Routes: Ha Noi - Ha Long Bay - Sapa
Duration: 05 days / 04 nites
Day 1: Arrival Ha Noi - Ha Long Bay (Dinner included)
Day 2: Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 3: Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat Village (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 4: Sapa - Taphin Village - Lao Cai (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 5: Ha Noi - Departure (Breakfast included)
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Tour Prices Include
Hotel in twin / triple sharing room basic with daily breakfast
Transfer by air-conditioned bus as itinerary
Meals as indicated: breakfast / lunch / dinner
Complimentary mineral water on tour (01 bottle / pax / day)
Entrance fees, boat trips and excursions
Excellent English speaking guide (and also the other: Polish, Russian, Chinese, Indonesia)
Tour Prices Exclude
Travel insurance
Visa fee, flight ticket, airport tax
Personal expenses
Drink
Tipping
Others not mentioned nor specified above
Day 1: Arrival Ha Noi - Ha Long Bay (Dinner included)
Upon arrival at Noi Bai international airport, meet by our representative and proceed to Ha Long City (Ha Long Bay was awared by UNESCO as a natural heritage in 1994). Spend four hour to drive will show you the diversity of the North Vietnam villages and rice fields along the journey. In the evening, transfer to hotel for check-in. Dinner at local restaurant.
Day 2: Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi - Lao Cai (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
After breakfast, half day boat trip in Ha Long Bay to view multi-shaped rocks and visit dramatic caves, grottos such as: Paradise Grotto and Wooden Stakes Cave. Lunch will be served on boat with fresh seafood. Return to Ha Noi, sightseeing at Hoan Kiem Lake, 36 ancient street and shopping. Dinner at local restaurant then transfer to Le Duan Train Station for overnight train to Lao Cai - Sapa. Overnight on air-condition soft sleeper, 4 people / 1 train cabin.
Day 3: Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat Village (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Arrive at Lao Cai Train Station at about 6:30. Take a transfer to Sapa, having breakfast and relax before explore Sapa Town. In the afternoon, take a 2km short trekking to Cat Cat Village, the home of H'mong Ethic. Meeting & talking with locals to learn more about their daily life. Overnight at your hotel in Sapa.
Day 4: Sapa - Taphin Village - Lao Cai (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Breakfast at hotel and check out around 9:00-10:00 am. You can consider to take one of the two options below:
Option 1 Soft trek: Pleasant drive to Tafin village (12km from Sapa) of Red Dzao ethic. Touring to the village to visit Tafin handicraft shop and explore the daily life of Red Dzao. Here you have a good choices to buy woven and textile brocades, which is made by ethic people. Visit Tafin Cave and small hamlet of Black H'mong people. Return to Sapa.
Option 2 Hard trek: Take a drive to Ta Fin and trek down to a small hamlet of Matra via foot path, where inhabited by Black H'mong ethic. Continue trekking up the village and getting through paddies fields will lead you to an ancient Catholic abbey, built by French colonists. Walk 2 km more to reach Tafin handicraft shops and explore the daily life of Red Dzao. Here you have a good choices to buy woven and textile brocades, which is made by ethic people. Get on your vehicle and transfer to Lao Cai.
Have dinner at local restaurant and get on night train back to Hanoi. Overnight at an AC 4 berth soft sleeper train to Hanoi.
Day 5: Ha Noi - Departure (Breakfast included)
Arrive in Hanoi early morning (around 04:30 - 05:00). Breakfast at local restaurant with traditional Vietnamese (PHO) then transfer to airport for flight back home.
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