Best Of North 9 Day

Once you have landed in Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport and proceeded through customs, you will find our driver waiting outside with your name card. Take the drive into the Old Quarter of Hanoi after this, where your hotel will be awaiting your check-in.

Enjoy free time in Hanoi Old Quarter for discovering Hanoi in your way. Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter with a lot of shops and restaurants, busy streets and local people where you can drink a bottle of beer in a corner of Hanoi Old Quarter streets.

You will have breakfast at your hotel before our guide and bus come to pick you up for discover the Hanoi City today.

07h45 – 08h30: Our guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

08h30: Arrive Tran Quoc Pagoda –  the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century. The pagoda is next to Ho Tay (West Lake) with beautiful scenery where you will learn more about Buddhism in North Vietnam. 

09h00 – 9h15: Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of  Ho Chi Minh in Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

11h00: Visit one of these

+ Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam  (Tuesdays – Thursdays – Saturdays & Sundays)

+ Bat Trang ceramic village to explore the daily life of the local & learn about the process how to make a perfect product  (Mondays – Wednesdays  – Fridays)

12h30: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with different dishes.

13h30 – 13h45: Continue visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century 

15h45: Leave for Hoan Kiem Lake to visit Ngoc Son Temple, which honors General Tran Hung Dao in 13th certury. 

16h15: Tour finishes. Back to hotel

07h30 – 8h00: Our Limousine bus and tour guide will arrive at your hotel in the morning time after you have enjoyed breakfast. We start the 2-hour drive to the south of Hanoi after this, marveling at the sights of verdant scenery on the way.

10h30: We arrive in Hoa Lu, a small enclave lying in the shadows of the mountains. Despite its small size, Hoa Lu was designated as the perfect place to act as the capital of Vietnam for 42 years. We take a walk around to see the fabulous architecture that has survived from then, mostly featuring in the gates and walls on all sides. The two temples here are also spectacular examples of ornate and ancient architecture, both of which stand in memory to the two kings who ruled Hoa Lu between 968AD and 1010AD. 

11h45: We will have a delicious buffet lunch in a local restaurant. Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch.

After lunch, we follow this with the drive to Tam Coc, a beautiful village of green hues splashed across tree-topped mountains and fields of rice crop. Here, as we cruise along the waterway on a sampan boat, the limestone mountains and river-based rice fields sprout up on both sides, creating a scene that is often described as ‘Halong Bay on land’.

15h00: Our final activity in resplendent Ninh Binh is a cycling tour along the quaint village roads cutting through Tam Coc. On each side of us, we will see open plains of rice stretching to the feet of mountains behind, giving Tam Coc the green hues for which it is most well known.

16h00: After this, we head back to Hanoi on the bus, arriving in the late afternoon and giving you the evening to enjoy in the capital.

18h00 -18h30: Arriving at your hotel in Hanoi. End of Hoa Lu Tam Coc Day Tour. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

06.30 - 7.00 AM: You will have breakfast in your hotel before our bus to Sapa come to pick you up at 06.30 -  7.00 AM for the transfer to Sapa.

Arriving in Sapa,  you will have lunch on your own then get tickets from us, then have free time for exploring Fanspan and the town.

In your free time you may visit Fansipan Peak on your own. Fansipan Peak is a good place to visit in Sapa. That is easy to get there now.

You can buy a ticket in the center for a Mountain Climbing Trains to the cable car station then get on the top of Fansipan Peak by cable car.

You will have the best view of the town and the area around.

8.00 AM:  Breakfast at the hotel, then get ready to trekking to Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Tavan Village.

Trekking from Sapa to the Black H’mong village of Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai where excellent panoramas ofthe larger valley, paddy terraced fields and the H’mong village are offered. We take a small local path leading into the bottom of the valley, where some stalls are available that serve tea and fruits; a perfect spot to take a rest and have lunch. After lunch you will visit the Zay people of Ta Van, which lies in the middle of the Muong Hoa valley.

Go back to Sapa for overnight!

Have breakfast in hotel then you will take the car to visit Cat Cat – Hmong Village near by with 3,5km down town to the main village. Upon arrival at the village, you will have a chance to visit the Black H’mong’s traditional stilt houses as well as watch people weaving, embroidering, and drying their clothes, etc. Then, keep walking to visit the dramatic and picturesque Cat Cat Tien Sa Waterfall, which is a great spot for photo-shoots. Relax near by the stream before walking back to the car packing place to go back to the hotel.

Have lunch in Sapa Town on your own.

14.30: Bus will pick you up for the transfer back to Hanoi. End of our Sapa Tour.Stay overnight in Hanoi.

08:30 AM: Hotel or private address pick up with our shuttle bus. Short break half way.

12:00: Arriving Tuan Chau marina, transferred by tender of Halong Bay cruises. Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing, safety instruction. 

After that, check in your cabin and get back to restaurant, a delectable lunch will be served in the dining room, all while we set sail past the first of the limestone towers that give Halong Bay its unique identity.

Our first stop of the tour is to Sung Sot Cave, where a tour guide will introduce us to the majesty on offer with a walk through. The stalactites and stalagmites here have been formed over tens of thousands of years and provide a hidden dimension to the beauty of Halong Bay.

After this, we cross a channel of emerald water and find Titop Island. Here, we have time to relax on the white sand beach and take in the views of the bay in front. For the best views, take the 20-minute walk up the stone steps of the island and end at the panoramic viewing platform at the top.

We return to the cruise to enjoy a party held on the sundeck. Happy hour and a beautiful sunset accompany our cruising at this time, after which, dinner is served in the sparkling dining room. End your perfect day with relaxation time on the cruise.

The day starts with tai chi on the sundeck, which is a great chance to see the majesty of Halong Bay during sunrise. A light breakfast is served downstairs as we prepare ourselves for cruising.

We have a very leisurely morning to enjoy in Halong Bay, with much time for relaxing on board and some time to spend kayaking around quiet waters. Towards the end of the morning, we enjoy a filling brunch and head back to the harbour, where we disembark and head to the city of Halong.

Pick you up by driver and you will take a transfer to Hanoi.

3.00 – 3.30 PM: Arriving in Hanoi and you will stay overnight in Hanoi.

3 Hour before your flight departure time: Our driver will pick you up from hotel for the transfer to Hanoi Airport for the flight home. End of service. Hope to see you again.