Amanda Cruise - Ha Long, Lan Ha Bay - All Inclusive 2D1N & 3D2N
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Ninh Binh Day Trip from Hanoi with Tam Coc Boat Ride
11h
Hanoi Food and Culture Sightseeing Army Jeep Tour
4h
Best Seller-Private Full-Day Tour to Ninh Binh Depart from Hanoi
9h – 11h
Ninh Binh Day Tour from Hanoi with Boat and Bike
12h – 13h
Hanoi Noi Bai Airport Fast Track Arrival Service
10 min – 30 min
Halong Bay Shore Excursion: Full Day Cruise Tour from Cruise Port
7h
Hanoi Customized Private City Tour with Train Street
4h – 5h
Ninh Binh Full Day Tour with Hoa Lu, Trang An and Mua Cave
12h
3 Day/2 Night Halong-Lan Ha Bay 5 Star Cruise with Balcony Cabin
72h
Small Group Hanoi Street Food Tour with a Real Foodie
3h
Shore Excursion: Full-day Hanoi City Tour from Halong Port
9h
Ninh Binh Heritage Full Day Tour with Buffet Lunch and Limousine
11h – 12h
Hanoi Motorbike Tours Led By Women: Hanoi By Night Foodie Motorbike Tours
4h
The Best Halong Bay Overnight Cruise– CozyBay Grand-All Inclusive
48h
Ninh Binh Day Tour To Visit Hoa Lu - Trang An/Tam Coc - Mua Cave
12h
Hanoi City Jeep Tour: Highlights, Hidden Gems & Train Street
4h
Halong Bay Day Tour With Titop Island, Cave, Kayak & Lunch
12h
Ninh Binh Hightlight & Hidden Gem from Hanoi with Skip-The-Line
10h – 11h
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How to choose
Ninh Bình and Hạ Long outnumber the city tours
Twelve of the nineteen experiences on this page spend their day somewhere other than Hanoi. Seven go to Ninh Bình, every one of them nine to thirteen hours long, from €33.46 for a boat-and-bike day up to €101.27 for the only private version; two name Hoa Lư and Mua Cave in the title, one sells a limousine and a buffet lunch, another a skip-the-line entry. Five more head for Hạ Long or Lan Ha Bay, and three of those sleep aboard: the cheapest overnight is €49.32, against €88.06 for three days and two nights in a balcony cabin and €109.20 for a single night. Nothing here is named for the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Temple of Literature, Hỏa Lò Prison or the water puppets.
The six tours that stay in the city are short and cheap. Five run three to five hours, and three of those are built on eating: a small-group street-food walk at €24.66, an army-jeep food and culture tour at €48.44, and a night motorbike ride led by women at €60.76. Two are named for Train Street, at €21.95 in a jeep and €39.63 privately customised. The single full-day city tour costs €114.48 and is pitched at cruise passengers arriving at Halong port. Median duration across all nineteen is ten hours, median price €48.44, nine listings hold a 5.0 rating, and the jeep food tour alone carries 17,663 reviews, nearly twice the next highest.
What to know before you book in Hanoi
No listing here is an admission ticket, and Hanoi's ticketed sights are cheap at the door: the Temple of Literature is 70,000 VND, open 8:00 to 17:00, and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology 40,000 VND, 8:30 to 17:30 and closed on Mondays. The Imperial Citadel closes on Mondays too; Hỏa Lò Prison opens 8:00 to 17:00 every day.
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is the fixed point to plan around: mornings only, 7:30–10:30 from April to October and 8:00–11:00 from November to March, half an hour later at weekends, closed Mondays and Fridays, and closed entirely from 4 September to 4 November. Water-puppet seats are 100,000–200,000 VND from the theatre itself, at 57B Đinh Tiên Hoàng. Free cancellation applies to all nineteen listings, so settle those dates first.
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Quick answers
Is a Hạ Long Bay day trip or an overnight cruise better value?
We list five Hạ Long and Lan Ha Bay options, and the price gap is narrower than it looks. The twelve-hour day tour with Titop Island, a cave and kayaking is €35.23, while the cheapest cruise that sleeps aboard is €49.32; the other two overnights are €88.06 for three days and two nights and €109.20 for a single night. The fifth listing is a seven-hour cruise leaving from the cruise port at €66.05, which only helps if you are already at the bay.
Do I need a guided tour to see Hanoi's main sights?
Not for access. No listing on this page is an entry ticket, and the sights charge little at the door: 70,000 VND at the Temple of Literature, 40,000 VND at the Museum of Ethnology. What the six city tours sell is a guide and a vehicle, five of them running three to five hours from €21.95, and three of those six are built around food rather than monuments.
Which day should I use for the Ninh Bình day trip?
A Monday or a Friday. The seven Ninh Bình tours run nine to thirteen hours, so one of them takes a whole day, and those are the two days a Hanoi plan otherwise loses: the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays, and the Imperial Citadel and the Museum of Ethnology are closed on Mondays. If you are travelling between 4 September and 4 November the mausoleum is shut for maintenance anyway, so the choice is free.