NORTH VIETNAM IN 9 DAYS

Arrive at Noi Bai Airport. You are welcomed by our driver at the exit gate. Transfer to the hotel (45min). Check in and have a restful overnight stay at the hotel.

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals: N/A

The full day tour takes you around Hanoi’s highlights sites including the Ho Chi Minh Complex: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum and his stilt house, Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda to learn about Buddhist practices in Vietnam. You also have chance to visit historic University – The Temple of Literature dates back to the 11th century. Continue the trip to Ethnology Museum the very informative museum including indoor and outdoor exhibitions. Experience traditional water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi.

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Our guide will meet you and take you on a fun-filled journey through Hanoi’s hidden gems, revealing the real essence of the city and its mouthwatering street food culture. Then later that evening, our staff will escort you to your cabin on the train to Lao Cai. Overnight on train.

Tour guide: English speaking guide
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Arrive at Lao Cai train station at around 6 am. Pick up and transfer to hotel in Sapa (1 hour drive). Once in Sapa, have breakfast and check-in to your hotel (the early check-in is upon availability and hotel’s policy). Some free time is offered to explore the town by yourself. Meet your guide and driver for a leisure trip. The drive uphill offers most spectacular scenery of Fansipan Mount. Just a kilometer out of the town, rose flower farms and later chayote grows on bamboo frames covered a vast area. We’ll stop at the magnificent Silver Waterfall before continue the road trip for some kilometers further to Heaven Gate and Tram Ton Pass. At 2047m above sea level, the Heaven Gate & Tram Ton Pass is the highest mountain pass in Vietnam. From here enjoy walking around for half an hour for beautiful scenery of both two side of Hoang Lien Son mountain range. The wind blows stronger to force the clouds moving constantly. It is the best point here to enjoy breathtaking scenery of the two side of Fansipan Mountain Range. Amazingly that the weather is very different by the side: In many days It is foggy and cloudy on Sa Pa side and sunny brightly the other side. 

Leaving the Heaven Gate for the way back downhill 7 km, where you may stop to taking pictures of some lush farm in O Quy Ho where different kind of vegetable, flower, fruit trees and even medicinal plants are grown for years which makes this part of Sapa ever green. Transfer back to Sapa and trip ends with drop off at hotel.

Tour guide: English speaking guide in Saigon
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Locating just a bout 5km southeast of Sapa town, Ma Tra valley attracts visitors for its stunning scenery highlighted with impressive terraced rice fields. The Hmong peoples has changed from sifting lifestyle into sedentary one form early 20th Century and built terraced field to ensure their permanent earning by farming wet rice. 

Trip commences from Sapa at 08.30am or 01.30pm by a 5km road transfer out of Sapa town. Then walk starts from here downhill and cross the stream to the other bank where Suoi Ho village beautifully sits on the top of a low hill. Spend half an hour to visit several local homes for understanding of local life before continue walking along a large path on hillsides which is paved with rock to get through Ma Tra village. This portion of the walk offers beautiful scenery of the valley and terraced paddies as well as flower farm. Late afternoon, we bring you back to Lao Cai Railway station for overnight train to Hanoi. Overnight is on the train.

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Around 5.00am, Arrives at Hanoi and our staff picks you up at the train station. Rest and breakfast in a hotel nearby the Hanoi train station. Around 8:30 am, our guide and driver will take you to visit Bai Dinh pagoda. Afterward, head to Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here, embark on a tranquil boat ride through a stunning network of rivers, caves, and lush greenery. Marvel at the limestone karst landscapes and enjoy the serene beauty of the natural surroundings. Then, our driver will take you to your hotel in Ninh Binh. Overnight in Ninh Binh.

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Breakfast at your hotel in Ninh Binh. We will start the day by visiting Mua Cave. The cave is compared with “Great wall of China”. Here you walk 500 steps to reach the top of Mua cave then take a lookout of a splendid overview of Ninh Binh. 

Having lunch at a local restaurant. Then, continue the journey with the ancient Bich Dong Pagoda, nestled harmoniously into the mountainside. As you explore this sacred site, you’ll be captivated by the intricate architecture and the serene ambiance that surrounds it. Take a moment to reflect and soak in the spiritual atmosphere that permeates the pagoda. Then, biking and enjoying the peaceful scenery there.

Return to Hanoi in the late evening, having dinner and overnight in Hanoi. 

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, at around 8.00 am, we will pick you up to embark on a journey to the mesmerizing Halong Bay. On arrival, you are welcomed on board and served a mouth-watering lunch while cruising through the bay. Depending on which cruise you choose, the detailed itinerary will include a visit karst cave, kayaking (an extra option on most of the boats, some boat has kayaking included), swimming in crystal water, and enjoying the landscape or relaxing at the sundeck. The day will end with a sumptuous dinner on board, and you will spend the night under the starry sky.

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Wake up on the bay to the sounds of waves, fresh air, and breeze. A brand new day comes. Following breakfast, you can discover a breathtaking limestone grotto before returning to the boat for a scenic cruise back to the dock.

Your boat will arrive at the harbor by 11:30 am, and your driver is waiting to take you to the Hanoi airport. 

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch