Hanoi – Sapa – Halong Bay Tour – 6 Days

General Information

Duration: 6 Days
Tour route: Hanoi – Halong Bay Overnight Cruise – Sapa – Hanoi
Start/End: Hanoi/Hanoi

Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)
Day 2: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on the boat (B, L, D)
Day 3: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Overnight Train to Lao Cai (B, L, D)
Day 4: Sapa – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho Village (B, L, D)
Day 5: Sapa – Lao Chai, Ta Van – Bus back to Hanoi (B, L, D)
Day 6: Hanoi Free – Departure (B)

Detail Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)

When we arrive at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, our friendly local guide welcome and transfer us to our hotel. After short rest, we will take a 1-hour cyclo ride around the Old Quarter, the first university in Vietnam dated from the 11th century then enjoy Water Puppet Show. Dinner at a famous local restaurant and stay overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on the boat (B, L, D)

This morning, we will take you to Halong Bay, which was recognized by UNESCO as the World Natural Heritage in 1994 and 2000. After a 180km trip, we will board our overnight cruise and savor a delicious seafood lunch. We will visit some limestone islands, kayak between hidden areas of the Bay, then swim at Soi Sim Beach or challenge trekking to the top of the island. Enjoy dinner and stay overnight on the boat.

Day 3: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Overnight Train to Lao Cai (B, L, D)

Start a new active day with Tai Chi exercises before breakfast. Then we discover Sung Sot cave – one of the most wonderful caves in Halong Bay and through Ba Hang fishing village, dog island and more. Watch the culinary performances and enjoy lunch before returning to the dock and find our car to take us back to Hanoi. Stay overnight in Hanoi. In the evening, our car will take us to Hanoi Railway Station to catch the night train to Lao Cai.

Day 4: Sapa – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho Village (B, L, D)

Pick you up at Lao Cai station then we drive to Sapa. After having breakfast at a local restaurant, we will descend to Cat Cat Village with stops at a spectacular waterfall and a hydroelectric station. Continue walking to admire the rice fields to Y Linh Ho – the house of Black H’mong People. After 3 hours of walking, we returned to town and had free time to visit and shop in Sapa town. Overnight at a hotel in Sapa.

Day 5: Sapa – Lao Chai, Ta Van – Bus back to Hanoi (B, L, D)

After breakfast at the hotel, we then travel southward by car to Muong Hoa valley. On the way, we stop at some stopovers to get the panorama of Fansipan mount and Muong Hoa valley with hundreds of villages. Welcome at the gate of villages are local Black H’mong and Red Dao ladies and children with colorful costumes, who will invite tourists buy souvenirs. Leave them behind, we start walking through the largest rice paddy terraced among Sapa area. On the way, we meet sometimes mothers and baby working on the fields, mothers are working on the water rice field while babies are sitting on the bank with an umbrella covered the rain or sun. We also can stop at some local houses, the local school for chatting or a quick look at how the daily life of Black H’mong and Giay ethnic minority people living and working.
Later, we walk back up the road and transfer back to Sapa for lunch and check out, we will in our Express Bus to go back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi at around 9h30 PM, we will check in the hotel for the night.

Day 6: Hanoi Free – Departure (B)

Free visit and shopping at the Old Quarters or at leisure until our car arrives to take us to the airport for departure flight. Tour ends.

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