Hanoi - Halong - Ninhbinh - Sapa 7 days 6 nights( Hotel overnight )

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Hanoi - Halong - Ninhbinh - Sapa

7 days 6 nights

Highlight

Day 1: Noibai airport – Hanoi – Private car

Day 2: Hanoi city tour

Day 3: Hanoi – Halong bay – Hanoi

Day 4: Hanoi – Ninhbinh – Hanoi

Day 5: Hanoi – Sapa

Day 6: Sapa

Day 7: Sapa – Noibai airport 

Day 1: Noibai airport – Hanoi ( / )

Welcome you to Hanoi, pick up at airport, transfer to Hanoi centre, check in hotel, have froe time to Visit Hoankiem lake, The Huc bridge on lake, Old quarter (City gate, Ta Hien street, PhungHung street, Dong Xuan Market); Joseph’s cathedral, Opera House, …

Day 2: Hanoi city tour (B/L/)

8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City

08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in HaNoi built in the 6th century.

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of  Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Goddess of Mercy – It is the most unique pagoda in the world

*Note: Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed for at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintenance but still you can take pictures of the Mausoleum and visit around that area.

From June 13th to the end of August 14th, Uncle Ho's Mausoleum will be closed for 2 months for annual maintenance. During this time, the Hanoi City Tour is still held as usual. Still visiting the area of ​​Uncle Ho's Mausoleum (Including Ba Dinh Square, Stilt House - Fish Pond - One Pillar Pagoda) In addition, other attractions still follow. old schedule

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

* Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.

14.00-14.15 : Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century

15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which was originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton

16.15 -16.30: City tour end. Back in hotel and have free time to relax.

Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay – Hanoi (B/L/)

08:15 – 08:45 – Our bus and tour guide pick you up from hotel / homestay if you book the bus and follow the new highway to depart for Tuan Chau Island, Halong City, stop for a rest on the way.

12:00 – Arrive Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing Wego Cruise will take you on an 5 to 6 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoy Vietnamese mouth-watering lunch on boat.

13:45 – Arrive Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, then go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon.

Visit Titov Island with sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the Bay, and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.

16:30 – Return to Wego Cruises and cruise back toward Tuan Chau harbor.

17:40-18:00 – Disembark for going back on the new highway to Hanoi.

20:30 – Arrive in Hanoi. Check in hotel and have free time to relax.

Day 4: Hanoi – Ninhbinh – Hanoi ( B/L )

07:30 – 07:45 - Our guide will meet you at your  hotel/stay and start  110km on Bus-journey through verdant landscape of countryside. Short-brake en route.

10:00 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17^th Century.

12:00 – Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.

13:30 – Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which literally means “three caves” (1.5 hour boat trip). With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, a very good opportunity for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

15:30 Leisure  cycling on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with backdrop of a maze of limestone mountains.

16:45 – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi

18:45 – Drop you off at your hotel/stay, have free time.

Day 5:  Hanoi – Sapa – Cat Cat Village ( B/L/D)

After your beakfast, 06:30 - Please gather at the meeting point to depart for Sapa on the Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway.

13:00 - Arriving in Sapa town, tour guide in Sapa welcomes you and takes you to the central hotel for lunch then check in.

14:00 - The group started walking to visit Cat Cat Village , about 20 minutes walk from Sapa. This is the village of the "Black H'Mong" people. They know how to grow crops, raise animals and preserve many traditional handicrafts such as: colorful brocade weaving, cotton and linen growing and weaving, indigo dyeing techniques reaching a skillful level, silver and copper jewelry making.

At the same time, you have the opportunity to visit: Old hydroelectric plant, Ethnic performance show, Giant water wheel, Love Waterfall, Love Bridge...

This place still preserves the original values such as the custom of pulling wives and bears, along with many rich and unique dishes such as: horse meat, chicken blood pudding, local pigs, etc. The architecture of the H'mong houses in Cat Cat village is a three-room house with a roof made of po mu wood. Besides terraced fields and majestic mountains, Cat Cat village also has waterfalls and winding streams. The most famous are Tien Sa waterfall, Muong Hoa stream and the ancient hydroelectric plant built by the French in the 1920s.

19:00 - After dinner, you are free to walk around town or attend the Sapa Love Market every Saturday night - a traditional cultural feature of the Mong and Dao ethnic groups in the Northwest highlands. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Sapa  – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B / L / D )

07:00 - After breakfast, you will start your walking tour to visit Lao Chai - Ta Van, home to ethnic minorities such as Hmong, ZDao, Day, Tay... This place attracts many domestic and foreign visitors. You will be amazed by the simple beauty mixed with the spacious and polite appearance of the villages in the village.

7km from Sapa town, is a winding road winding through the immense terraced fields leaning against the mountainsides. The group will have the opportunity to admire the majestic beauty of the Northwest mountains and forests. Visitors will enjoy the quiet and peaceful atmosphere and feel the intact traditional culture of this village. If you go during the rice season from April to September, the group will see the golden ripe rice fields like a beautiful picture, this is also the happiest season of the village, visitors also feel the friendliness and hospitality of the local people.

You can also enjoy the cuisine of the local people such as: home-grown vegetables, local chickens, home-raised pigs with cups of corn wine, rustic dishes and watching the scenery of Lao Chai - Ta Van floating in the clouds, there is nothing better. After finishing the journey to visit Lao Chai - Ta Van , the group will have lunch at the restaurant in the village, then the car will take the group back to Sapa.

Afternoon - In the afternoon, you are free to shop and visit around town, new market, stone church (1926), Sapa square.

19:00 - After dinner, you are free to walk around and visit the town. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Sapa – Noibai Airport (B / L / – )

Bright - The car and guide will take you to Fansipan Cable Car Station to begin your journey to conquer Fansipan by the most modern 3-wire cable car system in the world with a cabin that can accommodate up to 30 visitors. (Cable car fee not included)

Then continue to conquer 600 stone steps to the top of Fansipan at an altitude of 3,143m - the roof of Indochina.

12:00 - Check out. Have lunch. Hotel, free time to relax, enjoy mountain coffee or go shopping at Sapa market.

13:30 - You get on the bus back to Hanoi.

22:30-21:00 - The bus will take you back to Noibai Airport for depart flight, tour end and see you.

Tour cost:  Usd/pax (Join group tour + Private)

Inclusion: 

• Transfer: Car/ Van/ Boat… (Hanoi – Sapa – Hanoi: overnight bus with soft bed)
• Hotel 3 -4 star (Check in: 14:00; check out: 12:00 noon. Early check in is subject to availability.) room for 2 adult.
• Meals:  B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner
• Halong bay Cruise
• Sleeping bus Hanoi – Sapa - Hanoi
• Car/Van Quality: Using new AC car or van depending on your group size.  
• Tour guide: English speaking guides (on site).  
• Entrance ticket.
• Water bottle on car/ van

Exclusion:

• Insurance, drinks, personal expenses, others not mentioned in details.
• Tipping for guides and drivers
• Fansipan cable car ( about 35usd )

* What to Bring: Passport, change of clothes, sunglasses and hat, toiletries, sunblock, insect repellent, flashlights, proper hiking boots / trekking shoes, personal first aid kit and medicines, small VND notes for buying drinks.

* Cruise itinerary could be changed a bit but visiting the main area of Halong bay