Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Sapa – Hanoi (7 days 6 nights)
Detailed itinerary:
Day 1 : Hanoi Arrival
Upon on your arrival, you are welcomed by our driver then the private car will take you to the Hanoi Old Quarter for checking in the hotel. The rest of day, you are free at your leisure.
Accommodation: Hanoi Calypso Grand Hotel.
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour (B,L)
8.00: We’ll 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.
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 Viet nam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius.
12.30: You have lunch at the restaurant in the Old Quarter. Afterwards, you’ll visit Hoan Kiem Lake – the heart and soul of Hanoi.
OPTION 1: TUE, THU, SAT, SUNDAY
You’ ll 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 labelled 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 centre for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.
OPTION 2: MONDAY, WED, FRI
Depart for Bat Trang ceramic village which is about 20 km away from Ha Noi, this is pottery village with a half- milleary historic development.
15.30 – 16.00: Take the car come back your hotel.
Accommodation: Hanoi Calypso Grand Hotel.
Day 3: Hanoi – Ha Long (B,L,D)
At 08: 00 A.M ,picking up from the hotel in Hanoi then we drive to Halong City through the paddy fields in the Red River Delta. We will stop along the way for refreshments. After 4 hour driving, we arrive at Tuan Chau Wharf – Break and photo opportunities. At 12:30 you are transferred by tender to the boat – enjoy Welcome Drink, receive cruise briefing and safety instructions. After that your lunch will be served while cruising through the bay. The following activities, we will visit exciting Ba Hang fishing village, the village is free from busy roads and streets, electric lights, houses and high rise buildings. Instead, there are only herds of little boats and rafts. You will have the chance to discover the traditional culture and customs of the fishermen. Enjoy kayaking, swimming, relaxing on the cruise (if the weather permits). After that we return to the boat and join cooking class by Glory Cruise’s Chef. Optional of kayaking at Bat Cave . Dinner and overnight on the boat.
Accommodation: Glory Legend Cruise.
Day 4 : Ha Long Bay – Hanoi – Night Train to Lao cai (B,L)
You should get up early to enjoy Tai Chi instruction on the sundeck (duration about 30 minutes). And then you are transferred by tender to the Sung Sot Cave. Walk up about 100 steps to the cave entrance and tour the cave for approximately 45 minutes. Walk down about 100 steps and return to the boat. (Proper shoes are highly recommended). Back to the cruise by tender, then check-out and enjoy a fantastic cuise on the bay. You will have buffet brunch (breakfast/lunch) while cruising back through Halong Bay to the pier. We will settle bills after breakfast. Relax on the sundeck or in the dining room enjoying the bay scenery as we approach the pier. At 11:30 we will be transferred by tender to the pier. Time to say goodbye to the crew to go back Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi around 4:30 P.M then you are free at your leisure until 09:00 P.M, our team will pick you up again for being transferred to Hanoi Train Station for your night train to Lao cai.
Accommodation: 4 berth soft sleeper train cabin.
Day 5: Lao Cai – Sapa – Love Waterfall – Golden Stream – Tram Ton Pass – Sin Chai Village (12km trekking, 4 hour trekking). B,L,D
Arrive in Lao Cai around 06:30 a.m. We will take 1 hour van ride uphill to the beautiful town of Sapa. You have breakfast at the hotel before having a 30 minute drive takes you to Tram Ton Pass at the height of 2,100 meters above sea level where great views are offered of the surrounding mountain and lush forests of the Hoang Lien National Park. From there you will trek an hour through forest, along Golden Stream to the Love Waterfall. It is the best place for relax in Sapa. Then return Tram Ton for a short drive to O Quy Ho where you start to trek about 9km along the mountain trails to visit Sin Chai village, home to Black Hmong, pinic lunch will be served along the way. Being transferred back to Sapa in the late afternoon.
Accommodation: Sapa Unique Hotel (deluxe mountain view balcony room)
Day 6: Sapa – Y Linh Ho Village – Lao chai Village – Ta Van Village – Sapa – Day Bus to Hanoi (10km walking, 3- 4 hour walking) B,L
After having breakfast, we have a short walk of 5km along mountain trail to visit Y Linh Ho village which is inhabited by black Hmong tribe and completely secluded from tourists, especially you are able to embrace raw Sapa culture and community by coming into some native houses to discover their own culture and custom as well as study how the local tribe make handicraft from natural materials such as: hemp, indigo…ect. Continuing to walk down Muong Hoa River where you can take a rest or swim before trekking uphill to Lao Chai village where your picnic lunch will be served. After lunch, you will visit the Day and Red Dzao tribes of Tavan village, which lies in the middle of Muong Hoa valley where excellent panoramas of rice terraced fields. Climbing to the main road, you are transferred to Sapa by car. At 04:00 P.M, we will catch our bus to Hanoi. Arriving in Hanoi at 09:00 P.M, you are transferred to the hotel by our driver
Accommodation: Hanoi Calypso Grand Hotel.
Day 7: Hanoi Departure (B)
Having breakfast then you are free at your leisure until the time being transferred to airport for your flight back home. Ends the tour
Including:
• Round trip transfer: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Hanoi
• Free picking up & seeing off at airport
• One way train tickets Hanoi – Lao cai
• One way bus tickets Sapa – Hanoi
• All meals dedicated in program as B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
• Special package: USD 899 apply for two persons upward
• English speaking guide
• Two bottles of mineral water per person per day
• Cooking class, cyclo, water pupet show
• All entranced fees and permission
• Free picking up & seeing off
• Al private car transfer along the trip in Sapa
• Accommodation with 03 nights at Hanoi Calypso Grand Hotel, 01 night at Sapa Unique Hotel, 01 night on Legend Glory Cruise
Terms & conditions:
• % 30 of deposit in advance is required
• Advanced booking is required and subject to availibility
• Promotion can not be used in conjuction with any other promtions
• Extending your stay or upgrading accommodation will be charged in addition
• Upgrading from bus to train will be charged in addition
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