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Destinations: Hanoi –Sapa- Halong– Saigon

ITINERARY

Day 1: 17 Dec, 11                                              Hanoi Arrival

Meals: None

+ Guide (Mr Thao- 0914 262 946)

Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is a city of lakes, shaded streets and verdant public parks. Come to Hanoi, you will have a chance to explore the rich cultural heritage with the Old Quarter, prominent delicious Vietnamese cuisine as well as other interesting spots.

Upon arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport, our guide and driver will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel. After check –in, you are free to stroll around the city and catch a first glimpse of this peaceful city.

Hotel:

Triumphal  / Superior/

 

Day 2: 18 Dec, 11                                              Hanoi city tour – Night train to Sapa

Meals: B

+ Guide (Mr Thao- 0914 262 946)

Hanoi City Tours, at 8am, our guide and driver will meet you at your hotel and begin the full day city tour with Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and “House on stilt” at the same area with the Presidential Palace and the famous One Pillar Pagoda. We also make a visit to the Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, which is now dedicated to Confucian worship.

Enjoy lunch with authentic delicious Vietnamese cuisines, then we continue our day to the impressive Ethnologic Museum, dedicated to Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. After that, the trip will be followed by one –hour cyclo tour through the busy Old Quarter where you can see peddlers are selling wares as if they have done that for centuries! In front of the peaceful Hoan Kiem Lake is the famous water puppet theatre where we will see a fantastic performance at the end of the day.

08:00 pm, our guide or our staff will pick up  from your hotel and take you to station for night train to Sapa.

Train:

Livitrans train / Tourist class canbin / Sharing cabin of 4 berths /

Day 3: 19 Dec, 11                                              Lao Cai - Fansipan Climb

Meals: B, L, D

+Guide

Our driver will pick you up at Lao Cai train station, then transfer you to Sapa. You will take a good breakfast before hitting the hike around 9am. A car will take you to the Tram Tom Pass, the starting point for the ascent of Mount Fansipan. You'll pass through forests of pine, bamboo along different streams. After picnic lunch, you continues the trek on a ridge to the summit. You'll have time to admire the variety of the vegetation. Arriving at base camp in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at 2800 m.

Day 4: 20 Dec, 11                                              Fansipan Climb

Meals: B, L, D

+Guide

After the breakfast,we start the trek, crossing bamboo forests before reaching the summit where the vegetation is a little more rare. At the top, you can finally celebrate your victory over the roof of Indochina. Great views over the valleys of Sapa and Lai Chau. You can even see the high mountains of Yunan Province of China. Picnic lunch and then descend to Sin Chai. Dinner and overnight in a cosy family of the Hmong tribe.

Day 5: 21 Dec, 11                                              Fansipan Climb

Meals: B, L, D

+Guide

Breakfast and departure to the villages of Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van. The rice terraces are impressive along the way. You will cross suspension bridges and along the rivers in beautiful landscapes. Lunch at a small cafe perched on the mountain before descending on the village of Lao Chai, and then Tavan village of Giay minority by following a very popular trekking route.  You will enjoy the dinner and spend the night in local house of Giay minority.

Day 6: 22 Dec, 11                                              Sapa valley trek

Meals: B, L, D

+Guide

Once you get energy for your last day trek after having breakfast, you leave for Giang Ta Chai village where you can take a rest nearby a waterfall for lunch. You will enjoy the walk in bamboo forests.

After passing trough the bamboo forest we will find a nice place to enjoy lunch. After lunch we continue towards Giang Ta Chai, a Red Dao ethnic minority village. After taking a rest nearby a waterfall to refresh, you keep hiking to Ban Den, visite a beautiful water fall. Dinner and overnight in a Tay family.

Day 7: 23 Dec, 11                                             Sapa valley trek

Meals: B, L, D

+Guide

You will start the trek today by ascending to Nam Toong village of Red Dao minority. Here your lunch will be prepared in a local school.

After lunchtime, you descend to the valley where locates My Son village of Xa Pho minority, one of the smallest groups ethnic in Northern Vietnam. From there you take a short walk to Nam Sai village of Tay minority. Here you spend the night in traditional house of the Tay. You can take a walk to explore local daily life while your dinner will be served with Vietnamese dishes.

Day 8: 24 Dec, 11                                              Sapa valley trek - Night train back to Hanoi

Meals: B, L,

+Guide

After the breakfast, You will start the trek today through Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority you will have chance to experience the locaux daily life. Lunch is served in a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, keep hiking down to the Thanh Phu bridge where the car is waiting for you to  take you back to sapa.

Free time for the shower and relaxing and shopping before descending by car to Laocai. Dinner here on your own before boarding the train at 21:00 pm back to Hanoi

Train:

Livitrans train / Tourist class canbin / Sharing cabin of 4 berths /

Day 9: 25 Dec, 11                                              Hanoi – Halong Bay

Meals: B, L, D

+Guide (Mr Luan- 0934343018)

Early in the morning, our guide will pick up you at station. Then transfer to a mini hotel for taking a shower and having breakfast. After breakfast, drive to Ha Long Bay for the overnight cruise on a deluxe junk. Begin with a seafood lunch then explore some limestone caves. In the afternoon enjoy a swim or relax in the sun on the top deck or try your hand at some kayaking. After dinner there is an option for night fishing from the boat .

Boat:

Dragon Cruise / Superior (01 Double cabin + 01 single cabin)/

Day 10: 26 Dec, 11                                            Halong Bay – Hanoi

Meals: B

+Guide (Mr Luan- 0934343018)

Greet the day with a morning Tai Chi exercise with an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay. After breakfast, visit beautiful limestone grotto then back to the boat for a final glimpse of the Halong Bay while cruising back to the dock, transfer to Hanoi.

Hotel:

Triumphal  / Superior/

Day 11: 27 Dec, 11                                            Hanoi Departure

Meals: B

No guide

Our private car will transfer you to the airport at 0800 am to your flight to Saigon at 10:00 am. I hope you will have a nice time traveling with us.

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