HANOI – HALONG BAY – SAPA (6 DAYS)

DAY 1: HANOI ARIVAL – NIGHT TRAIN TO SAPA (D)
Our driver will pick up you on time. He holding a board with the guest’ name will wait at the airport when you arrival. (Please kindly advice the arrival time, the flight No).
19.00 Dinner at local restaurant and transfer to Hanoi station for a night train to Sapa (overnight on the train, the wooden cabin with 4 beds, soft sleeper and air-conditioning).

Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Overnight on train

DAY 2: SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (B/L/D)
The train arrives at Lao Cai station about 06.00 AM, where our guide waiting and an hour transfer uphill the Hoang Lien Son mountains to Sapa. Great views of valleys and terraced rice fields along the way! Breakfast at Sapa town, then your tour guide will take you to visit Cat Cat village of Black H’mong people where you can see a beautiful waterfall, terraced rice field and an old hydropower station (build by french ). In there you also can see the way they make their traditional costume with HEMP and watch how they dying the fabric with  indigo.

Back to Sapa and have lunch, after you can walk around Sapa market where the local people as Black H’mong, Red Dao, Giay… come everyday for selling their handicraft produces, vegetables… bamboo shoot…, Sapa church, Sapa park, Sapa lake and drink something… or relax. Then come back hotel have dinner and overnight in hotel in Sapa.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: 3 stars hotel in Sapa

DAY 3: LAO CHAI – TA VAN – NIGHT TRAIN BACK TO HANOI (B, L, D)
After breakfast, Check out hotel – you’ll visit Lao Chai and Ta Van villages of Muong Hoa valley. Our trekking route is from here to through the villages of Hmong and Giay people, chances to meet the locals working on the mountainsides or the rice terraces, kids ride on back of buffalo, to take photograph of picturesque valleys & awesome scenery. We will have lunch in Lao Chai village, and then keep on trekking to Ta Van village of Giay people, where we will take the car back to Sapa. Having a quick shower and take a walk around the town to buy something or take a cup of coffee… Our tour guide will take you to the train station. Have dinner and cach the night train back to Hanoi.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Overnight on train

DAY 4: HANOI – HALONG BAY (B, L, D)

The train back to Hanoi station about 06.00 AM, where our guide waiting and transfer to a local restaurant for breakfast.

07.30 – 08.30: Our tour guide and bus pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

08.30: Departure to Halong Bay for 3.5 hours.

10.00: Arrive in Hai Duong province, and have 20 minute short break.

12.00: Arrive to Tuan Chau harbor, Welcome to Cruise and enjoy welcome drink. Get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Check-in your cabin.

12.30: Enjoy Vietnamese seafood and vegetarian lunch, while cruising in the magnificent Halong Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay.

14.30: Take rowing boat through the village or kayaking to visiting around the floating fishing village.

16.00: Visiting Halong Pearl Farm Village and Swimming in the bay.

17.30: Come back to Cruise and relax.

18.00: Join cooking class guided directly by Chef of Cruise. You have chance to practice Vietnamese traditional dishes such as spring roll or famous cuisine of Vietnam.

19.30: Time for dinner enjoying special food on the cruise.

21.00: Evening entertainments: play game on the cruise: cards game, chess, karaoke, squid fishing, and overnight in Halong Bay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: 3 stars cruise in Halong Bay.

DAY 5: HALONG BAY – HANOI (B,L,D)

DAY 6: HANOI DEPARTURE (B)
Breakfast at your hotel and free until you are transferring to the airport for flight back home.

NOTES:
Cruise itinerary and schedule are subject to change upon weather conditions. Advance registration is required with full name, date of birth, nationality, gender, passport number, valid visa to Vietnam for all passengers.