Mai Chau valley - Halong - Sapa package tours in 11 days

AMAZING NORTHERN VIETNAM HILL TRIBE AND HALONG BAY TOURS

Day 01: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Welcome to Hanoi.

Pick up Noi bai airport and transfer to hotel in Hanoi old quarter. Check-in hotel
Free time to explore Hanoi oldquater.

Day 02: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Hanoi – Mai chau (B/L/D)

AM: Depart from Hanoi by private vehicle to Mai Chau Village. Enjoy lunch in a local house.

In the afternoon, walk through Ban Lac villages for 2 hours.

Dinner and home stay in the stilt house with the friendly Thai ethnic people.

Day 03: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Mai chau - Ninh binh (B/L/D)

AM: Have breakfast in the home stay, then head out for 2 hours of easy Cycling tour through the verdant rice paddies and local villages to experience the daily life. Make your way back to the home stay for lunch.

PM: Depart for Ninh Binh Province to enjoy Ninh Binh tour. Visiting Phat Diem Stone Cathedral - It was constructed from 1875 to 1899. And as its name suggests, it was completely built of stone and wood that are readily available in the mountain area of Ninh Binh. The preparation phase, mainly extracting materials from Limestone Mountains.

Dinner and overnight in Hotel in Ninh binh.

Day 04: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Ninh Binh tour to Hoa Lu – Trang An (B/L/D)

AM: Visiting Hoa Lu - the Ancient Royal capital of Viet Nam. Visiting Trang An tourist attraction, take boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou cave in mystery and wildness, see scenery of mountain and rivers. Trang An tourist attraction is considered as Halong bayon the land.

PM: Keep going ahead to Halong city in Quang ninh province to enjoy Halong package tours, passing Nam dinh, Thai Binh, Hai duong, Hai phong province, see many rice fields on the way…

Dinner and overnight in Halong city.

Day 05: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Halong – Bai tu long bay - Fishing village - Kayaking (B/L/D) – group tour.

PM: Free time to explore Halong city. 11h30: check-out hotel.
12h00: Our shuttle bus and tour guide will pick you up to join Halong Bay tour.
12h30: Arrive at habour, check – in on the Halong Cruise. Welcome drinks will be served.
13h00: Lunch is served while cruising through the Halong bay.
15h15: Visit Halong Titop island for Swimming or climb up to the top of this island to enjoy amazing Panorama view

17h15: Back to the Legacy Cruise, cruising to Lan Ha bay, do kayaking & swimming at the pristine lagoon... Enjoy the small party with fresh fruit and Vietnamese tea.

19h00: Dinner is served in the restaurant.
21h00: Leisure time to enjoy a chat around the bar, dancing, karaoke; watch movie or enjoy night fishing… Relax and spend a romantic night on board

Day 06: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Halong – Cat ba island (B/L/D)

08h00: After breakfast, visit Me Cung Cave - One of the most beautiful cave in Halong bay.

9.30: Check-out your cabin while cruising back to Habour.

11.00: Early lunch before arriving habour.

11.30: Transfer to Cat Ba island by ferry boat or speed boat from Tuan Chau habour.

12.15: Arrive Gia Luan Habour, transfer to Cat ba town by local bus, check in Hotel & relax.

In the afternoon, you have free time to discover Cat Ba Town or relax on the dreamy beaches.

19h00 PM: Have dinner (to enjoy taste of Vietnamese special seafood). Overnight in Hotel on Cat ba Island.

Day 07: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Cat ba – Halong - Ha Noi – Sapa (B/L)

After Breakfast & check-out hotel. Arround 9h00: transfer by shuttle bus to visit Cat ba national park. Where you will have short trek up to the top of Ngu Lam pick, from here you have chance to have full scenery and wonderful pictures of the Cat Ba National park.

Then driving you to Gia Luan Dock. Get on Ferry boat or speed boat back to Tuan Chau island. Lunch at the restaurant on land.

13h00: Depart to Ha Noi. Road trip back to Hanoi with stop-over in Hai Duong city center
16h30 – 17h00: Arrive in Ha Noi, leave your luggage at our office in Hanoi oldquater, walking around and free time for dinner before night train to sapa.

20h00: Tour guide and bus will transfer you to Hanoi Railway Station for your night train about 21h50 to begin Sapa package tours.

Day 08: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Lao cai - Sapa - Lao chai - Ta van Village (B/L/D)
5 hours trekking, 2 villages. (Overnight at Ta van village )

Picked up at Lao cai Station early in the morning by our bus. Arrive at Sapa round 08h00, enjoy breakfast. The Sapa trekking tour will starts at 10h30 to get to Lao chai village. Enjoy the overall pictures of the villages among terraces. Visit the H'mong village who are living in wooden and bamboo houses. Continue to Ta van village to visit the Dzay minority. Stay the night in Ta van village at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.

Day 09: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai (5 hours trekking, 2 villages. B/L/D)

Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily lives of the ethnic minorities in the village. Have breakfast; take the road to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Picnic lunch on the way. Visit the silver waterfall and the suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross Muong Hoa valley up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek – Su Pan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa town by shuttle bus. On the way back, visit the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings. Check in hotel.

Day 10: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Cat cat - Lao cai - Hanoi (Overnight on the train. B/L/D)

Have breakfast, visit village of the black H'mong (Cat cat Village), walk around to visit people in the village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French in the old days. Get back the town, have lunch and free to explore the town until take bus to get to Lao cai Station for your night train back to Hanoi.

Have dinner at the restaurant near to the Lao Cai train station before get on train. Finish Sapa trekking package tour.

Day 11: NORTHERN VIETNAM AND HALONG PACKAGE TOURS: Hanoi city classic tour full day - Airport (B/L/D)

Arrive in Hanoi around 05h00. Our tour guide and taxi will pick you up, transfer to the mini hotel for relaxing and breakfast.

AM: 8h00: Pick up from your hotel, starting the Hanoi city tour, go along the Hanoi Old Quarter. After that we take you to visit Ho Chi Minh complex, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum - the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house- where Ho lived on and off from 1958 to 1969, then visit Ho Chi Minh’s museum, Where tourists will learn what he has done for Viet Nam and some other countries and learn all kinds of information about President Ho Chi Minh. The next place to move to is One Pillar Pagoda - a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square lake. Leave One Pillar Pagoda for the Hanoi Temple of Literature - the first university of Viet Nam and the place dedicating to Confucian.

PM: After having lunch, drive to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda, Which is on the shore of West Lake. Quan Thanh Temple and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Museum of history) - Where you can look at the cultural mosaic of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups. The last place of city tour is Hoan Kiem Lake (RestoredSwordLake) with Ngoc SonTemple. Around 15h30, tour finish.

At night: Private car will transfer you to the Noi bai airport. Your holiday in around Vietnam Tonkin finish.

PACKAGE PRICE: In USD/ per person

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TRIP NOTE:

• Viet Nam is a developing country whose infrastructure may differ from what you expect in your homeland. Road conditions are poor and accommodation may be basic in mountain region.
• Good weather for trekking time from September until June of the year. We recommend you to bring rain jacket, inner sleeping sheets, walking boots, warm clothes, lamp torch, and toilet papers.
• Occasionally, this itinerary may be amended for reasons beyond our control such as weather and roads conditions.

Tour price includes:

All meals on the tour as itinerary, English-speaking guides, Entrance fees, Security permits. Accommodation (Hotel and home-stay, cruise), Night Train return tickets Hanoi-Laocai -Hanoi (soft sleeper with air-conditioning, cabin of 04 berths). Transportation as the program (shuttle bus round trip and private car for pick-up and drop off airport)

Excludes: Insurance, Drinks, Phone calls, other private expenses. VAT

Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoat jackets, torch, insect repellent and Sunscreen...