Duration: 1 day

Tour overview

The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites in Buddhist Vietnam. Every spring following Tet, the Vietnamese New year, thousands Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and property they need the get them through the year. The pagoda itself is built into limestonecliffs and can only be reached by boat or on foot, as there are no roads in the area.
 

Tour itinerary:

08:00 am: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel then transfer to Perfume Pagoda. After about 2hrs traveling by bus, we will arrive Ben Duc boat harbor then we take one hour boat trip - rowed by local people on the stream named Yen.

We will deeply enjoy the attractive mountain views mirror-image in the crystal water mirror of the stream en route and the nice rice paddies on sides. We get to the main Pagoda - Cave on the top of the highest mountain in the range by cable car to visit a beautiful cave in Huong pagoda's complex.

12:00 pm: After visiting the cave, we go down to a local restaurant for lunch. Then climb up a little bit to visit the largest and most beautiful pagoda in the complex near by. We get on the boat and go back to the harbor and then drive back to Hanoi. Tour ends.

Tour includes:

• Private transportation or Bus transfers(if you chose group tour)
• English speaking tour guide 
• Lunch at local restaurant.
• Admission fees and permits where applicable
• Services charges and government taxes
• Boat trip


Tour excludes:

• Cable car price
• Personal expenses
• Tips and Gratuities