This is classic tour to see both the sea and the mountain around the north. It takes you 7 day 6 night including 3 nights in Hanoi 2 night Halong Bay on cruise 1 night by train to Sapa and 1 night in Sapa town.
Activities : walking city tour, trekking, cruising, kayaking, hiking.
Upon arrival, you’ll be picked up by a friendly local guide and transferred to your hotel.
After breakfast, you’ll be taken around the city by the local guide to learn more about Vietnamese people and history. The city tour this day contains these places : Government complex, temple of the literature, museum of ethnology and old quarter.
After breakfast, you’ll be picked up at your hotel lobby to head to Halong Bay.
This day, you’ll see the beauty of Halong Bay which was recognized as a UNESCO heritage site in 1994. You embark the cruise at 12 and spend the day exploring the bay by visiting the Titov island where you can hike up 500 step to a viewpoint to admire the panoramic view of Halong Bay and go swimming on the beach. You will also do kayaking at Luon Cave.
In the evening, you’ll enjoy the happy hour, sunset pary, have dinner and take part in some activities on the cruise.
After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to a daily boat to explore further to the bay to do kayaking and go swimming in a quieter area. You’ll be taken back the the main cruise to stay overnight in the late afternoon.
After breakfast, you’ll be taken out to explore Sung Sot cave which was found by the French in 1901. This magnificent cave is dry and it takes you 50 minutes to walk through it to admire the stalactite and stalagmite formed for millions of years.
You’ll check out the cruise at noon time and driven back to Hanoi to check in at a day use hotel until 22.00 for the train departure.
At 6:00 you’ll be welcomed by a local guide. It takes you 40 minutes from the train station to your hotel in Sapa. Upon arrial, you’ll have breakfast at hotel before exploring the town. Today activities include : Love Waterfall, Sapa Market, walking tour around Sapa.
After breakfast, you’ll have a trekking tour to Lao Chai-Ta Van Village which is home to the Hmong people. You’ll walk around the rice terrace and learn more about their daily life. At noon you return your hotel to check out the room and the van picks you up to head back to Hanoi. It takes you 5.5 hours to get to the hotel in the evening.