ITINERARY:

8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City

08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake.It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15^th June -15^th August) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

Special Note: we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine

14.00-14.15: Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 centuries

15.15: Leave for 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 of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the Hanoi Hilton

16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes. Back to hotel

TOUR INCLUDED

• Limousine Bus during the trip (– max 11 pax)
• A bottle of water / person
• Entrance tickets
• English speaking guide
• Vietnamese Lunch
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• TOUR EXCLUDED
• Drink for lunch
• Tips for tourguide & driver
• Personal expenses or any thing not mentioned above

SPECIAL NOTES:

• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Monday and Friday.
• Museum of Ethnology is closed on Monday
• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees in the public places like a temple, pagoda, HCM mausoleum …
• Should bring the necessary things such as : cash, cellphone or camara, raincoat/ umbrella ,sun block …( depending on the weather)
• The order of the itinerary can be changed depending on the situation.