Northern Vietnam discovery

Upon your arrival, car and driver will pick you up with board sign then transfer to the hotel

You can enjoy your free time after hotel check in.

If your arrival is on weekend nights from Friday to Sunday, you can enjoy the hustle and bustle night market.

Overnight in Hanoi.

A guide and car will pick you up for a day of Hanoi city tour where you’ll visit the Temple of Literature , Tran Quoc Pagoda , Dong Xuan Market, check in the train street and go for a shopping time in the largest shopping mall in Hanoi : Aeon Mall where not only can you go for shopping but you can try the traditional Viet food.

8:00 you will be picked up at the hotel lobby to depart for Halong Bay boat tour. It will take you 3 hours via highway. You have one reststop on the way.

*on this day you will take the sharing limosine van with other tourists.

12:00 check in the boat / have lunch on boat while admiring the amazing limestone landscapes with almost 2000 islets.

In the afternoon, you have chance to visit Surprise Cave which was found out by French in 1901 and visit Titov island where you can go swimming on the beach or go hiking 500 steps up the the viewpoint to have a panoramic view to Halong Bay.

In the evening, you have dinner and relax on boat.

Overnight on boat.

*Estimated boat : Amanda Cruise , Hera Cruise, Athena Cruise < 4 star > / Paradise Elegance , Pelican Cruise < 5 star>

You will get up early to have breakfast / taichi / sunrise moment and after that, you will join the kayaking activity to explore Luon Cave for 50 minutes.

Once returning to the boat, you have time to relax and pack stuff and check the cabin out at 10am. Subsequently, you have light brunch on boat.

11:00 Disembark the cruise and say goodbye to the boat crews.

You will get on the bus and return to go to Ninh Binh which will take you about 4 hours to arrive.

Upon arrival, you will check in the hotel and spend the rest of day to relax.

Overnight in Ninh Binh.

8:30 : guide and bus pick you up at hotel lobby for one day to Ninhbinh. It takes you two and a half hours to get to Ninhbinh.

On arrival, you’ll take Tam Coc boat ride which takes you an hour and a half along Ngo Dong River and if you come over in October or May, you will have chance to see the yellow rice fields on the river banks. Tam Coc means “three grottos” so during the boat ride, you will go through three caves : 400m, 120m and 40m long.

After finishing the boat tour, you’ll cycle around the village to visit Bich Dong Pagoda which was built in 14th century dedicate to Buddha. This pagoda is built in 3 different level on a limestone rock.

After the cycling time, you’ll have lunch at a local restaurant.

After lunch, you will be transferred to go hiking at Mua Cave (Dancing Cave) to walk up almost 500 steps, you can reach the top of Lying Dragon Mountain & have an amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc from here. This could be the best photo spot in Ninh Binh.

You can spend the rest of the day to relax and stay overnight in Ninhbinh.

Upon arrival, you will check in hotel in Sapa, enjoy breakfast and relax until 12:00.

You’ll be taken to Fansipan Peak 3143m – the highest point in Vietnam – by cable car. It takes you 2 hours to visit the peak. After that, you’ll be driven to Love Waterfall – a hidden beautiful waterfull located in the jungle which takes you 20 minutes to hike to.

You’ll return hotel at 17:00 and spend the rest of day to relax.

Stay overnight in Sapa.

In the morning at 8am, you will be guided to Lao Chai Ta Van village to go for one day trekking. On the way, you can see how H’mong people cultivate the rice fields on the hills and you can also see the stunning view of the waterfalls, rice terraces and nature.

The trekking tour ends at about 12:00 and you’ll return hotel to check out the room and have a light lunch before taking the van back to Hanoi at 14:00.

It takes you almost 6 hours to get back to Hanoi and the tour ends.