10 Days

JANETTE AND IAN'S PLAN: VIETNAM ITINERARY 10D9N IN NORTH PART

HA NOI – NINH BINH – PU LUONG – HA LONG BAY

DESTINATIONS: HA NOI – NINH BINH – PU LUONG – HA LONG BAY – HA NOI

TRAVEL DATE: FROM 11th TO 20th APRIL 2025

NAME OF CLIENT: JANETTE GILLON
CODE TOUR: 1104-2004-2025

QUANTITY: 2 ADULTS

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VIETNAM CONTACT IN PERSON: +84963611399 (JENNY)

BRIEF ITINERARY

Day 1: 11TH APRIL: HUE DEPARTURE – FLY TO HANOI – HA NOI WALKING AND FOOD TOUR (D) PRIVATE TOUR

Day 2: 12TH APRIL: QUANG PHU CAU INCENSE VILLAGE – HANOI CITY TOUR (B/L) PRIVATE TOUR

Day 3: 13TH APRIL: HA NOI – NINH BINH: HOA LU – TRANG AN – MUA CAVE – STAY OVERNIGHT IN TAM COC (B/L) PRIVATE TOUR

Day 4: 14TH APRIL: NINH BINH TRANSFER TO PU LUONG – DON & UOI VILLAGE TREKKING (B/L) PRIVATE TOUR

Day 5: 15TH APRIL: HIEU WATERFALL – WATER WHEELS, BAMBOO RAFTING ON CHAM RIVER (B/L/D) PRIVATE TOUR

Day 6: 16TH APRIL: PU LUONG FREE MORNING – BACK TO HANOI (B/L)

Day 7: 17TH APRIL: HANOI – HALONG BAY – OVERNIGHT IN CRUISE (B/L/D) GROUP TOUR

Day 8: 18TH APRIL: LAN HA BAY – HANOI (B/L) GROUP TOUR

Day 9: 19TH APRIL: HANOI FREE & EASY

Day 10: 20TH APRIL: HANOI DEPARTURE

DETAILED ITINERARY

Have breakfast at your hotel in Hue, checkout the hotel and the driver will pick you up to the airport to Hanoi.

Arrive Hanoi. Get picked up by our driver from the airport. Leave your luggage at the hotel and meet Jenny. Starting the trip to explore Hanoi old quarter with your local friend. Visiting Hanoi 36 streets, hidden gems, the places which is only locals know…

Hanoi Walking Tour

Check in train street famous place you can’t miss when visiting Hanoi. Along the trip Jenny will take you to local places to enjoy our Hanoi authentic street foods.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Food Tour Hanoi City Coffee

She is taking you to Hoan Kiem Lake where you will find the greatest “bánh mì” place in town. After that, you will visit to one of the original egg coffee based in Hanoi from 1946.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Food Tour Hanoi City Egg Coffee

The next stop is an ancient cuisine alley where you can try the truly authentic version of “bún chả” and spring rolls – Hanoian specialties.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Food Tour Hanoi City Bun Cha Later on, you will pass by few interesting streets in the old quarters which are still devoted to their original trades to get to try Hanoian savory pan cake and Vietnamese steamed rice rolls.

Food Tour With Jenny

Overnight in Ha Noi.

Local Activities

To walk

Having breakfast. Spend the morning to visit Quang Phu Cau incense village

08:30: Driver picks you up at your hotel and head out of Hanoi by car

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Quang Phu Cau1

 

09:30: Arriving in Quang Phu Cau. By the time we arrive, the villagers have already set out incense to dry in various formations and we’ll get pictures of people working among this sea of red. We will have time to capture a variety of shots of the workers in action.Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Quang Phu Cau

We also venture further into the village workshops, shooting images of the incense-making process, including bamboo chopping, dipping the sticks in dye, and the creation of incense paste. We’ll take more images of the friendly locals who have worked on producing incense in this village for generations.Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Quang Phu Cau1

We leave the village at noon, as the workers are preparing for lunch and head back to Hanoi for lunch.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Lunch Time Hanoi City

Go back to the city keep visiting Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish Island in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Tran Quoc Pagoda Hanoi City

The next stop is Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11th century.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Van Mieu Hanoi City1

 

Then, Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton”.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Hoa Lo Hanoi City

 

Overnight in Ha Noi.

Local Activities

To walk

08:00: Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel. We take you to Ninh Binh province which is far from Hanoi city about 120 km.

09:30: Have a short break for 20 minutes to relax.

10:30: The first destination in this trip is visit Hoa Lu ancient capital. This is the first capital of VietnamCome to visit Hoa Lu, you will learn about why the capital was moved to Hanoi nowadays. You are impressed on an outstanding architecture when entering temples of King Dinh and King Le, the first and second emperors of ancient Vietnam, built in the 17th century. Try to feel ancient atmospheres in Hoa Lu ancient capital.

Hoa Lu Ninh Binh

 

11:45: Have buffet lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods goat meat, fried rice… Vegetarian food is always available in the buffet lunch.

13:00: Visit Trang An which was recognized by UNESCO as The World Heritage Site in 2014. Trang An has the wonderful tunnel cave system so that Kong’s Movie Group chose this place for New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island “. Boat trip to visit Trang An to see the amazing beauty of this landscape with many caves such as: Sang Cave (Light Cave), Toi Cave (Dark cave), Nau Ruou Cave (Cooking Wine), green river and natural view.

Trang An Ninhbinh Jenny Vietnam Travel

 

 

15:30: Get on the bus to go to Mua Cave (Dancing Cave). Walk up almost 500 steps, you can reach to the top of Lying Dragon Mountain, have an amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc from here.

Hang Mua

16:30: Finish Ninh Binh tour. Enjoy the night in Tam Coc.

Overnight in Tam Coc

Local Activities

Local boat

07:30 – 8:00: Bus pick you up from homestay in Tam Coc.

11:00 – 11:30: Arrive to Pu Luong.

11:30: You arrive at your accommodation, followed by free time to explore the beautiful retreat, with its captivating panoramic views and tranquil setting

12:00: It is time for a delicious lunch then check in your room.

14:30: Start 2,5 hours for trekking tour around beautiful valley of Pu Luong.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Pu Luong 1

 

This is a common and easy walk around the most beautiful valley of rice terraces around of Inh La Home.

We start to descend into the beautiful valley where you walk around tumbling rice terraces. Then we will walk through small paths shrouded in vegetation to slowly reveal a picturesque Uoi village sitting at the base of a towering mountain. Your camera will not be able to sit still when you see the panorama view of the village from above.

Jenny Vietnam Travel Janette Ian Pu Luong

Continue walk down hill to Uoi village then hiking to Leo village. If time permits, we will visit a local family where we can learn about their traditional brocade weaving (not guaranteed).

On the way we can see local people work on the field and see daily life of them when we are walking through their villages.

17:30: Back to Inh La home then you have time for swimming pool and relaxing before enjoying dinner at the restaurant of Inh La home.

Overnight at Inh La Home Pu Luong.

Trekking

Local Activities

To walk

You can get up early to enjoy sun rise and see the clouds fly over the valley if weather is good.

07:30: Have breakfast

08:00: Get on the car to go to the Hieu waterfall. Thac Hieu Waterfall

08:30: Arrive to the fall we walk along the Hieu water fall to see different levels of the fall. Then you can enjoy the swimming at the fall if the weather is not too cold.

Hieu Waterfall In Pu Luong

10:00: Back to the car then the diver takes you to Ten Moi bridge where you start trekking 3 kms along Cham River you also get into bamboo jungle.

11:30: Arriving at a local fisherman’s house, you have a short rest to gear up for the bamboo rafting. Float along the calm river and enjoy the views, in between learning how to paddle and steer your handcrafted rafts.

12:00: Having lunch on the bamboo raft.

12:30: Arriving up stream of Cham River, you disembark to visit burning cave. The cave has no light inside so to the stalagmite and stalactite you have to burn the torch that why the cave named Burning Cave

15:00: Leaving the burning cave take the trek 1 km through Na Tang village to back to main road where the diver picks you up to take you to Chieng Lau rice fields where you begin to walk in stunning water wheels. Get up close to each wheel and discover how water is moved from river to handmade bamboo aqueducts via simple constructions of all sizes.

16:00: Get on the car then back to Inh La home

19:00: Have dinner and stay overnight at Inh La home.

Overnight at Inh La Home Pu Luong.

 

Trekking

Local Activities

Local boat

Having breakfast at the homestay

Enjoy your free time at Inh La Home by some activity such as: go swimming, wandering around Don village to see daily life of local people.

11:30: Check out your room then have lunch

13:30: Get on the bus to back to Ha Noi

18:00 – 18:30: Arrive to Opera House in Hanoi

 Overnight in Ha Noi.

 

Local Activities

To walk

07:45 – 08:15: Get picked up from your hotel

08:15 – 11:30: Follow the newest highway connecting Hanoi and Hai Phong.

Upon arrival at Station Number 17 Overnight Cruise Port, Tuan Chau Maria, Ha Long passengers will be welcomed by receptionist at La Casta’s waiting lounge.

11:30 – 12:00: After taking a rest, our high-speed tender will transfer you to the main boat (Around 25 minutes).

Get onboard and warmly welcome from La Casta crew team with welcome drink.

After that, you will be given a short briefing about La Casta Cruise and safety guideline at our restaurant.

Complete the check-in procedure and check-into your cabin

La Casta Cruise Check In Counter Jenny Vietnam Travel

13:00: Enjoy a lunch in the restaurant. La Casta Cruise start to depart for the voyage to discover the Lan Ha Bay.

15:45: Visit the Ba Trai Dao area and the natural lagoon of Lan Ha Bay – this area includes the beach breaths a romantic atmosphere and three smaller islets like three giant peaches on the sea. You can join with our activities such as: kayaking, swimming, sightseeing and explore the Ba Trai Dao area.

(In unfavorable weather conditions, to ensure the safety of our guest, this destination would be change into Dark and Bright cave, famous for the pristine natural beauty and poetic, attractive seascape of Lan Ha Bay. You can join with our activities such as: kayaking, sightseeing on the   bamboo boat, … This is the best time for you to enjoy bamboo boats or swimming which is an interesting activity to discover the truest beauty of the stunning limestone structure and the blue sky of Lan Ha Bay).

La Casta Cruise Happy Hour Jenny Vietnam Travel

17:30 – 18:30: Come back to our La Casta cruise and enjoy the pre-dinner sunset party with Happy Hour Promotion (buy 2 get 1 free with some kinds of drinks) at the bar while watching the view of the bay at sunset.

18:00: Join a cooking demonstration, our chef will guide you how to make some simple signature Vietnamese dishes.

19:30: Enjoy special seafood and typical Vietnamese food on the cruise.

21:00: Evening entertainment: squid fishing, karaoke…

La Casta Cruise Sundeck Bar Jenny Vietnam Travel

Overnight in the La Casta Cruise

Local Activities

Local boat

Kayak

06:15: Wake up early, join the Tai Chi session on sundeck area, enjoy the fresh atmosphere and watch the sunrise in Lan Ha Bay.

07:00 – 07:45: Have breakfast. Admit morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee.

08:00: Stroke the stunning views of the bay and its dramatic limestone islets

Visit the famous Tra Bau, it is time for freely kayak and explore the landscape, or swim…

09:00: Back to your cabin, relax and check carefully all the luggage before leaving your cabin.

09:30: Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay for room service. Complete check out procedure and enjoy your brunch at La Casta cruise.

10:30: Enjoy the brunch at restaurant.

11:30: Disembark at Tuan Chau harbor, we hope you have enjoyed your time with us and wish you a safe onward journey.

* Because of cruising conditions, the program may be changed slightly due to specific weather or tide conditions without prior notice to visitors. Wi-Fi is available although internet connectivity is limited due to the geography of Ha Long.

14:30 – 15:00: Arrive to Hanoi. Bus drops off at the hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Local Activities

Boat trip

Cruise

Kayak

Having your free day to relax and explore Ha Noi on your own.

Overnight in Ha Noi

Local Activities

Have breakfast. Enjoy last morning in Ha Noi city.

Check out hotel. Driver picks up to the airport.

Trip ends.

See you next time!

Note: Driver picks up 3,5 hours before your flight time

Thank you for travelling with Jenny From The Blog!!!

Local Activities

INCLUSIONS
  • Airport pick up and drop off
  • All transportation in tour
  • Accommodations (Northern part only)
  • Local English-speaking guide along the trip
  • Meals as mentioned in itinerary (B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner)
  • Entrance fees according to program
EXCLUSIONS
  • Travel insurance
  • Domestic flights
  • Beverages for meals and other personal expense
  • Tip for driver and tour guide
Notice
  • You have to bring your Passport
  • You should bring any type of medicine for preventing insects and common diseases
  • Tour guide can rearrange the schedule, but all places stay the same
  • If you are a vegetarian, you can bring your own food to suit your taste (if necessary)
Customer responsibilities
  • Customers are responsible for your illness and chronic diseases (cardiovascular disease, blood pressure, diabetes, osteoarthritis …), congenital diseases, latent diseases, HIV AIDS, mental and neurological disorders, pregnant women … are diseases that are not covered by the insurance. When necessary, you must write your own commitment to your health when participating in the tour. The tour organizer is not responsible for the cases you do not report the illness, untruthful declaration as well as cases outside the coverage of travel in the tour.
  • Customers must preserve their property in all circumstances and at all locations during the trip. The tour organizer is not responsible for any lost money, identification, airline tickets, personal belongings and other property of the customer during the trip.
Cancellation conditions

As a general rule, unless otherwise stated, our policy is that all cancellation must be informed in writing either via email or via Messenger, WhatsApp. Cancellations will be charged as follows:

  • In more than 30 days prior to the trip departure: No charge
  • In 15-30 days prior to passengers’ arrival: 30% charge
  • In 15 days prior to passengers’ arrival: 50% charge
  • In 6 days prior to passengers’ arrival: 100% charge