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Vietnam: Hanoi &
Ha Long Bay

Duration6 days · 5 nights
SeasonYear-round
GroupSmall group · max 12
FromCustom-made · priced after a conversation

Vietnam rewards the traveller who eats first and asks questions later. This six-day journey runs Hanoi's old quarter at street level, then trades the city for a night on the water among the limestone towers of Ha Long Bay.

Hanoi is best on foot and at a plastic stool: pho at dawn, egg coffee mid-morning, bia hoi on a corner at dusk. Our guide orders, you eat, and the city makes sense faster than any museum could manage. Then east to the bay — an overnight cruise on a small boat, kayaking between the karsts, and a sunrise that explains all the postcards.

Small group by design, never more than twelve. Private and extended versions — Ninh Binh, Hoi An, the south — built on request.

The journey, day by day

  • Day 1

    Hanoi — arrival

    Airport transfer, check-in near the old quarter, and a first-night street-food walk.

  • Day 2

    Hanoi — old quarter

    The thirty-six streets on foot, egg coffee, the train street, and a water-puppet evening.

  • Day 3

    To Ha Long Bay

    East to the coast and aboard your boat — lunch on deck as the karsts rise.

  • Day 4

    On the water

    Sunrise tai chi if you're up, kayaking into lagoons, a floating village, back to Hanoi by night.

  • Day 5

    Hanoi — at your pace

    A free day with suggestions: Ninh Binh's rice valleys, museums, or serious shopping.

  • Day 6

    Departure

    Transfer to the airport — or extend onward with us.

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