Meals: Breakfast

This is the first day of Northern Vietnam Tour 7 Days

Morning, you'll head out with your guide and begins with a visit Ba Dinh Square to see Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday, all afternoon and from September to beginning of November), the museum to his life and the simple cottage where he lived and worked, along with his "house on stilts" and his final resting place; and take in Hanoi's famous One-Pillar Pagoda, constructed in 1049 to resemble a lotus blossom.

Continue to the Museum of Ethnology, where we'll learn about the fascinating cultural diversity of this ancient land.

This afternoon, drive through Colonial Hanoi, seeing the Opera House and other local sights. Go inside infamous Hoa Lo Prison museum (“Hanoi Hilton”), where Senator John McCain and Douglas “Pete” Wilson were once imprisoned, and continue to the Temple of Literature, which dates back to 1070 and is dedicated to the cult of Confucius. Next enjoy a cyclo tour through the Hanoi’s Old Quarter, a network of narrow alleys and shop houses also known as “The 36 Streets.” This is a wonderful place to watch the local life, and peruse items from fabrics to crafts to exotic medicines. Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese water puppet performance, a uniquely North Vietnamese art form celebrating rural life and folklore for over 1,000 years, this evening.

Overnight in Hanoi

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Overnight Halong Bay Cruise on traditional style cruise (junk): Watch rural Vietnamese daily life unfold as you pass water buffalo, ancient temples and local farmers at work in the rice paddies en route to Ha Long Bay. Called the “Bay of the Descending Dragons,” legend has it that dragons sent by the gods to help defend the land against ancient invaders spat out jewels and jade that became the many emerald-green islands and islets that dot the bay today.

Welcome aboard your cruise and sail through the Halong Bay. Allow your eyes to swim through the azure waters of this magical place, where thousands of sculpted limestone and islands rise from the water like gigantic teeth of dragons.

Enjoys Sunset party while our cruise sailing to the overnight anchorage. In the evening, free time for joining Games, you may also try your luck with squid fishing.

Overnight in a private cabin in Halong bay

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Meals: Breakfast/Brunch

Starting your day with Tai Chi Class on the Sundeck before Breakfast served in Western style and furthermore with Vietnamese traditional food. After that, you will explore the Thien Canh Son cave. Guide will explain the history of Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay and this Cave, made by Mother Nature.

10.00: freshen up and check out your cabin. Please remove all of your belongings from your cabin, you may leave heavy luggage outside of the cabin (staff will transfer directly to the pier).

Join a Vietnamese cooking demonstration on boat and have a traditional Vietnamese lunch.

12.00: Disembark in Hon Gai pier, farewell Halong Bay then return to Hanoi.

Evening: At 20:00, you will be transferred to the train station in time to catch the overnight train to Lao Cai, the nearest station to Sapa.

Overnight in a 4 berth wooden A/C cabin

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Meals: Breakfast

Full day guided tour in the Sapa region: Wake up in Lao Cai around 5:30am where you will be met and taken for a simple breakfast at a local restaurant before the morning's sightseeing. Breakfast is followed by a 5 mile drive, along the rim of a deep valley, which in turn is followed by a 30 minute walk which brings you to the so called rattan bridge and the ethnic Ta Van village, inhabited by the Dzay people. Lunch will be taken in a local restaurant.

This afternoon you will explore some of the neighboring villages on foot, passing through picturesque scenery as you walk. Visits between May and October coincide with the planting and harvesting season, a chance to see local farmers in action. At the end of the trek you will meet up with your driver and then you will be transferred to your hotel in Sapa.

Overnight in Sapa

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Meals: Breakfast

Half day minority village trek: This morning set off on a trek around the valleys and minority villages around Sapa. Start on the road leading west from Sapa, which winds through hilly terrain and past terraced paddy fields Cat Cat village, just 2km from the town. Take a walk through the ancient village to see traditional customs and practices of the ethnic Black H'mong. Continue to a nearby Silver waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station constructed by the French during the colonial era. From here follow a dirt trail which sneaks between mountains along a narrow river until you reach Muong Hoa Valley, a stunning spot with the largest rice terraces in Sapa. You will then be met by your driver and taken back to your hotel.

This afternoon you are free at leisure to explore Sapa town with market or Ham Rong tourist site on foot.

Train journey to Hanoi: This afternoon you will be taken back to Lao Cai for the overnight on the Express train to Hanoi. The train will depart from Lao Cai this evening around 7.30pm.

Overnight in a 4 berth wooden A/C cabin

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Meals: Breakfast

Upon arrival in Hanoi early this morning around 4:30 am, you will be met and transferred to a local hotel where you will have the use of a room to freshen up and have breakfast.

After breakfast, you are free at leisure until transfer to the Hanoi airport in time for your flight to the next destination. We wish you a safe and pleasant journey.

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