Transport

Ground transportation in air-conditioned vehicle Airport pick-up & drop-off services by private car as your flight arrival and departure withour guide Shuttle bus from Hanoi to Sapa by Limousin

Others

Ground transportation in air-conditioned vehicle Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast Airport pick-up & drop-off services All in-tour as per itinerary (if any) Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner) All entrance fee and sightseeing Water on the bus Group tour/ SIC tour Kayaking boat in Ha Long bay Services charges and government tax 24/7 hotline support guaranteed No extra charge after services confirmation

Meals

07 Breakfast, 03 dinners and 07 Lunches

Accommodation

04 nights accommodation with double/twin share room included daily breakfast stay in 3 star hotel locaced in Central as La Dolce Vita or similar 01 night in Sapa : May Hotel Sapa or simillar 01 night in Sapa home stay 01 night on cruise on Royal place cruise or simillar

Guide

Local English speaking Guide

Not included:

Insurance

Asia Focus Travel not cover for Insurance

Flights

Others

Beverages Travel insurance Incoming and out coming flight & Departure taxes Vietnam visa letter/ Invitation Vietnam visa stamping fee ($25/person pay at the airport). Prepare 2 passport photos 4x6cm/ each of airport Tip for tour guide recommend : US$3/person/ day tour Personal fees: telephone, laundry, shopping… Other fees do not mention in the itinerary Single Supplement Early check-in and Late check-out: check in time 14:00 and check out time before 12:00

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Day 1 Hanoi Arrival (No Meal)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi Arrival (No Meal)

Welcome to Hanoi! You will be met at the airport and transferred to hotel in Hanoi. Renowned as the “Paris of the East”, Hanoi is one of Asia’s most delightful cities. Rich in culture and history this diverse city draws its influences from both French and Chinese culture.

Free and easy to discovery the city.

Check in hotel and overnight in Hanoi
Day 2 Hanoi - Sapa- Cat Cat Village (3Km Trekking, 2,5 Hour Trekking) Meals: B/L/D
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi - Sapa- Cat Cat Village (3Km Trekking, 2,5 Hour Trekking) Meals: B/L/D

6:30 – 7:00 Tour guide pick you up at your hotel, departure to Lao Caicity.Travelling on new Highway NoiBai, It will take around 5 hours.

12:30. Arrival in Sapa town, enjoy lunch in a local restaurant

14.30: A short trekk to Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.

Trekking distance is about 2.5 kms and it lasts for 2 hours

17.30: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in hotel with night activities

Overnight in Sapa
Day 3 Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van - Home Stay - 10-12Km Trekking, 4-5 Hours Trekking (Meals: B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van - Home Stay - 10-12Km Trekking, 4-5 Hours Trekking (Meals: B/L/D)

After having breakfast, we have a short walk of 5km along mountain trail to visit Y Linh Ho village which is inhabited by black Hmong tribe and completely secluded from tourists, especially you are able to embrace raw Sapa culture and community by coming into some native houses to discover their own culture and custom as well as study how the local tribe make handicraft from natural materials such as: hemp, indigo…ect. Continuing to walk down Muong Hoa Riverwhere you can take a rest or swim before trekking uphill to Lao Chai village where your picnic lunch will be served. After lunch, you will visit the Day and Red Dzao tribes of Tavan village, which lies in the middle of Muong Hoa valley where excellent panoramas of rice terraced fields. Continuing our trek to the local house to check in the homestay. Tonight, you will have dinner and stay overnight with the local

Accommodation: Homestay.
Day 4 Ta Van- Giang Ta Chai - Sapa - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ta Van- Giang Ta Chai - Sapa - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)

You have breakfast at the home stay before trekking about 8km towards the Red Dzao village of Giang Ta Chai. On the way you will trek up and downhill then through bamboo forest before arriving at the waterfall, Rattan bridge and Stream where you have short rest to swim

Back to Sapa have a lunch at local restaurant

13:30 to 14:00 get on the shuttle bus back to Hanoi

Arrive Hanoi at 20:00 to 20:30, check in hotel

Overnight in Hanoi
Day 5 Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (Meals: B/ L/ D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (Meals: B/ L/ D)

Breakfast at the hotel & do check out.

08:00 - 08:45: Pick up at your hotel (in Hanoi Old Quarter area only) and depart for Ha Long City.

12:30 - On arrival at the pier, you will board on Ha Long Cruise and you are warmly welcomed by professional and friendly crew.

13:00 - Check-in cabin and enjoy specially prepared lunch while cruising through the most beautiful parts of the magical bay with thousands of amazing limestone islands emerging from emerald water. Sailing with Ha Long Cruise in a very tranquil route, exploring the exotic beauty of the legendary Bay, a feeling in paradise will come to you.

14:30 - Keep cruising to the most beautiful parts of Halong Bay. This is the best time to relax after lunch and enjoy your privacy, capturing stunning photos of the legendary bay.

15:30 - Small tender brings you to visit Titop island, hiking to the top of the island from where tourists can capture a panoramic view of Halong Bay.

16:30 - Kayaking & swimming

18:00 - Join the sunset party on the sundeck in a warm and romantic atmosphere, make friends with other members in the group, enjoy fresh local fruit, listen to soft, light music, and wear traditional costumes for kings, queens and mandarins.

19:00 - Enjoy the special dinner cooked by our professional chef.

20:30 - The moment you choose your own way to relax after dinner, listening to music, singing karaoke, relaxing on the sundeck, squid fishing available for entertainment during the night time.

Overnight on Cruise
Day 6 Halong Bay - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Halong Bay - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)

O06:00 – Take photos of sunrise, morning exercise with our Tai Chi master, a perfect healthy way to start a new day.

07:00 – Enjoy your breakfast, coffee, tea, and fruits.

07:45 – Visit Surprising Cave – the most beautiful one in Halong Bay.

09:00 – Back to Ha Long Cruise for check-out. Keep cruising towards Ha Long Bay, passing by hundreds of islands and islets with different shapes depending on your imagination.

10:00 – Cooking class opened right on the cruise.

11:00 – Farewell lunch served on the cruise before you arrive at the harbor.

12:30 – Get on the bus to Hanoi. 16:30 – Transfer you back to your hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi
Day 7 Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Hoa Lu - Tam Coc - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Hoa Lu - Tam Coc - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)

07:40 - 08:30 Meet your tour guide at suggested places around Hanoi Old Quarter.

Depart for Ninh Binh province (90 km south of Hanoi). Have a break 20 minutes en-route to free your legs.

Arrive at Hoa Lu, which was once depicted the ancient capital of Viet Nam, settling up in the 10th century.

Visit temples of two dynasties of Dinh and Le with a very unique architectures in the old time.

Learn about ancient culture through an excavation of vestiges of Royal Palaces ground dated 10th century.

12:30 Arrive Tam Coc. Relax and enjoy lunch in a nice restaurant nearby.

Board the sampan boats in Tam Coc going along river among the villages, mountains and rice fields. Passing through 3 caves "Hang Ca - First cave, Hang Hai - Second cave, Hang Ba - Third cave" to get a wonderful feeling. Boat returns to the dock for bus drive back to Hanoi.

18:00 Arrive in Hanoi. drop you off at the hotel

Overnight in Hanoi
Day 8 Hanoi City Tour & Departure (Meal: B/ -/ -)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi City Tour & Departure (Meal: B/ -/ -)

Breakfast at hotel & do check out.

8h00: Our Tourguide pick up you at your hotel. We start 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

Uncle Ho lived and worked from 1958 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world.

10h00-12h00: Visit one of 2 options below

Option 1: Visiting Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam (on Tuseday - Wenesday –Thursday- Friday –Saturday - Sunday)

Option 2 : Visiting Bat Trang ceramíc village where we can explore the daily life of the locals & learn about the process how to make a perfect product (on Monday )

12h30: Take a rest and Have lunch at our restaurant about 1 hour.

13h30: Our Bus take you back to the Hotel.

Free and easy until the driver will pick you up at your hotel and drive to the airport for your flight back home.

Tour Finish.

8 days tour

Discovery Hanoi - Sapa - Ha Long Bay - Ninh Binh 8 Days 7 Ni

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Itinerary of your trip Discovery Hanoi - Sapa - Ha Long Bay - Ninh Binh 8 Days 7 Ni

Hanoi Arrival (No Meal)

Hanoi - Sapa- Cat Cat Village (3Km Trekking, 2,5 Hour Trekking) Meals: B/L/D

Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van - Home Stay - 10-12Km Trekking, 4-5 Hours Trekking (Meals: B/L/D)

Ta Van- Giang Ta Chai - Sapa - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)

Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (Meals: B/ L/ D)

Halong Bay - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)

Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Hoa Lu - Tam Coc - Hanoi (Meals: B/ L/ -)

Hanoi City Tour & Departure (Meal: B/ -/ -)

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