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HALAL/MUSLIM TOUR IN HANOI: HANOI – NINH BINH – COOKING CLASS – MAI CHAU – HA NOI
Ho Noi - Mai Chau
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HALAL/MUSLIM TOUR IN HANOI: HANOI – NINH BINH – COOKING CLASS – MAI CHAU – HA NOI – Code: CGVN22032

Enjoin Halal local food.

Experience in mountainous areas in VN, learn about life and culture of ethnic minorities

Experience in going on boat through caves in Ninh Binh

Join an interesting cooking class to learn how to cook a traditional food (no meat).

Walk to a local market to buy and bargain ingredients.

Children:

  1. Children from 1-4 years old are free of charge (parents take care of all expenses for children, do not occupy seats in the car)
  2. Children from 5-9 years old are charged 75% of tour price (separate meals, seats in private cars).
  3. Children from 10 years old and above are charged as adults

Day 1: Arrival Hanoi

Upon arrival, you will be picked up at the Nobai airport and transferred to a hotel in The Old Quarter.

If you have time, you will visit some of beauty pots in Hanoi where there are many beautiful wide tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and ancient oriental pagodas: One Pillar Pagoda; the Temple of Literature; the Quan Thanh Temple, the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda & West Lake; and one of the city’s museums: the History Museum or Ethnology Museum.

Later in the afternoon enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Performance – a unique Vietnamese Art form hailing from Southeast Asia’s wet-rice culture.

Meals: Halal Lunch, Halal dinner.

Day 2: TRANG AN/TAM COC – BICH DONG (NINH BINH) (B, L, D)

After breakfast, we will pick you up at the hotel and transfer you to Ninh Binh to visit Trang An or Tam Coc – Bich Dong.

11.00 Arrive in Ninh Binh and have lunch with fish, chicken, … (no meat).

In the afternoon, we will visit Trang An with blue water and white clouds. The bottom blue water reflects the cliffs on route. It has 31 lakes, lagoons unconnected by 48 caves have been discovered in caves through which water 2km long as Dia Linh cave, Sinh Duoc cave,  May cave… You will go on a boat along the river and under some beautiful caves.

Meals: Halal Lunch, Halal dinner.

Day 3: VAN LONG NATURE RESERVE (NINH BINH)

In the afternoon, take a visit to Van Long Nature Reserve by boarding on a small boat. The boat ride in Van Long is a very pleasant experience. They are eco-friendly boats, made of bamboo and rowed by hand. They can go in very shallow water, which is a common feature of Van Long water’s. Enjoy the experience of flowing peacefully on very quiet water surrounded by limestone forests. Watch the birds, if you are lucky, you can even see the balck and white monkey Delacour Langur

After having lunch, go back to Hanoi.

Meals: Halal Lunch, Halal dinner.

Day 4: THE OLD QUARTER TOUR – COOKING CLASS

8.00: Go to a local market in Hanoi to buy vegetables, fish, … to cook lunch. You will have interesting experiences in the normal life of local people, learn to know many kinds of ingredients, and how to bargain to buy ingredients.

Then you will join a funny cooking class with all the dishes without meat. You will learn to cook Vietnamese traditional foods (no meat) and then enjoy your lunch with dishes cooked by your own.

After lunch, you will have a chance to visit the over 100-year-old mosque in Ha Noi “Al Noor Mosque”. Prayer in Mosque of Al Noor and meeting with head of Muslim Community of the north of Vietnam. In the early 19th century, traders from India and the Middle East went to North Vietnam to purchase fabrics and exchange currency. According to statistics, in 1830, there were about 1,000 Indians in Indochina. They were wealthy merchants and held a large market share of silk and cloth. To meet the religious needs, in 1885, the Indian community from Bombay (now Mumbai, India) raised money to build the Al Noor mosques. Officially put into use in 1890. The mosque was quite small, with an area of about 700 m2, but the place of worship was built in the typical Islamic style, with a dome, the curved doors and the pinnacle.

After more than 100 years, the Muslim community in Hanoi has been changed in the number. In 1975, there were only 16 members. After the great exodus in the past, now the number has increased to 55, including about 26 households.

In December 2011, Hanoi authorities allowed the establishment of the interim Managing Board of the Al Noor Mosque in Hanoi – the organization representing Muslims living and working in the capital.

The event has great significance to the believers here in establishing a bridge to the Muslim community in Vietnam in particular and the world in general.

Then you will go on an electric car to visit The old quarter for 30 mins, go shopping.

Meals: Halal Lunch, Halal dinner.

Day 5: Hanoi – Mai Chau biking (B, L, D)

Wake early and enjoy breakfast at the hotel before setting off on your drive to Mai Chau – a yawning valley, cradling picturesque rice paddies and boarded by looming karst rock formations. Enjoy picturesque views of the scenic landscape. Stop along the way to visit the Muong tribe and then at Thung Khe Pass for a spectacular view of Mai Chau Valley.

After lunch, you will take a bicycle ride to see farmers working in fields, locals weaving scarves and visit surrounding peaceful villages. Or spend the afternoon trekking off the typical tourist track, along the Song Ma River. Trek through terraced rice paddies and small villages, discovering the natural beauty of the valley and encountering the culture of the White Thai people, living in the region. Stop at a Thai village for the night, having dinner with a local family and enjoying a homestay in their long house.

Meals: Halal Lunch, Halal dinner.

Day 6: Mai Chau – Hanoi (B, L, D)

Wake up and have breakfast then you will go with a local tour guide to visit more remote rural villages Na Meo and Na Mo villages to understand more about their culture and customs.

At noon you will go back to the homestay for lunch and check-out

In the afternoon, say goodbye to the family to get on the bus to drive back to Hanoi

Meals: Halal Lunch, Halal dinner.

Day 7: Home sweet home

Check out hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight back home

Includes: 

  1. Scheduled shuttle bus.
  2. Fully-equipped room: 02 guests/room.
  3. Boat to visit the Lake
  4. English or French tour guide.
  5. Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
  6. Local travel insurance
  7. Sightseeing tickets are included in the program.
  8. Mineral water: 01 500ml bottle per day

Excludes:

  1. VAT (8%).
  2. Drink in the meals.
  3. Individual expenses and tips for driver and guide

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