Explore Northern Of Vietnam 10D9N Package

Our first visit is to the most well respected site of Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, which includes the Presidential Palace, One Pillar Pagoda and Ho Chi Minh Museum.

We continue on with a short drive to visit the 11th Century Temple of Literature, Hanoi’s first University.

After lunch, continuing on with a 25minute drive to the very interesting Ethnology Museum.

Here you will learn of the traditional cultures of 54 different ethnic minority groups in Vietnam through articles, stories, displays of traditional houses, costumes, hunting equipment and much more wares used in day to day life.

Returning to the center of Hanoi, we finish our day with a ‘mind blowing’ and most unforgettable ‘Xich Lo’ ride through the charming 36 Street Old Quarter and introduce you to the hustle and bustle of the city streets, discovering the real Hanoi. After dinner we transfer to Hanoi Station station to take a train to Sapa.

Overnight on Train (4 berth cabin sharing).

Pick up at Lao Cai station then we will enjoy breakfast at local restaurant. Trekking to Cat Cat village: about 45 minutes walking from Sapa, this is the village of the Black H’Mong hill tribe. The village is on the slope of the hill and easy walking, rice and corn are grown here. Visiting Cat Cat village, you will have a chance to visit a big waterfall on the stream and the old Hydro Electric Power Station built by French people.

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, your tour guide will take you to Cable Car Station. Enjoy a 20-minute cable car ride with the spectacular scenery.

Reach the altitude of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit a pagoda at the top of the mountain. Trek up 600 steps, you will reach the peak of Fansipan Mountain – the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos). Return to Cable Car Station, take the cable car back and return to Sapa town. Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight in Sapa

Included: Fansipan cable car 2 ways

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel.

This day, your tour guide will bring you to the beautiful Muong Hoa Valley, which extends throughout the Lao Chai, Ta Van, Hau Thao, it is a place, along through the mountains there are strange carved stones.

Here we will discover their daily life and how they make traditional clothes, handicraft, indigo, etc. You will visit the biggest valley here which provides the best view for golden rice terrace field in Vietnam. After Lao Chai village we walk to Ta Van village of Dzay people.

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with Vietnamese cuisine.

After lunch, you will walk to the rice paddy field where we will have a nice photo session of the amazing surrounding landscapes. A trek through the bamboo forest soon follows which gives you the experience of Vietnam tropical jungle. You will continue along the bottom of the valley to get to the Dzay tribe village of Ta Van to experience their way of life. It is a small group of ethnic people in viet nam with a rich culture and beautiful houses located on rice paddy fields.

You will be transferred back to your hotel by bus. Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight in Sapa

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. Free time to relax or enjoy your own activities.

Check out the hotel then transfer to Ninh Binh Province. The bus trip will take 7 hours.

Lunch will be served at local restaurants.

Overnight in Ninh Binh

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel.

08.30 AM  We start the day by a visit Hang Mua (Dance Cave). You will be stunned by the wonderful landscape of the mountains, valley and river. We first climb up hundreds of steps to lead to a temple on top of a hill. From here, you can immerse yourself in the spectacular views from Hang Mua over Tam Coc and stunning countryside of Ninh Binh province.

Have lunch at a local restaurant with some local specialty.

After lunch, you continue to visit Trang An Scenic Landscape complex nearby which was recognized as an UNESCO World natural Heritage. Get on a rowing boat (small sampan) and travel along the small river with scenic mountain and green fields landscape. The boat will take you to visit the cave complex of Trang An: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, the scenery of mountain and rivers – Ha Long Bay on land of Ninh Binh. Have a stop and climb up to the Tran temple to have a good view of the surrounding area. Dinner at local restaurant (your own expenses). Overnight in Ninh Binh

08.30AM  You first visit the ancient capital of Hoa Lu – the capital of Vietnam in the 10th century, admire the architecture of the two temples dedicated to the kings fo Dinh and Le dynasty.

Continue to Thung Nham and visit Bich Dong pagoda (optional).

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with local specialties.

In the afternoon, you will get on a small sampan to visit Thung Nham bird park, discover the most features of this area with more than 4000 birds of 40 species flying to inhabit every day. Your best chance to take nice photos. Back to Hanoi.

Overnight in Hanoi

After breakfast at hotel, driver picks up and transfer to Halong Bay, listed as a World Heritage of outstanding natural beauty, known in Vietnamese as “Dragon descending to the sea”.

Upon arrival, the boat crew welcome you and check in then enjoy a cruise around Halong Bay with a delicious local seafood lunch served on board. You can also behold thousands of limestone islands and grottoes rising from the clear, emerald water.

Following break, depending on each cruise’s itinerary of the day, you’ll join some activities on boat to discover the beauty of the bay such as visit a cave, doing kayaking or enjoy swimming in the sea before getting back to the junk for relaxing and dinner. Overnight on board.

Note: Our tour guide will not escort you on the cruises, and be replaced by crew members who are fluent in English.

You’ll wake up on the bay to the sounds of waves and birds welcoming the new day. You will have an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay and after breakfast, visit a beautiful limestone grotto. You will have a walk back to the boat for a final glimpse of Halong Bay while cruising back to the dock. Then you will drive back to Hanoi. Overnight at your hotel.

There is no activity planned for today so you are free to enjoy your free time souvenir shopping until transfer to the airport for your onward flight.