Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Sapa – Ninh Binh (Full Package Private Tour)

3 Nights HANOI + 1 Night HA LONG BAY + 1 Nights SAPA + 1 Night on train + 1 Day NINH BINH

7 days 6 nights

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN HANOI – HALF DAY CITY TOUR

You are welcomed with warmest environment when landing at Hanoi airport. You will be Transfered to hotel for check in and resting. A few hours later in the afternoon, explore Ba Dinh Square with One Pillar Pagoda and Hochiminh’s Stilt House. Next visit Temple of Literature, Sword Lake with Ngoc Son Temple and The Huc Bridge. Look around Hanoi’s Old Quarter (36 ancient wards and streets) and opt for shopping at Dong Xuan Market / Overnight in Hanoi

Temple of Literature -Hanoi

 DAY 2: HANOI – HALONG BAY (B, L, D CRUISE)

Breakfast at hotel

Drive to Halong for 3 hours and check in on board.  Feast on a delicious lunch as you cruise among hundreds of islets (Dinh Huong Islet, Ga Choi – Fighting Cock Islet, Dog Islet, Finger Islet, etc.) to discover unspoilt pockets of Halong Bay. Afternoon, visit Sung Sot Cave, one of the most imposing grottos of the bay and swim at Soi Sim Beach or Titov Beach or take a short trek to the top of Titov Mountain for magnificent scenery.

Evening, enjoy a superb seafood dinner served in the vessel / Overnight on board

Halong Bay – Vietnam

DAY 3: HALONG BAY – HANOI – LAO CAI (B, BRUNCH)

Light breakfast with tea, coffee, fruit and cake and experience a spectacular morning cruise

Visit Luon Cave on a small bamboo boat paddle by out crew staff and enjoy the quiet atmosphere enclosed by high islets and mountains. Be back to junk, sail past rock formations such as Man’s Head Islet, Tortoise Islet, Butterfly Cave, Lion Islet and Bai Tho Mountain. Enjoy the tranquil scenery as the boat meanders its way through the bay on the way back to Ha Long city, etc. Arrange your luggage and do the check out on board. Enjoy a wholesome brunch as your boat weaves through strange-shaped limestone rock formations. Arrive back at Ha Long city for disembarkation and drive back to Hanoi. Transfer to Ha Noi Railway station for overnight train to Lao Cai, a mountainous province in the Northwest of Vietnam / Overnight on train

DAY 4: LAO CAI ARRIVAL – SA PA – FULL DAY CITY TOUR (B)

Sapa is a mountainous district of Lao Cai province. It is a picturesque village near the Chinese border in North-East Vietnam, a land of modest, quietly but hides many wonders of the natural scene.

You will be picked up early on your arrival at Lao Cai station. Enjoy early breakfast at local restaurant, then drive uphill to Sa Pa. Upon Sapa arrival, visit Cat Cat Village, home of H’mong people. Walk around the village and share the daily lives of the local people for a rare glimpse into their culture and customs.

Afternoon, continue your trekking to Lao Chai – Ta Van Village. You will meet some different minority people such as H’Mong – Dzay – Red Dzao and see different colorful dresses. Discover their daily life with also schools, market, and cultural centers in the village.

After that, travel around the center of Sapa to breathe the fresh atmosphere here. Drop at Stone Cathedral and Sapa Cultural Stadium for shooting. Continue to Sapa Market for buying colorful souvenirs made by ethnic minorities / Overnight in Sapa

Sapa – Vietnam

DAY 5: SAPA – HANOI (B)

Breakfast at hotel

Free at your own leisure. Afternoon, drive back to Hanoi by shuttle bus for 5 hours. Upon Hanoi arrival, check in hotel and take relaxation / Overnight in Hanoi

 DAY 6: HANOI – NINH BINH – HANOI (B, L)

Breakfast at hotel

This morning, drive for 1.5 hours through green rice files with daily lives of local people to go to Ninh Binh. Upon arrival, visit Hoa Lu, a vestige of Vietnam’s former capital in the 10^th century. Visit temples of two dynasties Dinh and Le with unique architecture in the old time. Lunch at local restaurant with typical Vietnamese cuisines. Afternoon, board the sampan boat (2 people share a boat) in Tam Coc dock to drift down the river among the villages, mountains and lush rice fields. Passing through 3 caves “Hang Ca – First Cave, Hang Hai – Second Cave, Hang Ba – Third Cave” to get strange feelings. Boat returns to the dock to drive back to Hanoi / Overnight in Hanoi

DAY 7: HANOI DEPARTURE (B)

Breakfast at hotel

Free at your leisure for shopping until transfer to airport for departure flight. End of our services!