Vietnam Chic Adventure Tour In 15 Days Package

Freetime in the morning.

Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at around 14.00 and then take you to the Train Street. Here, you can relax and sip on a cup of the iconic egg coffee or other beverages while marveling at the passing trains. This presents a perfect opportunity to capture some amazing photos and soak up the laid-back ambiance of Hanoi. Next, return Hoan Kiem Lake (The Lake of the Returned Sword) that shows the traditional architecture style of the Old Quarter to start a cyclo tour to show you home to many of Hanoi's highlights and unique architecture from the French colonial times. Enjoy an unobstructed view with your driver behind you so you can take plenty of photos. See the Opera House, Joseph Cathedral Church, and more.

Next, the trip will take you inside the alleys and explore the fascinating and confusing narrow streets of the Old Quarter where local markets are located. On the way, you will have a chance to enjoy some traditional tasty foods in the market. You can choose among three light dinner dishes, from the extremely popular “Phở” (Noodle soup), “Bún chả” (grilled pork with vermicelli) and lastly, our personal favorite “Bún Bò” (Beef soup).

To conclude our day, the guide will take you to Ta Hien street, one of the hot spots for beer. Sitting at a street corner in Hanoi old quarter with a beer glass, chatting with your freshly made friends while watching people pass by might be one the most memorable pages in your travel journal.

Overnight in Hanoi.

The day starts with a six-hour drive north to the mountain retreat of Sapa. This former French colonial hill station is loved for its cool, alpine-scented air and surrounding rice terraces, which spiral toward the clouds. Wander the town's steep streets, visit Sapa's stone Catholic church, and shop for handicrafts sold by local Hmong women dressed in brightly-colored traditional clothes.

You can also tour the Sapa museum (budget by your own) to learn about the history and culture of this remote region, which is nestled near the Chinese border. Take some time to settle in a café for a cup of Vietnamese coffee overlooking Sapa's valleys and terraces where farmers work. You can also ride the cable car to Vietnam's highest peak, Fansipan, for panoramic views of the area's UNESCO-listed landscape (own expenses).

Overnight in Sapa.

Today is devoted to a 4-mile (6 km) hike through the Sapa valley, visiting villages home to Vietnam's ethnic communities along the way. Watch the sun burn through the morning mist as you set off, revealing jagged mountain peaks in the distance. Follow a small track and cross the Muong Hoa River, surrounded by epic rice terraces, on your way to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai.

Your journey continues to Ta Van Giay village and along the sparkling Muong Hoa River, where you'll cross a suspension bridge and discover fascinating rock engravings. Have lunch in a local home and then continue trekking through a bamboo forest to the Red Dao village of Giang Ta Chai. There's time to rest near a waterfall before your transfer back to Sapa for a relaxed evening.

Overnight in Sapa.

Spend the day visiting some of the isolated villages surrounding Sapa. Start with a drive to the O Quy Ho Mountain Pass in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, where you'll make several stops to admire sweeping views of Mount Fansipan and the Sin Chai Valley. From there, you'll pass forests and waterfalls as you make your way to Ban Khoang Commune, which is home to the Black Hmong and Red Dao people.

Take a guided village walk to learn about rural life and then drive to the Ta Giang Phinh Valley, where the Black Hmong people live in riverside hamlets. Enjoy lunch by the water and a two-hour walk through wild scenery. You'll spot locals plowing the fields, harvesting crops, and selling handicrafts in village markets. Your driver will take you back to Sapa mid-afternoon.

You will stay overnight in Sapa.

Pass through fertile farming valleys

Venture farther north this morning to Bac Ha, a popular base for trekking adventures. Check into your hotel and then get your blood pumping with an easy two-hour hike into the countryside. Follow the trail from Thai Giang Pho, which passes through a fertile valley peppered with vegetable gardens, cornfields, and rice terraces. After the hike, you'll return to Bac Ha.

If you happen to visit the village on a Sunday, you'll also experience the Bac Market, where various ethnic groups from northern Vietnam gather to buy and sell their goods. These include the Flower Hmong, Phu La, Black Dao, Tay, and Nung minorities, who trade everything from hand-embroidered skirts to all manner of four-legged animals.

Overnight at your hotel.

Start the day with another journey north to Hoang Su Phi in the far-flung Ha Giang region, which native tribes have ruled for centuries. Here, rivers carve through deep canyons, and limestone and granite mountains dot the landscape. Check into Hoang Su Phi Lodge, which will be your base for trekking expeditions in this isolated area.

After settling in, head off on a guided hike to the village of Nam Nghi, where you'll meet the Red Dao community and learn about their daily life and traditions. From here, the trail leads through a thick forest to the top of the valley, which boasts never-ending views of rolling mountains and green-and-yellow rice terraces. Below, you can make out buffalo plowing the fields and farmers tending their crops.

Overnight at your hotel.

Spend the day trekking among Hoang Su Phi's rice terraces

Embark upon a full-day trek from Nam Hong to Khoa Thuong village, which is home to the Dao Ao Dai community. The walk takes you through rice terraces, forests, waterfalls, and tiny villages. You'll stop for a Vietnamese lunch at a local home before returning via a different route to Hoang Su Phi Lodge. The evening ends with dinner and a Red Dao music performance.

Overnight at your hotel.

Spend your final morning in Hoang Su Phi relaxing before you head south to Hanoi. If your visit falls on a Sunday, be sure to browse the Thong Nguyen Market. Ethnic groups from northern Vietnam's isolated regions gather to buy and sell meat, produce, clothes, and handicrafts. Afterward, relax on the seven-hour private transfer 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.

Wake early for breakfast on the ship's deck, watching the sun rise over the emerald waters of Ha Long Bay, deemed one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. The morning is yours to simply absorb the view or join in with a tai chi class. You'll stop to visit a limestone cave full of stalagmites and stalactites before enjoying brunch on board while you sail back to the harbor.

Back on land, your driver will be waiting to take you to the airport, where you'll board a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. When you arrive in Vietnam's largest metropolis, you'll be transferred straight to your hotel to settle in (No guide).

Overnight in Ho chi Minh city.

This morning, we commence our exploration with a visit to Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, which was built in 1964 and is one of the biggest pagodas in Saigon. We then head to visit Ben Thanh Market.

Close by, we make a stop to one of the most active temples in Chinatown, Thien Hau Temple. Thien Hau Temple was built by the Cantonese Congregation in 1760 in order to express their gratitude to this Goddess for her protection during their immigration trip to Vietnam by sea.

 We drive back to the centre of town to visit the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral, built in 1877 and the City Post Office, often mistaken for a railway station by foreign visitors.

After lunch, we will explore the historical sight of the ‘Reunification Palace’, (Former Presidential Palace), built in 1963, an outstanding example of 1960’s architecture, as well as the ‘War Remnants Museum’ or more formally known as the ‘War Crimes Museum’. The museum displays tanks, helicopters, planes and firearms, however, what draws most visitors to the museum are the images on display, seeing the effects the weapons of mass destruction used by the Americans during The Vietnam War had on the country. Overnight at your hotel.

We set out this morning for our 100km spectacular drive to Tay Ninh, The Great Temple of Caodaism (a famous local religion).

The Temple was built on nine levels that represent nine steps to heaven at which you will see a prayer session at noon with beautiful music prayer with Vietnamese folk instrument in a very spiritual environment. 

We have some lunch in this great little local town before our 30 km journey, heading back towards Ho Chi Minh City, to visit Cu Chi Tunnels. 

The famous Cu Chi Tunnel system was created to assist the Vietnamese Revolutionists against the French in 1948. It was an underground city with living areas, kitchens, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers etc and in certain areas, housed up to 10,000 people, who virtually lived underground for years. You will have the opportunity to take part in the unique experience of guerillas living underground during the war, with a crawl through 20/30/50 meters of the tunnel system.

We return to Ho Chi Minh City late afternoon. Overnight at your hotel,

Heading out of the town, we travel by roads to the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's largest rice bowl. On arrival in My Tho, we embark on a boat navigating around the intricate small canals in the delta region, which is a great way to observe the local lifestyle close-up and catch a view dotted

by many islands. The exciting excursion will pass the lush green vegetation before arriving at the famous Unicorn Island. Here we have opportunities to stroll around an orchard, taste many seasonal fruits and enjoy wonderful traditional music. The next stop of our trip is Ben Tre Province to visit some fascinating local industries. After feasting on a huge lunch we return to Ho Chi Minh, stopping off along the way to see the beautiful Vinh Trang Pagoda. Overnight in Sai Gon.

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.