Hanoi Trip Overview
There are many interesting things that attracts you. Vietnam especially northern part is one of the beauty destination that we want to show you.
You will have an experience in Hanoi, trying street food, enjoy culture show. Up north to Sapa town, surrounding Sapa proper you will find a selection of local villages which are the home of some of the ethnic minorities in Vietnam. This means that this part of the country has a distinct and unique culture which makes a visit here not to be missed if you are in the region. And for sure dont be miss Ha Long bay, the one of seven wonder in the world with an experience overnight cruise. And lastly, having free of time stay in home stay Tam Coc Ninh Binh, and visiting Bai Dinh Pagoda, Trang An day trip.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 days
Starts: Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnam
There are many interesting things that attracts you. Vietnam especially northern part is one of the beauty destination that we want to show you.
You will have an experience in Hanoi, trying street food, enjoy culture show. Up north to Sapa town, surrounding Sapa proper you will find a selection of local villages which are the home of some of the ethnic minorities in Vietnam. This means that this part of the country has a distinct and unique culture which makes a visit here not to be missed if you are in the region. And for sure dont be miss Ha Long bay, the one of seven wonder in the world with an experience overnight cruise. And lastly, having free of time stay in home stay Tam Coc Ninh Binh, and visiting Bai Dinh Pagoda, Trang An day trip.
Itinerary
Day 1: Ha Noi Arrival
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
We’ll pick you up from the airport and take you to the Hotel in Hanoi. You’ll then have plenty of time to recover from your flight, chill out and free time for your own plan.
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Diamond Legend hotel, deluxe city view or other similar hotel
Day 2: Ha Noi City Tour (B/L) – Water puppet show as optional – Night train to Sapa
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
ITINERARY
AM: 7.45 – 8.15: Free pick up at your hotel. Then visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to explore the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting-place. Just next door
is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts and lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, which was founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 – the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi. Then continue on to the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda at West lake (One of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam).Then visit Bat Trang pottery village (applied on Mon, Wed & Fri). Lunch at local restaurant.
PM: After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum (apply on Sun, Tue, Thu & Sat), the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam, see Vietnam’s first university, constructed in 1070 – it’s gardens and well-preserved architecture will offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past. Take you past Hoan Kiem Lake to see the peaceful waters, and the beauty of Ngoc Son temple. At the end, journey through Hanoi’s Old Quarter, where you’ll then have a chance for some shopping and exploration. Tour ends around 15h30 – 16h00.
End of the tour, you can prefer to take water puppet show, our tour guide will take you to there. Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Hanoi. The show will be finished in one hour later.
At 9 – 10 pm, we will take you to Hanoi train station for night train to Sapa.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Buffet is served at hotel
• Lunch: Local meal is served for lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in train Ha noi – Sapa with air – conditioned soft sleepers.
Day 3: Sapa Arrival – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B/L/D)
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Around 06:30am, be greeted by our tour guide and driver upon arrival at Lao Cai train station, before being transferred to Sapa village, by a shared tourist bus. The bus ride uphill to Sapa takes a little over an hour, and will give you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces as you make this short trip.
Once arriving in the hotel in Sapa, an early check in follows if room is available, otherwise in the interim, you will have access to a basic room for your refreshment, before enjoying breakfast prior to going on the morning tour.
09.30 Start your tour with 6km of walking down to the South East of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village, home of the Black H’mong people. Then continue with a 3km-trek down to Lao Chai village. Here we will stop for a simple lunch before exploring the village. After lunch, continue trekking through terraced rice fields to Ta Van, village of the Dzay minority people. This trek is relatively easy, though the trail
can be quite slippery if it rains, so good footwear is recommended.
• Trekking level: 6/10
• Trekking: 10Km trekking and 8Km driving from Tavan village back to Sapa.
• Accommodation: Home-stay in Ta Van
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Buffet is served at hotel
• Lunch: Vietnamese meal is served for lunch
• Dinner: Vietnamese meal is served for dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Ta Van Village home stay
Day 4: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Sapa (B/L/D)
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Around 09:30Am, after having had a restful night and enjoyable breakfast, it is time to take an 8 km walk to visit 2 villages of the red Dzao people, the H’mong who are located in Giang Ta Chai
Su Pan villages. Situated at the edge of Muong Hoa Valley, Giang Ta Chai is gaining popularity as one of the most scenic and interesting locations for visitors who enjoy experiencing the colorful traditional customs and costumes that are always on show here. While Supan is considered as a less travelled and more withdrawn village because of its small population base.
There are breath taking and beautiful landscapes throughout this mountainous area, including a stunning waterfall, rattan bridges, and some exquisite ferns and orchids that drape from the overhanging branches of so much lush vegetation. After Giang Ta Chai and Su Pan visits, it is hard to have to leave this area, but we again have opportunity to do more exploration in Sapa town, so the bus ride allows some recovery time… and lots of photos and stories will no doubt be told on the brief ride back.
Tour ends at around 15:30 or 16:00
• Trekking level: 5/10
• Trekking: 8Km of trekking, 10Km of driving back to Sapa.
• Activities: Start the journey with a trek to Giang Ta Chai Village and Supan Village of the Red Dao and the H’mong people, which are located far from the center of Sapa but very attractive with coloful traditional costumes.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Bus to Lao Cai train station
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Buffet is served at hotel
• Lunch: Local meal is served for lunch
• Dinner: Local meal is served for dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight train Sapa – Ha Noi, with air – conditioned soft sleeper
Day 5: Ha Noi Arrival – Ha Long Bay (B/L/D) Shuttle bus
Stop At: Halong Bay, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province
You will arrive in Ha noi at 5 – 6 am. Our driver will pick you up from there to hotel. You should be relax and taking short rest in hotel before taking bus to Ha Long.
Program customize up to cruise
7:30 – 8:00: Take a 3-hour scenic drive from Hanoi to Halong Bay.
12:00-12:30 : Arrive in Tuan Chau Tourist Wharf. Transfer to Halong Cruise by tender.
12:30 : Welcome drink on the boat and check in to your private cabin.
13:15-14:15: Serve have lunch on board while cruising to some magnificent Halong bay scenes.
14:45 -15:00: Visit Titop island where you take your time on swim, sunbath, trekking….
16:30: Arrive in Pearl Farm Village. Visit around and swim, kayaking in the bay.
17:30: Back to the cruise and join cooking class to have experience in some traditional dishes. Tea time on sundeck.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: Local meal is served on cruise
• Dinner: Local meal is served on cruise
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Legend white dolphin cruise, deluxe ocean view or similar cruise
Day 6: Ha Long Bay – Travel to Tam Coc Ninh Binh (B/L)
Stop At: Halong Bay, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province
Program customize up to cruise
6:00 : Practice Tai Chi on the Sundeck.
7:00-7h30: Start your day with a light breakfast. During breakfast, cruising to explore other part of Halong Bay, admire the beauty of one in seven new wonder in the world.
8:30 – 9h30: Arrive in Surprise cave, explore the Cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Ha Long bay.
9:45: Check out and take all luggage outside of your cabin, cruise back to the Tourist Wharf through Ha Long bay.
10:00: Have brunch and clear bills.
11:30: Back to the Tourist Wharf.
12:00: Departure to Tam Coc, Ninh Binh
Overnight stay in home stay Ninh Binh
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Buffet is served on cruise
• Lunch: Light lunch is served on cruise
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in La belle vie home stay Ninh Binh
Day 7: Bai Dinh Pagoda – Trang An (B/L)
Stop At: Ninh Binh Province, Ninh Binh Province
Trang An Tourism Complex (located in the northern province of Ninh Binh) is one of the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee lists. The eco-attraction which located in the East of Ninh Binh with an area of 2000 ha, divided into 5 main parts: special protection area (Hoa Lu Ancient Captial), the center, caves area, service and travel area, spiritual area – Bai Dinh pagoda. Bai Dinh pagoda is well known as one of the biggest Pagodas and has got the most statues in Vietnam.
Trang An – Bai Dinh tour is one of the popular tours in the festival of the Vietnamese people after the Luna New Year holiday.
Trang An Tourism Complex (located in the northern province of Ninh Binh) is one of the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee lists. The eco-attraction which located in the East of Ninh Binh with an area of 2000 ha, divided into 5 main parts: special protection area (Hoa Lu Ancient Captial), the center, caves area, service and travel area, spiritual area – Bai Dinh pagoda. Bai Dinh pagoda is well known as one of the biggest Pagodas and has got the most statues in Vietnam.
Trang An – Bai Dinh tour is one of the popular tours in the festival of the Vietnamese people after the Luna New Year holiday.
8:00 – 8:30 AM: We pick up guests from hotels located in the Old Quarter. The drive to Ninh Binh will be approximately 2 hours.
10:30 AM: Our tour guide will take you to Bai Dinh Pagoda, which has hundreds of Buddhist statues including the biggest statue of Buddha made in bronze standing 10 meters tall.
12:30 PM: Time to take a break and have lunch at a local restaurant with Ninh Binh traditional dishes from goat meat.
1:30 PM: We will continue the trip to Trang An. Upon on arrival, we will take the boat trip along Trang An river to enjoy the cave complex. The scenery of Trang An is a unique combination of deep turquoise river water between mountains, water caves and clear blue sky where you will not find anywhere else. The boat trip will range from 2 to 3 hours, rowed by local people.
After the boat trip, we return to the bus and head back to Hanoi city.
6:00 – 6:30 PM: We drop you off at your hotel in the Old Quarter.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Buffet is served at hotel
• Lunch: Local meal is served for lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in La belle vie home stay Ninh Binh or similar hotel
Day 8: Ninh Binh (B) – bus to Ha Noi – shopping time
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
Breakfast at hotel, free of time till we will pick you up to Hanoi in morning. Bus transfer takes 2- 2.5 hours to arrival.
You will check in hotel, free time for shopping. Overnight stay in Ha noi
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Buffet is served at hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight stay at Diamond Legend hotel, deluxe city view or similar hotel
Day 9: Departure (B)
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
Breakfast at hotel, free time for your own leisure then transfer to airport for flight to home, trip ends.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
