A Glimpse at Northern Vietnam

Welcome to Hanoi, you will be collected by our local guide at Noi Bai International Airport and transfer to hotel for check-in. The room is at your disposal from 02:00 PM onwards. The balance of the day at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

08:15 – 08:30 AM: You will be picked up by our tour guide and driver at your hotel. Spend today to explore our capital – Hanoi with the most highlights included:

• Tran Quoc pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake.
• Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the final resting place of Viet Nam’s greatest father; his house-on-stilt and One pillar pagoda – modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi.
• Temple of Literature – the first university of Viet Nam.

12:30 PM: Relax and have lunch at a local restaurant in Hanoi Old Quarter.

• Explore daily life of traditional ceramics village of Bat Trang. Visit showrooms and see how they model the products.
• Arrive legendary Hoan Kiem lake. Visit Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to Tran Hung Dao, General Commander for his battle against Mongolians.

03:30 PM: Drop you off at your hotel.

Dinner on your own and overnight at the hotel.

06:45 – 07:15 AM: Picked up at your hotel and depart for Sapa.

01:00 PM: Arrive in Sapa, check in hotel, have lunch.

02:30 PM: Trekking up to Ham Rong (Dragon’s Jaw) Mountain. There are several well-tended flower gardens along the way. Going through two Heaven Gates, you will get the top of Ham Rong Mountain. Up here, you will have a sensational spectacular view of the Hoang Lien Son Mountains, including Vietnam’s highest peak – Mount Fanxipan. This is an enjoyable outing, but it’s not the north face of Everest so you will go down in time for dinner. Enjoy the dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

07:00 AM: After breakfast, the car picks you up at the hotel and takes you to Fasipan cable car station. Here you can freely order cable car tickets to reach the legendary Fansipan peak located at an altitude of 3,143m (Excluding the cost of cable car tickets and guides to take you to Fansipan)

11:00 AM: Pick up you back to the hotel for lunch, then check out and leave your luggage at the front desk

After lunch: Free for shopping or taking souvenir photos at Sapa Stone Church. Goodbye Sapa, you get on the bus back to Hanoi. On the way stop to rest for 20 minutes

01:30 PM: You get on the bus back to Hanoi.

08:00 – 08:30 PM: Arriving in Hanoi, you end the program at the parking lot, you will move back to the hotel by yourself.

07:30 – 08:15 AM: After breakfast at the hotel, you will be taken to another fascinating land – the gem in the north of Vietnam – Halong Bay by shuttle bus

12:00 – 12:15 PM: Arrive at the pier, check in the cruise and enjoy the lunch.

02:00 PM: Visiting the bay, you will experience the magic of the wonderful wonder of the world.  From the harbor, board our boat for a cruise among the numerous limestone karst rising from the emerald water. Make a stop en route to visit a grotto of spectacular stalactites and stalagmites and anchor for a relaxing swim in a hidden cave.

05:00 PM: Back to the main cruise. Enjoy the dinner and cooking demonstration. Overnight on the cruise.

06:00 – 11:00 AM: You are recommended to wake up early in the morning on this day because that is the most wonderful time for you to contemplate aquamarine water of the bay at its best. Once satisfied with the brunch on the boat, you will continue the excursion through impressive limestone surrounding the bay.

12:00 PM: Back to the pier. Take the shuttle bus to back to Hanoi.

04:30 – 05:00 PM: Check in your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

On this day, you are free at your own leisure until being picked up and transferred without the guide to the airport for your departure flight. The room is at your disposal until noon. Meals on your own. End of services.