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Best Tours & activities in Hanoi (2026)

A guided tour is a good way to make sense of Hanoi's history, food and traffic in a short time. Hanoi's student guiding clubs are a local speciality: Hanoikids is a volunteer club of students who lead free English-language city and food tours, usually starting from your hotel, and Hanoi Free Walking Tours, a non-profit founded in 2012, runs free private walks of the Old Quarter, the war sites and the Ho Chi Minh complex. Both rely on volunteers, so book well ahead and budget for entrance fees, food and transport.

For commercial tours, Urban Adventures Hanoi, part of Intrepid, runs a three-hour street food walk, private morning sightseeing tours, a cocktail evening and day trips to Ha Long Bay and Ninh Binh, while Vespa Adventures, operating since 2007, offers city, food, night and village tours on vintage Vespas. For an evening of culture, the Van Mieu Night Tour opens the Temple of Literature after dark with light art, folk games and a 3D mapping show. Check schedules before booking, especially for anything that includes the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, which closes for annual maintenance, and confirm what is included in the price, as tips, extra food and drinks are often not.

5 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 tours & activities in Hanoi

  1. Hanoikids Free student-guided tours, HanoiA volunteer club of Hanoi students who lead free English-language city and food tours for visitors, usually starting from your hotel.
  2. Hanoi Free Walking Tours Student-run walking tours, HanoiA non-profit, student-run organisation founded in 2012 that offers free private walking tours of the Old Quarter, war sites and the Ho Chi Minh complex.
  3. Vespa Adventures Hanoi Vintage Vespa tours, Tay HoA scooter tour company operating since 2007 that runs city, food, night and village tours of Hanoi as a passenger on vintage Vespas.

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1. Hanoikids

Free student-guided toursHanoi

A volunteer club of Hanoi students who lead free English-language city and food tours for visitors, usually starting from your hotel.

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