Day 1: HANOI ARRIVAL Upon arrival at Noi Bai International airport, our representative will meet you and transfer to hotel for check-in. Free at leisure till welcome dinner at local restaurant.
Day 2: HANOI – CITY TOUR Breakfast at hotel. Fullday city tour: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, HCM Stilt house, One Pillar pagoda, Literature temple, Ngoc Son temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, History museum, Old Quarter. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 3: HANOI – HOALU
Breakfast at hotel. Excursion to Hoalu through rural northern Vietnam to the site of Vietnam's first capital, Hoa Lu. After visiting the two remaining sanctuaries of the ancient citadel, take a sampan on a river through the rice paddies to the sacred Three Caves (Dong Tam Coc). Enormous limestone karsts jut out from the green rice fields giving rise to this place's other name, 'Halong on Land'. Back to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 4: HANOI – VIENTIANE
Breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to airport for departure for Vientiane. Arrival in Vientiane. Meet and transfer to the hotel. City tour including Sisakhet museum, Ho Pakeo, Thatluang Stupa, Patuxay (victory gate) and the Buddha Park. Overnight in Vientiane.
Day 5: HANOI – VIENTIANE
Breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to airport for departure for Vientiane. Arrival in Vientiane. Meet and transfer to the hotel. City tour including Sisakhet museum, Ho Pakeo, Thatluang Stupa, Patuxay (victory gate) and the Buddha Park. Overnight in Vientiane.
Day 6: VIENTIANE – NAM NGUM lake
Breakfast at hotel. By car on road No. 10, visit Vientiane zoo and the salt making village of Ban Kern. Visit Nam Ngum lake (100km north of Vientiane) and take a boat tour on the lake for about 1 hour. After a picnic lunch return to Vientiane on road No. 13. Overnight in Vientiane.
Day 7: VIENTIANE DEPARTURE
Breakfast at hotel. Shopping center market (Talad Sao) or visit revolutionary museum. Then transfer to airport or Friendship Bridge for departure.
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