Hoàn Kiếm Trip Overview
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HIGHLIGHT ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
✔️Gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces.
✔️Study how the local people make their clothes and other handicraft from Hemp and Indigo as well as their culture, custom and habit.
✔️Study how the local tribe make handicraft from natural materials such as:
hemp, indigo…ect.
✔️Visit small ethnic groups: Black Hmong, the Day and Red Dzao tribes
✔️Have chance to visit most of the most attractively places in Sapa
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Hoàn Kiếm, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HIGHLIGHT ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
✔️Gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces.
✔️Study how the local people make their clothes and other handicraft from Hemp and Indigo as well as their culture, custom and habit.
✔️Study how the local tribe make handicraft from natural materials such as:
hemp, indigo…ect.
✔️Visit small ethnic groups: Black Hmong, the Day and Red Dzao tribes
✔️Have chance to visit most of the most attractively places in Sapa
Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi city tours half day with student volunteer guide
Stop At: AZ Local Trip, No.4 12 – 95 Lane Chùa Bộc Street Đống Đa Hanoi City VN 100000, P. Chùa Bộc, Khương Thượng, Đống Đa, Hà Nội, Vietnam
This is our main office in hanoi city
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
7:45 – 8:15 : Tour guide from AZ Local Trip picks up you and your group from your hotel or at the confirmed meeting point in Hanoi Old Quarter.
Bustling Hanoi offers a charming blend of new and old. The French-colonial era has left a legacy of beautiful buildings, with the Old Quarter a fascinating area to explore on foot. Sample Hanoi’s unique cuisine, shop for locally produced crafts and soak up the abundance of history and culture on offer in the city’s compelling sites and monuments. Hanoi has always been a symbol of culture and a source of pride throughout the history. This city tour Hanoi is designed aiming to give you an opportunity to enjoy an absolute and adorable Hanoi. Small streets with old houses, friendly people with typical Vietnamese smiles offer you the true feeling of this capital city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chua Tran Quoc, Thanh Nien, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest of its kind in Hanoi, dating back to the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De Dynasty (544 – 548). The Buddhist shrine has undergone several changes throughout the years, particularly its renaming from An Quoc to Tran Quoc (protecting the country) by Emperor Le Huy Tong in the 17th century.
Although it’s now set on an islet within West Lake, the pagoda was originally located on banks of Red River before it’s relocated in 1615due to the river’s encroachment. Surrounded by lush greenery, Tran Quoc Pagoda was a favourite amongst the kings and royal families for festivals, full moons, and Tet Festival.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street, Around Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Our tour guide will pick you up then we will start our Hanoi Old Quarter Walking Tour. The first destination of the tour will stop by Hoan Kiem Lake, considered the heart of Hanoi. You can observe many locals doing morning exercises or taking part in interesting activities such as cycling and playing badminton.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Thap Rua Tower, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Hoan Kiem Lake is in the historical center of Hanoi. According to the legend, Emperor Le Loi was boating on the lake when a Golden Turtle God (Kim Qui) surfaced and asked for his magic sword, Heaven’s Will. Loi concluded that Kim Qui had come to reclaim the sword that it’s master, the Dragon King (Long Vuong) had given Loi some time earlier, during his revolt against the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Loi renamed the lake to commemorate this event. He renamed the lake from Luc Thuy (Green Water”) to Hoan Kiem Lake (Lake of the Restored Sword). The Turtle Tower (Thap Rua) standing on a small island near the centre of lake is linked to the legend.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, 2 Hung Vuong Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex is an important place of pilgrimage for many Vietnamese. A traffic-free area of botanical gardens, monuments, memorials and pagodas, it’s usually crowded with groups of Vietnamese who come from far and wide to pay their respects to ‘Uncle Ho’. Within the complex are Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, the Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: One Pillar Pagoda, Ong Ich Khiem St, Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh District Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
The One Pillar Pagoda was originally built by the Emperor Ly Thai Tong who ruled from 1028 to 1054. According to the annals, the heirless emperor dreamed that he met Quan The Am Bo Tat, the Goddess of Mercy, who handed him a male child. Ly Thai Tong then married a young peasant girl and had a son and heir by her. As a way of expressing his gratitude for this event, he constructed a pagoda here in 1049.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, 1 Bach Thao Alley, Ngoc Ha Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Simple stilt home & former residence of Communist Ho Chi Minh, with relics, gardens & tours.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Literature & National University, Quoc Tu Giam Street Dong Da District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
The Temple of Literature is often cited as one of Hanoi’s most picturesque tourist attractions. Originally built as a university in 1070 dedicated to Confucius, scholars and sages, the building is extremely well preserved and is a superb example of traditional-style Vietnamese architecture.
Lunch served at a local restaurant for a taste of authentic Hanoi cuisine.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
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. in 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.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Lao Cai – Sapa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai ( 6km trekking, 3-3,5 hour trekking) B,L,D
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Arrive in Lao Cai around 5:30 a.m. We will take 1 hour van ride uphill to the beautiful town of Sapa. The ride gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. Upon arrival Sapa town, we have buffet breakfast at the
hotel
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cat Cat village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
having a short walk of 6km to visit Cat Cat village which is the
home to Black Hmong. Coming into some local houses to study how the local people make their clothes and other handicraft from Hemp and Indigo as well as their culture, custom and habit. Continuing to walk to the Fairy waterfall where you can take photos and relax before following mountain trail to see Golden Stream where you can swim in the summer time.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Terraced Rice Fields in Shin Chai Village, Cau May street, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
After that we walk uphill 2.5km to return to Sapa. You will be free in the evening to discover Sapa town in your own. You sleep at Sapa Hotel.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 3 star hotel or 4 star hotel. Also you can book hotel by yourself
Day 3: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa – Lao Cai (10-12km trekking, 4-5 hours trekking) B,L
Stop At: Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai Tl152, Sapa 290000 Vietnam
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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lao Chai, Lao Chai, Lao Cai Province
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.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Ta Van, Ta Van, Lao Cai Province
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. Having shower and dinner before being transferred to Lao Cai for catching the night train to Hanoi.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
