Hanoi city tour and Incense village

Tour type:
  • Bus
  • Daily
    Depart: Daily
  • 1 Day
    Duration: 1 Day
Discover the charm and rich history of Hanoi with this immersive city tour, covering the capital’s iconic landmarks, This unique tour takes you to an incense-making village near Hanoi, where you can learn about traditional craftsmanship and local lif
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  • Guest number
  • Unit price
  • Hanoi city tour and Incense village
  • 79 49
Total 49 USD / PAX

Included & Excluded

Included

  • Group /Private car transfer/ lunch
  • Entrance fee
  • English speaking tour guide
  • Bottled water

Not included

  • Personal expenses
  • Tips
  • Others not mentioned above
Itinenary

8.00: Tour guide will pick you up from hotel in old quarter and driving to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda.

8.30 Tran Quoc Pagoda & West lake.

Tran Quoc pagoda is located on an island east of West Lake (Tay Ho district), with 1500-year history, which is considered to be the oldest in Thang Long- Hanoi. It was the Buddhist center of Thang Long citadel in the Ly and Tran dynasties. With its historical and architectural values, Tran Quoc Pagoda is famous for its sacred Buddha land, which attracts many Buddhists and visitor to Vietnam.

9.15: Ho Chi Minh complex

Driving to visit Ho Chi Minh complex. (Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, the presidential palace, house on stilts, where Uncle Ho lived and worked  from  1954-  1969).

10.45: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

This is the most recent yet probably the largest and undoubtedly the most interesting Museums in Hanoi and Vietnam. There are both indoors and outdoors section, while the in-housed exhibition is particularly informative, the outdoors display and activities make the museum stand out from the rest. There are a number of houses modeling after the traditional architecture of ethnic minorities, especially those who live in Northern and Central highlands.

12.15 pm: Lunch Time.

 After lunch Tour guide will take you  to Quang Phu Cau Incense village

14.30:  Visiting Quang Phu Cau incense village. 

Arrive in Quang Phu Cau village, we will start the walking tour around the village, see how the local people making the incense including bamboo chopping, dipping the sticks in dye, creation of incense paste and dry the incense in the sun... talk to the locals to know about the history of making incense of the village. You are free to walk around the village to take photos of incense bundles, incense making process...

16.30: Incense village back Hanoi city.

Drive back to Hanoi, arrive at your hotel around 17.30. End of the excursion

 

 

Included

  • Group /Private car transfer/ lunch
  • Entrance fee
  • English speaking tour guide
  • Bottled water

Not included

  • Personal expenses
  • Tips
  • Others not mentioned above

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