Northern Vietnam Tour

North of Vietnam Tours with many beautiful places like Ninh Binh, Halong, Sapa, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Puluong, Mu Cang Chai, Ban Gioc Water always attract many travellers when they have a plan to visit Vietnam. It is not easy to compare North Vietnam to other places in Vietnam about the beauty, culture or history to see which part of Vietnam is the best among North, Central or South of Vietnam but according our research it is about 65% of travellers choose North Vietnam for their trip if they have to choose only 1 part.

For the tour packages you may see in most companies’ website, the number of the tours concerning to the North Vietnam are normally the biggest number. Most of travellers will spend more time for North Vietnam than other places in Vietnam then they don’t have much time while choosing a tour in Vietnam.

What are the most popular destinations for Northern Vietnam Tours

Hanoi

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and it has a long history and it is rich in culture. Besides that, Hanoi has good food and with a lot of beautiful building. Coming to Hanoi you will have chance to enjoy a lot of good food like Hanoi Pho, Bun Cha Obama, Bun Cha, Banh My (Bread), Nem Hanoi, Pho Cuon Hanoi (Spring Rolls). There are many historical and cultural places in Hanoi like Ho Chi Minh Complex, Temple of Literature (Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam) which is considered as the first university of Vietnam, Hanoi Cathedral (Nha Tho Lon). When you travel to Hanoi you can visit many nice museums like Hoa Lo Prison where we kept the American Pilot there in the war; Women Museum, Vietnam Ethnology Museum.

Ninh Binh 

Ninh Binh is a beautiful place with thousands of Karsts Mountains and it is considered as Halong Bay on the main land. There are thousands of Limestone mountains rising up from the land and there are beautiful villages among them. Visiting Ninh Binh, you not only visit the beauty of this area but you will have chance meeting friendly local people and learn more about their life, culture, history. Ninh Binh is with Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, Tam Coc and Trang An where you can do the boat trip rowing by local people. Sometimes you may see local people use the feet to row the boat and it is amazing. Van Long and Kenh Ga are also very nice place for a boat trip and explore the beauty of the nature and know more about local life. Cuc Phuong National Park is a good option for a trekking tour in Vietnam.

You may visit Ninh Binh for 1 day or 2 day  overnight in Ninh Binh. For one day tour to Ninh Binh, there are some popular tours like: Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc Day Tour, Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Hang Mua Day Tour, Cuc Phuong Trekking Day Tour. For overnight tour in Ninh Binh you can check Ninh Binh 2 Day with homestay.

Mai Chau

Mai Chau is a mountainous area and it is rich in culture with Muong and Thai Ethnic minority. You can visit Mai Chau for 1 Day or stay overnight in Mai Chau in the Thai still house and discover more about this beautiful area. In Mai Chau, you can do a cycling tour, walking tour around Lac Villages or visiting the local market there.

Sapa

Sapa is very popular place for many travellers when they have plan for visiting Vietnam. Sapa with many ethnic minority like Hmong, Giay, Dao, Tay, Xa Pho. Sapa is famous for the beauty of the terrace rice fields which you can see a lot on Google. Besides that, each Ethnic group here with their unique culture, architecture  will amaze you. Taking a tour to Sapa, you can visit Sapa 2 days with homestay. 3 day trekking tour to Sapa by bus from Hanoi is good also and there is train option for the transfer from Hanoi to Sapa and back to Hanoi.

Ha Giang

Ha Giang is famous for rocky plateau and the flowers, Nho Que River, terrace rice field and the diversity of Ethnic groups with unique culture. Travellers will be attracted by the friendly people there and the beauty of this area. You can visit Ha Giang by car/van/bus but many people you choose a motorbike tour to Ha Giang or a jeep tour in Ha Giang for their trip to Ha Giang to experience more the local life there. Ha Giang with many beautiful village with special and unique house architecture like Hmong House, Tay House with beautify roof, Ha Nhi House.

Cao Bang

Cao Bang is famous for Ban Gioc Waterfall, Nguom Ngao Cave. Ban Gioc Waterfall is the largest border in Southeast Asia and it is the fourth largest waterfall in the world among the border waterfall. Nguom Ngao is a long karst cave and it is one of the most beautiful caves in Vietnam to visit.

You may take check Hanoi – Ba Be – Cao Bang – Ban Gioc 3 Day for visiting this beautiful area.

Halong Bay

Halong Bay is always at the top of the top list for the places travellers want to visit in Vietnam. Halong Bay with thousands of limestone mountains rising from the sea, beautiful caves and calm area make it safe to travel and enjoy the beauty of this area. Taking a Halong Bay Cruise trip, you will have chance to visit one of the Natural World Wonder.

There are different options for you when you have a plan for visit Halong like Halong Bay Day Tour, Halong Bay 2 Day 1 Night, Halong Bay 3 Day 2 Night Cruise.

Halong Bay Day Tour from Hanoi

There are some good options like Jade Sails Halong, La Casta Halong Bay Day Tour for luxury day cruises. Those cruises use good limousine sharing van and they are good cruises with good food and a long itinerary which last for more than 7 hours or many sites say they are Halong Bay day cruise for 8 hours.

There are lower budget like Light Day Cruise, Amethyst Day Cruise or it is just Halong Bay Day tour for 5-6 hour with no brand name.

Halong Bay Overnight Cruise

There are options from Deluxe Halong cruises to Luxury Halong Bay Cruises. There are cruises going to Lan Ha Bay and cruises going to Bai Tu Long Bay options.

You may check some luxury cruises like Elite of the Seas, Grand Pioneer Cruise, Indochine Grand Cruise, Capella Cruise Cruise, Catherine Cruise. For lower budget you can check Mon Cheri Cruise, Peony Cruise, Vspirit Cruise, Indochine Grand Cruise, Indochine Cruise, Dora Cruise, Doris Cruise, Aqua of The Seas, Venus Cruise.

The lower budget you can check Lan Pandora Cruise, Amanda Cruise, Crown Legend, Swan Cruise.

The Bes Time to visit North Vietnam

In general, the best time to visit North Vietnam can be from March to April when it is still in the dry season but not cold and more and not hot yet. From September to November is also good for the cool weather but sometimes some tours can be canceled by the typhoon which may attach North Vietnam from September to Oct.

From May to July, it will be hot. From July to August, it is rainy season. However, you still can visit North Vietnam in the rainy season when it is not rainy for whole day normally and it is sunny this time so you can take nice photos. This time of year, you may visit the mountainous area for the terrace rice field but be careful with the landsides before you do each tour.