INERARY (6 Days/5 Nights)

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (L)
Our driver will pick you up at the airport with your name on board, then transfer you to Hanoi Old Quarter. Put your luggage at hotel. Then join our Hanoi City Tour. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch proceed to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Vietnam’s first university constructed in 1070, it’s gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam"s past. Then visit Bat Trang pottery village. After that, we will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake to see the peaceful waters and visit Ngoc Son temple. For the end of the tour, visit by coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarter.  Free for shopping until 15:30. Then enjoy Water Puppet show which is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century CE when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. Back your hotel around 17h00 (Note: if you want to visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum, you can pay more US$ 4.00/person only). Dinner at your account.
Overnight in Ha Noi city. 

Day 2: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (B,L,D)
8:00 departure. Enjoy the interesting 3.5 hour drive to Ha Long city. Arrive in Ha Long city. Lunch. Then take a boat trip about 4hrs journey. Cruise through the emerald waters between the limestone outcrops and long corridors, visit Thien Cung cave (the cave of the heavenly palace – famous for its stalagmites and stalactites) the cave has only opened to the public since 1998. A short way visits the newly discovered Dau Go grotto.   Back to Halong city where your minibus will be waiting for you to take you to Tuan Chau island. Dinner and overnight in Tuan Chau. Enjoy the Music Water Fountain show (ticket is not included).

Overnight in Halong city

Day 3: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi (B, L) 
Free to visit Halong or Tuan Chau island. Enjoy the Dolphin show (the ticket is not included). About 11.30 am  get on bus to Thang Long Restaurant for lunch. After lunch, return to Ha Noi and arrive Hanoi at 16.30 p.m. Dinner at your account.
20:00 We will pick off you to Tran Quy Cap Train Station. You will overnight on train to Lao Cai province (schedule 21:15 – 06:00)

Day 4: Lao Cai – SaPa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai (B,L,D)

06:00 Pick up at Lao Cai Station then transfer to Sapa.You will have breakfast in the hotel and some time for R& R, check in before 12h00 o’clock. .After lunch trek to Cat Cat and Sin Chai villages of Black H'Mong tribe .Enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful scenery along the way. Back to hotel in SaPa town

Overnight in Sa Pa town.

Day 5: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B,L)

After breakfast you check out and leave your luggage in the hotel, get ready for the trip. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Day tribes then keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village, which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area .Have a picnic lunch on the way .You go back to Sapa by motorbike/jeep. Dinner at your account. You will overnight on train to Hanoi city. (schedule 20:15 – 05:30)

Day 6: Hanoi City Tour & Departure (B,L)
05:30AM. Our guide pick-up you at train station, transfer to restaurant or hotel for breakfast.
08:00-08:30 Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. Then visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho"s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda~ founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi . Continue to visit the Quan Thanh Temple ( Taoist~ dating from the Ly Dynasty ) and Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lake ( One of the oldest in Vietnam ). Lunch at local restaurant. Then our driver will see off you to the airport (Your flight should depart after 15:00).

Tour ends.

All rates are US$ per person

Tour including:

• Private car to pick up & see off the airport.
• A/C tourist car during group tour
• Boat in Ha Long Bay
• Train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi
• Accommodation (twin sharing or triple for 3pax in your group)
• Meals as indicated: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fee
• Insurance on boat

Tour excluding:

• International & domestic flight ticket
• Visa arrangement
• Drinks, other meals
• Tips & personal expenses.
• Not apply promotion from 23rd Dec 2012 to 3rd Jan 2013, from 5th Feb 2013 - 15th Feb 2013

* Children rates:

• Free of charge for children under 4 years sharing bed with parents.
• Surcharge 50% rate of adult for children (5-11 years) sharing bed with parents.
• Over 11 years is adult’s rate.

* The itinerary can be changed due to weather, tide levels and operating conditions.
* Special request (diet or vegetarian, …) should be sent before your departure date.