Northern Exploration 7 Days

On arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International airport, you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to your hotel in Hanoi. Free to leisure. O/N in hotel in Hanoi.

Morning, meet your tour guide at the hotel, visit Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, and traditional stilt house the Ho Chi Minh Museum, the revered One – Pillar Pagoda..Pay visit to typical Vietnamese places of worship, Vietnam’s first university, the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature. 

Lunch at local restaurant, visit: Army Museum or other Museum , West Lake, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Restored Lake), also a visit the Hanoi city’s traditional”36 ancient street ” and Free for shopping and dinner after taking sleeping bus to Sapa.

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.

Breakfast at hotel and check out around 9:00-10:00 AM. You then can consider to take one of the two options below:

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 and take a transfer to Lao Cai station for night train to Hanoi.

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. Take sleeping bus back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi late evening. O/N Hanoi.

Breakfast at Hotel and then Depart Hanoi for Ha Long Bay approximately three hours away. En route we have a short stop at the Sao Do arts and crafts centre run by handicapped children. Upon arrival at Ha Long Bay (approx. mid-day) we will board our luxury junk boat, the ‘Jewel of the Bay’ for a delicious seafood lunch. After lunch we have the chance to explore some of the limestone caves dotted around the bay. Then our captain will find a secluded spot for swimming and sun bathing before dinner. Enjoy another seafood feast for dinner and for the night owls, there is an option of night fishing.

Rising to the lapping waters of the bay we have time for an early morning dip followed by breakfast. This morning we continue to cruise around the bay to find more secluded areas to either swim or kayak in. The kayaks are lightweight and easy to use. All guests will be issued with water buoyancy vests and the junk will be near us at all times serving as a back up vessel. At midday we will return to the main harbor before transferring to our awaiting vehicle for a 3-hour journey back to Hanoi. We should be back in the capital at around 3pm. O/N Hanoi

Day 7: HANOI – NOI BAI AIRPORT (B)

You are free for shopping in Hanoi. Then we take you to Noi Bai airport. Finish your Trip.

Price Includes

• Private transportation by aircon vehicles
• Tour guide: English speaking local guide during the tour
• Accomodation at Hotel with daily breakfast
• Overnight on Cruise in Halong Bay
• Shows and sightseeing in schedule.
• Meals as mentioned in the program
• Admission
• 2 bottleS of drinking water each pax per day.

Price Excludes

• International / Domestic flight ticket & airport tax (if have).
• Bank fee for payment
• Personal expenses; Tel, Fax, Mini Bar, Laundry,
• Tip for local guide and driver (5usd per day per pax)
• Hotel Surcharge in Peak Season or holidays:
  • Saigon Liberation Day (30 April)
  • International Workers Day (1 May)
  • Vietnamese National Day (2 September)
  • Gala Dinner on XMas (24, 25 Dec) & New Year (31 Dec)
  • Lunar New Year 2018 (TBA)

Child policy

• Child under 2 years old: free of charge
• Child from 3 to 5 years old: 50% of adults fare (No bed) and 75% of Adults fare (with bed)
• From 6 to 9 years old: 75% of adults fare (No bed) and 90% of Adults fare (with bed)
• From 10 years old: As adult

Please email us at info@welcomevietnamtours.com with your individual wishes and to get best updated price from us.