EXPLORE NORTHERN VIETNAM: HA NOI – SA PA – HA LONG (7D6N)

• Arrive in Hanoi, depend on your arrival time, our English-speaking local guide (ESG) and driver will welcome you at the airport, then transfer for your lunch
• 14:00: Check in your hotel.
• Have a short rest, then, have a very first look at Hanoi Capital to visit the most famous monuments like: Temple of Literature is known as the first university in Vietnam.

• Lake of the Restored Sword, Ngoc Son Temple, The Huc Bridge: an iconic of Hanoi capital, it  has accompanied with the historical development of Vietnam and associated with the spiritual Vietnamese’s life. Besides, travelers can take a 01-hour cyclo tour around the old town through the bustling old quarter streets which is submitted to UNESCO to be recognized as World Culture Heritage.
• In the evening, dinner with Hanoi authentic street food: Bun Cha (Grilled pork noodle); Banh Cuon (Vietnamese rice roll noodle), Trang Tien sweet soup and ice cream, draft beer.
• 21:00: Back to your hotel, free at leisure and overnight in Hanoi.

• 08:00: After breakfast in the hotel, check out your hotel. We have morning time for Ha Noi sightseeing: Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum (close on Monday & Friday), Presidential Palace, One Pillar pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda.

• Have lunch at the local restaurant.
• In the afternoon: Guide and car pick up guests at hotel then transfer to Duong Lam ancient village about 50km away from Hanoi. Arrive at Duong Lam, visit village gate, Mong Phu communal house, some ancient houses and enjoy local products: rice wine, rice cake. Go around the village to visit some cultural and historical vestiges in Duong Lam such as: Giang Van Minh worship-house, Princess Mia Palace and Temple, Mia pagoda.

• 17:30: Arrive back in Ha Noi, have dinner, and enjoy a very famous traditional show: Vietnamese water puppet show.
• Back to the hotel and overnight in Ha Noi.

• 07:00a.m: After breakfast, check out and our tour guide will pick you up with a private minivan. Then, transfer to Sapa (nearly 05 hours).
• 12:00: Arrive in Sapa. Have lunch before checking in at your hotel, take a rest.
• 15:00: The group departs to visit Cat Cat village, the home of the H’Mong people. Guests will learn about the traditional weaving and dyeing craft of the H’Mong, engage in cultural exchanges with the H’Mong people, visit the Cat Cat waterfall, and explore the hydroelectric plant built by the French.

• 18:00: Have dinner at the local restaurant.
• Back to the hotel/resort and overnight in Sapa.

• 08:00: After breakfast in the ecolodge, transfer to Fansipan Cable Car station, discover Fansipan Legend amusement park by Sun World and check in the highest peak in Indochina.

• Have a buffet lunch in Fansipan Legend.
• In the afternoon, make a trek through the green rice terraces of the Muong Hoa Valley. Enjoy the spectacular views of the beautiful valley featured by step rice fields. Trek through the villages of Black H’mong ethnic minority to learn the way people weave and embroider their clothes.
• 16:30: Back to the hotel/resort for the rest and dinner (at your own expense).
• Overnight in Sapa.

• 09:00: After breakfast in the ecolodge, check-out. Private car and tour guide pick you up for transfer to Hanoi. Have lunch on the way to Ha Noi.
• 15:00: Arrive Ha Noi, check into the hotel in Ha Noi, take a break.
• 16:30: Move to visit railway street-a famous destination in the capital. The train travels by the backyards of these families a couple times each day. We will enjoy a cup of coffee while waiting for the train to pass through.

• 18:00: Have dinner in the old town.
• 20:00: Back to your hotel, overnight in Hanoi .

• 09:00 – 09:30:  After breakfast in Ha Noi hotel, sharing limousine bus and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel .
• 12:00: The crew members of Peony or Mon Cheri Cruise will welcome you at Tuan Chau Port, lot 16, Quang Ninh.
• 12:45: You will be taken aboard our support vessel and travel from the wharf via the bay to board our luxurious craft, Peony or Mon Chéri Cruises. Welcome fresh drinks, cold towels and a special lunch of fresh food and an assortment of appetizing delicacies will be served. You will be enchanted when decadently dining on our luxury junk. Life just doesn’t get better than this! We then set sail for Lan Ha Bay – A member of the World’s Most Beautiful Bays.
• 15:30: We will visit the Dark and Bright cave – famous for the pristine natural beauty and poetic, attractive seascape of Lan Ha Bay. Here you will take some photos of the romantic, lyrical local see-sights. This is also the best time for tourists to enjoy bamboo boats or swimming – which is an interesting activity to discover the truest beauty of the limestone mountains and the blue sky of Lan Ha Bay. Afterwards, visitors immerse in the emerald green water of Lan Ha Bay with exciting swimming activities or enjoy a mini pool with a jacuzzi on Peony or Mon Chéri Cruise.

• 17:30: Return to Peony or Mon Chéri Cruises. Enjoy a sunset party on Lan Ha Bay. It is an ideal time for photography enthusiasts to capture the stunning moment of sunset at Lan Ha Bay.
• 19:30: Enjoy a romantic dinner at the restaurant on Peony or Mon Chéri Cruise.
• 21:00-22:00: Enjoy the nightlife of the bay from the top deck. Immerse yourself in music, enjoy a glass of cocktail from the bar, watch famous films and relax on the cruise.
• Otherwise, you can fish squid with the sailors or simply relax in the room and watch the bay from the balcony.
• Overnight on the cruise.

• 06:30-7:30: Breakfast is served at Mon Chéri Cruise restaurant.
• 08:00: Visit Frog Pond, go kayaking or be free to relax in the four-season mini pool on Lan Ha Bay – A silk ribbon made from green mountains, blue seas and diverse fauna and flora.
• 09:30: Check out of the room. Then the lunch in the restaurant is ready for you, pay the extra fee (if any) at the reception while traveling to the port. Kindly needed to pay for the costs in charge of the front desk (if any) while traveling to the port.
• 10:30 – 10:45: Disembark and move back to the port.
• 12:00: Transfer back to Ha Noi by the sharing limousine bus. 15:00: Our driver only will pick up at Ha Noi center and transfer you to the airport for your next destinatioin.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US & HAVE A NICE TRIP!