NORTHERN VIETNAM TOUR 8 DAYS ITINERARY
BEST DEALS: 395 USD /PERSON

Day 1: Hanoi arrival
Arrive at Noi Bai international airport. Visa arrangements. Welcome by your local tour guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel in the city center. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi city tour ( B/L/_)

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minhs house o­n stilts and the O­ne Pillar Pagoda. Continue on to the Temple of Literature, Vietnams first university. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the museum of ethnology, Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple, Tran Quoc pagoda and Quan Thanh temple. Cyclo ride around the old quarter. Dinner o­n guest’s account. Overnight at your chosen hotel.

Day 3: Hanoi - Halong - Halong Bay cruise ( B/L/D )

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Halong through the Red River Delta. Transfer to the Junk on arrival and enjoy a welcome drink and a splendid lunch of local seafood. Then begin a cruise of the bay to see the amazing limestone karsts with different real-world formations such as: Lion, Tea Pot, Toad, Dau Nguoi (Human Head) islets. Take a walk through Sung Sot, the "Amazing Cave". There is  an sample time for swimming and sunbathing and kayaking ( optional), anchors for a night in the Bay. Enjoy a wonderful sunset dinner in the beautiful restaurant before retiring to the comfort of your cabin.

Day4: Halong - Hanoi   (B/L/_)
Early risers can enjoy an energizing swim in the cool, calm, quiet of the overnight anchorage. Breakfast with tea, coffee, fresh fruits, cakes…. The cruise then continues, passing more interesting formations such as Titot and Soi Sim Beaches, Ngon Tay (Finger) islet, Thien Nga (Swan) islet and Ga Choi (Fighting Cocks) islet on the return to Halong City. A buffet brunch is served from 10:00 to 11:30. Disembark at Halong Tourist Wharf for the return to Hanoi. Transfer back to Hanoi. Dinner on guests’ account. Transfer to the train station for departure to Sapa on the night train. Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin. ( 4pax/cabin)

Day 5: Lao Cai - Sapa ( B/L/_)
Arrive at Lao Cai station at 6:00am. Pick up at Lao Cai Station then transfer to Sapa. Have breakfast at the restaurant. Start trekking downhill to Y Linh Ho and Muong Hoa Valley through rice paddies and small hamlets to learn the life of hill tribes here. Communication exchange with local people in Lao Chai village then continuing walking through villages and rice terraced fields to Ta Van village settled by Dzay ethnic. Have pinic lunch on the way then keep going to the bottom of Sapa valley which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area. Jeep back to Sapa. Dinner on guests account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Sapa.

Day 6: Sapa – Lao Cai - Hanoi ( B/L/_)

Breakfast at the hotel. We start the trip after breakfast by trek down to Cat Cat village of Black Hmong tribe. Enjoy the Silver Waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful scenery along the way. Jeep back to Sapa. Check out the hotel and have lunch at the local restaurant. In the late afternoon Transfer to Lao Cai for returning to Hanoi. Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin. ( 4pax/cabin)

Day 7: Hanoi - Ninh Binh – Hanoi(B/L/_)
Arrive in Hanoi at around 5.00am. Pick up & transfer to the hotel for breakfast, Depart for Ninh Binh (110 kms). Visit Dinh and Le Temples in Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam in the 10th century. Lunch at the local restaurant. In the afternoon, take a small sampan for a 3-hour cruise to discover Tam Coc caves. Then visit Bich Dong Pagoda before returning to Hanoi. Dinner on guests account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Hanoi.

Day 8: Hanoi - departure ( B)
Breakfast at the hotel. Free for shopping until tranfer to the airport for departure.

BEST DEALS: 395 USD /PERSON ( Group tour - Staying at 3* hotel)

Tour price includes :

· A/c private car/minvan for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per programme. 

· A/C soft sleeper train ticket Ha Noi - Lao Cai - Ha Noi ( 4pax/cabin)

· Accommodation based on Twin or Double share

· English speaking tour guide.

· Shared cruise trip in Halong

· Private boat trip in Ninh Binh

· All entrance fees.

· Cyclo trip

· Full board package meals indicated as : B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner.

Tour price excludes :

· Travel insurance.

· Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.

· Laundry & telephone fee at hotels.