Hanoi – Halong – Sapa trekking – Ninh Binh – Hanoi

TIME	BRIEF ITINERARY	OUR SERVICES	NOT INCLUDE
1st day	Hanoi Arrive, Airport pick up, city tour (-/L/-). Overnight in Hanoi.	Private transfer, Sightseeing tickets, Visit city and train street, Lunch, English speaking tour guide. Hotel in Hanoi	– International and domestic flight – Personal expenses – Drinks – Meals not mentioned in the tour itinerary. B= Breakfast.         D=Dinner. L=Lunch. – Travel insurance(we highly recommend that you purchase adequate insurance). – Tip for tour guide, driver, local boat rower (Not compulsory but we suggest 3-5 usd per customer per day for tip). – 3,1%-3,5% of transaction fee for Online/Card payment.
2nd day	Hanoi-Halong bay full day tour(B/L/-) Night train to Sapa	Private van, share boat with others, private tour guide, lunch on the boat, entrance and sightseeing tickets for Halong bay and cave, kayaking or sampan boat. Night train to Sapa.
3rd day	Sapa-Y Linh Ho-Lao Chai villages, Tavan village(B/L/D) Overnight in Homestay	Private van transfer from train station to Sapa, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Village tickets, English speaking tour guide. Homestay in Village
4th day	Homestay-Giang Ta Chai village-Su Pan village – Sapa.(B/L/-) Overnight in Sapa center	Breakfast, Lunch in the villages, local English speaking tour guide, entrance tickets. Hotel in Sapa center.
5th day	Sapa-Cat Cat village-Hanoi (B/L/D). Overnight in Hanoi city center.	Local English speaking tour guide, entrance ticket for the village,  Lunch in the restaurant in Sapa,  Limousine bus from Sapa to Hanoi. Hotel in Hanoi
6th day	Hanoi – Ninh Binh (B/L/-) – Visit Hoa Lu ancient capital, Tam Coc and cycle. Overnight in Ninh Binh.	Private van 16 seaters, English speaking tour guide, Breakfast, Lunch, Sightseeing tickets, sampan boat tickets, cycle. Hotel/bungalow in Ninh Binh.
7th day	Ninh Binh around – Hanoi. (B/L/-). Visit Mua Cave, Bai Dinh Pagoda and Trang An boat trip. Overnight in Hanoi city center.	Tour guide, Private van following the tour and back to Hanoi, ticket and electric car to entrance Bai Dinh Pagoda, Boat trip in Trang An, EntraNce ticket for Mua Cave, Lunch. Hotel in Hanoi city center.
8th day	Hanoi Free day discover Overnight in Hanoi city center.	By your own Hotel in Hanoi
9th day	Hanoi – Airport- Departure (B/-/-)	Breakfast in the hotel, Transfer to Airport by 16 seater van.

Tour Excluded:

• Drinks
• Early check in & late check out room (available upon request and depend on room availability)
• Travel insurance (we highly recommend that you purchase adequate insurance).
• International flight tickets on flight in and out of Vietnam.
• Vietnam Visa
• Tip for tour guide, driver, local boat rower (4 usd per customer per day for tip to tour guide and driver, 1 usd per guest for local rower if any).
• Personal expenses, such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.
• Meals, if not specified in the itinerary
• All other services not specified in the itinerary Surcharge for Peak season, Tet Lunar New year holidays, and compulsory dinner at some hotel & resort on Xmas and New Year’s Eve

DETAIL ITINERARY

Day 1: Hanoi arrival, Airport pick up, City tour (-/L/-)

Welcome to Hanoi, you will be collected by our driver at Noi Bai International Airport and transferred to your hotel to leave your luggage. The rooms are at your disposal from 02:00 PM. Take a short rest before starting the city tour with the most highlights included:

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the great President Ho Chi Minh rests in peace. One Pillar Pagoda – the special pagoda with a particular structure.

Tran Quoc Pagoda – the oldest of its kind in Hanoi, dating back to the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De Dynasty (544 – 548).

Lunch in the local restaurant.

Visit Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam

15:10 move to the train street to visit and take pictures of the train passing at 15:30.

Back to the hotel and check-in . The balance of the day at your leisure. Dinner on your own.

Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi old quarter.

Our services included:

• Private van pick up from the airport and visit Hanoi city tour with professional drivers.
• Licensed English speaking tour guide
• All entrance tickets as the tour mentioned.
• Lunch as a Vietnamese food Set Menu.
• Water on the van.
• Hotel to stay in Hanoi city. (4 people/room)

Day 2: Hanoi-Halong bay full day (B/L/D)

08:30: Pick-up at your hotels in Hanoi.

With Luxury modern comfortable round-trip transport from Hanoi by National Expressway through the Red River delta is a great opportunity to see what daily life is like for Vietnamese farmers. Rice fields and water buffalo flank both sides of the road.
Take a rest stop at a halfway point before continuing to Halong Bay. The most interesting glimpses into rural life come during February and June when whole families are busy transplanting the young rice plants to the growing fields.
11:45: Arrive at Halong City Tourist Wharf. Here you’ll board by our cruise team and head into the bay. A fresh seafood lunch is served on the way out.
The limestone bedrock and sheer cliffs of the countless islets have inspired local people to come up with equally fanciful names: Stone Dogs Island, Incense Burner Island, and Fighting Cocks Island, the symbol of Halong Bay.
You will then head on to Thien Cung grotto (Heavenly Palace Grotto), a magnificent and otherworldly cave. Explore their huge chambers adorned with stalactites and stalagmites of all kinds. Most impressive with 4 holy animals: Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle, Phoenix. And a magic heaven gate.
Enjoy 40-minutes of Kayaking or Bamboo boat around the islands and water tunnels and bask in the charm of this natural paradise.
16:00: You will be brought back to the Halong tourist wharf, where your vehicle is waiting to take you back to Hanoi.
19:00: Arrival Hanoi, having dinner, than transfer to the train station to taka a night train to Sapa

Our services included:

• Private transfer with driver.
• English speaking tour guide.
• Entrance and sightseeing tickets for Halong bay.
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
• Mineral water.
• Kayaking or small boat in Halong bay.
• Sleeping cabin on the train from Hanoi to Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa-Lao Chai-Ta Van village(B/L/D)

Our driver comes to the train station to pick you up and transfer to Sapa center – it takes around 1 hour to drive.

Take a shower and having breakfast in the hotel, then start to trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong villages of  Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of  Hoang Lien Son Mountain. You approach Ta Van Village where Dzay Ethnic People inhabits in late afternoon.

14.30: Check in homestay; get to know the family of Dzay People. Spend time enjoying the mountain life on Sunset. You may attend cooking local dishes with the family and enjoy dinner in peace.
In the evening, you can join the local bar nearby with music and socialize with other tourists then overnight at homestay in Ta Van Village.

Our services included:

• Private transfer from train station to Sapa center.
• Joint-in group tour for the village
• Local  English speaking tour guide.
• Entrance tickets for the villages.
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Homestay in Tavan village. (2  people/room)

Day 4: Homestay- Giang Ta Chai village – Su Pan – Sapa center (B, L/D)

Once you get energy for your day trek by having a delicious breakfast, you leave for Giang Ta Chai village of Red Dao minority. You will trek through bamboo forest, which belongs to Hoang Lien National Park. On the way you will pass by a waterfall where you will have time to take a rest and enjoy the surroundings. You will find a nice place to enjoy lunch.
After lunch, you continue toward Su Pan, a small village located by the road. Here you start your journey back to Sapa by car.
Approx: 1-hour driving/ 3 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch.
Check – in the hotel in Sapa center.

Overnight in Sapa center.

Our services included:

• Local  English speaking tour guide.
• Joint-in group tour
• Entrance tickets for the villages.
• Breakfast and Lunch in the village, dinner in the hotel.
• Hotel to stay in Sapa center (4 people/ room)

Day 5: Sapa-Cat Cat village – Hanoi (B/L/-)

Having breakfast in the hotel, then have a short trek Cat Cat Village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station, stop for a photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill to Sapa center to check – out the room. Having lunch in the local restaurant before taking a limousine back to Hanoi.

20.30: Arrival back in Hanoi, check – in the hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi city center.

Our services included:

• Local English speaking tour guide in Sapa.
• Entrance ticket for the village of Cat Cat.
• Joint-in group tour for the village
• Breakfast, Lunch.
• Limousine bus transfer from Sapa to Hanoi.
• Hotel to stay in Hanoi. (4 people/room)

Day 6: Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Hoa Lu ancient capital – Tam Coc boat trip and cycling(B/L/-)

Having breakfast in the hotel. Check out the room and leave your luggages in the hotel. (Bring anything you need for a 2 day trip to Ninh Binh).

08:30 – Our guide will meet you at your  hotel/stay and start  120km on Bus-journey through verdant landscape of countryside. Short-brake en route.

11:00 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.

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

13:30 – Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which means literally “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. Visit Bich Dong pagoda, Thai Vi temple…

Check in and overnight in Ninh Binh.

Our services included:

• English speaking tour guide .
• Entrance ticket for Hoa Lu and Tam Coc
• Boat trip in Tam Coc
• Cycle
• Breakfast, Lunch.
• Private van with driver.
• Hotel/bungalow in Ninh. (4 people/room)

Day 7: Ninh Binh –Mua Cave – Trang An eco tourism – Bai Dinh pagoda – Hanoi (B/L/-)

Have breakfast in the hotel and check out the room.

9:00 – Our tour guide and driver pick you up again and start the tour around Ninh Binh.

Visit Mua Cave (Dancing cave) – where you will walk up almost 500 steps to reach the top of Lying Dragon Mountain & have an amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc from here.

Visit Trang An ecotourism, Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometers rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountains are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle.
Embark on a traditional sampan gently rowed down the exquisite river through numerous  caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave,…and Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…

Visit Bai Dinh pagoda, the largest pagoda, not only in Vietnam but also in Southeast Asia. Scenically set on the foot hill of  Dinh Mountain surrounded by amazing views of the exquisite river valley  below and dotted and the limestone karsts dotted around which will take your breath away.

These pagoda complexes stunningly  boast a array of the most massive and magnificent architecture of Vietnamese tradition refined ever built that it take a full day to explore all. So you will visit some of the highlights that owned the national:500 stone statues of “La Han” (Arhats), 2 huge bronze bells, one weighs 27 tons, other weighs 36 tones.Visit The Quan Yin statue with thousands arms and eyes, Visit Gautama Buddha statue.

18:30 – arrival in Hanoi, check in the hotel and overnight in Hanoi again.

Our services included:

• English speaking tour guide .
• Entrance ticket for Bai Dinh pagoda
• Electric car at the entrance of Bai Dinh pagoda.
• Boat trip in Trang An
• Breakfast, Lunch.
• Private van with driver.
• Hotel in Hanoi (4 people/room)

Day 8: You have a day free to visit Hanoi city around by your own

Overnight in the hotel in hanoi.

Our services included:

• Hotel to stay in Hanoi city. (2-3 people/room)

Day 9: Hanoi departure, airport transfer (B/-/-)

On this day, you will have breakfast in the hotel and you are free at your own leisure until being picked up and transferred (without the guide) to the airport for your departure flight. The room is at your disposal until noon. Lunch (if any) on your own. End of services.

Our services included:

• Private van to transfer from Hotel to airport.