Must-see Northern Vietnam Tour

07:45-08:15: Our tour guide and driver will pick up at your hotel in Hanoi city to depart for Ninh Binh province (120 Kms). Start Hoa Lu/ Bai Dinh Trang An full day tour. 

10.30 You will visit Bai Dinh –  Arrive in Buddha Prayer place in Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight. Have lunch in a local restaurant with some local special dishes such as Goat meat with elderberry, pork storage vessel 

13:00 Depart to visit Trang An tourist attraction, take a boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see the scenery of mountain and rivers Halong Bay on the land of Ninh Binh. 

15:30 Visit Mua Cave – the highlight attraction in Ninh binh, challenge yourself for 500 step up Cave mountain where you will have great panorama view of Tam Coc and rice field.   

18:00 Leave Ninh binh for Hanoi 

20:30: Tour Bai Dinh  Trang An full day Tour ends.

21:00: Pick up at your hotel then transfer to the station for a night train to Lao Cai.

6:30AM: Pick up at Lao Cai train station to Sa Pa by minibus. Arrive in Sa Pa in the mid-morning, then have breakfast and relax at hotel, after that the guide takes you to visit two villages of Black H’mong people ( Cat Cat Village ), a waterfall and you have a chance to see the hydroelectric power station built by the French. Back to Sa Pa for lunch. At the afternoon you are free to visit Sa Pa town and Sapa market. Dinner and overnight in Sapa.

After breakfast, the guide takes you to the villages of the H’mong and Dzay called Lao Chai and Ta Van.The day is devoted to a beautiful hike through the breathtaking scenery of Sa Pa valley. Start by road that descends in the wake of the street Cau May (6 km) En route, admire the rice terraces hidden behind mist of the morning, a truly awe-inspiring sight.Follow a small track and cross Muong Hoa River and pass well-tended rice terraces on your way to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai. Continuing through the colorful rice terraces you will reach the village of Ta Van Giay . As you continue your trek along the Muong Hoa River you will cross a small suspension bridge, roughly 2km from the settlement. Here you can discover a fascinating collection of rock carvings. These engravings depict some beautiful images of man, stilt houses and some beautiful decorative patterns. We lunch in a home in the village. After lunch the walk continues through a bamboo forest to visit Red Dao ethnic minority village. After taking a rest nearby a waterfall to refresh, you start climbing uphill to a road where the car is ready for your journey back to Lao Cai railway. Overnight on train.

We will arrive in Hanoi at around 5:30 AM, and then transfer to hotel for our short relax and breakfast.
Then we will start our tour to HalongBay .

7h45 – 8h00: Pick you up at your hotel and depart to Ha long Bay.

12h00 – 12h30: Arrive at Ha Long City

12h45 – 13h00: Transfer to cruise ship

13h00: Board our junk with soft welcome drink, check-in registration.

13h30: Have lunch on the boat where you will be satisfied by many kinds of seafood
14h30: Cruise towards Ha Long Bay for pristine scenery, Especially, you will be cruised to explore the mystery of Sung Sot Cave (the cave of Surprise )

16h00: Cruise to Titop beach, swimming (if the weather permitted), walking up to the top of Titop for a spectacular view to the bay, kayaking before having dinner in the romantic sunset.
19h00: Get free time, enjoy fresh seafood dinner and you can take part in cuttlefish contest and enjoy fresh cuttle

20h00 – 22h00: Join some activities organized on boat like cutter fishing, drinking, dancing, karaoke…
22h00: Spend a quiet night on the boat in a deluxe cabin.

06h00: If you like enjoying Ha Long Bay’s sunrise, please get up early before 6h00 A.M.
07h00 – 08h00: Have some coffee and a tasty breakfast.

08h00 – 11h00: Cruise through the emerald water between the limestone outcrops and long corridors, En route, you have chances to sightsee many beauty spots of the world natural heritage including Fighting Cock islet, Incense Urn islet, Finger island, Toad islet, dog islet, Dragon, Horse Neck, Buffalo Head islet and many other strange shape islands.
11h00 – 12h00: Take boat trip back to Halong city.

12h00 – 13h00: Have Lunch at restaurant (or Have lunch on Boat)

13h15 – 13h30: Road trip back to Hanoi with stop-over in Hai Duong province.
16h00 – 16h30: Arrive in Hanoi about 18h00. End of service.