Highlight Tour in North of Vietnam 8Days 7Nights

Route : Hanoi – Halong Bay- Sapa- Hoa Lu- Tam Coc – Bich Dong Pagoda. *Best Selling*

Day 1: Arrival – Pick up

Arrival in Ha Noi, be transferred to your hotel for checking in. The rest time is free at your leisure

Overnight in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi  city tour (Melas:B/L)

You are met at 08:30 am in the hotel lobby. There is a morning and afternoon schedule, as well as organised Lunch.

Morning:

Visiting Ho Chi Minh complex ( Mausoleum ,Ba Dinh Square, House on stilt, Presidential palace) after that come to visit one pillar Pagoda.

Visiting Van Mieu Temple, Literature Temple( Vietnam’s first university built in 1076)

Having lunch at local restaurant.

Afternoon:

Ngoc Son Temple  and Hoan Kiem Lake – Ngoc Son Temple is set on a tiny island on Hoan Kiem Lake, its history dating back to the 13th century.

A one – hour Cyclo tour through the narrow,chaotic streets of the Old Quarter- a must see for any visitor to Hanoi!

A traditional performance of the famous Vietnamese water puppets.

After that we have more time to walking around before go back to your hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 3: Hanoi – Halong bay –  Halong Cruise (Meals: B/L/D)

07:45 our guide and Driver pick you up at Hotel start trip to Halong bay

10:00 arrive at stop over; you have time to drink tea and coffee. Driver needs a rest

12:00 – 12:30 arrive in Halong harbor and meet our captain welcomes you to Majestic Cruise.

12:30 – 13:00 welcome drink on boat

13:15 Seafood lunch will served during out boat cruising around in Halong Bay

14:30 start visiting “Sung Sot” Cave which is the most beautiful cave in Halong Bay

15:30 back to main boat have rest and changing swimming suite for swimming

16:00 – 17:00 this time for swimming around and relaxing, take photo sunset view.

17:00 – 18:00 Happy hour buy 2 gets 1 free

Making our bartender will busy all time

19:00 having amazing Dinner.

After dinner time have some activities for example: squid fishing, playing games and Karaoke.

Overnight on cruise

Day 4: Halong bay –  Fishing Village – Hanoi (Meals:B/L)

Wake up early and welcome new day, take nice photo

06:30 starting Tai Chi class

07:00 having breakfast and free tea, coffee

07:45 visiting fishing village, you visit fishing village and have a chance to understand more local people who are living all time on floating house in fishing village.

One hour visiting by rowing boat or kayak

08:50 back to main boat

09:30 check out cabin

10:15 enjoy cooking demonstration; our chef will show you how to make traditional Vietnamese food

11:00 having lunch before back to main land.

12:00 – 12:30 taking bus go back to Hanoi

Note: you will have room for day use in Hotel near Train station for rest and then tour guide come to pick you up to Trainto Sapa.

Overnight on train

Day 5 Sapa arrival – Check in Hotel – Cat Cat village tour (Meals: B/L)

You will reach Lao Cai Train Station at around 5.30 am and are picked up and transferred by bus to Sapa Town (40 km far).

Arrive the Hotel to leave your luggage and and enjoy breakfast.

Around 8.30 am meet our guide and start tour to village (Cat Cat village).

Around 11.00 am back to hotel for check-in and at 12.00 have lunch at the hotel or restaurant nearby.

2.00 pm: start tour with our guide to discover Sapa Town by visiting the Church and the Market.

5.00 pm: back to the hotel and prepare for dinner.

You are free in the evening

Overnight  in Sapa Hotel.

Day 6: Sapa- Lao Chai – Ta Van Village – Night train back to Hanoi (Meals:B/L)

8.00 am: after having breakfast at the hotel, check out the hotel and leav your bags here. Our guide will lead you to the Lao Chai and Ta Van village, start trekking down the valley to the Muong Hoa 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 Sapa). After that, you will continue your trekking along Muong Hoa stream, paddy field to Ta Van village, visit and understand about “Zay” ethnic people. You will see houses of The Zay people 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 Royal View Sapa Hotel in the afternoon to take a shower and pick up your bags.

4.00 pm: Get on bus to the Lao Cai Train Station to catch a night train back to Hanoi.

Overnight on the train.

Day 7:Arrival Hanoi- HoaLu- Tam Coc (B/L)

08:00 Leave Hanoi Capital for Ninh Binh, enjoy the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas on the way. About 10:00 arrive Hoa Lu, visit the the two temples of King Dinh and King Le in the 10th century, finding out the heroic histories of this two Kings in Chinese Wars. After that, we go to Tam Coc (10 km far from Hoa Lu). King Dinh Tien Hoang chose this mountain location as the water systems fed from the mountains were perfect for both agriculture and defense. Enjoy the sight of palaces, pagodas, tombs and pavilions built by different dynasties and visit the Dinh and Le Temples, the two remaining architectures of Hoa Lu. Have lunch at local restaurant.

After lunch you will get on bamboo boat – rowed by the local people – in Hoang Long river to visit Tam Coc (three caves) on the way, you also have chance to see the paddy field if you visit Tam Coc in April or September.

Then visit Bich Dong Pagoda comprising three pagodas located at different levels on a green mountain and the setting of the French film ‘Indochina’

16:30: Back to the Harbour for the transfer to Hanoi.

18:45: Arrive in Hanoi. Relax and overnight in Hanoi.

Lunch at local restaurant

 Overnight in Hanoi

Day 8:  Hanoi free and easy – Airport transfer (Meal: B)

After breakfast at the hotel, you are free to discover Hanoi until the time to move to Noi Bai Air port for your next flight.

What included:

• Private tour
• 3 Nights in Hanoi Hotel
• 2 Nights on train
• 1 Night on Halong Bay Cruise
• 1 Night in Sapa Hotel
• Shuttle bus to Halong bay 2ways
• Pick up by Private car 02 ways( Airport- Hanoi- Airport)
• English speaking tour guide
• Entrance tickets
• Free bottle water 01/person/day
• Train ticket
• Meal in program: B = Breakfast,L = Lunch, D = Dinner

What excluded:

• Tip for tour guide and driver
• Personal fee
• Beverage
• Visa
• Flight ticket

Other not clear above

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