7:30 a.m. Get picked up at your hotel in Hanoi and take 2,5 hour drive through the fertile land of the Red River Delta, you will arrive at Tam Coc boat operation place in Ninh Binh.
On arrival, take 2 hr sampan boat ride on a small river and through 3 tunnel-like caves. (This area is considered as “Inland Halong Bay” featured with karst formations.)
An easy walk in between the limestone mountains to visit Thai Vi temple (which dedicated to a Vietnamese heroic dynasty.)
A Vietnamese lunch is served at a local restaurant.
Afternoon 1.5 hr bicycle ride along the back roads through beautiful scenery of towering karsts on the ground of ponds, rice paddies and rural villages. (On the bike, we will have as many stops as you want to take photographs.)
Visit Bich Dong Pagoda, an important religious place for the locals in the region.
4:00 p.m. Check in your hotel and take it easy before dinner.

Embark the boat by noon time. After a welcome drink and get a briefing introduction of the boat, you start the cruise to Lan Ha Bay.
After one hour cruise, have a stop by a small beach for lunch on boat. After lunch, you can take a swim to the beach from the boat, and enjoy the stunning scenery of the bay. From here, your boat will make its way to a remote place in Halong Bay for the night.

Anchor dropped off, dinner and stay overnight on boat.

Breakfast is served on boat. 

This morning the boat will take you to a place called Kiem Lam area where you will spend over one hour to paddle your kayaks through a cave to discover a hidden lagoon. Jump off your kayaks if you would like to take more swim if you wish. 

Back to the boat and heading back to Lan Ha Bay. 

Check out off your cabin before an early lunch on boat. 

By 12:00 PM, bid farewell to the crews and get ready for the afternoon drive back to Hanoi. 

After nearly 4-hour drive, you will arrive in Hanoi. The trip ends at the door of your hotel.