Meals: Lunch local restaurant
Transfer: Private vehicle
Activities for today:
The tour guide will pick up you at Sun Port (in Bai Chay – Halong) about 7.00, the tour guide will pick up you and transfer to Hanoi. On the street, we can see the rice field, water buffalo, arrival in Hanoi, we will visit to Temple of Literature - the first university of Vietnam. Have lunch at local restaurant. After lunch, we will visit Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc son Temple and the Hanoi Old Quarter, Then we will return Halong. Finish at Sun port. Finish the tour.
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+ Temple of Literature: It is a temple of Confucius in Hanoi. The temple hosts the "Imperial Academy", Vietnam's first national university. The various pavilions, halls, statues and stelae of doctors are places where offering ceremonies, study sessions and the strict exams of the Dai Viet took place.
+ Hoan Kiem Lake ("Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword"), also known as Hồ Gươm (Sword Lake), is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.
+ Ngoc Son Temple was built in the 18th century on Jade Island in the centre of the ‘Lake of the Returned Sword’ or Hoan Kiem Lake. Legend describes how an emperor was once given a magical sword which helped him defeat the Chinese Ming Dynasty and in doing so saw the return of the Golden Turtle God to the lake.
