PACK06002 - Ha Noi - Ninh Binh - SaPa

Welcome to Ha Noi, Vietnam!

On arrival, our driver meets you at the arrival gate – Noi Bai international airport. Then transfers to the hotel. Do check-in procedures at the hotel. Free at leisure! Stay overnight in Ha Noi.

OPTIONAL: STREET FOOD TOUR (Start: 05:30 PM – End: 08:30 PM) – For those who have a flight arriving in the morning or early afternoon, or who want to experience Ha Noi local street food: 39 USD/ pax

Have breakfast at the hotel. 

08:00- 08:30 AM – Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City

08:45 AM – Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located in the West Lake

It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09:30 AM – Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One-Pillar Pagoda where worships the Goddess of Mercy – It is the most unique pagoda in the world

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed for at least 2 months (15th June -15th August) for annual maintenance but still can take pictures Mausoleum and visit that area

11:15 AM – Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

Special Note: we will visit the Women’s Museum instead of the Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12:45 PM – Have lunch Vietnamese cuisine.

02:00 PM – Continue to visit the Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11th century

03:15 PM – Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which was originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton”

04:30 PM – Tour finishes. Back to the hotel.

Free at your leisure! Stay overnight in Ha Noi.

Have breakfast at the hotel. 

You choose add 1 of 02 below tours to your day.

OPTIONAL 1: NINH BINH FULL DAY TOUR

07:15 – 07:45 AM Our driver and tour guide pick you up at the hotel. Join a full day Ninh Binh tour. Head south of Hanoi for 110 km. After 2 hours, you will arrive in Ninh Binh.  First stop at Hoa Lu, you will have a visit at two temples built in honor of the emperors Dinh Le, their sons, and the Queen… to know why Hoa Lu was built as a capital of Vietnam in the end of the 9th century.

12:00 PM – Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

01:30 PM – Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which literally means “three caves” (1.5-hour boat trip). With Ha Long bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, very good opportunities for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

03:30 PM – Arrive at Mua Cave and start a trek up to the top of Ngoa Long Mountain to watch the spectacular rice valley with a specious view of nature.

05:15 PM – Return to the bus and then come back to Ha Noi

07:30 PM – Drop off at your hotel. 

OPTIONAL 2: HA LONG BAY FULL DAY TOUR

8:00 – 08:45 AM – Our bus and guide pick you up from hotel / stay and follow the new expressway to depart for Tuan Chau Island, Halong City, stop over for a rest on the way.

12:00 – Arrive Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing. Cruise will take you on an 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 Fighting Chicken, while enjoy Vietnamese mouth-watering lunch on boat.

01:45 PM – Arrive 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 discover the beautiful lagoon. Visit Titov Island with sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the Bay, and climb up Titop Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.

04:30 PM – Return Cruises for Afternoon Tea and cruising back toward Tuan Chau harbor. There are a lot of time for sunbathing on upper deck among world iconic natural scenery.

06:00 PM – Disembark for a bus ride back on the new expressway to Hanoi.

09:00 PM – Drop off at your hotel. 

Free at your leisure! Stay overnight in Ha Noi.

06:30 AM – Pick up from the hotel, get on Limousine and depart for Sapa

01.00 PM – Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.

The Limousine will drop you off at the hotel.

Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures.

02.30 PM – Meet a local guide – Join a group for a short trek to Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.

Trekking distance is about 3.5 kms and it lasts for 2 hours.

05:00 PM – Come back to Sapa Town.

Have dinner at the hotel’s restaurant.

Overnight in a hotel in Sapa Town centre.

07:00 – 07:45 AM – Have breakfast at hotel. Check out & leave your luggage at the hotel. Prepare light pack for trekking

07:45 AM – Trek from Sapa to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain.

11:00 AM – Picnic lunch at Lao Chai Village

12:00 PM – Heading to Ta Van village – home of Dzay ethnic people.

01.30 PM Bus picks you up at Ta Van Bridge to Sapa.

Trekking distance is about 12 kms and it lasts for 4.5 hours

02:00 PM – Have a shower at shower room of the hotel.

03:00 PM –  Limousine will pick you up at the hotel to go back to Hanoi.

09:00 PM –  Arrive at the hotel in Ha Noi. Check in & Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Have breakfast at the hotel. Then, free time to go shopping or relax at the hotel.

Check out of the hotel & get transferred to the Noi Bai international airport for a flight to next destinations.

Hope you have a great time in the north of Vietnam. Look forward to welcoming you on the next journeys!