rocky outcrops to Tam Coc (12km) for lunch. PM :   Boat trip to visit TamCoc to see the beauty of the karst formations as you pass along their base and row into one of the many caves carved through the limestone. D ive back to Ha Noi.  Tour ends  around 6pm. Inclusive services : Transport, boat trip, entrance fee, lunch and guide.   http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/hoa-lu---tam-coc---full-day.html Group tour price. The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites in Buddhist Vietnam. Every spring, after the Vietnamese New Year, thousands of Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and prosperity they need to get them through the year. The pagoda itself is built into limestone cliffs and can only be reached by boat and foot, as there are no roads into this area. You will glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths visiting the pagodas and temples that were built in this area over the last centuries.     View more pictures   ITINERARY   AM : Departure at 8h00. The bus to pick you up at hotel and take 2 hours road trip. Then you take row-boat trip to go visit that land on the Yen stream "romantic time" about 1 hour to Thien Tru harbour. Then you will enjoy time to trekking go up and down visit the main cave so nice, step by step you will arrive Huong Tich cave on the top of the mountain. To see Golden-Silver tree, rice stuck....One hour down. Have lunch at bottom mountain in restaurant beside.   PM : After lunchtime, you will see the Heaven Kitchen pagoda and to know about Buddhism ancient architectural at Le Dynasty. Then you will come back by row-boattrip and 2 hours road trip to Hanoi and arrive at about 18h00.   Inclusive services : Transport, boat trip, entrance fee, lunch, guide. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/huong-pagoda---full-day.html . Regarded as a cradle of Vietnams culture - The Red River delta is best known for its handicraft villages and traditional seasonal festivals. We offer you the unique opportunity to see the real rural life of Vietnamese peasants living in these handicraft villages. This tour is also interesting for those who are interested in Buddies philosophy.      View more pictures   ITINERARY   PRG-1 (Half day) : BAT TRANG : Pick up at hotel and transfer to the riverside village of Bat Trang Village, where distinctive ceramics are made and used throughout the delta region for over 500 years. The vitality of this village is still blown up by the hundreds of pottery kilns on fire day and night. We stroll around various cottage industries and watch craftsmen forming, painting and glazing their products in traditional ways. The trip ends after arrival in Hanoi.   PRG-2 (6 hours) :  VAN PHUC, a silk village is a great place to silk cloth being produced on the loom .There is a showroom where you can buy silk by the meter, much more exciting that buying it in the shops! Continue to visit TRAM pagoda & TRAM GIAN pagodas.   PRG-3 : BAT TRANG - an old pottery village, DONG HO - a painting village, here they make 'Giay do' paper and paint them with traditional designs. All of paper is made by hand and some, still in the traditional way with all natural products. BUT THAP pagoda, DONG KY - carpentry village. Here they made furniture inlaid with mother of pearl and finished off with layer of clear lacquer. In laying the mother of pearl is highly labour intensive, see how it is delicately sawed info fine fish-bone sliver and paints takingly set into wood.   PRG-4 : THAY (master pagoda) & TAY PHUONG pagoda. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/traditional-village-and-pagoda---full-day.html Full day. Ha Noi was once a collection of villages that eventually grew into quarters dedicated to particular crafts, where skilled artisans continue to practice their skills that have been handed down for centuries. Whether it is art, history, museums or ancient pagodas, tell us what interests you and we’ll take you on a memorable tour that includes Ha Noi’s Old Quarter where you can shop and learn about the history of family trade. Worth a visit are the Temple of Literature (ad 1070), Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda (ad 1049), Tran Quac Pagoda (17th Century), Museum of Ethnology... ITINERARY:     View more pictures 8h00 AM Departure. Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho"s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh"s house on stilts. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi . Continue to visit the Quan Thanh Temple ( Taoist, dating from the Ly Dynasty ) and Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lake ( One of the oldest in Vietnam ).  Lunch. PM : After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum, continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Vietnam"s first university constructed in 1070, it"s gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam"s past.  We will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake, see the peaceful waters, and visit Ngoc Son temple. For the end of the tour journey visit by coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarter.  Free for shopping. Note:   On Monday and friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed - Bat Trang pottery village will be arranged as substitution. Inclusive services : Transport, entrance fee, lunch and tour guide.   Exclusive services : Drink, other personal cost     http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/hanoi-city-tour.html From U$ 49/ per. This tour is for those people who wish to simply relax without having to rush from one place to another. The French as a holiday resort built tam Dao, 80 km from Hanoi, in the beginning of this century for the well to do. It is situated north west of Hanoi at an elevation of almost 1000m. Because of this the temperature remains a pleasant and comfortable level year round. These days Tam Dao is popular with day-trippers from Hanoi who wish to escape the stress of city life for a day or two.   ITINERARY We leave Hanoi at around 0730 for a 2-hour journey along highway 23. Once we turn off the highway the road becomes narrow and very winding as it climbs into the mountains. We spend the day at Tam Dao lazing by the swimming pool, hiking to the Silver Waterfall or to the Temple of the Goddess of the Jungle. We leave Tam Dao around 1600.       Inclusive services : English speaking guide Additional meals as indicated within the itineraries All transport Admission fees and permits during guided excursions http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/tam-dao-hill-station-full-day.html .     Pick you up at your hotel at around 16:30, cyclo ride around the trading area in Hanoi Old Quarter. Around 18:30 stop at Thang Long theatre for Water puppet show. After the show finish, enjoy a dinner at a local restaurant with special dish of Vietnam. And then transfer back to your hotel.   Includes:  Transportation (cyclo),  Entrance fees,  Speaking guide (English or French), Dinner.   Excludes: - Drinks. - Insurance. - Personal expenses. - Tip. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/hanoi-city-tour-cyclo-water-puppet-show-dinner.html .   AM: You start the day from your hotel at 08.00am and travel west of Hanoi to visit Duong Lam village, a purely agricultural village of the Northern Red River delta where still preserve many hundred-year-old houses. It will be your unique experience as you walk along tiny ancient alleys; visit Mong Phu temple in Mong Phu hamlet - the only hamlet whose original village entrance gate remains intact, dedicated to national heroes. Have some talks with the locals in their ancient houses by visiting the ancient houses of Mr Lam, Mr Ha and Mr Huyen. Enjoy your special lunch with Vietnamese foods in an ancient house. PM: After resting, we continue driving to visit Mia Pagoda (other hamlet in Duong Lam village), is built in 15 th century and admire 287 statues of all sizes, among with are famous sculpture such as the statue of Buddha in the Himalayas and the statues of the Eight Vajra Deities. Then visit Ngo Quyen temple and Phung Hung temple, places dedicated to two national heroes Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung. Driving back hanoi. Tour finishes at about 5h00 PM.    Inclusions   - Entrance fees  - Transportation  - Lunch  - English/ French speaking tourguide  - Mineral water during the trip  Exclusions   - Personal expenses  - Insurance  - Others drinks   http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/duong-lam-village.html .   Hanoi - Dam Temple - Dai Lo Temple - Chu Dong Tu Temple - Bat Trang Village 07h30:   Embark on boat. 09h30:   Disembark to visit Dam & Dai Lo temple (HaTay province) 10h45:   Back to the boat then continue to down the Red River. 11h15:   Upon arrival to visit Chu Dong Tu temple praise for love (Hung Yen province). 12h00:   Back to the boat then up the Red River, lunch on board. 14h20:   Arrive Bat Trang Village and visit the village. 15h30:   Back to Hanoi. 16h30:   Saying good bye to the captain. http://www.vietnamopentour.com.vn/vietnam-tour/day-trips/day-tour-boat-trip-red-river.html . 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