Perfume Pagoda Tour day trip highlights:

Perfume Pagoda is one among the largest and unique religious sites in Huong Son Commune, My Duc District, Hanoi, right banks of Day River, northern Vietnam. It comprises a complex of pagodas and Buddhist shrines built into the limestone cliffs of Perfume Mountian (Hương Sơn), scattering alongside the mountain up to the peak. The complex’s center is right inside Huong Tich cavern (or in other words, Inside Pagoda).

Perfume Pagoda festival: Huge numbers of pilgrims flock to the site during Perfume Pagoda festival, which begins in the middle of the first lunar month and lasts until the middle of the third one (or from February till March) in order to pray for happiness and prosperity in the coming year. Also, it is a very popular opportunity for young couples to meet and for numerous budding romances to be formed.

On this special occasion, a wide range of traditional cultural activities is incorporated. Perfume pagoda is not only a religious site, but a great sight-seeing spot in Vietnam as well.

Perfume Pagoda Vietnam Tour day trip map:

Perfume Pagoda day trip 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, after the Vietnamese New Year, thousands of Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and prosperity they need to get them through the year. The pagoda itself is built into limestone cliffs and can only be reached by boat and foot, as there are no roads into this area. You will glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths visiting the pagodas and temples that were built in this area over the last centuries.

Tour itinerary:

AM: 08:00 – 08:30 AM Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, Then take 2 hours road trip. Then you take row-boat trip to go visit that land on the Yen stream “romantic time” about 1 hour to Thien Tru harbor. Then you will enjoy time to trekking go up and down visit the main cave so nice step by step you will arrive Huong Tich cave on the top of the mountain. To see Golden-Silver tree rice stuck….One hour down. Have lunch at bottom mountain in restaurant beside.

PM: After lunchtime, you will see the Heaven Kitchen pagoda and to know about Buddhism ancient architectural at Le Dynasty. Then you will come back by row-boat-trip and 2 hour road trip to Hanoi and arrive at about 18h00.

Tour cost per adult, quoted in US Dollar

Tour Includes:

• Transportation whit air-conditioned vehicles as in itinerary
• English speaking tour guide (other languages can be arranged on request)
• Lunch at a local restaurant.
• Admission fees and permits
• Cable tickets in the itinerary
• Boat trip in the river

Tour Excludes:

• Accommodation
• Personal expenses such as drinks,…
• Tips and Gratuities
• Travel insurance