5 days - North Vietnam

DAY 1. HANOI ARRIVAL - HANOI CITY TOUR L

Welcome to Hanoi, Vietnam!

• We will provide a comfortable transfer to your hotel located in the heart of Hanoi.

• Then, the tour guide picks you up from your hotel for a full day exploring Hanoi.

• Start at the Ho Chi Minh Complex. Remember to dress modestly, covering shoulders to knees. Visit the Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, and Stilt House.

*Note: The Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays, and from June 15th to August 15th for annual maintenance; however, you can still take photos and explore the surrounding area.

• Next, see the unique One Pillar Pagoda set in tranquil gardens.

• Visit the Temple of Literature, known for its well-preserved architecture and historical significance.

• Enjoy a local lunch at a nearby restaurant.

• After lunch, if it’s Monday or the Ethnology Museum is otherwise closed, visit the Women’s Museum instead to explore exhibits on the life and history of Vietnamese women.

• Experience the bustling Hanoi Train Street and the Old Quarter with the serene Ngoc Son Temple on Hoan Kiem Lake.

• Return to your hotel, filled with memories of Hanoi’s rich culture and history.

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DAY 2. HA NOI - LAN HA BAY – TRA BAU B, L, D

8:30 – 8:50: A limousine bus picks the guests up at your hotel in the old quarter

12:00: The crew members Cruise will welcome you at No.34, Tuan Chau Marina, Quang Ninh.

12.30: You will be taken aboard our support vessel and travel from the wharf via the bay to board our luxurious craft. Itinerary briefing is announced during this time.

13:00: Welcome fresh drinks, wet towels and a special lunch of fresh food and an assortment of appetizing delicacies will be served. You will be enchanted when decadently dining on our luxury junk. Life just doesn't get better than this! We then set sail for Lan Ha Bay - A member of the World’s Most Beautiful Bays.

Enjoy the delicious luncheon of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing

delicacies while cruising along Lan Ha bay with the breathtaking scenery.

15:30: Visiting Tra Bau area where has known as an area famous for its unspoiled, poetic natural beauty and attractive seascape of Lan Ha Bay. This is the best time for kayaking to discover the truest beauty of the limestone islands.

17:30 - 18:30: Joining us for Cooking demonstration to learn how to make one of the most famous Vietnamese cuisines, the spring rolls. Or reach the top deck of cruise where the guests can admire the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin.

19.30: Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served by our skillful chef.

This is a delightful meal in an intimate romantic setting.

21:00 – 22.00: Relax and sip the exotic cocktails and drinks at the sky bar (with surcharge).

Indulge yourself with spa service (optional) or simply relax on the top deck just under the cover of a brightly illuminated sky.

Or try to get your luck at the squid fishing on the main deck.

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DAY 3. LAN HA BAY – CAT BA ISLAND – TUAN CHAU - HA NOI B, L

6:00: Begin the day full of energy with the Tai Chi session and enjoy the sun just rising up beyond the horizon.

6:45 - 7:15: Breakfast is served while cruising back to Gia Luan jetty. (Breakfast time maybe adjust and follow the real itinerary) 

7:30 - 9:00: You will join the tour of Cat Ba World Biosphere by transshipment. It takes 30 minutes to transfer from Gia Luan to Trung Trang – one of the most impressive caves in Cat Ba island, Vietnam. The limestone cave has thousands of talactites in various shapes, offering geological values with a typical cave ecosystem.

9:30: Return to the main boat from the cave and the guests will do the cabin check out. Luggage is placed outside of the cabin.

Lunch is served at the restaurant. Settle the bar bill by the desk at the restaurant (if any)

10:30 - 11:00: Disembark the Cruises and transferred back to Block #34, Big Bay group terminal, Tuan Chau Marina. Relax and wait for the luggage.

11:30 - 12:00: The guests are ready at Tuan Chau Marina. The private car will take you back to Hanoi. You relax in Hanoi hotel.

Free night in vibrant Hanoi.

Note: The itinerary is subject to change without notice, in accordance with the weather and other operating conditions.

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DAY 4. HANOI - SAPA - HALF DAY TOUR B

Get up early to have breakfast and then the bus will pick you up from the hotel to Sapa. It takes about 6 hours from Hanoi to Sapa by bus. 

You will be at Sapa at around 1 PM. The tour guide will take you to the local restaurant to have lunch and get new energy for a new excursion.

After lunch, we start a short-walk to Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trekking down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station, short time for photo with bridge and the waterfall then you will trekking uphill to get back to Sapa with very beautiful scenery in the late afternoon. 

In Cat Cat Village, you will: 

Immerse in the wild, poetic beauty of Sa Pa.

To talk with local people, to see how the life of Vietnamese ethnic people is

Visiting the dance show of Hmong people

See the waterfall and the stream

After the tour, the driver takes you back to the hotel. 

You have a free night in Sapa.

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DAY 5. SAPA - FANSIPAN - TRANSFER TO AIRPORT B, L

After having breakfast at your hotel in Sapa, you will take a car from Sa Pa to visit Fansipan, the highest peak of the Indochina mountains. It normally takes people one or two days to reach the peak of Fansipan mountain on foot. However, you will take The three-rope cable car system which carries you from the bottom to the highest point of the mountain in 15-20 minutes.

Fansipan cable car is kind of a modern three-wire cable in the world, the first-time presence in Asia. Distance from the Muong Hoa valley to the peak is 6,2km long, a total of 35 cabins, passing 6 main pillars, each pillar is away from each other 1 km.

From there, you can enjoy the scenery and magnificent views to Sapa and can admire views of Muong Hoa valley and Hoang Lien National Forest from above, also the beautiful landscape of Lai Chau province.

Have buffet lunch in a nearby restaurant. 

Then, you will go directly to Hanoi airport for onward flight.

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