Hanoi – Perfume pagoda – Van Phuc Handicraft village (Start at: 8 a.m - Finish at: 4.30 p.m)
Perfume Pagoda is only 60 km to the southwest of Hanoi and consists of various types of tourism: ecotourism, cultural tourism, cave tourism… Not only does Perfume Pagoda attract tourists by its natural beauty, but also does it retain many vestiges of the cultural history of the different periods. They are the priceless products crystallized talented intellectual, and emotions of the people over the periods.
Hanoi – Perfume pagoda – Van Phuc Handicraft (Lunch)

Depart at 08.00 am for an about 2 hours ride to Perfume Pagoda. Enjoy a 1.30 hours boat trip on Yen stream (Swallow Stream) and visit Trinh Temple before disembarking at Ben Duc (Duc quay). Following is a short trek to Thien Tru Pagoda. Going up to the mountain peak by electric cable to visit the pagoda inside the Huong Tich Grotto, where people often come to pray for health, luck, ... etc
We then return to Thien Tru Pagoda area on foot for lunch. After lunch, rowing back to Yen boat quay and we will ride back with a short break at Van Phuc - a Traditional Handicraft Silk Village - for shopping. Arrive in Hanoi at around 17.00.
Meals: Lunch
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