Travelling to Vietnam in 2024
Hanoi (5 Days)
I planned to go to Hanoi for 5 days and 3 days in Danang.
Flying to Hanoi ticket is Vietjet which is budget airline.
Have to take note that is budget airline flight time will not be on time. Budget airline , advantage is dis-advantages are
| Pros | Cons |
| cheap price | flight delayed, changed timing by emailing to passengers. no tube in Hanoi have to use bus to Hanoi arrival gate. |
Hanoi Plan
Arrival time is planned as 5PM however, due to the flight delayed, arrival time is about 6PM.
| Plan | Way to Go |
| Day 2 – 10th June Halong bay Tour | As planned |
| Day 3 – 10th June Ninh Binh Day Tour from Ha Noi: Hoa Lu, | As planned, Cycling, Boat Tour. Hiking |
| Day 4 – 12th June Day Tour & shopping 4 stops 1. Tran Quoc Pagoda, 2. Ho Chi Minh complex , One Pillar Pagoda 3. St Joseph Cathedral 4. Hoam Kiem Lake | updated a bit Take Hop in car, Take Hop in car from old quarter Drop at No 6 Spend time about 20 min at Tran Quoc pagoda Take Bus from No 6 to go to 4A- Hochimin Complex. https://maps.app.goo.gl/vonQXNehzW6a7o5d6 One Pillar Pagoda, Spend 1 hour there Take hop in again from 8 or 4A and to go to old quarter 13 or 1 Go to St Joseph Cathedral at stop 1A |
| Plan | Way to Go |
| Day 5 – 13th June Morning BreakfastCheck out Left backage Out to places and back to hotel @6PM Airport checking Hanoi → Da Nang , VietJet Air DEPARTURE : ARRIVAL : Thu, 13 Jun 2024 • Da Nang (DAD) | Airport check-in : 8:00 Grab – 54000 VND From Domestic Arrival Gate A3, turn right and head towards Coffee – Tea. From Coffee – Tea, turn left and head towards pillar 2-3.From pillar 2-3, head towards car parking lot.Pick-up point is at car parking lot. |
Halong Bay (Day 2 Hanoi)
Ha Long Bay routes surveyed more than one week and compare all the prices from TripAdvisor and klook.
Ninh Binh, Tam COC, Mua Case Day Tour ( Day 3 Hanoi)
Ninh Binh, Tam COC, Mou Case Tickets checked 3 or 4 local tours which is from Facebook and klook. Local tour is the cheaper and read all the comments and feedbacks. The local tour charged about 1,768,000 VND for two persons.
- Went to Ninh Binh province and take cycling activities
- Go to Ancient Temple
- Tom CoC Boat Tour
- Go to the Mua Cave
Free hotel pick-up & drop-off are only applied for the Hanoi Old Quarter area only. Participants that are outside the pickup area can proceed to the meet-up location instead which will be Hanoi Opera House.
Plan to settle the payment when arrive to Hanoi however due to the flight delayed could not settle and contacted to tour agent to collect the money.
City Tour (Day 4 Hanoi)
Take breakfast from hotel and walk to Hoan Kiem Lake. Starting point and ticket office is near Lake.
We booked ticket for big bus 4 hours hop in and hop off.
City Tour (Ha Noi Hop On Hop Off Pass) compared hop on Hop off and klook, will be bought online using klook. It costs 14.60 SGD.
Bus supports audio system and explain about the histories. Let them know the stops where you want to align, the lady of bus will let you know.
We targeted to go 4 places.
- Stop 6 :
- Tran Quoc Pagoda ,
- Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish Island in West Lake.(2.6 km)( will spend 20 min, next bus will be coming in 30 min)
- Tran Quoc Pagoda ,
- Stop 8 :
- Ho Chi Minh complex (Cultural )
- The weather is very hot and could not go in.
- One Pillar Pagoda, Chùa Một Cột, Đội Cấn, Ba Đình, Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam
- Which is just inside Ho Chi Minh complex ( 4 min walk from Ho Chi Minh complex)
- Ho Chi Minh complex (Cultural )
- Stop 9
- Temple of Literature (entrance 70,000 vnd) { Entrance and exit are not same, due to wrong exit, we missed one bus}
- Temple of Literature (entrance 70,000 vnd) { Entrance and exit are not same, due to wrong exit, we missed one bus}
- Stop 1
- It was about 3 hours to the end
Have to complete the day tour in 4 hours. Hai yah…
Afternoon we went to old train road and train will come around 9 PM hence back to hotel.
Free and Easy City Tour (Day 5 Hanoi)
Eat Breakfast and checkout. Left the luggage and continue going to Ho Chi Minh Complex .
This time looked for the one pillar pagoda which is inside the ho chi minh complex. The small bus is cheaper and can reach to the more places. Especially round the West Lake and can see the surrounding of the West Lake.
The price for small car is 100,000 VND for one round. 4 Hour hop in hop out will be 150,000 VND.
The price of Big car is 150,000 VND and 4 Hour hop in hop out will be 300,000 VND. (Klook 280,000 VND)
Bus Route Map
Hochi minh Complex
Ho Chi Minh Complex
one pillar pagoda
Tran Quoc Pagoda
Danang Tip
Back to hotel and take the taxi towards airport continue trip to Danang.
Due to Danang arrival is late hence planned that hotel to fetch airport transfer service it costs 100,000 VND.
Hanoi to Danang no tube and carry the small luggage. At the Danang airport, not necessary to use the Bus.
Bana Hill Day Tour (Day 6 Danang)
Danang morning sunrise is very early. 5:00 AM then can see the sunlight already. 5:00 AM looks like Singapore 8:00 AM.
Hoi An and Marble Mountain Day Tour (Day 7 Danang)
Marble Mountain and Hoi An Day Tour is booked via local tour
Returning to Home (Day 8 Danang)
Take breakfast and relax to Buy coffee near the hotel . Went to airport with grab, have to pay 10,000 VND extra for airport. Hence total will be 54,000VND.
