The Rainbow Slide
Six colours, a mat, and about ten seconds of going faster than you expected. You get two rides, and small children ride with an adult.
Two slide rides included
Half a Day • Private • Your Own Guide
Special Private Hanoi Slide, Feed, Then Watch The Train Go Past
Discover Hanoi in a memorable and unique way. Slide down the Rainbow Slide, meet and feed adorable animals, and end your trip at Train Street as the carriages pass an arm’s length in front of you.
From $40 ≈ 1,000,000₫ • per person
Hotel pick-up & drop-off included
About four hours, door to door
You will see the train — guaranteed
About 4 hours
Half a day — the rest is still yours
Three stops
Slide, animal garden, Train Street
Just your group
Private car, private guide, no strangers
$40 per person
Car, guide, slide ticket and feed included
The Shape of the Afternoon
One short day, three different moods
The Riverside Garden
Open the bucket and they come to you. Shaded, unhurried, and usually the part nobody wants to leave.
Feed included — your guide collects it
Train Street
A coffee or a smoothie at a table on the line, then the whole street stands up and steps back. Your guide picks the cafe and moves you well before the train is in sight.
Coffee or smoothie included
Sheep
Rabbits
Horses
Peacocks
Ostriches
And the grounds in between. A flower garden with a red bridge, an old yellow car on the grass — ten minutes, no extra cost, and where most of the keepers get taken.
Reserve Your Half-Day
What the $40 already covers
- The car for the whole half-day, both ways, with the same driver — and your guide with you from the lobby to the drop-off.
- Two slide rides each and your animal feed, both bought at the gate by your guide. There is nothing to pay at either stop.
- A bottle of water each, and a coffee or a smoothie on Train Street — the guide settles that tab, so the table on the rails costs you nothing.
- The tour runs privately for your group, so the $40 does not buy you a seat on a bus with eleven strangers.
- Children. Under 2 travel free. Ages 2–5 are $32, 80% of the rate. From 6 it is the full $40.
- Small parties are priced whole, not per head. One adult alone is $68 (1.7×), and one adult with one child aged 2–5 is $74 (1.85×) — the car and the guide run privately either way.
Prefer to chat first?
Message us on WhatsApp +84 336 515 830 or +84 84 635 9779 — we reply fast.
Included
- Private tour — with an English-speaking local guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off — collected from your door in the Old Quarter and returned to it
- Rainbow Slide ticket — two slide rides each
- Animal feeding experience — sheep, rabbits, ostrich and the rest
- All transport by private car
- Bottled water — one per person
- A drink on Train Street — a coffee or a smoothie, one each
Not included
- Other drinks — beyond the coffee or smoothie included
- Meals — optional
- Personal expenses
- Tips for the guide and driver — optional, and always appreciated
- Fees for optional activities not listed above — extra slide rides, for example
Request received!
Thank you — we’ve got your request and your guide will confirm your pickup time and the train timing for that day shortly.
Message us on WhatsAppGood to Know
Before you book
Yes — because we do not leave it to chance. The Hanoi line runs to a published schedule, so we build your afternoon backwards from a passing time and get you seated with a margin. That is the whole reason the last stop is the fixed point of the day and everything else flexes around it. You have a 100% chance of seeing the train at the scheduled time.
It is safe when it is done properly, and doing it properly is what your guide is for. Your guide picks the cafe, seats you on the side the staff want people on, and moves everyone back well before the train is in sight — the cafes have been doing this for years and they run it tightly. Hold small children during the passing; that is the only rule that really matters.
Your $40 includes two slide rides per person, which is usually exactly as many as people want. If you would like more, they are inexpensive and bought on the spot — tell your guide and they will sort the tickets for you rather than leaving you at the window.
Almost all of them. The slide and the animals are built for children, the pace is gentle enough for grandparents, and there is no walking or hiking anywhere in the day. Very small children ride the slide with an adult.
Pricing follows age: under 2 free, 2–5 at $32 (80% of the rate), 6 and over at the full $40. Two small parties are priced as a whole instead of head by head — one adult on their own is $68, and one adult with one child aged 2–5 is $74. Put everyone’s ages in the notes and your guide will confirm it all when they reply.
Sheep, rabbits, horses, peacocks and ostriches are the ones people come for, and the feeding experience covers them. It is a living garden rather than an exhibit, so exactly which animals are out and in reach on the day varies a little — but the sheep and the rabbits are always the easiest to get close to, and the ostriches are always the surprise.
Meals are not — this is a half-day tour built to sit either side of a meal rather than around one. Drinks are: a bottle of water each, and a coffee or a smoothie each on Train Street. Anything beyond that — a beer, a second round — is yours. If you would like to stop somewhere to eat, say so in the notes and your guide will suggest somewhere good rather than somewhere convenient.
Light rain does not stop the day — the animals do not mind and Train Street is half undercover. Heavy rain closes the slide, and in that case we will contact you before pickup and offer you a different date or a full refund. We would rather move your half-day than run two-thirds of it in a downpour.
Usually, yes. Pickup and drop-off inside the Old Quarter is included; if you are staying in Tay Ho, Ba Dinh or further out, put your hotel in the notes and we will confirm whether it works and whether there is any difference in price before you commit to anything.
Nothing is charged when you send the form — it is a request, not a checkout. You choose how to settle: on the tour with your guide, in cash or by transfer, with no service fee; or online after we confirm, which carries a 15% service fee. There is nothing to pay in advance either way. We only ever confirm bookings from WhatsApp +84 336 515 830; please never pay or click a link sent from any other number.
Half a Day Is All It Takes
Six colours, five animals, and one train
Picked up at your hotel, back before you need to be anywhere, and with the photographs already sent home. $40 a person, privately, with a guide of your own.