Sóc Sơn Trip Overview
This itinerary is an in-depth exploration of the culture, people and landscapes of northern Vietnam. Leaving the graceful boulevards of Hanoi behind, we explore rural Ninh Binh and the amazing limestone landscape of Tam Coc, by bike and by boat. We continue to Sapa and take a step back in time to visit remote hill tribe villages surrounded by rolling green hills and mountain streams overlooked by dramatic limestone karsts. The trip’s grand finale is at Halong Bay. We’ll stay overnight on a comfortable junk boat, with island visits, delicious food, swimming, sunbathing and kayaking. A perfect end to our showcase of the cultural and scenic charms of northern Vietnam !!!
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Sóc Sơn, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Sóc Sơn, Hà Nội, Vietnam
This itinerary is an in-depth exploration of the culture, people and landscapes of northern Vietnam. Leaving the graceful boulevards of Hanoi behind, we explore rural Ninh Binh and the amazing limestone landscape of Tam Coc, by bike and by boat. We continue to Sapa and take a step back in time to visit remote hill tribe villages surrounded by rolling green hills and mountain streams overlooked by dramatic limestone karsts. The trip’s grand finale is at Halong Bay. We’ll stay overnight on a comfortable junk boat, with island visits, delicious food, swimming, sunbathing and kayaking. A perfect end to our showcase of the cultural and scenic charms of northern Vietnam !!!
Itinerary
Day 1: HA NOI ARRIVAL – CYCLE TOUR – WATER PUPPET SHOW (-/-/D)
Pass By: Hanoi, Hanoi
You will be met by Luco Travel’s driver at Noi Bai International Airport and transfer to Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Check in at the hotel. Free & Easy.
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
“ Xich Lo ” – Cycle Tour & Water Puppet Show.
18:00 Pick up at the hotel by “Xich Lo”, drive you around Ha Noi’s Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngọc Sơn Temple an hour at night and drop off at the Ha Noi Water Puppet Show.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Thang Long Water Puppet, 57B Dinh Tien Hoang – Hoan Kiem – Ha Noi, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
We will watch the Water Puppet Show. Traditional content of water puppet performance contains daily life of Vietnamese farmers (cultivating, tending buffalo, catching fishes…), communal entertainment (swimming contest, dragon dancing…), and/or historical legends (Le Loi returns precious sword…), with a performance that has appealed to audiences for centuries.
Have dinner. Back to the hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 2: HA NOI CITY TOUR (B/L/-)
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, 2 Hung Vuong Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
You will be met by Luco Travel’s tour guide and driver at the hotel.
You will visit the memorial complex for the historic figure and father of modern Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh, You will visit the Presidential palace, Uncle Ho’s house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda, and the Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first university that built in 1076, You will also – the picturesque West Lake and the sixth century Tran Quoc Buddhist Pagoda.
Later, you will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with special Vietnamese food.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Street Cau Giay, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Afternoon: You will visit the fascinating Vietnam Museum of Ethnology – which is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preservation of the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation’s different ethnic groups. The museum also serves to guide research, conservation, and technology that are specific to the work of an ethnographic museum.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hoàn Kiếm Lake, Hang Trong, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi, Vietnam
You will also visit Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son Temple where a legendary turtle is reserved, and Hanoi’s Old Quarter, also known as the ‘36 streets’ with plenty of photo opportunities all around you.
Back to the hotel. Free & Easy
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 3: HA NOI – HA LONG BAY – BAI TU LONG BAY – OVERNIGHT ON CRUISE (B/L/D)
Stop At: Halong Bay Vietnam
07:30. Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
08:00. After that our bus will pick you up at your hotel and depart to Ha Long Bay. Ha Long Bay is located in Northern Vietnam and is one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions. Aside from being popular with tourists, it is also a culturally recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bay is well known for its scenic karst topography, which is a subject of many popular photos of Vietnam.
On the way to Ha Long Bay, we will have a short break of about 20 minutes. The car will arrive at Bai Chay, Hon Gai Harbor.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Bai Tu Long Bay, Halong Bay 008433 Vietnam
12:00. Pick-up at Hon Gai harbor. Transfer to Cruise by tender (5 -10 minutes)
12:45 Enjoy a welcome drink, then check in to your cabin
13:30 Cruise through Bai Tu Long Bay & enjoy lunch aboard with a set menu.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Vung Viêng, Hà Khánh, Tp. Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam
15:30 Explore VungVieng Fishing Village: Guests may choose to discover the daily life of the fisherman communities by bamboo boat or kayak around the Vung Vieng area.
17:30 Relax and enjoy the sunset while the boat is cruising to the Cong Dong-Cong Do area to anchor overnight.
18:00 Free time or take part in the cooking class: learn how to cook traditional Vietnamese cuisines. (Cooking class can be arranged upon request )
19:30. Enjoy delicious dinner on a cruise
21:00 Free evening to join some activities like board games, squid fishing, or karaoke (upon request)
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Đồng Cống, Đồng Phú, Tp. Thái Bình, Thái Bình, Vietnam
17:30 Relax and enjoy the sunset while the boat is cruising to Cong Dong-Cong Do area to anchor overnight.
18:00 Free time or take part in the cooking class: learn how to cook traditional Vietnamese cuisines. ( Cooking class can be arranged upon request )
19:30. Enjoy delicious BBQ dinner
21:00 Free evening to join some activities like board games, squid fishing, or karaoke ( upon request)
Overnight on 4* Cruise in Ha Long Bay, arranged by Luco Travel – Vietnam Tour Operator.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight on Cruise in Ha Long Bay.
Day 4: HA LONG BAY – THIEN CANH SON CAVE – HA NOI – SAPA BY TRAIN (B/L/-)
Stop At: Thien Canh Son Cave, Halong Bay Vietnam
07:00. Wake up early in the morning for Tai Chi exercise.
07:10. Have breakfast on a cruise.
07:30 Visit Thien Canh Son Cave (the only cave in Bai Tu Long)
08:30 Return to the boat, relax on the sundeck or watch fruit carving demonstration
09.30: Check out the cabin while our boat heads back toward the harbor.
10:00 Transfer by tender to the pier and relax inside the pier building while waiting for return transportation.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Halong Bay Vietnam
10:30 Enjoy the last scenery of the Ha Long Bay over lunch when the boat cruises back to shore.
12:30: After lunch, you will board our tender and head back to the wharf where you will be met by your return trip vehicle to transfer you to Hanoi.
17:30 Arrive Ha Noi, Leave the luggage at the lobby. Free time until our driver picks you up and takes you to the train station. Dinner by yourself.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
20:30. Our driver will take you to the train station.
22:00 Take the train to Sapa.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in train, arranged by Luco Travel – Vietnam Tour Operator.
Day 5: SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE – LAO CHAI – TA VAN (B/L/D)
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
06:00 Early morning, you will arrive Lao Cai, our guide and driver will pick you up and take your family to the local restaurant for breakfast.
After that we drive around 45minutes to Sapa.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cat Cat village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
You start trekking to Cat Cat village which is occupied by the Black H’mong tribe. Here, you can see the hydroelectric power station which was built by the French in the twentieth century.
You will experience the tribal way of life of ethnic minorities while enjoying wonderful views of the terraced rice paddy fields and the waterfall in Cat Cat village.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Lao Chai, Lao Chai, Lao Cai Province
After lunch, Check in at Homestay in Lao Chai Village.
15:00 Trekking aEnjoy your lunch at the local restaurant.
After lunch, Check in at Homestay in Lao Chai Village.
15:00 Trekking around Lao Chai – Ta Van Village. In this village you will have a welcome feeling at any house of the hospitable people there. You can interact with them, learn about their culture and customs.around Lao Chai – Ta Van Village.
Dinner at the Homestay in Sapa
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Homestay in Sapa
Day 6: TREKKING LAO CHAI VILLAGE – FANSIPAN MOUNTAIN – HA NOI (B/L/-)
Stop At: Ta Van Village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
Wake up by a chicken or bird sound, you will have breakfast at the homestay.
Here you will enjoy the fresh air, see terrace fields, stream, visit and discover some of the H’mong’s families, three large villages with over 100 families of the Black H’mong ethnic, and people here are quite hospitable.
12:00 Check out and have lunch at the restaurant.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Fansipan Mountain, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
13:00 Our guide will transfer you to Fansipan Mountain, is the highest mountain of Vietnam is also the highest peak in the three Indochina should be dubbed as “Indochinese crown” Take cable car for an amazing trip to reach the Indochina Roof, 3143m above the sea level: Starting by cable car and step up to the Peak, enjoy the fresh air and the beautiful landscapes from the high.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Hanoi, Hanoi
16:00. Take the Limousine van back to Ha Noi.
21:00 Arrival Ha Noi, check in at the hotel. Free & Easy
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 7: HA NOI – HOA LU – TAM COC CAVE – NINH BINH (B/L/-)
Stop At: Ninh Binh, Ninh Binh, Ninh Binh Province
08:00 After breakfast at the hotel, you will departure for Hoa Lu – Tam Coc, enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas on the way
10.00: After arriving in Ninh Binh province, the guide takes you to visit Hoa Lu – the Ancient Royal capital of Viet Nam. We will visit Dinh king temple and Le king temple in the 10th century, finding out the heroic histories of these two Kings in Chinese Wars. After that, we will go to Tam Coc (10 km far from Hoa Lu).
We have lunch at a local restaurant.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tam Coc, Ninh Binh 430000 Vietnam
After lunch you will get on a bamboo boat – rowed by the local people – in Hoang Long river to visit Tam Coc (three caves) on the way. You pass through three enormous caves that provide a brief respite from the intense summer sun. It takes approximately two hours to go up and down the river and along the way, you witness local fisher folk, village life along the river and, of course, the striking limestone karst formations that Tam Coc is famous for.
If you like to go biking, it is a good idea. You will have a chance to visit real villages and amazing landscapes by bicycle about one hour (from Restaurant). After that you will take the van back to Ha Noi. Dinner by yourself.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi
Day 8: THE COFFEE SHOP – “PHỞ” – HA NOI DEPARTURE (B/L/-)
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
Today is departure day. Enjoy some free time for last minute purchases or simply relax at the hotel.
After that, our guide will take you to the Coffee Shop – Trung Nguyen Legend Coffee G7, one of the best Vietnamese coffee and very famous coffee in the world. Enjoy a cup of coffee and get some coffee as a souvenir for your friend and your family.
Back to hotel, check out and have lunch with Vietnamese Noodle Soup – “Phở” at the local restaurant.
After lunch, take a rest or go shopping at Dong Xuan Market before your transfer to the airport for your onward flight. Then, home sweet home.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
