HIGHLIGHT:
- 12 days to explore North & Central Vietnam: Hanoi -> Sa Pa -> Halong Bay -> Hue -> Hoi An -> Da Nang.
- Domestic flights, land transfers, tickets, accommodation and most meals included.
- You can choose to join a small group or private tour.
- Take some relax day at Da Nang beach, one of best beaches in Vietnam.
Upon Ha Noi airport, our driver will meet you at airport and transfer to hotel.
Check-in and your free time for relax.
Overnight at hotel in Ha Noi.
06:30: Pick up from the hotel, get on big bus and depart for Sapa.
13.00: Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.
The tour guide will be waiting for you at No.3 Fansipan Str (or at where the bus stop),
holding the sign to welcome you. Then, please follow him to come to the hotel.
· Welcome drink and itinerary briefing
· Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures
14.30: A short trek to the gate of 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 3.5 kms and it lasts for 2 hours
17.00: Come back to Sapa Town.
Overnight in a hotel in Sapa Town centre.
7.00 – 7.45: Have breakfast at hotel and prepare light pack for trekking
9.30: Trek from Sapa to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain.
12.30: Picnic lunch at Lao Chai Village
13.30:Heading to Ta Van village – home of Dzay ethnic people.
14.30: Bus picks you up at Ta Van Bridge to Sapa.
Trekking distance is about 12 kms and it lasts for 4.5 hours
15.00 – 15.30: Have a shower at shower room of our hotel.
15:30: The tour guide will take you to the bus stop
16:00: Get on bus to back to Hanoi.
20.00 Arrival in Hanoi, check in hotel.
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
08:00: Our tour guide and Shuttle Bus pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi old quarter.
08: 45 Departure to Halong Bay for 2.5 Hours.
12.00 Meeting in TuanChau pier, Halong Bay,
12:30 – On arrival at the pier, you will board your Cruise and you are warmly welcomed by the professional and friendly crew.
13:00 – Check-in cabin and enjoy specially prepared lunch while cruising through most beautiful parts of the magical bay with thousands of amazing limestone islands emerging from emerald water. Sailing with Cruise in 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, making friends with other members in the group, enjoy fresh local fruit, listening soft, light music.
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 boat in Halong Bay.
06:00 – Take photos of sunrise, morning exercise with our Tai Chi master, a perfectly healthy way to start a new day.
07:00 – Enjoy your breakfast, coffee, tea, fruits.
07:45 – Visit Surprising Cave – the most beautiful one in Halong Bay.
09:00 – Back to 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 harbor.
12:30 – Tour ends in TuanChau pier.
15:00 – 15:30: Arrive in Hanoi, check in hotel and relax.
Overnight at hotel in Ha Noi.
Breakfast at hotel.
08:00 – 08:30AM, Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City.
08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake
It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world
• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.
11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam.
12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant.
After lunch, your free time for relax and explore Hanoi until transfer to airport for flight to Hue.
Upon Hue airport, pick up and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at hotel in Hue.
Breakfast at hotel.
Around 8.00 - 8.20 AM our driver and guide pick you up and start the tour. Get on the dragon boat , go along the Huong river to enjoy the fresh atmosphere and peaceful beauty of Hue on the way to Thien Mu pagoda, the oldest pagoda here. After visiting Thien Mu, we get on the mini van and go to the Citadel to see the living,
working, worshiping and relaxing areas of Nguyen Kings’family, the last royal family in Viet Nam. Then, we have a 5-min walk from the palace to royal museum to know more about the king’s life through royal objects exhibited there.
The last stop in the morning is Dong Ba market, before we head to the restaurant for lunch.
Lunch time at My Home restaurant is a great time to savour the best Hue traditional foods and some royal tea while having your feets relax in herbal water after the meal.
In the afternoon, we will visit royal tombs Minh Mang with traditional architecture and French-influenced style, respectively. We will take a 10-min trip on mini van to Thuy Xuan conical hat village to visit a local family who produce the traditional hat and incent.
You can have many photos taken with creative decoration from colorful incent sticks made by people here.
04:30 pm: Tour is finished and we get on mini van, come back to the hotel to collect luggage and transfer to Hoi An.
Arrive in Hoi An, check-in hotel and relax.
Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.
Breakfast at hotel.
Today is your free time for relax and explore the city on your own.
Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.
Morning, at 8.00, Our guide picks you up at hotel and leave Hoi An for visiting My Son Sanctuary – the ruins of Cham people and was an imperial city during Cham dynasty. Here you can have more chance to explore and understand of technique of Old Cham people in making red bricks to build Tower which still now a secret to everyone, you can see a large complex of religious relics that comprises more than 65 architectural works. It also surprises for those who are curious with architectural art. In 1999, UNESCO labeled the Cham architecture in My Son as a World Cultural Heritage Site. Moreover, you have chance to enjoy traditional music performed by Cham girls in their colorful uniforms.
Overnight at hotel in Hoi An.
Breakfast at hotel.
07:30 am – 08:00 am: Our Minivan and a tour guide pick you up at hotel lobby.
Reach Ba Na Hills via Cable Car. Spend your time on the most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia,visit Dream Stream Cable car Station and see the panorama of Quang Nam – Danang City on high.
After finishing the first cable car, you will visit The Golden Bridge – which has the most exotic structure and also the world’s most prominent pedestrian bridges highlighted by the British Guard newspaper, France wine cellar, Le Jardin D’amourn(consists of 9 gardens),, Linh Ung pagoda.
Continue the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village (enjoy Street Music, watch Art’s statue), Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Linh Phong Monastery, Linh Chua Linh Tu Temple & Tru Vu Tea Shop
Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome …Challenge the most popular adventure ride – Slide of Tube Car (free ride). The new funicular railway will take tourists from Kingdom of the Sun to the new construction launches – The Castle of the Moon.
Lunch at Restaurant (Buffet)
Join in Fantasy Park with Walking in Fairy Forest, discover Dinosaur Park, play 5D wild west, enjoy 4D death race ride, watch 3D mega 360 degree, ride on Journey into the underground, enter Jurassic Park, challenge Free fall Tower and participate in adventure in Horror House and over 90 free games.
15:00: Return to the Cable Car for leaving Ba Na Hills.
16:45 – 17:45: Our Minivan brings you back to your hotel.
Overnight at hotel in Da Nang.
Breakfast at hotel and your relax in Da Nang.
Overnight at hotel in Da Nang.
Breakfast at hotel.
Your leisure time to go around Hanoi for sight-seeing and shopping until we transfer to Da Nang Airport for the flight back home.
END OF THE TOUR!
