One-day Excursion to Perfume Pagoda (L, G)

  • Located in My Duc hamlet in Ha Tay Province (New Hanoi), Perfume Pagoda is just 2-hour drive from Hanoi.
  • The pagoda is a vast complex of temples and shrines built into the limestone Huong Tich Mountain in a stunning and mystical setting. It’s considered one of the sacred sites for Vietnamese especially in its festival season.
  • Pick up at your hotel, you will be driven to Perfume Pagoda. On arrival, you will take the boat cruise on Yen (Swallow Bird) stream to visit Trinh Temple. After a short rest at the first pagoda, you will start your hiking up hills to visit pagoda inside Grotto Huong Tich, the most beautiful cave where people often come to pray for health, luck etc., (There is also cable car supporting in case you don’t want to hike).
  • After lunch, you will visit Thien Tru Pagoda and scenery of Buddhist land and take another boat trip back to the wharf. On the way back to Hanoi, you will to visit Van Phuc, a Traditional Handicraft Silk Village. Arrive in Hanoi in the evening; you will be dropped at your hotel.