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Hanoi: Hanoi Emerauld Hotel or similar Sapa : Overnight at Sapa Vista hotel & homestay Yen Bai : Overnight at Local homestay in Mu Cang Chai town Mai Chau : Overnight at the traditional house of Thai

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Optional

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Meals

All meals as intinerary

Others

Hotel accommodation (Check-in time: 14h00, Check-out time: 12h00) Private car/mini van All entrance fees English speaking guides (Except for free days) Meals as per program

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Early check-in & late check-out International flight in/ out Vietnam Tips Drinks Personal Expenses Insurance

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrive In Hanoi – 4-Hour Hanoi City Tour By Private Car
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrive In Hanoi – 4-Hour Hanoi City Tour By Private Car

Upon arrival, our car & guide will be holding a sign with your name and welcome you at Noi Bai International airport, transfer to Hanoi Old Quarter and drop at hotel to check in. Then you will get a chance to visit Hanoi’s key sites: the Ho Chi Minh Complex (Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and stilt house), the nearby One Pillar Pagoda; the Presidential Palace; the Temple of Literature; West Lake. Afternoon, visit St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Hoan Kiem Lake before enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Performance – a unique Vietnamese Art form hailing from Southeast Asia’s wet-rice culture., End of the day is time for shopping at old quarter. Overnight in Hanoi. Meals : Lunch or Dinner . Accommodation : Hotels in Hanoi
Day 2 Day 2: Hanoi – Mai Chau (130Km, Homestay)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Hanoi – Mai Chau (130Km, Homestay)

08:00 Pick up at your hotel and transfer to visit one of the most beautiful place in the North – Mai Chau Valley which takes around 160Km (4 hours).

On the way, we make a first stop at Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant which was built from 1979 to 1994. It is not only an important industrial construction but also an attractive sightseeing for visitors. Many valuable items such as: Ho Chi Minh statue on Tuong hill with 18 meters height, the traditional area keeping letters, memorial Vietnamese and Soviet experts sacrifice to built hydropower projects.

Our next stop will be Giang Mo ethnic village which is set in a valley at the foot of Mo Mountain in Cao Phong District, 85km northwest of Ha Noi and 10km from Hoa Binh City. Visiting Giang Mo Village where you have a chance to see houses on stilts rested under the shadow of big trees and surrounded by paddy fields, discover the daily life of local Muong Minority and interact with them.

From there, we take a short drive to reach to one of the most beautiful roads in Vietnam which is steep mountains in one side and amazing Hoa Binh Lake in the other side and called Halong bay on land with thousands of islands dotted on the lake. If you are lucky, you can see the fishermen working on the lake to catch fish, shrimp… Especially, we will stop at a stilt-house located on the bank of the lake for having a picnic lunch which will be prepared by our tour guide. Then take a short boat trip (1 hours) on the beautiful lake and immerge yourself in the pure nature of fresh.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner . Overnight in a traditional stilt-house of a Thai family.
Day 3 Day 3: Mai Chau – Nghia Lo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Mai Chau – Nghia Lo

After breakfast, we depart for Nghia Lo via Son La. We will have stops on the way to take the wonderful photos from stunning mountains and landscape and visit Muong minority in Yen Chau and Moc Chau.Arrival Nghia Lo, if time permits, we will invite you to visit the tea farm in Suoi Giang town. Check in hotel and overnight in Nghi Lo city centre.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner . Overnight in Nghia Lo city .
Day 4 Day 4: Nghia Lo – Tu Le - Mu Cang Chai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Nghia Lo – Tu Le - Mu Cang Chai

After breakfast , we are ready for Lu Le Visiting & take photograph from Lim Mong, Lim Thai on the way.Having lunch on the way in local restaurant.After lunch, continue driving to Mu Cang Chai. You will be stop at La Pan Tan and Che Cu Nha Villages which having the best scenery about terrace fields.Arrive Mu Cang Chai, check in guest house and overnight at Local homestay in Mu Cang Chai. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5 Day 5: Mu Cang Chai – Sapa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Mu Cang Chai – Sapa

n the morning, we have a chance to visit the different and very colorful hill tribes in Muong Hoa, Muong Kim and Na Kim villages before keep driving to Tram Ton pass where you have a great chance to enjoy the fresh, cool air and stunning landscapes.Continuing down road to visit Silver waterfall in O Quy Ho before arrival Sapa town centre. Check in and free at leisure to discover Sapa by night.

Overnight in Sapa town. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6 Day 6: Sapa Trekking Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Sapa Trekking Tour

09:00: The local tour guide will come to meet you at your hotel, she will introduce about the trip via the map and then we start doing one day trek to Sa Seng, Hang Da and Hau Thao villages where will give you a special atmosphere of peaceful villages in the mountain, those are visited by fewer tourists than the other villages.

Our driver and tour guide will lead you from Sapa centre to the new road to discover Sapa market and meet the different hill tribes are trading here. After one hour visiting market, we continue our trip by driving to Sa Seng where we start trekking up hill. Along the way, you will have a great chance to view and enjoy the amazing scenery of Chapa vallay with its mountain side, river, terraced rice fields and villages located close together.

Keep walking to Hang Da, a small but very beautiful village of Black Hmong people where you can stop to visit and hear your tour guide introduce more about their traditional culture and custom. Then you will be better understanding the culture of different minorities in Sapa.

Have picnic lunch in a small port where you can view the wonderful rice paddy . After lunch time, we continue walking to Hau Thao, from this place you have a chance to see the panorama view of Muong Hoa valley and Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Our private van is ready to transfer you back to Sapa. Overnight in Sapa town. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7 Day 7: Sapa – Y Ty
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Sapa – Y Ty

On this day, we continue our amazing trip to Y Ty, one of the most beautiful destinations in Lao Cai province. From Sapa, we transfer you to Y Ty where you have a chance to see the starting point of Red river running to Vietnam from China and see the conjunction of Lung Po Stream joining to Red river.After lunch in Y Ty, we start trekking tour to visit Lao Chai 1 village of Ha Nhi minority, in this village, you will have a chance to explore the traditional culture and custom of hill tribe living in the house with the mushroom shape.Continue our trek to discover Phin Ho plateau with the height of over 2.000 m , enjoy the fresh and pure air and discover the diversity of plants.Get back to Y Ty centre for check in homestay. Overnight in Y Ty. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8 Day 8: Y Ty – Muong Hum – Bac Ha
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Y Ty – Muong Hum – Bac Ha

After breakfast with the host we say goodbye and drive to Muong Hum. Stop at Y Ty jungle where you can see a lot of ancient trees and in this jungle, the weather is always fogy and cool in all year round.

Several stops on the way to take the beautiful photos then have lunch on the way before driving ahead to Bac Ha.Check in and overnight in Bac Ha town.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 9 Day 9: Bac Ha Colorful Market – Drive Back To Hanoi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Bac Ha Colorful Market – Drive Back To Hanoi

he markets in the Northern Vietnam are always the colorful meeting places for the hill tribes, spotlight for any Sapa Tours and of course, your unique Vietnam Tours experience. Minority people come down from the mountains to sell their products, or just for catching up on the latest news, gossip, drinking away troubles or seeking for lover.From your hotel, you also can see the people is coming to market from everywhere.After that, you will have time to take a walk around the market to see how local people business and enjoy the special atmosphere and you may try out your trading skills with the friendly local people.Have lunch in the local restaurant before drive back to Hanoi.

Arrival Hanoi around 19:00. Check in hotel and overnight in Hanoi. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 10 Day 10: Hanoi Departure (Breakfast)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Hanoi Departure (Breakfast)

Fee time at leisure until our tour guide and driver transfer you to airport where you can continue your next destination. End of the trip

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Vietnam: Northwest Loop Vietnam 10 Days/9 Nights

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Itinerary of your trip Vietnam: Northwest Loop Vietnam 10 Days/9 Nights

Day 1: Arrive In Hanoi – 4-Hour Hanoi City Tour By Private Car

Day 2: Hanoi – Mai Chau (130Km, Homestay)

Day 3: Mai Chau – Nghia Lo

Day 4: Nghia Lo – Tu Le - Mu Cang Chai

Day 5: Mu Cang Chai – Sapa

Day 6: Sapa Trekking Tour

Day 7: Sapa – Y Ty

Day 8: Y Ty – Muong Hum – Bac Ha

Day 9: Bac Ha Colorful Market – Drive Back To Hanoi

Day 10: Hanoi Departure (Breakfast)

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