8h00 – 8h30: Pick-up the guests at hotels/stays inside the Old Quarter Area or Authentic Hanoi Travel Office if outside. It takes about 2 hours drive included stop for short break on the way.

✔️We will stop at Yen River where you'll ride a rowboat on the river for about 1 hour to Thien Tru Harbour. Meander downstream past mysterious caves nestled in a landscape of limestone mountains. ✔️Disembark and follow your guide on a trek up to the main cave, Huong Tich, one of the highlights of the Hanoi area; it can only be reached by boat as there are no roads. You'll visit Perfume Pagoda (Chua Huong) and learn about the religious significance of this Buddhist complex. ✔️A Vietnamese lunch is served at a local restaurant at the bottom of the mountain. ✔️Afterward, visit Thien Tru (Heaven Kitchen) Pagoda, and discover more ancient Buddhist architecture dating to the Le Dynasty.