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Northern Vietnam Trip – 7 days
By participating in this group trip, you will have the chance to explore main locations in North Vietnam like Hanoi, Sapa, Ninh Binh, and Halong Bay. When you visit Halong Bay, you will be drawn in by a wonderful location that owns a fantastic blend of pristine natural beauty and a complex of limestone islands.
Arrive in Hanoi. Greeted by your driver at the airport. Transfer to your hotel in the city center for check-in and at leisure for the rest of the day.
Overview of Hanoi
Note*:
• The hotel room will be available at 2:00 pm, and in case you would like to secure an early check-in, an additional charge will be applied.
• Please be advised that both international and domestic might be crowded at sometimes during the day, so in case you arrive and cannot find our representatives, please contact us, so we could easily search for you.
Free in the morning.
In the afternoon, we will spend a half day visiting the city. We start with a visit to President Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum (Outside). We also visit the famous One Pillar Pagoda nearby. Leaving the President’s complex, we continue to visit the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu). Although several Van Mieu can be found throughout Vietnam, the most prominent and famous is that situated in the city of Hanoi and functioned as Vietnam’s first university.
The Huc Bridge
Back to the Old Quarter. Free on your own.
In the evening, pick up to transfer to the station for an overnight train to Sapa.
9.00 AM: Meet up your local guide at the hotel and start trekking. The first part is on the road but we soon turn to the right and walk on a small path down the valley to Y Linh Ho village settled down by the Muong Hoa River and from here to the Black H’mong village of Lao Chai. Black H’mong is one of the biggest minority groups in the Sapa area. They are proud of their culture and keep their traditions and way of living. They have their own language and wear traditional indigo blue clothing. The H’mong peoples have just recently changed their living way from sifting style into the sedentary one. So there are still a lot traces of the past time can be seen: rudimentary houses, stone wall around homes…
Trekking Sapa, Vietnam
After that you continue to Ta Van village (1.200m) to visit Zay people. Zay is a fairly small minority group of about 38.000 people who live mainly in the mountains in Northwest Vietnam. The development has meant that some of their old customs have been lost but many women still wear traditional shirts with a purple, blue or green color. The Zay houses are build of wood and bamboo with a clay floor.
If you travel sometime between May and October, you will have chance to observe and experience how the local do planting and harvesting on the beautiful rice terrace fields of Muong Hoa valley, one of the most important activities in the daily life.
After visiting Ta Van village, our car await to take you back to your hotel in Sapa.
Free in the morning.
Sapa Market
In the afternoon, pick up by a shuttle bus to transfer back to Hanoi. Check in your hotel and free time on your own.
07:30 – 08:15 – Our guide will meet you at your hotel and start a 120km comfortable Limousine bus journey through the verdant landscape. Stop over for a rest on the way.
10:30 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with King Dinh Temple dating back to the 17th Century.
11:15 – Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with a precious view of nature.
Mua Cave in Ninh Binh
12:30 – Enjoy the buffet lunch at our restaurant, a great place to savor the flavors of Vietnamese food.
14:00 – Visit Trang An Grottoes, and get on a rowing boat traveling along the river with scenic mountain and green fields landscape.
17:00 – 19:30 – Return to our bus and then come back to Hanoi. Drop you off at your hotel.
08:15 – 09:00: Our bus and guide pick you up from hotel / stay and follow the new high way to depart for Tuan Chau Island, Halong City, stop over for a rest on the way.
12:00: Arriving Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing.
The ship will take you on an over 5 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: Arriving Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, the go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discovery the beautiful lagoon.
An overview of Halong Bay
Visiting 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: Returning to We Go Halong Cruise for relaxing and cruising back toward Tuan Chau harbor. There are a lot of time for sunbathing on upper deck, enjoy great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery.
18:00: Disembarking for going back on the new high way to Hanoi.
20:00: Dropping off at your hotel / stay.
Free until the pickup to the airport for the departure flight. It’s time to say goodbye, we thank you for traveling with us and warmly welcome you to come again.
Railway in Hanoi
Note*: late checkout is not included.
| Hotel category |
Price in INR/person |
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| 2-3 pax | 4-5 pax | 6-7 pax | Single supplement | |
| 3* hotels | 28,017 | 27,002 | 25,509 | 7,672 |
| 4* hotels | 32,670 | 31,655 | 30,162 | 12,325 |
| 5* Hotels |
Contact us (book the tour) |
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| Hotel category |
Price in INR/person |
|||
| 2-3 pax | 4-5 pax | 6-7 pax | Single supplement | |
| 3* hotels | 29,255 | 28,240 | 26,747 | 8,910 |
| 4* hotels | 33,660 | 32,645 | 31,152 | 13,315 |
| 5* hotels | Contact us (book the tour) | |||
Note*:
Note: All flights from India to Hanoi arrive at around 05:00 A.M. Hotel check-in hour is 14:00 so we highly recommend clients to check-in early.
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