HANOI - HALONG - SAPA
( 6 Days 5 Nights )

Highlight

• Deluxe cruise in Halong Bay
• Easy trekking to tribe villages & explore their daily life
• Hanoi orientation

Itinerary

Day 01 :  Arrive Hanoi

Our car will meet you at Noi Bai airport and transfer you to hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 02 : Hanoi to Halong Boat Cruise (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

We transfer overland to Halong Bay, northeast of Hanoi and enter into the and Red River Delta, rich with rural beautypictures que rice-farming villages. Once reaching Halong Bay, We board the wooden junk and set sail for a leisure cruise of Halong Bay. Declared a World Heritage Site to protect its beauty, we'll cruise through its three-thousand islands and rich rock-formations, passing by Ga Choi Island, Dinh Huong Island, Dog Island, Sail Island, and even visit Sung Sot Cave. Lunch served on-board while viewing the islands. Dinner and overnight in Halong Bay on Cruise.

Day 03 : Halong Bay - Hanoi - Lao Cai (Breakfast, Lunch)

Keep cruising around the bay. Back to Halong bay harbour. Lunch. Back to Hanoi. Free time for shopping and dinner. In the evening, take the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on train. (Soft Sleepers)

Day 04 : LaoCai - Sapa - Cat Cat & Ta Phin Village (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Arrive at Lao Cai Train station at about 6.30, welcome by our local guide and  take a ride to Sapa. Have breakfast and relax before exploring Sapa Town. In the afternoon, take a 2km trek to Cat Cat Village, home of H'mong Ethnics. Meet & talk with locals to learn more about their daily life. Then continue the ride to Ta phin village (12km from Sapa) home to the Red Dzao minority. Visit Ta Phin Cave, Ta Phin handicraft shops and explore the daily life of Red Dzao. Here you have good choice to buy woven and textile brocades, which are hand made by ethnic people. Visit a small hamlet of Black H'mong people here too. Overnight in Sapa

Day 05 : Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van Village - Lao Cai (Breakfast, Lunch)

In the morning, take a drive to visit Lao Chai village – home of Black H’Mong – here you will trek through terraced rice fields to villages, meet and talk with locals to learn more about their daily life and habits. Then trek through Ta Van village – home of Dzay hill tribe and get on car back to Sapa. A short shopping in town before moving to Lao Cai station. Have dinner at local restaurant before getting on AC 4 berth soft sleeper train.

Day 06 : Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch)

A short city tour to: Ngoc Son temple and Hoan Kiem Lake; HoChiMinh complex: HoChiMinh museum, HoChiMinh mausoleum; One pillar pagoda; West Lake and Tran Quoc Pagoda. Lunch. At leisure until transfer to Noi Bai Airport for onward flight..

Tour price

• Hotel accommodation based on twin or triple share with daily breakfast (incl: services charges, room taxes and baggage handling)
• Meals as specified in the itinerary
• All transfers and transportation
• Soft sleepers air-conditioning train tickets
• English- speaking guide (other languages are available upon request).
• Sightseeing as specified including entrance fees

Price excluded

• Optional tours
  
• Tips for tour guide, driver
  
• Travel insurance
  
• Expenditure of a personal nature, tips, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry, emergency transfers & etc
  
• Visa fee 
  
• International airfare to/ from Vietnam & International airport tax in Vietnam
  
• Others which are not mentioned in the inclusion
  

Remark

• Rates are subjected to changed without prior notice.
  
• Itinerary is subject to change depending on flights, road condition and room availability
  
• As indicated: A/C= Air-conditioning, O/N= Overnight, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
  

Accommodations offers in this trip (The hotel may be changed up to its availability. It will be confirmed after getting your deposit/ payment. You can get details of your hotel at our website: http://www.vietnamhotels.vn/ ; details of your cruise at our website http://www.halongdolphincruise.com/)

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