Classic Northern Vietnam with Sapa 6 Days

When you arrive at Noi Bai International airport in Hanoi, you'll be smilingly met and transferred to your downtown hotel. Note: Early check-in and breakfast are not included today.

This city tour of Hanoi takes in essential sites - you'll visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex including the Mausoleum (from outside), his former stilt-house residence, the Presidential Palace (from outside) and the nearby One Pillar Pagoda - founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049. The structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi. The Temple of Literature - Vietnam’s first university dating back to 1070. Next take a brief walking tour through the narrow, chaotic streets of the Old Quarter.

Overnight in Hanoi

Optional for the evening: enjoy local beer at Ta Hien Streets, experience the ambience of
sleepless street with live music, the young people of Hanoi and also foreign tourists. There are hundreds of bars and pubs in the Old Quarter to explore Or go shopping Or just simply relax.

After breakfast, a 2-hour road trip through picturesque countryside and agricultural land will take you to Hoa Lu. On arrival, your guide will lead you through this ancient complex which formed the capital city of Vietnam under both the Dinh and Le Dynasties between 968 and 1009 AD. King Dinh Tien Hoang chose this mountain location as the water systems fed from the mountains were perfect for both agriculture and defense. Enjoy the sight of palaces, pagodas, tombs and pavilions built by different dynasties and visit the Dinh and Le Temples, the two remaining architectures of Hoa Lu.

Afternoon transfer to the pier for a three-hour sampan ride to explore the picturesque waterways in Trang Anecological site. The area features more than 30 valleys and 50 cross-water caves and is home to 600 species of plants and over 200 types of animals. You will venture through a network of limestone caves in the quiet, fresh air, with only the sound of birds and the oars stirring the clear water and surrounded by magnificent, forested mountains. Return to Hanoi in the late afternoon.

Overnight in Hanoi.

After an early breakfast, you will be picked up between 06.45-07.00 am from your hotel by Shuttle Limo and drive to Sapa in the northwest of Vietnam. The first section takes you on the new Express Way from Noi Bai to Lao Cai and the second section is the winding mountain road for 1 hour from Lao Cai to Sapa. You will arrive in Sapa at around 12.15 for check-in.

At 14.00: you will go downhill to Cat Cat village. Enjoy beautiful landscape and scenery along the road. Upon reaching a waterfall and a hydroelectric station, we will take a short rest before continuing our trek on a dirt trail through rice paddy terraced fields. The area is still covered by rain forest under the protection of Hoang Lien National Park. You will arrive in Y Linh Ho village inhabited by Black Hmong people where we will have one more rest before hiking toward the main road. Our vehicle will pick us up there and drive us back to Sapa.

Tour summary: Road transfer approx. ~6 hour/ walking and village visit ~3 hours
Overnight in Sapa.

Breakfast at hotel

You will be met up at your hotel in Sapa at around 8.00am, you willbe picked up to Cable Car Station and spend 20 minutes with cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery. 9.00: Reach the altitute of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagoda the spiritual destinations and trek up to 600 steps you will reach the peak of Fansipan - the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos). 11.30: Back to Cable Car Station for the return journey and transfer to Sapa town.

In the mid-afternoon (14.00) you will be picked up by shared shuttle limo for the return journey to Hanoi by Lao Cai - Hanoi Express Way. You will have chance to enjoy the beauty of northwest mountains with a stop en-route for 30 minutes then continuing the trip to Hanoi, arriving at around 20.00 - 20.30.

Tour summary: Road transfer approx. ~6 hours, sightseeing 3 hours
Overnight in Hanoi

At 08.00, you will be picked up at your hotel and start the scenic 2.5-hour drive to Halong Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world's largest marine limestone 'karst' landscape. Enjoy the landscape of the Red River Delta countryside and have a short break en-route. Meet the crew upon boarding a cruise boat, then relax and enjoy lunch while the boat heads towards the secluded islands. Visit a fishing village by a rustic rowing-boat, meet the local people and pass through the floating school and pearl farms. Return to the boat refreshed and relax on sundeck with a drink to watch the sunset. Enjoy a freshly prepared seafood di er under the stars.

Overnight on a cruise boat in Halong Bay

Enjoy an early morning swim/Taichi (if weather permits) followed by breakfast. You will visit a famous ancient limestone cave in the middle of the bay where you’ll discover magnificent stalagmites and stalactites as you walk along the lit paths on a guided tour. Enjoy a tasty brunch while cruising back to the main harbor Pier where your private car will be waiting for you and transfer you back to your hotel in Hanoi where a vehicle will take you back to Hanoi, change to private vehicle for transfer to to Noi Bai airport for your departure flight home. End of services.