DAY 1: AIRPORT PICKUP - HANOI HALF DAY CITY TOUR - HANOI FREE FOOD TOUR- (Lunch; Dinner) 16/2/2017
Driver & guide pick up at the airport with your flight. We will visit the main attractions in Hanoi. The first destination we are going to visit Ho Chi Minh historical Complex; visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his residence relics 50 years ago to understand why Vietnamese people worship him and the human beings respect him: the nationalist! The journey would bring you to the One Pillar pagoda - the unique 1000 years old pagoda in the area. The visit will continue to the Temple of Literature, which is known the place worshiping Confuses and as the first university in our country 1000 years ago. Have lunch in a local restaurant in Hanoi.
15.00: Visit Ngoc Son (Jade) temple & Restored Sword Lake. Shopping in Hang Gai Street, Hang Dau Street.
16.00: Have a water puppet show in Thang Long water puppet theater.
17.00: Check in Hanoi hotel (01 room kept for shower and refresh till 6.00 PM).
6.00 PM: Start our walking tour in the Old Quarter of FREE HANOI FOOD TOUR. (Promotion 2017)
The main stops are at the most Only-One-Dish-famous shops or restaurants owned by families who have been making certain famous traditional dishes in Hanoi for years. These famous dishes of Hanoi culinary experience will come one after the other during the walking tour in this Hanoi National Heritage area. The experience will not only bring you the real local Hanoi dishes but also the special way of enjoying it as a part of the daily culinary life in Hanoi!
The journey will bring you down to the local market to learn about Vietnamese cooking and eating habits. This industrialized haste and busy life creates a lot of fast foods. Hanoians are lucky to be able to eat delicious home-cooked meals in a busy city at any time!
The walking takes you down to some smaller walkways and alleys which you would not normally enter. It is time we find "A City Inside A City".
9.00 PM: Finish the tour at your hotel in Hanoi. Stay overnight in Hanoi hotel.
ACC: Hanoi Golden Cyclo hotel 4* 2 Superior Double/twin room + 1 Superior Single
DAY DAY 2: HANOI - HALONG BAY CRUISE (B; L; D) 17/2/2017
8.00 AM: Shuttle pick up at your hotel to get to Halong bay. Check in your cruise and follow cruise itinerary. Stay overnight on the cruise.
ACC: Halong Royal Wings cruise 5* Executive cabins + 1 Executive Single
DAY 3: HALONG BAY - HANOI - TRAIN TO SAPA (B; L) 18/2/2017
Follow the cruise itinerary and check out at noon. Shuttle bus gets back to the hotel in Hanoi. Free for dinner.
9.00 PM: Pick up to the train station to get to the train to Lao Cai. Stay overnight on the train.
Acc: King Express Deluxe Train
DAY 4: LAO CAI - BAC HA MARKET- SAPA (B; L; D) 19/2/2017
5:30 AM: Arrive at Lao Cai Train station in the early morning. Be picked up by your driver & guide to the local restaurant in Lao Cai city. After breakfast, start the visit to Bac Ha mountain; Located at 110km from Sapa, Bac Ha mountain town is well-known by travelers with the most colorful market of the hill tribes in the North of Vietnam. This every-Sunday-market attended by at least 8 ethnic groups and last from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM. It is also chance for tourists to discover the H’mong King’s palace (old building built by the French & Chinese). In the afternoon, we go for a light trek to visit Ban Pho, the village is home to flower H’mong minority. We are invited to enter several local houses to have some green tea, corn wine, listen to the host talking about their family, talk to them... and then enjoy landscapes on a roundabout way to Bac Ha for get back to Lao Cai to continue up to Sapa. Dinner in the local restaurant.
ACC: Sapa Sunny Mountain Hotel 4* hotel 2 Deluxe room (Double/Twin) + 1 Deluxe Single
DAY 5: SAPA – Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI – TAVAN - SAPA (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) private tour 20/2/2017
After breakfast, Sapa Local guide greets and meet! we will take a 6km walking down to the south east of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of the Black H’mong. A 2km-trekking down to Lao Chai village, through terraced rice fields to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority people. Lunch at a local family, it gives you a worth chance for you to learn about the local house architecture which is full of their daily life styles and exclusive custom. Enjoy the landscapes…on the way. Get back to Sapa by Car. - Overnight at the hotel in Sapa
ACC: Sapa Sunny Mountain Hotel 4* hotel 2 Deluxe room (Double/Twin) + 1 Deluxe Single
DAY 6: CAT CAT - SIN CHAI - SAPA TOWN - Dcar to Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch) Private tour 21/2/2017
After breakfast at the hotel, we will take a walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong. Relax at the food of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Further walk to Sin Chai before return to Sapa by bus. In the afternoon, do shopping in local market. Guide's goodbye with special Dcar comfortable 7 seats van back to Hanoi (Joining group of 7). After your getting back to Hanoi, check in Hanoi hotel.
ACC: Hanoi Golden Cyclo hotel 4* 2 Superior Double/twin room + 1 Superior Single
DAY 7: TAM COC PRIVATE DAY TOUR - FAREWELL DINNER (B; L; D) 22/2/2017
08:00 : Starting drive to Ninh Binh Province
10:30 Arriving at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital. Visit King Dinh and King Le’s temples - the 2 temples dedicating to 2 kings of Vietnam.
12:00 Arriving in Tam Coc Wharf. Have buffet lunch with Vietnamese Cuisine.
13:30 Getting on Sampan boats through caves and visiting countryside landscape
15:30: Back to Tam Coc Wharf to chill out. Bike on country road around village
16:30 Get back to Hanoi. Have dinner in a special local buffet of 200 dishes. Stay overnight in Hanoi hotel.
ACC: Hanoi Golden Cyclo hotel 4* 2 Superior Double/twin room + 1 Superior Single
DAY 8: HANOI FREE DAY (B) 23/2/2017
Enjoy your stay at Hanoi hotel. Stay overnight in the hotel in Hanoi
ACC: Hanoi Golden Cyclo hotel 4* 2 Superior Double/twin room + 1 Superior Single
DAY 9: HANOI DEPARTURE (B) 24/2/2017
Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi to the airport. End of services