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Private tourNEW 2026HanoiSmall group · Local experience
Yen Tu Mountain Private Day Tour from Hanoi
Yen Tu is the mountain where King Tran Nhan Tong founded the Truc Lam school of Zen Buddhism in the 13th century. A private... Ava Travel price: from $88.
Questions before you book? Message us on WhatsApp or send an email. Phone +84 904 251 545. Ava Travel Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Style
Private tour
Hanoi
Duration
Full-day tour
Pickup support available
Book this tour
Live prices for the date and group size you pick. Ava confirms your departure and pickup within 1 hour of booking.
Prices are the total for the travellers and the date you pick. Ava reconfirms the departure and the pickup point within 1 hour.
Tour optionWhat's includedPrice
Private tour
Your group onlyPriced for your group size, so each person pays less in a bigger group
✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Entrance tickets included✓ Transport on the tour included
—total · 2 travellers
Secure checkout
- We confirm your departure and pickup within 1 hour
- Cancel more than 30 days ahead at no cost
- No booking fee. The price shown is the price you pay
Full refund if you cancel more than 30 days before check-in
- More than 30 days before check-inFree
- 30 to 11 days before check-in15% of total
- 10 to 7 days before check-in30% of total
- Less than 7 days, or no-show100% of total
A change of travel date counts as a cancellation and a new booking, and the same scale applies.
If the operator cancels the cruise, or in case of severe weather or force majeure, we move your date free of charge, or refund you in full if we cannot reschedule.
Price includes all taxes and service charges.
Hanoi tour overview
Why this trip
- Yen Tu is the mountain where King Tran Nhan Tong founded the Truc Lam school of Zen Buddhism in the 13th century.
- A private car takes you from Hanoi to the foot of the mountain in about two and a half hours.
- Cable cars and forest paths lead up past old pagodas and stone stupas toward the summit.
- At the top, the Bronze Pagoda looks out over the hills of Quang Ninh.
An honest note: even with the cable car there are many steep stone steps, and the mountain is in cloud on many days, so the view is not something anyone can promise.
At a glance
| Duration | Full day |
| Start and finish | Your hotel in Hanoi |
| Group size | Private, 1 to 12 |
| Walking | Hard, long steep steps |
| Best for | Active travellers interested in Buddhism |
| Guide | English-speaking guide |
Price
Private departure. Your own guide and vehicle, your own pace. The total falls per person as your group grows.
| Group size | Total | Per person |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $292 | $292 |
| 2 people | $318 | $159 |
| 3 people | $369 | $123 |
| 4 people | $456 | $114 |
| 5 people | $524 | $105 |
| 6 people | $629 | $105 |
| 7 people | $734 | $105 |
| 8 people | $839 | $105 |
| 9 people | $943 | $105 |
| 10 people | $984 | $98 |
| 11 people | $1026 | $93 |
| 12 people | $1064 | $89 |
Children. Children under 1.2 m pay a quarter of the adult price. From 1.2 m they pay the full price. Tell us the ages when you book and we apply it before you pay.
How it works
- Book and confirm. Pay at checkout or message us on WhatsApp first. We confirm your date, pickup time and guide within one hour.
- Pickup. Hotel pickup in central Hanoi, area confirmed at booking.
- On the day. Full day, about 10 hours. Your guide keeps the timings loose enough for photographs and questions.
What's included
Private air-conditioned car with driverEnglish-speaking guideEntrance fees on the route
Your itinerary
Yen Tu, the mountain of Truc Lam Zen
Meals: confirmed when we book.
- Morning pickup at your hotel and about two and a half hours by private car to Yen Tu in Quang Ninh.
- Visit the pagodas at the foot of the mountain.
- Cable car, if confirmed at booking, and walking paths up past Hoa Yen Pagoda and the stupa garden.
- The final climb toward the Bronze Pagoda at the summit, weather and legs permitting.
- Down the mountain and drive back to Hanoi in the evening.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for planning this trip with Ava Travel.
Fairly fit. The cable car takes out much of the climb, but the paths between stations are long steep stone steps.
We confirm this at booking. The price shown covers a private car, guide and entrance fees on the route.
The festival season after Tet, when thousands of pilgrims climb every day.
The group price is per person. The private price is the total for your party and the table on this page shows it for every group size. Prices are in US dollars and include taxes and service charges, and there is no booking fee or card surcharge, so the total at checkout is the total you pay.
Within one hour. We come back to you with the pickup time, the meeting point and your guide, and tell you what to bring.
More than 30 days before departure costs nothing. From 30 to 11 days we keep 15 per cent, from 10 to 7 days 30 per cent, and inside 7 days or a no-show is charged in full. Changing your date counts as a cancellation and a new booking. If we cancel, or weather makes the tour unsafe, we move your date at no cost or refund you in full.
What guests say about Ava Travel
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★★★★★
Kehren Eade
“She made the process SO easy, SO manageable, we felt we were in great hands at all times, even though everything was done by remote!”
Tripadvisor, August 2026
★★★★★
Arshia Z
“Whenever we had questions or needed assistance, the response was prompt, helpful, and reassuring.”
Tripadvisor, June 2026
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