7 Days Northern of Vietnam

Welcome to Hanoi! You will be picked up at the Noi Bai International Airport with our private air-conditioned vehicle to transfer
to the hotel for check-in.
Hanoi or “River-bound City” as its name literally means is Vietnam’s capital with a thousand-year-old history dating back to 1010.
The city’s fascinating beauty which is characterized by unique cultural relics, ancient streets of antique houses, elegant French
colonial buildings, tree-lined boulevards and romantic lakes has made it one of the most charming cities of Asia.
Meal: None
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Early morning:
05h30: Meet our driver at hotel then transfer to bus stop to take Sapa express bus (about 5.5hour driving) to Lao Cai via Hanoi
Lao Cai Highways – the Vietnam’s longest expressway, cutting travel time in half to Sa Pa.
13h00: Upon arrival, meet our local guide in Sapa, then check in hotel and take a short rest.
Take a short car ride just 3 km out of Sa Pa to Cat Cat village inhabited by a community of the Hmong ethnic minority people. The
village is known as a cultural site since many traditions and customs of the Black Hmong are still preserved to date. The
traditional trades of brocade making and silver and bronze smith are still practiced nowadays by villagers after numerous
generations of their ancestors. You can see Hmong women by their looms weaving fabrics, which will be later on dyed with sap
from leaves for the desired coloration. Your walk through the village will take you to Tien Sa waterfall where a French-built
hydropower station has been in service since 1920.
Meal: Breakfast,
Overnight at hotel in Sapa

Morning:
08h30: After breakfast at hotel, you’re picked up then transfer from Sapa town to Fansipan cable car station. Visit Fansipan
Mountain by the cable car. Enjoy the view from the highest point of this incredible mountain. The lush green and subtropical
vegetation makes this mountain really very beautiful. You will have free time to take some pictures for unforgettable experience
from the top.
Afternoon:
13h30: Travel out of Sapa town for about 20 minutes by car to Muong Hoa valley, one of the most scenic valleys in Northwestern
Vietnam. As a narrow strip of land of over 30 km in length lying between two high ranges of mountains running in parallel southeast of SaPa town, the valley is farmland to quite a few ethnic minority groups and thus housing the largest colony of terraced
paddy fields in the region. Enjoy the stunning view of the imposing mountains and of the terraced fields’ soft contours embracing
the hillsides by a walk through the valley would be a fantastic experience in your trip. From your entry point to the valley, which
is Lao Chai village of the Black Hmong minority people, walk along the valley and cross to its other side. Arrive in Ta Van village
where you will have a chance to observe its inhabitants, the Giay people belonging to a very small minority group only found in
Northern highlands of Vietnam. If you visit the region between May and October, you will have a good chance to see local people
plant and harvest rice, a massive green or yellow rice paddy view would be in front of you. The distance is around 3km for walk.
Our car awaits you at the end point to transfer you back to hotel.
16h00: Transfer back to hotel and relax.
Meal: Breakfast,
Overnight at hotel in Sapa

Free to discover Sun Plaza or Stone Church.
Afternoon, take shuttle bus back to Ha Noi. Arrive Ha Noi at around 20:30, meet our driver then transfer to check in hotel and
relax.
Meal: Breakfast,
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Following breakfast leave Hanoi for a 4 hour drive to Ha Long Bay including a 20-minutes stop on the way. Arrive at the jetty in Ha
Long City towards noon and proceed with check-in formalities. Be welcomed onboard and have lunch will be served while
cruising towards the bay itself. In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and/or activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary) or just
spend some time relaxing on board. Towards the end of the day the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations.
Dinner is served on board.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight on Halong Bay.

Enjoy the fresh morning in the middle of the bay, the sun rises on Ha Long in the morning and breakfast is served (brunch on
some boats) while the vessels cruise slowly through the magnificent rock formations and back towards port. Disembark and
transfer back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi late in the afternoon.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch (Or 1 brunch)
Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

You are free at leisure before being transferred by our driver to Noi Bai International Airport for flight departure
Meal: Breakfast