NORTHERN VIETNAM TOUR 2 ( SAPA) - 8D7N
Code: HGT - 1171
Duration: 8D7N
Day 1 : Ha Noi Arrival ( -/-/ D)
- Meet at Noi Bai airport.
- Transfer to hotel for check in.
- Dinner at restaurant.
- Accommodation at hotel in Ha Noi.
Day 2 : Ha Noi – Ha Long (B/ L/ D)
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Drive to Ha Long (165km east of Ha Noi ) boarding and discover Ha Long Bay, which listed as a Would heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. “ Dragon descending to the sea “ as it is known in Vietnamese, picturesque Ha Long Bay.
- Lunch seafood on board.
- Visit Sung Sot cave and Titop.
- Enjoy seafood dinner on boat.
- Overnight on boat.
Day 3 : Ha Long-Hanoi-Lao Cai (B/ L/ D)
- Breakfast on board then continue to visit Ha Long Bay.
- Back to the pier, a fresh seafood lunch is prepared and served on board.
- Drive back to Ha Noi.
- Dinner at restaurant.
- Transfer to Ha Noi train station.
- Overnight trip to Lao Cai in sharing comfortable sleeping compartment.
- Overnight on the train.
Day 4: Lao Cai - Sapa – Fansipan Mountain (B/ L/ D)
- Arrive Lao Cai station at 6.00 AM, pick up and transfer to Sapa.
- Have breakfast and take short rest.
- Transfer to visit Lao Chai village.
- Then, get to Ta Van – the village of Zay tribe, which located 15kms away from Sapa near the Muong Hoa river.
- Walk around the village and overnight in the house of Zay people.
- Then discover Sapa Town.
- Dinner at local restaurant.
- Overnight at hotel in Sapa.
Day 5: Sapa (B/ L/ D)
- Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to visit Cat Cat village: The village is on the slope of the hill and easy walking, rice field and corn are grown here. We can have a chance to visit a big waterfall on the stream and the old Hydro Electric Power Station built by the French here. That is the image of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful designs. A noteworthy is that H’Mong women use plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll around and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their colors durable. Lunch at local restaurant.
- Transfer to Fansipan Mountain (The roof of Indochina). Client will take the cable car within 15 minutes instead of 3-day climbing two to four days as before. The journey is not too long, but it is enough for visitors to admire the beautiful natural landscape at an altitude of thousands of meters. It is the primitive forest Hoang Lien Son, poetic Muong Hoa, the magnificent Hoang Lien Son mountain range, etc. the higher you go, the more clouds you see, the temperature will also lower.
- After arriving at the station, visitors will and the wind can make your cable swing a little. Do not fear. It is just a little challenge for your courage!take about 20 – 30 minutes to climb 600 more ladders to reach the top of Fansipan peak, and touch the landmark in the roof of Indochina. It is no longer a dream far away with many people as before since the cable car Fansipan was born. Besides the Fansipan peak, you can also visit the beautiful Fansipan Legend with Bamboo Garden, Bao An Thien Tu, Bich Van Thien, restaurant, shopping center, etc. You should spend half of a day to enjoy all the beauty of Fansipan Legend.
Day 6 : Sapa – Lao Cai - HaNoi (B/ L/ D)
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Visit Ham Rong Mountain to visit Orchid garden.
- Lunch at restaurant.
- Drive by the high way from Sapa to Hanoi.
- Dinner at local restaurant.
- Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 7: Ha Noi (B/ L/ D)
- Arrival in Ha Noi at around 05.00h (but you might remain on board until 07.00h).
- Breakfast at coffee shop. Full day city tour Ha Noi included: Ho Chi Minh mausoleum ( closed on Monday, Friday and the entire months of October & November ), Still House, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature.
- Lunch at a local restaurant.
- In the afternoon visit of Museum of Ethnology.
- Take 1 hour cyclo to visit Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son temple. Attend the famous performance of water puppet show, the unique Vietnamese traditional art.
- Accommodation at hotel in Hanoi.
Optional show: Le Tonkin show from 19:00-20:00 ( Silver seat: 35USD/pax, Golden seat: 39USD/pax, Pretium: 52USD/pax).
Day 8: Ha noi – Departure (B/ -/ -)
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Day at leisure until transfer to Noi Bai International airport for departure.
- End of the program.