NORTH VIETNAM Package

(8 days-7 nights)

(NB: All itineraries can be arranged following your wishes)

Note: On Monday and Friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed

A trip to northern Vietnam would not be completed without a tour to breathtaking Ha Long Bay or the bay of descending dragons that is considered the eighth natural wonder of the world, in a country- incomparable coastal area of 1600 square kilometers with 2000 limestone islands in various shapes.

For this tour, we'd like introduce you to all the beauty of Halong Bay by cruising around the islands visiting the caves and specially kayaking.

Itinerary:Hanoi, Ha Long, Sa Pa, Hoa Lu, Tam Coc, Hanoi

B=Breakfast; Br=Brunch; L=Lunch; D=Dinner

Day1: Hanoi arrival

After a warm welcome on arrival, transfer to the hotel in Hanoi by our tour Guide. Welcome drink free.

Overnight at Hotel

No meal include

Day 2: Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc full day tour (B/L)

Often referred to as “Inland Ha Long Bay ”, the area of Tam Coc and Hoa Lu is characterized by the limestone geology that gives rise to the towering karsts that make this picturesque area so unique.

On this enjoyable day trip, the atmosphere is relaxed as you casually pedal and paddle your way past green rice fields, along waterways and through underground passages.

8.00 Morning leave Hanoi by coach to Hoa Lu (2.5 hrs). Visit the historic capital of Viet Nam and the famous ancient temples of Le and The Dinh Dynasties. Bus transfer or cycle for an hour on picturesque quiet roads through villages, rice fields, rivers and rocky outcrops to Tam Coc (12km) for lunch.

After Lunch: Boat trip to visit Tam Coc to see the beauty of the karst formations as you pass along their base and row into one of the many caves carved through the limestone. Drive back to Ha Noi. Tour ends around 6 PM.

Overnight in Hotel

Breakfast & Lunch are include

Day 3:  Hanoi – Ha Long (B, L, D)

7h45: After breakfast at your hotel our driver pick you up at your hotel, enjoy 3.5-hour drive to Ha Long City, along the way you will pass through the Red River Delta Region.

11.30 Arrive at Ha long pier boat.

12.15 Transfer by tender to the boat – enjoy Welcome Drink and receive cruise briefing for your 2 days/1 night.

12.30 Depart by boat to Ha Long Bay - start cruise and check-in to cabins.

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch - enjoy deluxe Vietnamese and International Set Menu Lunch.

Ha long Bay has listed as a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. “Dragon descending to the sea“ as it is known in Vietnamese, picturesque Ha Long Bay has more than 1.000 limestone islets rising from the sea, many of them containing beautiful grottoes.

Check in to the Junk for our overnight boat cruise discovering this magnificent UNESCO World Wonder.

Itinerary in Ha Long Bay depend about the Cruise Company. Check with your tour guide to arrange the best cruise for you, for 2 days one night.

Overnight on a luxury junk

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are include

Day 4:  Ha Long  Cruise  – Hanoi – Train to Sa Pa (B, Br)

Depart for Ha Long pier boat.

09.30 Enjoy Breakfast Set Menu or Buffet in the dining room. We will settle bills after breakfast. Relax on the sundeck or in the dining room enjoying the bay scenery as we approach the pier.

11.00 Arrive at Ha Long pier boat. Transfer by tender to the pier and relax outside or inside the pier building while waiting for return transportation.

Met by our guide at the boat pier then transferred back to Hanoi, en-route stop to rest and enjoy shopping at a handicraft shop if you wish.

Arrival at Hanoi at mid-afternoon.

Our guide will picks you up later at your hotel in Hanoi to the Railway Station for the night train to Lao Cai.

Overnight on train to Sa pa

Breakfast & Brunch are include

Note: This itinerary on boat may be subject to change depending on weather conditions and visiting places may vary up to the boat company you choose.

Day 5: Sa Pa- Lao Chai- Ta Van Village (B, L, D)

The train arrives at the Lao Cai train station at about 6:00 am.

Our tour guide and car pick up you and transfer you along the beautiful road to Sa Pa.

After breakfast, we leave the hotel and start trekking down the valley to the MuongHoa stream and from here to the Black H'mong village - Lao Chai village (Black H'mong is one of the biggest minority groups in the Sa Pa).

After that, you will continue your trekking along MuongHoa stream, paddy field to Ta Van village, visit and understand about "Zay" ethnic people. You will see houses of The Zaypeople, which are built of wood and bamboo with a clay floor.

You will have picnic lunch at the village when enjoying beautiful sightseeing of paddy fields around. Go back to Sa Pa in the afternoon.

After dinner, you will have time to go around discovering Sa Pa town evening, overnight in hotel in Sa Pa

Overnight in  Hotel in Sa Pa town

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are include

Day 6: Sa Pa - Cat Cat- Sin Chai Village (B, L, D)

After breakfast, you will trek about 3 km to come to visit two villages of the Black H'mong (Catcat and SinChai).

Visit the waterfall and hydroelectric power station established by the French people in the past, view nice landscapes of green forests and beautiful scenery along the way. Walk back to Sa Pa town.

Have lunch at the local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Lao Cai for overnight train back to Hanoi.

Overnight on the train to Hanoi (Lao Cai - Hanoi)

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are include

Day 7: Arrive in Hanoi-to visit Hanoi City Tours (B,L)

You will arrive Hanoi at 4h30am. Our Guide and Driver will pick you from Hanoi station to Hotel.

Note: On Monday and Friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed

We pick you up from your hotel take you to visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969. You’ll also the Ho Chi Minh Museum where you can learn about this remarkable man and what he did for Vietnam and the world.

9.30: you’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake.

After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of West Lake. From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Vietnam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius.

12.30: you have lunch at a restaurant in the Old Quarter. Afterwards, you’ll visit HoanKiem Lake, the heart and soul of Hanoi.

Finally you will stop in at MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY.This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labeled in Vietnamese, French and English.Displays portray a typical village market, the making of comical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony; videos show the real thing.

You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There's also a center for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.

Overnight in hotel

Breakfast & Lunch are include

Day 8:  Hanoi - Back Home (B)

Breakfast at the hotel then free and easy. Wait until our driver come and pick you to the airport.

Trip ends.

Breakfast include

NB: We can arrange additional customized trips for you if the above itinerary does not match your expectations.