Day 1: Saigon – Hanoi (L,D)
Upon arrival in Noi Bai International Airport, you will be picked up from airport to a hotel in Hanoi for check in and relax. Have lunch in a great local restaurant and then join city tour.
The first destination is Tran Quoc Pagoda which is the oldest of all pagodas in Hanoi. Located beside the dazzling West Lake in Hanoi, Tran Quoc Pagoda is a cultural symbol of Vietnamese Buddhism.
We commence our exploration of Hanoi by visiting the 11th century One-Pillar Pagoda we continue to visit the Temple of Literature which was the first Vietnam University dating to 1070.
We will go to the Museum of Ethnology, which is an excellent museum containing the ethnic costumes of the various minorities of Vietnam, as well as relics, tools and even full size replicas of their homes and buildings.
Then have cyclo in the Old Quarter and visit Dong Xuan market, enjoy Water Puppet show in the afternoon.
Overnight in Hanoi.