Perfume Pagoda Full-Day Guided Tour from Hanoi

Start your full-day tour with pickup at your hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter and meet your guide aboard an air-conditioned coach. It’s a 1.5-hour drive to your first destination, where you'll ride a rowboat on the Yen River for about 1 hour to Thien Tru Harbour. Meander downstream past mysterious caves nestled in a landscape of limestone mountains.

Disembark and follow your guide on a trek up to the main cave, Huong Tich, one of the highlights of the Hanoi area; it can only be reached by boat as there are no roads. You'll visit Perfume Pagoda (Chua Huong) and learn about the religious significance of this Buddhist complex.

A Vietnamese lunch is served at a local restaurant at the bottom of the mountain. Afterward, visit Thien Tru (Heaven Kitchen) Pagoda, and discover more ancient Buddhist architecture dating to the Le Dynasty.

Then glide back along the scenic waterways and follow up this unforgettable journey with a 2-hour drive back to Hanoi.

The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites for Buddhist in Vietnam. The pagoda itself is situated in a huge cave built into limestone cliffs and can only be reached by boat as there are no roads. You glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths, visiting the pagodas and temples built in this area over the centuries.

Recommended: Hiking boots, hat or an umbrella, sunscreen, sunglasses, cash
Not wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers