Hi Sarah S,
The Hanoi add-on is accompanied by a local guide rather than a tour Manager . My colleague has shared the following (which is subject to change) and advised at the moment there are no optional excursions available:
Day 14 – Luang Prabang to Hanoi
Breakfast at hotel. Your guide will meet you at your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your flight.
Upon arrival in Hanoi your guide will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel for the next 3 nights.
Day 15 – Hanoi
Breakfast at hotel
Begin your Story of Hanoi with a visit to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Here, you will hear about the man who led Vietnam’s campaign for independence from French colonial rule. Next, visit the imperial citadel, the apex of regional political power for more than a millennium where research and excavation is still underway. You will then visit the One Pillar Pagoda. After a Vietnamese lunch, head to another 11th century relic, the Temples of Literature, which was built as a homage to the Chinese scholar Confucius.
The tour continues with a 30-minute cyclo-tour through Hanoi’s bustling Old Quarter, a place where Hanoians buy everything from noodles to light fixtures to Buddha statues. The quarter’s 36 streets were named for the product that were sold from their shops. Today, vendors on Tin and Bamboo Streets still sell the same wares. After exploring the old quarter’s shady alleyways, sip a strong Vietnamese coffee in a café overlooking Hoan Kiem Lake – an important symbol in Vietnamese folklore. Snap a photograph of the downtown skyline before returning to your hotel at around 4.30pm.
Day 16 – Hanoi
Breakfast at hotel
Day at leisure
Day 17 – Hanoi
Breakfast at hotel
Morning at leisure
This evening your guide will meet you at your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your flight.
Day 18 – Hanoi to UK
Arrive UK
Kindest regards,
Julia