Highlight:

The Vietnam North Overview tour 9 days will give you a chance to explore the most splendid area of where concentrates various obstacles of limestone mountains ranges and incredible terraced paddy fields. Suitable to those love green eco tours, prefer untouched areas and explore customs of the hill tribal people. Extremely attractive to picture-hunting travelers.

ITINERARY:

Day 1: Ha Noi Arrival

Today, the Vietnam North Overview tour 9 days will be started by picking up at the airport to hotel for checking in (Check in at noon). Free at leisure and overnight in Hanoi.
Services included: Transport and hotel.

Day 02: Ha Noi City – Lao cai (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today, we will spend a full day for touring around and visit almost famous sites in the city. With the first visit is at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and museum and one pillar pagoda. Next, we will continue to visit the West lake for Tran Quoc Pagoda and Quan Thanh Temple. After that, we drive to discover the Temple of Literature well known as Vietnam’s first university. The afternoon is continued by the visit of the Ethnological Museum and the peaceful lake of Hoan Kiem with its sacred Ngoc Son Temple. The reminder of the day is free for your own exploration of Ha Noi until we take the night train to Lao Cai. Night on train.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train ticket.

Day 03: Lao Cai – Sa Pa – Cat Cat – Lao Chai – Ta Van (Breakfast,Lunch, Dinner)

Upon arrival in Lao Cai Station, welcome by our guide holding a board with your name on, then start a bus trip up hill to Sapa. Time for breakfast and relax before starting a special and different trip by driving 3 Km by Jeep to Cat Cat village, We start our trek from this cultural village, here is the home of Hmong, enjoy a water Fall, an old hydro power station built by Friend. Next, with more 12 km of trekking, visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages of the H’mong minority. Time for lunch at a local family in Lao Chai or in a drinking shop nearby the river bank, we keep on hiking to Ta Van village of the Dzay where we stay overnight in a local family. Here you have opportunity to experience their daily life, work and original custom. Enjoy a taste of a cooking class here. Night at Village.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and homestay at village.

Day 04: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Today, we will enjoy a morning fresh air before breakfast and start a trail uphill, passing fascinating terraced rice field and some small hamlets of the H’mong before getting through a bamboo forest to a waterfall, enjoy a break for magnificent scenery and then continue walking for half an hour to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples which sits on the top of a hill and looks down Muong Hoa river. After spending time visiting the village, making friend with the Zao and experiencing the hospitality you will cross the river by another suspension bridge and then uphill again to Su Pan village where you will pay visiting to a local handicraft center where H’mong and Zao women gather for exchanging experience and skill of making handicrafts. A late Lunch will be prepare here nearby this center and then you have time relaxing as well as getting acquaintance with local school boys, girls and their teachers as well. Next, we will keep walking a little along the main road, get through the rice terraced paddies to the second homestay in Ban Ho village of the Tay minority peoples where you will spend the night on a wooden-stilt house. Sharing dinner with the family prepared by the host and your tour guide with the local. Specialty and wine would be the best time for relaxing and cultural exchange. (You will trek about 16Km during this day).
Services included: Guide, meals, entrance fee and homestay.

Day 05: Ban Ho – Thanh Phu Village (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Today, we will get up early in the morning for fresh air and peaceful daily life of the people. Breakfast and leave the village for a hard day. Walk uphill to a smallest and almost untouched village of the Red Dzao (Nam Toong). Go further to another village on the same side of the mountain range to see the Xa Pho ethnic group in Nam Ken. Get down to the river and go up to Mi Son to visit the Xa Pho again. Spend the night in Thanh Phu village at a Tay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner with the local family.
Services included: Guide, meals, entrance fee and homestay.

Day 06: Thanh Phu – Ban Ho – Sapa – Lao Cai – Ha Noi (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today, Breakfast and take a walk back to Ban Ho village where to take a jeep back to Sapa. On the way back, visit the ancient stone circle (stones decorated with ancient carvings which are said to have described the life of the people lost in the mists of prehistory). Lunch at Ban Ho and dinner in Sapa. Get a room in Sapa for shower and have free time. Rest before transfer to Lao Cai for a night trin back Hanoi. Night on train.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train ticket.

Day 07: Ha Noi – Ha Long Bay (Lunch, Dinner)

On arrival Hanoi station, pick up to office and free at leisure before driving to Halong Bay, we go through the scenic countryside. The wondrous Halong Bay is truly one of Vietnam’s most impressive scenic sights. Heading out of the town we embark on a boat for an exploration of the legendary Halong Bay. This exciting five hour cruise will provide us a fantastic view of the picturesque scenery blending with the sky and some 3,000 limestone islands rising amazingly from the clear and emerald water. The limestone karts formations are littered with beaches, grottoes and beautiful caves. Along the way we will anchor for a leisurely swimming and kayaking. Leisure and enjoy sunset dinner on cruise. Night on Cruise’s cabin.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, boat trip, kayak and cruise’s cabin.

Day 08: Ha Long – Ha Noi (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today, enjoy sunrise breakfast and start cruising to other part of Halong bay. Time for leisure and picture the beauty of the scenery on bay. On arrival Halong boat pier, Time for lunch and drive back Hanoi. Check in and free at leisure around. Night in Hanoi.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, boat trip and hotel.

Day 09: Ha Noi – Departure (Breakfast)

Today, we will be free at leisure before car will drive to the airport for departure flight. End the Vietnam North Overview tour 9 days.
Services included: Transport.

Tour Cost: In USD/ Person

Services excluded:

– Personal expenses like drink, telephone, laundry, tips for guide and driver
– Vietnam Visa, Arrival/ departure flights, travel insurance
– Surcharge for peak season, holiday time and online payment method
– Compulsory dinner for Xmas and New Year eves.