Northern Vietnam, planned by people who live here
Twenty-five trips we plan ourselves — from a street-food walk in the Old Quarter to three days on the Ha Giang loop — and ten boats on Ha Long Bay. Read the day-by-day plan, tell us your dates, and a person in our Old Quarter office writes back with a real price.
Ha Long & Lan Ha Bay cruises
Ten boats — from a day yacht with a pool to a suite with its own balcony. Photographs and deck plans come from the boats themselves.
Our trips
Every one of these is written out hour by hour — where you go, what you eat, where you sleep, and what is not included. Pick a group, then read the plan.
Transport & services
The unglamorous half of a trip — the half that ruins it when it goes wrong. We arrange these for our own guests, at a price agreed before you travel.
Noi Bai airport ⇄ Old Quarter
| Vehicle | One way, per car |
|---|---|
| 4-seat car | US$17 |
| 7-seat car | US$18 |
| 16-seat van | US$28 |
Bus seats from Hanoi
| Route | Bus | One way, per person |
|---|---|---|
| Hanoi ⇄ Ninh Binh | Limousine bus | US$12 |
| Hanoi ⇄ Ha Long | Limousine bus | US$13 |
| Hanoi ⇄ Mai Chau | Limousine bus, leaves Hanoi 7:00 every day | US$13 |
| Hanoi ⇄ Ha Giang | Sleeper bus | US$13 |
| Hanoi ⇄ Ha Giang | Cabin bus | US$17 |
| Hanoi ⇄ Sapa | Cabin bus, single cabin | US$17 |
| Hanoi ⇄ Cao Bang | Limousine bus | US$18 |
| Hanoi ⇄ Mu Cang Chai | Limousine bus | US$20 |
Prices in US dollars. Bus prices are per person, each way — a return trip is twice the figure. Tell us your hotel, date and how many of you there are, and we book it.
Beyond the North
We only run trips in northern Vietnam. If your route carries on south, these links take you to tours by other operators on Viator, a large international booking site, for the parts of the country we do not cover ourselves.
These are affiliate links: if you book through them, Viator pays us a small commission and the price stays the same for you. The tours are run by other companies, not by AnVivu Travel.
Why book with us
AnVivu Travel is a small Hanoi company at 23 Ma May, in the Old Quarter. You deal with the same people from the first message to the day you fly home — not a call centre, not a chain of middlemen.
Messages go to a real inbox in Hanoi. If a plan will not work for your dates or your budget, we say so before you pay.
The person behind this company spent 14 years at a front desk in the Old Quarter, hearing every morning what had gone wrong on trips other people sold.
What is included and what is not is written down before you book, so the “extras” do not appear at the boat.
Free travel tips, before you spend anything
Our Facebook page Travel to Vietnam – Cheapest way is where we give away the useful part: how to reach Sapa cheaply, which Ha Long boats cut corners, what a fair airport transfer costs, and the traps around the Old Quarter. No booking required — read it, use it, and come back only if you want us to arrange things.
Tell us your dates, get a real price
No payment on this page. We write back with an exact price and what it includes.