Duration: 7 Days,6 Nights
Destination: Hanoi – Sa Pa
Tour itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi ( D )
Welcome to Vietnam, on arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport, our tour guide will greet you and transfer by private car through the city to your hotel. In the afternoon , enjoy 1 hour rickshaw ride to the Old Quarter. In the evening, you will enjoy welcomed dinner at local restaurant with authentic Vietnamese cuisines. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi - Lao Cai ( B, L )
After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy morning tour to Ho Chi Minh Complex including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s House on Stilt and One Pillar Pagoda, then visit Temple Of Literature. Next is Vietnam National Museum of Ethnology, the vast collection of 54 ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Enjoy lunch at Cha Ca La Vong Restaurant which is listed in the travel book “1000 places to see before you die” . After having lunch , make your way to Hoan Kiem Lake for Ngoc son Temple and Dong Xuan Market and in the evening, you will be entertained with Water Puppet Performance and Vietnamese traditional music at Thang Long Water puppet theatre. Afterward, transfer to Hanoi Train Station for overnight train to Sapa. Overnight on Train
Day 3: Lao Cai - Sapa ( B, L )
At 6 am, disembak Lao Cai train station then drive up for 1 hour to Sapa, the home of six different hill-tribes. Do pre-check in procedure and enjoy "Pho" the typical breakfast for Vietnamese People. The morning walk to Sapa central Market where you can find all local ethnic minority‘s art and craft items and Cat Cat village for Black Hmong village. Next is the Red Dao village of Taphin, one of dominant hilly tribe in Sapa. Enjoy lunch in local restaurant. then trek along natural stream for village of Lao Chai where 30 Black Hmong families living together. Continue to Ta van village, the home of Zay minority. After 3 hours trekking through beautiful scenery, drive back to Sapa center. Tonight is free at leisure. Overnight at the Victoria hotel & Spa Sapa.
Day 4: Sapa ( B, L,D )
Today, the morning drive to Giang Ta Chai where the evergreen mountain dominates the landscape. Trek to Red Dao Village crossing suspension bridge. Upon arrival, visit one of local family for daily life and culture, then drive back along the natural stream and take photo stop to capture mount of Fansipang, the highest mountain in Indochina. After having lunch at local restaurant, the afternoon is at leisure to enjoy spa and other facility in Hotel. Overnight in Sapa Victoria
Day 5: Sapa - Lao Cai - Bac Ha - Hanoi ( B )
After having our breakfast at the restaurant nearby, we take a journey to Bac Ha Market. There will be 3 hours driving to the mountainous area with fresh atmosphere and splendid view on the way. Bac Ha market is the largest market in the region where 10 ethnic minorities people gather to buy and sell home-made products or house livestock. they also get together at market to eat and drink or just simply chat with friend about daily job and family. We may choose some homemade handicrafts and clothes, and take a lot of colorful pictures of the Flower H’mong people here. After our lunch at a fine restaurant in Bac Ha, we will have 2 hours trek to Ban Pho village, home of Flower H’mong people and visit one of remaining Royal Palace for King of Mong People in the beginning of 20th century. In the late afternoon depart for Lao Cai Town for your departure back to Hanoi by train. Overnight on the Victoria Express train.
Day 6: Hanoi ( B )
Arrival at Hanoi Station in the early morning. Drive to your hotel then take the day to relax as you please. Enjoy the many charms that this city has to offer from the many boutique shops or simply taking a coffee at one of the charming street side coffee shop and watching the world go by. Overnight at Sofitel Metropole Hanoi, Vietnam
Day 7: Hanoi (B)
Free at leisure until your transfer by private car to Hanoi Airport for international flight or domestic extension.