Impression Of Vietnam With Sapa

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi (-/-/-)

Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
Welcome to Hanoi - Vietnam!
Upon arrival, picked up by our local tour guide and transfer to your hotel for check-in. Free time to rest after your long haul flight. Accommodation in Hanoi.
Note: check-in at the hotel is at 2pm. Early check in is subject to availability with supplement.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi – Sapa (B/-/-)

Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Early morning, board on our limousine bus to Sapa which is an incredibly picturesque town that lies in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range near the Chinese border in northwestern Vietnam, known as "the Tonkinese Alps". Sapa and its surrounding region is host to many hill tribes, as well as rice terraces, lush vegetation, and Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam.
Upon arrival, check in your hotel and at leisure in the rest of the day to explore Sapa at your own pace.
Overnight in Sapa.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa – Hanoi (B/-/-)

Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
The 100-year-old hill station with magnificent landscape of mountains, pinewoods and mysterious mist, Sapa, always inspires every artist and photographer who used to stopover or hear about this unique place. This morning, you are free to stroll around the marketplace of Sapa and Sapa church to discover this special ambiance of hill tribal minorities.
Our limousine bus will take you back to Hanoi in the afternoon.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 4: Hanoi – Orientation City Tour (B/-/-)

Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
Breakfast at hotel.
Our first stop today will be Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (exterior) and the house of President Ho Chi Minh. Visit the One Pilar pagoda, which is actually a set of structures that form a pagoda built on water in the middle of a square lake. Move on to the Temple of Literature, which was the first university in Vietnam and is dedicated Confuncion.
Free time in the afternoon for your own discovery of Hanoi.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi – Halong Bay (B/L/D)

Stop At: Halong Bay, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province
If you wish to see how the Hanoi people rise and shine in the morning, wake up early and run to a lake close by your hotel, you can join an exciting scene of hundreds of locals, passionately attentive in their morning exercises of Tai Chi quan, jogging, martial arts, classical dance and so on.
After breakfast at the hotel, on shuttle bus, we will head to Halong Bay, a Natural World Heritage as designated by UNESCO since 1994 and 2006, and check-in our overnight boat. Enjoy a trip on Halong with stops to visit caves or to swim and enjoy the sunset on the sea. Dinner with fresh seafood!
Note: the program may vary slightly depending on the final confirmed cruise
Duration: 6 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight onboard in Halong.

Day 6: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Flight to Danang – Hoi An (B/Brunch/-)

Stop At: Halong Bay, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province
The Vietnamese call the “South China Sea” by a point-oriented name “Eastern Sea”, so you may guess how miraculous it is seeing the sunrise over the islets of the Bay. The boat will take us to go about marvelous areas, where almost each islet has its own name, adopting its shape or reminiscent, including the Fisherman’s Head, Turtle, the Sail, the Incense Burner Rock, the cute Sea Dog Rock or Cock Fighting Rocks and so on.
Disembark and transfer back to Hanoi around noon time by shuttle bus.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Hoi An, Hoi An, Quang Nam Province
On the way, pick up by car to Noi Bai airport for your onward flight to Da Nang.
Upon arrival at the airport, welcome from the local driver and transfer to the hotel in Hoian.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in Hoian.

Day 7: Hoi An Ancient Town (B/-/-)

Stop At: Hoi An Ancient Town, Hoi An 560000 Vietnam
This morning is for Hoian ancient town – when walking over the tile-roofed Japanese Bridge, visit taciturn Chinese Assembly Halls and Trading Houses, Pagodas, and stroll around the market located by Thu Bon river, you may find out the same feelings of the artists, who see the charm of Hoi An a magical old world of Oriental feel and source of inspiration.
At leisure in the afternoon. This is also a wonderful town to shop for lanterns, soft silk, raw silk, or get your clothes tailored within a day. Late afternoon is open for our optional tour by boat to a small ceramic village in Thu Bon River.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Hoian.

Day 8: Hoi An – Da Nang – Hue (B/-/-)

Stop At: Hue, Hue, Thua Thien - Hue Province
After breakfast at hotel, we will check out and depart to Hue by shuttle bus.
Being recognized by UNESCO as the 1st Cultural World Heritage for Vietnam, Hue is highlighted by the old royal architectural works and the most traditional Vietnamese lifestyle. We will discover the charm of the city from the Royal Citadel, Forbidden City and Hue Royal Museum. Move on to the town of Phu Mong along the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda.

Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Hue.

Day 9: Hue – flight to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) (B/-/-)

Stop At: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
Rest until the time of transfer to the airport to take the morning flight to Ho Chi Minh.
Welcome at Tan Son Nhat airport and transfer to the hotel to drop off luggage. We begin the city tour at the Reunification Palace. This large building is now a museum and Reception Hall for official visits. Near the Palace are the Central Post Office and the Notre Dame Cathedral in colonial style, the latter being built between 1877 and 1883 and one of the main attractions of the city.

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Saigon.

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh – Free at leisure (B/-/-)

Pass By: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
Unlike other towns in Vietnam where you often drive from one to another venue to choose different favorite goods, lots of typical oriental products can be collected in Saigon downtown. So today is your own day to walk and shopping around.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Saigon.

Day 11: Saigon – Departure (B/-/-)

Pass By: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
Free at leisure till transfer to the airport for your flight back home.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.