DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
On arrival, you are met and transferred to the hotel for a checkin. Transfer out to enjoy Spa Package.
Overnight in Hanoi
DAY 2: HANOI – HALONG BAY (B)
Our driver with private car will pick you up at your hotel. Arrive in Tuan Chau island. Followed by activities:
- Boarding the cruise for departure, Welcome drink will be served and cruise briefing, safety instructions, check-in cabins
- Great lunch is served while cruising passing by islets, through Hoa Cuong floating village.
- Exploration of Halong Bay passing by Soi Sim Beach, Coconut Three island, Surprising cave.
- Kayaking & swimming or climbing up to the mountain and getting a complete view of Halong Bay at Titov beach
- Joining our cooking class on the sun-deck. Let’s see how to make the fresh/fried spring rolls and mix fish-sauce.
- Enjoy sunset party with fruits and wine.
- Enjoy a luxury set-menu dinner is served with a variety of Vietnamese and Asian foods.
- Evening activities include: join the squid fishing on boat with our crews or enjoy the squid cooked with assistance from our chef or laze yourself with our happy-hour drinks at the bar.
Overnight on the cruise.
DAY 3: HALONG BAY–ONSEN (B/L)
Welcome the day with a Tai Chi class on the sun-deck. Then have breakfast with coffee, tea and bakeries on board.
Visit the Surprising cave (Hang Sung Sot) discovered by the French in 1901. It is a must-to-see and a symbol for geology value of Halong. Relax on the sun-deck or inside the restaurant to enjoy the bay’s scenery.
Enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch while cruising back to the pier. Disembarkation at Tuan Chau Pier. Our car and driver will be waiting for you and transfer to Onsen resort. You will have free time to relax at the resort or enjoy onsen bathing.
Overnight at onsen resort.
DAY 4: ONSEN RESORT – HANOI (B)
After having breakfast, you will be leisure and experience mineral onsen bath at the rosort.
The amount of time spent in the bath depends on the temperature of the onsen. If it is at around 43 C-45°C, the recommended time is 5-10 minutes/time. If below 40°C, then 20-30 minutes. You can try the different hot and cold saunas to get the full experience. Please take hot sauna prior to cold sauna.
You will enjoy lunch with a selection of Japanese and other international cuisines.
By the end of the day, our car with driver will picks you to go back to Hanoi.
Overnight in Hanoi
DAY 5: HANOI - EMERALDA RESORT NINH BINH (B)
Our car with driver and guide will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to resort in Ninh Binh. Take a boat rowing to visit Tam Coc ( three caves) and King Dinh & King Le to understand about Vietnamese history at 10th & 11th century.
Lunch at the local restaurant
In the afternoon, you might sample one of the suggestions below:
Increase inner strength and vigour with this classical massage remedy. Our therapist encourages wellness through traditional Swedish massage movements of light to strong pressure: gentle strokes, kneading, pressing and long sweeping strokes work as deeply as your body needs to boostcirculation and give your system fresh energy to encourage get up and go. A head and scalp massage completes this therapy to leave you feeling completely calmed
Resort in Ninh Binh
Merge the spirit of aromatherapy with the soul of well-being to rebalance mind and body with this therapeutic massage. Combining nurturing strokes with movements towards the heart, using healing oil influenced blends , our therapist helps stimulate the circulatory lymphatic and nervous system to soothe away tension, stress, muscle and joint pain. The perfect treatment for those with signs of tiredness.
Overnight at the resort.
DAY 6: RESORT IN NINH BINH - FREE AND EASY (B)
Breakfast at the resort. In the morning, we suggest the tour options:
- Option 1: Van Long Boat Trip
You can want to watch birds (esp storks), you can take the Van Long boat trip within walking distance. Set amid glorious limestone pinnacles, this tranquil reserve comprises a reedy wetland that’s popular with bird-watchers. Among the bird species that have been spotted here are the rare black-faced spoonbill, cotton pygmy goose and white-browed crake. Van Long is also one of the last wild refuges of the endangered Delacour’s langur, partly because the wetlands keep predators and poachers at bay.
- Option 2: Cuc Phuong National Park
Morning: Leave Resort to travel to Cuc Phuong National Park where ecological conservation is the first priority. Cuc Phuong has saved an enormous number of rare and valuable animals from extinction. Visit the endangered primate rescue centre to see the most rare primates from Vietnam. Drive to Cuc Phuong National Park centre and trek for 3 to 4 kilometres to see the 1,000 years old tree: a very popular tour for local and foreign travelers. Total trekking time is about 02 hours.
Have lunch at a restaurant in the centre of the park.
Afternoon: drive back to the park entrance with a stop at the Cave of Pre-historic Man to study how early man lived in the Stone Age. Finish the tour at resort
In the afternoon, you might choose one of the following health treatments:
Traditional Vietnamese Herbal Compress Treatment
Experience Vietnamese herbal compress massage enhanced with heated herbal packs to detoxify and alleviate common muscular aches and pains. Each herbal ingredient has been specially selected to benefit different treatment areas, helping to ease muscular tension, refresh your skin’s vitality, nurture and cleanse your skin of toxins, soothe and moisturise, and calm the body’s emperature. Leave the treatment truly relaxed as aches and pains dissolve away.
Hot Stone Treatment
Create total harmony and balance with Hot Stone Therapy, using ‘Hot Black Basalt’ stones. The treatment acts on the body with very small vibrations caused by the change or difference in temperature. It helps to strengthen the body’s energy through stimulating key points on the body and is an effective remedy for enhancing blood circulation and relaxation, expelling toxic substances, reducing muscle stress and overcoming tiredness.
Overnight at resort
DAY 7: NINH BINH – HANOI (B)
Breakfast and relaxing at the pool or surroundings with some snapshots
If you take the tour options, you will check out and join us for one of those:
Option 1: Trang An - Hoa Lu - Mua Cave
Morning: Leave resort to travel to Mua caves. Though small, this place attracts visitors with its many interesting stories. From here, you can see all the way to Tam Coc’s three grottoes. Climb 500 stone steps to the top of the mountain to enjoy a stunning view of the country- side and the wonderful Ngo Dong river.
Take a small boat along the river to discover the mysterious beauty of the Trang An's cave system including Ba Giot, Dia Linh, Toi (Dark cave), Sang (Bright cave), Ao Trai and Seo caves.
Have lunch at a local restaurant.
Option 2: Trang An - Bai Dinh Pagoda
Morning:
Leave resort for Trang An Eco-tourism complex. Though it is newly opened, Trang An has already attracted a lot of local and foreign visitors. Take a rowing boat to discover the marvelous eco-tourism complex where a system of unique grottoes like Ba Giot, Dia Linh, Toi (Dark cave), Sang (Bright cave), Ao Trai cave and Seo cave make this place both mysterious and attractive.
Have lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon: drive to Bai Dinh pagoda, one of the biggest pagodas in Southeast Asia and explore the largest pagoda, the biggest bell and the highest statue in Southeast Asia.
After the tour, our car with driver will pick you up from the hotel then return to Hanoi
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
DAY 8: HANOI DEPARTURE (B)
Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy your free time until transfer to the airport for departure flight.
End of service.