8 Days Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa Hiking Tour with Pu Luong Nature Reserve and Halong Bay Cruise

Pu Luong Nature Reserve trekking To Halong Bay Cruise – 8 Days was designed for tourists who have a short time in Vietnam Trip to explore the culture, the custom, and our people. This tour, we have tested and was received by many tourists around the world because it passes the most famous and beautiful places in the north of Vietnam Trip. In addition, we will take you to the less touristy place like Pu Luong Nature Reserve so that you can be a part of people, and nature and leave behind the noise of the busy city. After all of that, you can imagine Vietnam Tours From the USA. That was to have varieties in culture and the differences between destinations.
Day 1: Welcome to Ha Noi capital
Today, the driver and tour guide will pick you up at the airport then check in your hotel, and relax. Based on your arrival time, the tour guides will take you to visit some famous places in Ha Noi such as the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem lake, walking or taking a cyclo to discover the old city with 36 streets. After that is your free time to prepare for your tomorrow trip to Pu Luong.
Day 2: Ha Noi – Mai Chau valley – Pu Luong nature reserve (B/L/D)
Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel at around 8 a.m and start our trip to Mai Chau valley. It takes about 4 hours to get to Mai Chau. On the road, you can stop visiting the local market or take a photo of the landscape. Have lunch in Mai Chau village before start cycling for an hour to discover the agricultural life, and the culture of White Thai people in Mai Chau then go to Pu Luong nature reserve to check-in Pu Luong homestay and free time.
Day 3: Explore the remote and pristine Pu Luong Nature Reserve (B/L/D)
After breakfast in your homestay, you will say goodbye to the host and start your trekking from Don village to Hieu village, it takes about 6-7 hours. You will go through the villages of Black Thai people such as Uri village-have the most beautiful terraced rice field, Lan Village- the traditional scarf weaving village, Doc village, Am village…with the traditional stilt house and special architecture will bring you unforgettable impressions about this area.,After trekking about 16km, you will reach the Hieu waterfall where you can swim under the fresh nature water or you can go around the village to take the most beautiful photos of this area. You will have dinner and stay overnight at homestay.
Day 4: Drive from Pu Luong  to “Ha Long Bay On Land” Ninh Binh (B/L/D)
After breakfast we go to visit Pho Doan Market which is open twice per week on Sunday and Thursday, the ethnic people will bring the local products to the market for trading. There are some things you can only see here such as wild pepper and wild spices. After that, the car will take you to your hotel in Ninh Binh to have lunch. Then you will have 2 hours on the boat to discover Thung Nham which is known as “Ha Long Bay On Land” with a lot of lime mountains and wonderful landscape. The time left is for cycling to discover some old temples and some villages around the Tam Coc area.
Day 5: Discover Ninh Binh – Cuc Phuong National Park (B/L/D)
After breakfast, the driver and guide will take you to visit the first capital of Vietnam, Hoa Lu temple, and transfer to Cuc Phuong National park to visit Reserve Centre and Primate Rescue Area. Trekking to visit Historical man caves to visit the beautiful park. Stay overnight at Cuc Phuong national park guest house.
Day 6: Cuc Phuong drive to Ha long bay Cruise (B/L/D)
7:00 a.m the driver and tour guide will take you to Ha Long bay. After 4 hours, you will get on your boat, take a rest, and have lunch after a long trip. The boat will take you to many limestone islands with amazing landscapes in the world’s natural heritage area. After about 2 hours, the boat will arrive center of Ha Long Bay where you start to visit Sung Sot cave with many beautiful stalagmites and stalactites, this is also one of the biggest caves in Ha Long bay. The leftover time uses for kayaking or enjoys a drink on the boat while watching the sunset. Stay overnight on the cruise.
Day 7: Leaving Ha Long bay return to Hanoi (B/L)
You start a new day with the sunrise on the sea and enjoy breakfast. Then the boat keeps going to some more islands and stops at one of the fish farms and you can discover the daily life of a fisherman on Ha Long bay. You will have lunch on the boat and then go back to Ha Noi by car.
Day 8: Hanoi departure (B)
After breakfast at the hotel you will check out the hotel and our driver will pick you up and transfer you to Airport